J-Mo Arts

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...

As did I! Many thanks for letting me have a go! Lovely to meet JHB and Airfixfan too

Phwoar, only just found this. Incredible stuff!!!

Take care Ken, sorry to hear the news. Lovely work with the layout!

Well you've beaten me to making a joke, and made a better one that I could've. Thanks for shattering my comedic aspirations...

Thanks Alan, it looks stellar! Might have to have a go myself!

Sorry to bring up an old thread but I've just seen this, and I like it a lot, do you have any details of the build?

Another picture, this time with unblocked windows and on the club layout. 388 simmers in the headshunt as carriages are shunted around the yard.

The mogul is pretty much finished: Of course I've only just realised that the windows are still masked I presumed 388 would be in this livery before or after the red lining was removed, I may be totally wrong but I don't think many people at local exhibitions will know any better. There are parts that are wrong, I couldn't face hacking off the smoke deflector bracket bits and the BR numberplate still has a shadow, but overall I'm really pleased with this loco and I can't wait to finish all the coaches. Posed on a friend's layout.

Exactly like mine then!

A 6 coach train is impressive, I don't that'd even fit on my layout properly! I'm hoping to finish my stock off to run on a club layout. I hope it'll turn some heads at upcoming exhibitions!

Thanks and will do! Those look great! Next time I'll be sure to spray the lining colour first. Thanks for the advice, I hadn't thought about trimming the edge of the tape, I'll keep that in mind

Unfortunately they're in the darker shade, or as close to it as I could get: The two coaches with separate sides there have beading above and below the window which will greatly help, and for the others I will use lots of masking tape and patience!

Thank you very much jhb, for the information and the very kind words. The reason I asked about the coaches was because I've sprayed some coaches green (BR Mk1s- please look away purists!) and have ordered some snail transfers, but I didn't buy any of the EdN bands. I may well just paint these on by hand as the transfers for them were very expensive.

Hi all, quick question- were any CIE laminates painted in the dark green without the Eau de Nil stripes above and below the window line?

While thinking about this project, I've worked on a different one. All that remains now are couplings, and potentially a handrail on the smokebox, should I ever get round to that. Freelance 00n3 0-8-0T inspired by the Nasmyth Wilson "Aurrera" and in CDR red livery. The weathering was very enjoyable to do.

Thanks very much for the livery details! Very useful indeed. I had been looking at that older thread, but the more detailed explanations of liveries are much appreciated. I think I'll paint it black and decide later whether to add the red lining or not. Somewhat annoyingly the eau-de-nil snail transfers I've found have the same colour of numbers, not yellow... The old thread: