BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 And, built from a Triang / Honby 2P, No. 74, Dunluce Castle in NCC red Quote
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 Meave, Merlin, Dunluce and a great big GM for good measure :) Quote
heirflick Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 beautiful...enough to make a grown man cry:(( ..so to cheer the old men up we'll go instead! great video bos, would never get tired of seeing that piece of railway history. your dunluce looks great! Quote
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 Has anyone completed Maedbh yet? Quote
Garfield Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Video of her moving to Cultra It's kind of weird when you look at the steam engines in that video and realise they're all still around, while the 'modern' train at the start - the Bo-Bo GMs and the Mk2s - have all since been reduced to razorblades... Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Probably one of the locos I would love to see back on the rails along with Mave Quote
heirflick Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 Probably one of the locos I would love to see back on the rails along with Mave at least you have your own 'dunluce'....why you had to weather her i dont know Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 at least you have your own 'dunluce'....why you had to weather her i dont know[ATTACH=CONFIG]3502[/ATTACH] It's like everything on my layout Seamus. When I run my trains I like them to look a realistic as possible. Dunluce Castle as you know sits in Cultra and is probably the cleanest she has ever been in her whole life. I don't see the point in spending a lot of time and money on a layout and scenery to make it look as realistic as possible and then spoil it all with a train that looks like a new toy out of the box. It's not how they looked in real life whether diesel or steam and I think clean trains look stupid on a good layout it one of the biggest pet hates I have. It really sickens me when I see a fantastic club layout at a show and all the effort that went into that layout and the next thing this shiny new train running around it. One layout in particular that stands out was at the Carrick show this year I can't recall the name of it but I think it was a new layout owned by the BFPMRC it had a big Ford banner at the front of it. A fantastic layout really nice detail and I could have stood and watched it all day. But you know what let the whole thing down. Yep you guessed it clean unrealistic looking trains. I just hope Bleach Green isn't as big a letdown tomorrow. Quote
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 hehe, 'some' trains ran clean Just look at most of the RPSI stock, even B141 That said, a little frame and brake dirt is never a bad thing :) Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 hehe, 'some' trains ran clean Just look at most of the RPSI stock, even B141 That said, a little frame and brake dirt is never a bad thing :) No train is ever clean unless its just out of the paint shop. As for the RPSI stock you ain't looking closely enough. B141 looks clean in photos but if you were standing beside her you would see dirt some where. Quote
BosKonay Posted November 9, 2012 Author Posted November 9, 2012 No escape from the filthy stick :) Quote
heirflick Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 understood anto, but while pulling rpsi stock, as steven said they were never more than a little dusty. i do agree with what you say about layouts with pristine locos running...they do look out of character. strange to see that every pic i see of the nir 071's they are always spotless - love the way the lads look after them! Quote
heirflick Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 No escape from the filthy stick :) no, definately not! he has a good point though! Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 9, 2012 Posted November 9, 2012 To be fair Seamus the RPSI steamers ain't as shiny and new as their UK counter parts. Tornado and Duchess of Sutherland come to mind. From a distance the RPSI steamers look clean its not until you get up close that you see the dirt paint chips rust etc on them. As i said everything has some amount of dirt and paint chips etc on it. I don't know if your going to Cultra tomorrow but if you are take a look at Dunluce Castle sitting there it may be clean but take a really close look at her she has rust and paint chips even those loco sitting in the museum ain't perfect. And before any RPSI heads start on me I ain't knocking them in any way were talking dirty trains here. Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted November 11, 2012 Posted November 11, 2012 no, definately not! he has a good point though! Some photos lads of the wear and tear on the museum locos Quote
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