GSR 800

They'd all be right up my street. I've two green ones and I'm after buying two black n tan ones too!

Seems like a pretty clear pointing of the finger at Sam's Trains from what I can see. Only posted a video calling KR the worst manufacturer a few weeks back (didn't bother watching)

How about Trials and Tribulations

Got around to the Buffet car at last. Decided to try out the green roof, lined the windows (what a pain in the arse). Gave it a good dose of weathering too. I think the roofs would rapidly acquire a layer of filth. I quite like the green roof, the single colour gives it a very modern "mk2" like appearance to my eye. Ill need to do roof detail, buffers and interior now. Next up was the brake coach. Been delaying this for ages but finally made a start tonight, formed the tumblehome in the ag spec jig and said far thee well to the repaint which has served well for many years. She'll serve many more in her new skin. Disassembly Knives out Reskinned (on one side anyway!)

etches, one would assume

Could always use a local parcel locker, I've used them a good bit!

Wonderful work, always so atmospheric and full of character!

Gorgeous collection!

While I'd buy three 0 gauge 800s, the easiest way to promote 2x purchase is probably something like a 141 or 121

See above!

Update earlier this month

Might as well at this point

So seems like the first few PRs may have been in dark green? The image certainly appears to my eye to be dark green, though admittedly 1959 is quite late for what seems to be a full dark green rake! The dark green currently on 1944 seems very dark in good light, darker than Maedbh indoors.

Is this not the dark green?

"Bollocks, wrong platform!"

All I did this time was buy them and advise all to be silver! Great work from Tommy, quick postage too! Funnily enough, while I agree, I'm also interested in what CIE had in mind with the American streamliner inspiration. What they got was about the furthest thing from the 20th century Limited or the Hiawatha!

They did indeed, I'm considering adding it! Interestingly I came across a photo of staff at Mullingar unloading the down Galway Mail down at the 6 foot rather than onto the Galway platform, presumably to make transfer onto the Sligo quicker! No such thing would be allowed today, anyone between the platforms would be a full meltdown!

Maedbh makes a spirited departure with the Day Mail Latest addition to the train, one of the two IFM bogie TPOs Really wonderful models from Tommy, very impressed!

Looks like I'll need to be painting a few roofs green!

I use both Mid Brunswick and Racing Green, both of which I've found quite suitable and very similar. It often seemed to fade lighter on the locos, and its unlikely any got a repaint of green other than Maedbh after 1955, albeit without the snails (described as 'spruced up' but in poor mechanical condition during the period after dieselisation) It's interesting, it 'seems' like the dark green got purged rapidly from rolling stock from 1955, with very few colour images of them or photos of them with the lighter green coaches, bar the example shown above. This may simply be down to many of those coaches being retired in large numbers as the newer PRs, laminates, Bredin mk2s, came online.

2008, then Raspberry Ripple. Really dislike the original livery, especially on the 201s.

4 pin holes could mark the 16.5 and 21mm buffers

If she was in O gauge it'd be some laugh

And yet I've seen footage of single 121s absolutely flooring it on trains in the early 60s, including the Enterprise.