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Horsetan
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Someone did....
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It wouldn't pass in 21mm, but.
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Tmd/ssm mgwr "e" / gsr j26 / cie 551 0-6-0t
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in Photos of Models
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Agreed. "Rails Through The West" is a superbly useful book.
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Tmd/ssm mgwr "e" / gsr j26 / cie 551 0-6-0t
Horsetan replied to Horsetan's topic in Photos of Models
I'm coming around to the idea of building the kit as 560, which kept on working after the Tramore line closed. The photo of it on a railtour in Fenit shows that it even kept its plates, which are part of the kit. Might as well use 'em, and the garden shed cab. -
Just after securing an "original run" SSM Sulzer, with the LEDs in it. The A1A bogie has a 5'3" x 5'3" (or 21mm x 21mm) wheelbase, so that's 10'6" (42mm) overall. Drivetrain options are a bit mad. Obviously there's the Railroad 55 that's been mentioned earlier. But could the bogies from a Heljan Hymek or Bachmann Warship (42/43) be adapted, since their wheelbase is the correct overall 42mm anyway? The Sulzer "only" needs an unpowered centre axle; can one be run in the middle of the otherwise 4-wheel bogie? Here's a look at the Heljan Hymek bogie:
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Time to read up about the Sulzers. At least B103 is still with us.
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Yes, I own it now. Another 21mm gauge challenge. Another one to have a go at.
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It's called Weymouth. I've been there.
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Who really knows what Kader are thinking? I thought they had troubles of their own.
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This is the sort of kit that I'd like to see more often in 4mm scale. So far, it's only Brassmasters and Finney who have provided working inside motion kits. Anything for Irish locos has to be made up from scratch or improvised.....
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Let's hope that the boiler / firebox is not a solid casting all the way through! Could be a problem hollowing out enough space to fit a motor.
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Probably part-funded by eBay sales......
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Ah here, ye can't be sayin' that type of thing
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...and some of it may go on an onward journey to the land of eBay....!
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Since you will be using BEMO HOm coaches, make sure you've got enough money to fund them. At about 40 quid each (or more), they're not exactly cheap. General rule of HO or HOm is that, if buying new, anything Swiss outline is going to be very expensive.
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Now that's a real shame if the Irish 3' range has been lost forever. If you were modelling the CDRJC in particular, Backwoods kits were pretty much your only option. Pete always did say on the website that the kits were only produced to order, and he didn't normally keep stocks of them on the shelves. That's exactly what happened back in 2001 when I ordered a kit for the Class 5 to build "Drumboe" - it was a matter of waiting a couple of weeks whilst Pete got all the parts and wheels together. Think I might send Backwoods an e-mail to establish what the actual situation is.
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The Official Irish 'Might Have Beens' Thread
Horsetan replied to minister_for_hardship's topic in General Chat
There might still have been the problems of fuel supply during The Emergency. The ability of Big Four engines to run on pitch, duff, briquettes, turf, etc. is unknown! Dundalk would still have been building nothing bigger than 4-4-0s, but they'd be things like "Schools" or LMS 6'9" Compounds. -
Not fifty?
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Suppose we'd best order some copies, so.
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aaarrgghh can't resist
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BEMO HOm rolling stock is very expensive. May not be cost-effective.
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Ah, that was just a bad film reference there...
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Bridge over the river...why.
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A bridge too far.