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Mike 84C
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JHB, I very much like the J15 photo, the weathering looks the business, rusty burnt smokebox excellent! But you really need to get your signals working. If I can do it--------!
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Hey! BosKonay is that called cross subsidization? or cross fertilization? Keep raising the bar 'cos I like the Irish side of things. Bye the bye, your guys on the Acurascale stand were very closed mouth about IRM announcements. Even under severe questioning! What torture were you guys threatening !
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If they sell at twice the price on ebay, maybe IRM should up the price and make Irish railway modelling more profitable?
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I think the car being loaded is a Humber, maybe a Super Snipe or a Hawk. Fair bit different to ro-rof ! bet it made the car owners nervous!
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Thanks for the photos of Wolferton Darius, we must visit next year when we are at Cromer. Norfolk is a very good area to visit if you like railways, stately homes , bird watching and beaches.
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I remember ,when I was firing on BR, sitting in the loop at Moor street waiting for the road through Snow Hill tunnel and one of those little monsters came by us with a "tripper" from Bordesley yard ,going north, with a huge train maybe 40 wagons and vans. Really "going for it " continious sparks out the chimney, steam under the boiler from the spindle glands and blowing off! Those engines boxed well above their weight. Never worked on one but must have made an impression on me 'cos that was in about 1964! Happy days!
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Spot on Darius, echo popeye's words! But as I think I have said before when do you sleep!
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The talk of 461 is interesting, I proposed it at least ten years ago, using the argument of what it did in service, in preservation and how modelers/people could buy what they had seen. Interesting how the attitudes in the hobby have changed thanks to Leslie, Mayner, Studio Scale Models and Irish railway Models. I'm sure there are several I have missed. And of course all you guys who post on here fertilizing ideas. If its 461 then thats a birthday sorted!
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Thanks Jim Thats a new one on me.
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Thanks for posting that about hydrogen in Denmark. The way it reads to me is a lack of interest from motor manufacturing so maybe they are to far down the battery route to back off. Or they can make more money by supplying replacement battery packs. I'm glad it will not affect me!
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I like the loco crew wearing straw boaters!
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JCB have already announced an ICE engine for plant, to run on hydrogen and its had press demo's. I cannot understand the big wail about no infrastructure for hydrogen as a fuel for IC. Its already there, called a filling station and will be there for as long as petrol and diesel is needed/ available. Maybe 20 yrs?
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Hi Patrick, if you have no luck Road Transport Images do many resin hgv parts including that particular cab. Buying the whole set of parts from them is not so cheap but I have bought just the parts I needed and used them on a s/hand diecast chassis. They are good to deal with. Also have an on line catalogue. A satisfied customer!
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I quite fancy Killarney, not too big and the backing in or out of the platforms is a bit different and its got an engine shed! But how do I find an excuse to run some Ranks grain wagons?
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Mayner, that sounds a bit sad particularly the Irish collections considering all your effort in designing kits that have helped us all in our quest for Irishness in our models. I know that life gives us curved balls at times and I find as I age that the mojo is sometimes missing and its so easy to succomb to the siren song of the arm chair! No Cattle Engine then? I am also heading to disposing of my HO Colorado Midland models and book collections.
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Thank you so much for posting those pictures. For me they tell such a story, a narrow gauge railway doing what it was built for and in the face of neglect and adversity. Just shows how much neglect a railway will take and keep operating. Brilliant photos! My stepdaughter is a track engineer for NetWork Rail , had to lean on my chair laughing so much!
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I have ridden on the "Flirts" from Sheringham to Norwich and they were very quiet and smooth. Only an hours trip but two hours might be uncomfortable unless the seating arrangements were different. But if you change loco hauled stock for units don't you loose a certain amount of flexibility? eg passenger work by day and freight by night?
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Thanks for that video Noel, very interesting with only one magnet. As so many modellers are going over to Kaydee and other magnetic uncoupling systems its a pity manufacturers wont fit non magnetic wheels and axles for our market. The Americans have had them for years!
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Baie de la Somme brilliant line, visited some years ago I'll post some pictures if I can find them.
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Here on big island MG's are everywhere but usually combustion engines. I'm very surprized Chinese HGV's are not here yet.
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Welcome Stuart, its a very good group to be part of, I'm sure you will enjoy the journey. And as others have also said "lovely modelling".
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If that 3 in 1 is mineral oil as in from a hole in the ground, avoid!!!!!! If its graphite like in powered pencil lead , thats the sort of stuff I have used. I once used 3 in 1 on a loco with rim insulated drivers. The oil got onto the insulation and shorted it out . Could I get more drivers? No!! So there began an operation that involved cutting spokes with a fine coping saw, Araldite Epoxy and repeat. 40 yrs ago and loco is still running! So I never recommend 3 in1 now. Or WD 40!
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Can you not get graphite for lubricating door locks? thats the stuff Kadee sells for lubricating their couplers. A little bottle has lasted me a lifetime. Plastic compatible oils should be ok. Stay well away from any mineral oil however "light" it is.
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Leslie, whats the odds for a bit of RMT, ASLEF interference in your travel plans? from Lincolnshire dirty diesel car is the best way to get there.
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All I will say in response to this thread is when you buy your donor coaches make very sure you get ones of the right length. Two of mine were fine so finished eaons ago. One was a couple of mm shorter which I only discovered after I had done all the prep work and put the adhesive on the sides with all the little clamps to hold stuff in place. AND, and and its a wonder my swearing was not heard across the Irish sea. So beware !!
