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  1. If I could match that bloke I’d be eggstatic
  2. Maybe it’s so small it’s approaching watch-making. Travelling hopefully
  3. The problem with shiny brass is that it tarnishes. You have to Brasso it every second day
  4. Yes David! By coincidence I’ve been pondering No6 for a while. That particular wheel arrangement, along with 4-4-0s too seems to be tricky to get working properly so I’m tempted by the challenge. I have a copy of Mike Sharman’s little book ‘Flexichas’ in which he describes a novel approach. I’d like to try it! A bogie tank would be good too. I did one from an Adams Radial but it would be nice to get a bit closer to the prototype with a scratch build. What are you planning with that footplate?
  5. I have High Level and MJT versions in the drawer and was debating which to use but yes, probably the High Level ones.
  6. After a very enjoyable weekend with Patrick Davey's Brookhall Mill at the Bangor Show last weekend, my loco-building gene started to agitate again. What next? A number of folk have suggested (and keep suggesting!) a BCDR Baltic but those things still have too many wheels and whirly bits. As well as all things BCDR, I have an abiding affection for scruffy little shunters, both steam and diesel and in my to-do drawer for a while now has lurked an etched kit for a Hawthorn Leslie 0-4-0 saddle tank crying out to be built. So I've made a start on it. Since it's not by any stretch an Irish loco, you'll find the build in the 'British Outline Modelling' part of the forum. Alan
  7. As well as all things BCDR, I have an affection for small shunters, both diesel and steam and this etched kit for a Hawthorne Leslie 0-4-0ST in 4mm/foot scale has been in my to-do drawer for a while now. The kit was bought complete with motor, gearbox and wheels so all the bits are here. No excuses. Time to get going on it. It's here rather than in my workbench thread because it ain't Irish. Though marketed by CSP these days, the chassis etch identifies it as an Agenoria Models kit. If memory serves, Agenoria produced kits in 7mm scale, suggesting that this one is the original etch scaled down to 4mm. The result is some impossibly small bits which I suspect the carpet monster will acquire before ever I manage to attach them to the loco. Whilst the instructions just describe the building of a rigid chassis, the frames have been designed to accommodate hornblocks for a compensated chassis and have half and fully etched guidelines for fitting these. With only 4 wheels and a short wheelbase, this little beast will need all the help it can get to stay in contact with the rails and not stall over points or bumpy track so some form of compensation would be desirable. I'm building it with one rigid (driven) axle and one mounted in hornblocks, pivoting about a central point. This will require something to pivot on so the first job was to drill a hole in the front frame spacer into which a short bit of 0.7mm brass rod can be soldered to provide a fulcrum for the front axle. Some jiggery-pokery required to get it in roughly the right place. A Stanley knife and a fine file took care of cutting out the hornblock openings. The fixed bearings for the rear axle were soldered in - shoulder inside for OO according to the instructions and not what I would usually do. Spacers folded up and chassis assembled on a sheet of glass on top of a board with an end stop to help keep it square. The long axle also provides a visual cue. Important to proceed slowly and keep checking for squareness. A bent chassis will never run well. And here it is, hopefully straight and the basis for hanging all the other bits on. Next job will be assembling the rods and hornblocks. The former will then be used as jigs to set the latter in place. More soon. Alan
  8. This is shaping up well. Glad to see your new tank loco has found a home! Regarding the station roof, there's a thread on the 'Narrow Gauge Railway Modelling Online' website devoted to photos of weathered corrugated iron. Plenty of ideas there for what a weathered station roof might look like. The link below may not work if you're not a subscriber to the forum but like this one, it's free to sign up. Worth a look. Alan https://ngrm-online.com/index.php?/forums/topic/1257-corrugated-iron-photos-please-add-yours/
