Grange Castle

Absolutely gutted to hear of Paddys passing, what a man he was ! Always had time for a chat at the shows etc. Hes probably the reason i got into the hobby properly, i always had an interest but when the 141's/181's became available thats when i took the plunge. Modern era is my thing and we spent ages talking about his Dart + project. To see a man of his age so eager and knowledgeable about the most modern tech that wasnt even a reality yet was something else. I remember out in Marino just before he stood up an announced his Dart+ to the crowd i was chatting to him and asked if he had anything new in the pipeline, he pulled me to oneside and said "I have, but its not everyone's cup of tea" he then quickly showed me the Dart+ sample I was like "F@#€ OFF" just in sheer amazement of it and completely surprised but delighted by his choice. "Thats the reaction I was hoping for he said" A massive loss to the hobby, not sure we'll see the likes of him again. RIP Paddy, you absolute legend

And some announcement it is too ! Right up my street, had a great chat with Paddy about it. Photo doesn't do it justice at all.

Grange Castle Gardai finally received their new uniforms this week. Roads Policing unit detaining a shoplifter they've come across, quickly assisted by public order unit after a few locals turned hostile.

10 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Is that a Tiny City police van? Lovely! Yeah it's a tiny Merc Sprinter, there's a tiny iveco on the way too, not quite finished yet

Newest Garda vehicle on its way to join the fleet.

Small update Station is now built (Terry Ottley) its based on Dunboyne as I want to have a modern style station. I've designed a footbridge to match which will hopefully be done soon.

The Irish Rail / Stobart Rail Civil Engineering partnership has commenced and equipment has started to assemble at Grange Castle ahead of the project to rebuild the Station area. Works include Realignment of track Ballasting Building of platforms (currently passengers have to jump ) Installation of shelters and Bus set down areas to front of the Station. Project is expected to take anything from couple of weeks to couple of years depending on a number of factors, mainly consisting of time available, mood, football on TV and whether or not beers need to be consumed

Something which will feature a lot in Grange Castle is the Emergency Services. Mostly made up of Dublin Fire Brigade, Garda, Irish Coastguard and Civil Defence. Here we have a response to a Fire Alarm activation in the Station

Simply superb great detail

Some more of the buses seeing daylight again

They were actually all releases. The latest ones ( 13A & 51B) are from IRM, the 25A and 103 are from Britbus and were released a long time ago. The 103 is actually modelled on a cityswift that was on loan to Bus Eireann at the time and carries Bus Eireann markings along the side. Rare enough the 103 model, apparently some of the batch was lost which makes it even more scarce.

Can't believe I've left it so long to get my arse in gear, opened box 2 and forget I actually had some of this Think I've had 2 Xmas mornings this week

Some more unboxing