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  1. Andy Cundick
    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.
  2. Andy Cundick
    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.
  3. Andy Cundick
    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.
  5. Andy Cundick
    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.
  7. Andy Cundick
    A combination of the numberplate and bunker extension shows its "Eske" which would probably date the photo to early 50's,
  8. Andy Cundick
    Post 1941 as theres red van 12 on the siding,Andy.
  9. Andy Cundick
    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.
  10. Andy Cundick
    Ford,Fix or repair daily,Andy.
  11. Andy Cundick
    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
  12. Andy Cundick
    Brill was the terminus of a tramway from Quainton Road,which later became part of London Transports empire.Andy
  13. Andy Cundick
    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.
  14. Andy Cundick
    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.
  15. Andy Cundick
    Sorry definitely Railcar 16,after the fire 18 was rebuilt with smaller front windows this was reversed when she was restored,it can't be 17 as she was gone by then,and neither is it 15 as the clue from the front is a taller vac pipe which is in line with top of the rad core whereas 16s only came up about 2/3rds.Andy
  16. Andy Cundick
    I hate to say it but its Railcar 16 and i don't think its Donegal the signal for a start(no pun intended) is wrong.I would suggest its Strabane on the rump of the Derry line by the engine shed.Andy.
  17. Andy Cundick
    Interesting to see 77T the T&Ds shy and retiring home built bogie bolster in the foreground.Andy.
  18. Andy Cundick
    T o be honest by the time you've cleaned them up all the detail would have gone and you might as well scratch build ita good argument for etched brass.Andy.
  19. Andy Cundick
    Ive got one of the MGW Brakes which is kept by my workbench as an awful warning Andy.
  20. Andy Cundick
    I'd be inclined to say that Photo 4 is prewar as 12 has not been fitted with a front vac pipe yet and there are photos of her in 137 so fitted,also the use of one of the Red opens points to an earlier date incidentally the wagon is No2 which the books tell is supposed to be one the vans,but has never made sense from a dating point of view.Andy.
  21. Andy Cundick
    It always interested me in how the various items of stock were coupled ,granted the locos had both couplings but coupling chopper centre couplings to three link with the added fun of buffering up with the distinct chance of a buffer punching out the corner of the narrow gauge vehicle.and yet most photos show both gauges of stock in trains.Memo to self must dig out the Avonside kit.Andy.
  22. Andy Cundick
    Another reason for doing it as an outside cylindered loco is you don't have fabricate a crank axle.Andy
  23. Andy Cundick
    The cut back luggage rack is a later modification on No8,as is the upright exhausts on both the 7&8. Andy.
  24. Andy Cundick
    No problem,its an easy one to do in 4mm as well ,using thhe body kit from No Nonsense Kits and an Arnold TT Kof shunter chassis.Andy.
  25. Andy Cundick
    Drawings for Rc's 7&8. Railway Modeller Sept 1987,also in the Peco Book of the Irish Narrow Gauge,As well as that theres also drawings in the 7mm Narrow Gauge Association Narrow Lines Extra No3,and The County Donegal Railways Companion.Hope that helps funnily i just had the chassis for Rc6 running on Brucklees.Hope this helps Andy.
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