David

Cheers lads. Should have the first 2 sets finished in the coming days so I'll get more photos up then.

A couple of teaser shots for you. Please excuse the photo quality.

As you can see she still has to get the yellow line, decals and glazing.

Came across the website a few days ago.

http://bsmodelmakersireland.weebly.com/

That site looks like a scam.

BS models?

Kieran if you give the inside of the A Class a couple of coats of Matt black that will stop the light coming true the resin. Loving the level crossing gates SWEET

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.

Are they still available? If so could you give me the web adress for where to by, thanks

@enterprise207,

You can still order one. Please send either myself of killucan2(Mark) a PM for ordering details.

You can get perspex down to 0.5mm or maybe less. A lot of architectural models are made from this.

Looking good Stephen. Which ballast did you use for that section?

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?

the two moguls got to stretch their legs beyond their old stamping ground under GSR/CIÉ, giving more modellers an excuse to run one.

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!

Slightly OT, but when I saw 461 appear in a film (it may have been Michael Collins), there was something quite weird about the way it moved. It may have been the quality of the track, or possibly the camera itself but as it came towards the camera, it actually appeared to bounce on its springs with every revolution of the driving wheels. I've never seen anything quite like that before or since!

I've seen it do that with my own eyes passing at speed through Castleknock station years ago.

Regarding glazing, I will provide some preprinted thin sheet for the side and some thicker material for friction fitting in the front, as Glenderg mentioned and as I have used successfully on my A Class a few years ago.

Please see above chaps No need to get on to shawplan. It's going to be included in the kit.

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.

Dave gave me my two at the MRSI last week, lovely crisp job done, and quality paint job. Top marks!

Cheers Des! Glad you liked it

On the subject of painting the gangways, looking at photos of the prototype the colour seems to vary. I don't kniow whether to use the same orange as on the body or

to use a luminous orange.

Anybody know what colour was actually used?

Some had the doors the same orange as the body and some had day-glow orange. I got a spray can of day-glow orange from halfords and it did the job.

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).

Aren't the individual items covered by home contents insurance? A model railway isn't one item but a sum of the parts.

Yes normal plaster, the horrible pink coloured kind!

 

I'm think of using myself for a hard standing, a great tip I learned was to add in some PVA when mixing the plaster which gives it flexability and stops

it cracking.

Genius idea! What sort of ballast did you use for the sidings?

Think what Eoin is saying if you want a personalised one your number and destination or even your own personal livery then its going to cost more due to new artwork needing to be produced to scale .same way as getting custom weathering done on a loco or other model you pay extra and the same its the same with limited editions or one offs

If ten people order the same one it will save costs as he will make them all together in one batch each model being identical same livery artwork numbers and destinations.

 

Off subject How much do you charge for your 2600s a am interested, i didn't know you still did them please PM me.

@waffles

I've sent you a PM re the 2600

I sent you a PM Leslie.

David

RAL2011 is the colour. Some automotive paint suppliers will mix it for you in an aerosol. I use cellulose through a spray gun.

I demand some teaser photos for us to all get hot, bothered and excited over!

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.

This one is going to be absolutely great!! I'm saving for it already cos I think if I'm going to have a shot at the OHLE I might as well get a few!!

Cheers MetVic! Should be available to order around the end of the year!

killucan2 - I would like to see your DART if you can send me any photos? I had heard that someone else was working on one.

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.

€100 is fine. Will you accept payment by Paypal?

Liam

Sent you a PM

Hi David

How much is a reduction from €110 to €110? Would you accept €90?

Liam

Hi Liam,

I originally had it at €160. How about €100? It is literally brand new having never been run or removed from the box.

Cheers

David