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I am very much looking forward to following your progress.

I have also had to wait for a reply from John but he has always got back to me.

I hadn't heard. Thats very sad. I saw the band twice, in 79 and 81 but unfortunatly he was no longer with them. Their first three albums are on heavey rotation on the stereo and in the car and are recieving very positive reviews from all who hear them.

Dr Feelgood's live album "Stupidity" from 1976. I got this on cassette when it first came out, later got the LP and recently the CD which has the tracks from the "encore" single which came with the first 20'000 LP's.

Thats correct. Its a nice kit but I have mixed feelings about it. It was chosen to reflect the atmosphere of the Mallow Waterford line. The orignal intention was to use two kits to make a longer viaduct but the space available was too short. The stone colour is also wrong for the region and the arches are about half the lenght of those of the Kilmacthomas viaduct. I decided to use just one kit to represent a smaller bridge rather than on oviously (to me) too small version of a large viaduct. Progress on the layout has been slow in the last few weeks and I havn't posted anything since my digital camera died. The platforms at Grange are under almost finished and an Athearn SD9 underframe has been shortened to fit a SSM Sulzer. I will post some photos as soon as a camera becomes available.

Im afraid the only work involved was E mailing John at Silver Fox modells and paying him for it!

This little beauty arrived in the post today along with a couple of heating vans. I've got a thing about black Metrovics with yellow warning panels.

Congratulations, I wish you all health and happiness.

Recent progress on the layout involved painting the backscene behind the road overbridge at Grange station and building the goods store and loading bank. This is my first effort scratchbuilding a structure. The roof is not yet finished. The model is based on the store at Tallow Road on the Mallow Waterford line, the demensions estimated from photos found online. The model is built from foam core board covered with styren stone sheet. A similar model will be built for Glen More station. I plan to add windows to the ends as soon as I find sutable ones somewhere.

I took a break from constructing Grange goods store which can be seen in this short video.

I love the point levers. they really add to the atmosphere.

Here are a few photos of the palvan. Sorry about the quality but I cant get a higher definition to download.

The 12 ton ex GN van's are from Parkside Dundas. These kits come with two different ends and I use the end with the smaller sprung buffers. The other ends with the larger hydraulic buffers are then used with the Parkside Dundas palvan kit to make the sliding door vans. According to "The Locomotives of CIE and NIR" these wagons were built with three different ends but I dont ever recall seeing ends similar to those supplied with the kit. I dont know for sure but from the photos I'v seen the corrugated ends seemed most common. A little carving on the lower inside of the corrugated ends is needed to make it work. The doors are built from thin plasticard sheet and strip and the vac brake fittings are omitted. I dont have drawings, just consulted photos. The end result is a very distinctive Irish wagon.

Nice work. You did a great job with assembly and painting.

Not much got done in the past week except for a little backdrop painting. The peco platform edging has arrived and as soon as the current wintery weather clears up I will make the drive to the craft store for materials to finish them.

Has anyone any suggestions about ballasting track across a Metcalfe card viaduct. The finished kit has been sprayed with clear varnish and can still be removed from the layout. I am concerned about moisture causing warping. I am considering trying odurless hairspray after reading about its use fixing foliage to model trees. Thanks.

None of the WTT I have show a scheduled meet at Kilmacthomas but this photo from the Waterford County Museum shows one. Notice the twin 141's on the loaded dolomite.

Hi Stephen. According to the working timetables I have on hand for april 1973, november 1975 and may 1980 the frequency of the Ballinacourty trains seems to have been two dolomite trains and one magnesite oil train daily monday to friday although occasionally one of the dolomite trains was scheduled to run tuesday to saturday. The 1975 timetable also shows an extra path for an oil magnesite train. The 1973 and 1975 WTT's also specify 001 class on the Tivoly trains and 2 x 1210/141 on the dolomite. If you would like copies of the schedule from the WTT's please PM me.

I love the video, now get back to working on the layout!

Ground cover has been applied to the area around the west tunnel mouth and track ballasted. Next up is painting the backscene behind Grange station and building the loading bank.

I held my breath and pulled, it came off, no damage done. I'm very cautious with My Irish/British models as spare parts are are difficult and expensive to aquire over here. Thanks.

One of my Murphy models Cravens has a low hanging coupler which may have been installed incorrectly. Has anybody any idea how to remove the bogie to solve this problem. I have tried but am afraid of using too much force and causing damage. Thanks.

I love those A class on the cement and beets. Where did you find those diesel horns?