Riversuir226

Whoops my mistake, should be a motor factors.

Go to your local model factors and get them to mix a spray can to the ral number, make sure to use a primer first and you ll be grand. If you do go down this route buy a respiratory mask and only spray in a well ventilated area. Also put the spray can in warm water before use. Des at ssm or Steve at railtec may be able to help with the decals.

Buy the loco and sell the body to the uk market, the class 25 is a bit too long for the c class. The biggest problem is the small gap between the bogies as this is where the motor would go. Bachmann co cos such as the cl 55/37 are way too long for the a class due to the same problem as the c class.

Don t think so Stephen, the ssm kit is the only one (im pretty sure Des would sell you a few bogie kits seperate from the wagon kits), the only other ones that have been produced are the old mir ones but their pretty rare these days.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/4755-Tonto-s-Wreckbench page 1

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071 has an orange wiper but i Don t think any of the other grey 071's have orange windows, quite a few of the black/silver 071's have orange window frames/doors and others have quite a bit of orange showing through especially in the fan areas on the roof. 112 also has orange frames. Theres also a mark 3 & craven near Kildare plus the stock in west clare. The c class in Carrick on Suir is still in Supertrain livery.

Yes, theres quite a few around. Have a look in the workbench section

Could be worse, i saw it and forgot about it , would have fitted in nicely with my Waterford to Tramore line plans.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/archive/index.php/t-1471.html Try this . The hornby or bachmann ones need a lot of work to get them to look right. Theres a few links in the link above that explain the differences in the sambre meuse product range.

Check out the os maps on the ordance survey website, the historic maps are a great resource for track plans, signal & other railwayana locations.

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1060-Off-The-Beaten-Track Enniscorthyman covered the incident about half way down this thread.

The loco caught fire while hauling the weedsprayer on the line in the early 1990's. She was later hauled back to Inchicore and was never repaired.

121 pre New Ross incident

A Waterford to Mallow layout, yes please . On the 121's, they ran for the best part of 50 years in everyday service. Id easily would take 6 or more and i think the majority of active modellers for the era's that they ran in would buy the same amount and in some cases even more. During their careers they've probably covered most if not all of the post 1961 railways on the Island, have done just about every job on the network from express Cork to Dublin services to pw trains in their later years. Livery wise they ve carried quite a few liveries grey/yellow, black/tan, supertrain, ir black/orange & IE black/orange. Theres plenty of choice and if your in any doubt look at the amount of 071/111 models were released, nearly the same amount of real life locos existed 21 071/111's v 15 121's. As pointed out already they ran in quite a few formations, from on their own, in doubles with other 121's, 141's, 181's. Plus push pull modes with mk3's, old railcar units especially near where there is an existing strong modelling base ie Dublin and they also done mk3 p/p out of Cork as well for a few years. For my lot id be looking at 4 IE livery, 2( prob 3) in Ir livery and will probably go for a grey/yellow as well.

Email sent Des

Nice one Will be in touch Des

I ll take one Des

Nice one Des, they look the business

Think i ve reached it loco wise although i admit there ll be a few that ll sneak past , (currently avoiding pics of 233 like the plague) Im trying to concentrate on building up a few rakes of wagons and finish off a few existing projects. The reason why i model that era is simple, its what i grew up with, memories of spotting days at Abbey junction (Bell liners lined up, endless rakes of beet, New Ross ferts, the odd grain special heading into the mills, winding up the odd bus gricer and all that before we hopped on our bikes to catch rail deliveries at North Wharf or out to New Rath to catch the rest of the freight & passenger movements in the area. There was also endless happy days of hanging around various spots in the Cork area to catch the ammonias, liners etc. We are currently been spoiled for choice, yes theres significant gaps in every era of Irish railways but with time they ll be filled in and hopefully keep the visa card/wallet busy well into the future .

Didn t say boycott, i like others on here who have bought items of this company have every right to complain if a model doesn t meet expectations. I gave my honest opinion on the kit which im quite entitled to make, no point in saying there great when there not. As for the last part i ll buy high standard models of any producer if it fits into my modelling timescale.

But why accept basic expensive rtr models when the standards today are so much higher? I want a rake of fertiliser wagons and have done since before mir ceased trading but i won t buy the alternatives as they don t meet the standard that i expect for that kinda money. Had the opportunity to buy a rake of them a few years ago and i wasn t impressed at all. For 80 yoyos a model i expect a certain standard. If people keep supporting these models at this level of detailing etc then thats what they ll get into the future.

Noel, i work 60 hours a week, have a young family and do the long commute. Can usually build and finish a kit or scratchbuild within the week & i consider myself an average modeller so i don t think that excuse washes to be honest. Bottom line for €50 plus i expect decent instructions for a decent kit, the ifm park royal kit was neither. I shouldn t have to dig through the net for decent prototype pics to work out were the basic detail thats included in the kit is located. Times have moved on, silly mistakes, lack of basic detail shouldn t be accepted. As blaine put it a basic park royal rtr costs the same as 2 highly detailed cravens it shouldn t be that way lads.

On the curve part the minimum radius is 80 meters for a yard, 115 meters for a running line and 141 meters for a hauled train. As these are the minimum a 201 needs to take a curve I presume its the minimum requirements for most of the present day network. In modelling terms unless your going to build your own or get them commissioned there isn t much to choose from. The nearest thing to them would be the long or express points offered by various companies. Setrack or small points should be avoided were possible especially when operating modern long wheelbase stock as it looks wrong.