Noel

Here's a threo Left to right: Provincial Wagons kit CIE ex-GSWR 10 ton, IFM RTR 3D CIE 30 ton modern'ish era brake van, kit bashed tri-ang into a sort of CIE flying snail era ex-GSWR brake van. I have three chassis for the final wagon, the one in the pic, one with step boards, and one with a plough. I'm a fan of brake vans and the era they were employed. A goods train without a punctuating brake van at the end seems like a sentence without a full stop at the end, or a broken pencil - pointless. Fun doodling with these during CV-19

Some limited ageing applied

More doodling with kit bashed brake vans, perhaps a plough, perhaps a brake van, perhaps a wifi cafe

Impatience and complacency are a risk now. The HSE strategy seems to have been entirely well founded on science and sound medical analysis, and appears to have prevented this from spiralling out of control and prevented many needless additional fatalities. What Greece does is their own business, but I cannot see tourists flying there to risk infection, and rightly I cannot see Ireland allow returning tourists enter into free circulation until after an enforced 2 week isolation, otherwise this could kick off all over again and the economic damage continue even longer as restrictions might have to be escalated once again. It would be a shame to see the progress made so far lost to last minute complacency or economic fear.

€27.50ea inc postage when ordering 4. Yes I used to think the same myself but they are a superb representation of the most important and most numerous wagon ever to run on Irelands railways. They were a general purpose open wagon, used primarily for beet traffic near the end of their days, but they transported all manner of goods, merchandise, agricultural produce, hardware, food stuffs and building materials to every major town in Ireland. As a child on passenger trains travelling around Ireland staring out the window at every station in Ireland you saw lines of these in goods sidings, goods sheds and loading dock platforms as well as on passing loops being overtaken by the faster passenger train. Apparently in their hey day there were over 4000 of these wagons on Irish rails. You could see everything from shinny new farm machinery in them to barrels of guinness, to milk churns, to bags of grain, timber, bricks, steel, to small conflat containers craned inside them.

Four more to start soon. Really looking forward to these now that I have the kit sussed.

Fab space. Enjoy, you have a blank canvas so the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. Suggest get any lighting or back scenes sorted now while it is easier to reach across the boards and work before track is laid.

Ideally the metal pin or nail should be in contact with the area you have wet with a water PVA diluted mix for maximum conductivity. If spreading longer grass go easy on the application so longer heavier pieces falling do not flatten stands already standing. Built it up in layers slowly. Have fun and give it a good 24hrs to day.

Why is the earthing pin touching a metal rail instead of driven into the wet board near where you are applying it? Also for conductivity better to use a simple metal pin or nail rather than a galvanised one.

Very sharp and crisp

Art is happening here. Fabulous looking at those photos. Better than watching a youtube of a Tesla production line.

Yea the little guard man was a must. It is a nice kit, and goes together well. The only thing it lacked was built in wifi.

Oh no was it sparking water instead of still? in jest. Good to see a manufacture being responsible by recalling defective products.

Provincial wagons CIE ex-GSWR 10 ton brake van, a photo build sequence for the record in its own thread. Parts assembled, deflashed and filed where required. Getting used to these fiddly brake stuff gubbins Kit goes together nicely once the parts are assembled and have been prepared Brake stuff added and kadee coupling added. Prior to dumbing down the former GSWR logo Even though the brake wheels won't be visible from outside once the roof goes on they had to be painted red. Prior to final fitting of the roof Had to put a little man on the veranda. A very pleasant wagon I'm delighted to have on the layout. Straddles my preferred era nicely.

Finished for now. Unfortunately I've only done limited weathering due to the resin pitting, a powder wash would just flll the tiny holes with dark wash leaving it looking rather spotty. A unique little wagon. Had to put a little man inside. Will try some limited weathering and finish off the lamps when I get the energy. All in all a pleasant little wagon. The Alan gibson wheels were a pain to get fitted due to the wheels slipping on the axles and changing gauge while being squeezed into the axles bearings.

O gauge?

Getting closer to the end. Got the bright former GSWR lettering painted over but still showing through. Nobody will be able to see the brake wheels when the roof is on, but I know they are in there so the red paint just had to go on. Alternative masking for the veranda innards in this other kit bash Quick spray session with five different colours used in rapid succession on various bits of the three old brake vans. And to finish up a quick airbrush clean after the last colour

Congrats and well done Team IRM. Next stop US market

Oh what a joy it is to see the early 1960s once again

Decals and I don't get along.

Agree but won't be holding my breath. Have just received some resin kits for same. The PRs had slightly more comfortable seats on the mainline versions than the cravens. From an exterior point of view the cravens seemed far more sleek and modern, almost as modern looking as the mk2's.Interesting photo above of the Craven marshalled up to a mk3 in a storage siding with a dutch GSV on the other side.

That's impressive. I had baby GM wheel slip with only 8 bogies but improved after following recommended fix. BTW, love the footage and track work

Fab. Amazed the Baby GM can manage haul that many bogie wagons.

Class job Jason