gm171 kk

6 hours ago, gm171 kk said:

 

On 13/2/2024 at 10:22 PM, Horsetan said:

What's the asking price?

You'll have to work that out with him I would say. 

Owen O'Neill (who some might have seen work from on Facebook) is printing 22' flat wagons for myself for surplus IRM kegs. Just said I'd get him some interest. The below photos are test prints. He is removing the incorrect detail on the sides on the wagon. 

Perfect for 20' containers, Esso barrier wagons, keg wagons, 90s era spoil wagons, acrylonitrile, Foynes oil and coal wagons and so on. 

Just waiting on pack 3. 

Anyone know what the correct formation is for a 9 coach enterprise train and a rake with a driving car? 

I was wondering why Hattons were shifting so many of the older 141s the past week... 

On 5/4/2023 at 4:24 PM, Branchline121 said:

Also, the 121’s livery doesn’t nicely line up with the DVT. Either they were experimenting, or they were going to have a low green band on the loco and high one on the coaches, which would make the colour not the worst thing about the livery!

They did paint one 121 in an adaptation of the Tippex livery with a bit of the snot green near the cab. Presumably to match the DVT. 

I was holding off for a Dutch 37

Would anyone have a working drawing for IÉ 22' wagon?

I might give these a try. They'd look a lot better on locos than anything else on the market. 

I wonder would IRM produce a coupling similar to this in the future only a bit more prototypical? Similar to the non functional couplings and shackles they produce but also utilising magnets so they function as couplings.

Okay so all the parts were sitting in ipa since November. I took the makings of one truck cab out, the one with the most paint removed (not saying much), washed it in washing up liquid in warm water, dried it off an Nd started painting. 

Put two light coats of primer on. Three light coats of gloss white. Made a balls of painting door handles so it got a 4th coat of white. Tried to paint the door handles again... The paint started coming off on the corners as I held it. 

The cab was diecast with a plastic roof glued to it so removing the paint and starting again would be a nightmare. So it's across the road now in the neighbours field. 

Any ideas why this happened. I mustve painted about 7 diecast trucks with aerosol cans and this always happens. I used Tamiya aerosols this time as I wanted to be sure it worked. But before I used halfords car paint. 

I'm done with it either way as I must've wasted €1000 painting diecast with nothing but I pile of ruined models to show for it. 

Not a steam man but these photos are very appealing. Surely it makes more sense to produce a model of something that is still running today. Like 461, 171, 85, 186 etc. 

I don't think Hattons is the place to go to get pre owned Irish stuff at the original RRP anymore... 

Just wondering is there an updated ETA on the Mk2s? Will it be this side of Xmas? 

9 minutes ago, flange lubricator said:

Other than the dicky Tara’s  " There are no scraps in my scrapbook."

"Go home and getha f**king flange lubricator".

11 hours ago, irishthump said:

What model is it? Different manufacturers need different chemicals to strip the paint.

It's a 20 year old model from Tekno. 

10 hours ago, Mike 84C said:

I have successfully used Dettol, soak for a week then a good scrub with a tooth brush then wash off under a hot tap. Also works for dissolving the epoxy bond on glued kits. I do check the plastic to see if its unaffected by the Dettol. 

I will give that a try. 

It's soaking in 99% IPA (at least that's what it was sold as) since last Tuesday. I'm surprised at how slow and ineffective it was compared to other people's experience. It stripped metal components better but it took time. 

Can anyone recommend a method of removing paint from plastic? 

According to most articles, videos etc. I looked at IPA seemed to be the choice but it just isn't working for me. 

38 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Wasn’t the macroom section supposed to be open but insurance wouldn’t let it go ahead or something…

I haven't heard that. I don't know what the original plan was but they were toying with opening just the bypass around Macroom this year the problem is there is no entry/exit between Gurteenroe and Ballyvourney. So now there's a temporary roundabout after being started near the new junction in Carrigaphooca.

On 9/11/2022 at 11:50 AM, Westcorkrailway said:

It’s a shame the macroom bypass won’t be open by then

We're working as fast as we can New roundabout at Carrigaphooca should be getting tar next week. 

1 minute ago, Westcorkrailway said:

I’ve seen a photo recently in another thread of 1 or maybe even double hunslet locos hauling it 

I've seen thumpers and C class top and tailing on it also. 

Would anyone have any information on the fertiliser traffic to Derry? I have only really seen photos of 111s opera it which makes it interesting to model. 

Where was the origin if the fertiliser assuming the destination was Derry? 

When did it end? 

Was it operated by IR or NIR? 

What was a typical rake? 10/12 wagons? 

Did anything other than the 111s haul it? 

56 minutes ago, murphaph said:

So no STIR locos existed after this date?

I remember seeing a photo one around 94. They definitely made it to 93.

5 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

It will only misspell bookings and ensure that someone’s already in your seat. 

If it doesn't mispell my name (Seán) as Setan it won't be an authentic model... I've learned not to use the fada. 

35 minutes ago, flange lubricator said:

I think that started happening in the late 1990's

I can't find any photos of them with black roofs until about 2003.