Noel

. . . Horray

PS: WMRC could do with a few nice Irish O gauge locos to run on their massive Little Siddignton O gauge layout. A few MRSI built brass 141s and A classes could look well running on LS.

Magnificent beast

Almost finished. Waiting for some green fungus to grow on it.

Almost finished. More kits are on the way. Enjoyed working on this kit the past few days. Added hanging vacuum pipe and fitted kadee no 18 couplings to the supplied NEM pockets. Perhaps tomorrow I might add a little green fungus near the floor sides Was trying to get that old dustbin colour look (ie grey coming through what used to be original red bauxite colour after some years of weather ageging) Ordered 5 more. This was a test build so I could figure out how to put it together and finish it. A very nice little kit. (sea I maniged not to reefer to it as a beat wagon, even dough it sounds like beet).

You're very kind. Looking forward to working on the other 5 in due course.

Useful advice. So never point the canon in the direction of travel except on a dual cab diesel loco.

Clever, innovative, effective master modelling

Cheers Leslie, Glad you like it. I'm hoping to start it tomorrow. No hurry with the post, I won't be going anywhere soon. A most enjoyable kit thanks.

Thanks guys. This was a first for me (ie double beet assembly and decorating same). Now to figure out suitable seed for a load. I'm glad I primed it grey rather than red oxide.

Started a provincial wagons double beet wagon kit. Five more to complete after this test build. Prepared the parts, removed flashing, a little cutting and filling and hey presto a kit is ready to assemble. This is a fairly straightforward build once you figure out what goes where and drill a small number of holes. Wheels fit really well and test run she was smooth and free. Nice bit of weight in the body due to the embedded lead in the resin chassis floor. Add some brake gubbins below the sole bar and off to the priming booth Halfords plastic grey rattle can primer used. Gave good coverage and I opted for grey rather than the traditional red for reasons that will become apparent at the end. I made a boo-boo at the weekend and fitted the internal cross braces too high, next morning when I saw, didn't like the position I'd put them, so out they came and refitted at a better height inside the wagon. These nicely push the upper body sides slightly apart to parallel and square. Decoration and weathering started this evening. Hopefully will finish her tomorrow or Wednesday. Before the postman arrives with 5 more.

Gorgeous. Those two brake vans are delicious in every way, build, decor, weathering, they reek of atmosphere.

I too thought it as real for a moment. the picture on the wall gave it away.

That is delicious. Reeks of atmosphere and times gone bye

I kadee'd mine. Less intrusive than the massive plastic Hornby hoop tension lock couplings.

A visual recap of recent Dapol kit bashing to CIE wagons Primed using Halfords plastic grey primer, then started airbrush their wagon colours Airbrushed grey and brown van colours Did some 5 plank open wagons while I was at it for flying snail era Roofs next, NEM pockets tweaked ready for kadee no 18 couplings. Small bit of fettling to ensure weights fitted back inside. Varnished and then decals applied. A few fails here that had to be redone as I took a short cut that I shouldn't with spot painting gloss varnish The first step in weathering. Powders in solution (50% water/50% Humbrol decalfix), brush on, wipe off. Chassis had already been sprayed with gunk. A tiniest bit of frame dirt over spray on wagons. Finish up with a bit of touching up rust spots Finally acrylic matt varnish and finished The cost of each wagon ended up being about €10 including couplings transfers and paint. I'm bored now, what's happening next? Ah some more cement pallet wagons perhaps, DCC conversions, and some resin stuff.

What a loss that line was and how busy it could be today with both summer holiday traffic to the busy west cork hot spots and for commuters into Cork city. Hindsight is a wonderful thing.

Really sharp class job Jason

Fabulous scenes

Cheers MM, The C class was a resin kit, the AEC 2600 DVT was RTR bought a few years ago from SF (Silverfox models) http://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/ir-ie-2600-class-railcar-pushpull-trailer-car/ SF RTR AEC ex2600 6107 class driving trailer sitting on the former loco release road between platforms 4 and 5 at Kingsbridge. The model passes the 'duck test'. AEC DVT 6107 sitting on platform 5 SF C class kit below. Reengined C class were later used to push-pull former AEC 2600 sets where the power unit had been converted to a driving trailer. These ran between Bray and Dublin until the Dart tool over.

AEC 2600 push pull set. Silverfox 2600 Driving trailer + Silverfox C class kit on a Bachmann bo-bo donor chassis. One of my abiding memories of AEC 2600 were the massive round buffers, standing at Bray station behind the closed railway gates waiting to depart for Westland Row.

Or could IRM perhaps be on the verge of announcing a 22k?

What a classic scene. Thanks for posting.

Fabulous photo of Cork Kent station.

I found receipts and invoices for BR outline stock I bought in the late 1980s and early 1990s, 4-6-0 tender locos were about £40 and coaches a staggering £15 with 2 axle wagons about £4-5. Feeling rather fortunate that I got my Craven inventory for €30-35ea. Less the model railway spending gene needs a vaccine. WMRC's incredible O gauge facilities very nearly lured me into O gauge, but I stood firm and averted my lust for 7mm GWR pannier tank and a couple of wagons to shunt.