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Cheers Weshty, AutoCAD 2010 for drawing, and 3DS Max 2010 for camera matching, and a bit of Photoshop to eek the details out of fuzzy snaps!

That's a great idea Gareth, but the roof profile is mighty odd and the closest roof part appears to be the BR Mk1 variant. It's been slightly compressed to match other 00 carraiges.... Dart Castings has absolutely everything else though! Thanks for the link. That's the one, similar to this one listed on fleabay Richie.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/be216cd1/collections/ Buses, Aviation, and loads of Railway related stuff. Plus loads more... Goldmine... Even shots like this and this( Richie.

Afternoon all, Just a quick update. This wagon had a 60' underframe, and I don't think there is a suitable donor wagon about. Mainline used to do a LMS 60' Stanier Coach, which would be the right chassis and roof, the side walls could be butchered to match. Anyhoo, here's the drawing I did, and the camera matching shots [for accuracy purposes.] This photo is slightly stretched vertically which threw me off for a bit.... Lighter lines between windows etc. are the panel break lines. Comments most welcome, before I post the complete set. 44' 7" seems like an odd bogie centre dimension! Richie.

" and somehow some stock escaped from their boxes! " Some stock? Any chance of a shot of the rest of it? Stunning collection.

3:55 onward is mindblowingly good!

Good lord john, but that's mighty impressive work. If I wore a hat, I would take it off to you!

Lads, Am I on the right track thinking that the original vehicle was the bredin mail coach 2548? It appears to be either 60 ft long as 2548 http://homepage.eircom.net/~studioscale/BredV.html cheers weshty, but scaling of photos brings it to 61'6".... des coakhams book on Irish broad gauge carriages doesn't throw any further light on this iconic vehicle. Either way me 57' lms stanier donors are not suitable and a total scratch build is far more preferable. I'll post up the drawings as soon as I can get a hint at the length! Thanks in advance. Richie.

Born and reared in limerick city... reckon tipp will clear Munster once they get to know each other, Dublin to give kilkenny a good run but ultimately fail, and gal way to hang their collective hat on Canning. Anyone got any insight into the other teams, Munster especially, in the hope they'll add some spice to proceedings?

How's the wobble now Weshty? will pm tomorrow re bogies

I saw somewhere recently whereby the bogie chassis was comprised of the a three sided folded brass piece, with two holes on each outer piece, and the wheelsets slotted in, no bearings or fancy bits. The cast bogie frames were simply glued to the outside of the frame and it looked the part, no messin with alignment and wobble! I might try it out by sacrificing a bogie..... Speaking of wobble, I'm off to the boozer too....

The 42' flats are a nightmare. I think John Mayner mentioned working up a brass kit of it, or it's smaller brother, and I wouldn't wish assembly or design of it on my worst enemy! The underframe is super complicated, and the fact that I've made it in styrene doesn't help - no weight & plenty twist in the frame. It should really be made of brass. Plus, hornby/bachmann bogies look tiny and need to be expanded to look right, so there's a whole heap of work yet. Happy to go back to card modelling now...

I posted a sketch of the Spoil Container a few days ago based on photos here. Seemed like a simple little build so after two screw up's and final success, here's how to make one! Required: StripStyrene No 164 - 2.0 x 2.0 mm, No 144 - 1.0 x 2.0mm, and 193 - 2.5mm angle bracket and a sheet of the thinnest styrene, I think its 0.13 mm, total cost of €11:50. Plastic Magic glue and applicator brushes are around a fiver. Here goes... I cut out the floor plate to match the drawing above, and added the [164] lower long bars, leaving a bit of length to trim and sand later, then the small ones at the ends. Cut strips of styrene in 9mm lengths, and make up the side walls. Repeat the adding of the long oversized top bars, then the end pieces. Then I cut strips to fit in between the top and bottom bars, and did a test fit on each piece. Then laid beside the drawing cut the [144] over length pieces and stuck them on to match the drawing. Trimmed them down and added to the sides. Repeated the process for the ends. Then added [193] angle pieces to cover the joints at the corners, though they should really be [192].... Then cut additional angle pieces and stick to the corners, don't worry about square, they can be sanded later. Lastly added a scrap piece of styrene to the lightweight base to steady the whole lot up and prevent it from twisting. I did make little holes in the corners to represent the lifting hooks after I took the snaps. Test fit on a 42'9" Flat. There's enough stuff in the packs of styrene to make about 10 of these containers, so if you have the patience, a nice little project that only takes about an hour and a half. Regards, Richie.

Afternoon all. I was thinking of doing a cut n shut of this using two ancient Hornby LMS Stanier Coaches. Any additional info would be most welcome, length, provenance etc. to try and put together a drawing of it. Snaps from 1979 when it was clean! Ta in advance. Richie.

Ah feck I give up! [Layout redesign imminent .....] Wonderful stuff, no surprise though given the super quality of the military dioramas in store.

Now that is interesting, I thought it had a more GSWR look about it! [Nerd alert] Am I right in thinking that the canopy overhead is a hollywood job, since the detail is pure pants?

There is another one I spotted in a book where name boards on the carraige roof read French names, either one of the Pink Panthers or French Connection. Will have a look.

Crubeens and Shilleleaghs at the ready, shur its a fine soft day... 02:00 to about 05:00

Off topic I know, but Educating Rita, shot in Dublin in 1978 has a few BR repaints [though they could be real ones!] at the old westland row - starts at 7:00 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irCIZFbQ_6g&feature=relmfu Richie.

How much are they Tom?

You're a diamond John, great link! :-bdThx..

Here's a sketch of what the spoil containers *should* be in 00, based on photos [thx to CSalem of this parish] and redrawn 42' 9" bogie flat. Not sure if the 32.7mm width ties in with the MIR version, but it can be squashed easily. I might have a go at this meself tomorrow to see what the easiest styrene sections are. and will report back. Spoil_Container.pdf Richie.

They are 20' long on 40' ft flats, according to an IRRS Journal, shouldn't be that hard to rustle up a drawing for scratchbuilding. Anymore daycent photos about?

Your welcome lads, enjoy those beers!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/collections/72157626625058875/ An outstanding collection of photographs, a superb resource for wagons and freight in detail, like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5768563264/in/set-72157626825629406 and odd formations like this http://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5768516720/in/set-72157626825629406 Who needs the eurowizzin when theres about 2000 snaps to go through. .....