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Cheers Darius

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Spoil load construction underway. Card “tables” made using saved card scraps. Tabletops painted black and spoil affixed using pva - same technique as ballasting. Cheers Darius

Another question ref. the spoil trains with a Jeep at both ends. How did the locomotive crews communicate with each other ref. braking etc? Cheers Darius

Could this popping up on eBay be related to a recent announcement from IRM? Q Kits CIE C Class Cheers Darius

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Away from faux Irish Jouef stuff and back to Whiterock, where the spoil trains are now operating. Cheers Darius

Decals applied and weathering to finish. Cheers Darius

Got two more Jeeps to convert. Hopefully that should encourage IRM to produce them. Cheers Darius

Hi Leslie. Quick question the wagon in the right in your photo is the one as per the kits that I already have from your good self. The wagon on the left has a slightly different design/shape and is a bit simplified. Are the new kits the wagon on the right? Cheers Darius

Dunpaintin Cheers Darius

Four wagons assembled ready for painting. Cheers Darius

Next project. Construct these before the new ones from Leslie arrive Cheers Darius

WT No.5 approaches Whiterock on a Larne service. Cheers Darius

I used Railtec yellow lining decals. Cheers Darius

Almost finished. Cheers Darius

Got another 2MT on the way to convert into No.6. That and the forthcoming Spoil Wagon kits from Leslie mean I will be able to run a top and tailed spoil train from Magheramorne. Cheers Darius

Weathering applied. Will let the paint cure overnight and refit the cab glazing tomorrow. Cheers Darius

Also added some rivet decals to the cab and bunker sides. Cheers Darius

See my earlier post - I found the numbers in a reference book. Lining decals etc. applied to one side. Cheers Darius

Need to get some smoke box wheel castings first. Trial run on the layout - all fine. Cheers Darius

Rear pony truck fitted. Cheers Darius

Quick question: according to Wikipedia, seven of the 18 WT locomotives had their coal bunkers extended. Does anyone know which locomotives these were? Cheers Darius PS. Found the answer in Joe Cassell’s excellent book: Steam’s Last Challenge. The locomotives in question were numbers:- 4, 50, 51, 53, 54, 55 and 56 So modified as they were considered to be the best engines.

Primer on. Cheers Darius