tonybonneyba

34 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I try really hard not to let mine charge over 80% or drop below 30%, but at times, yeah, down to the red!

 

I've got battery protection turned on on all my devices which limits the charge to 85% & cuts off the charge until it drops below 80%.....

Tbf, its only a few times a week i really let drop right down to 1% or so....

21 minutes ago, Broithe said:

I know someone like that. Her phone is constantly on the point of death. She is considering getting an electric car. I have suggested that she gets a bike instead. Even with her current petrol car, any journey that might go outside the urban speed limit zone has to start with a visit to a filling station 'to put enough in'.

I'm not a huge user of mobile phones, I still run a Nokia 3510. From when I did use it a bit more, I have a 'rule' that it should always have a £10 minimum credit in, just in case a bout of heavy usage becomes necessary. A few weeks ago, I thought I'd better check the current balance, even though most of my outgoing stuff is just the occasional response to a "Use it or we'll turn you off!" threat from the provider. I still had £18:70 in it and it was nearly twenty months since I had topped it up.

Ha! I'm looking to get a electric car in the future too!

I like to get a full day & bit worth of usage from my device before i really have to charge it, & when i do charge it, it gets fully charged to the 85%.

My goodybag with GiffGaff rolls over monthly on £10 with unlimited calls, text etc with a huge amount of data too, also keep a fiver on it incase that goodybag can't be paid for whatever reason. GiffGaff send me messages & emails telling me i should switch to the £8 goodybag & at one point, the £5 one!

42 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Charge your damn 'phone and deal with your Instagram notifications!

It's 43%, its fiiiiinnnnneeee....

Mine gets to 4% - 2% before i remember to charge it

Some good news, the DfI has started pumping the flood water out of Downpatrick....

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=718790620284869&id=100064618122842

You can follow the progress on this project here....

Evening!

As you may have seen, or may not have seen, im currently working on two second hand MIR resin class 201 locomotive kits, part of which is removing the paint....

That project has progressed tonight,  as i've bought a bigger 'tub' from Tesco, which the locomotive actually fits it!

Couldn't go to my local shop to buy the 'tub', as it's under water at the moment  

Anyways....

I've redunked the bodyshell into Green Stuff World [GSW from here out] paint remover for a few hours & got some paint off with the new battery-powered toothbrush, at least, until it decided that it had enough.... And after a bit hooking around, i found an old manual toothbrush which i cleaned & started scrubbing the bodyshell again.

The paint is being somewhat stubborn & i now smell like paint stripper  - or so I've been told  

As it's getting late, ive rinsed off the bodyshell with water & left it dry, have put the paint stripper in the sealed tub & rinsed out the other 'tub'.... Guess what i'm doing in a few days! 

We'll get there, eventually. 

Thankfully, from what i can see, theres still no damage to the shell.

Apologies if this is innyhe wrong section of the forums, but i thought this would be the most suitable place??

I'm looking to see if anyone has a 3D model file (stl, preferably) for 3D printing of an IÉ ICR or an NIR CAF?

I ask as i would like to purchase a copy of that file as I would like to make a narrow gauge version for 009 on a Kato 11-105 chassis at some-point.

I would do it myself,  but i currently don't have the skillset to create a curved unit like that! The best i can do is a fictional MPV for G scale!

Feel free to DM me on here.

Thanks in advance!

Graphics for attention only.

I see that, alongside the wooolly sheep, DCDR has made the papers!

Unfortunately,  Downpatrick is built upon a gaint flood plain.... Apparently this sort of flooding used to be common in the early 20th century, especially along market st. Along with this, it was only a few centuries ago that Downpatrick was a harbour town, with the harbour being near where the cathedral is.

(or this is what i've been informed at least over the years by various people).

Nonetheless, its extremely sadening to see this, so much damage done to our beautiful little railway, the town, local shops & organisations. We can only hope things improve from here. 

13 hours ago, tonybonneyba said:

Some tweaks needed, particularlyaround the front ends green & door / window space, but heres a baby ICR....

Decided that I wasn't keen on this, so, I fixed it!

Enjoy!

