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Andy Cundick
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British locos and stock that can be disguised as Irish
Andy Cundick replied to Westcorkrailway's topic in Irish Models
LNWR 4'6" 2-42-ts, to DSER,, Hibberd diesel, Shell/BP, Ruston 165 ,CSE, none of which need to be disguised,Andy. -
My mother in law had a 1932 Ford Eight which she ran up until 1968,when she brought a 1962 Lwb Land Rover,the Land Rover is still used by me daily as well as transporting layouts including a trip to Cultra,as for the Ford its still on the road being used by brother in law. Not a length of service i would expect from a modern vehicle..Andy.
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Das Clay for surface areas e.g. depots and roads
Andy Cundick replied to dave182's question in Questions & Answers
Used it on Valencia and Courtmacsherry the stone colour is better in as much as it doesn't make so much mess,Andy. -
I Choppers can be a pain to get to work properly in 4mm(been there tried it),Kadees too bulky and look wrong on Irish stock, Bemos are expensive bulky the plastic they are made from makes them a pain to fix to most stuff and not the easiest to uncouple remotely .I finally came round to using DG couplings in their various sizes going from Great Western broad gauge to 009.being brass they can be soldered, glued, bent round things, the steel droppers allow for automatic uncoupling and there is a brass dropper which allows for delayed uncoupling,Also at between £4 to £5 for sixteen not expensive.Andy.
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Depends very much on the child my first train was a Triang Britannia and a dock shunter,plus various bits of stock and Super 4 track that was when i was 5,both locos are still running,saying that both nieces at that age were running their dads 5"gauge live steamers,Andy.
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Nice shot of Railcar 10,interesting to see wagon 159 creep into the other shot Donegals solitary bogie open(as apposed to conversions) she didn't get photoed very often,Andy.
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Best we don't mention the Crewe built Westerns which had to rebuilt at Swindon before entering service,Andy.
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Brings back my apprentice days at Swindon,with the Newspaper vans being converted into "Enparts" vans,Andy.
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The railcar is No12 and the wagon with it is 336 the 40' ex Ballymena Cushendall coach chassis,it must be down the Donegal end of the line as railcars 12 and 18 were based at Donegal during demolition,Andy.
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Nice to see Railcar No 8 creep into the corner of the photo,Andy.
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Funnily enough i've just had Chris Nevard here photographing Castlederg for Model Rail,Andy.
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Most of the trench locos had waterlifters due to the lack of any water cranes or tanks it meant you could lift water from any convenient tank, barrel or stream,they were also not uncommon on contractors engines for the same reasons.
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The hosepipe is attached to a waterlifter which works the same way as an injector the steamfeed is the pipe coming out of the front of the cab with the lifter attached to the top of the saddletank ,they're pretty much standard fittings on traction engines and steam rollers,had quite a lot of practise with them when i had a roller,Andy.
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An article in one of the early Narrow Gauge magazines has a piece on the 480's by Ronald Redman who was the authority on Hudswell Clarke who states that the final finish was "pea green" lined black and white with four coats of copal varnish,.Interestingly having checked the other Swilly album it would seem that the dark green was applied later than i thought,The Railway Observer for December 1944 states that No'3,8,10,12 and 15 were in lined black whereas No6 was in green with yellow lining.Hope this helps Andy.
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The original loco livery was Pea green similar to the LSWR,the comment in the Railway Magazine article on the line in the November 1899 issue describes his first view of the Swilly as looking like Waterloo due to the similarity in the engine and coach liveries,it would seem that the livery changed to black lined red during the Great war and the familiar dark green appears in the mid to late 30's. The article in the IRRS Journal No 21 Autumn 1957 comes up with similar information,hope this helps Andy.
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Its a thin ball race in sheet steel which comes in sizes up to about 12" and about3/8" thick, various baseboard suppliers stock and i suspect they will available on evilbay.Fit a disc of ply on the top and fix down to a dropped section of baseboard and there you go,Andy.
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For turntables in fiddle yards i use a lazy susan with a lump of ply on top simple and cost effective,as far as the Peco turntables go both their N and HOm ones as well as Petes killybegs turn table all use the same N gauge pit.I've not found building turntables that difficult its just a question of having a go,currently 2 of my layouts have turntables Arigna and Courtmacsherry ironically Arignas is much the larger of the two.Andy.
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Can anyone identify the location / railway?
Andy Cundick replied to Wexford70's topic in General Chat
A combination of the numberplate and bunker extension shows its "Eske" which would probably date the photo to early 50's, -
Can anyone identify the location / railway?
Andy Cundick replied to Wexford70's topic in General Chat
Post 1941 as theres red van 12 on the siding,Andy. -
I've just exhumed Castlederg from the Railway room ready for its first outing in a while,making a return trip to Tolworth Showtrain on the 13/14 of October.Andy.
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Ford,Fix or repair daily,Andy.
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Typical having built 10 of RT models kit for the Seaham Chaldrons the ready to run one comes out,still they do look nice behind my Seaham Lewin.Currently building a South African Class 15F(for the fun of it)how long before the ready to run version ?Andy
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Brill was the terminus of a tramway from Quainton Road,which later became part of London Transports empire.Andy
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I agree about it being Brecon & Merthyr the lead engine is one of their Stephenson 060st's.The photo has the feel of being a Ken Nunn.Andy.
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Proper old fashioned wood primer was pink Craftmaster Paints still do it and they describe it as extremely pink primer which i can vouch having just built an AA box out by my workshop a seven foot high box in pink definitely stands out(fortunately its now in a more subdued black with yellow highlights).Incidentally thats why threshing machines are always seen in pink as the manufacturers charged extra for the finishing coats.Andy.
