Irish Padre

This is brill stuff. Could I be a pain and ask which RM it was please ? Looks an ideal project for TTN3 - if I can turn out anything half as good as this!

That’s fantastic - thank you! I have scratch built in brass in 7mm but am now trying my hand at 3mm scale narrow gauge plastic locos so a big change. This is really helpful - thanks for taking time to give such a comprehensive reply. David

Hello - lovely work! Just picking up from another thread - what thickness of plasticard have you used when building in the past ? Thanks

The publishers are the sole distributor afaik. If they don’t have it, it’ll be waiting for s h copies on the likes of ABE Books I expect.

Looks great, having lived beside Larne line from 71-89. Can’t imagine what the inspiration for Whiterock is

Late to this party (remember social gatherings?) but this little loco is lovely. It’s almost as if Hudswell Clarke made the Lough Swilly a shunter out of spares from the big tanks !

Hello - I have three Peco 009 turnouts to lay. Normally a 7mm modeller, I know how to set up a switched frog. But I’m struggling here! Do I simply solder a wire to the frog and then add that to my SEEP PM1 micro switch? Is there anything else I need to do - I’m used to cutting gaps and soldering bridging wires etc but the Peco instructions are most vague! thank you in anticipation - David (ps visual aids much appreciated to bolster any explanation!)

Valve gear, coal and dirt added. Sorry about the cotton wool ‘steam’. I just couldn’t help myself.

I’m no good at computer smoke. Is old fashioned cotton wool allowed ?

Really really nice work. These are iconic things and you have got them just right .

Radiant, sir.

Only just seen this - wonderful. Used to live near Basingstoke and regularly made a pilgrimage to Cliddesden.

And she moves....bit of fine tuning required but making progress...

1956 and ‘Enniskillen’ is fresh from overhaul at Dundalk. I’ll weather her when I have the courage - having spent 9 months scratch building her I’m a bit protective! Anyway she’s not quite finished yet..

Enniskillen as she left Dundalk after final GN overhaul in 56. Fair amount to do yet but end is in sight....