Horsetan

Anything in HO involving brass, nickel silver, etc. will generally be telephone numbers. Ask German, French or Swiss modellers.

The "Jeep" could also lend itself to a "hybrid" project - Hornby Fowler 2-6-4T boiler and chassis, Bachmann "Fairburn" tanks, footplate and possibly the bunker, Hornby Black 5 driving wheels. Interestingly, the regauging was apparently done by whipping off the driving wheels, removing the tyres, turning the centres and crankpins around, then putting the tyres back on. This was sufficient to fit on the 5ft 3in and the frames and motion were not touched in any way!

That could certainly pass for CDR Railcar 19/20 or one of the West Clare cars, or at least the driving cab could, even though the scale is slightly out.

UPDATE: Santa Fe no.669 claimed by Warbonnet.

....and just one item of Kato rolling stock: 35-6003 Chicago Burlington & Quincy Corrugated Business Car, all silver. £15 plus post.

11. 37-2901 EMD SD40-2 Mid with Snoot Nose, no. 6799 in BNSF colours. £55 plus post 12. 37-6311 GE C44-9W, no.4926 in BNSF livery. £60 plus post 13. 37-6312 GE C44-9W, no.4929 in BNSF livery. £60 plus post. 14. 37-6402 EMD SD70MAC Cab Headlight, no. 9837 in BNSF Executive colours. £60 plus post. 15. 37-6404 EMD SD70MAC Cab Headlight, no. 9853 in BNSF Heritage II livery. £60 plus post.

7. 37-6442 GE AC4400CW, no.5615 in BNSF livery. £60 plus post 8. 37-6443 GE AC4400CW, no.5624 in BNSF livery. £60 plus post. 9. 37-6451 EMD SD70MAC Nose Headlight, no. 8802 in BNSF Heritage II livery. £60 plus post. 10. 37-6452 EMD SD70MAC Nose Headlight, no. 9959 in BNSF Heritage II livery. £60 plus post.

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4. 37-6326 EMD SD40, no. 210 in I&M Rail Link livery. £55 plus post. 5. 37-6157 GE C44-9W, no.669 in Santa Fe livery. SOLD to Warbonnet 6. 37-1009 EMD NW2 Phase I, no. 2406 in Santa Fe (AT&SF) livery. £50 plus post

One UP engine available, plus two SF. There are 15 Kato engines up for grabs altogether. See separate "Even more Kato US HO Diesels...." in this "for sale" section.

Here are the first trio: 1. 37-6403 EMD SD70MAC Cab headlight, no. 9838 in BNSF Heritage II livery. £60 plus post. 2. 37-6357 EMD SD90/43MAC, no. 8038 in Union Pacific livery (slogan: "We will deliver"). £60 plus post 3. 37-6325 EMD SD40, no. 202 in I&M Rail Link colours. £55 plus post.

As referred to in NIRCLASS80's sales thread, I also have a box full of Kato HO US diesels that need new homes. A couple of you have hinted that you might be willing! There are 15 of them altogether, all in their original boxes and never run. All of them have detailing parts and instructions, untouched. All of them are DCC-ready. I have got them down from the loft now, and will be listing and photographing each one, with asking prices. First come, first served. Remember postage costs must be added on - these are heavyweight models. I also have other US diesels by Atlas, Stewart Hobby, Genesis and Proto2000, if anyone's interested. As has been done before, you could consider cannibalising the motors, drivetrains and bogies in order to help get your Irish-outline diesel kits running......

Happy New Year. Anything that advances the cause of Irish finescale - and 4mm/21 in particular - has to be worth pursuing.

Very deep now.

That's the variation I'll be interested in.

"A child has become stuck in the Tunnel of Goats, and a nurse is requested to attend....." Happy Birthday.

Noted.

Kato engines generally come with at least one (or more) large plastic sprues filled with all sorts of detailing parts - including handrails, grab irons, brackets, light fittings and a good many other things. You won't necessarily need to use every single one, but rather just pick off the parts appropriate to your chosen prototype. All the ones I have for sale are DCC-ready, just like NIRCLASS80's.

There are various liveries, but I think there is only one UP-branded one remaining. The last time I got the archive box out, most of the liveries were either SF/BNSF or BN. If I get a chance today, I'll climb up to the loft and do a list.

That's true enough. There is an entire archive box full of them, so I'll take some photos of each one, and see how things go.

In that case, I'll put them on eBay.

As it happens, I also have a quantity of Kato US diesels to liquidate. All as new and unused, with detailing packs untouched. They certainly look well-engineered.

With the help of a 2mm axle, the reverse curves were formed. Everything below that transition curve must now be straightened. I'm repeating the photo posted earlier to show what the smokebox wrapper should look like: I'm wondering whether I should solder it on to the shell now, which should allow me to line up the front frames, or wait until I've sorted the positioning of other parts. I'm not, mainly because I need to part-build the basic frames and leave room for the inside motion, motion brackets, etc. Although I've marked out for the CSB suspension, the front mounting point is missing because it's some way above the chassis top-line.....which means I have to solder in a bracket for it that was never there in real life The bogie will also be assembled differently from the instructions, as I want it to help bear the wieght of the front end. I'm wondering if I should start work on the tender in order to create more thinking time......?

You might be right on that one. Engines did slip the net on changes of ownership - I'm thinking of Great Western 58xx no.s 5802, 5813 and 5814 which, after nationalisation in 1948, somehow kept their original livery and "GWR" lettering on the side tanks for years after the GW had ceased to exist - so long in fact that the livery was still extant when the engines were withdrawn! The County Donegal did this to a limited extent with the 5A class 2-6-4Ts - originally numbered 1A, 2A and 3A because they were duplicate numbers for earlier engines, the "A" was chiselled off when the engines were renumbered.