Glenderg

Goddamn Kieran, do you know how many layouts you put to shame? Continually impressed by this layout.

And a GSR one for me and MGWR for Garfield, please

Best of luck! A few sheets of xtratherm on that roof, wooly coat, maybe fix the door, be grand

http://planenquiry.corkcity.ie/planningenquirylite/Default.aspx?FullFileNumber=17a-1637030&FromList=true

The idea Is to repurpose it as a swanky cafe bar thing. There are 3D proposals on the planning application, and if I get the doc viewer to work on Cork coco, I'll post them later. It's a piece of original heritage, and deserves better.

Yeah, it's true. They're trying to convert it, and do all sorts of awful to it. It looks like Iarnrod Eireann's Conservation Architect has never read the ICOMOS or Venice Charters on conservation, but that's nothing new. Cork City Council's Planning Search is equally useless, so I can't give you a reference number to look it up R.

I was reviewing some stuff on Lime mortar and cementious based mortar., I was trying to relate the standard UK mix to the standard Irish mix. Normally the irish lime is lime, but the portand is Portland cement. Typically, working with irish lime can be troublesome, (it needs more water, and more care and attention in it’s application) Then you also have the issue of Contractors using apprentices to apply same, and it’s not very satisfactory. Once applied, it cannot be easily sanded or removed. I notice that some contractors utilise horse hair and pigs blood to aerate same (which I assume is dependent on amount of air in the system) and can be described as “Aerated”. In the US, they use gypsum predominantly, and lime based mortars are unusual in their application. But they call it “Drywall”. Looking at various videos, and from memory plasterers apply the trowel to the brick or blockwork using a trowel, but then release and modulate their movements, so that when they apply the plaster, it may or may not stick. Was this application not marked on the trowel? Has anyone seen this on an Irish trowel? In the US, there is the concept of “wax on, wax off” i.e applying the plaster whilst the drywall is slightly damp, to avoid a stucco finish. Since the normal way plastering works is that the gypsum is activated under watery conditions, it should also plaster the wall. Did Irish walls work the same? Did Irish Plasterers not have Union control incidentally? Only allowed union trowels? The other aside is that with most plastering there is an additive, like fairy liquid to cut out the meniscus. Was this detector fitted to irish trowels? Reason I ask is I want to build a model of a signal cabin, but I want to get the finish right so I can rest easy while viewing through a microscope. Richie.* *I’ll be back in a few days, moaning, if nobody answers.

Didn't they mount something similar on a Willy's jeep? Something like a 37mm calibre jobby? Had a similar effect...

You're not alone Red.

Could have prefaced this highly technical thread with that. We all have crackpot ideas, this one might have got more traction if you approached it with some transparency. Pun fully intended.

Impressive rake Kieran, very impressive. That can't have been an easy gig. I'd have thought there would be suitable demand for a kit, but hey ho.

Perfect, but at slight odds with my measurements! Does a kit/RTR not exist yet of this iconic vehicle?

Why didn't you say that at the start..of...this..thread...?

Ah! Every day's a school day. Was there any pattern for which was which?

NCC Brown Van - Wheelbase is 14'11" - Length over body is 24'3" - Buffers are 17½" long (but vary) (Source: I measured it )

I can't figure out what it is from the website - are they talking about an NCC Brown Van?

Is there a prototype wagon or piece of rolling stock you don't have Kieran!

You will get the Order of Lenin for this.....

Captain Ramius?

You mean in big old sheets, or small decorative stuff? http://www.larrysdiy.com/ will cut stuff to size, and he's reasonable and very accurate.

Righto, after a hiatus of a little over 500 days, I thought it best to ease myself back into things, and by ease I mean "getting repeatedly whacked over the noggin with a well worn garda baton" type of eased. It's actually surprising how many tricks and tips can be forgotten when it's not the be all and end all of your days. I'm I have build photos somewhere of these, but I'll add them another time. Just a quick glimpse of some almost finished Ammonia Tankers and Barrier Wagons from the Studio Scale Stable. More soon....a lot lot more.... Richie.

Looks like a pro job, eh!

Nice work Mr Ruxton! If I'm honest, my focus was getting running numbers of the Ivory livery, and all the livery variations on point - which wore "BULK CEMENT", which had the broken wheel, and the rare Irish Cement in blue branding. I didn't think there would be that much interest in either the grey or orange liveries, so never paid too much heed to dates of livery alterations. The only thing I can think of regarding liveries, is that at some point there were grey wagons, with the older chassis, and the orange set with the newer chassis. Perhaps the livery alteration was to distinguish the two different types for some reason? All liveries will be produced, all we need is a daycent A-Class to pull the buggers.... R.

You'd want to take the sides out and move them sideways a few centimetres too, to get the window spacing right. In other words, neither MK3 nor MKIV is a suitable donor for the IE MKIV's, sadly.

1967 Grey 1978 Orange 1981 Ivory That's not definitive, but based on photographic evidence. Messrs. Hirsch, Doyle, Carse et al. might have a more accurate timeframe.