Noel

192 looks well almost completely buffered up to the craven. Those kinematic NEM pockets on the cravens are great. I might try some hunt couplings on fix raked formations of modern stuff like mk2d, mk3 coaches and container flats, but I'll leave a kadee on the end coach/wagon and loco for uncoupling purposes.

Thank you Leslie for a lovely kit, really enjoyed working on this, the brake wheel was my own lack of experience. It's an adorable little wagon that can straddle the era between steam and early diesel, between green flying snail coaches and black and tan laminates, and when grey ruled the rails before yellow was invented, I've some catching up to do in the garden and then it will be back to finish this and the 5 double beets that arrived today. Keep safe and well. Hope the layout is going well. I only discovered three days ago the the chuck in my hand drill can reverse handling narrow or wider drill bits. Had it 3 years but only figured that out doing this wagon. 0.5mm is now my goto drill bit and ideal for the 121 grab rails too.

Kadee height checks out perfect against height gauge. Will leave coupling off the other end of the wagon and instead put on a 3 link coupling. The underneath stuff - gubbins Gloss varnish and decals next Prior to decoration, test ran with another brake van I'd kit bashed from an ancient tri-ang hornby wagon. Don't worry @jhb171achill the black chassis is a temporary affair.

Happy days, the cravens look well close coupled. The MM Craven NEM pockets were incorrectly positioned height wise. Good to hear they worked with the coaches.

There was no compo culture back in the 1930s so the steps may only be a problem if I run with 1980s or 1990s modern era trains.

The postman delivered a 5 pack of double beet wagon kits this morning. Happy days. These may keep me busy for the foreseeable future. Looking forward to getting stuck into these once the brake van is 100% finished.

Nice job. Any plans to motorise? Pit looks fab.

Heres a few more pics mid construction: Fiddley wire bits added for brake stuff. Dapol NEM pockets screwed rather than glued in place, but screw lug was filed shorter to avoid infamous dapol coupling droop. I've learned a lot this past few days how to more rapidly and efficiently use 0.5m dill to fit wire parts. Back to my childhood airfix days when elastic bands were often used to hold parts in place while glue set. In this case superglue as normal polly won't work with resin which is a real pain because I hate working with superglue. Confession time. I fitted the buffers to the gable ends a few days ago before chassis had been fitted to the floor. The buffer lugs protruded in a lot so I machined out some of the chassis ends to it would fit. An example of haste costing more time. My own fault I'm a visual guy, dislike reading long text instructions, figure it out myself from looking at bits and photos or paint by numbers with diagrams suits me better. Anyway got it assembled. Machined out part of the chassis ends so that the protruding buffer lugs would fit allowing the chassis to be pushed into the wagon body and floor. Mea culpa for not reading the instructions. Had I followed the instructions and fitted these near the end, the chassis floor would have fitted snugly 1st time, and the holes drilled in the wagon gable end would have also gone into the chassis floor for the buffers. The brake wheels just would not superglue bond to the spindles, so switched to bostix which worked. Pleased with the grab rails and steps Made sure the grey primer did the inside, don't want to see white resin through the veranda bulk head windows when its finished. Roof can go on after glazing the windows. 1st coat of primer. Shows up some flaws I need to tidy up tomorrow like buffer face flashing. If you zoom into this photo below you will see that the resin is heavily pitted (ie micro holes on surface). Will have to address that before decorating and before finishing. Overall I enjoyed working on this kit, more to do to finish it and decorate it. Wheels painted with sleeper grime tonight. Nothing worse than a weathered model with shiny silver wheels underneath. Roof was primed earlier this morning. IMHO, there is no airbrush applied primer that is remotely as good as Haldord's plastic grey primer rattle can. I've tried them all Tamiya, Rail Match, Vallejo, etc, not a patch on Halfords once used correctly. Great weather for outdoor spraying. Dries in seconds and no damp. I bought this kit almost 2 years ago and it sat in a drawer waiting for a rainy day. It's been fun working on it and occupied time nicely.

If its the Sulzer 101 class 12 were built in 1956 which seems a bit later. B103 is held by preservation group ITG in storage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIE_101_Class There is a resin kit available from Silverfox if that is the loco you mean. (see below) http://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/ir-ie-101-class-b-class-a1a-a1a-brcw/

I hate super glue, prefer polly but doesn't work with resin. Temporary support beam to ensure gap and perpendicular. I made a boo-boo sticking the buffers on too soon (background in pic) which would come to bite me later. Gave the roof a prime earlier in the day so it would be handleable tonight. I've never found any primer that comes out of an airbrush that is remotely as good as Halfords plastic grey primer rattle can. Tamiya, Rail Match, Vallejo none a patch on halfords.

Simply stunning. Reeks of atmosphere. I’m considering using magnets to secure buildings.

Great to have found those memories

Some progress on the 10 ton ex-GSWR brake van. Lots of fiddly wire and brake shoes today, but I've finally figured out a way to do it quickly with the 0.5mm drill. Its ready for final assembly tomorrow. Having figured out how to do the brake shoes faster I should fly through the next batch of singe beet wagons. Spent nearly two hours just drilling all the holes for the 0.5mm wire grab rails, and brake gear. Made a template to bend the grab rails to the right shape and size. Had to tweak axle bearings with drill bit to get wheels to fit and run freely. Wheels needed to be test fitted to check for free running and to position brakes. Ready for final assembly tomorrow. Last time I used a modellers bench vice to hold the shoes for drilling, but that took too long to set up, needle nose pliers held close with elastic band was much quicker and safer (ie no brake shoes flying off the bench into the carpet never to be found again). The hand drill is one of the most useful tools I ever got. There were 8 of these brake shoes to fit to the chassis using 8mm wire segments Good night.

Sligo was quite an impressive and imposing terminus station that perhaps anticipated the town might grow much more than it did. It had a massive ramp up to it, now a private road. Suggests it anticipated levels of passenger and goods traffic that never materialised. Sized more for a small city than a town.

There was a considerable railway constructed from Killaloe all the way to Ardnacrusha down the 10km head race canal and on down to limerick. It was removed after the 5 year construction project was completed on time and on budget. Germans don't you know. There was a broad gauge railway line from Limerick to the face of the dam until about 40 years ago. There are photos of a pax special B&T stock at the dam.

Well done guys. Glad it wasn't a scam. @WRENNEIRE will be wondering if your going to open a model store with that hoard.

Could that be a future IRM project now that you are in a position of some influence? IRM spec Park Royals would be really something especially in earlier liveries.

Thanks for posting, that is amazing.

That's hilarious. Hopefully a little bit of orange didn't upset any sensitivities. Would love to see one of the MM's with that unique detail.

Love the orange livery door salvaged off another loco in the old livery. That would be fun to model. That's a useful photo too for weathering guidance.

So glad I bought one of these kits last year when it was available.

Shock horror! Hold fast dear man against the bewitching temptress of DMUs

Nice job. Correct doors too.

And tin hats for spike milligan!

I was fortunate as this loco was the last item I purchased from Graham's Model Railway Shop in Portlaoise just before they closed some years ago, a loss to the hobby. I managed to get one of the grey 7078's at the same time. It was a strange livery almost harking back to the 1950s. 7078 about to depart hauling the Brandenburg division express