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  1. Mike 84C
    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.
  2. Mike 84C
    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!
  5. Mike 84C
    Baie de la Somme brilliant line, visited some years ago I'll post some pictures if I can find them.
  6. Mike 84C
    Here on big island MG's are everywhere but usually combustion engines. I'm very surprized Chinese HGV's are not here yet.
  7. Mike 84C
    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".
  8. Mike 84C
    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!
  9. Mike 84C
    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.
  10. Mike 84C
    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.
  11. Mike 84C
    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 !!
  12. Mike 84C
    Also my problem John! Which one to start next? And how to choose the next one to finish? I have been diverted from the Irish straight and not so narrow by an L&Y Dreadnought which is proving hard to make a silk purse of! Mrs 84C has just shown me Station Road Steam's facebook page if you fancy a bit of steam envy have a peek, there will be no disapointment.
  13. Mike 84C
    Hey John, you alll enjoy the old USofA!! Thats a cool video I have not seen that before.
  14. Mike 84C
    Really looks the business for a GWR loco with the large chimney Accurascale are to be congratulated on the detail and authenticity. Will the BR style locos be fitted with the narrower chimney which was fitted when they redraughted? Older drivers whom I knew said the Manor was a real dog and hard to get to steam as first built. Could be tricky after rebuilding!!
  15. Mike 84C
    But boss, the truck won't earn much money with only eight ton's on. You know the trailer carries 20 ton's and I'm paid by results! For you truckers out there, please load your fertilizer in solid blocks , imagine what will happen in the event of a sudden stop. The pallets will move and try to escape off the trailer, even over the head board. Now who is going to be the first to tie a drivers "dolly" to rope the load on. In 4mm scale?
  16. Mike 84C
    Colin, very sad to hear of your brothers passing, we never met but I enjoyed his posts on this site and writings in New Irish Lines. May he rest in peace. Mick.
  17. Mike 84C
    I have several of those and have carved off the ventilator then sand smooth, very carefully!, separate the body from the chassis. Respray the chassis with grey automotive undercoat and Bobs your uncle a much better nearly Irish box van. Pop the wheels out before you spray paint at it and put a little piece of masking tope over the wheel bearing hole. Over here in the UK Halfords is favourite for paint.
  18. Mike 84C
    Mesmerising! I want to see more! Well found George; ah well back to pointing my house.
  19. Mike 84C
    Bob, KMCE has put it so well, so dont dump the books! Your problem runs in my family so I count my blessings that at 76 I only have the diabetic rubbish!. You are moving to a lovely area with preserved railways close by so when health permits I'm sure you will get out and enjoy all the Cotswolds have to offer. I do look forward to seeing more posts from you, 7mm good in the garden? maybe a man shed? And best of luck with the move. Kindest regards. Mick
  20. Mike 84C
    Heck man! you have a very tolerant wife.
  21. Mike 84C
    Thanks for that John, its the shape I was thinking of and dart produce a 10ft WB version which will substitute for the Silverfox bogie if my plan does not work. I would like to beef up the S/F bogie as it has the coupling and bogie centre fixing pin moulded in. But nice to have a plan B. Mick
  22. Mike 84C
    Eoin, totally agree with that idea but I am going down the armour plate route as these run on a club layout and the members are not always gentle in the handling department. The plastic frames will become cosmetic. Mick
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    I ask because I have been tasked with repairing a bogie off our CIE AEC DMU, it looks a a very flimsy concoction made of different types of plastics which I think rules out glue. And the wheels jump out of the frames at the slightest excuse! I have a plan! which involves making a brass subframe to support the wheels and bolting it to the existing bogie frame. Onward into the unknown! i think the problem has been caused by by bigfingershortsightedismness so a rerailing ramp would be a good plan.
  24. Mike 84C
    I know its a cost, as is any security, but why could the models be fitted with small alarm tags? Lights flash, hooters blow, bells ring as a thief tries to leg it! Like the tension lock coupling idea.
  25. Mike 84C
    Whestys SSM Bandon tank makes up into a very nice loco, is not a hard kit to build and it would be a shame if his sales dived because a ready to run version is brought out. I wonder how many J15 kits he has sold since 00 works delivered their J15? And I stick my hand up to owning an 00 works one. I still think the D&SER 2-6-0 is the one for a manufacturer to go for as its a visible loco that would be at home on many/all the layouts featured on this group. For me the interest in Irish Railways is building and adapting models to fit the Irish scene; but that's just me sayin!
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