Westcorkrailway

Have had these coaches for years with my Hornby b12 that I had as a child (not long ago then!) little did I know that my b12 would become a Bandon tank and these coaches will become CIE…Ified granted there aren’t too many coaches like this, the closest being that 1906 Rosslare stock and that has 12 wheels compared to my 8. Anyways with the A class around the corner (like we might get them by Friday) my 121 and C class lacking rolling stock, (unless I pay £20000 for the Bachman USA ones on ebag) I might as well start with the 2 of these I have, I have Railtec transfers on order. And black spray paint but I was wondering what would be the best way to go about it for a rookie such as myself when it comes to painting coaches anyway i still need to pin down a green for the main body of the coaches and a grey for the 5 plank hornby wagons I have had for a while.

Cb&scr: cumbersome, broken & slow coaches lotus: lots of trouble, Usually serious Porsche: proof of rich spoilt child having everything

Because if we say “this week is the week” an post will go on strike

Get busy lads need any volunteers??

I hope everyone at IRM towers is busy putting A classes in there boxes. A mind numbing job but a necessary one no less

Looks just like the pictures! side note: while they did go to skibbereen and clonakikty. The A’s never got to bantry….but I’m sure no one would notice if one got to yours!

To be fair, that is probobly why you see the green and silver liveries not sell as well as the orange counterparts. In terms of RTR stock well……there isint a whole pile. Obviously I’m a bit bias but I can’t wait for more of some of the stuff from tonight’s IRRS presentation (for those who could attend) to become available in model form hoplefully one day but for now, I have to get back to re-spraying hornby open wagons grey and trying to get Bachman LMS coaches in CIE green for a lot of money!

Where is my Cork and macroom inspection car…..Surely there is a demand

Time to bring the hymek out of retirement

I tried to get in touch but i never got a response unfortunatly. another WCR modeller rookie has suggested I just train myself up with card kits and plastic kits, he actually managed to start the kit but was not able to finish it I’ll make do with what I’ve got, I still need to try put a Fowler 4F chassis under this yolk!

I don’t see many of the west cork locos being made in RTR, they just don’t have the same pull buisness wise a a V Class I’ve had my eye on it for a while, considering my Bandon tank kits been sitting for a long time. unless I can find a builder or a pre owned one, 552/559 will have to wait a bit however if IRM would kindly care to make J26’s

chances are I won’t be able to even afford 1 drink after pre-ordering all variants of the (insert CIE steam loco here) which likely Dosent fit my layout at all

I’ll admit my Park Royal prediction was way off in retrospect… The party starts if a CIE steam locomotive is announced If a certain 4-6-0 tank engine gets announced, the drinks are on me

I wonder if a new locomotive will be announced by the time the year is out we have already had mark 2’s and those busses with the fantastic locomotive livery or even more freight stock? Speculation overdrive

Rumour has it that A39R with a single 42 flat is waiting….

Shame, I was hoping for it to arrive close to the A class, last time I was told between October and December 2021, but that was back in April or may and circumstances may have changed Though with scracthbuilding that’s involved and getting hands on a Bachman 150 class etc it’s understandable only real issue is that 12 months ago, I would not have had to pay vat and now I do

I’m still waiting on some AEC railcars I ordered some 12 months ago. Unfortunatly it will be charged like an order taken now

This is why my SSM kit has been sitting on the shelf for Yonks, fantastic building!

I must say I am a fan of controlling a layout with a represented (even miniaturised) lever frame but I’m sure someone has done that before

A small bit poetic that it will be almost exactly 3 years since initial announcement

AEC railcars are absolutely gorgeous. Love the colour

Saw a picture of 212 in vic Barry’s with just the cab left. Someone had cut the “212” out presumably because someone asked to preserve it. Always to know if it’s still around.

Coming in the second runAlong with Galway livery 001 Class and these liveries which definitely existed and definetly is not photoshopped and put together by northernblue109 on flickr

I knew someone would do this sooner or later question is, is this thread going to be Banter A Class variants for the next 10 days my CB&SCR A Class thinks so

Perhaps you can have mine, it fell off the layout, complete write off so will happily provide spares……