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  1. 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!

  2. Hi all,

    Got a package from NZ yesterday, from a certain John Mayne.

    The contents..

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    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.

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    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

  3. 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..

  4. 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..image.jpg

    The compensation beams can be seen..image.jpg

    On to the A class, I took off as much paint as I could, and started adding a bit of detail.

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    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!

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    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/

  5. 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.....

  6. 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..

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