Georgeconna

I have a quantity of 2nd hand and new Peco track for G scale, if you want to PM me....

Were ok for now but should the need happen ill be in touch, Do you have Points as well as could do with maybe another 1 or 2.?

Don't worry its not me:eek::eek:

A couple of hours spent again on the Garden Railway, This time we finished off the flyover and bridge with shuttering and poured the Cement in. Also filled the Gaps in the Block work and eased out a curve I did no like as it was just too tight and put some shuttering around the outside to make it a bit more presentable. Also started work in the Bridge piling (concrete block) and now working out how to make the bridge. To Electric fence post in the piccy will probably do the trick. Loads of Craic to be had Literally!!

I hope to have two days off this week and depending on the weather and If I can get the sprogs looked after by someone else for the day the track will be started.

Cheers

George

Plenty going on with the large scale. Is it next to the Transport Museum. Are those engines mostly built by locals? Smashing stuff there..

The Cork Branch if the Irish Railway Record Society will be holding their AGM as well as a Slide show by Ken Fox tonight from 1930hrs in the Metropole Hotel, McCurtin Street. Ken Fox will be presenting a slide show in Irish Railways over the past number of Decades.

Looking forward to this one!!

Cheers

George

Hi Lads,

Just wondering if you know if any alternatives for the procurement of 141 sound decoders.

I know the Belfast shop do them but I need them asap for a project and there is a bit of a waiting list by all accounts?

Are the Available from the Soundguy direct at all or any other source?

Maybe time to by a programmer....

tks

George

Thank god, Saves me doing a repaint of one!!

15 years old and bashing the Brass, Fair play to you, I hope to pick up a few tips along the way!!!

Still coming to terms with the size of this layout, The Retaining wall section looks like something out of Kings Cross!!! Wee bit jealous I must say!!

Great game, Best team won for sure. Hopefully we will be back again next year and next time I will get the day off......

And a big boat as well tucked away, The para jumping is excellent.

Love that Reverse curve up the Station. Wow. Trains going though that must look fab.

On a small note I would maybe take the Height of the footbridge down a wee bit as it looks a bit too high on the platform.

see the pic on this link: http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20C/Campile/slides/Campile_20101019_002_CC_JA.html

Next Budget: Man Cave Tax: E10 per Sq ft.

Sad to hear the News Eamon. My thoughts are with you and your Family...

Thanks for that George. 20 by 10 sounds like a good size, don't think the missus would entertain a 30 footer. Mind you a 24 ' would be nice as a little work space would be ideal. I shall shop around. The plans sound good regarding the layout. Whatever you choose I bet it will be a cracking job.

 

Rich,

I forgot to Mention your limited to 10ft Wide, Anything over involved Planning permission.However you can have it as long as you want....Daft!!!! Could get one to go on top!!

They dont do that anymore apparently. New type of paint was used...From a BBC page

The Forth Bridge will not now need another paint job for at least 25 years

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The painting of the Forth Bridge has finally been completed and the structure is now scaffold-free for the first time in a decade.

The repair and repainting project to paint the rail bridge took 10 years and cost £130m.

It has been claimed it will not now need another paint job for at least 25 years. New techniques and products are behind the project's success.

A 400-strong team applied a triple layer of new glass flake epoxy paint.

It creates a chemical bond to provide a virtually impenetrable layer to protect the bridge's steel work from the weather.

The project, delivered by Network Rail and main contractor Balfour Beatty Regional Civil Engineering, involved encasing the bridge in up to 4,000 tonnes of scaffolding, painting over 230,000sqm of steel and all 6.5 million rivets in the structure.

Over the life of the project more than 1,500 people worked on the structure, with up to 400 people a day on the bridge at the height of the refurbishment works.

Forth Rail Bridge A 400-strong team applied a triple layer of new glass flake epoxy paint

David Simpson, Network Rail route managing director for Scotland, said: "The completion of this refurbishment will safeguard the future of one of the country's most famous landmarks.

"Repainting the bridge has long been considered one of the world's never-ending tasks, and the refurbishment programme we have just completed has been one of the biggest engineering challenges Network Rail has faced.

"Our staff and contractors can take real pride in their achievements on this project, not least in the fact that through their efforts this amazing structure will remain free of major maintenance work for at least two decades."

The bridge, which was built between 1883 and 1890, is 1.5 miles long.

The track is about 150ft (45m) above the water level and the bridge reaches 330ft (100m) at the tops of the towers.

The steel structure contains more than 6.5 million rivets. (Who counted those???)

Great to see you back George. I am going to watch this with interest as I've been to the Isle Of Man a few times and traveled on both railways. If I show the pictures to my Father he'll say, typical the Father doing the digging and the Son holding the camera. I can't wait to see more. I might be down in Cork next month and if a get a few minutes I'll call in for a chat.

