Jump to content

snapper

Members
  • Posts

    652
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    3

Everything posted by snapper

  1. Small bit of velcro glued to the end of a lolly pop stick, you can then easy attach small pieces of sand paper that comes with a velcro backing and usually available in plenty different grades.
  2. Unfortunately not, that is as far as I got before the head of my soldering iron decided to start disintegrating. Finished the glazing today but wont go any further until I buy a new iron.
  3. Studio scale models GNRI K15 open third
  4. Could it be a hand written number like at the end of this video?
  5. Not all lucky enough to get away with it either. http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0903/train-hits-vehicle-at-level-crossing.html
  6. Anybody know what number carriage that is?
  7. 3rd times a charm (I hope:ROFL:). If you click on this link it will bring to to the image, then on the top bar there are a bunch of sizes, s,m, xl ect.. if you click on “O” it should bring you to the original 23mb high res image. You can then right click on the image and save image as. http://snail.smugmug.com/Trains/dra/25162772_tws2gm#!i=2063600921&k=TMWtfB5&lb=1&s=X3
  8. What do you normally use for the good stuff?
  9. Some very nice photos there. Indeed Brian is an absolute gent, and very knowledgeable on both railways and photography. His book (one of many) Railway photography would be a great resource for anybody wanting to get to take great pictures. While it covers the basics of photography, it does so with from a what is good for taking pictures of trains angle. Full of lovely pictures too.
  10. I tried to send that last night, the first time failed but I am not sure about the second. Could you confirm if you have received it or not. Thanks snapper
  11. Strange everything seems fine on my end, if you give me an address I can forward it to you by email.
  12. I am not sure if this has been on here before but I came across this fantastic collection of Irish railway pictures from 1984. Great shots of freight, passenger and infrastructure. http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm
  13. Great info as always, a subject for your next book perhaps Railway liverys of Ireland.
  14. Nice find. Same wagons? http://irishrailwaymodelling.com/showthread.php/768-Early-Tara-mines
  15. I just noticed some lovely side, end and detail shots of the Sperry train over on the Wanderers smugmug.
  16. Is the short version still around or did it go back?
  17. Great, thanks. Now all I have to do is build the rest of it
  18. As far as I know during the early 90s there was a short lived experiment to so if they could send the ore out cheaper by port from Arklow rather than Dublin.
  19. They are not the same, one side has one door and some grills the other side has two doors no grills.
  20. I was look at this vid and thought they would make a nice model. The base is a standard 20ft flat wagon. The sides dont look too complicated to make from plasticard. Has any body got any idea for the tarpaulin.
  21. The gate in the bottom left is right beside the cabin http://snail.smugmug.com/Trains/2700-Railcar/23961092_2dnw6D#!i=1944531731&k=DQRMR2s&lb=1&s=A
  22. As far as I know all of the BBC radio stuff can be heard anywhere but only people in the UK can watch the tv stuff. Nice find, thanks
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Terms of Use