Good tip Anto. Silver works well too. When we used to make building models entirely out of perspex a single coat of silver stopped all light coming through when the model was painted.
What about if there was a kit designed to fit a RTR loco like a 4F or similar? A new brass cab, pony truck, spashers etc. Would there be interest in that?
Also the fact that it is active today in preservation. As far as I can see the majority of Irish modellers model diesel era and an RPSI special is the perfect excuse to take out the kettle for a spin!
I think Weshty mentioned in an earlier post that the glazing would be a fitted flush glaze for the windscreens and printed acetate or similar for the side windows.
As far as I know you can cover a model railway on your contents cover but it would have to be specified on the the policy(you would have to tell the insurer about it and its value, it would not automatically be covered).
I wish I could oblige! Nothing to see at the moment apart from some boring grey CAD construction lines! It's on the long finger until I can iron out some of the problems with the DD models(nearly sorted). The good news is that the DD project acted as a proving ground for a new construction technique that I plan to use for the 8100 so I expect development and production to be a good bit faster.
Myself and Mark(killucan2) are in the process of designing an 8100 DART having been requested to do so by a number of people. The only thing to see at this stage is CAD work but we wont be releasing any more info until we have a prototype constructed. That'll be this year hopefully.