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I suppose if you count the BR van, its happening literally today. However perhaps more in the spirit of your post, 69 is coming along rightly from what I've seen of it lately.

I stand corrected! I can imagine it was strange, I'd love to see that piece or film. What years did the Cork service run? Just wondering if any A class haulage may have featured! Oh and it would be rude to comment yet again without saying, lovely model JB, really top class

JB, instead of being the whole GNR set worked through to Cork, am I right in saying it was a single coach worked across to Heuston and attached to a CIE rake?

Just one thing I would add to JB's excellent post; there were a few MK3 first class carriages that had grey roofs. Not sure what the reason for this was!

Thanks! I will try to keep it updated as well I can with any builds I do, and I'd really appreciate any advice people have on how I can improve and what not. Thanks again Garfield

As promised, the MiG 21. NB: if any mods are reading this, is it possible to change the title of the thread? Since I've gone off the original topic I was going to make it 'James' aircraft workbench'

Every time this layout has an updated posted I'm astounded as to the fact it's N scale. Really top job, there's many working in HO and OO that can't match the level of detail you achieve here. Top marks! What new stock do you plan, out of interest? Are 071s available in this scale?

Anyway, since this is an eBay thread... http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/181872381466 One for the collectors maybe

I've discovered this as well! They're just the job for it

Hold on while I just build a hangar on the back of the house to keep it in Weshty! LOL As it happens, I'm having something of an aviation modelling mood at the minute, and the next project is already on the bench, an Airfix MiG 21 in 1:72. It's quite an old kit so I'm not sure what it's like in terms of accuracy, but it's a fun build so far and is my first go at a natural metal finish. I'll stick photos of the finished article up on here when it's done

90 has replaced 94 on the set this year. 69 IS still on the set.

I think those are CWR carriers if they're the ones I'm thinking of.

Hi all, I'm hoping someone can help me with something my memory is failing me on. I recall a good few years ago now, when I was but a nipper, an IÉ liveried set hauled by a kettle, either 171 or 85 if memory serves me, on the Bangor line. It stopped at Sydenham and I think was empty. I assume it was a gauging run or something. Anyone able to confirm this happened? I think it was cravens, as I don't know what other IÉ livery stock could have made it that far, with a kettle anyway. This would have been the early 2000s

Interesting that it's the only example of DSER maroon. JB, would the coach as it is now in cultra still have this original paint or has it been repainted, with the obvious risk of loss of proper shade that entails?

Green is humbrol 30, and the grey is humbrol 64. Don't know what the name for each colour is, sorry! But the code should let you find them easy enough

Hi all, A few photos of my recently completed 1:72 Mosquito Mk.XVIII from Airfix. Hope you enjoy

Steventrain, I walked straight past that shop after visiting Modellers Nook! Raging now I didn't take a dander in. Ah well, next time. I'm sure it won't be too long anyway

Hi all, On a recent walk round Belfast, I happened upon an excellent model shop called 'The Modellers Nook' behind Castlecourt, I'm sure some of you may know it. But it was my first visit. They had a good selection of kits, in various scales and subjects, from a variety of manufacturers. What caught my eye was a 1:144 scale F-15 from Academy, for a very reasonable price. They also had in stock an F-14 Tomcat from the same maker, which I may well also pick up. Anyway the Eagle. The kit comes on two main sprues, as well as a separate clear canopy, and has a good, if fiddly due to their size, transfer sheet. The moldings required very little if any clean up of flash, which is always nice! The main body of the aircraft goes together as two separate sections, the cockpit and nose and the main fuselage and wings and tail-planes, both of which go together themselves in the normal two half moldings way. The issue with this way of doing it though is that the join between the nose and the rest of the fuselage is hard to get neat without a noticeable gap. This could always be cured with filler however. Another area which made a nuisance of itself was the tails; they just didn't want to sit fully flush without gap on the body. Some filing of the bottoms of the tails went some way to aiding this. The air intakes are made up of the sides on the bottom fuselage molding, and the tops on the top. This for me meant that the sides wanted to move in somewhat from perfectly joining with the top, but holding them that little bit longer after gluing makes this less an issue. The landing gear I felt was excellent in terms of detail for this scale, and really looks the part once painted up and on the aircraft. They come as two pieces, the strut and wheel, which fit together very well, with just a wee drop of glue to make the bond. The afterburners/jet outlets/whatever the proper term is, are separate from the fuselage, which makes painting them easier. Top tip: put a small piece of blue-tac inside them and stick on a cocktail stick, makes painting easy and quick. I gave these pieces a light brush of smokey black weathering powder to finish them off. Also underneath are four missiles, which attach to the aircraft in what I thought a curious way. There are no lugs to go into holes on the body, you just put a dab of glue on one side of the fins on them, and glue straight to the body. It works out very well in this scale. For the paint scheme, light grey and dark grey are called for for the camo scheme. However, I felt that the grey plastic the kit is molded in was close enough to the light grey when I looked at prototype photos, so saved myself some bother there. Up to yourself if you think paint is the better way to go, I took the 'easy way out' of that one. The transfers are printed clearly, with not excessive carrier film round them. They're just fiddly buggers due to their size! The canopy, while not vac formed, is actually quite fine, and looks well on the model. I managed to get it on without any clouding from the glue; yes! The cockpit has no interior detail whatsoever, being just a flat plastic area on top of the nose. But what can you expect in such a small scale. No paint is specified for this area, so I went with a dark green since that seems to be a popular interior colour. A spray all over with acrylic varnish finished the paint job off and sealed the transfers. Just make sure to do this before you attach the canopy. In conclusion, this kit was fun to put together and very affordable to buy at £2.99. Very glad I found the wee model shop, I'll certainly be back. For those who aren't in the Belfast area, the kit can be gotten cheaply on Amazon too. As I mentioned, there were a few areas that weren't just perfect, but overall I'm very happy with this build, it was good fun and that's the main thing. Well, one of the main things anyway! I had hoped to include pictures with this post, but the up-loader didn't want to co-operate, perhaps they were too large a file. So I've uploaded them to Flickr, and the link to the album is:

There's a photo of a C and a 141 (and an A but its too far away to be much use in gauging height) if its any use. An A is 12' 7" high, and a 141 is 13'1" in full size, maybe those could be translated into OO scale measurements to help you get the height right

Fantastic stuff, looks good. Just one thing, think you have the side of the hood on upside down. The fan drive compartment grill should be below the small horizontal door, gives it away.

You'd be surprised, EMD 2 strokes aren't excessively thirsty, if I recall right tests showed them about equal with the FDL (4 stroke) GE used at the time. As warbonnet says, older EMD traction is still in everyday use, yet no dash 7s or U boats to be seen. They really are top quality machines.

You could do that, or you could try the over-shank mounted Kadees. Number 21 or something, I forget exactly. Would solve the issue of height

While I don't have one myself, the latest version of Athearn RTR SW1500 is supposed to be very good, including a good drive. And would be cheaper than a 141. Not saying you're wrong to do it Noel, I'm only commenting for the benefit of those like myself who would be tentative. Fair play to you for your willingness!

Additionally, given that 141s aren't made any more and few will want to give one up for a chassis, it would be a better idea to make it fit something like an Athearn SW1500 chassis for example. Something easily available, and less expensive than a small GM

On a MK2 there is a saddle you put over the buffer shank when they are extended, to retract you just lift this off and push the buffer in by hand, and to extend them you do thr reverse of that