Magpie1951

Hi Rich, There two shades of green you need to consider when painting an A or C class namely a dark green and a light green. I have painted A and C class kits in the light shade but never the dark shade but I have painted CIE coaches in both shades which I have a pic to explain. In this picture I have used an Airbrush with Humbrol no. 2 Emerald Green Gloss for the Park Royal coach in the foreground of the picture which is the lighter shade of green livery used and in the center backroud of the pic there is a GSR Bredin Mail Van in early CIE dark green ( the dark shade also used on some A and C classes) for which I used Humbrol no. 3 Brunswick Green Gloss , agained applied with an airbrush. For the light green lining on both coaches I used Humbrol no 90 Beige Green Matt again airbrushed and there was a light green waistband on some of the green A and C's both light and dark green in this colour. I know Humbrol do aerosol spray paints but I am not sure if the carry the above colours but I would encourage you to buy a basic airbrush and compressor set because it makes painting so much easier and enjoyable once you get over the initial fear of using an airbrush!!!!

Maybe you could try the Wills Kits crossing keeper cottage kit , http://www.modelrailwaysdirect.co.uk/Wills-Kits-SS39-Crossing-Keepers-Cottage/ ? With a little adjustment it could look like one of the crossing cottages at Cappagh ,http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20C/Cappagh/IrishRailwayStations.html#Cappagh_20090717_001_CC_JA.jpg , to keep in line with your Mallow Waterford line theme! Wills kits also have plenty of building materials like windows ,doors and embossed platic card sheets as well.

Wasn't 149 one of the baby GMs that got a 1100 hp GM engine from a scrapped C class in the early 90's?

Here is a few links to some pics of the early spray train: firts pic courtesy of the Great Southern Trail website and here is a link to pic found on Geograph.ie http://www.geograph.ie/photo/2108451 and a link to another one thanks to Eiretrains.com http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20D/Dalkey/slides/Dalkey_20101126_001_CC_JA.html There is a couple of better pics knock around somewhere on the net but I can't remember where. Hope these help?

I always thought cúl álainn or pointe go hiontach was King Henry's name in Irish or at least that's what they always say when he is on the ball on TG4:cool:.

My condolences to you and your family Anthony.

Now now relax just becuase the Dubs were shown how to play football 3 weeks ago doesn't mean you have to get angry! Plus if we somehow manage to pox this final against Donegal to mis-quote a great man " there won't be a cow milked or a brass kit made in Mayo for the next month". Up Mayo

I was over in San Fran last year and met up with a few lads heavily involved at the coal face of 3D printing ( the maker movement as they call themselves) and they were raving about this printer so I reckon it could be a god send to scratchbuilding modellers who might want to do a short run of a model for a few friends/club members but they still though we are a couple of years away from it totally revolutionisng the scale modelling industry. I have to say I'm seriously considering getting one of these.

The Asahi tanks were painted a light grey/sliver colour with the end supports and frames in red. I have a black and white picture from the Doyle/Hirsch rolling stock book which I'll try and post up later on.

While these were used for the Tara ore traffic for a short time between the mines and Arklow in the early 90's I think they were mainly used and designed for grain traffic from Foynes to Portlaoise. There is a picture on Jan Cottrell's sight of baby GM hauling one of these trains on the Foynes branch. I'm sure Mayner would be the man with the info on these wagons.

Hey Lads thanks for all the compliments. Her's one more pic along side a Murphy's Cravens coach. See what you think as I tried to match a close as possible the paint and details of the Park Royal. I have more of these to build along with Laminate brake standards and Laminate std opens so when I start these next week I'll document each step and stick it up in the blog section as a guide for everyone

Hey everyone I finally got the Park Royal finished and here's a few pics. Enjoy,

Good man Heirflick . Great shots now I just have to find the time to put together a few of these. Thanks again.

Cheers Heirflick I'll p.m. you my email.

Thanks for the info lads.Didn't know there are so many left, the more the better because knowing Irish railway companies there has to be slight variations on these no doubt. Will have to get to some of these when I have some free time.

P.M sent to you Wrenneire about E class drawings.

Cheers ttc0169, I must try and get up to Claremorris and get a look at the one lying on it's side. The one in Knockcroghery I was thinking about was on the end of a lifted siding at the Athlone side of the level crossing on the down side . I only noticed it on the train once after the scrub had been clearde in perparation for the new level crossing around 88/89 but I don't know if it's still there? Any pic of one of these even covered in ivy would be great.

Hey Lads could anyone help me with some photos of the Concrete poured Buffer stops that used to be found all around the system at the end of sidings until the late 90's. I remeber a couple survivng at Claremorris , Castlerea and Knockrockery till the track renewal programme came along. I think I remember one lingering at Wicklow junction as well. Anyway would love to model a few of these so any info pics would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks enniscorthyman.

Hi yes thanks, I got your message was just a little busy so took my time coming over to the new site. Thanks again for pointing me in the direction of here it's quite a step up from the old one. Hi Rich I plan on doing a full guide maybe in the blog section on how to build one of these kits including the process , the materials used and where to source them and also the many pitfalls I ran into along the way. It'll be a couple of weeks though cause I'm trying to finish about four or five kits at the moment but I'll keep taking as many detailed pictures as I can so I can illustrate everything as well.

Hi Warbonnet thanks for moving the thread, I meant to put it in the wrokbench area. It's more of a scratch aid than a kit but with a little patience it goes together pretty easy although this is about the 8th one of these kits I've made! Thanks BABYGM It's going to be in CIE black and tan Livery . I'm just finishing the interior at the moment and I'll post up pictures when it's finished. Hi popeye , for the roof I used cooper craft RFC TTS 61' 6" bow end ex tourist stock roof and for the bogies I used Bachmann commwealth bogies. Hi John I did it similar to your technique as in I widened the roof and glued it into place so the roof as you can see in the third picture is part of the main structure of the body from the start. As stated above I used a cooper craft 61' 6" roof which neede to be widened in the midlle and reshaped at the sides to match the contours of the coach. Then the waist bands were added using micro strips of plastic and MJT torpedo vents( the small type ) were added as well. When I've finished , I'll try and post up the process I use from start to finish for everyone with all the parts I used. Again thanks for all the complements.

Hey lads here is a few picks of Worsley Works Park Royal kit I'm building at the moment, enjoy.