Bullet_Wanderer

Didn’t even realise there was a J71! That definitely looks a lot closer overall

How about using a J72 for the base ? Might be a little larger than a J26 but the overall shape is roughly the same ? I’ve seen someone on this forum convert one of these to a J26 likeness with great results before . If anyone had to hand the rough measurements of the J52 or J72’s base and motor proportions I could have a rough look at how they might fit the top half of a J26 (that’s a lot of J numbers )

Cheers for all the information @jhb171achill! Very helpful to know the colouring of all the coaches , still have yet to make the Clayton’s (not to mention the later Diesel Railcars!), I’ve made a start on the earlier 1st and 3rd class coaches so good to know the right colours. Would definitely appreciate a look at Cyril Fry’s models at some point, thank you for the offer! Oh and I’ll update the Manor Street sign, thanks for that too haha! In the meantime here’s a preview render of 560’s famous crash:

Cheers! Myself and @Metrovik have been working back and forth (me tweaking the model, him tweaking it for 3D printing and doing test prints, some good ones came out tonight actually!) on the J26 with the hopes to eventually get it fitted on a Hornby Chassis! As well as that, in my project I've modelled a couple of the MGWR 6 wheelers, they're a bit stylised at the moment but with some tweaking (or maybe just redoing the model from scratch) it'd be something that maybe could be slapped onto a different coach's body. I've no experience 3D printing myself but Metrovik's gotten some great results with the model!

Progress is still going slowly on the project, had intended to get out on my Bullet and film some live action segments this week but the heatwave really slowed things down! in the meantime, I made versions of the J26s Achill, Swallow, and Bat in their original liveries below! Prefer it to the Battleship Gray they wore later. j26trio.mp4

Hi all, finished up the animated introduction sequence so thought I’d share it with ye! Most of the documentary will be live action with some 2D/3D animations like this for little bits, I could keep fettling with it but I need to get a move on with the documentary proper so for now , here’s the intro! Let me know what you think CTTT_Intro_V01_Final.mov

In Portugal’s Museu Nacional Ferroviário, national railway museum, they have a 2-2-2 Fairbairn tank engine very similar to ones that used to run in Ireland !

Thanks all for the nice comments! Whipped up some older vintage carriages so couldn't resist putting 'em in a scene with the 2-2-2! Definitely more striking colours than the CIE days!

We've got another engine! Whipped up this Fairbairn 2-2-2WT tonight, need to add a few more details but happy with it so far! Will be recreating her tragic end at Carriglong, but here she is in her pre-accident glory next to the J26 ( kept it in the scene to keep in scale)

Still working away on this project, I wonder can anyone help me? I found this TG4 Program on YouTube about Waterford, Lismore, and Tramore railways which had some rare footage of the Tramore Train at 14:20. Any idea where they might've gotten this footage from? Somewhere deep in the RTE archives?

I'd be happy to throw my hat in the ring here, haven't had any experience 3D printing, but am decent at digital modelling! Give me a prototype diagram and I'd be happy to have a stab at creating a model for 3D printing, bit of trial and error! Metrovik was kind enough to do a test print of my J26 model (I'll let him share the early results here if he wants to), and for a test print it came out pretty decently! I redesigned the model a little bit to hollow out the inside for potential mounting to a ready to run chassis and motor. As for me I'd be happy with a static model, so I split it up into the different components here that would make that up. Reading through this thread though, I wonder would I be better off splitting the model up further, to be later assembled? Probably a sort of flatpack version if that makes sense. Little details like coupling hooks and vacuum pipes might be better done through a different medium, but for a base engine to build off of I reckon it could be a good start?

It had two signals, one just after the platform at both stations, can't find the one I found of Waterford, but it can be seen on the bottom right of this one in Tramore: Cheers! Someday if the money is there and I have to time develop the skills, I would love to take it into real life, but for now this will have to do! No AI used here though Thank you! And yup it will be publicly available, I'll be having it up on my YouTube channel, i'll be sure to share here when it's completed! Thank you! I've actually been silently following your Beagnach End topic from the shadows waiting for an update for a while now

Hi folks! Hope this is okay to share here, as it's not a traditional layout by any means but hopefully in the Irish Railway Models spirit! At the moment I'm working on making a documentary on the old Waterford & Tramore railway, and as very little remains of the real thing I'm recreating Manor Street Station and Tramore Railway Station and the surrounds! The video will be about 30 - 45 minutes long, probably split into two parts for YouTube, going over the history of the railway from the beginning to the bitter end, my digital 'layout', created in Blender, is based on the railway in 1947 as by that time it had my favourite class of engine, the MGWR E Class / J26 Class, running the show in three, and of course the infamous crash was that year too, which I've recreated. I'd love some suggestions on what you'd like featured in such a documentary, or any stories you might have in relation to it you think worth sharing! As it is, I'll be taking my Royal Enfield Bullet 500 along the ghost of the railway sharing the history and visiting any sites along the Waterford/Tramore road related to the railway. Also was cheeky and got in touch with Tramore County Council about the project, they let me into Tramore station to take some videos of what's left of the interior for now, until it's turned into some kind of commercial business later this summer. In my perfect world I'd have it opened as a café/bar with a museum dedicated to the history of the Tramore train but that's a story for another time! For now I'd like to show you what I've got, starting with Engine 555 leaving Manor Street Station! For the moment in terms of rolling stock, I've modeled the J26 Engine, an MGWR 6 Wheel Carriage, The "Hearse", and some wagons. What's missing mainly would be the Clayton railcars and maybe the Irish AEC Railcars, which I'll model if time allows. Aiming to have this done by August! I've chosen to do this in an animated style, as I'll be including some 2D Animated Characters too to fill out the scene. Here's some close ups, starting with the J26. And the Hearse and MGWR 6 Wheelers. In terms of the stations themselves, Tramore is more completed, I created the area around the train station and railyard using old maps as well as some handy aerial photos I found taken in 1933 I believe! But a lot of the images I based it on I found through this forum, so thank you all very much! It's still a work in progress of course, but i'm happy with how it's progressing. Quite a few reference photos for this area of the station, which I believe were the toilets? And the exterior of Tramore Station itself, I started off modelling this but I actually need to go back and model the doors and whatnot, got carried away filling out the rest of the area! Having the real thing still standing and being able to look at it helps! I'll leave the photos at this last one now, a work in progress of the engine bursting through the wall on that fateful day, you'll have to stay tuned for the fully animated version For now thought I'd love to hear your thoughts, any suggestions for the documentary, any tips or stories to do with the old railway, or maybe any glaring issues with the rolling stock I've missed with my amateur eye? If you happen to have any artefacts or photos from the railway I could show, I'd love to get in touch! Thanks for reading if you made it this far

Hi all! Long time lurker here, decided to finally create an account here. I’ve always been a fan of the steam era in Ireland, particularly the GSR/MGWR eras and would love to create a layout based on the old Tramore & Waterford Railway once time/money allows someday! At the moment i’m in the process of making a video documentary on that same railway, but i’ll get more into that in another topic another time, but for now this forum has been an amazing source of information towards that so thought it was about time to say hello! Don’t really have any model trains at the moment save some Lego ones i’ve designed and some old Hornbys back at my parents house collecting dust in a box somewhere. Never done scratch/kit building before but would love to get a J26/E Class kit and try my hand at that. Or maybe just getting an LNER J72 and converting that into a J26 as I’ve seen a few people do to good results on this forum. But mainly for now just wanted to say hello and stop watching from the shadows and get involved haha. Thanks for having me!