tonybonneyba

Good evening! or shall I say good morning!  maybe it's afternoon when you've read this, so, good afternoon! 

Apologies for the delay getting back, just been a ta bit busy.

Thanks peps for the great & wonderful responses & advice, I very much appreciate.

As I'm new to this whole paint stripping thing, I think it's best if I were to stay clear from brake fluids for now, same for dettol.

On 17/10/2023 at 10:50 AM, Georgeconna said:

Dettol. thing is it rightly expensive and hopefully that paint is enamel.

Depends on the Resin too so be careful.

or: CARSON PAINT REMOVER 100ML | TAMIYA ACRYLIC PAINT | PAINTS / ADHESIVES | Catalogue | MarksModels

Note Vid below is for Plastic. I used the method recently. Took Ages, Messey and parts smelt of Dettol for and age afterwards.

 

But will keep this in mind for future for when I'm working on plastic/metal kits. Thanks!

On 17/10/2023 at 8:05 AM, Past-Avenue said:

Hi I use IPA and leave it soaking in it for a few hours and with a old toothbrush remove anything that's lose and repeat the process till the surface is free from paint etc. 

Enda 

 

Would you have any recommendations on brands of IPA & strengths?

On 17/10/2023 at 8:14 AM, Dempsey said:

One of the strippers I use does state that it can be used on resin however I have never used it on such a surface. I'll include a link for you to make your own determination. 

https://eirehobbies.com/products/paint-remover-240-ml?_pos=1&_sid=53296aa35&_ss=r

I've also seen this product come up a few times & it's supposed to be good.

https://youtu.be/VPeDsrgydss?si=o_SQPZ-od1SDOA5n

Fortunately, the person I've bought the two MIR resin class 201 bodyshells from has left some painted bits of off cut(?) resin in the box, so, can test them with the different strippers.

Think I'm going give IPA & the 'Green Stuff World' paint stripper ago.

Thanks again for the quick response, & the brilliant advice, very much appreciated!

Evening! 

Hope everyone is keeping well these autumn days....

Looking for some advice, if that's okay?

Recently purchased two second hand MIR resin class 201 locomotive bodyshells which are partly painted & i would like to get them painted sometime.

Is there a way that you would recommend to remove the paint without damaging the resin?

As you can probably understand, having never done this before, it's little bit anxiety inducing....

Some sources say use this & that, while others say don't, such as IPA, whitespirit, brake cleaner, nail varnish remover, oven cleaner, dettol, paint stripper, etc etc. Very mixed messages! 

Thanks in advance & have a lovely evening. 

It has light Jim!

Somewhere Rly. Station Update:

○ Ballast has been laid & glued down on Platform 1 side

○ Car Park Details added

(See other photos)

○ Ulsterbus Urby / Wright Streetdeck Demo card model which houses a wireless Bluetooth speaker ('Onn') has been added

Example of the real Urby....

○ RGB LED Lights added to Platform 1

1 hour ago, joe123 said:

And  the second question is have anyone tried the sound scene on the platform. And how was it? Thanks for your help.

I use a bluetooth 'Onn' (Asda/Walmart own brand) speaker hidden in the Urby card bus to play announcements or other sounds. I also use it to playmusic whilst working on that section (Somewhere Station)....

SOMEWHERE UPDATE:

Here is a summary of the updated Somewhere station section;

○ Holes cut in box

○ Knee stabed

○ Track glued down

○ P.A system fitted....

Nothing. Nothing has gone to plan!

Also no Garden layout.... too costly!

Sorry....

Attempt two! - He's at it again....

But, there WILL BE a Holyfast Depot & a River Nore station sometime in the future, just can't say when.... but it'll be on a different layout to this 'plan'.  

Anyways, heres the almost complete branch line station; "Somewhere" for this layout....

Station Name Sign

Left Side Station (NIR) Posters

Right Side Station (Enterprise) Posters

Station Rear

Station PosterStation FrontPlatform Edge82084101 with 8208Coffee Shop Sign

Morning peps,

Happy New Year!

Would anyone know where one could find a photo of an O&K Sugarbeat locomotive with the number on the bufferbeam?

As far as i'm aware, the Irish O&K Sugarbeat locomotives carried three plus liveries....

○Large painted side tank number with yellow lining

O&K No.3 with this livery at DCDR on its first day back in pass. service. Dec.2018

○Small brass side tank number with yellow lining

O&K No. 1 with this livery at DCDR. Aug.2018

○Painted bufferbeam number, possibly with yellow lining?

no photo

As to this, would anyone know of any other liveries the O&K carried?

- Me & a mate sat up past 4am last night discussing this via text

Thx in advance!

Also, thanks for the help on the "Chips" subject

Here are two PRIDE CAF Class 4000 liveries designed earlier this year to support Equality across NI. 

Sadly, Translink didn't use them but did update their logo which was a win

2 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

4 hours ago, Joe Keegan said:

No spring to tension brushes on to motor commutator 

Insulation sleeve required between spring and brushes 

Ah. I think i understand.... So, i need to put the spring clip - with the insulation sleeve - back on the top of the motor?

Bah Humbug!

