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Looking great, I was wondering what had happened that no posts appeared for a while been busy Eoin

Hi StevieB This photo would give you the rule of thumb to work the rest out;- http://eiretrains.com/Photo_Gallery/Railway%20Stations%20Q-U-V-Y/Youghal/IrishRailwayStations.html#Youghal_20050819_005_CC_JA.jpg While on the subject of bricks- one of the main uses for the railway originally was to transport the Youghal Bricks from the brick works to Cork city and beyond? Eoin

Hi DC Unfortunately & unofficially the bribe system is a daily part of business there, one agrees the cost of the item, when that's done you then negotiate the bribe before its handed over. My sis worked in Ethiopia, I visited her there and experienced this first hand in the bank of all places- after the 46 forms and documents were signed by me, the teller, and the counter sign, the teller then started to negotiate with me as to how much she was getting out of the transaction!! It's a fantastic place, fantastic people, but everything we know and do cannot be applied there- it's completely different! Eoin

Hi DC I'd say its to do with cost, far cheaper to employ a few guys to bolt up 400 something miles than to import the welding equipment, tensioning equipment and pay the franchise cost- wages are incredibly low in Kenya & Ethiopia, and those poor people are getting into serious hock..... Eoin

Hi Blaine If that chap in Bray bought the Yellow Roco Loco, I think I'll be diving in...... and jhb I'll paint it light blue, chassis n all... Eoin

Just a small little job this evening... I had a go at casting the break shoe and hanger from the mould shown above, all worked fine, so set about fixing it on to the chassis keeper plate. This plastic is like the stuff they use to encase motors and very hard to glue to, so I decided to use a .45mm NS dowel to give it support, drilled into the plate and trimmed, with a corresponding hole in the plastic casting, roughed it all up with the fibre pen, then cyanoed (the blue one) it and forced it all together.... Eoin

Hi I'm sure Sean Ryan has or had one of those Roco locos at the last Bray Show, I say 'had' also, because a regular chap to the show was thinking of buying it and not sure he did. Sean will be at Stillorgan on Sunday..... I do like the little 'Roco' 'Loco' and it 'Yellow' Eoin

Hi jhb The RPSI credit their Craven Bar coach 1514 as being one of the Cravens used with AEC railcars, and Colm Flanagan gives them a mention to in relation to AEC railcars... Eoin

Motor hacking tonight... The analogue connections to the motor brushes were severed by cutting the ends off the brush retaining clips, before this was done a 1.5mm hole was drilled through the clip and into the plastic motor plate- this is for the new DCC wiring connection and to retain the modified clips on the motor plate. When the retaining clips were removed to cut them, the 1.5mm holes in the plastic motor plate were tapped M2 to take the new retaining screw, and the holes in the clips opened up to take the screw. All the bits All the bits trial assembled and the PB tabs for the electrical pick-ups from the chassis ...these screws are not fully necessary, as one could always take the pick-up from the two motor plate screws that connect to the chassis and did the analogue thing... Eoin

Here is a link to Tonto's 105 conversion to AEC http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/4755-Tonto-s-Wreckbench?p=72805&viewfull=1#post72805 I'm told a Craven can be used in the middle, as it was done in the real thing! the same source also told me that this lead to the demise of some AEC power units as the Cravens were to heavy! Eoin

Sorry Noel It's unusual for me but I cant locate the photos of the finished units! Do remember taking photos all right, and they should be in the dir that the ones above are stored in but when I went to post them up, only the ones above were found! Eoin

Hi Here are a few shots of the first one, some cutting of the chassis and the drivers desk is required to get the LEDs in, the wires and connectors to remove the body from the chassis was housed in the WC- obviously! thats where most keep their valuables! then down through the floor, through the buffer beam and up into the next car which has a slotted buffer beam, to make the connection again in the WC. The wires are then painted black and it looks grand. Eoin

