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JHB There is only one place for you;- or maybe! Eoin

Hi It's home spun- .8mm piano wire soldered up with U-POL aluminium reinforcing mesh for car body repair epoxied on, I've a few little 'CIE NO Trespass' signs, barbed wire on the top, and some weathering to go on yet... Eoin

Hi All Don't forget the first Bray Show of 2016 is on this Sunday coming, the 24th Hope to see you there.... Eoin

Hi Kirley Well worth cutting up your layout! nice addition, I like those black fuel wagons to Eoin

Hi Dave Great stuff Dave, very well done. I look forward to following your updates and wish all the success in creating a valuable modellers video resource on the products you sell and technique for installing... Eoin

Hi Dave Very nice Dave... I know where you are today- track testing on the container layout!! Eoin

Warbonnet Me thinks there is one at the foot of the tree for him!! we'll know later today...... Eoin

Horsetan Yes, I have all the necessory now to make 21mm after building these two, the P4 wheels can take up to 3-4 months to get thru Branchlines from Aussieland but this still works within the timeframe for batch building! Eoin

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