Dunluce Castle

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

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?

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.

Fantastic! Love that.

If you don't want to go through the hassle of buying all the stuff separate, then this is a good place to start. https://sylmasta.com/catalogue/product/sylmasta-casting-kit-01/#SID=6

Hello Andy, do you know where I can find photos of your Arigna layout, I don't think I've ever seen it before, may be mistaken tho!.

Even better! Brilliant looking forward to it.

That looks fantastic, well done. Sorry if it has been mentioned before but what era are you planning to represent?

The photo like the one on the previous page is perfect for us modellers, thanks for uploading.

Just to update this, sadly Gismo's closed down last year.

Not scrapped yet according to the website, http://www.steamtrainsireland.com/carriages/wagons.html

Whitehead as far as I'm aware had 2 GNR Guinness wagons, I may be wrong but didn't they scrap one and salvage parts from it to retore the other in the future?

Lovely work, I like your colour you've chosen for the UTA livery, happy new year!

Merry Christmas to all, enjoy the holidays.