Killian Keane

The Crewe Special tanks and the 4' 6" mansion house tanks, but I have a feeling in the case of the Greenore saddle tanks the Irish locos had larger driving wheels than their English counterparts, don't know off the top of my head though

'Nono I'm not the type of person to get distracted at all, why do you ask?'

Not since the last photo of it, the 800 is the priority currently as its on commission, but when thats finished (soon) I expect to be able to do more work on that, can't wait to have one in my hands as they're much more the right period and the right region for me

Ive put a hexagonal hole in the base of the smokebox to hold the nut, its just a question of getting it in there thats the problem, what I'll probably do is extend the slot to the back of the smokebox so the nut can be slid in from behind, and then I'll put a top on this hole so the nut wont be lifted when the screw comes in from underneath Ive just tried a Patriot chassis under the test print, the answer is 'surprisingly well' but I'll have to be altering the cab floor area slightly for that, so itll be a separate version for each chassis, the tender is another story however, the patriot one is too short by 5-6mm so ideally you'd have to get hold of a secondhand royal scot one

This is as good as I have, from the article published in 1932 when the V class first came out, hope its of use to you

Id do that but Id be a little concerned about the resin cracking, I'll see if this current version I have works and I'll revise if needed, it was just that I couldnt get my finger in from the narrow gap in the bottom of the boiler

Thankya, I just have to alter the front underside of the body slightly as the front body mounting is an M2.5 screw and nut, but getting the nut in is a significant challenge as is, apart from that it all lines up perfectly

Bear in mind this is only an early test print, still rife with imperfections both digital and in terms of print settings, even the primer didn't go on perfectly, but it fits the chassis as intended

Unfortunately not, Ive just gone through my books and not come up with a match, but one thing that did tickle me was the tender attached to the loco is by far the oldest in the train

Presumaby one such working or a weedkiller train Unfortunately I havent any widths to hand, will reply again if I find anything

As I don't want any nasty surprises when I come to finally marry up the 800 body to its chassis, I'm currently running off a test print of the 90% finished model (Ive already done this with the tender body and that fits nicely), We're on the home straight now

Sehr schön gemacht! Especially the model of no. 5, well done

Thankfully I lost the tattered remains of my sanity many years ago so this job had no effect whatsoever on me

Thats the 800 tender finished, hopefully

Those are beautiful thank you Eoin, the tender is very nearly finished

Yes empty stock at Broadstone, and only last night I was reading those locos were apparently put on Dublin-Galway mail trains if you can believe that!

Id be very tempted by the MGWR 2-2-2 saddle tank

Would anyone have a photo of the cab end of the 800 class tender? I am utterly lacking reference material for this unfortunately (I wont even bother asking for the WLW tender front, I'm just going to have to wing that!)

A Padarn Railway 4ft gauge Hunslet, ideal for 00 track

My computer has been on the fritz and has been in to be repaired for the last two weeks or so, therefore the anticipated finish date of mid May as advertised in the latest New Irish Lines will more realistically be the first week in June Its back now though and the 800 has been receiving cab and running board detail

Ah yes a 'Notjeep' or Land Rover if you will

I think I'll go for screw reverse on the WLW, if contradictory information arises its not the end of the world to change it, thanks all This is a rivetting process