Glenderg

This would be the result - Catapultam habeo. Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam - I have a catapult. Give me all the money, or I will fling an enormous rock at your head

Dave, you bought your own retirement present, then gave them the bill? Feck I've heard of caveat emptor etc. But there's no Latin to describe that craic! No wonder there was a smile on your face.

Lovely work indeed! richie

(There was a photo on dg112's fotopic site with a rake of 7 behind 219.) Great work on the layout so far Wiggy=D

Photos. required. laffin too hard to type properly. photos. ha ha ha.

Why? Just open the door and spill its contents to a loader/truck below. Seems less intense than lifting turning etc. Hold on, the double bogie beet wagons were similar, how did they unload them? They were a 40 foot container with the roof missing, and a door at one end.... Flick, you have stumbled on yet another CIE mystery... [<- Sherlock Holmes]

On one end there is a 40 foot type container door, which I assume was opened to empty the load. It's shown four posts up before you play the vid on utoob. Is that a possibility?

aH! That makes sense! I thought the photo I had was oddly compressed, didn't think such a 30ft oddity existed. You learn something new every day. Cheers Mogul

Is the Bell "Bulk" livery planned at all in the 40ft variety?

I love how there's a feeling of an active layout, combined with modelling. The paint shop, the works manager, the whole lot. Brings it all to life, but I really loved the scene with the 191. Great work to yourself and the tireless plastic staff at the depot!

Gentleman, thank you very much! Richie

Already working on a card version to see if it passes muster, then i'll go plastic!

Gonna give it a break for a bit, it's not happening. the angles on the sides are a bu**er.

Aaargh! Noooo.... I'm nearly finished Class 66 in IE orange!!

Ya beauty! =D Many thanks.

Glad ye liked it, Might have a go at 071 class in the ICR Livery now.

Fresh off the boat. Plastic comes off. Wrong livery. Or Vandalism at the North Wall. Situation unclear. Gardai not investigating. More info later. Thanks to The Wanderer for kind use of his pics. Richie. Only a few months now lads til 01st April

This is the current corporate blurb on the above. I have a feeling Irish Rail got it on loan as part of a pre-tender submission, but instead of taking a brochure item, they chose to go with a more Irish solution. {Note totally photoshopped dude in the back of the wagon] "IR: We like what you lads are at there in Merica, with them laser yokes. Sperry: It's Ultrasonic sir IR: Grand, ya, well thing is we have a spare 40 foot container in the yard. We were kinda hopin' you might tack weld your gear to it, and we'll look after the yellow paint side of things? Sperry: If sir requires a bespoke item, as opposed to an off the shelf item, we would be delighted to price, and charge accordingly. IR: Sounds a bell. I'll tell the boys to clear her out." Possibly not what occurred, but it's nice to dream!

OoOooooh, that's a tidy piece of work sir. No scale problems that I can see.

I saw a photo of an even shorter version, on it's own, in either Dundalk or Drogheda, about 2004. It looked like a yellow coffin, and neither man nor beast would fit into it . Aha I found it! I apologise about copyright etc. but it came from fotopic, and I neglected to snapshot the owners text at the bottom. I'll happily re-apply the owners name to the image, or remove it. No offence intended.

Shorty version - http://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/5747221032/lightbox/

yea sure, gimme a min to find them. Courtesy of Finbarr O'Neill on Flickr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/finnyus/7757678056/in/photostream/lightbox/ Fred Dean http://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/7761886306/in/set-72157626133150257http://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/7761885678/in/set-72157626133150257/ There is a great side profile [almost] shot that CSalem took, but can't for the life of me find the link. Its 076 at limerick junction with sperry unit on a 42' flat and spoil containers behind. I'll trawl again later to find it. Edit - Found it http://transportsceneireland.smugmug.com/RailSceneIreland/RSI-Detail-Differences/RSI-Detail-Differences-Wagons/22024794_zkgMt3#!i=1757409930&k=M4RcKWx

http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/making-realistic-tarps/3310/# Alternative is to use cling film layered 8 times with a skin of pva every two sheets. Form the tarp by pushing the wagon into it, and creasing the film along the sides. Then you can mark the film, cut off the excess, and fold the four outer creases to form a whole tarpaulin. It will take a while to dry, but laminated cling film is surprisingly rigid and holds folds & creases well. It likes sticking to plastic too.Richie.