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Broithe
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First Group to take over West Coast Main Line
Broithe replied to Warbonnet's topic in British Outline Modelling
Frying pan -> towering inferno...? -
Dapol still do the old Airfix low loader kit - http://www.dapol.co.uk/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=118&category_id=23&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=59
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Copy the inscription out a hundred times!!
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There is this monument on the Abbeyleix road - http://irishvolunteers.org/2011/03/ira-laois-colt-1916-memorial-colt-portlaoise/ - not too far from you.. It's here - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=S+4555+9220&hl=en&ll=52.978809,-7.322723&spn=0.001352,0.002411&sll=52.965122,-7.340187&sspn=0.002717,0.004823&t=h&gl=uk&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.978809,-7.322723&panoid=wlPHaAw2tfJ3wUV-d14Dcw&cbp=12,337.4,,0,14.12
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I will search it out..
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According to my good friend, Paul O'Brien, this book by Bernard Share is particularly worth pursuing if you're interested in this aspect of the railways. http://www.amazon.co.uk/In-Time-Civil-War-Conflict/dp/1905172117 Paul's own work is also interesting, of course - http://paulobrienauthor.com/
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I forgot to mention that Michael Portillo was allegedly spotted at Ballybrophy last month - so expect some interesting episodes of Great British(!) Railway Journeys later in the year. I'll post any iPlayer links up here.
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Back to Mk 3s - after the Mk4s at the beginning..
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One of my favourites.. Although, they're Mk 2s.
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As a friend of mine once said when asked to recommend a lawn mower - "They're like car batteries, you should buy them by weight."
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It was in all the papers..
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I only have experience of Gaugemaster's DC stuff, but it has all been faultless - it tends to look like it was make forty years ago, and that's no bad thing, before people thought they knew how near the bone they could take things..
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There's more - http://www.airfixrailways.co.uk/ARSdr.Xset.htm
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There was a film in 1932 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_X_(film) - was it not on at the Colosseum?
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Seems to have been part of this set - http://www.airfixrailways.co.uk/WagonsSSA.htm
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Get in quick if you're considering buying a ticket...
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Be careful out there, lads... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19194336
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Indeed. Although, whatever happened, I definitely wouldn't be the one to tell her if I thought differently...
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As predicted!
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You need to keep your guard up when he's about...
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Phew! I thought that was wasted....
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Murphy Models 071 - New, detailed pre-production photos added!
Broithe replied to Admin's topic in Irish Models
