Georgeconna

I have these 2 locos for sale. Mint condition, Never been run. Detail Parts included. Box in good condition. Surplus to Requirements. Looking for E120.00 each ono. Will Accept pay pal, Non registered Postage would be around E7 each or can send them to Marks Models Dublin for Collection. Can weather locos for an extra E10 only if required

Well got all of the Chassis down last night and they bodies are being primed right now. Used Liquid lead to weight them down and sealed off the gap in the chassis floor to get as much lead in as possible. Glued in with wood glue watered down with soap and water. O took the wheels out and adjusted the ballast and gave them a clean up before the glue set.

another bit of Heritage going to Disappear, Saw it a few years back but did not know there was a Campaign to save it. The life boat is shocking too, I think Ballycotton are looking to stuff and mount that as well.

Whats the Story on the Last Van in the Pictres John, Are these Available kit wise too? Must of missed that one popping up here! Oh TPO or 3 would be on order with me as well!!

Have a Lima Enterprise coming up shortly for sale. Will have it in my Hands Tomorrow and will put a pic up if your interested keep an eye out. G

Great info, Love the graphics, Tk me about 2 years to do that!!

Lucky you!!, Might do 2 grey and 2 Brown so!! Grey would look nice I think...

Class effort alright....We call the lads who did that langars...for sure...

Slowly losing the will to live, Maybe Solder poisoning...anyhow another 2 hours tonight doing the handrails on my own one and the Chimneys and a general tidy up, Definately plastic fix tomorrow I can smell the glue form here!! The Chimney collar is plastic Tube widened out with a mini File and brass Tube used for the Chimney available from all goodish model shops....

That looks to be a smashing project, I would go with light grey as well, No one can tell you your wrong anyhow!!

The chap they are going to is!!. But they were bugging me big time. The Burnt fingers have their won tale to tell Sean!!

All the soldering done with the handrails taking the most time, 2 hours spent tonight and the last 8 rain strips will be done tomorrow if my shed is still there!! Then a prime and the chassis to build. The roof dims I used were:Width 36mm x Length 83mm is used some KS brass at work which is very thin and easy to bend while soldering.

I would use this on the Sides. Its flexible Superglue, Does not fracture upon impact. Handy for Rough Handling or Accidental Drops!! http://www.shop4glue.com/flexy-cyano-20g-flexible-rubber-toughened-cyanoacrylate-super-glue-adhesive-black-ca-superglue-86-p.asp and Ordinary superglue for the rest of the bits.

knowing my luck it will spring off the model and end up missing, Your are doing spares of these Des???

Great Stuff here Lima33, Love your work!!

Another push to get the Brass on and just have the duckets to do now, I am thinking of leaving the those off and paint and mask them seperatly as it is a bit easier to do.

Handrails are going on at the moment, will stick a piccy up soon G

bit more of a update on the Brake Vans. Got the Lamp Irons Soldered one, Side lamps, Ash vent, Window Frames, and door ends. good bit of time on these spent, the vans look pretty bad at this stage but one I give em a little love and a wash they should come up nicely. Heres the Lamp Irons on The I tackled to Duckets, It would be great to have these cast in Resin so you can just glue em on!! Handy too for Scratch building. I et the solder flow out of the Joins so I can sand them flush and the join will be filled. Thats the plan anyhow!! Next was the Door ends and to solder these in place and the window Frames, Pretty straighforward to do this. Frames in place Door ends in place Ashpan flap soldered on, This is a 2 part piece Here with have the little Side lamps soldered on. Also on the go is an SSM MK.3 EGV. I have this a long way through the build and just spraying the Dayglo on the ends. Need to fix back on a step by the looks of it. Finally not everything goes to plan, I had these mark 3s sprayed up and Decalled, 95% complete, just needed to glue on Etch Window surrounds and the Shawplan Windows and they were done however I used y own mix of orange which was a tad too light when matched up to another EGV I had so I soaked them in oven cleaner and fairy power spray and now have re-primed them again and will used the Phoenix precision CIE Orange which is back on sale in Marks, Big and Small tins. Big tins E9.99.

Heres the update on the Bulleid Van. Paint went on and the Mask Came off. Window are blank off with masking tape here so it looks a bit Strange. I may go for a Draker grey on the roof as it looks a bit out of place as it is too light, that was Phoenix Precision roof Dirt.

Heres the Latest on the Brakes, All the Side Strakes or T Section as Des Calls them are on, The End ones were soldered on first,4 per van, A tab had to be cut off of one and as there was no hole in the End of the Veranda to sit it into. No big deal just some extra time taken. The last of the Strakes in the Side of the Body were soldered on, There are four lengths that you have to cut to size yourself and this took a wee bit of time but all good fun!!

Wizard Whesty says plain ol Superglue would do. Maybe Medium Viscosity Perhaps..

While the Orange is drying on the tin Van I started one of the SSM Kits, The 20tan Brake van. Again this is a nice kit and great thought has gone into the breakdown of the parts to make it a easy as possible. This one will be soldered as well but these can be glued with great results. Here is what you get for you few bob, Brass Etch, Dapol Prestwin Kit. Clear Glazing, Brass roof and some wire for handrails, I prefer the straight brass wire myself to save time Straightening it out, Also Transfers and some masking tape. First thing to do was to cut out the Main body etch and fold up using a steel ruler. I then cut of the Side strakes. Note that one part has notches higher up due to where the Ashpan sits so look twice!! A smear of solder paste and as cut off bit of solder and hot iron enabled to solder to run along the joint. It was just a handy to add another two to the fire!! Here I Added the Strakes on and again used a smear of solder paste where the part was going to sit and soldered from the inside which let the solder flow out and along the parts fusing them together. small bit of tidying up need afterwards. Here all three bodies have the side strakes done, need to do the Front strakes next. about 1.5 hours to get to this stage. Now back to painting the black on the tin van!! Thanks for looking G

Thanks For that. I will put a floor in though to finish it off. Tks George

Easons Cork have this book in the Cork Shop Reduced from E27.00 to E8.99, Not a bad little book

Thanks lads...As I have said before its down the the Design of the kit, It is pretty much Perfect.Clean Crisp and solid Etched parts. Hope the Roof fits nicely once the Glazing goes in!! Thats my main worry!! This is the 1st time I used this primer and it is Brilliant, I used Car spray stuff before but this is Phoenix Stuff is excellent, It has Activation Properties that make sure the Paint holds onto the brass. I found with aerosol primers they did not have the grip and ruined the finish when you pulled the Masking tape off the paint came away in small Sections and thats with Tamiya Tape!! Looking forward to the Finish, Its gonna be Black and tan!!. Thanks George