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Hi Patrick, Did the Nuns fill in a suitable repair card regarding the seized trailing axle of the leading bogie of T2 No. 62 ? The wheel set may have to visit the lathe for reprofiling. Watch at 2:41 in the video. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the WT class with six on. It took a while to sort this locomotive out because I didn't realise that by altering the position of the cab the back head moulding fouled the tops of the rear driving wheels as it is 3mm further forward. DSCF2447.MOV Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the W class with six on. DSCF2446.MOV Gibbo.

Hi Darius, It doesn't help that I do my spraying outside which there was not chance of this last week ! Gibbo.

Hi @DJ Dangerous, Speak for yourself, I get through quite a bit of plasticard every most days. It is the painting that gets a bit backed up with the drying times that causes trouble along with it being rather rainy in Cumbria. Gibbo.

Hi Darius, How do you get the paint to dry so fast ?!?! If I don't wait the masking pulls the previous coat off and then all sorts of trouble ensues. Excellent work as ever though. Gibbo.

Every now and again, tinnitus. Its both monotonal and repetitive however it has a really good fade such that I don't notice it going away.

Hi Hexagon, I could add some extras names to that list: 08 Gronk 20 Chopper 24/25 Rats because they scurry about all over the place 26/27 McRats because they mostly worked in Scotland 37 Tractors 40 Whistler 44/45/46 Peaks although only the 44's carried such name plates 47 Spoons because of the the noise the horns made 50 Hoovers variation of Vac 55 Deltic 60 Tugs 81-85 Roarer 90 Skoda Gibbo.

Hi There, I think that there may be a way to tone my coaches down a bit and make them appear a little more red and a little less orange by some sort of weathering process as you suggest. Cheers. Gibbo.

Hi Patrick, I guessed that they are Silver Fox, very nice all the same and thanks for the reply. Gibbo.

Hi Patrick, I have just finished building some GNRI coaches by cutting and shutting some Hornby Stanier coaches. They are not 1005 accurate dimensionally but near enough. The one thing I had trouble with was the colour I used an automotive spray can with the colour code RAL 8023 orange brown. I used this shade as it is very close but a slight lighter than Humbrol's gloss 9 which I was advised as close to the scumble teak. I found both Humbrol 9 and RAL 8023 to be very similar to the British LNER teak coach colouring and so went with it. I also looked on the RPSI's website however I couldn't decide as in the photographs some coaches looked quite orange and other copper red as yours do. The photographs of your coaches look a more copper red shade than the photographs of my coaches and wondered what shade you had used. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here are the GNRI coaches all painted up, W class 91 heading the Enterparise, the Class V was still in the works. Open brake third L14, 175 Open third K15, 98 Corridor composite F16, 89 Buffet Car B6, 88 Corridor first C2, 217 Corridor brake first D5, 231 Gibbo.

Hi JNB, Thank you very much ! I do wish that my work spurs others on to do similar which was the main aim of actually joining IRM as I found initially that information was quite hard to come by. There have been various members that have supplied drawings and details that have assisted greatly my work and they have been key to the finished article, thank you to those that have assisted also. The descriptions photographs and diagrams included in this thread should be of guidance and anyone that regards themselves a modeler will be able to work the rest out with ease. Gibbo.

Hi Darius, Excellent work as ever but it does look as though you have placed the base frame of the pantograph 180* out of location. The long legs of the base frame should point outward towards the cab and not inwards toward the centre of the roof. You know as well as I do that I'm an absolute pedant for such things, it must be due to banging my head on one of those Gibbons gantries or something. Gibbo.

Hi @LNERW1, That's easy, although I don't like to brag because I'm really quite a scumble chap at heart. To be fair the title of the thread is how I do it, think about it and then have a go and see where it ends up. If the worst happens all that is to be done is that I have to alter it and do it again, its only bits of plastic toy trains. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the first of the FGNRI coaches, it is the F16 corridor composite and it the first because it is the coach with the least amount of modification. F16 corridor composite number 89 in G~NRI scumble teak livery. Five more to come sometime soon. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, Here is the W class, not much to do to finish it off only an engine to tender coupling, the number transfers to the buffer beam, refit the handrails which are on the mess that is my work bench. I haven't any lining transfers so it is to be unlined, my friend can sort that out if he wishes. Nearly there Gibbo.

