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Went on to the website just now, determined to keep my pre-ordering to the absolute required minimum. Somehow that ended up being a half dozen of these beauties. 😲 On a totally unrelated topic, anyone know the going rate for a second hand kidney from one (reasonably) careful owner? -
Not 100% satisfied with the surface finish of the CVR van, the noticeable diagonal marking/crease is actually in the opposite direction to the print angle! Would possibly show up as a vertical line with a horizontal print! The home printed bodies on commercially printed chassis are starting to go together but some fettling needed to improve fit between body and chassis. The chassis are additional prints ordered to provide an allowance for defects while assembling rtr wagons and ended up with some spares! I modified the LMA to print the roof integral with the body and removed most of the floor in order to support the roof during printing. The wagon body is pronted in Monocure "Impact' resin, the chassis by Facfox in their ABS-like SLA resin. The alignment pins on the body actually fitted the alignment sockets in the chassis! Main issue with fit is a slight curve along the bottom edge of the ends. I have a couple of spare LMA chassis so may print a low side ballast wagon body, I have more than enough LMAs and vans in general -
Being a national holiday "Labour Weekend" normal train service cancelled allowing Civil Engineers to carry out major works at Utah Junction. Major decay had set in one of the main basebord/framing members and although probably good for another 3-4 years best to replace while I am still reasonably fit and able (arthritic knees!) First job to put in some tempory supports to the cross members before cutting out/removing the decayed member. Framing in this area originally installed approx 17 years ago (amazing how time flys!) Fortunately almost no sign of decay in the piles or cross members. So probabably good for without major work for another 10+ years. All timber was CCA pressure treated. Motor #6 preparing to return to base. Load is cedar ties (supposedly decay/rot resistant) I had machined about 15 years ago, but rotted away after several years outside use as sleepers/ties.. Load helps hide batteries and electronics 🙂 Structural repair completed before tea time, cut ends of new framing treated. I may fit a metal flashing over the framing in this area as the decay occurred along the drip line of a large tree. I'll replace the welded meash that supports the weedmat that supports the stone/ground cover in this area and fit a treated decking fascia to the new framing to tidy up the area for this season. Long term plan is to extend the box planting along the border to hide the framing, but we are already showing signs of unseasonably hot dry weather this spring, so probabably best to concentrate on trackbase repairs and delay planting until the winter months.
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And at Inchicore in 1974: B233 & G615 Inchicore | Seen at right, B233 (with B234) were… | Flickr Really surprised it was repainted into Supertrain livery before transplanting. Learn something new every day! -
The 'goods shed" has an interesting history originally the Dublin and Meath locomotive works from opening until MGWR took over operation of the line (1869). https://www.stationhousehotel.ie/weddings/the-carriage-suite/ The 'works" was later converted into a combined dwelling house and goods shed. One distinctive feature was a tall brick chimney at the rear of the "works" near the turntable possibly in connection with the 'works' boiler house. The large end doors seem to have been permanently closed during the combined dwelling house/goods shed era, wagons loaded/unloaded through doorways at the side of the goods shed (original workshop windows) and small domestic windows in partially infilled window opes in the dwelling house section. https://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000305244 As far as I recall the house/goods shed was in use as a dwelling up to the early 1980s A model of Kilmessan set during the 1860s would be interesting and challenging, the Midland only buying No7 of the D&M fleet an 1862 Fossick & Hackworth 2-4-0 nicknamed "Drag all". Remaining locos and stock apparently picked up by the equally improvished Athenry & Tuam. David the "Colonel" picked up a D&M Brake Van from the late Richard Chowan's estate. My father fished the "Skane" around Kilmessan and Dunsaney but I never got to check out/explore Kimmessan station, though walked the line near Dunsaney before track was lifted on a sunday afternoon with my parents most likely 63-64, next time we re-visited track was gone railway dismantled.
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