J-Mo Arts

Hi all, 

Does anyone have a phone number or contact details for Murphy Models? I think the email address on their website is out of date?

Cheers! 

Very tempting, David! 

Would this be an potential kit Killian? Hopefully someone knows something! 

9 hours ago, David Holman said:

Uckfield - 20th and 21st October, Leslie. I believe you may have some 36.75mm gauge items and visiting stock, which lets face it is pretty rare, will always be welcome.

See you there! 

That's coming together beautifully. Could the chimney be 3d printed? 

2 hours ago, Galteemore said:

Hope recovery is quick! That’s a lovely live action shot of 4.

Thank you! 

The shot was taken at a really nice spot where we also caught Maitland light engine one rainy evening and a dinner service of Loch with Maitland banking. 

Alas the photos of Maitland approaching were too blurry (she was really getting on!) and those of Loch a bit closer too dark. 

Another trip away... This time to the Isle of Man and then on to Ireland including a week in County Donegal, mostly unfortunately inside as I came down with Covid picked up on the IoM, luckily nowadays a much weaker virus. 

Could this be the first locomotive back at Dungloe Road station since the 1940s?

A fun (to me, anyway) photo and a genuine possibility. 

Luckily I did recover in time to visit the railway museum before I left the area, it was great to see Drumboe back where she belongs. 

The trip has really boosted my 00n3 modelling mojo and I'm really looking forward to making a start on a proper layout soon! 

Just found this thread and it reminded of my idea to repaint a VoR tank in NCC lake. If model rail ever release their 009 model... 

I think they have a slight passing resemblance to the NCC compounds, but it might just be me! 

That is simply incredible work Alan. At first glance having not read the text I thought it was a colourised photograph of the real thing. Your livery application is exquisite. I really love No.29, very inspirational to the rest of us BCDR fans. 

On 15/7/2023 at 2:35 PM, Tullygrainey said:

Sounds like a great trip J-Mo. Nice, subtle weathering on the rolling stock. You've also made a very fine job of that Dapol/ex-Airfix double engine shed. The moulds are so worn out for that, the mortar lines on the brickwork are really shallow, making it very hard to get paint to stay in them. I know. I've tried!

Alan

Thanks Alan! Yes, it was a real swine to do. I'd read somewhere that thinning the mortar paint with IPA would change the surface tension such that it will just flow into all of the cracks, unfortunately I couldn't find mine so used a drop of washing up liquid which did in fairness work though not as well as I'd hoped. So I still got it on the bricks in places and had to wipe it off again. The shed will get some weathering too and hopefully that'll make it a bit less obvious where it's not as well done. 

I don't suppose it's possible to have broad gauge on the top side and narrow gauge on the underside? 

I wonder where the S&S got a German metal bodied coach from... 

Little to report on the Irish front of late as I've been interrailing, including a wonderful excursion to the Harz and one to the Mollibahn (yes, I bought a 2-8-2 donor chassis for a 12mm gauge Molli...) which were amazing. It was great to get a feel of what the Irish narrow gauge may have been similar to as apart from Fintown I'd only previously been on standard and 2ft narrow gauge. 

I have however done a bit of weathering on some British stock:

Pictured here on my WIP 00 gauge photo plank. Again not Irish, but I'll pose my Irish projects on it as I think they'd look better in scenery than not. 

Lovely work! 

Many happy returns David! 

Very well fixed, and well done for not destroying the thing in rage! Any sign of a dent in the buffer beam still visible could be explained as the result of a rough shunt? Very fine work as ever and well done for the skillful repairs 

1 hour ago, David Holman said:

 On Fintonagh, using Kadees and rare earth magnets, you have to spot a 3mm 'window' from up to 2m away...

 Perseverance very much the key!

As I have found, this is -with practice and your markers- a relatively easy task until a small crowd has gathered around the layout, at which point the magnets seem to vanish into another dimension... 

What a stunning model! Wish I had the skill to turn out something like that. She and 205 make a great pair.

Thank you very much all for such a positive reaction! I'm so glad you like the model. 

15 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Only just catching up on some of these posts now. 388 would have been all-grey from building until 1945/6, when it would have been painted lined green. The unique "Rosslare Express" livery applied to it leas than two years before it was scrapped, specifically for the Cork - Rosslare Boat Train, was plain black with red lining. This particular member of the class was never all-black (plain) though one or two other members of the class were.

Fascinating little item! Well done and well weathered.....

OUTSTANDING!!!

Do you know what the livery post-Rosslare Boat Train would have been? I suppose the livery being wrong is no worse than the CIE Mk1s it pulls... I will learn for next time! Most uneducated BR modellers over here don't know what the correct livery is, so it's eye catching enough to be 'different' and if anyone calls me out on it I shall congratulate them for their excellent knowledge...

Thanks both, much appreciated

Well this is rather quaint! A while ago I sent David Hurst (aka Model Engine Works) drawings for the S&S trams in as-built and rebuilt forms and he promptly turned out some CAD. Fast forward more months than I'd like to admit and I ran off a pair as a test on my printer. I've finished the rebuilt one for now, pending adding a few details like the pipe which goes from the cab to in front of the smokebox- possibly for sandboxes or a governor system? It's a very nice design and I am looking forward to working on the as-built version as well!

I never realised he made those kits! Oh no...

2 hours ago, David Holman said:

Worth noting how the sky is not a uniform blue and changes hue as it nears the horizon.

 Like the phone gizmo thingy - does the app have a name and is the same thing possible to doctor a digital photo on a laptop? 

The phone thing is just an edit feature in my gallery/camera roll, I've got a new phone which is a relatively up-to-date android. I'm sure there are apps you could download which give the same effect if you don't have it. It took a little bit of doctoring to get right as the phone struggled to detect the wall behind the layout as sky. Luckily my phone deemed enough wall to be sky-like for me to just crop the image closer to Boxhill.

It's worth noting Blanche is under a real sky, not an edited one!

Again not Irish I'm afraid, though closer geographically than the LBSCR!

A rather nice (I thought) picture I took in the sun today of Blanche and a Penrhyn fullersite wagon from @Killian Keane

I've been playing a funny feature on my phone which can replace the sky in photos with more attractive skies... Useful for Ireland's weather (I'll get my coat) or for adding a virtual backscene to a layout photo!

18 hours ago, Mike 84C said:

J-Mo heres my 850 starting from a V3 and my Woolwich with a few "tweaks"

With 850 you have to be willing to take the saw to the patient! I was quite brutal!  and did wonder if it would work out OK!  

This are both absolutely fantastic! The 850 conversion definitely looks great, and makes me want to do it even more!