Dunluce Castle

Very impressive structure with lots of interesting geometries

Congrats to the buyer.

I didn't get the time today Tony to trawl through the parts box, but I will get back to you as soon as I can. Just like Andy tho, I get all my supplies from Wizard Models who provide an excellent service.

No it's fine, leave it the open for now, I don't know how much I'll be coming home with haha.

Hello David,

I would buy this but unfortunely Model Rail Scotland is this Saturday, so will have to see if I have any money left over after it.

Nelson

Ps: if anyone else is interested, work away!

Hello David, is there any wheels/motor or gearbox?

Sorry a bit late but here's two more,

LMS NCC gate notice

And this builders plate which belongs to dad.

They are from the Stafford railway auction, did you buy any? I think the BCDR and UTA one went for far too much, and yes I did try and bid.

Thanks for the comments all!

Kirely, there are so many different methods of making the middle axle move or have some play in it. But to be honest I think this is by far the simplest way. I just remove the flanges on the centre wheel and lift the axle slightly. It does look a little unsightly and the wheel may not rotate all the time but it does allow me to run it over point work and round 3rd radius curves no problem at all.

Junctionmad, I apologise I have used the wrong terminology. The W irons (in my case are cosmetic) are plasticard products made for my by a good friend. I will hopefully show them in usage during the next update.

Very nicely done! I would never touch a ship kit with the fear of never actually finshing it, there are so many separate parts to paint.

I do like those wagons, please can I ask where you obtained the buffers from? I'm guessing dart castings?

Hello everyone,

I thought I would just share my latest project that I started a few weekends ago, it's a BCDR brake van of 1800's design. This came about just from a sudden urge of modelling which meant I had to make my own W irons, which is good because it allowed me to practise more with my piercing saw and soldering iron. I have also made a start on the sides last night. I have no idea when this will be finished as it is just ticking over in the background, but that doesn't bother me as I do like to take my time haha. The chassis as it is, is already fairly heavy but I will still be adding weights onto the inside later on. I have no idea what livery to paint this in once it's finished because they did see action with the UTA, albeit for a short time. But I'm thinking a BCDR livery would be a nice contrast.

Thanks,

Nelson

What a lovely layout, I love the scenery.

Huge thank you to all the contributors to this thread. There are some real gems out there! I will hopefully get some more photos posted tomorrow.

Wow David, I don't know why I haven't seen this earlier but that work is brilliant.

I was wrong, it's by Alan Gibson, not bill Bedford. You can buy it through this website and its £10

http://www.wizardmodels.co.uk/FrameSetShop.php?DM=wizabout

If I were to scratch build some Irish rolling stock is it possible to buy metal strapping with proper bolt heads showing in 00 gauge?

Yes, a company called Mainly Trains used to do this for excellent value for money, but unfortunately that have closed down now. However you can by a Bill Bedford version albeit slightly more expensive and you get a lot less. I'll get a link for you now.

Looks good to me! The less said about mine the better haha.

Last one for today, the bottom wagon plate was aquired 1 1/2 year ago while the top one I received very recently. This one needs repainting because the white has been replicated using silver paint which is incorrect.

Nelson

Hello All,

Here's my very first thing that I bought, I think it was either 4 or 5 years ago, as you can see, it's been cleaned and sand blasted but now just needs a coat of red oxide and then the black and white paint applied.

More to come possibly later today or tomorrow,

Nelson

What a great start to the thread Wrenneire! Thanks, those look really nice indeed.

Hello all!

As the title suggests, does anyone here have any form of railwayana in their home or railway room? And would care to share with the rest of us? I have my own few NCC cast iron plates and I'll post some pictures up tomorrow but I was just wondering if other people have any gems either Irish or U.K.

Nelson

Edit: I know the "a" is missing from the title, any way to fix this?

"Liquid lead" is a pourable granular product which can be set with PVA glue in any space/crevice in a model and adds decent weight. Might work here?

DO NOT use PVA for fixing liquid lead or metal BB's. over on RMweb there have been people who filled loco boilers with it and slowly overtime a chemical reaction happens and causes the glue to expand with great force. I would recommend using superglue, any £1 shop super glue would work for this job.

Very good, that's interesting. Do you know where I can obtain some for the future?

By the way what did you use for the windows? I can't figure out whether it's an etching or just glazing cut to the right shape and stuck to the outside.