Blaine

Next time set the depth of field higher, put it into AV mode and go as high as you can - eg F22. You will need a tripod but it will be worth it

201-205 210-214 - the non push pull fitted examples

SF still has a pile of unsellable 105's to shift then!

112 now on display in Marks Models in Dublin (not the one thats on display in Belfast)

Bogball zzzzzzzzzzzz

Yes they did - when No4 was preserved the paint was carefully removed to reveal the original NCC markings underneath BTT

Asked him about it a few years back, but he was not interested, but no doubt if he did they would be like the rest of his items, nice if expensive.

I was on that train, 6400bhp, acceleration to humble an empty DART.........

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Didnt think the French or the Germans would be too interested in it really Anyway, Richard Branson is understandably not impressed, but his reasonings make for interesting reading (scroll down a bit) http://www.virgin.com/richard-branson/blog

Hope everyone noticed that the 071's main headlights were painted orange too, proof again that Mr Murphy researched them well

Maybe now, but not when IE had it on loan,it was filthy, mostly as it was worked very hard on everything from expresses to beet trains The bigger picture is important though, you might want 209 and 230, but there has to be demand for 209, ie you and I might want it, but who else does. Personally Id love to see either 207 or 233 done, same way Id love any of the 111's in their earlier guises, but its been proven that the demand is just not going to be there for them, same way the blue 201's never sold in massive numbers. Im based in the South, but I enjoy modelling NIR stock, but no doubt its the whole 'grass is greener' scenario, so unlikely the demand would be there for any shade of NIR blue, apart from the one that spent a well photographed time running on IE metals and gained LED markerlights, although Id almost confidently say that all 3 111's have been to almost every corner of the Irish network

I think given the amount of 201's still on the shelves, this wont happen sadly. The 141's came along when we all had that little bit more money, not the case now sadly

Same layout,different names, also heard someone refer to it as 'Roches Point'

Unfortunate there will only be 1 NIR blue model, but not surprising given the slow sales of the Lima blue 201's, paintshop time methinks

The Lego layout, with Dun Ni Rian in a very distant second place

Nice job, they line up widthwise with the cravens, which they should!

Hornby do RTR Lowmacs also

Do you get bogies and wheels with the kits? What about interiors