Andy Cundick

Saved again wrong gauge and i already have Tailte built and Macha as a rolling chassis not the best choice for either Valencia or Courtmacsherry.Andy

Theres a drawing for her in The County Donegal Companion by Roger Crumbleholme ( Mr Alphagraphix) Published by Midland Counties.Which should be by every right and proper thinking persons bedside cabinet,and a small but useful diagram drawing in the revised Patterson Donegal book. If you are looking at doing it in 4mm the standard Halling variable 4 whl chassis is just right.Andy

Bear in mind that Alans etches are scratch aids not kits,and if you treat them like theres no issue they certainly make modelling Irish lines a lot simpler Andy

Simple answer is yes pretty straight forward the trick is to treat it as an 0 6 2 . Main almost gets round Arigna just like the real thing .Though mines in its Passage condition to go with the coaches.Andy

Then you'll have to be patient its a bit of a toss up which 3 footer comes next it depends on which hits critical mass first Andy

Well if it helps i've just started on the boards for the next Broad gauge layout however this one is the proper 7'01/4" stuff however there is distinct possibility that next years layout will Newmarket Andy.

I'm there as well with Llanfair Caereinion one my Welsh 009 essays.Andy

AS far as my Irish narrow gauge layouts are concerned so far i have done Donegal Town,Castlefinn,Letterkenny,Strabane, and Brucklees for the County Donegal as well as Castlederg and Arigna.For the standard gauge the list at the moment is only Valencia and Courtmacsherry. However there are plans ahead for Newmarket,Ballybehob and a yet to be decided Clogher,it depends which one reaches critical mass regarding stock etc,the problem is mainly getting side tracked.My Devils Bridge layout is just about finished and out on the circuit and the boards for a Broad gauge layout (GW 7')have just been built.with the added possibility of a Snailbeach layout as well as i seem to have most of the stock for one.The West Clare may be a possibility in the future as theres a certain amount of stock built so who knows. Andy

Can certainly recommend the track both my EM layouts use it Andy

After a six years break Arigna is off on its wanderings again ,having located it at the back off the loft.Not once but twice this Saturday at Ilton Somerset and at Weston Super Mare on the 15th and 16th of February. Now all i need is to find the stock.Andy

Simple answer no most likely they would have used the dropsides rebuilt from the Pauling contractors rebuilds.Though saying the the original wagon livery for the Donegal was red anyway.Andy.

As far as i'm aware they usually turned the locos at Killybegs the third turntable would certainly be up to it being a Class 5 set of frames the Letterkenny line ran bunker first to Strabane in latter years as Letterkennys turntable was getting a bit frail.The Londonderry line as ran bunker first after 1937 as the the turntable from there was transferred to Rossnowlagh for the railcars.Andy.

The best for Donegal layouts was the Chippenham show back in the 90s when they went all out for Irish layouts and had about 9 including three Donegal layouts and Adavoyle with Donegal stock .its the only time i've had someone say to me " theres an awful lot of Donegal layouts"ah happy days Andy

I've just disinterred Bruckless from the loft ready for Mansfield,should be an entertaining show with two Donegal layouts what larks! Andy

Frogmore do a GW Dia AA13 Road van as a 4mm etched kit. They are listed with Dart Castings and MJT. To be honest the road vans are a pretty simple scratchbuild basically a box with some Evergreen strips.Andy.