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  1. Paul Alphagraphix make a GNR Signal Cabin in OO Scale similar to the above. The product code is F555. a number of station names are provided but none for Ballymena. The kit might help with colours etc MikeO
  2. Eoin Thanks for the update and the links. Some of the photos are just the images I was looking for and confirms my suspicion that the Class 350 roofs are not Very similar to the DART roofs. On your second link there is a photo of no. 8629 showing yet another roof variation which may be much more simpler to make and produce a batter looking roof. I will go looking for the other photos using the criteria you suggest. My previous searches using just "DART roofs" turned up very little. MikeO
  3. WRENNEIRE and Railer thanks. On Google Maps Kilbarrack looks to have the easiest access, particularly the foot bridge with the spiral paths at each end. I will investigate both when I get down that way. MikeO
  4. Thanks WRENNEIRE, more trains may pass there than at Malahide Station. By the time I realised there was a train in the station it had moved off so quickly and was almost out of sight so I did not get any useful photos. Is the footbridge accessible to the public without having to buy a ticket of any sort. MikeO
  5. Eiretrains and Georgeconna thanks for your input and links. While I may not be able to get all the information in one place as I had hoped, the views in these photos will certainly help to fill in some of the details. MikeO
  6. Does anyone know where I can get photos of the roof detail of the DART 8500 or 8600 series. A trawl of the internet has provide a number of partial views as well as a video which shows some details. I am intending converting a Class 350 EMU to a DART. I have good photos of the front but photos showing the roof for each of the 4 cars are more elusive. Any information greatly appreciated MikeO
  7. Does anyone know where I can get a picture of the Atlantic and Pacific Hotels that were once in Youghal, preferably together but separately will do. There is a picture on page 20 of Tom Ferris's book Irish Railways in colour a Second Glance 1947 to 1970. However the hotels are obscured by steam from a loco on the turntable. I am looking for this to form a backscene to a new module I have made. The module features a stylised view of the Strand Hotel and some associated garages. I used the photo from Tom Ferris's book as a template supplemented by photos from google maps showing the scene circa 2009/11. The two linking roads are fictitious. Any information greatly appreciated MikeO
  8. Hi Paulo Hopefully someone will be able to give you a definitive answer. It is not my area of expertise. Mk11s were introduced about 1972 and lasted until about 2008. The early ones were used on Supertains. Have a look at this thread it may be of some help. MikeO
  9. I found that for my Mk11 stock there was such a variation in window and door placement on the donor models that I had to make appropriate computer generated sides or use Electrographic vinyl sides. There were very few that I could just repaint. Although I do not have any Mk111 coaches yet, the Irish and British coaches are very similar in terms of roof, window and door placement and chassis detailing. Have a look at these two photos taken from Wikipedia (photos By Dawgz at the English language Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10795846)
  10. Hi Paul Welcome to the forum. Nice to see another N gauge modeller. There is a lot of information available that will help you but it does at first take a while to find it. In my opinion MkIII coaches would be the most easily repainted and perhaps the easiest loco conversion to pull them would be a Dapol Class 66 with a Shapeways body. For further reading have a look at this thread In addition look also at this one which although mainly about the building of Connolly Station it has a lot of information and photos of modern Irish locos and railcars all N gauge Also my own Thread has photos of my attempts at converting coaches and locos. I hope you eventually get a layout started
  11. Thanks Irish_N. Yes my Irish stock continues to expand mostly due to seeing the creative talents of many members of this forum. i just have to try emulating some of the stock I see. For some exhibitions my stock is supplemented by that of other operators. The modules also from a variety of contributors. MikeO
  12. Eoin As the Class 20 chassis is 10mm too long for a class 121 would the extra length suit a class 141/181 body. I think the class 121 is about 12.15m long while the class 141/181 is about 13.42m long. The extra 10mm being taken up by the second cab. Mayner The SW9 chassis is, in my experience, near impossible to get hence my suggestion of the class 20 which are currently more plentiful. Is the Atlas/Rivarossi SW1500 any easier to get? MikeO
  13. Eoin Have you considered a BR Class 20 chassis for the 121 class. Class 20 is 90mm long being about 10mm longer than the 80/81mm length for a true scale class 121. With regard to the class 141/181 a Hobby Train Vossloh G 2000 BB is 103mm long again it is over by about 13mm for a true scale 141 which should be about 90mm. The Hobby Train version H2954 has cabs at both ends and wire hand rails between both cabs. A BR class 37 chassis is about 122mm long roughly the right size for a class 071 which is around 117mm for a true scale length . making a suitable body may require the cabs to be made wider in width to allow for a 2mm width walk way between each cab. MikeO
  14. I would be interested in the RTR options as getting the right donor chassis is, I find, exceptionally difficult. The only one I would not be interested in is the D301. MikeO
  15. Broithe Thanks I can wait. Jhb Some pics. I do have a pic of the original coach so the first two are the side and the end. i had to lighten the end to make it clearer. The next two are the work I have completed todate. Both these photos have been lightened for clarity but in doing so the roof colour has become grey which it is not in reality. Sometime ago I did make an attempt to change the end, to block out the small upper window, but this was not a success given the size of the end in N gauge. So i will just leave any other changes for now. I have painted the chassis brown again this was done sometime ago
  16. jhb I will post some pics of work todate. I do not think I have any pics of the coaches in their totally original condition. The end windows are different to those shown in Desmond Coakham's book but I will leave them as they are for the moment because I am not sure I could get the right look in N gauge. I will include pics of the ends.Again i do not know about the gang ways. Brothie I was not aware of the article by Colm Flannigan. Would it be possible to get a copy post on this forum. StevieB To some extent yes although I thought that the issues I am now raising were not covered.
