Dunluce Castle

I know nothing about the prototype but I suppose you don't need to, to spot superb modelling and this is exactly thay, looks great!

Myself and others have found that if you are wanting to replicate a wooden bodied wagon or a wooden underframe then the best way to go about it is through the use of plastic, resin, wood or whitemetal. This is because if you are using sheet metal or metal sections, it just simply would not be able to accurately represent what you want it to look like. And whilst it would be ok for steel underframes or metal bodies stock, it just won't capture the chunkiness quite as good. However despite me saying this, it is not impossible and some manufactures do indeed do this and the results can be quite good, examples can be found in the bill Bedford range and also D&S models.

This is the seller I refer to, can anyone confirm? http://www.ebay.co.uk/ulk/itm/112427335157

Are you sure that the same moulds are being used? And if so, a little detailing won't do any harm.

Surely you must have something positive to say? In my eyes the introduction of any kits, transfers etc... is very much a welcoming prospect regardless.

Lovely, thanks TDR, I also see some white metal MIR kits going for sale on eBay, is this also from the same person? If so that's a great move because making the range available online would be so much handier.

I would love the owner to be on this forum, just so they can advertise what their intentions are for the range (ie, are brass sides coming back, any resin or just whitemetal?)

There were two Colin, one standard one and a high sided one often known as a bread carts for some reason. You can get the smaller one as a resin kit from golden arrow models and it is suitable for use behind V1's etc however for the U2's you need to scratchbuild it. The reason why some U2's had the old tender was because they were from the U, and U1's when being converted. On another note, if you want to model a U2 (or mogul) with a Stanier tender, you cannot use any that are RTR this is because the length is longer than it should be, to fix this you can either cut down the length of the tender or by a brass kit from brass masters.

Hasn't this kit "been on the cards" for a while now? There was talk of it when I first got into NCC modelling, now somewhat 4 years ago.

That is correct Paul.

Oh wow, spot on with the colour, very nice.

I was very surprised to see that each of the 3 NCC number plates went for 500 or less each. There was one for sale last month on the mainland and it went for £750. Number plate 100 I thought should have sold for a lot more, anyway if I wasn't a student and not saving up for uni, then I would have definitely bid, ah well plenty more time left.

Hello all, I just came across this absolute gem, although some shots I have seen before the footage from the cab of WT is just priceless. [video=youtube_share;eOeIbJHawV0] Nelson

Good luck everyone! I won't be able to bid but will keep a wee eye on the online bidding, will be intersting to see what certain lots sell for.

I would also like to kindly disagree, I think the GNRI has probably the largest range of wagon, coach and loco kits along with numerous other bits and bobs.

The three NCC number plates are looking very nice indeed, now I need to decide whether to register or not hahah.

Thanks for the heads up, just taking a wee look now, but one thing that stood out is that this is never going to reach that price, it's only a wagon plate. https://www.purcellauctioneers.ie/catalogue/lots/B42444733AFE140079E425020F95E93E279B370085824DEC45E7FB93AF0C74DF/81B29AB6FA187A02A829C1899B734425/irelands-largest-railwayana-auction-lot-51/?d

Wow that makes a huge difference, well done, superb!

Very nice work indeed.

Hello all, This may be a bit random but I found it extremely interesting and thought I would share it with you all. I know very little about electronics however I found the process to be incredible. The video also gave me some astonisghing insight into how easy it is to make your own phone if you know where to look. Nelson

Simply stunning

Hello everyone, I thought I would share with you all how far my BCDR brake van has progressed and as can be seen from the photo I would say that I am half way through, there is still a lot more work to do, but thankfully Easter is here so that means two weeks off school. The body and chassis are still separate and probably won't be joined together until just before painting. Thanks for looking! Nelson

That's a lovely setup you have and I would be sad to see it diaspaper, how about converting it into a exhibition layout, then you can have a roundy roundly layout?

Both still for sale, price now £38 each

The first acknowledgement that I got of these locos was from January last year in this thread. http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5251-OO-works-announce-GNRI-U-Class?highlight=works