Malahide Castle Models & Fry Models

[jhb171achill]

3 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I always to to visit when I’m in Dublin. If you look very closely…you can find A Bandon Tank….look behind that rather strange looking man on the telly

I have no doubt he at the very least, had, a Bandon tank that’s somehow been lost to time. Considering they did some nice work in the Dublin area. ironically, a Bandon Tank is probobly one of the more available models to get in 0 gauge. A freind of mine has a superb 3D print, rivets and all for 0 gauge. just needs a terrier chassis and some bogeys. There is also the alpha graphix kit for those more brave and skilled. 

In one photo of his layout in his home, part of what looks like a Bandon Tank can be seen, partially obscured, so he MIGHT have had one.

There is - strangely - no record of him ever having had any J15 - maybe he thought them too “ordinary”. Not the nearest equivalent, the Midland J18.

It’s known that he retained a very small few models and gave away a few - were looking at a dozen maximum.

His daughter, now 90, retains about 5 or 6 locos, mostly LMS.

It is thought that distant family members have 1 or 2 more. 

[murrayec]

It is believed by some, that light fingered chaps were at work here- way back at the setting up of the Castle Museum! There is also evidence in the collection that some of the Fry 3 rail models were converted to two rail.......

Eoin 

[jhb171achill]

29 minutes ago, murrayec said:

It is believed by some, that light fingered chaps were at work here- way back at the setting up of the Castle Museum! There is also evidence in the collection that some of the Fry 3 rail models were converted to two rail.......

Eoin 

I do know that one of his LLSR relics - a coach transfer monogram - went for a walk.... 

[jhb171achill]

More from Malahide Railway Museum. The Mk 4 for Cork has a fault in its satnav, so it’s heading for Wicklow instead….

 

Also crossing the Liffey….

[jhb171achill]

We end our travels in Malahide itself…..

[jhb171achill]

14 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I always to to visit when I’m in Dublin. If you look very closely…you can find A Bandon Tank….look behind that rather strange looking man on the telly

Best looking person in Malahide.

[Westcorkrailway]

8 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Best looking person in Malahide.

Low bar…

[cheesy_peas]

19 hours ago, murrayec said:

It is believed by some, that light fingered chaps were at work here- way back at the setting up of the Castle Museum! There is also evidence in the collection that some of the Fry 3 rail models were converted to two rail.......

Eoin 

A large scale touring coach model, said to be one of Fry's and once part of a CIE window display, surfaced for sale maybe a decade ago and disappeared again into the ether.

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, cheesy_peas said:

A large scale touring coach model, said to be one of Fry's and once part of a CIE window display, surfaced for sale maybe a decade ago and disappeared again into the ether.

Yes, he made that as a commission for CIE for a display stand they had.

[murrayec]

This used to be in the Fry Castle Museum, CIE commissioned it for display at a show in the UK, not built by Fry but ended up in the museum. It used to reside in St Andrews Church (Tourist Office) Suffolk Street, not sure if it is still there!

Eoin

[Broithe]

12 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Best looking person in Malahide.

Not sure about the livery details.

Probably a black chassis out of shot..?
 

At least the picture is the right way up.

I think.

[DJ Dangerous]

39 minutes ago, Broithe said:

Not sure about the livery details.

Probably a black chassis out of shot..?
 

At least the picture is the right way up.

I think.

I thought the CIE grey era came before the brown, not after?

[Broithe]

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I thought the CIE grey era came before the brown, not after?

I wasn't sure if I was looking at over-ambitious weathering, or if it was just the primer showing through.

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, Broithe said:

I wasn't sure if I was looking at over-ambitious weathering, or if it was just the primer showing through.

Decades of poor maintenance, probably.