Friend lent me his loco aslong as i fixed it, it wouldn't move, noticed the pick up on one side was missing, so hacked in a little old hornby tank (which had motor problems, i'm going replace that later in 2019) & stole one of its pick ups, the tender loco smoked up. Decided to replace the motor, new one didn't fit in the shell.... replace both pick ups? - No movement & no smoke (its not suposse to smoke anyhow).  Any ideas??

Images show it with new pickups wired in place of the old ones....

On 12/30/2018 at 1:19 AM, irishthump said:

It would just be a matter of soldering the tts chip to the speaker. But the tts decoders are 8 pin so you’d need an adapter to fit it into the 21 pin socket. And then you would still lose some of the lighting functions.

Ahh, sounds easy enough. I don't mind lossing cab lights.... pointless for my shunting layout anyways.

17 hours ago, BosKonay said:

You’ll need to desolder the wired speaker too. Also be sure the onboard is 8ohm a super the TTS only work with 8ohm speakers. 

Theres enough room in the 201 for the TTS speaker, maybe i should keep that one instead?

3 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Assuming it has the right number of pins you can plug in any sound chip in theory. 

Ah, but the TTS chip has built on speaker 

I have a MM Class 201 DCC & DCC Sound Ready, I also have a Hornby TTS Class 67 sound chip which has a speaker attached.... you see where this is going?

If one wanted to "plug in" the 67 sound chip to th 201 (which already has a speaker), how would one do this?

Thx in advance!

Side note: i'm not going to buy a MM CL201soundchip, its too dare at the moment for me....

There is a page on Facebook {FB} which I have been following from the start after a friend shared it. The page gives a insight & a look behind the sences of the Ambulance service in Northern Ireland, better known as the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service or NIAS for short. At this point, your problay thinking i'm just going on about NIAS's own FB page, but im not (although, i do recommend following them), the page i'm talking about is actually called The Teddy Medics.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2022505857994836&id=1986675954911160

The paramedics & tech's behind The Teddy Medics use hand-knitted teddys (which are based off NIAS personal) in a fun, funny & creative way to give a look behind the sences of a everyday life of a paramedic & tech within the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service.... 

I highly recomend checking them out!

-->> https://www.facebook.com/The-Teddy-Medics-1986675954911160/

Image: One of Teddy Medics in the new, all-green NIAS uniform - image by the knitter of the bears & uniform.

On 09/11/2017 at 9:51 PM, jhb171achill said:

You could have great fun with this idea!  

A practical use for Photoshop might be for a model-maker who was building something and wanted to see what it would look like in various liveries or detailing (e.g. different cabs on a steam engine) before committing it to permanence....

IndeEd yOu coulD, And tHat is oNe oF the MaNy gReat uSeS of photoShop

Moving on....

Here is one I done a while back of NIR 80 Class in Enterprise Swril. Front image supplied by Milepost98 on Flickr, with permission....

A Thread for those wHo create photoshop photos....

A photoshopped CAF class 3000 No. 3003 with a new 'face' livery traveling through City Hospital. The front is now similar to the CAF class 4000 'face' livery & (2016+) Enterprise livery.

7 hours ago, skinner75 said:

I may do - I'll have a root round this evening when I get home from work

Thank you Mr / Ms Skinner

Good Morning, Good Evening & Good Afternoon Ladies & Gentlemen, 

I write this post this morning to ask if anyone has a copy of the route add on by Making Tracks for Microsoft Train Simulator (MSTS) of the Belfast to Dublin line (& Navan, Alexzander Road lines) called Irish Enterprise South (part 2 of the two part add on) & if by any chance if they also have the expansion pack for this route, 'Irish Enterprise Expasion' & if so, would anyone be willing to sell or lend me a copy please?  

I did have the two, but I seemed to have missed placed them & can not find them after alot of hunting, though, i do still have the part 1 of the route. 

Thank you in advance.

The image is the cover of the Irish Enterprise Expasion.

Hello,

I have a friend selling a few boxes of original Hornby Trains O Gauge track for Hornby Trains clock work Trains with a few track accerises & she asked if I could ask for a price guide on these. They are all in their original boxes but are '2nd' hand items.

Any ideas? -. Thanks in advance, Tony.

This week (27/03/2017 - 02/04/2017) was Autism Awareness Week, today is World Autism Awareness Day & April is Autism Awareness month.... I created this 'poster' two years ago to support World Autism Day/ month, show your support & wear something blue!

Some Photos of the GM EMD Class 111 from a private depot tour

8113

8111

8113

Image of 112 too large

With most of Irish Rails 071 Class overhauled and the wrong side of 40 years old, I was just wondering about the status of NIR's 3 members of the class (111,112,113).

 

Are they in good condition and are they seeing much use these days?

 

What is the bodywork and paint like, for example?

I belive they are in a good condition, as the went through a over haul not too long ago. They currently see a lot of PWD work and the odd RPSI rescue mission. If I remember tomorrow, i'll post some detailed photos of em' from my last depot tour in YRD in 2016.

Buy an athearn sd 9 chassis they re a pot cheaper than using a 071 chassis

Cheers! Will do that!

Hello!

I was wondering where I could get my hands on a Class 071 chasis, powered or unpowered, doesn't really matter.

Thanks!