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Hi That's very well done- 'A handy man with a bit of Dirt' murrayec

Hi On the Hibernia... Here is a slide show motion study of the Bell-Crank and Drive Rod. Prepared from screen captures of the drawing for the loco model. It was prepared to prove the crank and rod would not foul the chassis. [video=youtube_share;PfJLEgPB4Ho] It's a mad looking thing- one of the main features that attracted me to the locomotive. murrayec

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Hi Dave Look at what I got today- to save me fingers! I wonder could I do a Glenderg on it and turn it into a DART coach? murrayec

Hi I was just looking back over the thread and had a thought on the inspection car motor- a Thenshodo spud has a lower profile than the BB motor it may fit the purpose better and they are cheaper. I use them for the lower profile reason, I do not have to cut a hole in the floor for the motor to stick up thrugh for the BB, I just drill a hole thru for the screw on the Thenshu..... couldn't resist that!! Branchlines again for spuds murrayec

Hi All Here is a short video of two DART25's on the test track... [video=youtube_share;ZvqIV9ozQ6o] I run them for a few hours, starting with Mr Rice's recommendations- run slow for 10 mins stop and let the motor cool down, then run other direction slow for 10 mins, stop and let the motor cool down. Repeat this until up to half speed and then add the van and run both directions for 10 mins at half speed. Any problems that show up in the beginning stages are sorted and final running in is up to the owner. It takes a few good runs to bed in the axle bearing bushes in the bogies Both ran very nice from the onset murrayec

Hi enniscorthyman Well done on the bubbles, they look amazing in the outdoor shots- looks like they've been in service for years, i think its the wood that adds that character. I see you have a few more to do! Branchlines are the guys for Blackbeetle motors if you cant source it elsewhere murrayec

Hi Here are a few shots of the business side of the DART model. Sporting my new cast white metal boxing and screw on lid. As you can see its getting pretty tight in there with chip, pantograph arc light control, socket and connectors, and an MS weight! Yet to try and fit a speaker.... The skirts are cast white metal also. murrayec

Hi Phil Love the puddle and point throw, as said before these little additions have an amazing affect on the scale also I see the cow has elevated status, very nice murrayec

Hi Tony Looks a great layout, I was just thinking the same thing- you have some tight points turns there as BosKonay noted, get your layout into some track plan program and see what happens! The stobart rail 201 looks great, I'd do it, but remember its fictional murrayec

The standard is 24 passengers. They are a nightmare, always arriving late, leave their feet behind, and require Trans7 to stay in place.... murrayec

Hi BosKonay You've come out! I'm starting on yours next week in an initial batch of six, I'll work on the six until I'm frustrated again and then work on individual orders at a time. Construction will go a lot faster this time as I have some new jigs and things to help. murrayec

Hi Broithe Not fully, the driver is standard but the passengers are an option. This driver is Oisin McDonald by the way, they are named! murrayec

Hi All Just went over the 50,000 views today, I'm chuffed... Here are a few shots of DART 05 just coming to completion Test running in the morning and off to its owner murrayec

Hi jhb171achill I do like the art of graffiti! but not what's available to view on the towers and the whole line from Bray to the city, and further. There is not a gram of art in it, it's just vandalism.... murrayec

Hi Walter Excellent, you are recovered, I hope to 100% Look forward to seeing you Sunday murrayec

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Hi I got the tender up and rolling last week, here are a few photos... murrayec

Hi I keep all the plastic- hope to make an injection moulding machine on my pillar drill! I have the heaters and the thermo but time is needed to turn some metal and bash out the moulds...## murrayec

Hi 1,000!... That's a factory murrayec

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Hi Tony Great to see you posting the development of your layout Shapeways would be expensive, I'd go with the Kirley option. That voyager looks like it tried to get under a low bridge! murrayec

Hi dave182 I switched to biomass fuel (sawdust logs) for home heating in a back-boiler stove, a packet of four logs cost €7.50 compared to €3.70 for a bail of bricketts at the time, they both weighed roughly the same. When using the stuff I found two packets of biomass produced the same energy as one bail of bricketts, it also produced a huge amount of thick black tar if I damped down the air intake. The stove and flue had to be cleaned once a week otherwise the tar gummed up the whole works. I could not always get the stuff, or my orders were reduced to spread what was available In the end I went back to bricketts, far cheaper, less hassle James Lovelock has published some interesting facts & figures on biomass production and its use in America, in some areas there is only biomass crops farmed and no food crops, and the trend is escalating! Also bio-diesel burnt in trucks is just as environmentally harmful as the real stuff. If their going to move it by train the hoppers will have to be on the scale of Fran's video above or a train of small stock like the cement wagons, up to 60 or so! Trucking would be a nightmare and environmentally wrong. We invent these alternative fuels and call them green but in actual fact their not. The cement industries here have a product they call 'Green Cement' because it comes in an environmentally friendly bag! - cement production and its use is one of the most environmentally unfriendly production systems in the world. Oh yes and- we pay huge fines to thems in Europe for digging up the bogs, somewhere in the region of €25 million annually. I hear BosKonay saying - '60 wagons'........ murrayec

Hi Here's one for yeah!! I was commissioned last week to make DART hats for the Darts tonight in the Point Depo..... They are truncated DARTs, they are quite cute at this size. The full model would have had a serious overhang and probably take someone's eye out! murrayec

Hi heirflick Great shots, lovely to see especially the second last head on one murrayec