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Hi patrick I'm really only working with the coupler off the chassis, the pony truck may cause trouble for mounting a coupler! and the SF buffer beam is in the way! but could see what happens, Have you something in mind? Eoin

Hi If one does mount to the bogie or the body, bare in mind that you are then removing the close coupling device that widens out the gap for going around the bends! Eoin

Hi Coming up this Sunday, don't miss this lads

That's model trains Noel I reckon mistakes were made and then later made good! Just do the one connecting to the loco and the last one- much easier Eoin

Hi Noel We discussed this problem before? http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/3704-Shorter-couplings-for-MM-Cravens-and-Mk2s?p=65253&viewfull=1#post65253 Eoin

I hung the Scot cab roof this evening... I wanted the roof to be removable and devised a plan to hook it in there with some brass noggled strips. The back end of the cab sides did not line up with the roof, the kit relies on the roof to support these when glued on... So a .5mm thick curvy frame was cut out and filed up n soldered in The noggled strips were cut from .28mm thick brass 40mm long, the noggel was achieved by sandwiching the strip between two strips of .5mm brass, one on one side and the other on the other with a 1.5mm gap between the bending edges, taped together and scrunched in the bench vice The noggel The roof was marked up with the strips in trial position, then the roof was scored with a knife, ditto to the brass strips after a good clean with the fibre brush and the lot was epoxied with a little bit of cling film around the cab wall top so that only the brass strips stick to the roof I'll leave that for the night and see how it worked in the morning Eoin

Someone is having a right laugh at your posts?

Deadly Broithe, thanks very much... Did you bake the SFX Capsule in! Eoin

Hi PaulC Here are a few links to what your looking for, the second one is the full story;- http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2047-NIR-80-class?p=30885&viewfull=1#post30885 http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2345-NIR-80-Class-DEMU?p=34604&viewfull=1#post34604 The best way I find stuff on the forum is do a Google search and check the photos that come up and then follow the link using the photo, if you hover the mouse over the photo you'll see where it's going to lead you to.... Eoin

....Hay look! that was my 1,000 post 1,000 today Eoin

Hi Not a bad idea if your not overly concerned about sound, it is cheaper than a sound chip. Drawbacks would be, doesn't sound great, you would have to put a wagon or coach with all your engines to have sound, it's on all the time and to switch it off you would have to open the unit its in n pop the battery, all your engines types would sound the same, its motion detection response is slow, you cant change the sounds.... I would save the money one would spend on this, add to it, and buy a DCC sound chip. I think its worth it in the long run... Eoin

Hi jhb I mentioned light blue because of a few photos I've seen- Tom Ferris book 'Irish Railways in colour' page 92, and there is a photo on rmweb of the same one;- http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/94905-kanturk-and-newmarket-railway-co-cork/, and I also saw another photo which I cant locate at the moment- all looking decidedly light blue? It could be silver and the film has gone off! Ferris does refer to film problems in the introduction to the book.... Eoin

... and here is the front from Google Maps, this gives you the fenestration to work up the front elevation after you have counted the bricks to do the rear!, interesting to see they plastered the front, I'd say the sea salt was wrecking the brick? Eoin

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