Westcorkrailway

Next step, decals. After sacrificing “467” and “469” from my SSM kit the 479 was made, it was hard applying these due to the fact the bandon tank decals are made to not be cut apart and separated into different numberals the other side is a bit mothballed so I’m going to need to improve it a bit in the meantime (has more to do with the fact I used glue to fit it to the side of my loco!) I’ll also need some red paint as the front buffer beam has a decal of the origional southern running number and it needs a new front buffer decal anyway. “At least it has the Irish feel to it”

Work has started on the cb&csr 4-4-2 loco painting. After letting my paint have a sauna I’m the hot press, as many suggested The first and possibly only necessary coat due to how heavy the paint is, has been applied (the sides will need a second I have decided to go with the brass sides i already had as they pass my 2ft rule, and considering they now are going to colour match the rest of the locomotive, It may well look better decals will be made from some of the bandon tank decals I don’t intend to use from my Studio scale models kit, I can actually make 479 out of these (even if I reserve 470, 464 and 463 the only 3 Bandon’s I would make)

(that was all meant for another tread, apologies) as I’m here I may as well post the Hornby Adams radial chassis for comparison as it’s now off the body for painting

God those American locos on order can’t be much worse then this lot.

Interestingly I see this thread as I’m reading about the kinsale 1915 crash in which the only picture includes a C&B curved top cattle van! Count me “interested”

I’m my eyes. A radial looks a bit like an SLNC leitrim class if you squint and completely ignore the wheel arrangement I’m on team radial for this one

Well….there is a lot of waffle before and after that unboxing, he actually gets it out of the box 8 minutes into the video

Referring to murphy models as “they” is ironic I’m sure seeing a supertrain 121 pulling blood and crème teak coaches is a hard pill to swallow for some

It still might be worth the simple spring fox on the rear and front bogey, you might loose traction even on flats over that!

That’s one Irish looking footbridge to be fair to it

And for the record it took Sams trains 4 minutes to open the 121 box…….

Maybe you got lucky with the radials, some get away but most are shocking bad I had the idea of school vs class too, but considering we already have the Woolich in Ireland, I strayed off!

it actually happened!!!

I’m going to say by the looks of my wheels we have two different chassis. Are you going to carry over some elements of the origional and Adams radial shell in the BCDR tank print?

Anyone have a 1900-1917 accounts for the CBSCR handy again this was brought up at a presentation a few years ago…I THINK he said they were stamped on in blue ink if that helps any bit..if I could get a hold of him I would ask where who and how because to be fair to him, he knew what he was talking about. but for now add it to the CMDR tier of Irish railway legends

I would have thaugh that too, no mention of it in his book on the CMDR either. I reckon it’s just a tale….if I’m proved wrong I’d be staggered! Something along the lines of the CB&CSR ordered a pile of sleepers from Russia (obviously sometime before a certain revolution) and some were stamped with the Russian imperial crest

All It’s missing a ford anglia police police car! One of the few British station I came recognise, looks great

What the hell ……I better break out the metal detector I wonder if Chris Larkin, an expert on all things west of the river lee was the one hosting that talk. I remember he told me a lot or west cork sleepers were marked with the Russian imperial stamp

Bit of a silly question, but I came across a story of NIR multiple united being burried rather then scraped due to asbestos, and stories of locos under Inchicore. Basically I want to know what Irish stuff is said to have been buried (understanding that most of these are “stories”)

It may be worth looking at my workbench, I’ve been at the same thing

I’ll be in cork today, might pop into some of those “game shops” @Mike 84Csuggested. Might stick with red enamel paint for the buffer beams

and here is C231 (hiding behind a rather excellent locomotive) in the lighter green, just covered in sump oil and dirt (I think) So must not have worn that dark green for long

I believe A46 was a one of a kind livery. The lighter lined green is at present not represented in the current IRM lineup (I think anyway)

Forget scratch building for time being, I’ve plenty more years to learn that….for now I’m back to basics as ever since re-painted my LNER coaches into CIE green they derail every lap! The theory in my head was 3 coats of enamel paint had fecked up the centre of gravity. so with 10 5c coins And 6 10p coins with help with masking tape, the coaches have stayed on the track for 15 minutes, success many ways back to the topic of spray painting models. Right now I going great with the brush but I understand enamel paint is not going to take to well to an Adams radial….or even a bandon tank some day! now I have done some spray painting years ago. 1 coat and no primer! it’s not the best job but at least I’ve some handle on it

I might paint the brass black just too see how it would look if I just plastered it onto to side, I might as well since I have them