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irishthump
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On a whim I bought some of the Hornby magnetic couplings last week and I’ve been experimenting with them. I already fitted them to a rake of the cheap MK1 coaches that came with the My Model Railway Village magazine a few years ago. They’re a little too short for those coaches and need to be glued in part way on the NEM pockets. But one fitted they work fine. I then tried them on the IRM ferts and they seem fine. The coupling bar that IRM provide with the wagons works fine, but I wanted to be able to break the rake down easily for storage. The 17mm Hornby couplers are the perfect size.
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Recently picked up a second BR blue class 20 and weathered it over the weekend. I made this into a dummy unit by removing the the drive shafts as my other Class 20 has DCC sound and I’m not buying another sound decoder just yet! The last pic shows the two locos double-heading.
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Very sorry to hear this. Thoughts and prayers to his family.
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Finished the other two Prestwin kits and all three are now weathered. Also weathered the 20t mineral wagons.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Loco 132 finally gets some weathering. Hoping she’s suitably filthy for her mid 80s timeframe.
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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….
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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.
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And some set of cajones! 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.....
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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.
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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.....
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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.
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Exactly. CIE stock was the very definition of mix'n'match!
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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.
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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.
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Very tidy work!
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Unfortunately I missed this years event, ironic as it was on my doorstep! Glad to hear it all went smoothly.
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Great stuff... Looking forward to seeing Ballyercall live and breathe again!
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