Hi Tonto & I think Glenderg did respray of BR Class 105 DMU's which might be what your thinking of JHB, they have the usual conversion problems like- door and windows but they do make a respectable AEC rail cars! I have done some up-grades to the silverfox model- directional lights and DCC electric wired couplers throughout for Dartstation on here, and another converted to DCC 21mm with same above and coach lights for a chap not on here- a lot of work to do the directional lights n couplers.... Just to note- one does not have to ditch the motor when changing to 21mm, just replace the axles in the motor to 28mm ones, I used 2mm steel rods (piano wire)cut to size.... Eoin

Lovely stuff John Love the poster of Bray... Eoin

Hi Thats a very nice chassis, the whole show looks great- a lot of great layouts. The host building is also a very nice venue for this kind of stuff Great to see photos Thanks Eoin

Hi Once you publish on the internet you've basically given that intellectual content away, even with storage sites you will find by the very fact of uploading to that site you give all rights to them, and they control it from there on.... Watermarking has its problems as mentioned above, I reckon the best way to publish photos is to limit it's re-use by uploading at less than screen resolution say 640x480, this then displays reasonably OK on screen without magnification, but if one tries to zoom in it just gets blocky and not usable, also print quality is dyer The upside on here, is once you publish you have assisted like minded people and its very much appreciated by everyone, there is a minority that take stuff and claim it as their own- their scavengers and by the fact they take stuff without permission or recognition are low people who cant model for S***, and not to be worried about..... Eoin

Hi If you do a search on the machine your posting from the search engine uses the cookies on your machine to see your interests! also your posting on an open forum on the internet.... Eoin

Hi Polyurethane chemical mix shrinks, on short chunky and small stuff its not noticeable, but on a long thin item say DART floor which is 1mm thick by 264mm long, it shrinks about 1mm+ over its length. If you make moulds for all the wagon parts shrinkage wont matter.... Eoin

Hi Noel, just to clarify on the hazards of acrylics;- They are not water based, they are water compatible- they contain some water but they contain pretty nasty stuff to be spraying in the air that you n others breath;- ethyl acrylate, isopropanol and glycol ethers, the first being very very harmful to humans. It has been known and most acrylic labels carry warnings about getting it on your skin, in eyes- the worst, or ingesting, causing burns, chronic eye problems and serious illness. Also its highly flammable in gas form, which is what we do with spray guns- make gas! Safety is a must spraying this stuff, the fact you mix it down with water helps but your still spraying diluted nasty stuff into the air. Spray booth, masks, open windows n closed doors, and no heating elements is the best approach.... Eoin

Hi Noel Looking good, do at least go at the ballast, I have an idea of brushing some pencil lead powder over it, a very small amount with a soft brush when I get mine... Eoin

A few more bits done this evening... Dissembled the running gear, de-greased and prepared for painting, some masking to the wheel tyres and then it will be handed over to the paint shop- I have some A bogie side patterns filled and undercoat painting is happening tomorrow. Next is repairs to a missing break shoe n lever, using the blue putty moulding stuff- the two sides of the mould were made to plastic cast a replacement, it looks like they will work but wont know until I try it. Then the chassis holes were drilled and tapped 12BA for the electrical connections for the DCC chip- I do like a chamfer on my holes, it makes them look very neat! I'll make two little PB tabs to solder the wires to. Noel, you'll like this tool- it's a sensitive feed chuck for small hole drilling in a pillar drill or mill, the smallest is .3mm. Its mounted in the machine chuck and set spinning, one then grabs that knurled aluminium disk just above the little chuck, and pushes down to drill the hole. There is a spring loaded shaft that allows travel of up to 16mm depth and that its in your hand one can feel what's happening, it can also be used for tapping- very handy for those small threads like 12 n 14BA Eoin

I have to agree with JHB here, a very odd site, they plan to develop land which does not have any of the original features, bridges are gone the cutting is partially or fully filled in and used as parkland/walkway for residential amenity!! Google maps tells all... Eoin

....Sketch as I go;- I scan these and save them in the project directory or if I have done a CAD drawing I insert the scan into the drawing, keeps it all together for future ref. Eoin

I never start a project without a few sketches or I sketch as I go... 'The Book' Eoin