murrayec Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 (edited) Here are a few shots of a CIE DART 8100 Class 'Conversion', it will make its début at the Wexford Show this coming weekend. It will also be at the Stillorgan Show and the Train & Model Fair next month. Eoin Edited April 14, 2017 by murrayec 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Superb. They look really impressive especially considering they are N gauge. Well done Eoin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Beautiful work Owen. All together now, these are veeeeeeeery small and those are far away..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Amazing. Take my money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 The set is fantastic and really shows that N gauge can match any other scale for quality. You mention that it is a conversion what was the donor and was there much work to be done to make the changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRi1959 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I agree, N-gauge certainly has potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murrayec Posted April 19, 2017 Author Share Posted April 19, 2017 Hi MikeO It was some Japanese EMU, a lot of work done to the roof- removing central vents and filling holes, roof ribbing added, and DART vents added. Existing pantograph removed and two DART like ones added. Major mods to front ends- removing head codes, grills and filling, adding DART head code, window frames and bumpers. Then the painting and decals.....done! Eoin 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 Eoin Thanks for that. I suspected it may be a lot of work. I think I will stick with my original plan to convert a class 350 to an 8500 series DART. from the photos I have seen so far there will not nearly be as much work although the ends will need reshaping. Your comments on the roof modifications will have to be investigated to see if something similar needs to be done to the class 350. MikeO 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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