Westcorkrailway

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

The current plans means that they stick outside the tank, it will be mounted to the loco via the continently square front to the splasher (you can see it in the image below, a pipe needs to be cut and that’s it) and the side of the existing water tank. the only issue then is would the coupling rods hit off the running plate…

Messed around with sheet brass today…..results were interesting considering the lack of tools I have at my disposal. Due to those bloody running plate bumps using brass is not that easy and probobly won’t be the used method, to be fair these were only mock-ups anyway so at least I can leave brass to the kit builders

It could be done, I would worry about the height of the water tank, the Adams radials cab means that pulling this off probably would not look the best. The tank extention I intend to do is the same height. Something more similar to that of 479 and other CBSC 4-4-2t’s

For me it’s like a model of the turf burner. not something that should be mass produced, but it would be the attention puller of any layout it was on

The Lanz Bulldog Tractor had an engine that could run both clockwise and anti-clockwise depending on which direction you wanted to go. It also had a 0 RPM engine (yes an engine can run at 0 RPM)

I’m starting to agree. I think this photo makes the water tanks look far more at home on the loco, and make it look like 479!

If By Canarian you mean Cahersiveenian!

A few select people know where C202/C227 is but I believe we won’t be seeing it anytime soon Nor former CIE/NIR for the Craic, CSE locos are at whitehead, belturbet and Clonakilty model railway village. One was at halfway vintage club until 2018 with a bulleid open wagon and a 20t brakevan. All since moved somewhere else mysterious also the K class may not be in Ireland anymore but they are…..somewhere in the Far East and….wales There is also that load of English stuff (austerity tank engine, railbus ect) at carlingford brewery railway in the north. Not at all for this list but worth mentioning there there

~A55 at castlerea railway meuseum ~the various G class and E class locos at carrick, dunsandle and downpatrick ~ the sulzer at cultra as well ~C202/227 god only knows where

With the “Laminate Coaches” completed its newer longer term project is a go. Trying to figure out how to deal with the water tank situation on my Adams radial. The current plan I think is to either make it out of plasticard or to 3d print it at the expense of loosing the finish. the humps you see here in the running plant are proving to be an issue hence why I’m leaning towards 3d printing if possible I made a Card mock-up with rough but sound enough dimensions it makes a massive difference to the locomotive and while it would require that dreaded re-spray. It may well be worth it for the water tank, which feels much more natural

An exclusively SLNC 7mm layout, now that’s going to be a challenge. I look forward to seeing how this complex enough looking 4-4-0 turns out.

As I said before, After the surgery it had to go though to get it working, I’m relatively happy with the railcars as they are (aside from the snails, as soon as I get the chance those transfers will be replaced with EDN ones) meanwhile on the laminate front, transfers are complete and the coaches are more or less finished…and I must stay I’m quite staggered by now they turned out. I Thought I would have to wait for park royals/laminates for some decent coaching stock. These pictures don’t do justice to how sharp they look behind a 121/A class The enamel paint adds some wait to it, obviously enamel makes to much colder to the touch too. The reflections give very realistic metal finish. Due the flatt glossy surface, transfers stick like a treat. I commend railtec for there transfers whom without, this project would not be possible, the only thing I’d ask is if they would flip some of the snails around and replace 4th,5th,6th,7th,8th,9th and 0th class with more 1st, 2nd and 3rd!! as we can see on my “fictional semi rosslare stock based coach” the transfers had a much harder time sticking due to the bumps, something for somone with more skill and equipment then me can do a far better job, but for me is beyond passable. The average price of 1 coach including the coach, paint, transfers and all the shipping for all that stuff was 23 euro, and that only goes down the more you make as the paint and transfers I have will easily make 2 more coaches.

With the snails on, I decided to run the carriages in order to speed up drying of transfers. This is to insure I don’t accidentally mess up the transfers (one of my lines looked quite poor tanks to a misplaced finger!) A30 pulls through at 50 percent speed, a good comparison of the green to the railcar 2625 next door the mighty A class hauls them with my older stock. I have enough lining for at least 2 more small coaches. If the hattons gensisis coaches release I may put them in this livery IMG_1071.MOV A30 at a slightly more controlled speed with new “Laminate” coaches. Featuring all the mistakes made on my older stock! you may hear the clicking in the video and this is small bug my A suffers from. When it goes from a bend to a straight, pipes on the bogeys hit detail on the body, nothing major but I reckon after a while…..the pipe may fall off!

Because of these coaches, I think they came out in the 70s? Somone can correct me on that my coaches are based on a Lima mk1 00 and those ones were based on lima H0. Identical but mine are better I like to think!!!!!