 

Rich,

Excellent, I will l look forward to that, Always nice to see ya...

The Girder looks imposing, only downside is its a single line so I see where you need to new bridge in now. Not a fan of the aesthetics of the modern bridge but you have built it well!!. Your layout is gonna be big then!!

That Bridge,well Just looks fantastic...Great work...

Humbrol do a Clear now as well, Very comparable to the Johnsons stuff.

Link to how to Video:

Ok Des, I will bring it to the show in November.

Revell seem to have all the Matchbox kits and have released them slowly over the last couple of years, The latest Aircraft ones were the Stranraer, Canberra, Puma, Heinkel 115, Twin Otter, Corvette, HP Victor and many more so they have not gone away, just one colour and in a new box!! The current Revell 1.76 range is the old Matchbox tanks with the little Dio. Great fun!!

Thing is to watch out for Revell Boxing Hasegawa kits, Half the Asking price!!! Check out the Current He.111

The Portacabin is pretty good, Nice a warm in the summer but not too hot, Comes complete with sockets and a heater which is good. I did get an offer of a 30ft for about E500 as no one wants those but the boss said no, should of said nothing and got one in the end as you can be a bit of space. The cabin was E2500 and that was after shopping around, Its not new thought but not too bothered about that. Thing is when I need a replacement or bigger effort it can be craned back out easily enough.

As you say Rich these cabins are all around the country, you can pay large amounts of dosh for some snazzy ones but shop about. Vandal screens would be handy to so I will fit those on shortly as well as a motion alarm.

Thing is now, OO or N gauge, Irish or UK, That the Dilemma. A Dapol HST in Blue grey will probably swing the N gauge vote!! Toying with doing a layout though based on Newcastle West ut with a Cement/ fert depot, The track layout is interesting and plenty of running around!! . Got the Track bought just need to work out how big. Probably will be an end to end exhibition set up.

Thank for the nice comments lads.

I will stick up the An post yokes soon, There just oxford vans repainted and Whestys Decals will be going on them. (sorry for the bad grammer but the Apostrophe key not working on Computer due to beer spillage)

Regards

George

The Bandon tank is not quite there yet as had to put it aside for other work.

Des,

I have one of these old Matchbox spits in the loft mate complete in its box!!! The Revell 1/32 spit is the same tooling if you want a bash of of that..Might be persuaded to give it a good home if your a good boy.

G

Well I have been a bit on the quiet side but busy enough with various builds of kits and the like which are on the ISM forum i you want to take a peek but heres are few bits n bobs I have on the go at the moment. I wont bore you guys with weathering shots as I load these up on the facebook page I have now as its easy to do.

Heres the new workshop delivered from Hayes Cabins in Castlefreake, Thanks to Tommy Nolan in Wexford for instilling the idea in my head, Its a bit of a mess inside but slowly will be kitted out. The size is 20ft x10ft.

Heres some bit on the ol workbench last night.

The next bit of work I am doing is repainting 2 071s to this livery:

Heres how I am doing it:

071s and decals by the Wizard in the West.

Before I took things apart I rubbed off the decals with a cotton bud and some white spirit. A couple of mins work had the numbers off

Next was to take the main body off and I unscrewed the 4 screws under the bogies.

I took off the red brake wheel, A little push with a blade and it popped out

I then tackled the main decals,The reason behind this is that they show up underneath the paint spoiling the paint job. This took about a hour...Is there an easier way. I used 2000 grade wet n dry and cotton buds to tackle this slow job.

The main printed markings have gone. I dont worry about the stuff in the grooves as it wont show.

Then I turned my attention to the cabs. These come off with a tiny bit of Persuasion, If the little holding tab breaks off then just superglue it back on. The cab light wires were unsoldered.

You can see the Square tabs here

I then needed to take off the grab rails and these only need a tiny but of a lift to come out perfectly so that you can use them on a 121 build or 071!! I used a wire cutters to do this job. I pried off the headlights also with a blade and put the spare bits safely away so I cant find them in a few days time!!

I then sanded off the raised details on the Cab front, I used 600 wet n dry for this

Then I used Squadron signal Green stuff putty applied with a cocktail stick that had been cut to a flat end, I applied a small bit than necessary as this can shrink while drying

All the stuff is now washed and drying so more work tomorrow night!!

Bye fore now

George

Cheers Bren, The Big stuff certainly can hold an audience. That 88 is living in Kinsale now!! Concur on the Tamiya Expensive side when Airfix are knocking out close if not the same quality product for a fraction of the price its madness. The new 1/72 harrier is brill, got two on the go.