  9. Hello Stoby, As regards track, you'll find that there are lots of opinions regarding the best way forward because accurately scaled track to suit the Irish standard gauge is not commercially available. Many modellers get around this by making their own track. If as you say, you're new to the hobby, making your own track probably isn't what you want to do. Not just yet anyway. Rest assured, you're not alone there. Many of us find that notion pretty daunting so we compromise and use whatever is commercially available, even though it may not be absolutely scale-accurate. I'm guessing you're planning to model in 4mm/foot scale or OO to give it its more common title. The track most widely used in that scale is Peco Streamline Code 100 with a track gauge of 16.5mm. This allows most commercially available locomotives and rolling stock to run on it without modification. The range consists of various ready-made points together with long lengths of flexible track. Good luck with your modelling and keep asking the questions. As Metrovic says, this is a very supportive forum. Someone will have the answer. Alan
  10. Great video Patrick. Especially like the shots of Hunslet 101 pulling that lone linen van away from the mill. Just to pre-empt anyone charging us with telling porkies, the BCDR tank loco in the video is No30, the one that began life as an Oxford Rail Adams Radial. Not quite a scratch build, though it felt like one at the time
  11. Great progress already David. I like your technique of overlaying onto clear acrylic sheet. A much better approach for something with so many windows than trying to glaze it after the event. Salted away for future reference
  12. Thank you Patrick for the opportunity to run trains this weekend. Hugely enjoyable. Also a weekend to meet people and put faces to names. Thanks to all of you who came to say hello. And due to a signalling error somewhere around Ballymacarrett, a number of BCDR locos slipped into the platform at Brookhall Mill so the fitters at Queens Quay are ecstatic.
  13. Oh dear. Hope tomorrow has fewer hitches for you. Look forward to seeing you. We're tucked away in a side room. From the entrance, turn left and sharp left again
  14. No way!! Mr Weaver has already packed an overnight bag and booked a night at the Premier Inn, Bangor.
  15. Nice one. You can almost hear it creaking and clicking as it cools down. Five minutes after this shot was taken, Mr Weaver went round switching lights off and muttering about bills
  16. Lovely project David.The Donegal railcars were really appealing vehicles in all their various forms. I've often thought of trying one but never managed to do anything. I remember perusing that diagram in the Crombleholme book for the first time and struggling to visualise it, never mind try to build it! Good luck with this one. I will enjoy seeing it develop.
  17. It’s been rumoured… Mr Weaver hasn’t said no
  18. Indeed! Decidedly decent decorative device Derek.
  19. Thanks Derek. The old coffee stirrers are pretty rough to start with and they’re surprising hard to cut but they splinter nicely if you just grip them with pliers and snap them. They’re everywhere on the layout if you look. A very versatile resource and free with every regular Americano.
  20. Thanks David. My technique is a bit make it up as you go along until it looks right. Doesn't always work. In this case, the woodwork was first given a coat of Ronseal woodstain to take the brightness off the wood, (English Light Oak as it happens but only because that's what was on the shelf) followed by thin washes of black and grey paint. Some dry-brushing and weathering powder finished the job. I often scrub away at the surface with whatever comes to hand to distress things a bit. Usually end up with as much paint on my hands as on the model. The rails holding the drums in place are soldered up from brass rods and scrap brass etch. The various bits of strapping are 10 thou plasticard with rivets embossed with a scriber. Both are painted with Humbrol Metalcote 27004 Gunmetal which dries matt but polishes up nicely using cotton buds. Then some dry-brushing with rust colours (mainly Humbrol Matt enamel 113).
  21. It's been quiet of late at the Stone Yard but the Permanent Way gang have recently acquired a new wagon. Clearly no expense was spared in the fabrication. It's believed to have been built using repurposed timber sourced from the Costa Coffee Company. IMG_9412.mov
  22. This sounds great. Good luck with it. Very fine models in Galteemore’s link above
  23. Beautiful work Ken, and a joy to see. So wonderfully neat - not a trace of solder on the outside! Where can I get a soldering iron like yours? I like the springy wire method for holding the cab roof on. Might be tricky to do but at least it can be fettled to fit. I’ve used a central bolt into a captive nut to do this job but it needs to be planned for well in advance and if you get it wrong it’s hard to fix. The bolt also needs to be hidden under a roof hatch.
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