J-Mo Arts

Gosh, I can't believe it's really been since November that I haven't posted! To be fair to me, I haven't had much Irish stuff on the go of late, I've been unfortunately distracted by industrial and LBSCR. That being said I absolutely haven't forgotten about the superior railways over the channel I got to see our own Mr Holman at the Tonbridge show fairly recently, which was nice. I got another play at the controls, which was great fun! Seen here is a 009 loco of mine on Chris O'Donoghue's layout at Tonbridge:

The lighting looks fab! Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas David, and all the best for 2023!

That little bit of texture has already worked wonders David, it looks absolutely fabulous!

Looking fab David and wishing Mrs H well. If I may offer a slight piece of constructive commentary, I think your water could benefit from a few ripples, if it is possible to add them at this stage. I like the effect of the seaweed, perhaps some more brown tones mixed in could look good to represent kelp/decaying seaweed washed up against the wall?

An example of my personal pet hate: You're diesel is very impressive and your a good modeller!

I believe the P4 society or whoever makes P4 parts also make 21mm gauge wheelsets. I've seen Fowler 4Ps as jeeps in 00 gauge, not 21mm. I think you might be looking at a whole new chassis at that point given the cylinders/valve gear!

We have a saying, David:

It does if you are any of the aforementioned manufacturers!

Does that mean some Irish announcements at Warley?

Bear in mind that Leader and Bertha are being made by KR Models, who seem to specialise in doing weird stuff. Fingers crossed they consider CC1 at some point! In terms of sales, we have seen 108 replies of enthusiasm in this thread (this one not included) but I do wonder if a company made a new-tooling Irish wagon, whether there would be the 3,000+ sales required to make it financially viable. A new livery on an existing product is much easier to do, and can drop the required sales down to 500 or less.

Thanks David, will do!

Easily do-able with the 3d printer. What slightly annoys me is the large gap between the middle and rear coupled axles for the firebox, not present on the real 850. Still, beggars can't be choosers and it's a good representation. Perhaps an N class 2-6-0 chassis would be more useful for an accurate 850?

Hah, the V1/V3 does work well for that after all... Damn, another project seems to be forming in the back of my head... Thanks, will definitely get in touch with them Thanks, that looks good!

Amazing!!

This looks like it would do: General white/black/white Lining (fox-transfers.co.uk) I'd probably paint a thin line of black on the tanks and then use the individual white lining to cover the edge. Plan will be to use the green rattle can I used for my CIE coaches. Would this lining set also be useful for MGWR green? My J72 bash will receive that livery, and it's a bit of a large and expensive product for just one loco.

I'll raise you two years for an N-drive chassis! Cor, a 4-4-0 in pre-grey livery with matching coaches, there would be a sight!

Me too, though lack of supporting locos for non-CIE will be an issue for convincing Hattons there are the sales there. Best get on with some steam, IRM!

Right, moving to here from the British loco conversion thread... Following the Cultra exhibition and the Hattons 6 wheeler announcement, I have been trawling the Internet looking for another Irish project, preferably one which can use a RTR chassis. At first I considered 850 using an LNER V1/V3 chassis, but the chassis just wasn't close enough for me to be happy with it. Then I saw 670, and the chassis looked similar enough to a GNR/LNER N2, which I conveniently have one of currently doing nothing... A quick conflab with @Westcorkrailway and @jhb171achill gave me a set of drawings and confirmation that the chassis isn't too far off. Close enough for me, anyway! Jhb- you mentioned in the other thread that these locos carried lined green, which I much prefer to plain grey-could I ask what the colour of the number would have been and do you know where I might find appropriate lining transfers? This is likely to be a project for the new year, but it doesn't hurt to plan ahead! I'd be happy to sell prints of the body to anyone interested too.

Thanks a lot for those! They'll be very useful. I don't suppose you'd know the width dimensions or have a front view? Might be being cheeky now No worries, and I think the chassis is close enough for this to be a goer. I'll log progress on my workbench. Thanks both!

Are there any things on a similar chassis then? I've got a 3D printer and can do the CAD. I have been inspired by the exhibition at Cultra and the Hattons coaches... Doesn't have to have made it to CIE though! 65mm/16'3" coupled wheelbase, 5'6" driver diameter, 24' overall wheelbase and 3'6" trailing wheel diameter.

Perhaps with a different trailing wheel...? Loco itself doesn't matter too much to me, I am trying to find things I can 3d print

Does anything suit the N2 class chassis?

I wonder, if these are popular, might we see some "pre-grouping" Irish versions? That would certainly spark my interest

Oh those dark green ones are tempting...