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at Ciaran's table

the DART

At wrennie's table we even got to see his toes!

Hi All Here are a few photos from the last show; At Dermot's table;- and a shot of a plane for the weekend that was in it!

It's in the Bray Wheelers Clubhouse on Schools Road off Boghall Road- up past the Fire Station http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/94-Bray-Train-amp-Model-Fair?p=90847&viewfull=1#post90847 Eoin

Hi dave182 Yep I'll be there, and I have a little packet for you Eoin

Hi All Don't forget the Bray Model Show is on this coming Sunday morning 10.00 till 2.00 Eoin

Hi David Templot- that looks like a handy program I'm looking forward to seeing this progress Eoin

Hi I had a go at making the moulds Sunday night, all went very well.... Two of them have been cleaned up and a bit of paint addeed Eoin

Hi All Following a suggestion from Dave Lindfield, we decided to install bar couplers in place of the traditional flat magnetic couplers. The bars are 3 mm dia. By 13 mm long and are inserted into vertical holes drilled between the sleepers. Six bar magnets, in two rows of three opposite each other, were used. A first attempt, using weaker magnets, was not successful, so we upgraded to N42 Neodymium magnets. These work but seem to require sensitive adjustment to the Kadee coupler “hooks”. Further adjustment will need to be done, but the overall effect is very neat and unobtrusive. ...and here is a photo of my 3d printed buffer stops, glued, fettled and painted CM

Hi David It was all black n white up to the 70's and even into the 80's in places, a lot of planning offices had the code 'you can have any colour walls you want as long as it's white' Eoin

Hi David Great to hear you were over visiting, all great places... I can answer the one on the Clon Model Railway Village, myself and baseboard Dave did a 2 day show there 3 weeks ago;- The station building is great, the model village is great;- they have two Park Royal coaches and a diesel loco out front not going anywhere, they've taken parts of the villages around the area and scattered them throughout the layout with viewing paths, bridges and vertical sleeper railings- hat's off to them they have done a very neat job. But, to me, the Gauge 1 model railway layout was very disappointing- all the track has been laid at the lowest level even below viewing footpath and it just looks like a model rail layout, patrons are looking down on roofs! There are plenty of hills and embankments but no one thought of running track at high level. With the history of railways in the area and some of the structures still existing there was no attempt to integrate them in the model. And the trains are German or other, but no Irish local stuff which in my book is a must for a venture like this..... I'd still pay €11.00 Eoin

Hi Borithe Excellent to see the photos Though some chaps not in proper uniform- they should have been shot! Was there many attendees? Eoin

Me to, John It looks great, my choice would be CIE/Inchacore cab Eoin

Hi All The next show is on on; The title has changed a little but it's still the same gig See you there Eoin

Weshty You've used up all your 'u's Eoin

Hi Glenderg I'm using Stixall clear by Everbuild and I get it in Wurths in Ballymount- it's like Tek7 but stronger and cleans off the DART glazing far easier than Tek7 Eoin

Hi Dave182 I researched this myself some time back, I bit-the-bullet and am making my own...... Dart Castings do a coach dynamo which is halfway there but no cooling fins- not all motors have fins! The pics below are of the patterns for moulding Gauge O motors, these are from a long running project which is shelved for the moment. As you can see the motors could be used in Gauge OO- the 'Chief Mechanic' is HO so the small motor is suitable for most uses. The larger one would be good for a big crane or the like. When I complete the moulds I can make you a few.... Eoin

I thought of a Sci-Fi film prop- 'Model 7698-B Master Blaster' or do you remember the RTE adds long ago - 'Stamp out sarcoptic-mange-mites and Liver Fluke'!!!! Thanks btb- I was wondering what I was doing wrong when my tongue was turning DART green! Eoin

Hi Here is a very useful tool if doing a lot of fine gluing using a syringe. Standard syringes can be very hurtful on the hands if a viscus glue is being used and after applying the glue to a DART body print with a standard syringe I can do nothing else for several hours! This unit is really comfortable to use, one can place the glue accurately with one hand and no strain. The unit comes with 30 clear barrels, pistons, end caps (if using different glues the barrel end can be sealed), and a range of tips. Its from adhesivedispensers.co.uk and cost £67.00 including postage. If doing a lot of fine gluing you got to get one Eoin

Some test prints of a fuel tank;- Two versions of the fuel tank. The blue is in 00 scale and the grey in H0. They were both produced by uploading a free library design and the printing on my 3D printer. The design is in H0 scale, which I then reprinted by scaling up to 00. Both lower photos illustrate the coarseness of the printing process using my XYZ da Vinci 1.0 printer. Will Brexit mean that we will now have to change from 00 to H0? CM

Hi David Lovely stuff,

Hi Well a hardy bunch came out yesterday to the show, the weather was disastrous for this beautiful venue but overall the show was well attended- myself and Dave had a great day meeting new and existing customers, and a few forum members- all in their wet gear! Great to meet all Dave took a few photos;- Eoin

Hi All The Bray Show is on this coming Sunday;-