7 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Something different, and they're very cute!

Thank you!  

Some tweaks needed, particularlyaround the front ends green & door / window space, but heres a baby ICR....

1 hour ago, Flying Snail said:

Looks good, but I hope you've little or no sense of taste too if you're planning on using that toothbrush yourself before bed 

Belive it or not, i don't have much sense of taste! More textures than anything!

Although, i don't plan on using that toothbrush on anything but paint remover

Got the Green Stuff World paint remover & put in a tub with the 201....

Seems to have worked well after 30mins or so, with assistance from a new battery toothbrush.

No damage to the resin from what i can tell.

Note to self, get bigger tub.

Have rinsed the paint remover off with water & will work on it on Wednesday as its going take a bit!

If you plan on doing this, ensure you've got a room with an extractor or an open window, such as a utility room or bathroom,  as the paint remover stinks! - and thats coming from a person with little to next to no sense of smell.

Every so often, when i'm destressing, burning off energy or got a moment to think, I'd do little cartoon style graphics from shapes in Canva or draw not so detailed stuff in medibang, i find it one of the ways for me to relax, look after my well-being & burn off steam....

Heres one of a maroon n' blue baby 80 class rushing by.

Enjoy!

Might post more here as time goes on, feel free to share your own

The baby 59 project

This thread follows the progress of the baby 59 project the start to finish & will be updated when progress is made....

13 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Something I always wanted to do was the old IRRS headboards which is now above the door of there HQ in heuston. 

Do you have a photo of it?

Could probably draft one up!

1 hour ago, tonybonneyba said:

Some images of scaled down, printed headboards....

These include;

- Táilte Tours on 8208

- ITG on 8208

- IRRS on 8208

- Castle Ward on Tour on 240

These are printed at normal quality on plain A4 paper, scaled down on MS Word, cut out with sharp scissors & tacked on lightly with minimal blutack as to avoid damage from the oils in the blutack.

Will likely redo that Táilte Tours & Castle Ward on Tour headboards on waterslide transfers at high quality & put them on plasticard in the future. 

For reference, here's photos of the real headboards....

ITG Headboard | ITG Facebook

1 hour ago, Galteemore said:

Fabulous. You could sell those, you know….

Thank you!

Unfortunately, i wouldn't have the time & it would be too much expense, especially if a license is required for each of the organisations to use their logos.

Maybe in the future! 

Some images of scaled down, printed headboards....

These include;

- Táilte Tours on 8208

- ITG on 8208

- IRRS on 8208

- Castle Ward on Tour on 240

These are printed at normal quality on plain A4 paper, scaled down on MS Word, cut out with sharp scissors & tacked on lightly with minimal blutack as to avoid damage from the oils in the blutack.

Will likely redo that Táilte Tours & Castle Ward on Tour headboards on waterslide transfers at high quality & put them on plasticard in the future. 

Signals?

I'm just tooling with the idea of adding station announcements of the future layout / diorama, would anyone have any tips on going around this?

Previously, I've used a cheap Bluetooth speaker from ASDA in a paper bus, but looking at different options.

I've came across this, it's good but I feel the voices are too generated / text-to-speech, plus, if going by the demo, it's missing Irish / Northern Irish stations.

As much as I like the Bluetooth speaker & it worked for that layout, I would recommend it, but still have a desire to try other methods.

Tips & tricks much appreciated!

On 17/1/2014 at 11:26 AM, Warbonnet said:

Got a quick look at the Sandite Unit at York Road yesterday. It actually looks quite well in yellow in the flesh. I quite like it! Anyone going to model it?

I might in a year or so, if I can get a CMAC kit

2 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Think this would suit very well!

Could you DM me please?

3 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Would 071 interiors fit?
I know a man............

071 cabs I a 201 could be interesting.... I'll think it over & get back to you on that!

Good evening / morning!

Looking for x4 or x6 cab interior inserts for EMD class 201 in 00 gauge.

Happy with Murphy Models or 3D printed variations.

These are for a MIR class 201 kit & two cut n' shut Hornby / MIR MKIV DD inspired DVTs.

Thanks in advance!

- Tony.