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Glutton for Punishment Eamonn. Thing is do you hang on forever and hope IRM do a Ready to Run jobbie or jump in and buy a langar load of these yokes to have a play with!! I'll go with Playing!! Look forward to seeing them on your layout.

Ah yes I remember using them as my Dad had them in his tool Inventory, Probably tried cutting wood with them!!!

Cheers Rich. I'd have to tackle frames and wheel set up again for me Bandon tank and finally get that running so these picture are definately a kick in the Arse. I might get a Quartering jig though to help me with that. This stuff is the good few steps above Meccano but I was only mucking about with that last week and forgot how therapeutic it was!. Just heard one of my friends is after winning a gold Medal in IPMS Scale Model World in Telford for a Model Car today, thing is he only started modelling a few months back and produces some excellent stuff. I seem to be threading Water!!

flipping heck by hand!! Nice one, Must look into getting one of those Saws then. Tks

This modelling Makes plastic a resin kits look like girls stuff. Love these threads.

Eoin, What do you use to Cut the cab frames out with? . Some nice work there m8. Just reading through the whole thing thread now and enjoying it.

Now that is pretty special. Doing a whole rake will take so doing!!

Gonna follow this one Eoin. The rod a fishbelly type I think there called. Nice few evenings work in front of you. Do you need an apprentice by any chance

Veritable Bubble blitz there. New board, any full time wagon testers required in IRM Towers? The Set up there from what I saw looks Fantastic.

Maybe Ask Marks to hold a set and pay it off over a short period of time. The Card system is a good idea though from IRM. Must look into that myself.

Cheers Noel. I think I got those when I was in Marks Models.

No Idea how you order these buses. There does not seem to be a Website or such. Strange operation. Bit pricey I thought at 1st until I saw that 1/76 CIE bus in Dublin for €160 notes!

Just as yours Noel. Tks

Sorry Cant seem to Edit the previous posts. Heres some more KC and a Van Hool Now out to the Shed with some Frank and Walters for company :)

Forgot this little truck, not sure of its Pedigree, Also a Tad Irisished. Mix of Decals on this one, the reflective strips are from Studio Scale but need a white Decal or White paint for Behind it to be effective

Finally I got given a 4 x 2 baseboard about 2 years ago by Tim Cramer (He was doing a French Standard Gauge and Narrow Gauge Line dio but it came to Naught_ so during a nice Summers day this year cobbled together another 4 x 2 boards for my Southern Region 3 rail layout (I would of been Quick to start from Scratch try to get rid of all the cork he laid and glued with contact adhesive) Track is more or less down now the way I want it. I had to buy new cork tiles and of course the old ones I had stored must of been compressed a Gnats c.ck in height to tiny bump up to the higher level. I use a 4-4-2 Adams tank to check for dips and uneven track. I need to build the fiddle year around the back (how many years will that take!!), Add a back scene to the far End, Work on the track electronics and ballast. The Tunnel Entrance is Scales Scenes and pretty awesome it turned up too. I will have to Scratch build the road overbridge. I managed to install a Cobalt IP on Sunday about an hours work. Nearly got sick when I read they you had to send address 198 to 'activate' them. I have a Dynamis unit + Pro Box ( I really Like them some don't) and it only goes to 100 for the Accessories Addresses (I doubt I will need more than that amount of Accessories) but it took a loco programming number written to it direct from the Pro box and hey presto it actually works. Delighted. Inspiration is from Heathfield on the Cuckoo line in Sussex but of course with 12 ft length I have to Compromise. cheers George.

Final thing on the go is a Class 80, I never want to build one of these again. What a chore. Not really a case of sticking the sides on a Coach. Over estimate the work on this. It is an MIR kit and Class 73 Power unit.

Couple of Track Machines getting a slight dusting and the IE logo on it to Irishise them. Small bit more to do on these.

Next up is another Shapeways, The is the E class, Again rough ol sandpaper finish so Mr Surfacer and some Brass Etch from Mr Mayner. New Step is another coat of Varnish and then the Windows.

Next one up is a Shapeways Bus Eireann Jobbie. This was as usualy was a buggar as it had the Sandpaper finish. I tried something different here with Mr Surfacer thinned down with Cellulose and brushed the mix over the plastic. It is hard plastic so did not melt or distort. I did one side at a time and sanded them down as best as possible without loosing the little Detail there was. I just might spray the White line again as it looks to be a bit too yellow or it is my eyes playing tricks on me.

Heres the Latest purge in Clearing the Decks. Coupe of Jim poots Buses, These are normally simple models by The few I had here were the poorest I've seen, the roof were sagging, Needed Brass rod to straighten , Bodies were twisted so the glazing did not fit. In the end I think I got there and can consider these done. A Quick few snaps of them here.

Yep, A Gawd awful Model, got it for a Tennor, It was basically a Toy with motorised Props, these were all taken out and re hashed as a kit.

Some more items on the go, MIR Class 80, thought this would be a simple enough thing to build but it is a lot of work TBH. Much more than i had envisaged. I have the Motor end nearly complete now and it is in Primer. Fertisilers are from MIR E Class is shapeways and Mayners Brass Etch. This is nearly complete, Just a coat of Varnish and then the Glazing. Ploughs are from Des's Workshop. Thats Really it for the past year. I have a few things I need to Kill off Especially someones Mir 071 which I have 70% done, just need to stick the lights in.

Hull was painted back in May and not much else done since, Just the lifeboats added.