Dunluce Castle

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 wanted to start casting for the first time, what would recommend as a starter kit?

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!.

Probably 1950s, the steam era on the Derry Road. I hope to spend some time scratch building GNR(i) wagons with long terms plans for a GNR(i) loco.

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.

It look the Modelshop Belfast is closing down and no more!

 

Three other shops selling Model train in Centre Belfast.

 

Gismo hobbies of Belfast.

Modeller Nook.

My Old Toy shop.

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.

Congratulations, I'm very proud for you guys to win the prize and I'm sure you are as well!

My most recent work that has been done on the workbench was this commission which involved me having to re-letter/re-number, add details along with lamps, and figures to three Bachmann engines. I thoroughly enjoyed this because they are all freelance locomotives which allowed me to get creative and add my own touches to them.

Because I had other projects on the go I thought I would be sensible to keep all of the screws somewhere safe and prevent them getting mixed up with other bits and bobs. So I did this.

Here are the finished locomotives and I hope the owner is as pleased with them as I am.

Nelson

With the Cultra show fast approaching, I wasn't able to build my own NER P7 hoppers unfortunately, however I was relatively lucky to find this trio on eBay which I have tidied up, added a coal load and added metal wheels along with couplings.

Nelson

Hello everyone,

Sorry for not updating this thread sooner but I have been kept busy and rarely find the time to write updates such as these ones.

The first project I managed to complete was this Caledonian Railway wagon, which with the help from Londontram who is on another forum, I was able to accurately paint and letter it. Now it just needs a running number which Londontram has also helped me to source. So many thanks to him.

I didn't follow the ratio method of fixing the bogies because I felt It need something a bit more free moving and reliable so I've used 8ba nuts and bolts. The result works very well. I added some real iron ore which helped to hide the metal weights below.

Quite a random project but I had fun with it.

Nelson

Thanks for the reminder David, I had completely forgot about the show. Look forward to seeing you there.

Rivet transfers as mentioned above are great if you need to do full rows of rivets, however if the rivets are placed irregulary then applying individual ones from evergreen strips are probably the best option.

Where's the UG class, I can't see it.

Here's a really quick video showing the U class running, my example was perfect straight out of the box and ran no problem. All the footage is raw un edited stuff, so no slow mo involved haha. Will do a proper running video and review sometime this week, just wanted to make this video to address any concerns anyone had about the engine and its running. Would have done a proper vid but coursework needs done first. Sorry about the lighting and quality.

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Does this apply to UK? Or Ireland only? I've always wanted a drone but not until a few years yet.

Just got my OO works U class and wow, what a beauty it is, a full review and video will come later this week.

Some new news here http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/115931-bachmann-europe-acquire-efe-vehicle-range/

I missed my loco arriving on the Friday, however I'll be going down tommorow to pick it up. I cannot wait. Good idea about the nameplate and builders plate. I have ordered from narrow planet before and their service is very good.