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That would be very useful, thanks!

Thanks a lot Andy! I assume then that these drawings I've used are of the 1893 stock as they have a single brake lever. Thanks again!

On a bit of an impulse I have been drawing up a Donegal 7 ton wagon this evening: I've hit a bit of a snag- I used these drawings from HMRS: And the brake lever is of a different design to the one here (apparently correct for numbers 101-120 and 121-154) and on the wagon in Cultra: http://gardenrailwayrealism.pbworks.com/f/1237901124/cdropen2.jpg This gives conflicting designs and I'm not entirely sure which to go with- obviously the one in Cultra is going to be the most accurate but was this truly representative of the majority of the Donegal 5-plank wagons' brake gear? This is a small gripe but I'd love to sell a few of these wagons and so would like them to be as accurate as possible. @airfixfan please excuse the tag, you are the most knowledgeable person on the DR that I know of- if you could shed any light on this it would be very greatly appreciated!

I've started painting the bodies of the two 00n3 wagons I've built. I've got some chopper couplings on the way from Custom009 on Facebook, the eagle-eyed will notice that the loco's bufferbeams have been painted and transferred in readiness. Unfortunately I seem to have missed out on a brass L&LSR 4-8-4T this week, so if anybody on here has any 00n3 rolling stock or motive power (as kits or built!) that they are seeking to get rid of or would be willing to part with please feel free to send a PM. As soon as I took the picture for this post I noticed that I still need to paint the rails on the photoplank. I'll be doing this when I have the rusty colours out to paint the wagon underframes.

Thanks to @Mike 84C the ill-fated Baldwins! To fit either the Bachmann James or a 3d printed chassis, I'll do two versions. Well, two chassis fits for both original and rebuilt conditions

Yeah there is isn't there. I like those smokebox doors! Also looks a little like No.54 I was tempted to do a GSWR loco but I would like to keep my Irish SG modelling currently to GNR(I) and BCDR so that I don't have to make as many coach rakes to go with them.Saying that I've got a CBSC loco in the works and plans for the DNGR saddle tanks, so I may end up making a generic rake of coaches of the right period. If anyone wishes to complain they can post me some correct carriages! Perhaps this particular loco was bought 2nd hand from the GSWR... It's a freelance anyway so I can pretty much give it any semi-plausible history.

Current state of play with the Radial bash into GNRI tender loco: Just plonked on the chassis to realise that the rods hit the bottom of the body, so she'll need to be raised a mm or two and have some false frames made at the front. I haven't got round to drawing up the BCDR tank to print for the radial's chassis yet but it's in the queue!

Thank you for the very kind words David !

Because I really didn't have enough projects on the go... Tonight I started, and am most of the way finished with, a 00n3 western Irish photoplank inside a shoebox:

Thanks David. I think I'll be using the metal coupling rods that came with the chassis I'm repurposing, but 3d printing a slightly better impression of connecting rods. As these aren't load-bearing I think the resin will be up to the stresses. I'm considering also making a 16.5mm gauge chassis with inside frames to swap out when I want to run it on a club member's layout, which is O16.5, as the 21mm gauge is rather niche and unfortunately I don't have space for another layout. I'm quite grateful to have built and painted wargaming figures before painting model railway stock, as although the techniques are different it's given me a good set of transferable skills. Looking forward to March then, fingers crossed!

Not much progress with this project: steps added, rear dumb buffers, nameplates and a few other details. I've decided that I'll give the wooden cab a go as it means I won't have to do the cab detailing, a lazy but time-saving decision. I think the next steps are to make room for the chassis, finish a few of the details and make pilot holes for details to add post-printing. I saw a nice tutorial using 'green stuff' rolled with a hair comb to make pipe for wargaming miniatures and I think I'll do that for the water pipe on this loco. Those of you who model in 7mm scale- do you have any suggestions for handrail knobs and smokebox door handles for this loco? I've seen that the Tonbridge exhibition has been cancelled, which I believe was one of the times when I could have brought the loco for running on David Holman's layout- a bit of a shame, but gives me more time to make the loco as good as I can. Thanks for reading!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/0-Gauge-Isle-of-Man-loco-body-top-etch-/144354989275?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0 May be of interest to some

Thanks for the info Galteemore! Much appreciated.

Hi folks, I received this pin from my mother as a Christmas gift, does anyone know if it's meant to be anything in particular? It's (guesstimating!) about an inch wide, so too small I thought to be a cap badge, is it just a commemorative pin or is it the right size for a real badge somewhere on the railway? I'm not bothered if it's not a replica of a real badge, I'm very happy with it and was just wondering where such a small badge might have been worn if indeed it is not just a commemorative design.

The wagon kits arrived today so I've built two of the three: I'm pleased with how they've gone together, and although they sit a bit short of my Hudswell, I found a picture of a Swilly loco with an equally short wagon behind: I still intend to slightly lower the loco if I can, but I hope that this is plausible enough. Thanks for reading

Thanks! The loco is 3D printed but with a newer card buffer beam reinforced with plasticard. She has taken on a HC air after being bodged and bashed from the original drawing, that was one of my first thoughts looking at the printed model! Unfortunately I've written Andrew Barclay on the maker's plates although at that scale and after a bit of a mucky paint job I can barely read it anymore. Perhaps it could have been purchased with the bigger Hudswells, perhaps later used for shunting at the dual gauge yards in Derry Harbour alongside the 5'3" tanks. The cab and boiler fittings on that and my model are strikingly similar, and quite accidental! Thanks for the link.

Thank you both for the kind words. I'm thinking either choppers for accuracy or 009 bemo couplings for ease and expense, I saw a French layout at the Uckfield exhibition using this style of coupling and some cleverly placed shrubs/bushes/grass tufts in siding trackbeds to uncouple stock, as the bush lifts the coupling apart in the pushing direction but doesn't lift it up as it pulls. I daresay on an Irish 3ft line's rural sidings a few tufts wouldn't look out of place.

Some tangible 00n3 modelling! I decided to make an 0-6-0T after issues with the front pony truck, here she is halfway through painting. I'm very pleased to have a physical 3ft gauge model now as opposed to the various digital designs I've made. The front buffer beam (rear coming shortly) is to try and disguise the fact that the loco sits rather high - running plate about the same height as my Adams O2. I will see how this looks compared to some Dundas wagon kits. I will have to design some lining for her to have printed, I'm thinking yellow lining with L&BER on the tanks as this was a livery worn by one of the real Barclay 4-6-0s, no.4 I believe (mine will be no.7). I'm wondering about chopper couplings but I read somewhere that the Branchlines ones can be unreliable - has anyone had experience with them?

David (and any others interested), on Thingiverse the files can be downloaded without an account by clicking on 'thing files' and then clicking 'download' on the relevant parts. Those are some interesting designs and I may use some of the point levers on my layouts, thanks for sharing!

Not Irish I'm afraid, but wishing everyone a very merry Christmas and all the best for 2022!

I LOVE those coaches David!

Looking forward to seeing how this great project develops!

The 2-4-0 is beautiful, with most realistic weathering, she looks brilliant at the head of that train!

Thanks- was a tad worried that I was Wasting My Time... That looks a lovely layout, and a fun place to base it on!

Some actual modelling! I've remotored and cut down a hornby 0-4-0 mechanism to suit: Southern Railway of Northern Ireland no.25, as I was watching Oh! Mr Porter and couldn't resist. She'll be a 2-4-0 just like Northiam, the loco used in the film but isn't a model of that loco.