Blaine

Timbers, bubble cement, bogie cement, 2 axle spoils...does not seem so long ago now

Bleach Green Junction needs a serious attack of the weathering kind, the scenery, the track and the stock. All too squeaky clean for my liking. Even road dirt would suffice. I know trains were kept cleaner back then but they still got dirty. Baile Cois Farraige was the only layout there with weathered stock...

The weathering shows up how crap the silver fox body really is

Where is the Belfast movement bit coming into it? There is space in the old Dundalk freight yard for scrapping

This weekend -Friday 23rd. May 2014 7pm. - 9.30pm / Saturday 24th. May 2014 10am. - 5pm.

Will probably be diesel power on Saturday - 85 failed at Drogheda and limped back to Whitehead. Still conventional loco haulage on the network though

Baile Cois Farraige will also be at this show, so 2 of the best Irish outline layouts on the exhibition circuit at this show

The problem with this forum is that if you speak out and knock anyone/anything you get shot down. To be fair I really couldnt give a rats anymore about the Fry collection, given that I came close to being employed by the council to be involved in running and maintaining the layout and its models. The message I got very quickly, especially from the dope who worked there already (I was to work alongside him) was that this was entirely commercial, anyone who showed a valid interest in the models or railways in general should not be employed, lest they give a damn about anything, be it the quality of models on display, or their running. Its like holding expos, people just want to see trains run - no emphasis on detail,accuracy etc

Your missing my point, its a poisoned chalice and there is still a queue for a sip beside the pile of bodies. There have been several people/groups all with good intentions and nothing has come of any of them. The only good thing is that the Fry collection itself is now safely stored. Most of this was the collection in the glass cases before you viewed the layout itself, which from a modelling perspective was far far better than some of the items running on the layout

It never left York Road after it was delivered. A £400k waste.......

Im surprised people are still concerned about this well sunken ship....

If its really bad a bit of manual sanding can be done

Slight overkill on the amount of lacquer on 230, but gets credibility otherwise

Interesting seller

It was, but with IE Cravens. A great day http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/tours/tour18.htm

Was one of the CIE/IE pair, now no more

It was for personal reasons that MIR closed up, as much as anything else. Ian still owns all of the tooling so dont rule out a return in the future

Everybody wants something different - but only the select few are in a position to fund stuff. RTR models are funded with cold hard cash, not hopes and dreams

Ah Joe its terrible so it is.........

Your marketing skills are admirable Mark

1. Sorcery 2. 39 Leptons 3. Magnetic Levitation units

Those 3 are Kibri models

Always more in the North. The MRSI one for October in Dublin is at the planning stage

Some being the key word here... Good enough for some people but not good enough for me! Id say if RTR components are used in making the master mould it helps. I recall their model of D0260 'Lion', you could clearly see the lines of the Lima 47 cabs...

Neither model is bang on shape wise, SSM is better but not quite there either