Hi All.
Just wondering what donor chassis people have used for their kit-built / scratch-built / 3D printed Irish locos and stock, across N Gauge, OO Gauge, O Gauge and other scales.
There have been many mentions throughout the forum, but I thought it would be good to get a few of them together in the one thread.
The O Gauge Heljan Class 58 was what set me thinking along these lines, as the chassis looks like it may be useful.
I know that the HO Gauge Athearn SW-1500 is definitely the main contender for OO gauge 121's, 141's and 181's, it's been posted to death on the forum so there's not much to say on that one, but what else?
Shapeways O Gauge Irish stuff tends to be 1:48 rather than 1:43, presumably due to it's American ancestry.
For reference, the Athearn SW-1500:
https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklistdatabase/356676/athearn_95831ath_sw1500_emd_203_of_the_great_northern_railway/stockdetail
What do people use for bogie sides? Some of the Irish bogies are very uniquely Irish looking indeed.