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A redoing of the Bandon Tank kit, with Belphare dome etc

Has anyone completed this kit before?

Very short video

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[/QUOTFor those who were not able to go to the show, thanks BK for posting this. I really enjoyed it:tumbsup:

Hi Rich,

Thanks for your interest and your comments. I look forward to seeing you build this kit. Even though I like the bachmann scenecraft Irish outline buildings they are very limited in number and except for the smallest of displays I would need something more anyway. It would be nice to be able to put something on the layout with more of an Irish flavor Hopefully they are reasonably durable over time and do not fade to easily I guess they could always be replaced in time if required.

Kevin

I am looking to acquire some of the Bachmann Scenecraft Irish Outline Buildings (one or more)

44-250 Bachmann Irish Signal Box

44-251 Bachmann Irish Running Shed

44-252 Bachmann Irish Station Building

 

There has not been a squeak anywhere with regard to the engine shed and the station in two months I have managed to pick up two signal boxes.

For the love of God, if you find either the engine shed or the station at the show tomorrow, would you just buy them for me, PM me and I'll see you right.

In the unlikely event that more than one of you manage to find one or more of the items I will see you both right including postage to the US!

Thanks,

Kevin

The trouble was is and will be the scale of the market. 500 locos of a livery ( sometimes half that) sell 'just about right' here while the big lads in the UK will run thousands of a single run and sell them too.

BK, I understand that economies of working with a limited audience and agree with you. Despite their initial foray into Irish outline with PM they did not do a 500 limited run at least while PM is 'competing' for this small market. Hence my original concern, with only one real RTR producer, Irish outline rtr would be plunged back into the medieval ages (and no offence is intended to some on here who produce some very fine kits and those who model them)

Raise the edges of the building with balsa or plasticard would be the best way id say

What track code are you using?

You could make a foundation slab with the polyfilla large enough to be the floor and a peripheral foundation for the shed itself to raise it back to rail height. I suspect that this will provide enough clearance for the 201s. The slab foundation will look well with the face of the shed which appears to resemble concrete and the side which is brick could be painted as a plinth, disguised with brick plasticard, shielded with ballast along the side tapering from the shed to road 5, or weeds and 'scrubby plants'.

From our brief chat with him, much the same as already posted here recently by others. New batch of mk2d coaches in CIE 'Supertrain' livery (ie orange and black, no white lining) due approx December or January with complete set of coaches to make up typical eight coach set including EGV, restaurant car, first class car, etc. 121 is on the 'radar' but it is very early stages yet. It was a pleasure to chat with the gentleman.

But no discussion of an A class or anything to follow the 121? We have all got so used to the MM models that I wonder who would pick the baton if anything happened to PM. Even though Bachmann did many of the earlier models for him, its not like they decided there was a market for modeling Irish outline after that…..

That Mark II Gen van went for £80 sterling!!!!!!!! Think i'll wait for Paddy's 'Supertrain' one & modify it!!

I need one, saw where this was going and stopped bidding. Not paying double the odds

goods and passenger alike! (apart, of course, from iconic Maedb x 3...)

 

Hardly a colourful era... plus ca change....

Now that's a RTR model i would be interested in! (times three)

OK having watched the Hitler video on the other tread I now fully understand what happened and why the Mk3s were scrapped.

 

Reason = Financial incompetence on the part of government, IE and consultants = Insane waste of public capital investment

Sure it's the Irish way.....

I have asked that very question before - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1554-Searching?highlight=searching - you may find the answer in here.

Read it. Will try that. Thanks!

no, but the perspective is good when seen from the front:cool:

You got to remember that they lifted every piece of track and scrapped every loco for the bare value of the scrap metal!

Just looked at the stats for the Lima / Murphy Models thread in the Photos of Models forum

300,000+ hits

So I am not the only sad bastard who checks out the box and contents of RTR Irish models

Cheers troops

Since all the moderators seem to be on this thread, can I just ask if it is possible to search these longer Threads and find the search term on the actual page rather than just the thread its in which might be 100 pages long or am I just not doing it right?

Well, not exactly local US to Australia New Zealand and more….=D=D

It's common cortuesy to phrase a question/request correctly. It can come across ignorant or rude otherwise. A properly formed sentence isnt too much to ask for, is it?

Shouldn't be and if requested as Gaeilge that would even be acceptable given the selection of fine Irish speakers on the site

I suppose this means we can expect another batch of 201's from MM......

I hope not! When I suggested that a re-run of some more popular sold out items might be feasible, I received some replies suggesting the tooling etc for small runs like MM does would not be up to it. Seems like the tooling for the 201s seems to be up to the task again… and again… and maybe yet again?

IE are becoming very fond of the colour grey for their locos of late.......

Maybe it's austerity grey…...

Mk3's were borderline structurally sound for 4'8". They were in the danger zone once engineers realised that an additional 5" were added to their width, without the calcs being done. Whilst i love them, they were unsound. And that comes from an outside IE consultant engineer, who i'd swear my life on.

I agree with Noel. I had always hoped to see a high(er) speed network built during the Celtic Tiger, the only chance they'd ever have to do this. Most of the existing fleet capable of 100mph but on a tiny minority of the existing track, let alone trying to lay any new track. However, I don't know which is worse lamenting the loss of the Mk3s or IE not having learned from the Buttevant disaster re structural integrity of the coaches and running them all these years, luckily without incident,I think?

Thanks for the PM, Leslie. I have responded to you.

Thanks to everybody else who PMs me on this.

I appreciate your support.

No prob,

I sent ya a load of west cork pics to your email address

Missed your post until now but got them on the email already:cheers:

Had a good look at the new releases today and was pretty impressed with all of them. 230 is now on the workbench after her long trek back from the rebel county and shes a cracker well worth the wait & price.

Think i ve done my bit with 10 mm 201's & another mystery "black box" that her ladyship picked up in the big smoke on Friday (it better be 233, goodness knows i gave enough hints )

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201s are not really my thing but I'm thinking about one and Bandon is in Munster.... (yes, I guess you all knew that already)

Yu Ming is ainm dom - the process has begun....?

 

Dude,

That's class!

Good man, snapper! Enjoyed watching it!!

TTheres a huge amount of info and pics on the net about the CBSCR.

Ciaran Cooneys Eiretrains

Fred Dean Snr Flickr account

beneathesummergrowth website

nli O Dea collection

Cbsc vol 1 by Colm Creedon is available online.

Corrolla 38 flickr account

Tom Ryans flickr account

 

If anyone needs pics of the eastern end of the line give us a shout as im regulary down in West Cork .

Thanks, RS226!! Mike it looks like we may not need to trouble your buddy with these resources online! Thank you for the offer! You too RS226! Actually was aware of Colm Creedon's book and tried to get a hold of one online recently. I was outbid by a £1! Let me look at these resources. They sound great!!