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  1. Broithe
    The stop for the old goods siding at Ballybrophy never got upgraded with the rest of the station - Then it was disconnected from the rest of the track a few years ago.. I wonder how old that piece of wood is?
  2. Broithe
    I've put this up before - and I'll put it up again, no doubt..
  3. Broithe
    Most of Frederick Forsyth's humourous short story Sharp Practice takes place on a Heuston to Tralee train.. Although they didn't seem able to find a suitably accurate picture for the cover..
  4. Broithe
    B&Q-people might understand better if you call it a laminate cutter, there is a suitable blade for a Stanley knife, but they're rare to find. You can make your own, it's just a matter of ploughing a v-shaped groove. Olfa stuff tends to be found in art shops. Perspex will plane with a very fine setting, to chamfer the corners, and then a little rub down will prevent excessive laceration...
  5. Broithe
    If you can find one of these Olfa cutters they are very useful for grooving plastic sheeting prior to snapping along the line to break them. You pull it along to 'plough' a groove in the plastic. They're also useful for grooving to represent planking, etc..
  6. Broithe
    I should mention that it's worth spending some time on the finish of the top edge - if you don't want pools of blood as significant elements of the landscaping..
  7. Broithe
    The stuff in the pictures was cut to size, but it's fairly easy stuff to cut yourself - either by a jigsaw, circular saw - or by scoring and snapping like glass, if it's a straight cut. Leave the protective film on until the last moment before you fit it. It was 3mm, I think. Ask for polymethylmethacrylate if you want to seem really knowledgeable..
  8. Broithe
    I put some two-inch Perspex round a friend's and he got his money back the first time that it caught his live steamer and saved it from meeting the slabs. Being clear you hardly notice it and re-railing is almost as simple as if it wasn't there. It'll take a fair curve, too. Worth considering..
  9. Broithe
    Always remember that, even if you make a mess of a container, you can still just shove it in at one side and hope that nobody notices...
  10. Broithe
    And this one - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonov_A-40
  11. Broithe
    You would have to be sure of where you were going - it wouldn't be easy to reverse it back out.. I vaguely remember them abandoning one in Alaska and some chap then bought it with the idea of getting it going again. Edit:- Right, it was bought by a chap called Steve McPeak, a 'daredevil' along the lines of Evel Kneivel, his main trick was riding a 100 foot high unicycle - but it doesn't look like he got very far with repairing it...
  12. Broithe
    The Americans had a few goes at similar things - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overland_train e.g. :-
  13. Broithe

    I'm new!

    Broithe replied to Dave's topic in General Chat

    Welcome, you'll soon feel old..
  14. Broithe
    It also went to the Isle of Man - which is technically not part of the UK.
  15. Broithe
    I almost believed you. I've not been well today..
  16. Broithe
    The 'Trains' link worked for me - I hadn't tried any of the others yet, saving them for later. Obviously, you'll have to 'supervise' him if he wins...
  17. Broithe
    Irish Rail has just Tweeted this - "A few asking if you have to be a kid to win train driver for a day prize: afraid so, but clearly a market for a "big kid" prize in future :)" - so maybe they'll let an old boy have a go at some point..?
  18. Broithe
    IE have launched a competition aimed at 10-16 year olds. Win it and you get to drive the train simulator. Reckon you could get away with it? There's some interesting pictures in the associated links on here - http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_news.jsp?i=4615&p=116&n=237
  19. Broithe

    APT Documentary.

    Broithe replied to Broithe's topic in Weblinks

    I worked at GEC in Stafford then and there is a really tight bend round the factory - the APT spent quite a bit of time stuck there, mostly with tilt failures - here it is with a tilt failure in the station..
  20. Broithe
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2XXtqQPdDw&feature=g-vrec Quite interesting..
  21. Broithe
    Phew!!
  22. Broithe
    I got that in a charity shop the other day, must make the effort to watch it. Six Shooter, with Brendan Gleeson, has Cravens and beet wagons, as I recall, but the whole thing's gone off YouTube now, just a small sample left..
  23. Broithe
    Cararama do a nice H0 Volvo loader. Whoops, the picture says 1/50, but they do do it in 1/87, as well - http://de.shopping.com/volvo-l150c-l150-c/LxV56aKQPwT9rlPWc4vgOQ==/info?sb=1
  24. Broithe
    Excellent pics - but look at that track in the last shot!!! I've got a piece of Peco flexi that's been stood on - I won't have to throw it out now.
  25. Broithe

    New Irish Lines

    Broithe replied to waffles's topic in Weblinks

    http://newirishlines.org/
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