Irish S Gauge layout in BRM August edition

[Weshty]

There is an excellently written 10 page article in this month's British Railway Modelling magazine of Paul Green's scratchbuily Kilbrandon layout. This is an S Gauge modelling based on the Killorglin/Iveragh area. The station with its Killarney style canopy is a joy to behold.

 

There are also fine handbuilt models of:

J15

100 (sister of No. 90 preserved in Downpatrick)

D19 the Kerry Bogie

T&CR 2-6-0T Hunslet

 

Beg, borrow or steal a copy! I know Paul from the time that I bought SSM from him. A complete gent and connoisseur of fine ale and blues at the Dirty Duck Alehouse! (Wrenner can vouch for the quality of this venue too )

[WRENNEIRE]

But not for the guy in the dodgy Kangol hat that played during the interval............

[Weshty]

Jayz, I'd forgotten about that.......

[Kirley]

You have not been keeping up while on holidays, entry on this in NEWS 3 weeks ago!

Edited August 7, 2013 by Kirley

[Weshty]

Too right Kirley, I've been out of the country for several weeks....

[moogle]

Don't usually buy magazines but I might have to keep an eye out for this one!

Thanks for the heads up.

[Weshty]

Don't usually buy magazines but I might have to keep an eye out for this one!

Thanks for the heads up.

 

You won't regret it, and there is a quality article on painting figures as well.

[Mike 84C]

Spot on Weshty, I bought BRM just for the piece on Paul Greens Kilbrandon layout. Last year it was at the Spalding exhibition and I spent a good hour watching it run. She who must be obeyed sent out a search party!!. A very good article.

[jhb171achill]

What is S gauge?

[Glenderg]

S scale is 1:64. We deal in 1:76.2 - but scale is slightly irrelevant here.

 

We deal in a track gauge of 16.5 mm, which is 4.5mm out of gauge for the 5'3" so making us underscale. Traditional irish modellers should be 21mm . S scale modellers have a gauge of 22.4mm, which makes their track and wheelsets closer to our 21mm standard.

 

Heres where scale comes in - if you want exact 3'5/6/7" wheelsets, you can get them in 1:64, but not in scale and gauge . Confused yet?

 

Essentially the stock and locos in that article are pretty high on the Moogle - Holman scale. 1 being plain crazy small, 10 being crazy full stop.

 

Richie.;

[moogle]

Essentially the stock and locos in that article are pretty high on the Moogle - Holman scale. 1 being plain crazy small, 10 being crazy full stop.

 

Richie.;

 

:ROFL: I'm infamous at last!

 

O.K, I'll get me coat...

[WRENNEIRE]

What is S gauge?

Its half of Gauge 1, but fits in between O gauge & 00 gauge

Theres a chap in Hollywood in the County Down, Des Brown, who is a big exponent of S Gauge and occasionally brings small displays of it to shows in the 6 counties