Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 If you want to be able to run it alongside your GNR loco, then silver or green are your options... Preserved era? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Preserved era? Then you need to encase the body within a corrugated structure: http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/103.html (see bottom right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Then you need to encase the body within a corrugated structure: http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/103.html (see bottom right). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Then you need to encase the body within a corrugated structure: http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/103.html (see bottom right). Yes , preservation Irish style. None can see it or photograph it as it rusts away from sight. Edited December 14, 2015 by Junctionmad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yes , preservation Irish style. None can see out or photograph it as it rusts away from sight. It's easy to blame the preservationist who've had to take those measures to slow its deterioration and keep it secure, but the real problem is the lack of support they get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Then you need to encase the body within a corrugated structure: http://www.irishtractiongroup.com/103.html (see bottom right). I think that shade of grey is a bit light. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I think that shade of grey is a bit light. Bit o' weathering, be grand..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Bit o' weathering, be grand..... Would be a simple enough kit - Weshty..? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flange lubricator Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Glenderg that's a great paint job on the sulzer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Mind you getting quite pernickity about exactness rather than overall impression feels strange given our 16.5mm track gauge seems as far off scale as perhaps a missing wheel. When looking at a model train in operation, realistic scale movements seem equally as important as a good looking fine scale model. No use looking 100% perfectly authentic if it moves like a toy, accelerates like a Ferrari and brakes at a scale 4g throwing imaginary passengers against carriage bulk heads when stopping at a station. When you go and look at real trains do you it from a 10 storey building or a helicopter? Dont forget Model Trains are exactly that - Model trains. They are not real trains that have been shrunk with a shrinking ray. Sadly in the majority they have electric motors powering them rather than miniature internal combustion/steam engines. All the little people inside are lumps of plastic, they cant open the doors or windows...... A good balance between a great looking model that runs well will look the real thing. Can't have one without the other unless its for a display case. Given what you said about IFM models and BR 33's/MK1's etc you are really showing up some double standards here. You have dragged this one well off topic again. As someone who has completed several chassis swops, a few have been missing axles and nobody noticed at normal viewing distance. The models ran and looked fine which is more important. Dont forget too Airfix and Hornby left them out on production models too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junctionmad Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I must email des to order my one. It's the only loco I ever got to drive in real life Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Volunteer at Downpatrick. Junctionmad, and you'll be able to drive an A, C, E, G, and 141..... plus of course, steam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aclass007 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Brilliant job on that! No offence to anyone else who built one, but it's easily the best example of the Sulzer that I've seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 When you go and look at real trains do you it from a 10 storey building or a helicopter? Dont forget Model Trains are exactly that - Model trains. They are not real trains that have been shrunk with a shrinking ray. Sadly in the majority they have electric motors powering them rather than miniature internal combustion/steam engines. All the little people inside are lumps of plastic, they cant open the doors or windows....... A little unfair. Nothing wrong with striving to get your model trains to run in a prototypical manner. When you bring sound into the equation it becomes much more important to get a loco to run at prototypical speeds. Given what you said about IFM models and BR 33's/MK1's etc you are really showing up some double standards here. You have dragged this one well off topic again. As someone who has completed several chassis swops, a few have been missing axles and nobody noticed at normal viewing distance. The models ran and looked fine which is more important. Dont forget too Airfix and Hornby left them out on production models too. Please, don't start accusing other people of double standards after that statement! You continually criticize manufacturers and their products for incorrect or missing detail yet it's ok for YOU to omit an axle? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Bloody gorgeous! A good layer of carefully unwashed filth and you're grand! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Please, don't start accusing other people of double standards after that statement! You continually criticize manufacturers and their products for incorrect or missing detail yet it's ok for YOU to omit an axle? But I'm not a manufacturer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Meanwhile, back at the ranch... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Now, that's what I'm talking about! Beautiful detail, Richie! Is this Weshty's? with detail added? What chassis is she on? Thanks Edited December 14, 2015 by DiveController Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Glenderg, that 107's a mighty fine piece! Weathering's just right - looks so realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irishthump Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 But I'm not a manufacturer Oh that's right, you're not. You're one of those "real modellers" who makes something better rather than settling for inferior RTR models. Missing an axle, but better..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Ok, difference of opinion, folks….. Something constructive to do with Sulzers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Very clean detail etch. ..maybe a photo of the model, with numbers showing where the etch parts go... Thanking you sir, and your wish is my command... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Thanks lads, she runs on a cut down class 55 chassis, loaded up with weight, and ran through 4 short radius points forming a curve at slow speeds. The movement was exhibition standard and that's without DCC. So can yee please stop talking about using the wrong stuff on a sulzer. The railroad model is 50 notes. It's withering listening to all this. Like a fart in a trousers - all sound, no substance. R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 ....Like a fart in trousers - all sound, no substance. Dear God: the smell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRich Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Brilliant job on that! No offence to anyone else who built one, but it's easily the best example of the Sulzer that I've seen. + One a fantastic job. Rich, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Oh clucking bell, that is too sweet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Thanking you sir, and your wish is my command...[ATTACH=CONFIG]21751[/ATTACH] Brilliant. I can put some numbers and arrows on that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'm just wondering. I know they all spent some time in black - or most of them anyway; but did any (in the sixties, of course) get the yellow end panels that was on some A and C class? I don't recall seeing any like this - I'm pretty sure none did, but I could be wrong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scahalane Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Thats an excellent build Richie complemented with flawless paint work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I don't think so JB. I've seen a silver on cork shed, dirty green in the books, various depth tan and white line and chevron or chevron only black and tan schemes, and supertain, even seen me a shark eat an octopus. But I ain't never seen no phantom Russian submarine, I mean a yellow band anywhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaine Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 Oh that's right, you're not. You're one of those "real modellers" who makes something better rather than settling for inferior RTR models. Missing an axle, but better..... Ah I don't really fancy lowering myself to your own level as you could beat me with experience. Keep thumping the keyboard me aul flower. Thump it harder I'll leave you with a word - Frateschi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I'll leave you with a word - Frateschi Your last word for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enniscorthyman Posted December 15, 2015 Share Posted December 15, 2015 I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all..... [ATTACH=CONFIG]21749[/ATTACH] Fab paint job,and she looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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