Junctionmad

I've just taken out membership to the Scalefour Society where I would like to explore the exciting world of Irish broad gauge and P4 standards. There are also a wealth of folk with special interest in Irish.

while I model in 00-SF, I am also a member now for three years. The forum is specially good. Welcome

Dave

anybody got an idea how the BSGV where laid out inside ?

Correct Noel, some have used them to great effect.

 

Also, beware the length of your Mark I for donors. Full brakes for instance are shorter than composites, corridor, buffets, half brakes etc.

Thanks , I believe I have the correct Mk1 BSK ( Hornby ) I just have to upgrade the bogies to B5 I believe

The CD case idea has been noted - marvellous!

 

 

Also, looking for a suitable girl? Aren't we all...

 

Do you have a budget in mind?

 

 

 

Also, don't be lured by unsuitable ones, they may appear to be cheaper, initially, but the long-term costs may be greater than expected.

thanks , I bear that advice in mind

Thanks , I made some louvres , by scoring plasticard on a XY table . I think Im happy , it produced a very fine louvre

pics soon

I have acquired 3 MK1 Brake composites suitable for conversion

Im struggling with constructing the Louvres/grills as they were quite fine

Anyone any idea how to attack this, even microstrip is a bit oversized

Thanks again

dave

The solder used in electronics, is too high a melting point and does not flow well

for brass kits I use 170 degree solder, and if I can find it with 2% silver , and Carrs yellow flux , 40 W temp controlled iron

There no one correct answer and the OP needs to give us more detail

I noticed diesel locos right into the supertrain era , carrying white oil lamps on irons at the Frontof the train on the loco.

Given these had marker lights and headlights , what was the purpose ?

Thanks

Dave

Thanks , I sourced a lite from a crowd in a Northern Ireland for 19 euros free shipping , Lennox wanted 50 euros for the shipping

Thanks Colin, I'm committed to showing the Ballinrobe section at next Easters Wexford show . That's concentrating the mind , let me tell you

For me railways was about the same infrastructure not the trains actually

Anyway , I keep finding ( or being sent ) new photographs , at this stage I have close to 300 of the station , going back to the 40s. Fancibating to watch how the infrastructure changes over time , doors spear and disappear , openings change , etc.

I've come across several pictures particularly from the B&T era and super train era where the loco which has both head lamps and marker lights has a white or black oil lamp in the lamp irons in the facing direction

Why , what was this for

Thanks

Received mine yesterday ( Monday ) and only got a chance to unpack them to day

Like Dave Jones says on his EEVblog , " dont turn it on , take it apart ". So It did , to say Im impressed is an understatement, Id love to see the chassis without the hopper offered as an separate option, its a fantastic model.

can I say thanks to the IRM team for setting the bar so high , scratch builders have a up their game now !

to rephrase this comment ( elsewhere )""Throw out the buzzwords 'prototypical scale model' and remember that these are toy trains. So play with them.", This is certainly not the case here

well done

Watch a real passenger train crossing from one double line to another and you will see the train of coaches gentle snake at shallow angles from one side to the other, where as on a set track model layout with short radius curves the coaches appear to almost separate so acute is the crossing angles. Long large radius points can accommodate higher scale speeds, whereas in real life a train would have to crawl over short radius length points (e.g. in a marshalling yard, freight/power depot). Curved points are also available in both set track geometry format and code 100. Curved points can be a great space saver and facilitate fast train operations due to almost constant curve around a bend changing from one track to another.

Just saw Noels comments

One point is that in a prototype crossover, there is actually a straight section in the middle, specifically to avoid a sudden reverse curve. Using PECO geometry it isnt possible to easily do this , irrespective of the radius deployed. If you build you down paintwork using a design tool like Templot, you can actually address to a certain degree, that issue

the then the great post Noel

waiting to get mine, all excited

Dave,

I've only just put 2 and 2 together! I look forward on getting some tips on point building for Wellingtonbridge!

Rob

My pleasure. Workshop in the club planned

Well, if that's the work of a "complete novice"........ fair play to ye!

 

Excellent stuff!

He forgets to mention 20 years of RC model aircraft modelling !!