  17. jhb and WRENNEIRE thanks for your help. I will keep the Umber and cream livery and make the roof a mid to dark grey. The ends will be black also, they are currently umber. I already have the part above the windows in cream but with the word Pullman in umber. As the coaches did have the name on them for at east a short while I will for now keep it. The coach names, crests and armorial as well as the gold ling have also been removed.
  18. I have 2 N gauge Pullman coaches made by Graham Farish (before take over by Bachmann) I had used the photo in Desmond Coakham's book as reference for livery etc. I recently came across this link to an earlier post about Pullman coaches. The thread was started some years before I joined the forum. There are a couple of issues not covered in the thread which would help make my models abit more accurate. The first is the roof colour, the current colour is a sort of grey/green that a number of British outline models seem to come with. Was the roof repainted to a black or dark grey colour? What is the difference between the GSR Cream and Brown livery and the British livery? On my coaches the brown is Umber and the cream is similar to butter milk. Desmond Coackham refers to the colour as Umber and Cream and states the photo is of the coach in its original livery and that they remained in that livery from the time of purchase until painted green by CIE Were there matching boards ( if that is the right term)below the waist on the Irish version? Was the word Pullman only used on the coaches from the time they were bought by the GSR until repainted? The photo in Desmond Coakham's book shows just Pullman yet he states the photo was taken in Kingsbridge (No date given) but in the text he refers to possible touching up and obliterating of the old name and armorial devices either side of it. Any help would be appreciated
  19. I use grass mats on my T-Trak modules but I am not sure if they are woodland scenics products as it is a while since i bought any. The last ones I bought I think were NOCH. I did not keep the wrapper.The mats have a paper backing to them and are easily stuck down with a PVA glue. I am currently using a product called Tacky Glue bought at one of The Works shops for £2. Another glue I have used is Hi-Tack again a PVA glue bought from The Craft Shop in Belfast costing £3.35. In the past i have used white wood PVA. I find they all do the job well. The glue can be applied either to the back of the mat or to the base board. Spreading the glue out works best but be careful not to let it dry out which it can do when spread out. If bits around the edges becomes unstuck just apply more glue. MikeO
  20. You can certainly cross post any of the photos from my T-Trak thread. The photo you included above with my converted Vossloh G 2000 also shows the intercity coaches which have the Electra Graphics sides( referred to by Noel) added. The coaches are Graham Farish MK2 coaches with the paint work removed.. this needs to be done to ensure that the windows on the Electra Graphic sides are correct.
  21. For a list of Irish diesel locomotives look at this link, it is for Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_locomotives_of_Ireland and for coaching stock look at this one https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coaching_stock_of_Ireland Both are useful to give you some basic information. Another source of coach photos is this site http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ie/car/IE/pix.html There are some photos of Cravens near the end of the list. You will not be able to just paint a British locomotive in Irish livery because they do not look the same.. For an early C class a BR class 22 is roughly the right size( it is a little larger) and has the right number of wheels(ie 4 called a Bo-Bo) on each bogie but the body will require a lot of work to make even passable. For an A class which is similar to a c class but bigger a BR class 31 is roughly the right size (again it is a little larger) but also has the right number of wheels for each bogie(ie 6 called a Co-Co). Again the body will need a lot of modification. On the basis of passability Hobbytran make a Vossloh G 2000 BB which has a cab at each end, a narrow body and guard rails running between each cab on both sides. It is a Bo-Bo and with some work to the narrow body and the roof it could become a class 181. It is a slightly smaller scale 1/160 as opposed to 1/148(British) or 1/150(American and Japanese) but the small scale makes it the right length. British MK2 coaches can usually be passable intercity coaches. This is a link to my t-Trak thread which shows some of my conversions including( at the end of page 1) the Vossloh G 2000 and some painted MK2 coaches I hope this helps
  22. There is nothing in RTR for Irish N gauge. While Shapeways have bodies finding a suitable chassis and making it fit will present major challenges in respect of the two locos in your photos. A more modern option of a class 201 using a Shapeways body and a Dapol class 66 chassis is some what easier. Have a look at this link to Connolly station in N by driver301 There are no other British outline models that are the same size as Irish locos, some come close but again making a suitable body is not going to be an easy task. In my experience to have Irish n gauge stock requires a lot of compromises and inventive ways of doing things.
  23. In my experience over the last 5/6 years it is difficult to get the types of MK1 coaches jhb mentions. The types that are available are not really suitable as they have different configurations of doors/windows etc. While steam locomotives are more readily available these will need some work to make them passable.. Below are some photos an S class I converted from a Union Mills T9 . The photos show the T9 in its original form, the alterations I made to the sides and front and finally the finished article Union Mills T9 Alterations to one side Alterations to front Completed version
  24. Anything from around 1.5mm to 3mm in height is fine so applying lettering, crests, loco numbers, coach passenger class door numbers is relatively straight forward even though the transfers are considerably smaller then OO scale. However i find that transfers of less then 1.5mm are more difficult to apply because they are hard to read and can be applied incorrectly. MikeO
  25. A few photos of the T-Trak layout at the SDMRC Show at the weekend. This was a collaboration between the of us so not the modules or stock was Irish. The first four photos give a general view while the next seven photos show a little of the detail. The layout comprised one outer loop and 3 inner loops. We had 4 trains running at the same time on the outer loop and one each on the inner loops. The rolling stock comprise British, German, Irish and Swedish outline models; some RTR and the rest scratch built or conversions. MikeO
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