GSR 800

Thanks JB, but don't hold your breath, am thinking it will be at least a couple of years before even the small layout I have in mind is ready. Only in drawing form so far!

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

Probably a few grounded ones on farms though..[/quote

 

 

Not so, GSR, unfortunately. Cattle trucks were no use to farmers as sheds due to ventilation gaps in sides. Better for the farmer to get a covered van. Large numbers of these from old 1910-era GSWR or GNR stock, to "H" vans, were dotted about the countryside until recent years (a few still are). On withdrawal of cattle traffic in 1975, CIE scrapped the entire remaining stock in Cork and Cabra.

 

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.

I say bring back steam.

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

You don't understand, Harry.

I meant your door in Westmeath 8 hours ago. Meadhbh, new plates for Macha, just Tailte to acquire:p

 

......... And JB has still got 141 for sale, I think

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.....

Already picked the lock with the pointy thing:p

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

My door is armour plated, GSR. 800's going nowhere!

That's where Battleships come in handy....

If they don't sell here, Dive, I will!

 

I had been mulling over this in terms of what layout can be fitted into a suitable application submitted to the Dept of Domestic Matters. I've had Baseboard Dave measure up, and it would seem that CIE will lose, and OBB gain. It'll be 1970s Austria, instead of a Castlegregory-like terminus!

 

Thus, the black and tans are due to be ejected from jhb171-land. I wasn't about in 1921, so that's the best I can do.... ;-)

I suppose you won't need the 800 then...

The race to your door is on.. Kevin will surely make an attempt..

Hmm.. What if Ireland had been 'industrialised' in the late 1700s?

Maybe if I put a GSR crest on it? ;-)

You've clearly been standing on your head for too long!

B165 now sold. B141 still available.

That was quick!

I would, but the train budget has run low!

..And when you thought it couldn't get any better...

I did. Epic=D

Simply in a league of its own. And credit to Dave his lights look fantastic.

Really like the look of the concrete

Fantastic stuff so far, David. As they say, you must endevour to persevere, and all that stuff.

Take the valve gear in slow steps... Just don't take 4 months, like I did...

Lovely stuff. And pure filthy too!

I love it

Great stuff John. An excellent resource for me, and anyone else who would be building the kit.

Excellent stuff Kieran