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Congrats man!

Nice Seamus! What scale and kit maker is that? Motorised?

I believe our esteemed leader BosKonay has had a new addition to to family. Congrats Stephen, hope mother and child are doing well!

Please feel free to post your pics!

Another Sunday afternoon project. This time a BN two bay covered hopper. Well done Marks for giving me something to do!

Will know tomorrow what days I'm off. Thinking Kildare or Portarlington on Thurs.... Will be in touch

Any idea if she is to be released into the wild this week? Might have a few days off and wouldn't mind a video. Any info from credible sources will be much obliged!

Wish I spotted it myself. Could've done with a cheap tranny tractor.

Thats a real top job Kirley, well done on that as it looks like the hours of work you put into the kit was worth it, especially around the cab fronts and roof.

Absolutely riveting stuff (sorry!) brilliant model making!

Fair play joe. If judging by the year in your username you're the same age as my good self.

Nice rendition of the Q kits model Dave, the weathering looks good. Fancy commissioning Bachmann to do a RTR version? It will always be the dream!

Again!?! Thought IE never cleaned them to begin with! Lol

Best of luck with the venture lads, €130 for a kit is very reasonable. Bachmann have a lot of 0-6-0 steam locos out or in the pipeline, might be worth a look. Then look at spares for the front truck...

Beat me to it! Got the email myself. Plenty of 201s there including the almost rare River Shannon. So tempted to plump for the Bachmann Tinsley 20s twin pack if I had the cash and not had two Dapol Westerns, Heljan Garratt and two 071s to buy!

The glazing makes such a difference to it, well done on going down that road.

Yep, confirmed in Railway Modeller as L&B http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/68054-ready-to-run-oo9-loco-from-heljan/#entry942457

Heljan are to do a RTR 009 loco, a 2-6-2 I believe. Could this be of any use to Irish narrow gauge modellers, even as a chassis donor?

Yes, they're pretty poor compared to Bachmann's output around the rest of the world. All you have to do is look at UK outline stock, Murphy's 141s, their Chinese outline locos and the American stuff to see the world of difference. Yes, if there is one thing I cannot stand doing in this hobby and have no hope of doing properly it's painting stock. That's why I admire the work some of the lads do and put on here. They really have great skills. This way i can nail together a simple kit while watching the telly and not have to worry about painting.

Hi and welcome to the site! Looks good to me, what methods did you use?

True Rich, I know Seamus was stocking some yank locos back in the good old days (proto 2000, Broadway) and I bought 3 or 4 locos from him. There are rarely freight cars though which is why I was delighted to see these. I'd happily buy one or two a week to keep me busy of an evening. Marks are also selling so US bachmann locos and freight cars but I steer clear of them as they're not great. Very reasonably priced mind you so if they serve as a gateway for people into the US scene then happy days.

Dropped into Hawkins street Marks Models last night for a decoder and spotted a basket full of Bowser freight car kits. So picked up a pennsy boxcar to make today. I haven't tried to make a bowser kit before so was keen to see what they're like compared to Accurail, atlas etc. have to say very nice indeed. I added my own kadees and will replace the plastic wheels with metal ones but overall great to see some yank stuff in shops here!

Looks lovely and smooth. Sound good too! Thanks for sharing.

Sorry Dave, I thought you were referring to release date. Yes, the April edition. Model Rail are getting as bad as Model Railroader for mad dates for their magazines as Tony refers to.