Rob R

I mentioned this in another thread earlier but this is the proper place to do it. The access to the Resources Section has been tweaked and it is now only visible to Logged In members. Checked ok I think also posts do not now need moderator approval before becoming visible to all logged in members. I will test and check. Checked ok Between us, the Resouces Section can become a really useful place for all of us with an interest in modelling Irish Railways. Rob

Westcork, That's great! Could you put these in the Resouces section please? Makes it easier to find in the future.

Just added some WLR Building drawings from the late Richard Chown into the Resources section. I believe that the Mods have tweaked the settings on the Resouces section so that only Logged in Members can see it. A bye product of that seems to be that postsno longer need Approval before you can see them. Win-win all round in my book. Once again, apologies for the crappy phone snaps. Will redo them properly one day. Enjoy Rob

They would also pass nicely as "typical Irish" wagons that a lot of steam era Irish modellers would be happy with. If only there were such decent drawings/photos of early Irish Brake Vans................(MGWR and BNCR excepted)

The composite view is quite common with 19th century rollingstock GA's. It enables the one drawing to show how everything is arranged, think of it as an assembly drawing, the parts being manufactured to other component level drawings. Anyone taking bets on when IRM will bring one out? I have not seen those photos before, there again I haven't been looking for C&MDR cattle trucks. Here is 103 in a view I found on the interweb somewhere. Apologies if it causes copyright issues, if it does I'll take it down.

As mentioned a while ago on the Colm Creedon thread, I have posted a few bits on the Resources section from the collection of the late Richard Chown. The gods mods have approved so they are now visible to all. There are GA drawings of a traditional centre roof door Goods and Cattle Wagon and a Covered Cattle and Goods Wagon of a later type (Nos108, 109, 110. possibly others - need to look at the drawing in the flesh again). Also there is a drawing of a pair of 6 wheeled coaches, more of a dimensioned sketch but with the faint trace of the Capwell drawing "office" stamp. I know the C&MDR had some coaches from the GSWR of Waterford, Dungarvan &Lismore Railway origin. May these be some of them? Enjoy C&MDR wagons C&MDR coaches

Glossy is best for the lettering to stick then squirt it with some matt varnish after.

Passed tthis on the way home yesterday, didn't have time to investigate so here is the Google Streetview image. Between Castlewellan and Kilcoo on the A25 What is inteesting is that it appeared there between May 2016 and October 2021.(look at the "see more dates")

If you prefer to use rattle can paints then Volvo "Dark Grey" is fairly well known for reproducing a weathered black. Paul, I wouldn't worry too much about square ended axles (unless you are using Romfords). If you can find a suitable set of Gibsons, or even Sharmans - second hand or from PPP - quartering is a doddle. Just make sure that the frame and coupling rod centres are the same which you would have to do for the Romfords anyway. Then just look through the wheels and line up the spokes and tweak as required. They don't have to be exactly 90 deg for an electric loco as long as they are all the same.

It was only a day out from Donaghcloney, not Cheshire. My first visit to Culta, thoroughly enjoyable. I nearly got into Laurencetown today to see what Patrick Davey is going to do next, but the timing was a bit tight for the ferry from Dublin so it will have to wait until next time.

Narrow gauge is not an issue. There are not many models of the Portstewart tramway so that would be my choice but I might not get much of a say in it

The boss quite likes this one but has also taken a fancy to this one. I am expecting a "request" to model one or the other. Which would you choose- remember, I am doing this in S so shopping at IRM is not an option.

How about a Kernow Models(?) LSWR 02? 4ft 10in drivers and much smaller overall than the M7 or H. Dunno about chassis availbility though. Might be worth looking at 060 tanks (panniers?) and doing a bit of butchery, I know the wheels are usually about 4ft 7in but moght just be an option.

Sorry to drift the topic a little. The second photo of No7 (unlined), the cattle truck lurking behind the smokebox, the large, freshly painted "M" seems to be in the wrong place for C&MDR? Or was it just lettered C (door) M or C& (door) MD? Can't think of another company that would have the "M" there? Edit:- It looks very similar to the C&MDR Cattle and Goods Van I posted in the "Resources" section which you guys still can't see 'cos it's not been approved by the mods yet.

Not Ebay and no connection to the seller but:- https://www.elaines-trains.co.uk/index.php?pg=bg