PJR

The movie on Netfix is well worth watching as it shows what they had to put up both from our politicians and attacking enemy 

On 4/20/2012 at 6:57 PM, Kirley said:

Bogie Wagons –Container & Timber

[This entry was originally posted on the old site.]

With thanks to MV038, IE201 and others for their previous posting on the above type wagons. I decided I’ll have to have a go and based the models on what has been already been done by others with a few of my own additions.

Collecting Hornby 60’ wagons and cutting the ones down to 47’ for Container use was the first stage. I noted the difficulty in getting a good join between the sawn wagon parts and after a few goes I hit on this method which gave me a “true meet” between the 2 half’s.

I placed the 2 parts to be joined on an old steel ruler, applied Epoxy Resin (Z-Poxy 5 –minutes).

I used bulldog clips to hold the 2 parts together and other clips to hold the body to the steel ruler to keep it flat.

You should end up with a good strong join.

Once the first one was completed, it was down to assembly line practice.

 

Buffers were made from plasticard with a brass pipe shaft inside Evergreen Tube 3.2 mm (Code 224).

 

Undercoat and then test run

 

I also included a couple of pocket wagons I had resprayed and identified the potental problem with Dapol and old Hornby couplings.

Timber Wagons are more of a challenge. Working from what others had done, along with copies of Wagons drawings (thanks to 3wheeler) and closely examining available photograph I came up with the following construction method.

Plasticard with Evergreen Channel 3.2mm (Code 264) 0.4 x 2.0 strips (Code 114) were used.

The ends were covered with the 3.2 mm channel.

They were heated with a hair dryer to mould into the shape required.

 

I concluded from the drawings that 5 pallets with upright stanchions at each corner where fitted across the body of the 60’ wagons.

 

These were made from plasticard, channel, strips and Evergreen square tube 3.2 mm (Code 252) and then attached to the body. Small piping is placed into the square tubes to bring them up to the correct height. Brake wheels (brass etches from Hursts) were fitted to each side of the wagon.

 

Awaiting more parts before completing the build and moving onto the painting stage.

 

 

Wagons painted in MIR red Oxide.

Wagons loaded

Paint and transfers completed. I loaded the containers with lead airgun pellets for weight.

Timber wagons painted.

Timber loads were built around foam squares to reduce the overweight and to stop these wagons being too heavy.

Wagons loaded.

Container Wagons in action.

Timber train passing.

 

Close up of the pocket wagons.

The Wagon Project took a lot longer than I had anticipated and I am happy to move on to my Hunslet rake project.

I would love to see the photos about this post. I see it was on the "Old site" could anyone repost the photos or point me to the Old site. Thanks in advance Paddy

Any idea what year Ernie's photo was taken?

Are the pocket detailing still in stock?

Same here

Stunning beauties

Brilliant modelling and stunning workmanship.Well done.

lovely work well done

Best of luck guys

There is an Interesting article about the Cahir Viaduct (1955 & 2003) in  The Bridges Of Dublin web site .http://www.bridgesofdublin.ie/bridge-building/disasters/cahir-viaduct-co-tipperary-ireland-1955-2003

It describes an incident December 21st 1955 when beet wagons and the loco when over that bridge as well as the  above incident.   

Lovely photos,

Some lovely work being done on this thread, a true master craftsman at work .Well done Eoin

2 hours ago, Georgeconna said:

Eoin,

 

What do you use to Cut the cab frames out with? . Some nice work there m8. Just reading through the whole thing thread now and enjoying it.

 

One word "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious’"

Lovely job Noel very realistic , layout looks great.

Have to say it looks great .Some adjustment to be able to see rails ahead and also blank the two holes for the lights and it should look  very realistic.

They look great, well done 

They arrived this morning, great job guys will be ordering more. Thanks again for all your outstanding efforts and achievements on these models.

Paddy

Must agree and enjoy the few beers Well done to all.

10 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

Sick of receiving non-railway gifts for Christmas? Finding it difficult to explain the differences between gauge and Irish outline models to loved ones who ask you for gift suggestions? Would you like a way to start a savings scheme, so you can buy the best Irish outline ready-to-run wagons on the market?

What you need is the new IRM Card!

We are launching our new gift and prepay card scheme at the South Dublin Model Railway Club this weekend.

The IRM Card is essentially two cards in one: it can be used as a gift voucher to offer as a present to the modeller in your life, while it can also be used by modellers to set aside funds in anticipation of buying IRM products at a later date. This will act as the reintroduction of the staggered payment scheme.

The IRM Card can be topped up online, or at IRM stands at shows. They can also be bought online or at shows with values of €25, €50 or €100 offered initially.

You can pick them up at the show this weekend, or via https://irishrailwaymodels.com/shop/card/gift-card/ from Saturday onward!

(Don't worry, this is NOT Project 4, just an added bonus!)

Good idea that

On 10/21/2017 at 6:37 PM, BosKonay said:

Welcome again to the new site, having to sync up all the content (105,000 posts) and get the images (all 25,000 of them) moved over again took a little time.

Background tasks will complete the imports and clean up over the next hour or so, so past that point if you notice anything odd, let me know.

I know the Resources section is currently broken, that's next on the todo

Thanks for your patience, enjoy the new format! 

Stephen

Lovely site ...a job well done thank you

I was trying to open the links on the right side ie old view . It  looks like its working now tho.

Sorry, there is a problem

Error code: 2F173/K

Keep getting this message when I click on a topic

I'm looking for a set of wheels to suit Athearn HO SW1500. The model number is 40019 and I'm not sure if the model number 40029 would suit. Any help please and thanks

Paddy

Thanks Eoin.

Hi guys

Can anyone say if there is car parking available on site on the 3 days of exhibition

Thanks

Paddy