BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 http://www.igs.ie/shop/detail/tiny-towns-build-your-own-dublin No mention of a scale.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Couple of towns and cities represented http://www.igs.ie/catalog/products Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Highly interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Looks like could certainly make a passable backscene with a little work.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I think you can get etched brass sash windows and that type of thing as well..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Whats the scale? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 They dont seem to be to a set scale, but look passably OO Site says Each building varies in size but approx 10cm high x 8cm wide x 8cm deep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Look to be made by http://www.tinytowns.ie/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 From the website, they look to have been designed to OO Anke Eckardt, an enthusiastic model builder, was making a miniature version of her local village for her son's railway layout when she came up with the idea of making a kit that everyone could enjoy. Her friend David Scott, experienced in digital printing, saw the model and suggested that more villages and towns would love to have a tiny version made of themselves. And so, together they set about designing models of Irish towns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 They dont seem to be to a set scale, but look passably OO Site says Each building varies in size but approx 10cm high x 8cm wide x 8cm deep. It does say -"Anke Eckardt, an enthusiastic model builder, was making a miniature version of her local village for her son's railway layout when she came up with the idea of making a kit that everyone could enjoy." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 Looks like Glendergs little phone box in that photo ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 4, 2013 Author Share Posted December 4, 2013 The Capital Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 thats great stuff to get any young (or old) folk interested in a bit of modelling! i notice Portlaoise isnt made though:rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishrail201 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Wow dick macks pub will be out soon right across the road from my grannies house in Dingle! might be able to finally get going with my T&D themed layout Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 thats great stuff to get any young (or old) folk interested in a bit of modelling! i notice Portlaoise isnt made though:rolleyes: D'you think they'll do the prison? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heirflick Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 D'you think they'll do the prison? well....there is enough of them anyway!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 i notice Portlaoise isnt made though:rolleyes: The model of Abbeyleix on the wall in the Heritage Centre is worth a look.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 [ATTACH=CONFIG]10476[/ATTACH] Looks like Glendergs little phone box in that photo ! I must break my self imposed silence for a moment. The IRM drug is tough to kick. If thats my phone box, then the adjacent shop has only a four foot door! But seriously, i love the idea of five shops/houses for fifteen quid. I may "borrow" it. I would say to the discerning modeller that these models wont suit your layout, etched brass or no! However, if you have a small person with some thomas the tank engine stuff, buy it. Buy it in spades, and put it together with them. Reason I say this is that sometime in the early eighties, someone in Kelloggs asked youngfla's like me to stick 20p to a coupon and post it to some wonderous place in dublin. A week later up to 16 card buildings arrived which survived until the late 90's. They may have been over scale, very tumbribge wells in nature, but i reckon i wouldnt be at this craic without them. So, if this christmas you do only one bit of modelling, give this lady a bit of business and inspire the next generation. You'd be surprised the effect it can have. Back to health and safety legislation..... Richie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Atta boy Richie!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Good man Richie - couldn't agree more - already bought the cork set Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 (edited) The Capital[ATTACH=CONFIG]10477[/ATTACH] Ah the best pub in Cork is featured....The Hi-b. Second floor above the Chemist which is the right hand building. They dropped a few samples off in the shop maybe 2 years ago, Made the Ballydehob ones and stuck it on the window. They are nice but basic. they come on a postcard too which is a great idea. Edited December 5, 2013 by Georgeconna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minister_for_hardship Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 That's the pub where you get barred for fiddling with a mobile phone! A neat idea, but I don't like the 'watercolour' look of them. Need a bit of work to make them presentable on a layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Ah the best pub in Cork is featured....The Hi-b. Second floor above the Chemist which is the right hand building. They dropped a few samples off in the shop maybe 2 years ago, Made the Ballydehob ones and stuck it on the window. They are nice but basic. they come on a postcard too which is a great idea. The Hi-b George, it sounds like Corks version of Tom Mahers in Waterford from what I've heard about it. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted December 6, 2013 Share Posted December 6, 2013 That's the pub where you get barred for fiddling with a mobile phone! A neat idea, but I don't like the 'watercolour' look of them. Need a bit of work to make them presentable on a layout. Or Fiddling with other stuff. Brian is pushing on now so it aint the same. All Fancy boys and would you believe ladys in Situ. O clallaghans now for me, E3.00 a Beamish and no tele. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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