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Welcome fellow Munster man 14 months is but a blink of an eye in this hobby, so throw yourself in, waters warm. Richie.

Yes it did. I saw a black and white photo somewhere with a small capture pen on the platform in the bottom left hand of the photo, about where the concrete buffer is/was now. Secondly, it did handle cattle. See map below. Tuam, Roscommon ? I don't know. Go on Eiretrains.com and make a trip to the IRRS to do a bit of research perhaps.

They weren't double doors, I suspect, but single sliding doors. And theres no evidence of a door opening on the north end, or internal rail access. If it's 1975, leave the openings for vehicular traffic, and apply the awful canopy. You can then extend the period of operation 1970-1980. The platform side doors would have been identical to the road side - there was a cattle pen on the platform, so the cattle would have been marched through the shed and out to awaiting cattle wagons. Wouldn't make design or operational sense to make the opening smaller to cause congestion.

I don't think so JB. I've seen a silver on cork shed, dirty green in the books, various depth tan and white line and chevron or chevron only black and tan schemes, and supertain, even seen me a shark eat an octopus. But I ain't never seen no phantom Russian submarine, I mean a yellow band anywhere.

Thanks lads, she runs on a cut down class 55 chassis, loaded up with weight, and ran through 4 short radius points forming a curve at slow speeds. The movement was exhibition standard and that's without DCC. So can yee please stop talking about using the wrong stuff on a sulzer. The railroad model is 50 notes. It's withering listening to all this. Like a fart in a trousers - all sound, no substance. R.

Jason, First time I've had the chance to look through the thread in it's entirety and I find it most impressive, and even better to see some actual modelling on here - the finish on those cement wagons is really top top stuff. Any chance you'd share your workflow? Is it enamel/acrylic ? Weathering powders or airbrush? The streaking down the canvas sides is particularly tidy, and since you've "a few" to do, maybe even a tutorial? Richie.

Bit o' weathering, be grand.....

I've made versions in every livery, and to my mind, this is the one that works best, but horses for courses and all.....

Yes, as far as I'm aware, all gypsum, magnesite, and dolomite wagons got butchered to suit initially and eventually got replacement welded hoppers with internal stiffners. Some of the hoppers had severe angles on them, rather than curved, but only a handful were like that.

No difference.

Bogie Centres on a Class 25 are 36' 6" Bogie Centres on an A Class are 37' 7" Class 25 has two axles. A Class has 3 axles in a staggered arrangement. The cast metal chassis on the Class 25 is 190mm long, the required length for an A Class is 180mm. I wouldn't worry about it passing any 2 foot rule, it's unlikely to work in the first place.

Same with this clown. http://www.ebay.ie/itm/Hornby-R8078-Right-Hand-Express-Point-Track-00-Gauge-/281807205111?hash=item419d04b2f7:g:FUgAAOSwKIpWAX~t

Nice work MRSI and go pro. Smellovision is yet to happen thankfully.

No stress tony, it happens. It helps if someone else is looking for "narrow gauge" that they'll come straight to this thread, and it'll be chock full of info. That's all.

Can a mod change the thread spelling to "Gauge" please. It's upsetting me.

Oh leslie, you are a tonic we'll try and release them on the 12th July especially for ya But seriously, the bubble is ticking away nicely and I'm especially impressed with the modular chassis which suits both wagons. Pricing for the bubble is likely to be similar than the current ballast. All currency dependent though as we are dealing in euro, sterling and dollar. We'll keep the community informed all the way. Lastly, the success of the ballast feeds into the bubbles' manufacturer, which in turn enables us for other projects. We're doing this because we four believed in a crazy idea 18 months ago, and have a belief that we each are pretty tidy in our individual roles, to the point that none of the four of us get a shilling out of this,in fact, we're not even having a Christmas party

Finally proof that at least a physical workbench exists, and what looks like a high end bottle opener attached. Perfect setup...

http://www.provincialwagons.com/12.html

I which you much luck

Flange, I'm quite conflicted here. Normally I'd take your contributions as verbatim, but in this instance I'm unsure about the roof tile bit. Portland cement generally only requires a factory additive when the contract determines it, like the addition of clinker in Ecocem or chem 3 to give additional strength etc. This is mainly seen today on capital projects like speciality bridges and nuclear installations. BR standards were the only game in town then (and still are imho) but I can't imagine a scenario where Irish cement had a contract to produce such volume of high volume contaminating product that required "boxing off" a rake. Nor can I think of a capital project from 1960 to now that would validate it. Lagan concrete were, and still are, the roof tile guru's. My scepticism demands I make a few phone calls and do more research, but it would be fascinating if it were true. As for the wagon behind the mpd railcar thing, it looks like a donor chassis. Wrong Leaf springs & axle boxes, lack of brake gear, slim buffers and absence of discharge gear suggests it was a trial wagon on loading gauge tests. This was done with the ammonias too. Much to think about lads, ye're contributions have been enlightening!

No, of course not, but for the foreseeable future we will be focussing on the ballast and the bubble. And though we have an internal wishlist for subsequent productions, none of the items on the list are available from any manufacturer at the moment. What decisions are made a few thousand models down the road will be subject to consumer demand, cost, viability and a whole plethora of commercial reasons, rather than whether or not it's already produced. Hope that clarifies things. R.

No, taken before I was a glint in me aul lads eyes

Here's one for nostalgia, brake van and all

Deep breaths JB. In. Out. Yes, we could have produced H Vans by the ton, and all the many variants like the grain version at ballisodare that I spotted in your book, but it's not something that anyone is crying out for in huge numbers (like the 121) and most, as Pat says, are happy to whack a decal on a BR banana van, ventilated or not. The other thing is that even though we are producing wagons of a certain era, we are keenly aware of other producers products and have no intention of interfering with their commercial strategies. Leslie of provincial wagons is beavering away on the H van, and If any man knows how to research something to within an inch of its life, it's him. Rest assured it will be in the right colours too, fitted or unfitted. R.