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Mike 84C
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Noel,thanks for confirming I made the right call.And flagging the Shapeways link.
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I agree with you JHB re stock for Bantry but as ,at the moment, two of us are the rolling stock providers and we are both pensioners! we are watching the pennies! BUT I would probably go for MGW coaches and CIE cattle wagons. I am mulling over doing a resin casting but have to make a master as yet and I seem to be drowning in other projects!
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It; that is excellent I love the sound and lights. But far too clean! I wonder how long till we get a Crossley sound file?
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Ebay bidding wars,is £65.50 a lot for an IRM 121 kit? I watched and thought Noooo! not for me. And I have not got the Athern chassis to make it a runner.
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Amazing, what a B&B it would make! The signals are brilliant, how has it all survived for so long?
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Thanks for all the praise and pats on the back guys. All I can say is watch this space! 'cos I'm sure there is more to follow.
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Narrow Gauge in the Rockies not quite
Mike 84C replied to Mayner's topic in US / Canadian Railway Modelling
John, that last shot of the Goose and 464 is brilliant. The stock and box cars receding down the slope make the photo, or they do for me! -
Thanks Jim, your pictures are rather good and make our small very local exhibition look rather professional! Pity there were not vast crowds pouring in from Sleaford but maybe next year! Our Bantry in build looked better than I expected and there was a lot of interest in the layout and it surprised me how many people said they had visited Bantry and West Cork! Nelson and David, the 2-6-2t is 850 the solitary one of its class built for the Dublin Bray commuter service. My kit bash of it is in the latest New Irish Lines; subscribe NOW! the magazine is in very short supply!!
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I have had one of those sat in a box for how long??? Eoin you have illuminated my path! Just got to finish a J 11 before the weekend!! Ingenious modelling, very clean and tidy just like everything you do.
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Hi Noel, great paint finish and first class looking models,very well executed. The photos of the build are first class and a very helpful guide.
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The Festiniog used a by product of refining for bitumen known in the trade as LMD. Its a high sulphur product that can only be used for external combustion, eg. boilers, on land but works very well in ship engines of most types. The sulphur is not a problem once off shore!
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Looks good John, now we just got to get it running before June 2nd!
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Thanks very much for all the accolades guys. It is my first etched kit and I did start it a bit hand in mouth! But a big thank you must also go to Weshty for producing a fine kit that went together well. I am very pleased with my efforts.
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Here's 464, buffer plank needs painting and a few paint chips touching in. How does that happen? when you take great care! Next a light touch of weathering which I hope will hide the shadow on the bunker and wheel balance weights. Is there a secret formulae for working out the top curve on balance weights? The B4 is posed in front of my solitary nearly finished Bredin. Door handles, pulls and paint the ends, maybe some passengers?
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Eoin, that looks seriously good, you are a talented modeller.
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I like the on the platform sequence, very atmospheric. Definitely a fleet to be proud of. Mick
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They look really good, all of a sudden I am not so happy with the look of my A class
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DB Models, an ebay store in Bourne has five Silver Fox A class diesels for sale £109.99 or offer. One of each livery. I have no connection with this vendor not even as a customer.
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That looks really good.
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Sutton's Locomotive Works - Outstanding Products and Sound too.
Mike 84C replied to Old Blarney's topic in News
I was very tempted last year at York, it must be the most realistic Sulzer sound ever. -
A speedy recovery Seamus
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Looks very good David
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Thanks for that JHB I think a black one is the way to go and if I do another, well the choice is mine! One of the guys in the group, another John, is getting a railcar and I would like a Metro Vick C class so it looks like late fifties and there's road vehicles for that period. Well 464 is a step closer, motors in and the wheels go round with no binding. Running on croc clips at the moment I have to work out an unobtrusive pickup as I am not sure about plungers, there is not much room and I don't want to take the wheels off again.
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Thanks for the praise lads, I have taken my time and not rushed the build. I was certain about livery but an all black No 464 does appeal! But I am going to get the chassis back together and running next and hope I do not fall at the last fence! There is potential! I have no previous experience of building etched loco kits and it has gone together well. So its thanks to Wheshty for producing a good kit. No connection, only a happy customer.
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A couple more photos. I used Precision paints two pack etch primer on the frames then a light blow over with Halfords grey primer. Before all that I scrubbed the parts with Tesco scouring cream and a mutilated tooth brush when dry, carefully scrubbed again with xyelene and left to dry. I have left the frames to dry for 72hrs in a warm place so I hope all will go well with the topcoats!