This morning I woke with a reassured feeling of determination, encouraged by the positive friends on the forum. By 7.30am I was weathering more of my rail and by tomorrow should have it all weather painted. I am determined to solve the things that are proving difficult and moving positively forward with Omagh North. Next week I intend ballasting the track and then start some work on a wonderful cattle wagon kit that I want to build and start scratchbuilding others.

 

So lets get cracking on with this project!

good man, we all loose our mojo from time to time

its easily the best show in the country , but them Im biased

I've put a lot of work into getting Omagh North off the ground and now three months later I'm a bit disillusioned by the limitations of a 2m x 500mm end-to-end layout. My engine simply moves from A to B and back again with no illusion of travel at all. I'm putting it on hold for a week of so as the doubts are causing me much concern.

 

I don't know whether I should move to N-gauge or try something totally different in 4mm.

 

I'd like to hear other modellers thoughts on my plight.

rebuild it all in 21mm P4 , you'll take so long that you'll be delighted to get back to the original arrangement

Many thanks , thats answers the questions , I appreciate the effort

This is the great catastrophe that is picture hosting. Too many of these sites disappear or alter terms etc . The only way is to hoist on the site with the message itself

BY THE WAY, did Dropbox actually forbid photo sharing, I thought the idea was dropped. I can still share links to photos

Im involved in a project in the Wexford MRC , to restore to working order two Miniature Webb and Thompson ETS machines that will then be on permanent working display in the club.

we have two machine with most of the insides

But we are missing a Galvo ( i.e. the needle indicator ) and its brass bezel and glass, If anyone comes across one and would like to donate it ( as a loaner ) that would be great

Also any working diagrams etc

Now if I could get a set of Harpers Blocks instrument for display , wow !!

could anyone suggest suitable donors for CIE MK1 BSGV, where their actual exterior differences between the original BR BCK and BSK that translated into differences in the CIE van. I see there are Backmann and Lima versions , I beleive , are any better then others

Were the conversions equal on each side , i.e. dod on aside look a mirror of the others, Ive search the photos but hard to reach a conclusion

and are there are drawings about that show the basic outline

thanks again for this forum , its a fantastic resource

hope to see you all at the Wexford easter show ! , yours truly is roped in to operate a few layouts

Interesting, junctionmad.... I only ever travelled the line once, and only as far as Kilmacthomas. It was the IRRS special with 190. I could have got a cab ride and it's a matter of great regret that I didn't take the opportunity.

It was a very scenic , run , especially at the Dungarvan and Kilmeadan-waterford end, and even in between with viaducts and a tunnel , some decent gradients too, which really worked the GMs on the very heavy dolomite trains

I also had the privilege of a cab ride in a 07 series Tamper around 1976-77 , when CIE relayed all the bridges to support through tamper working

A very enjoyable 15 minutes viewing - as a none native of Ireland, it always amazes me how much the railways either side of the Irish Sea have in common, but then they did have a shared history for almost 100 years before going their separate ways, the railways that is.

 

Stephen

living within 300 metres of that line . I saw all these trains from when the line restarted in 1970 ( I had had got my first train set in 1968 ) and living in the country the line was dead, then suddenly the roar of the GMs and A's could be heard , especially at night, and I can remember lying in bed, mesmerised by the sounds that hadn't been there the year before.

The magnesite trains were much more uncommon compared to the dolomite trains ( I think the magnetite was imported through cork) and often just were tackled on to the back of oil trains . Twin baby GMs, ( inc 121s) handled the dolomite and always A's on the fuel/magnetite .

I took to then walking that line, typically from the red bridge to Kilmacthomas, and remember the cabin well ( the remnants are still there) . I was privedged to travel in the cab on three trains on that line, ( I was always dropped off on the old platform at Kilmeaden which then left about 1 mile walk east along the tracks to home ) and I knew one of the plate layers ( Stephen ) very well as he was originally a farm labourer on the farm behind our house.

Its great to see the narrow gauge railway, but it was depressing to see the state of Kilmac station after 30 years of neglect . I am of two minds in relation to the greenway , maybe these things should just die in peace.

very sad and depressing , but then all the railways in ireland these days are sad and depressing