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Mike 84C
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Tanks for carrying and storing bitumen would be insulated, probably with the dreaded asbestos, and the visible external skin is only thin sheet metal. The tanks normally had internal steam coils to heat the bitumen keeping it fluid and the external parts of these pipes were lagged with asbestos tape wound on like a bandage, or a thicker type that had its own metal cover. The HSE regs; for handling bitumen are quite extensive! Mick
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Thanks for posting your excellent photographs Paul, we missed each other by a day! Tony,your post says it all and its very enjoyable to operate as well!
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Nelson that is looking really good, you improve your technique with each model. I am fairly sure Bill Bedford/Mousa Models does an etch for NER outside W irons that would be a good stand in for NCC, BCDR stock.
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Eoin, that is brilliant and I feel a copy coming on! You really should market it as every airbrush owner needs one
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Thank for the encouragement, it is definitely read the instructions twice and cut once and I have still made a couple of c**k ups! must learn to kick self! Kirely, no its going to be rigid chassis and the resin part is the joining part between boiler and firebox. This one is going to have a Belpair not a roundtop firebox. Nelson, glad you like the loco and my photography! which I am usually pretty naff at. My new camera has far to many functions for an old git like me. I'm more of a " KISS" sort of person. Mick
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Well gentlemen I am really chuffed to read your comments, thank you very much. There are some very talented modellers in our club and we each offer advice if asked and even if not asked!! but the pressure is on for things to be running for June, even if the layout is work in progress.But John is the maestro on the buildings front and as they say watch this space Mick
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Progress so far about 10/11hrs work. Not an easy kit to cut your teeth on! The tab and slot construction does make it much easier but the laminating made me feel I had made parts of it twice! More pictures as I progress
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2nd'd Dunluce
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Noel, the fine ballast does look very good. I bought cork flooring expansion strips for our club layout from Charles Cantrill,good website and do mail order, very fast!! 7mm thick but they offer a custom service. Might be worth checking out. Also they do offer model railway products. I did find your posts interesting.
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Excellent layout Glover, I particularly like the fourth photo; that mistiness and the sunlight just cutting through it definitely atmospheric.
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Archer also produce rivet transfers, I have found them more expensive than Micro Mark which I have used and they work very well.
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Brilliant David, please keep posting.
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Succinctly put, do you need a vast amount of immigration to make these things viable? If so my case is packed! If ferry fares were lower from the UK I expect more tourists would come to Ireland. Somewhere I have some photos of the Lady Edith I took in Alaire State Park NJ which I took in 1976. I must find them.
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Brilliant! looking forward to seeing Fintonagh at an exhibition some place, some time:tumbsup :
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That is looking very good David. Subtle, understated. Funny how deadlines bring progress!
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Glover that is brilliant! Please keep posting.
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I like the side rods flashing round on Railcar B looks rather good. I nearly bought an A like yours at Wakefield wish I had now! duhhh!
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Agree totally David but I do like my paper copy!
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David, if you plan forward enough, Eddie Stowbart transport could be an option. Might be better than a parcel carrier. And give the sort of publicity they like. Go for it you know it makes sense!. Mick
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Looks good. have you built it since Warley? better get my finger out with the Bredins and the A class!
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can you tell what it yet part 2
Mike 84C replied to A4mallard's topic in Aviation & Maritime Modelling
I feel a Han Solo moment coming on! that is a fantastic crazy model I love it! Admits to being a Star Wars fan. -
Brilliant! well deserved, even if I am a bit biased.
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Back from Warley and I think my feet have recovered now! It was good to meet new faces and put names to them. Spent an enjoyable hour with Leslie and Richard at the IRRS stand and it was good to meet Kieran Laggan of that famous junction. Bleach Green fulfilled all its promises and Andy Cundicks Castlederg and Victoria Bridge is excellent. Very high standard of layouts but some did not move very often but I did come home a bit trained out.
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Cheers for that one Broithe
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Hello Paul and welcome! Please pm me. I have got involved with the embryonic Sleaford club and we are busily building layouts for the next exhibition in 2017. Three months later four boards built, plan down and cork trackbed is being laid, it also looks a lot like Bantry . But we had a bombshell last night; got to find new premises. Mike
