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Sorry for the long wait Im on holidays down in the "rebel county" atm But for updates i on connolly shed, ive bought 2 tubs of grey ballast and a express point so ive 3 directing left and need to get some more express points directing right I will be using foamboard instead of cardboard But the cardboard is still great to use for practicing on when it comes to working with blades and architecture. It be also sliced as thin sheets to cut into decals and smaller bits I also have lollipop sticks for the frames to hold the shed roof Im desperate to get working on it as it would e nice to have it done for the end of october but i personally havent have high hopes for the shed to be done by then but if i lock in and not have to get distracted by "sidequests" or "adventures" to railway museums or old stations like castlerea railway museum and headhunters barbers ill at least have decent practice on cardboard to then take that skill and put it on foamboard Wont be back for 2 weeks but got some good pics of the vent of the old carriage shed to line out in cobh thats now the garda station And about the carpender, i know hes too busy so ill build the base up myself like i had intentionally had planned at the start

Do remember seeing an 071 on adverts for 250 in IE livery

Attempted at running it Didnt budge an inch But produced steam as i got baby oil I didnt know u had to put abt 2-3 drops of the oil in the funnel, i put abt half a cap full in it and it was fogging up the layout, and had this damp smell off it, like stale hot candle wax(didnt stop a crowd from forming) Now gotta strip it again and test it on some track at my bench and see hopefully i can get it moving perfectly As it was my first time stripping a loco and reassembling it, im not surprised thinking back Was also pretty stupid to work on 2 identical models as parts likely got mixed but u learn

3 hrs later there done after a lot of repeated stripping and fidgeting with the underside and finding other problems the 2 are now resting funny built back now the ill work on Connolly tmr and show the progress and more info on that topic as well as post the diesel tmr

I managed to get them through the holes at the front shown in the video is that right place to put them? 77543933710__2776ECDE-A24D-4B45-9266-39C7FA994936.MOV

There solid I put them in but which way is better left or right? I’m personally feeling the right but unsure

Should they be placed in the holes here?

I wanna leave them out at the same time I sense that they could be a key component Ill open it up and show inside the motor IMG_8985.mov

I have a problem I had 2 very small steel circles pop out when I opened up the motor I’m unsure where they go Any ideas from those who are more experienced and knowledgeable on model motors IMG_8984.mov

Some more that took ages to send IMG_8707.mov IMG_8712.mov IMG_8709.mov IMG_8747.mov IMG_8750.mov IMG_8751.mov IMG_8753.mov IMG_8754.mov

Here’s some pics and videos I got of them IMG_8703.mov IMG_8704.mov Some clips showing how aged they are

Apologies it’s been a while been up to mostly railway shenanigans and waiting around on a carpenter for my other topic Connolly Shed Now I started work on these projects yesterday Its an old Bachman. 2-8-0 consolidation So far stripped it, put some the plastic gears in distilled malt vinegar to clean it but I first thought of nicking the last drop of my dads grey goose which could of worked as good I also got another 2-8-0 and a diesel (I forget the class of loco) there all American as maintaining my grandads old athearn 4f’s and making a complete freight set I grew a connection with collecting the older Bachman and athearn stuff

Delighted to know Mayner The disposal of drawings is reasonable but also disappointing there was no preservation for them I was told by someone from IRRS in bangor about loads of drawings being disposed of in boradstone and inchicore but thankfully the likes of IRRS have gotten what they could find

Ive contacted them and only got one but have seen others from FOIs i asked for rail maintenance vehicles , mk3s etc; but no luck but im mainly after older stuff like mk3s and lamiante drawings Also what does FOC stand for?

I thought it was from the drawing office themselves and do u know when exactly was the time when they gave drawings out free of charge