GSR 800

Don't worry John, she will be! Does the grey look accurate enough?

Finally, in its dark grey.. Wonder where I'll get transfers...

Will be good to see some Blackntans at Connolly again..

I don't think it's finished yet John, but I might be wrong. Could be an experiment..

lovely stuff David, blackwater is looking great, cant wait to see her finished. i agree the wire mesh is a nice touch, very neat.

Didn't do any harm, firing locos puts hairs on the chest, by! Certainly as soon as I become an independent state from the parental empire I will join the RPSI...

The more I look at photos of 552, the more little features show up One of these is a shovel on the left tank top, so I decided to build it. sorry about the poor quality, they are pictures of pictures.. Anyway, it was very simple to do.. And on 552..

Wow...

The loco sits on the bench, in workshop grey. I was thinking of painting it black, but then I though a certain person would never forgive me... Might paint it black anyway...

I have similar problems with Flickr, although in fairness I do live in the middle of the countryside,so wifi can be pretty bad. Back on topic, this is an excellent collection of photos I was not aware Meabh was ever stored in Adelaide. Would have been an interesting sight! no.183 seems to have been one of the last J15s in service, she was still around in June, 1964..

And now, fitted to the locomotive. The smokebox really seems to finish the loco The chimney is yet to be fitted

You could always just regauge Arigna.... Looks great David, a lovely little engine Don't even THINK about regauging Arigna!

And soldered on.... Thanks for looking

Hi all, Got a package from NZ yesterday, from a certain John Mayne. The contents.. Not one, but two riveted smoke boxes, just in case I was going to build another one, or fecked up the first one... The smokebox looks fantastic, the riveting is very well done. My soldering iron has been 'borrowed' so Soldering will have to wait for now... Anyway thanks to Mayner for all his help with the build so far:D

What a shame. Speaking of vans there is an auld wooden one by the Brosna...but that's for the grounded bodies thread, I suppose. Of course, we could go mad and build a cattle wagon... Or build a Tardis..

Probably a few grounded ones on farms though..

I'm running out of things to say..

And the right side uppy.. It's great that such things have been preserved. They are often overlooked, unfortunately.

Yes!

Amazing! Where's the jaw drop emoji?

Fantastic stuff Eoin. Like the Dart was really passing by. Would be amazing to see it on a layout, somewhere in Dublin, on a soft day...

An update today, mainly to compensate for the lack of it over easter(I got super lazy) An annoying wobble started to develop with the J26:I soon figured out that one of the compensation beams had soldered itself nicely to the chassis,so I had to fix it. The chassis rolls nicely now.. The compensation beams can be seen.. On to the A class, I took off as much paint as I could, and started adding a bit of detail. I've come to th conclusion that 552 got the step on only one side, here is a close up, which shows what needs to be cleaned up too! I'm not getting the SSM detailing kit, until I'm finished the j26...Both of which, Des has on sale, for a reasonable price too...http://www.studio-scale-models.com/

Bosko,my avatar is acting very weird Shows up normally in threads, but not on the index page Like this.. Above Kevs post

I don't know who you are.. I don't know what you want, If you are looking for ransome I can tell you I'm not doing that with the exchange rates But what I do have is a very perticular set of skills, Skills that would make you a nightmare for people like you.. If you send Meabh back in one piece now, that will be the end of it, I will not look for, I will not pursue you But if you don't, I WILL look for you I WILl find you And I will not pay for postage! I'm at the door.....

Hmm, I blew that up 10 hours ago. Kev, wrong door. At you at 6 Ballygunge way?