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Mike 84C
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Total model envy! Shame to just keep it in a glass case.
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Spot on David, the brickwork is brilliant.
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Thanks Guys. Sit on my hands and be patient.
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Anybody heard from Wheshty lately? Is he on a cruise? pm,ed him a few days ago and no reply which is not like him.
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Did you not like the model George? Although its a good starting point to make a much more CIE looking loco.
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I hope all you guys at IRM had a wonderful Christmas, have a Happy and prosperous New Year. Thank you for my Christmas card, the subject was excellent and the card unexpected.
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I also have a set and totally agree with DiveController. Mine did come with a 220v transformer. They are to 4 mm scale = 00.
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When I was into US Narrow gauge I have bought Thinfilm and Champ decals that were very old! I found that one or two coats of gloss varnish over the whole sheet helped retain the integrity of the bits I wanted. I also found SSM decals to be very delicate and I try to float them onto a model then wick any excess fluid off the model with a tissue. Then the Micro Sol/Set treatment. Base preparation is Johnsons Kleer in the area where I want the decal.
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HI Dave, if you are at an exhibition where the MERG group have a stand , look at their handsets; very neat but you do have to build it. That puts me into the not enough lifetime slot.
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Brilliant response, thanks very much. Any information helps.
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Thanks for that DiveController , love the little video. Unfortunatelly I'm old enough to have driven one, for profit.
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A few questions! in the 1950/60's were the local fuel distributors owned by the multi national companys or by by local companys running in the majors colours?. Would a tanker operating in County Cork say in Esso colours be registered in Cork or Dublin? Are transfers available to do either option? And were S type Bedfords as popular in Ireland as in GB in that time frame? Over here everybody used them but would they have been used for hauling oil products in Ireland?
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That looks really good David, makes me want to walk down the shed sign the 'book' and go somewhere! maybe on a J5? You are raising the bar pretty high and mines a pint!
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Hand coaling may also explain why in photographs, Irish tenders are not rammed full of coal unlike their British counterparts. Which often was like rubbish when you needed to burn it.
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Fantastic job of a rather brutish looking loco, not one that I would have picked to model! I also like the cylinder heads.
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Looks good David but , heck thats a lot of extra work t get a kit of bits to function. Rotating clockwise sounds familiar!
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NIce work it has a" presence", from your photos the feel of the loco looks good. I started with an old Mainline B1 and it just did'nt have the mass of yours. The King Arthur is a much better starting point. Just a thought, I cut a piece out of the firebox down to where the inward curve starts th en spliced in a piece which I had put the curves in with a piece of metal rod and the boiling water treatment. Just a couple of shots to illustrate my point. The loco is no more! it got dropped onto a hard floor. And the chassis got the dreaded split gear disease.
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David, if you would like to try wood ash, pm me and I''ll send you a bag, 'cos I got the fire lit!
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Gentlemen, thank you for all your replies, how I missed the obvious in Glendergs Quiet Man post I don't know, maybe I do not have to worry so much about matching colour shades! But the coach I painted about four years ago looks much darker than one I did a month ago. It was how much Blue ink in the mix where the grey stuff failed.
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Many moons ago someone posted mixing ratio's for CIE Dark Green. I think the mix included blue ink? and the make and type of paint. I thought I had made a record of it but its in a very very safe place! I also thought I'd used every keyword reference on this "zb" system! Can someone repost the reciepe please? got some coached to paint!.
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I have done the Archers rivets route on a 4mm scale tender, looks good but my, was it boring to do and not as quick as you might think. Get it sealed and painted a.s.a.p. when finished retire with a stiff drink! But its horses for courses; I will use them again.
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Some years ago I went on a visit to the main Paris Metro Depot. Any graffiti was instantly removed quite easily, the whole carriage was covered in a sort of clear cling film wrap which was removed and replaced. Viola!! no signature and no graffiti. No idea what it cost though. Has Banksy got a lot to answer for? Maybe. JHB with you all the way.
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Whooo red and pink spaghetti !! thats far toooo clever for me David
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Much as I would love A J5, without having to scratch build it myself and I totally accept the smaller market i think that price resistance wold be felt at £600. The £300 for the 00 works 101 was heading towards the top of my expenditure platform with sound and DCC added. But a very nice long term plan. Regards Mick
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Thank you all very much for your replies. John M's drawings and minister for hardship's postings gave me just what I needed. Its the Ratio wagons that i have got.
