Glenderg

Glorious.

Chess-Boxing..?

Is that anything like Foxy Boxing, ala The Simpsons?

That pubs something else! darker inside than a pint of Guinness:tumbsup: can almost smell the smoke and hear the caint ceol & craic!

Thank you sir, coming from yourself, I'm humbled.

It hard to know whats best to do with OO the gauge pack out the bogie or wagon sideframes the guage is already undersized for Standard Gauge and the move to finer wheel sets makes it look worse.

The more I scratchbuild carriages and freight wagons the closer I am to subscribing to the 21mm church that yourself, Rich, and GeorgeConna attend.[bowing in admiration here] I'm no rivet counter but it is the right way to do things ultimately. The most sensible approach, as Rich proposes, is to cobble together something approximating the correct look within the constraints of 16.5mm track that should be 21mm. I'm looking forward to his bogie solutions!

The older O gauge modellers stuck to coarse scale wheel sets, but do you really notice the difference frrom 2 foot when a train is running?John

No, indeed you don't. But. If it's wrong the only person who sees the discrepancy and who is unhappy with the result is usually the person who built it. This is an argument that will run long after both of us are planted, so as me aul fella once said, "each to their own.

Richie

That's too cool. Any chance of a shot of the two solo?

You're more than welcome. Glad your happy!

That's the one!

A little more railway related I've been tipping around with and got a bit done on this avo'

Well said Rich.

I just flicked over from Eastenders and I have never seen as many quiet Irish men in one place. Roll on Fair City's next

Never been so proud than to hear those fan's singing for the last 15 minutes. Lump in throat stuff. Turn's out that Fitzgerald's Pub has just "slipped" to the end of the build queue. Well, I'll get to it after Fair City* I s'pose.....

*Fair City is S***e and I may never watch it.

k, gonna for a quick pint and a scribble on a sheet! Even to see if something is possible.... Grab a copy of Model Railroad[er] layout plans magazine, american publication. Has some fantastic dockside layout plans, lovely drawings and inspirational stuff.

Can you post up a quick sketch of the space you have available, back of a napkin thing, with the rough dimensions? I'd like to have a go at a fantasy container station design seriously!

they're similar though, a bit of plasticard and a y25 would make a good approximation of the ones on the IE fleet

:pOoops. They're made by a US firm called SCT, bought by Wabtec some time ago. They're called the Barber Easy Ride Bogie - BER for short, and here are the drawings.

http://www.sctco.com/images/PDF/GA%202.0m%20bogie%20lever%20push%20brakes.PDF

Sound's a bell Ger, they'll do nicely.

Get a Mac, you don't have to bother with all that virus/anti-virus nonsense.

Flashback virus last month, clobbered 600,000 of those bloated & over priced iTurds.

Vista is a pain. Arguably the worst Microsoft operating system so far.

Windows 8 beta unfortunately.

The bit at the top right of the map.

http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm scroll down to find them

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/sets/72157629979572526/?page=2

Rotten luck. Is it a whole DMU or a DCC Chip gone?

Personally I dont think its worth modifying the bogies if you work in OO the gauge as its impossible to disguise the fact that the track gauge is undersized 20%.

Here's a snap of how crap Bachmann Y25's look under a scatchbuilt Taglo Pocket Wagon. I get the feeling at times we're working in Narrow Gauge!

In other news, a little project for a layout ye are all familiar with. Another few hours and she'll be done. Anyone know where we might source scale victorian lamps and brackets, and possibly hanging baskets? No joke!

And a few 40' High Cube Containers for another Container Terminal Layout!

There's only 2 pieces of light reinforcement inside, but it's sturdy! [..and the parts for four Connolly sheds to the upper left....]

Richie.

Some of your best work, no question.

Richie

Lovely work indeed. Keep it up!

Christ that's shameful. I'm a fan of good graffiti, but mindless tagging like that baffles me. They should be taken out and be beaten with a fish...

Looking great Bosk! A few weeds at the end of the freight sidings and the tracks will disappear nicely Plus an excuse for the weedsprayer!

Richie.

Not a cattle wagon or great quality but they say a picture is worth a 1000 words.

From http://steverabone.com/RailwayPhotographs/ireland_1984.htm

R.

Forgot this site. You'll need to register first and it has a 15 mb daily download limit. Something for everybody..!

http://www.cgtextures.com/ and search under landscapes.