Horsetan

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

... he had to abandon it. I discussed the implications of restoring it at the time - this is (at a wild guess) fifteen years ago or more. Even then, it was in very ropey condition....

I first saw the Clifden carriage in 1988. I remember it as being relatively complete, in a very faded grey/green shade.

I last saw it in 2001. By then, it had been partly wrapped in sheets to keep some of the elements out, but some of the exterior timbers were missing, exposing the interior.

Presumably a bit more of it has fallen off since then.

4 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

It is. It’s quite beyond hope now - a complete rebuild would be necessary.

Basically a new-build, so.

We don't often hear about the oul station at Clifden, but it has made national news....

Is that MGWR 6-wheel carriage still rotting there?

On 2/4/2024 at 6:05 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

....IRM A Class A39R in black and orange livery for €263 EURO:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/315247562805

 

Can't remember how much I paid for mine, but the rewheel to 21mm gauge was cheap.

8 hours ago, Galteemore said:

...One of the reasons the SLNC limped on as long as it did is that its PW was just good enough to work.…

In some of the SLNC photos, you can actually see the way the rail head undulates on each length due to long-term wear.

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

The more guinness, the more emissions......

Turns the water black in the morning....

1 hour ago, airfixfan said:

Graham Norton was in that episode as well

"St. Luke's Youth Group!"

2 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

Same here I've never stayed in a caravan before so I'm not looking forward to it ...

Just imagine it's the caravan that Father Ted, Father Jack and Father Dougal stayed in when they went on holiday!

14 hours ago, Irishswissernie said:

NCC/UTA today.

NCC 1963-05-xx Belfast York Road, Class W Boiler according to his caption.

  

May not be, as the tubeplate is set up for a built-up smokebox wrapper. The "W" mogul had a drumhead (cylindrical) smokebox, so the tubeplate would also have been cylindrical to match.

5 hours ago, Broithe said:

... three lane roads still exist in a few places, where you can drive in the centre lane in either direction and it's up to you and the bloke who'll run into you to play chicken competently...

....and to add some extra elements to that frisson of uncertainty, the oncoming driver may well be under the influence of his cannabis habit, may have no insurance, and the car he's driving may be on cloned registration plates since it doesn't have any valid MoT or Vehicle Excise Duty. And he may not even have a valid licence....

6 minutes ago, Ironroad said:

....Privatisation adds another layer of strangeness to all of this. I would have thought that that would result in a more rigorous approach to revenue generating enforcement. ...

Meanwhile, over at Post Office Ltd.....

23 hours ago, Broithe said:

..... However, driving on the footpath is an offence -....

Meanwhile, over at Dublin Bus....

2 hours ago, Broithe said:

No, a circuit breaker in this sort of style. I was sitting on the ground at the bottom and it was dropped by a chap standing on the scaffolding above the top.

Jaysus....

On 9/4/2024 at 10:18 AM, Broithe said:

....I also still have a CEGB helmet that I was wearing when I heard something small hit it.

I looked around to see what it was and found a Swann Morton scalpel that had been dropped from twenty feet above...

Block of flats, was it?

31 minutes ago, Darius43 said:

I’m not sure if I should “like” this post or not…

Hang on, I can hear a bell tolling.

Arthur Kimber, the man behind the Northeastern Kits range of 4mm scale etched brass NER locomotives, is in his 90s and apparently still designing new kits, so.....

On 3/4/2024 at 11:51 PM, TimO said:

....As others have said, you are prolific. ...

It's almost as if he senses that his time upon this Earth is limited, so he's going to build as many models as possible in the remaining lifespan....!

5 minutes ago, murphaph said:

James' videos are a really good explainer of what's possible. I follow the Templot forum discussion on "Plugtrack" and it is still very much "experimental" according to Martin Wynne (the man behind Templot) but it is possible to turn out (sorry!) functioning track that looks better than anything you can make using traditional methods I feel (except flat bottom rail on timber sleepers....it can only do Bullhead rail at present and that may stay that way in 4mm scale as the clips that would be needed to hold flat bottomed rail in place would be absolutely miniscule and extremely fragile (in 4mm scale anyway).

With current technology, you can forget about doing Pandrol.

4 hours ago, Fiacra said:

I came across this chap's YouTube channel recently, and it's very informative for anybody interested in finescale modelling and scratchbuilding. He has a few videos in which he describes how to use Templot and 3D printing/laser cutting to produce bespoke trackwork, and this looks like a viable option for 21 mm track. I've never used Templot, but my understanding is that it includes 21 mm templates, so it should be straight forward to produce 21 mm track and points. Has anybody here tried this approach?

 

Templot will do pretty much any gauge you specify, within reason.

I've seen a Plugtrack sample in the flesh and, for what it is, it's very good since you can potentially print out endless stretches of P4-standard 5'3" with pointwork to match.

The only thing it doesn't do is have chairs that replicate the inward 1-in-20 tilt of the rail heads - the software isn't advanced enough to do this - so in this respect it's not that different to the old Hornby-Dublo and Triang-Hornby RTR track with strictly vertical rail (teamed with steamroller tyres and pizza cutter flanges)

19 hours ago, Mike 84C said:

...., mine also stripped the pinion gear within a few hours running. Rodrick did supply a new gear FOC for me to fit. I have washerd the lateral play to the absolute minimum keeping the worm in the centre of the pinion. Although with straight cut gears that should not be so much of a problem. The worm teeth on my loco are so sharp you could shave with it!

I wonder who the original maker / supplier of the gear set is. It's not unknown for the individual gears to be machined from unsuitable or incompatible stock, leading to premature wear or stripping within a comparatively short timespan.

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Pure GSR! (Though they were a much darker grey)

There must be at least fifty shades of it

On 27/3/2024 at 11:53 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

 

These coaches are going to be incredibly sought-after in no time, people will be killing each other for them...

Will they now.....

5 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

....would it be a good idea in future for Murphy Models to collect any seconds unfit for sale, and strip them for parts for warranty jobs?

I'm sure people would buy the parts from Paddy, bodies, chassis, bogies, motors, PCB's, you name it....

I suspect the last thing Paddy wants is a room full of random spares sitting there potentially beyond his retirement age.

20 hours ago, Branchline121 said:

I always find it entertaining to look at photos of where airships were moored when they were relevant, trains weren’t the only things unfortunately phased out by planes. 
 

I'm not sure airships needed any help being phased out after the Hindenburg thing.

On 4/4/2024 at 2:36 PM, jhb171achill said:

Some of these ads on things like fleabay or done deal are borderline fraud……

Donedeal is where all those cars from over the water get flipped!

22 hours ago, skinner75 said:

^^Exactly this^^

China don't see IP as a thing from what I have heard before.

To the Chinese, everything is fair game. But the devil take you if you poach anything of theirs.....

1 hour ago, GNRi1959 said:

What would be a fair asking price for both a UG Class and U Class by OO Works. I bought these a couple of years after production was exhausted but they were able to build me what they described as the last one ever to leave the assembly line. So much so, that the UG was not lined, numbered or transferred. Simple black finish. Both are boxed as new and never been on a layout for more than a few hours running and returned to their boxes...

If they are like hen's teeth, try a grand. Each.

Should see off the flippers/price gougers.