Hi Folks, The fixing washer was made from .030" plasticard with a small self tapping screw to hold it all in place. One end was radiused so that it may be swung out of the way to remove the body rather than undoing the screw completely. The pin that locates the bogie is to be removed and a nut an bolt will eventually hold the bogie in place. Here is the almost finished locomotive. It will be sent on unlined because I don't have any lining, a poor excuse but true. All that is to do is apply the numbers to the buffer beams which I shall do in the morning. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, There is a serious misunderstanding upon this thread as to the purpose of the Bills of Exchange Act 1882. I would suggest that before commenting you actually read said act and then find out what all the terms mean before commenting for otherwise you will prove yourself somewhat wrong. The bearer of a bill is responsible for the debt, therefore when a utility company sends you a postal order (bank giro credit) as the bearer of that bill they are responsible for that debt, then, should you endorse the postal order correctly as the "Title holder Benficial" then the bearer settles the account with the bill that now has your seigniorage by way of your autograph and not your signature. Further the utility company has a contract with your title and not you, if they had a contract with you they would send an invoice but that can't because that would be in breach of the Bills of Exchange Act. As the contract is with your title then it ought to billed from you prepaid public account and not your private account. Should you look at a postal order (bank giro credit) it has written upon it, an account number, a sort code, and reference number for the amount due, it also has written on it "paid in by". As it is a credit then ask yourself what has been credited, the answer is your title's public account and they require your endorsement to access the account or else they have breached your trust which as administrators of your public account they may not do without your consent. You are not your title and your title is not you, your title is only you when you claim it as beneficial however should you think that you are your title then you lose your private wealth instead of accepting the credit due to you that is held in trust by the Crown. By all means look up Lord Denning's ruling upon endorsed bills and how they may be used as cash. For example, when you write a personal cheque then you become the bearer of that particular bill and it is not valid without your autograph which signs it into a live instrument the debt of which you are required to pay. To understand all this you have to look past the subtlety of it, and also it is the precise reason that all bank notes (signed bills of exchange) have the chief cashiers autograph on them of the bank that bears them, or if you like issues them, which is the same meaning. The Pound, the Dollar and the Euro are called debt based fiat currencies for good reason and that is because the bank owes you and not the other way around. Your credit the bank they owe you the debt, you cannot deny that. Professor Werner will explain banking to you, he's quite interesting: It is sublimely subtle, I'll grant them that ! Gibbo.

Yo Dudes, I've been applying transfers to the AEC railcar and the GNRI coaches. The AEC railcar has had its roof painted and been photographed but as yet the coaches are not finished as the roofs require second coat and the ends require to be painted black and as such not photographs as yet. The units require buffers glazing and cosmetic bogie side on the powered car as they are Lima class 73 bogies. The transfers are from Railtec, there were plenty of other numbers and GNR legends and crests which were used for the GNRI coaches. AEC railcar 601 with intermediate K15 trailer 186and out of shot 618 at the other end. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, I'm back from my holidays and I've given coaches and AEC railcars a break for now to progress the WT class 2-6-4. Work done in recent days has been to finish off the body work detail and to fit a fixing lug to enable the body to be attached to the chassis securely. The body work details are the top feed and pipework along with the ejector exhaust pipe. The locomotive ready for painting which has been done and is now waiting for transfers. The body fixing lug has be fitted into the underside of the bunker so that when the chassis is fitted a self tapping screw and a small washer will hold the two parts together. Shewing the fixing lug made from several strips of .040" plasticard which fit neatly in to the gap left by the cutting back of the rear end of the chassis. It has not yet been drilled to accept a screw. Gibbo.

