Dunluce Castle

My mate just told me this was on the news, nice to see us getting some attention?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-28934268

Oops my mistake, they do look superb.

That's brilliant work, guessing they are the new railtec transfers? They look good.

Those etches look great, nice Job.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate your comments,

No Dave I didn't, they are NER axle boxes but are a close match for those used by the NCC, and the buffers are LMS ones.

Wow, wow, wow Noel this is amazing I cannot wait to see it progress.

Hello everyone,

Firstly I must apologise to the rivet counters, as you can see the straps haven't got any rivets and the main reason for that is, I don't know how lol

I completed the body and the wagon is ready to be painted,

Sorry for the slow rate of progress I'm definitely not one of those modellers who can produce something like this in 1 day, I like to take my time.

Many thanks

Nelson

That's the one, I didn't know it was called the enterprise livery, thanks

Yes that's right, I've always liked the look of the Marron, white and blue livery (don't know what it's called tho lol)

This is AWESOME Colin, any ideas on liverys for them?

Here's this evenings update,

I got a bit more done on the chassis and its now finished and ready for a body to be built, yes the brakes are a bit over scale and its too high but I made the mistake by not measuring it until the glue had dried, so that's something to remember for the next wagons.

Many thanks

Nelson

This is simply amazing, I would love to go next year

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Imagine the banter between the 2 trains if it happened here

Hello everyone,

Sorry for the lack of updates, mainly because I lost my modelling mojo but a recent exhibition and a vist to Cultra soon fixed that.

This is only one of the superb O gauge scratch built engines that were seen running on "Stanfording" and it really is a wonderful model, hopefully one day I could be as good

And the visit to Cultra, Northern Ireland's only railway museum provided me with lots of modelling references, and to my amazement, some wagon drawings

My favourite locomotive of all time, U2 class "Dunluce Castle"

and BCDRs only surviving locomotive, No30

So with my modelling mojo back and keen to do some modelling I've started work on a LMS NCC coal wagon (can't remember which variant) but for this one I've scratch built the frames, this way it's easier to get an accurate model in terms of dimensions etc, this is how much I've done so far,

Ooh the cruel close ups that us modellers hate ah well, it runs surprising quite well without bearings and sits in all 4 wheels nicely.

That's all for tonight folks, take care,

Nelson

I personally don't see the point in modelling books, but some people think different and I totally respect that, I personally feel that forums are far better as you've got more people that can share different ideas/opinions and its free

Thanks heirflick

Whilst on the subject of flats and I hope Kirley doesn't mind? Can anyone identify this wagon? Is it a 6 or 4 wheeler?

That's a lovely looking model, will see about getting one

Here they are, looking at the above pictures these ones seem more modern? Sorry if they aren't what your looking for.

These were taken at ballymena yard, whilst travelling to ballymena I also saw a rake of flat wagons at Antrim, don't know it they are the same or differnt ones.

That's very interesting, but unfortunately it does look like this year is the end of the 80 class sandite although it will be good to see at downpatrick next year.

Hi Kirley, I can't answer your questions but I have got a few pictures of similar NIR flats, would you like me to post them here? (If I can find them )

They are excellent, well done, I love the roofs on them, they look perfect.

Hello everyone,

I know this is a long shot but its worth a try, does anyone have any pictures of toomebridge station during NCC days? If so I'd appreciate it if you PM me or comment below, I will have a look through what books I have later tonight.

Many thanks

Nelson

There's a few more amazing layouts based in NI, here's cooks town junction and Killagan, http://www.lmsncc.org/layouts.htm and also there's a model of Lisburn In the making.

Hello everyone,

Here's just a couple of pictures of the new wagons on the layout from the very enjoyable exhibition last weekend.

I'm gonna be using 3 link couplings from now onwards

Many thanks

Nelson

Hi there, I have seen some decent 150 re paints to make them look like a 450, but if you want something more accurate, worsley works do a brass kit for the 450 class, apart from mentioned I haven't seen anyone bash a 450 class before.