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That’s very interesting Gleeson and O ‘Dea were a firm of ironmongers in Dublin , I think there was a connection to Jim O’Dea railway photographer

Did a similar fate not befall CIE (B201) 224 , following its transfer to NIR in 1985/86 was found to have a bent frame and was replaced by 218 , its was laying out of use for many years before being scrapped .

Surely you mean ‘the plough and the stars ‘ van in that case

I think DiveController is on the money with regard to the fitting of CAWS in the mid 1980’s as this would coincide with this modification, I think the large and small windows have been followed by Paddy Murphy in his 121 models

No this was an earlier mod carried out to all the 121's except 125 . the rear cab windows being covered over came much later and was only carried out to a few locos .

Looks very good at this stage for a comparison here is a great shot of brian Flannigans from Flickr

I think all of the 121 class had the modified smaller window except 125 .

For the irish rail Mk2a,b,c 4101,4102,4108,4110 Hornby or Bachmann Mk2A SO's or Murphy models Mk2A's 4401 4402 4109 Lima Mk2 B Fk 4113 4114 Bachmann Mk2a Fk 4103 4104 4105 4106 4107 were Mk2c FO's nothing commercially available yet . 4601, 4602,4603 Dutch EGV , Dc kits or Irish freight models . Here's a link to one I converted earlier

Here’s a Lima Mk2f picked this up on eBay for less than €20 , a bit dated and a few mm shorter than other manufacturers but not the end of the world, add some Shaw plan flush glaze and add handrails and you have got a good Mk2f

Any Mk2f is a pretty good match although the CIE ones were classed as Mk2D they are nearer to the BR Mk2F , Lima did a Mk2F 1st and 2nd a little dated but with a little work they are not too bad . Bachmann have recently introduced a Mk2f excellent models but pricey , Hornby have recently introduced a MK2F 1st and 2nd they are really nice coaches and reasonable priced , I managed to pick one up for £31.50 Stg with a view to repainting it in Supertrain colours .

I was reading George Dent's ' Airbrushing for railway modellers ' he suggests washing the model with a soda crystal solution prior to painting .

I have finally got around to fitting the mousa sides to a Lima Mk1 , the drawback with the brass overlay is the lack of relief detail so I have added door hinges , door handles and very nice shawplan Mk1 window frames . I also fitted B5 bogies , extended buffers and gangways .

Also the larger centre window and the snatcher on the 121 is sitting at an angle to the body side which can be clearly seen in this picture on 129 , on the other locos A , 141 , 181 and B201s the snatcher would sit flush to the body side

Interesting for the collector is one way of putting it , I wonder will they be like some rare postage stamp with a flaw in them and worth thousands some day ? Here’s one of mine .

That is what would make the C/B201 a good proposition multiple liveries including NIR , three versions , Crossley engine version , Maybach and GM645 .

Along with the family silver the house and any shares , never mind bitcoin or gold just but irish diesel locomotives !

Certainly a must for ant Irish layout .

Don't mention the phrase 'shade of green ' on this site you will open a can of worms , you have been warned . I'm grabbing me helmet and heading for my nissen hut in me garden .

Studio scale models http://www.studio-scale-models.com/ do brass overlay's for the Mk2 EGV and Mk3 push pull . If you want to bring the Hornby and Airfix Mk2's into the 21st century Shawplan http://www.shawplan.com/extreme_coachandunit_Laserglaze_4mm.html do very nice laserglaze units for them .

The one thing I do remember in particular about the 121 class in regard to sound was when they pulled in at a station was a distinctive knocking noise from the loco , this was the air compressor rebuilding the air pressure this was louder than on the other B Gm’s possibly as they may have had a different on board air compressor on the 121 class , don’t know if this can be recreated on a sound chip .

i would think this would be the best policy trying to find out which engine is in which is difficult at this stage or just leave the 121/141 with 567 sound chips and 181's with 645 .

I believe ( I could be wrong ) but sometime during the 1990's that some of the remaining 567 block's were converted to 645 , the difference between the two is the cylinder size 567 cylinder bore 8 1⁄2 in (216 mm)/ 645 9 1⁄16 in (230 mm ) this was possibly more for convenience than performance as you only had to keep one set of spares , so chances are that a 121 of 141 in the mid to late 90's all had 645 by default , what difference this made to the sound is beyond my pay grade !!

Is Supertrain orange introduced in 1972/73 RAL 2010 ? Irish Rail Intercity later orange RAL2011?

here is another clip on the beet , I think the 121 and 141 classes were better performers in conditions like this on the beet .

it would want to have gold ones at that price