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Finished the other two Prestwin kits and all three are now weathered.

Also weathered the 20t mineral wagons.

3 minutes ago, irishmail said:

When you think how old the molds are for these kits, must be over 50 years now since the original Kitmaster ones came out then taken over by Airfix and now Dapol they still make up into a reasonable model. 

I have a few of the Dapol 16 tonners and they sit well next to the Parkside version.

Yeah as I said my only issue was that the part numbers on the sprue were illegible which resulted in some guesswork and a couple of parts being glued arse about face!  The actual quality of the kit is quite good.

54 minutes ago, patrick said:

I must have gone through about twenty of these kits just for the underframes and have on occasion considered actually complete one just for fun.

Yeah I think I bought them for the chassis too! But in the end I thought it was a waste to hack them up, they are a nice little model and I run BR stuff on my layout all the time so these will fit in.

More Dapol kit madness….

This time a Prestwin cement wagon. I have a few of these kits so I decided to build one to get the feel for it. Effing nightmare! Instructions were useless as the part numbers on the sprue were unreadable! Looks ok when finished though and I’ll build the rest when I get the chance. 
 

Nice way to spend a bank holiday Sunday! Assembled and painted a couple of Dapol mineral wagon kits that I had lying around. Weathering to follow.

A bit of a longshot, but one of my 141's had a wire that was hanging down and rubbing on the motor flywheels. Not saying it's the same thing but it made a similar noise, especially at higher speeds.

Might be worth taking the body off and having a look.

Got 2 more of my ferts weathered today, so that’s half the rake of 8 done. 
Also did some containers.

Took these pics outside rather than on the layout as the lighting in my attic isn’t the best.

7 minutes ago, WRENNEIRE said:

So I got my delivery of chips on Friday
I also ordered some more 121 ones
Plain chips OK
DCC 
121
MM567 
MM645
141
MM567A
MM645A
Any idea why there are 2 versions for each loco, 
Maybe separate one for the 141 & 181 but why 2 for the 121's?
Have a few Peroni Nastro Azzuro's on board so grey cells are not up to scratch

 

They are for the 2 different engine types. Both the 141's and 121's originally had the 567 while the 181's were fitted with the 645.

Many of the 141's and 121's were later re-engined with 645's taken from the withdrawn C Class locos.

So running mate 126 was up next. Same techniques were used to give the impression both 121’s had been double headed for some time.

Forgot to mention I fitted body mounted Kadees to both locos before weathering.

Loco 132 finally gets some weathering. Hoping she’s suitably filthy for her mid 80s timeframe.

So being off sick from work is proving to be damn productive! Got a second fert done today. Repainted a few more panels on this one for variation….

Finally got round to weathering the first of my fertiliser wagons. I went pretty easy on the first one, just some washes and weathering powders. 

On 4/4/2024 at 9:56 PM, jhb171achill said:

You'd need some head for heights to walk across that gangway!

 

And some set of cajones!

On 4/4/2024 at 9:41 PM, Branchline121 said:

I always find it entertaining to look at photos of where airships were moored when they were relevant, trains weren’t the only things unfortunately phased out by planes. Here’s 2 pictures:

Don't think planes were entirely to blame for these being phased own. Their penchant for bursting into flames would have to be a contributing factor.....

Although there's a minimum of cosmetic updates on this run, they are still a damn fine model!

Just out of interest... what are the updates to the lighting functions? Does anyone have a photo of the loco with the body off? I'd be very interested to see the new speaker/PCB setup.

Since it's show and tell time....

I built this shed during the pandemic, 11ftx13ft if I remember correctly. The inside is like a bomb hit it right now.....

Late to the party on this... but personally I'll be giving these a miss. I own 5 of the older 141/181's already which is quite enough for my small layout.

Also, no disrespect to PM and his efforts, but I don't think the minor upgrades to the model will be enough to justify me adding more of these locos to my fleet. But as always fair play to PM for doing the rerun and I've no doubt they'll sell like hot cakes.

3 minutes ago, murphaph said:

We're lucky in that CIE/IR struggled until quite late on to put out a consistent shade of orange. We get away with these off-shades and in fact a uniform shade of orange in a train, even of mk3's, looks wrong. We can mix and match the new MM mk2ds and the earlier (later!) ones, as well as the MM mk2a/b's and the upcoming IRM mk2c's and they will look spot on.

Exactly. CIE stock was the very definition of mix'n'match!

17 minutes ago, David Holman said:

Colour is such an emotive thing and so much depends on ambient lighting, to say nothing about the effects of dirt, fading and so on. The variations display really are significant though!

Well said! As a kid, avidly watching the Supertrain liveried trains run by I don't remember anything but the heavily faded light-orange hue!

Scale is also an overlooked factor. The correct shade will tend to look darker when it appears on a model.

8 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

The MM 182 looks, to me, to be too deep a colour for any era. The other shades are more accurate.

I thought that myself until I read Rails through the West. There are several pictures of freshly painted/cleaned locos and that shade looks spot on.

Very tidy work!

Unfortunately I missed this years event, ironic as it was on my doorstep! Glad to hear it all went smoothly.

Great stuff...

Looking forward to seeing Ballyercall live and breathe again!

23 hours ago, BosKonay said:

Not sure if going bust is dodgy? Wasn’t aware people lost money?

Yes, I heard of  several people who were left out of pocket. One is a member here (they haven't posted in 5 years) who told me in PMs that he paid $650 to MSB for sound decoders. Got no reply for 6 months and after hounding them was finally told they were "dispatched". Needless to say they never arrived and MSB resumed radio silence.

This all happened mid 2013 - 2014. A full two years before MSB folded.

On 23/8/2023 at 12:11 AM, popeye said:

 Model shop Belfast is on there but closed years ago.

And they closed down under dodgy circumstances as well. Lot of customers were left out of pocket.

6 hours ago, Jonathan_RK said:

Thanks BosKonay. At least one other member on this thread is recommending to use the ESU Lokprogrammer. Might as well ask - have IRM tested this reset process using any non-ESU programmers ? Perhaps that's not a matter for IRM, but it is of interest to the audience. Those who use the Lokprogrammer will know the answer. I could try doing a reset using the Digitrax DCS52, but I will decide on that myself. If you are interested investigating this, I'm happy to collaborate.

I believe I recommended the Lokprogrammer, but just to be clear, that is for detailed CV reprogramming work such as remapping functions or loading sound files. Any good DCC system will allow you to reset a decoder without risk of  mucking anything else up.