JasonB

On 2/5/2022 at 3:32 PM, RedRich said:

Excellent work pal. 220 has always been my favorite of the class. The exhaust always sounded a bit different. The gates look amazing too. Des has brought some amazing kits to the Irish scene down through the years.

Rich

Cheers, Rich. Bit of soft spot for 220 myself, so she was always going to be first in line to get a little bit of a makeover. 

Yep, fantastic kits and an absolute gent to deal with. 

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Savage!!!

Ditto!!! 

On 30/4/2022 at 7:08 PM, jhb171achill said:

On 29th April 1965, the midday passenger departs for Castletown West, with 7 passengers on board, and six cardboard boxes of linen goods in the van.

Love it. Less is more, as they say. 

3 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

Not a bad backdrop either…

It's the perfect backdrop! Now, that's what you call a proper man cave. I can just imagine having that sitting behind me, while doing a few bits at the workbench. Jasus, Mrs.B would never see me.  

47 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Poor auld 112 looks a bit battered!

She'll be grand, nothing a little TLC won't sort. Have to admit, I like that larger yellow panel on the cabs. 

Class 201  no.220 

Weathering has been kept to a minimum, with the exhaust and underside carrying most of the grime. 

I have also fitted a driver. 

Really like that coupling setup, nice work. I seem to remember Richard at Everard Junction doing something similar a few years back.  

16 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Are you not?

Nope. They claimed I was being unreasonable when negotiating my fee. 

52 minutes ago, connollystn said:

Enough about the Silver Fox's, it's the silver As is where it's at. Hopefully there'll be some suitable stock produced shortly to run with these beauts.

Are you on some sort of commission or bonus scheme from IRM? 

8 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I got one for Boskonay's post in this thread, and yours, but Tara Junction has vanished the past week.

A little hit and miss with me recently. Some were coming through, some were going straight to spam. Yes, Tara Junction has stopped completely, and I've also noticed the same problem with Dugort Harbour. 

3 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Strange. Some threads are working again, like this one and the eBay thread, but some, like Tara Junction, no longer appear in my forum notifications, nor am I receiving email notifications for them.

Same here. I'm now not receiving notifications for Tara Junction, and when I did they were going straight to my spam. Likewise, with anything else I'm following. 

Great choice of wagon to model, Robert. They'll look the business when finished. 

7 hours ago, Past-Avenue said:

I understand that we must build up brownie points so we can buy more trains

Yep, building up some credit with "her indoors"  Your obviously speaking from experience! 

2 hours ago, randallator said:

If only there were a club member with American stock who had specifically booked the 2 dates for the show off work so they could run said stock on Bushville, also as its a club layout rule 1 does not apply

Rule 1 applies no matter what. It's a hobby, and it should be enjoyed. Not be bound by certain rules.  

2 hours ago, Past-Avenue said:

Thanks jason . Will you be at the show?  

Unfortunately not. This weekend has been set aside for some work that needs doing in the house. I'll get to it eventually, I've heard nothing but good about it. 

The little 20 footers look great mixed with the bogies. 

Cracking layout. I always enjoy a video from Past-Avenue. 

Love it! Has that look of a spring evening, when bordering on dark, but with that hint of light still in the sky. 

Brilliant stuff, popeye. Very impressive. 

Looks right at home, Noel. Delighted with my pair, definitely one of my favourite releases to date. 

9 hours ago, murphaph said:

No Jason I think you're reading something into my response that I certainly didn't intend. Apologies if I wasn't clear. I'll try to clarify...

I've reread my post and can only assume it's the "tendency" word that made you think I was talking about your advice. In fact I was talking generally because the cab tends to naturally tilt forward when you pull up on it and this is because it's clipped to the chassis at the front base in the centre. Squeezing the cab sides forces the clip receptacle outward and allows the cab to be lifted straight up. I just thought I could add to the forum by adding to this thread rather than creating a separate one. Sorry for any offence caused. None was intended.

Fair point, my mistake.  

On 11/4/2022 at 6:43 PM, murphaph said:

The tendency is to tilt the cab forward as initially this appears to be the only way to get any movement going. In fact this may just cause damage to the lamp irons. Luckily for me the first cab came off despite tilting it forward like this. Then I could see clearly how to properly do it. Lucky for me as the second cab was far stiffer.

I take it from this, you've some sort of issue with what I suggested to do if the cab wasn't moving. No damage was caused to the lamp irons, or any other part of the model, and I certainly wouldn't suggest something to another member on here which I hadn't tried myself, or could result in causing damage to their model. 

2 hours ago, Darius43 said:

Track painting today.

Really like the last shot. Is the red brick building scratch built or a kit? 

Brilliant stuff. Some really nice detailing there. 

2 hours ago, ttc0169 said:

Great to see so many familiar faces in what was a fantastic day out…

You've caught me in the last shot, Noel 

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

071 would look better with a CIE roundel instead of that multicoloured N.

It has carried the roundel previously. I took this shot back in 2018, and it definitely looks so much better. 

Not quite sure what the thinking was replacing it with the current logo. Kind of contradicts the point of 071 in the retro livery.