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Hi Horsetan That could be an idea, I know a man in there, I'll look into that as the chap I'm making these for- last time we spoke had not set-up his track yet.. Eoin

Snap DC I built this one for me mum (though not edible) a Christmas present for her grandchild Hi-tech modelling- it even came with a wooden screwdriver! Happy Christmas Eoin

Hi Horsetan I have to agree, that extra 5mm makes a huge difference, got to make myself one of these! if I can find the time and use the correct rails which should enhance things more! Westhy Well done on the stuffing, hope you enjoy it today- so you do a bit of cooking as well as model building...multitasking Have fun Eoin

Hi David My word! your done! it looks amazing.... Maybe the fuzziness of the eye after the Christmas additives will also help the weathering! That's another one I want.... Happy Christmas Eoin

Hi Sean Fantastic stuff, an excellent example of attic railway modelling, aside from the excellent realistic modelling the integration of the 1:1 scale roof structure into the layout adds to it all.... just magic Eoin

Hi Finally, over the last month or so, rolling chassis have been coming off the workbench. I now feel the back is broken on this current batch build , as posted on my Plastic Moulding thread I had a pain of a time remaking and processing the plastic parts, not fully finished but I can see the end. Plastic Parts;- http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5083-Moulding-Plastic-Tips?p=78996&viewfull=1#post78996 Here are a few shots of a P4 21mm Gauge DART chassis which I'm building two of, apologies to you P4'rs out there but I only had standard rails to make up a bit of 21mm track- though I did fill in the sleeper gap with ballast to help! The Mock DART body is just plonked on so you can scale things!! the 21mm chassis are DART25's but the body is not ready yet. Comparison to 16mm Comparison to standard 16mm spud, the brass sleeves are to keep the wheels centred- Black Beetle P4 wheels. The bits Happy Christmas to all Eoin

Hi First Bray Show of 2016 is on on;-

Hi JHB You could use the stuff you have, the sample attached is done in Photoshop using layers to overlay the colours and add text references. It's not overly complex to do, once you work out the first few you'd be flying.... Eoin

Hi Noel That's fine, we got on grand without you, glad to see you submitted a note though.... Eoin

Hi David Would yeah stop! I just put down the New Irish Lines after an enjoyable read of a fantastic article about the construction of 3 no Gauge O models by guess who. Fantastic stuff, the models in black n white photos look stunning, I want all three..... Tony I'm sure with the holiday spirit he will forgive... Thanks all for looking and happy Christmas Eoin

Hi Clocks for running model railway Check out this link if interested;- http://modelrailmusings.weebly.com/synchronized-fast-clocks.html Eoin

Here you go garfieldsghost, I'll leave the ceremony up to you.... Eoin

Thanks Mrs/Mr BosKonay

Hi Thanks all for comments and support Next step was to solder up the bogie truck and do the compensation thing These first photos are the truck soldered up, which involved soldering up the structure, sweat soldering the rivet detail sides to the truck structure and soldering in the front axle bearings. Then for the modifications, laid out in this photo shows- I opened up the bearing holes by 1.4mm top and bottom to form a slot, milled off the sides of the bearings, and cut 1x.5mm strips to form the horn guides that the bearings will run up and down in. On front of these is the 1mm brass wire compensation beam and a .5mm brass wire hook for the chassis centring spring to hook into, this will be soldered on just in front of the comp beam. This photo shows how the beam is bent up on the fixed axle so the axles will be level. Horn guides soldered in place and the bearing sides adjusted to a sliding fit in the slot and on the horn guides. Beam soldered on, axle n wheels bolted in, and testing the beam this way. and that way, works beautifully, just had to file small chamfers on the top and bottom of the inside flange of the bearing. Pony truck soldered up and wheels about to be installed. The driving wheel bearings and suspension horn guides were soldered in after I sorted out the odd ruler thing, the fixed bearings went in first then the rear horn guides with the chassis jigs were set up on the rulers (see previous post for photos) everything was adjusted to the datum marks, the coupler rods installed on the jig and then in with the soldering iron. The frames, horn guides and the jig take a lot of the heat away and the solder is reluctant to flow, just hang in there, eventually the solder will flow, next the same thing with the front horn guides. I soldered in .5mm brass wire to retain the bearing keepers, when the bearings are assembled in the guides the keepers are threaded onto the wires and the wires bent slightly to hold them in place. Eventually these will be soldered in but for the moment I need to be able to remove the bearings while constructing. This is a shot of the front axle from the underside, you can see the wires holding the assembly together, and the dinky little spring at the bottom. The same axle the right way up. The rear frame bolted on and the pony truck installed. The full chassis so far. After bolting up the drive wheels and coupler rods, heart in mouth I turned the wheels, rotates almost freely, a slight little bind in the motion but nothing major to lock it up- excellent. I'll return to that later when working on more of the motion gear. I'll just sit and look at it for a while.... Eoin

