Train model Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 http://www.modelbuszone.co.uk/britbus/base_toys/ie01.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 That's the one that will be on sale at the show this weekend. €8 each I am told. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted October 24, 2013 Share Posted October 24, 2013 Looks nice, but the green is nothing like the right shade, unfortunately......! Easy re painted though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Looks nice, but the green is nothing like the right shade, unfortunately......! Easy re painted though. john - what shade shoud it be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 This perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 No that's a photo Richie with a bonus CIE container in the background! Where did you find that gem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Somewhere on Flickr - I think the National Archives page had it for their "where's this" daily submission. Cant find it online now though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 One on fleabay already http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Base-BT-Models-IE-01-IE01-Leyland-Comet-Flatbed-CIE-Ireland-Irish-Bus-Support-/171157650320?ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:IE:3160 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Green looks too bright to my eye and the eau de nil has a yellowish tinge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 This perhaps? [ATTACH=CONFIG]9798[/ATTACH] a beauty of a pic rich:tumbsup: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That looks like the north end of O'Connell Bridge with the truck heading west towards Heuston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grange Castle Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 (edited) That looks like the north end of O'Connell Bridge with the truck heading west towards Heuston. I second that, Eden Quay heading for Batchelors Walk. Cinema where the laughter lounge now stands, ulster bank on o'connell st still there and the dead give away the clock with is still there over what is now an indian restaurant. Great pic ! Edited October 25, 2013 by Grange Castle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train model Posted October 25, 2013 Author Share Posted October 25, 2013 This perhaps? [ATTACH=CONFIG]9798[/ATTACH] Bolands electric van as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 Nice lorry - wonder if they'd do a GNR one (not that the GN had this lorry?). Now, that Dublin bakery in the background of Richie's pic - Bolands (there's a name from Irish History Mr Dev) - obviously they never used the GN bakery container service, but would anyone be interested in a container in that red livery, suitably lettered? Just thinking out loud - but not averse to getting answers! Leslie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted October 25, 2013 Share Posted October 25, 2013 That particular model of Leyland Comet truck were fairly common around Dublin in the early 60s. Moracrete used a fleet of Leyland Comet trucks sometimes with drawbar trailers for delivering blocks, paving slabs and concrete pipes from its works on the old Dolphins Barn brickworks site, on the Crumlin Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Green looks too bright to my eye and the eau de nil has a yellowish tinge. Don't be put off by the colours in the photo. The flash must have been too bright. I saw the model today and the green is darker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 I saw them today too and the colours are absolutely spot on, so it must have been the photo! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirley Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 It looks the business to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 beautiful! where did you get the load? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Train model Posted October 26, 2013 Author Share Posted October 26, 2013 I doubt that they had fork lifts to load and unload Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunluce Castle Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Wow, you can really see how different lighting effects have a huge impact on the colour of the model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 A thing to remember with these are that the lining and snail were themselves lined, as on pre-1955 carriages. Also, there would have been a fleet number, which I think was painted in white. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 I doubt that they had fork lifts to load and unload Don't think there were many forktrucks going around in the 50's /60's, unless in the bigger depots. How would the barrels be gotten off without a loading bank, suppose with a couple of planks and rolled off / using a filled sack to cushion the fall like the beer keg deliveries? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 Don't think there were many forktrucks going around in the 50's /60's, unless in the bigger depots. How would the barrels be gotten off without a loading bank, suppose with a couple of planks and rolled off / using a filled sack to cushion the fall like the beer keg deliveries? Most of the smaller items would have been loaded/unloaded by hand most trucks doing local deliveries had a helper to assist with the loading unloading. Most goods yards and some goods sheds had hand operated cranes for unloading large items like farm machinery and containers. Coles cranes similar to the Corgi model were a popular 60s era railway and steelyard crane, one was parked up for many years in Mullingar goods yard. https://www.corgi.co.uk/shop/trackside/dg226000-coles-argus-6-ton-crane-yellow/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirley Posted October 27, 2013 Share Posted October 27, 2013 beautiful! where did you get the load? Model Shop, Belfast for the B-T Model & EFE range + Dart Castings for the barrels. I don't think O'Gorman's Motor Works, Clonmel did forklift trucks but I suppose a tractor with a front loader could have been used! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie10646 Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 I assume someone has a list of CIE lorry numbers etc? The GNR did NOT have this type of truck. For those of you modelling God's Blue Railway, the full list of vehicles is to be found in Sam Simpson's brilliant book "Road Services of the GNR" which tells you the fleet number and even the civil registration number! In the case of the Company cars, it even tells you who drove them! Oliver Bulleid appears to have had a Chevrolet Bel Air as his Company Car when he was CME of CIE. It can be seen in a photo in the Turf Burner book. Ah, the trivia you can come up with ...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted October 28, 2013 Share Posted October 28, 2013 Hi I picked up one at the BR show;- murrayec Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted October 29, 2013 Share Posted October 29, 2013 Hi I picked up one at the BR show;- [ATTACH=CONFIG]9881[/ATTACH] murrayec Very good, Eoin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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