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Redmond had 3 Connolly Sheds on display at the Fair, fantastic models.....

Here is my jig for extending axles and lining up the squares! A tool maker V block, engineer square and a tool clamp. Most V blocks have a trough at the base of the V, the trough in the block in the background is too wide, the tool maker V block is just right. The setup to square the ends for a flush sleeve. And the setup for the outside sleeve. Eoin.

The April Fair Date;-

Tullygrainey is correct, you cannot give up, persevering is the only way.......... A tip for brass kits that went a bit wonky;- Take a blowtorch to the model, heat the whole thing up to melt the solder, hold the melt (don't overdo the heat, just enough to keep the solder liquid) and then pick out the parts with a tweezers, clean up the parts with the torch brushing the solder off with a fiber brush and your ready to go again! White metal parts, if any, need to be removed first with a soldering iron. Eoin

Unfortunately, a lot of the guys building these models are computer shy. Most of the fix-ups & finishing I do, some featured in my 'Manufactures' thread, are from these guys. I have mentioned before on the forum- about 80% of my clients, including the Gauge O'ers do not want their stuff shown online. I have suggested to the Guild Rep that they should setup an IRM thread featuring Irish members stuff, nothing came of it. The 4 models I show above are scratch built by Brendan Kelly & George O'Rourke of the MRSI club. Brendan is a prolific model builder and the main man responsible for hundreds of Irish 'O' & '1' models. Nearly every scratch 'O' model in my manufactures thread has come from Brendan's hands, either he cut out the parts for a member to stick together or fully built by him. Eoin.

The best place to be for scratch building Irish Diesels is at the MRSI & Gauge O Guild open day next Saturday in the MRSI club on Dorset St, usually lots to see and chat with guys building 'O' stuff;- Eoin.

I have seen one Class A loco body constructed from tin cans (can't remember the type, but the print was free to see inside the model) and believe the model was based on a Leinster Models kit! Eoin

The March Fair Date;-

Reference to my WW etch Walker build may give you some thoughts for your build, though I think yours will be larger scale? https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/6346-walker-diesel-class-f-ecmbuild-in-4mm-for-oon3/ Eoin

Get this one also 'Compendium of CIE Rolling Stock Drawings' lots of tin van info, including internal plans for TPO, boiler and generator vans. Eoin

The IRRS booklet 'CIE Rolling Stock Painting and Lining Schedules' has dimensional info for logo, numbers & lining for coach stock The snail;- 7'' from the circle center to inside of gold edge 16'' from center to outer tip of the wings 1/4'' gold edge on circle & outer edges (top & bottom) of wing 1/8'' gold edge ends of wing and on internal edges of wing Eoin.

Snap! I came back to my car to find a man n woman trying to open it, they were very frustrated and not too nice when I asked could I help. I clicked the car open and the man was alarmed as to how I had his key. It got sorted when he realized his car was the one parked behind mine.