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  1. Horsetan
    Agreed. "Rails Through The West" is a superbly useful book.
  2. Horsetan
    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.
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    Sulzer Kit

    Horsetan replied to robbieb's topic in Irish Models

    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:
  4. Horsetan
    Time to read up about the Sulzers. At least B103 is still with us.
  5. Horsetan
    Yes, I own it now. Another 21mm gauge challenge. Another one to have a go at.
  6. Horsetan
    It's called Weymouth. I've been there.
  7. Horsetan
    Who really knows what Kader are thinking? I thought they had troubles of their own.
  8. Horsetan
    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.....
  9. Horsetan
    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.
  10. Horsetan
    Probably part-funded by eBay sales......
  11. Horsetan
    Ah here, ye can't be sayin' that type of thing
  12. Horsetan
    ...and some of it may go on an onward journey to the land of eBay....!
  13. Horsetan
    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.
  14. Horsetan
    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.
  15. Horsetan
    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.
  16. Horsetan
    Not fifty?
  17. Horsetan
    Suppose we'd best order some copies, so.
  18. Horsetan
    aaarrgghh can't resist
  19. Horsetan
    BEMO HOm rolling stock is very expensive. May not be cost-effective.
  20. Horsetan
    Ah, that was just a bad film reference there...
  21. Horsetan
    Bridge over the river...why.
  22. Horsetan
    A bridge too far.
  23. Horsetan
    That's mighty impressive decoration there. Thought: now how about a model of a Christmas tree exhibition?
  24. Horsetan
    I suppose the water might affect the electrics on the layout, so.
  25. Horsetan
    Where can non-Irish residents buy these from?
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