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What was the diameter of the round buffers they were originally supplied with? Stephen
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Fitting Kadee couplings to IRM ballast wagons
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Looking at the Kadee website, they do a range where the coupling head is fitted at different levels relative to the shank which attaches to the wagon body. They’re not NEM though. Stephen -
Fitting Kadee couplings to IRM ballast wagons
StevieB replied to StevieB's question in Questions & Answers
Fran Thanks for that. Stephen -
Have I seen somewhere that, because the NEM box is placed higher on the chassis than normal to allow all the lovely detail to show, the recommended way of fitting Kadee is to glue them to the underside of the NEM box? Do Kadee not do cranked versions of the coupling to deal with this? My trials to date indicate that the no 18 is the right one to use reduce the distance between wagons to a manageable amount. Does anyone else agree with this? Stephen
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Sorry Noel, I wasn’t trying to hijack hour workbench with the last post. Stephen
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My attempt at producing a GSWR ballast brake van. Getting there but more work is needed to get the verandah size right.
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At the risk of causing upset, box actually says Irish liveried version of the SR N class mogul. The could have given it the Irish classification of K1. Whether we’ll ever get a RTR U/K1a is anyone’s guess. Stephen
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George Did you ever sell this one? Stephen
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The footbridge in the background is the finishing touch. Keep posting photos. Stephen
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I’m an old git as well and deplore the widespread use of ‘train’ instead of ‘railway’. Such is globalisation. Stephen
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Isn’t there scope for RPSI and DCDR working together so that the smaller RPSI locos unsuitable for modern day mainline working can find work on a heritage line? Stephen
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The obvious question to ask is why there appear to be different interpretations of the same regulations. I have also heard it said that another reason for not coming under cover has to do with the exhaust fumes from the diesel engines, eg Tralee and Kilkenny but not, apparently, Killarney! Stephen
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PM sent. Stephen
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Mouse Models produce brass overlays of the ex BCK version of the BGSV, if anyone is interested? Stephen Sorry, should have said Mousa Models. Stephen
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Silver Fox now produce a more than passable model of the original Park Royal railcars, replacing the original based on the Cravens dmu. Stephen
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If you are up for it, there is scope to lower the footbridge to a more realistic height by reducing the first flight of steps. That’s what I’m up to and the result is worthwhile. Stephen
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Impressive. Stephen
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Good customer service always goes a long way. Stephen
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Not really sure if I enjoyed it. I think James May’s attempt to lay 4mm track from Barnstaple to Bideford was better. At least you know he’s a bit off the wall when he tries to put together a full size kit of a spitfire in the same series some years ago! Stephen
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It seems that CIE were just like BR in that respect. Rather than standardising, they had a proliferation of designs over the years. So, the chassis under the bagged cement wagons was different again. Anyone got any plans or photos, please? Stephen
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Thanks for that. I assume that this was also the case re the chassis for the two varieties of bagged cement wagons. stephen
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Did CIE put the same chassis under the container flats, ballast wagons and cement bubbles that have been produced in model form by Provincial Wagons and IRM? And is it the same chassis under the magnesite wagons produced by IFM? And is the chassis for the Dapol prestwin the same, similar or nothing like? Stephen
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PM sent. Stephen
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Good as it is, the Bill Bedford is overlay is inaccurate in that the double doors next to the guard’s door should be closer to that door by one door’s width. If you look at the BCK next to the overlay, you’ll see what I mean. The blank door of the pair is where the 1st class passenger door was. The RPSI BGSV has lost this blank door during the recent renovation. Hope that all makes sense. Stephen
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Of the 49 members of the combined class, I have identied the livery carried by 34 of them in the mid 1970’s but this includes only 181 (B&T) that Murphy’s produced. So it’s basically two questions: Were 141, 165 and 188 still in B&T in the mid 1970’s? Had 142, 161, 182 and 190 been repainted in ST by the mid 1970’s? Stephen
