Liam_Murph

It looked an even greater shambles after its time in Gracedieu, Waterford. Such a sorry sight when I would pass it when taking the dog for a walk there, windows boarded up and covered in graffiti....

The no. 90 3D print is the work of Mark Dunlea in the Railway Modellers Ireland group on Facebook ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/1111393745593442 ). Of what I am aware he is printing it out himself so for people so don't think it is available on shapeways etc.

Hello, as Galteemore suggested, books are a perfect way to help inform and visualise the idea you have in your mind. "Cork, Bandon and South Coast Railway" by Ernie Shepherd would be a perfect resource for you with some station track plans in it if my memory serves me right, along with information on rolling stock and plenty of photos. You are on the right track with the 'C' class. A filthy silver or green C class is perfect for the final years of the CBSCR. However there are not many other ready to run models of locomotives from the line available. 00-works are bringing out a 0-6-0 saddle tank at the end of this year that is based on a prototype from the CBSCR but it is rather expensive. Otherwise locomotives such as the Bandon tanks are only available as metal kits (studio scale models). I think 3D printed bodies of 0-6-0t No. 90 have been knocking about irish modelling facebook groups as well if that interests you. The line had rather eclectic mixes of rolling stock that others on the forum could tell you about more precisely, but Bulleid corrugated-sided wagons were widely employed on the line, especially for things like seasonal sugar beet traffic. Kits of these are available from Provincial wagons. As for making buildings, platicard will invariably become your new friend I would say. Find photos of the buildings you want to make and start trying to piece them together yourself. It is a fascinating line but will certainly require imagination and ingenuity on your own part to bring the model of it into reality, so enjoy the journey and experience creating it.

Would almost take a shot at it for shits and giggles......

Not all Irish but I will take artistic licence: 1. 121 Class (one of my first memories as a child is of being given a cab ride in one of these in Waterford) 2. Black 5 (First steam locomotive I ever saw in Carlisle station in the 90s; I really like their unassuming but quietly elegant aesthetic at the same time) 3. Finnish Hr1 "Ukko-Pekka" pacifics (Still a load of these in Finland although only a couple have running the last few years. They make the A1/3s in the UK look relatively small....) 4. Finnish Dr14 (These diesel shunters pass my apartment everyday with various timber trains or empty wagon movements) 5. 141/181s (another childhood memory filler; saw them on the beet trains every morning when walking to school during the beet season in Waterford)

Are those sunflower or sesame seeds that you are using in the beet wagons?

A rake of Murphy model coaches being offloaded: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Pack-of-3-Murphy-Models-Mark-2-coaches-in-IE-Galway-livery-Iarnrod-Eireann/114248386622?hash=item1a99bc083e:g:2acAAOSwlsde2RZE https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Murphy-Models-Mark-2-Restaurant-coach-5411-IE-Galway-livery-Iarnrod-Eireann/114248370982?hash=item1a99bbcb26:g:M04AAOSwUJNe2RVK https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Murphy-Models-Mark-2-coach-5217-IE-Intercity-black-roof-Iarnrod-Eireann/114248310393?hash=item1a99bade79:g:A-EAAOSweFhe2Qxt https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Murphy-Models-Mark-2-Generator-coach-5601-IE-Galway-livery-Iarnrod-Eireann/114248350382?hash=item1a99bb7aae:g:ttEAAOSw63Re2RDr

I could manage up to 190-200 like the 121s are from the likes of IRM. I just get priced out on ebay for the 141s once I have to factor in shipping costs to Finland which invariable adds another 20 sterling at least onto the price

I would jump at a new run of 141/181s from Murphy. All of the ones I have been bidding for on ebay have gone out of reach quickly (I can't safely justify spending over €200 on a preowned model to the wife and expect to come away intact....)

Does anyone know the dimensions the model will be? Is it about 16cm if it is sticking to 1:76 strictly or a bit off from this? I only have a tight little shunting layout so trying to plan around extending headshunts etc. if needs be.....

Seeing these last few kits is getting me inspired to dive into getting some of these kits. What tools are a necessity in your opinion for putting these together or is it mostly a case of a craft knife, file and glue prior to painting?

A lad in the North is selling off a few different bits of rolling stock including Bachmann/Murphys mogul and North Counties version of the Bachmann jinty 0-6-0: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/RARE-CIE-2-6-0-Irish-Green-N-Class-Loco-Tender-Murphy-Models-Bachmann/333607996528 https://www.ebay.ie/itm/Murphy-Models-NCC-0-6-0-Class-Y-Tank-Loco-No-19-Northern-Counties-RARE/333607159802

I would love to be proved wrong, but I would be very dubious about a modelling shop having any real longevity in Waterford. A whole range of stores (and other businesses) belonging to lads I know are struggling there. Combine a weaker market with the change in younger generations interest as Noel said and it paints a bleak picture for modelling shops outside of the biggest cities. In general, I think the cost of the hobby could turn away a few youngsters that show any interest. When most "exciting" locomotives frequently cost over €150 and a rake of carriages or wagons could take a serious chunk out of a confirmation money haul or summer job earnings, it doesn't allow them to dabble in the hobby to the point where they will commit more to it. It takes a serious enough addiction to get to the point where they will throw money like we would at the latest IRM or Murphy's releases.