David

That's pretty decent performance alright! Could adhesion be increased by making the railhead rough on the helix? Like rubbing it with coarse sandpaper or a file?

Looks good.

What sort of loads can go up the helix? Could the 201 pull a full rake of mk3s up it?

Looking good.

Totally off topic but what track is used in that scene and what fishplates?

I don't understand the question:confused: ,the points will be powered by the point motor which will be powered by the track or bus wire

Anthony is suggesting that you power the point motor from a power supply such as a laptop charger and not from the bus wires at all. Powering them from the bus wire may cause undesirable effects to your train running and will use current that you locos may need. It may not work at all because the bus wires are actually AC power oppositely phased and not positive and negative as the point motor requires.

Edit: Oops! Boskonay beat me to it, and in an easier to understand way too!

@ Sulzer201 and 071,

Sent you both a PM re above.

Aaargh! Noooo.... I'm nearly finished Class 66 in IE orange!!

Don't give up! Dying to see it.

Can you do the 66 in the orange? Might be a nice respray as a fictitious Irish freight loco!

Nice work buddy!

 

I would love to order a set of these carriages to go with my 8208 River Lagen. Where can I order these carriages from? Sorry if I am jumping in with a big splash here but I am new to this forum, although I am into modelling Irish Railways .

Sent you a PM!

Looks a hell of a lot better if you ask me! Nice job Richie!

That would be spot on for airbrushing and at a brilliant price you would also need to fit one of these

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIR-FILTER-REGULATOR-MOISTURE-TRAP-4-COMPRESSOR-NEW-/370330998733?pt=UK_Air_Tools_and_Compressors&hash=item56397297cd#ht_864wt_1271

That compressor comes with a regulator fitted. I have an almost identical one and have used both airbrushes and spray guns and it works well.

Looks decent enough. No harm in having a large compressor for air brushing. You can pressurise it once and there should be enough pressure to keep airbrushing for a good while with it powered off. They have a pressure regulator to reduce the pressure for the airbrush.

Think he means the IE logo, not the IR one. The red on the buffer beam is a little on the high side alright. I wouldn't be all that bothered about the red and the logo but the white under the headlight is very noticable. And you can't just paint it black because the white lines coming to it are too low and would lead to nowhere.

Hope they sort it...

If you were to tell an American modeller that they'd laugh and shake their heads in pity and do their best to avoid them at all costs!

I clearly meant the same Bachmann that made the 141.

Sorry if I sounded harsh, man. Not my intent!

 

Just pointing out that it does'nt make sense.

No worries. The complications of OEMs has everybody worked up!

A fob off?! What planet are you on? Why would Bachmann want to "fob off" potential buyers of a product that they are producing?

That's a bit harsh! I just suggested why bachmann would say that. Maybe not a fob off but more a re-direction of enquiries. And the people contacting bachmann are not potential buyers of the product from bachmann they are potential buyers of the product from murphy models. Murphy models is bachmann's customer for all of the models produced.

It doesn't make any difference to me. I only made the point that it's stated on the MM site.

Could be. Either way the whole debate over who makes it relates to the quality of the model(loco, not box). Made in bachmann factory by bachmann people=bachmann quality. Other than the quality of the model it makes no difference where it's made.

This was posted in the last couple of days. Clearly Bachmann said that as a fob off to get people to annoy MM instead of them. Paddy Murphy is not making these is his shed out the back.

Nice!

Just because MM is using the company that makes Bachmann's models does'nt make the 071 a Bachmann product.

Kader actually owns Bachmann, they bought the company in the 80's. It could well have been Kader's decision not to include Bachmann.

Did you look at the link before posting? Murphy Models' own website credits bachmann with building the loco.

David

This has been spoken of here before

Read the box.

Murphy Models!

Bachmann have played no hand act or part in the production of these locos.

I don't think Bachmann would print "Nil se oiraunach do phaisti faoi 14 bliana d'aois." on their boxes would you?

Bachmann will print purple spots on the box if Paddy Murphy asked them to. If Bachmann have played no part in the production of these models then why is bachmann credited on murphy models website? BTW, as far as I'm aware, murphy models does not have either a factory or manufacturing staff. The debate on the manufacturer relates to the build quality of the locomotive model itself and since it is made by the people who make bachmann models and made in the factory that bachmann models are made in then it is indeed a bachmann loco(I'm not arguing with you over who makes the box!)

Can you show us the box?

http://www.murphymodels.com/Models.html

By the sounds of things Bachmann is the OEM(original equipment manufacturer). A bit like the way the opel vivaro van is really a renault. So, from the point of view of quality and design it might as well be bachmann. I don't think it would say bachmann on the website if the bachmann company was not involved.

Didn't someone on here say that they were talking to Paddy and the 121 was postponed indefinitely?

Have to say I'll be even more excited when the 121's are announced & we get the pre-production shots - that's not to say I don't absolutely love the 071!

Oops! I meant 'remember me'.

I can't find a "stay logged in" box only a "remember me" box when I log in. Can you help please?

Photos of all liveries now on Murphy Models website!

 

http://www.murphymodels.com/LOCO071.html

Oops! Forgot the freight livery wasn't there!