J-Mo Arts

Quick question- does anyone have access to drawing for the Ballycastle Black Hawthorn 0-6-0STs that they'd be willing to share? Thanks

I like both of these! Those NCC locos might have to become trams, I can't imagine I'd find a chassis for them and I'm not able to build one quite yet. With a bit of work I think I can make something of a West Clare tank too. Thanks both for the suggestions!

The box was yours, however it was empty so I filled it. The words are mine expressing my confusion at the existence of the mysterious box

I like this one! It may well be 009-ified in the future. This is very true! However I reckon some of the larger locos would look good if they were adapted to look more like 2'-2'6 machines rather than regauged 3'. I think that the example of the C class looking a bit like a Swilly 4-8-0 is the best example of the concept I am thinking of. Thanks

I have been somewhat sidetracked by starting a 009 layout based on the anonymous French ports seen in the Tintin books, however recently I wondered which Irish NG locomotives could look good adapted for 009... You can see a 009 Blessingbourne a few posts above, which I think works very well, and my SR tank inspired by the CDR Class 5 (although I'm sure I could shrink the class 5 in a more accurate way too). I thought that the L&LSR 4-8-0 locos looked rather like Darjeeling & Himilayan C classes- someone I am acquainted with is producing a kit for these so if I can afford the chassis to fit it, that may be the paintjob I paint one in (after modifying the front to look more like the 4-8-0). I now cast the question out to you readers, are there any other NG Irish locos that you think would look good 'shrunk' to between 2' and 2'6" gauge (009 is fairly flexible)? Thanks

It's funny you should say that! The theory of this railway is that the Ouse Valley Railway (belonging to the LBSCR), instead of being built in standard gauge and contributors going bankrupt before it was finished, it was built in narrow gauge. This engine, I thought, had a slightly Billington-esque cab and so I painted it up as the railway's goods loco. I also designed, as you say, a mini O2! I thought that these would be built post-grouping for passenger working where the big loco wasn't economical to run. Here's a CAD picture as I'm yet to paint my print: For rolling stock I have designed (also printed but not yet painted) these Maunsell style coaches in 4 and 6 compartment lengths: Thanks

While this isn't Irish modelling per se, it might be of interest to some : This design draws heavily on the Donegal Class 5 but I've painted it up for use in my Southern narrow gauge project and I'm incredibly happy with it! Thanks

The 52 on the number suggests that it is masquerading as one of the Br52s: I wonder how they are fitting this film into the Indiana Jones timeline; the Crystal Skull was set after WW2 and Harrison Ford isn't getting any younger. Perhaps this is for a flaschback scene as there have been leaked photos of stunt doubles in 'young Indy' masks...

That looks brilliant! Nice job

Thank you! The wheel broke off the original BCDR tank and I thought I'd put it to good use!

I made mine up as No.3 'Orla' for my own imaginary railway and tried to replicate the CDR dirty red look. A real amalgamation of Irish narrow gauge in order to produce something which I think looks very attractive. The number is a Southern buffer beam number transfer. Thanks

The residents of Portaferry were very surprised to see a narrow gauge line built at their halt this week! Apologies for the dismal photo quality, my phone isn't the best. The more eagle-eyed of you may be able to identify the second red locomotive as a 2ft version of Blessingbourse, as designed by Model Engine Works. I put the line here temporarily to give me a running space for my 009 and have put together a small collection of grounded wagon and coach bodies at the far end. This doesn't fit in with my plans for this side of the layout but I may keep it, albeit moving it behind the 00 gauge line.

No problem there! I have asked Dr Alan about the building of his class 3s and he's very kindly offered to send me a writeup of how he did it. I'm not sure how the body shell I've designed would fit a pre-existing chassis and I was going to design one for specific parts I have lying around, although I could design a rudimentary set of frames to go with the loco if that is what would be needed... Also very pleased to see the photo of Drumboe, thanks for sharing! Out of interest, is much of the loco salvageable or is it mostly new? Thanks!

My Elegoo Mars is pretty good, I've used it for lots of 009 gauge bits and bobs, plus the BCDR loco in my workbench thread. I'm slightly nervous of the lubricator details failing to print but that's my only concern. Fingers crossed it'll print well!

Hi Colin, Thanks for the interest! I don't think I intend to 'produce' them as such, but if the test print goes well I'd be happy to sell you two and perhaps make them on demand for people. Would you design your own chassis for this? Thanks

Fancy renders of the Class 3: I drew this up using a works photo I found online and the photo and drawing from E.M Patterson's book on the Donegal.

The Class 3 body is now finished except for the whistle on the roof- it's always small things like this that you see after saving the photos! Thanks!

Thanks Colin, I joined the group a few days ago as well as the Irish 3ft modellers .io group. I will read that PDF in due course, thanks for sending it my way. Cheers!

Absolutely!

Very glad to hear the news about Drumboe! This is as far as I got with the class 3 this morning: The body is nearly finished, there are a few small bits to add at the front, some touching up and some rivets to add to the buffer beam. I then need to design the chassis, work out its dimensions and extrude a big enough hole into the bottom of the body to fit the motor. Thanks!

Not at all, thanks for the interesting points! Just out of interest, does anybody know if the layouts in the Donegal Railway Museum are 00n3 or 5.5n3? I didn't think to ask the last time I was up there.

I did consider it yes, but I wanted to stick to 4mm scale so that eventually I can have a layout of all three gauges I model (009, 00 and now 00n3). I'm going to use spare 00 gauge parts for the loco though, with new axles for 12mm gauge as I couldn't find motors cheaply, nor wheels, and I thought it'd be a fun (if not mad) challenge trying to get it all together! I like that layout, it's very sweet! Ironically too, but 00n3 holds the volume advantage for me as a 5.5mm scale class 3 would not fit in my printer! Thanks!

Thanks both! Unfortunately I don't have space for a fiddle yard on my layout-my carriages are stabled in two sidings at my main station and my running locos in a two road shed. I will however run my track right up to the back scene and make it look like the line continues. Jhb- you make a good point about the name and I have been a bit torn about it. I think I may keep to Marlfield Road, perhaps omitting the Portaferry entirely as Marlfield Road (to me, anyway) would sound a bit more in keeping with the Southern side of my layout across the sea in England. Thanks again

I've started the project, which I will be logging on my thread. Thanks to everyone for their help and answers!

I started making a County Donegal class 3 for 00n3 gauge recently, and this is my progress so far. It'll be the first loco for which I will make a custom chassis. I've decided to use the Hornby motor from their generic 0-6-0 chassis as it is smaller than the 0-4-0 can motor, I have one spare and will hopefully fit inside the loco ! The 0-4-0 wheels are essentially the right size for the driving wheels so I plan to use them and design bogies for the leading and trailing wheels which I hope to make on a lathe along with the axles. I didn't want to buy wheels as they're so expensive and personally I'm happy to try it this way. I think I will choose the route of kit building for the rolling stock as the loco will barely fit in my 3d printer, let alone a bogie coach! Thanks for reading!