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Holy Moley Noel What am I going to do? - I don't have a gate code! for that matter I don't even have a gate Eoin

Hi Noel 'Langley' white metal hoses, a little tweak n bend - they come in a packet with various types and enough for about 6 locs or wagons... Eoin

Don't forget Guys, the Train & Model Fair is on tomorrow. Eoin

Hi John I love it, trains everywhere.... Eoin

Hi popeye 4 looks OK to me on the red background. Eoin Edit;- Looking again- 3 i'm now liking but less Humbrol 2 in it??

...and again, I knew I had it somewhere in me notes! Humbrol 78 matt 'Cockpit Green', and then use a gloss finish if you wants shinny- personally I would go for matt for a sun beaten weathered look;- Eoin Hi jhb Yes, that's worth a try.... Eoin

Hi Guys Here is a montage of colours being discussed;- Unfortunately I don't have Humbrol 3, only have Airfix close to! and only Mr Poots Dublin Bus but are correct for the bus & DART.... So Brunswick is the closest and does need a bit of adjustment, besides mixing to get the correct shade one could also try a dark yellow, and even a light blue undercoat? Eoin

Hi johnminnitt As far as I know those paints are for the 80's/90's Dublin Bus and the DART, the dark green is not as dark as popeye requires, Humbrol 2 is getting there but I reckon not dark enough- yellow is only going to lighten it.... I'd start with Humbrol 3 'Brunswick Green' and maybe try a smidge of yellow or..... test away.... Eoin

Hi jhb You could also buy it here;- http://www.pendragonpublishing.co.uk/index.htm Eoin Hi jhb As wrennie says- Diarmuid may be able to help;- https://www.facebook.com/search/top/?q=weir park books and models Eoin

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Take a look here also Eoin

Hi TinTin Looking good, your flying along.... A hand held hot wire foam cutter is the tool for cutting the board with minimum mess, Proxxon do a nice unit 'Thermocut 12/E' but is a bit more expensive than most, it's advantage is that it has an articulated arm and allied with solid .85mm nichrome wire one can cut all kinds of shapes. Woodland Scenics, Hobbies are others..... Do a goggle search and take a look at the photos Eoin

Hi TinTin Not sure if you are referring to a paper OS map or the OS map website, the website is very handy and here is a link of the Historic 25" map zoomed in on the Bray Station, not sure if the settings are retained in the link;- http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V2,726897,718756,11,9 Also, You might be aware of the Bray Enniskerry Railway?, it was almost built- a lot of ground works done, when things went wrong for the company and the works were abandoned to the scapman. It ran from the terminus at the Cattle pens at the eastern side of Carlisle Grounds and swung west to the Bray River (The Dargle) and followed the river up to Enniskerry- it could make a nice talking point on any Bray Station layout! Eoin

Hi Northman Yes, Mr Murphy paid a visit to the show mid morning, carrying a big box in his hands looking like santa, he stopped off at our table to have a chat about the models, a very nice man, 15mins later I had my pack off Wrennie....... Eoin

Hi TinTin Great project, I have always planned to do a model of Bray Head, I reckon it will be in Gauge N- to fit things in! Looking forward to seeing your layout develop Eoin

Borithe Some very nice layouts, great to see Eoin

Mr Musk is joining the IRM team and we all get a slightly singed used car? Is there a prize, is there a prize? Eoin

Wrennie Keep me a pack Eoin

Landing a probe on Titan, sending images and data back also?

Hi Noel I'm sorry but I believe you are in the same fantasy movie Mr Musk is in! there is a purpose to all the low orbit space tech going on, building up the foundation work for doing the 'harder things'. Its small steps over time that lead to Giant Leaps, based on sound research tech, tried n tested over again which leads to big and hopefully safe success- not blasting a car into space and being unable to control where its going. NASA and some of their buddies have a relatively good track record, although they have killed in the region of 300 people in the process, they are building on previous experience and hopefully will do better... NASA's program for a manned mission to Mars seems to be structured well, they are developing their system over a long time- a more experienced base structured system (Mr Musk would not be in position today without all that has gone before) and believe their manned launch time is 2050 or thereabouts. Their not planning space tourism or a commune on Mars, its R&D on the path of 'harder things', they plan to send them up do the work and bring them back, if successfully they move to the next step..... No one is planning a probe to another planetary star system, some are developing propulsion systems for the future- ion drive, partial drive, solar sail... etc and they are the future, also for fantasy movies and Nova TV. Its our planetary system their interested in and they know the limitations..... Eoin

Noel An incredible amount has happened since the Giant Leap For Mankind! the Hubble telescope, Huygens, Cassini, James Web telescope, the comet lander, all the Mars Landers, the gravitational wave telescopes, and all the other land based visual & IR telescopes, the Space Station, the satellite systems, the China moon lander last year - the list is endless....man! Eoin

Flying Scot tender chassis All cleaned up and ready to go, spent a few hours removing the cusp and getting things all straight again Out with 100watt Iron, 180deg solder and sizzled some flux I sussed the axle bearing issue- the two centre bearings are over sized for the bends. In the previous build they had been installed in the wrong place! Jigged up and ready to solder, 180deg again in at the back of the bearings Bearings done and underframe stuff soldered on with 70deg solder after the brass was thinned with 180deg solder Wheels on and break gear test fitted ready for soldering Wheels off again and all brass areas to take white metal pre thinned with 180deg solder Same on the break cross rods Wheels back on to position the break shoes for 70deg soldering, I decided to not solder the break pull rods on, as there is 2mm tolerance between the pull rods and the wheels and I cannot see any way in getting the wheels off if their soldered on. They will be epoxied on after painting is complete. I did use the pull rods to get everything lined up for soldering and this is a photo of the set-up Soldered up and a good wash A bit of a sand blast and ready for painting..... Eoin

Well now, Thats a bit embarrassing! Lucky he chose a Mars Test Dummy to send, and its only a car and not a space probe as I was suggesting above- phew! Tell Fran that it might be best to hold off on that pack of bubbles until Mr Musk takes a few more swings at it- sure if he does it enough times one will land on the putting green!! I'll bring me soda rocket to the Stillorgan car park on Sunday, if Fran brings the pack, we can see what we can do! Eoin

Hi David Amazing street, great workmanship, it has a nice ould feel to it..... Eoin

even handier, one could sleep all the way to Mars.... We better stop this, we're a bit off thread.... Eoin