Andy Cundick

2 hours ago, Colin R said:

Hi Andy did you carry out any modification to the coach kits?

 

Short answer no as there are eight of them in three different liveries,however the other two will be widened. Andy

To be pedantic it was used to make sure the wagons were the right way round to affect the transhipment as the tranship wagons had one end fixed so could only used one way round.Andy

The Donegal coaches,and the two C&L brakes are avaliable as far as i know,but of a sore subject the Donegal coaches building my th one when i finally sorted out what looked wrong about them,they're too narrow,Pete used the internal width rather than the external making them 6 inches narrower hence the body doesn't overhang the chassis.Andy

The Porters cap motor was supplied with the later batches as the early ones had a more basic gearbox it doesn't have the original wheels as they were originally 2mm though the centre axle is 2mm to accommodate the 2mm final drive.I remember having a chat with Pete about the 5's apparently  he produced 125 kits in all,I wondere how many are built and running?,i've got four operational with two to build i've seen quoted that only about 10% of kits are actually built. Andy.

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Less than 19 days to go...

 

Judging from this perhaps they're going to be doing working station clocks,Andy

Its all a bit bizarrei thought just for the fun it to see were i am supposed to be and yes Salisbury plain is right but they have it  in Adelaide South Australia !,weird  bit  is i was last there 60 years ago.Andy

The little grey Fergies seem to have got everywhere as well as their successor the red Massey 35 the only place they didn't seem to predominate was around Letterkenny were you used to see a lot of the Fordson Dextas .Grey Fordsons were much older beasts,originally built i Dearborn then Cork until production was moved to Dagenham in 1932 appearing in Blue with orange wheels(traditional Essex cart colours apparently) though my one is in RAF blue grey being an ex RAF tractor,Andy

Simple one that ,yes.Andy

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

It's the LNWR 'Special' tank I think JB?

https://www.hattons.co.uk/76795/gem_kb023_lnwr_special_tank_gem_kit_including_all_parts_motor_wheels_detailing_etc/stockdetail

And yes it's a line I'd love to have a go at sometime - the DNGR saddle tanks might be exactly the kind of prototype that OO Works might be interested in....?

Yes and then again no the DNG tanks were actually DX 060's with saddletanks,the main difference being the wheel diameter 4'3" for the Specials whereas the DX's were 5'2". I built mine using the London Road kit for the Special tank but with the larger wheels and using the splashers from their DX kit which they do as a spare.Worsley does four of the coachesi most say they do jolly up Valencia when they make an appearance.Andy.

Its simple i used that setup for Lochty The trick with the SEEPs  is to convert the fixing holes into slots(file or burr)and don't tighten the screws just leave them slightly floating that way you have enough movement for the switch,Andy

Yes please need something to haul my BCDR six wheelers Andy

3 hours ago, Mayner said:

A 3D printed chassis block in a FDM or SLS material should be feasible, Richard Hobbs produced a Shapeways print of an GNR JT 2-4-2T with a 3D printed chassis. 

Chassis block could be designed to take "top hat" bearings available from UK suppliers like Gibson or Markits.

Coupling rods probably best laser cut from a company like PPD.

Wheels potentially the biggest challenge 90 has unusual wheels with H shaped cast Iron spokes, Tim Cramer made a set from carriage wheels for a scratch built No90 that appeared in the Modeller during the late 60s/early 70s. 

GSWR diagrams of No90 don't specify a wheel size but a Markits or Gibson 3'6" Industrial wheel appears close in dia.

A small gearbox and motor from Branchlines probably the best option for motorising, gearboxes are less fiddly to assemble and fewer small parts to loose than the more sophisticated high Level gearboxes.

Have to say i disagree about the gearbox choice High Level boxes are a much better proposition they are easy to put together and unlike Branchlines boxes the motor is removable after the box is assembled.As for rods Alan Gibson of Lanarkshire Models do quite a range rods including "Universal " sets which is what i used for 90 and  100.The Tim Cramer drawing was in the MRC May 1972,Page 184.Andy.

Theres a reasonable amount of space if you use the tanks i built 90 for Courtmacsherry and found it a pretty simple one to motorise somewhere theres most of 100 to complement her .Andy

15 hours ago, Keitheg6 said:

u-pol grey primer power can, comes with a fan spray nozzle, top class stuff wouldn't use anything else , 15 euro a can but worth every cent. 

Quite agree i usually pick up a box of them at Beaulieu Autojumble each year use them on all the models as well as on all my vehicles from Austin to Land Rover via JowettAndy

For starters theres a track plan in Pattersons Book as well as one in the Narrow Gauge Magazine Donegal special No50 i think the Michael Bunch Book vol 1 has the best selection of Derry section photosthere was an article recently in the IRRS Journal on the derailmenti'll sort out some more details when i dig out my Londonderry section album.Andy

Valencia has her first trip out in over three years to Yate next Saturday its been exhumed from the workshop(hadn't seen it in while) currently going through the stock,one or two odd combinations seen at the moment Harland & Wolff diesel on a rake of DNGR six wheelers anyone ? Andy.

Bought a MGW  coach it hangs over my workbench as an example a how bad 3d prints can be,Andy

Certainly interested in both loco and tender Andy

Isn't three rail a bit old hat ? Andy

14 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

 

Of course, those of us "in weeping exile" can see Andy's CDR delights for under a tenner, if we live in the right part of the Big Island.

See Bruckless thread.

Have you built one of these yet, Andy?  Pretty little loco?                                                     Augher: 25/6/37 Casserley, Copyright The Syndicate

Two built so far with one more to go though as far as the three foot stuff goes i'm concentrating on the Donegal at the moment what with Bruckless off all over the place.Andy.

36 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

In narrow gauge, I am quite surprised that nobody has yet done a Dingle 2.6.0T, a Donegal 2.6.4T, or perhaps more so an Isle of Man 2.4.0T in RTR.

There don't even seem to be half-decent kits for any of them.

I'd have to disagree having built 4 of the Backwoods Class 5's 3 of the Branchlines  T&Ds and two of the Branchlines IOM loco plus 2 of the GEM kits with Branchlines chassis however i believe there is talk of an IOM ready to run loco making an appearance.Andy 

I'm just finishing my D.N.G.R saddletank so the way things go these days its a dead cert for early release Andy

What about Caledonian,Great Eastern ans S&D ones ? Andy.

The writeup is a bit odd,as Chris refers to "adding bits of plastic to the locos" whereas  4 and 5 are both scratchbuilt in brass,the railcar is a Worsley kit on a Halling chassis,the Beyer is a Gem kit on a  Branchlines chassis and  the Kerr Stuart is a Meridian kit on an Arnold  TT Kof shunter chassis the only thing  i did to the Kof is remove the body,no plastic was used on any of the stock as all the rolling stock is brass as well.still as you say Chris does do a good photo,Andy

Ironically the only locos to work on both Valencia and Courtmacsherry were the C's.which out of my time scale but i run one anyway,Andy