Weshty I'm glad you clarified that.... Eoin

Weshty Did I feel the earth move? Eoin

Hi David One of my modelling intentions is to inform people, I get to build what I want and then show it off, informing people that these things existed and this is how they were used. I have seen the pictures of your layout and the information you give the viewer is excellent, the viewer can get a fairly good idea of what existed and watching the layout- how they ran. Recently at the Blackrock Show I spent 3 days in a room with a bunch of very nice Northern chaps running their splendid club layout, they, obviously they had their workings time table off by heart, they were beavering away on doing their thing with hardly any communication between themselves, and at times it looked like nothing was happening and the viewers left the room! But they were doing something, setting up the locos, moving stock into readiness for a train and other things. What I noticed was- no interaction with the viewers was the problem, if they told the viewers what was happening I felt they would have held their audience a lot longer and the viewer would get a better idea of how trains ran. I have an N Gauge layout which sits on the coffee table, it's two outer loops with stations, fiddle yard and loco sheds off each loop, I run two passenger trains, 4 goods trains, and have 8 locos on the layout at the same time. The task is to set up trains from the yards and then run them out on the loops to eventually pulling in at the other station, then breaking down the trains into the yards and storing the locos in the sheds. There is endless possibilities and requires some concentration to achieve the goal set without hitches and within set times!! Train stuff. Well when my mates (not into trains) saw this they could not understand this, they saw a little train go around the loops and they had enough! No I said, here have a go at this- I set a task- move this to here, that to there, run that around the loop 4 times while taking that loco out of the shed and move them to there, when that is finished the 4th loop it comes in this station- well you get the picture- their hooked, now they keep hassling me to get the trains out for some fun Eoin

Hi DV A bat on a galloping horse would not know the difference between the Hornby Dublo and the Irish prototype, the die-cast one. The later plastic Hornby model is still suitable but not as close. One thing on the plastic one is that the human turning handles are a bit more discrete and may be left in place, whereas the die-cast handles need to be modified. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=4048&d=1353512393 Glenderg's photo above shows some of the mods he did, the main one is the addition of a boom arm n pulley system added on top of the boom for raising and lowering it, and of course the painting n decals.... Eoin

Hi DV n All Move to this thread to discuss the steam crane further;- http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5040-Steam-crane?highlight=hornby+dublo+crane Eoin

Hi DC Its diecast metal with plastic wheels, looking at it tonight it could do with some metal removal to improve the detail, an upgrade to metal wheels and a coupler change. ... and- JHB I would consider black... Eoin

Hi Yes, it was an enjoyable show, lots came & loads of Christmas well wishes... I picked up my Christmas train and it is red- I knew wrennie had red ones!!- though destined to be made yellow sometime... Oh yes! and some cast cannon to protect her.. Eoin

Hi all Don't forget the Bray Show is on this Sunday, the last show of 2015 and a chance to get that Christmas train! I think wrennie has some red ones!... Happy Christmas Eoin

Hi JHB A J15 ooooooh! I have one of those kits and all the bits, I regularly look at it up on the shelf! but I have to finish my A's, C's & 121's first.... not enough free time for me with the green things! Eoin

Hi JHB That's OK- Maedb is obviously on your mind after taking possession of that lovely model- it's on mine to, I have an OO kit on the 'list to get sometime soon' Eoin

Hi Dave Yes a bit of a touch up on the wheels as mentioned above, and some bits of paint on the cab to show up the lights and other detail- wouldn't go a miss- actually compulsory Eoin