Hi Folks, As I've been off on my holidays and busy with AEC railcars and GNRI coaching stock the locomotives have been on the back burner. I have finished the body work of the W class locomotive by fitting the top feed and pipes, safety valves, reversing rod, the ejector exhaust pipe the cab steps and the buffing plank of the engine to tender drag box. The drag box has a lip fitted to the inner side of it that engages the chassis so as to secure the rear end of the locomotive, the body may be removed by prising it with a screwdriver or similar. This shews the details as listed above. The cab steps and the drag box are all connected by way of packings and gussets to strengthen the whole so that it all self supports. The strip of .020" plasticard that forms the lip may be seen. The rear of the drag box. The tender also had some work done in that it was fitted with steps at the same time as the locomotive. I used .020" square strip as handrails. The tender has since been painted. As noted the locomotive has also been painted and I acquired transfers from Railtec, the transfer sheet used is for NCC Jinty No. 19. I chose this locomotive so that I could cut the number plate transfer and swap it all around to number the locomotive 91 which was named, The Bush. I have to say that my little plan worked very well, in fact better than expected. All the transfers have been sealed on with B&Q PU floor varnish before I spray the whole with Halfords satin lacquer, the floor varnish will stop the transfers curling up as the spray lacquer attacks them otherwise. If you look carefully you can see the joins however from normal viewing distance it looks just fine. Gibbo.

My Dear Broithe, I have always ridden within the loading gauge ! Gibbo (Colin Gibbons)

Hi DJ, This post is neither religious nor political it is to outline how law functions despite reference to the Bible. All law has its foundations upon trust relationship, breach any trust you care to mention and the law is broken. Speaking in terms of law and not religion the Bible is a book of law, the very reason it is used in courts of law. The Old Testament is about the law of creation [God] and that creators must not be harmed. We as men and women have thoughts and as such are all creators and therefore must not be harmed. We are all present in this realm we call life and we must account for our actions according to the ten commandments. The New Testament is about the law of incorporation that is where contracts between bodies, that is any corporation that is represented by a man or woman be that Exxon Mobil or yourself as Mr whoever you are. The videos you note are instances where living souls, those "acting" as police included, don't understand how to administer the law for they are not claiming their status in law correctly or they are ignorant of claims made. The word act is most important for the police may not harm living souls however, should those living should claim to be corporate entities they immediately become property of the government through contract. In the UK all contracts made through incorporation are regulated by, The Bills of Exchange Act 1882, there will be similar in Ireland, and living souls are protected from false arrest by corrupt police constables under section 26 of the Criminal Courts and Justice Act 2015, again there will be similar in Ireland. In short your mind is your property until you make a contract which is seen in law as a meeting of the minds, at the moment of making contract you are then bound to the conditions of the contract in the case of contracting with a government those conditions are statutes, all of which must be followed by all parties concerned including the police and the courts. Obviously those are the details they don't tell you in school. As I said I'm writing a book about all this and my research mainly focus' upon reading books such as Schopenhauer's, The World as Will and Representation, Adam Smith's, The wealth of Nations, along with, HM Government Statutes, High Court Judgements and researching the precise meanings of words in as many dictionaries as I can find. Its all done by consent, I'm on this forum [society] by both the consent of IRM and myself, I can't force IRM to have me and they can't force me to join. Terms and conditions apply. Gibbo.

HI Folks, I'm back from my holidays and have already got right on with GNRI coaches. I received a couple more Hornby Stanier coaches, a brake and a composite one of which has just been converted into a B6 buffet car. Corridor side of B6 buffet car. Kitchen side of B6 buffet car. There are some windows to blank off and resize on the kitchen side along with filing the corners of the windows square and then I shall paint them to match the rest of the GNRI coaches. I have arrived home to some spray paints one of the colours was RAL 8023 orange brown which I decided was a god colour to use as the scumble teak of the GNRI coaching stock. Interestingly one of the Hornby Staniers was painted in the black and tan and the RAL 8023 was almost an exact match to the repainted Hornby coach. Was the scumble teak shade of brown the same as the black and tan orange ? GNRI coaches in scumble teak livery. Not the best photograph as it is a little over exposed for some reason, the colour is darker than it seems in this picture. Gibbo.