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Sad news RIP Jim

Hi All The next Fair is on June 17th;-

Hi Jason, thanks I actually thought it was going to be more difficult than it was Eoin

Hi All We haven't posted for a while, we've being doing things model railway related but not on the layout Today we did a bit of landscaping prep- trees! Woodland Scenic armatures, Heki Nature Trees and a bit of Heki scatter The armatures were bent n twisted and given a coat of grey primer Then they were given a coat of Chocolate Brown, a light coat to allow a bit of grey come through and then dashed with black n white here n there I cut the Nature Trees from their main stalks and worked with small bits sticking them to the armatures with cyano glue, the standard green ones were perfect and very easy to fill out a tree but the dark green/going to red was more difficult- it was more scrunched up in the box and fell into very small spindly sprigs. Tedious stuff..... First one The forest Very happy with these and not to difficult to do, 8 trees out of 12 armatures and the box of Nature Trees in about a days work- not going to use the autumn colour which would finish the pack of 12 armatures- the Greystones layout is spring/summer I did have a go at applying the Heki scatter but that didn't go well and I quickly removed it- colour was the problem. But as I proceeded I decided the scatter wasn't really required A misting of matt varnish will be done and then their ready for planting..... Eoin

Hi MikeO Unfortunately they are for customers, I do have more of the body prints coming so I'll tag your name to one, I'm pretty sure I have your name down already on the list!! Eoin

Thanks MikeO I have 4 two car set bodies together but still developing the chassis, I had planned to use generic Kato chassis but the jigs for making the bodies was based off the Tomix, the one above, and they don't fit the Kato! and I cant even get the Kato chassis now so no point in making the jigs again. So it's going to be my own design chassis like the idea for the N 141- this is also delayed as I'm experiencing printing problems and table levelling problems on the CNC machine...... Eoin

Here is a completed 8100 Class DART in Gauge N for a customer, it's the first one from the workshop after several months of mould making and trial-n-error. This one is on a Tomix chassis but the next ones will be on my own chassis with more DART like under frame gubbins- though the Tomix aren't half bad- just hard to get..... Directional lights work by using fibre optic wires from the LEDs on the chassis The model has pretty much the same detail as my Gauge OO DART model- NS handrails, roof vents, screen wipers, horn...... Just a few small touch-ups required and it's ready to go into service Eoin

Excellent Dave128 Looks like a good kit, loads of bits, should look smashing..... Eoin

Hi Dave182 Good man you got stuck in, everything looks fine so far Show us a shot of more of the kit bits when you get a chance? Eoin

Happy Birthday Broithe, your card is on the other thread! you can look now.... Eoin

Hi Ken Yes I'd love a digital copy of the scans when your done I'll forward your enquiry on to an IRRS man and see if any drawings are available Eoin