patrick

Bogie cement wagons?

Can you tell us about the weathering on the wagons John, they look great.

4 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

I remember seeing one in use with steel-sheeted body, but still planked end balconies...

I imagine there were many variations in details like the 30 ton vans.

Remember, the person who never  made a mistake  never made anything. 

I have used Kadees in the past in my American HO days but am just getting round to converting the South Waterford Line now.  The opens have #5 in their own boxes as I had them on hand. I'm not sure yet about magnetic uncoupling. For now I will be using wooden skewers as I did on my previous US themed layouts. This system is extremely practical on a high level walk around layout.

Finally the  conversion to Kadee couplers has begun.  So far 165, four Bulleid opens and JM designs brake van have been done. The new couplers have greatly improved the running of the light Bulleid opens and I was surprised how much of a improvement in appearance the closer coupling made.

 I picked up two pairs of #19 for my MM  141/181  locos today and fitted a pair to the brake van, the first step in converting from tension lock couplers.No problem on my minimum radius curve, roughly 22 inch radius in a fiddle yard but I will try an #18. Thanks to everyone who responded. Despite living in the land of Kadees  no one over here knows anything about converting European rolling stock.

What Kadee do you recommend for the brake van John?

October 1967 on the South Waterford Line.

37 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Looks like this one Colin….https://www.hattons.co.uk/26598/bachmann_branchline_44_250_brick_signal_box_irish_/stockdetail

That's the very one. I did repaint the green  to grey to better represent the 1974 era.

For comparison,  left to right, palvan with 12 ton van end, with altered end as supplied with the kit and the Parkside 12 ton van. The 12 ton van comes with two different ends. The ends with the lighter buffers are correct for the 12 ton van the heavier ones best resemble the pal van ones. 

I should mention that the brown van has the ends from a Parkside 12 ton van whereas the grey one uses the ends from the palvan kit.

I agree with John's comments about the roof profile. On this model I added a layer of plasticard to the roof to raise the height somewhat. I think it improves the model overall even at the cost of the over scale roof thickness being apparent on the ends.

27 minutes ago, spudfan said:

Remember the "Chippendales?". They were very popular. I was thinking of forming a similar outfit to help fund the purchase of future IRM releases. Anyone interested? What will we call our selves. It'll have to be railway themed of course.... 

How about the Iron Stallions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUMmP-HTULw

My son Kieran Made this movie of an impromptu operating session on the South Waterford Line while visiting from Korea where he is learning the language and teaches English. I really should have taken the time to clean the track and tidy up the layout before we started. Please ignore signal indications as the signaling system wiring is a work in progress. 

Staging the layout for the first 1967 operating session.

The latest arrival on the South Waterford Line. I'm so glad I got my order in in time for these JM Design brake vans since I missed the earlier flying snail version and these two are no longer shown on John's website. Next project is to aquire more grey wagons for a 1967 operating session.

Waterford bound passenger train meets local goods train at Glen More October  1967.

The last one I saw in operation was in Limerick in 1980 or 81. I believe it was the wagon works pilot.

3 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

 

As always, the layout looks great - very impressed by the autumnal colours in the trees - do you change them to suit the season?

 

 

The layout is set in early October Leslie, in order to run beet trains. The year is currently 1974 but I'm slowly acquiring stock for a 1967 operating session. 

3 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Thanks, Patrick, the dollar bills are in the post! Actually, seeing the black A Class, makes me sorry I didn't opt for one - looks good on the goods!

As always, the layout looks great - very impresse

 

Beet special at Grange.