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The bloke by the bar in the snack car? Modelled on anybody we know? Obviously, he's got his hand in his pocket, which narrows it down quite a lot...

The worm - the black plastic screw on the end of the motor shaft - should cause the gear that is underneath it, parallel to the main wheels, to rotate.

Have you tried running it with the body off - so that you can see what is/isn't happening?

Very fine...!

Two different buses. Up to six buses carried this advertisment.

Is it my eyes or has the 2 fell off the front number plate?

I wonder if we would qualify - http://www.irishrail.ie/cat_offers.jsp?i=4579 ?

Perhaps it could be arranged to fit in with a show...

Great stuff.

 

What is the strange little tower at the Port Laoise end of the Dublin platform? There'e a smaller one at Ballybrophy, that you could hardly stand up in. I've often wondered what they were for.

 

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They may have been used as a bell towers, to announce a train arrival. A few locations had bells for this purpose, the only one I can think of that lasted into modern times was that attached to Mallow signal cabin.

Right. How quaint.

Great stuff.

What is the strange little tower at the Port Laoise end of the Dublin platform? There'e a smaller one at Ballybrophy, that you could hardly stand up in. I've often wondered what they were for.

And why the big gap between the platforms? Was there a third track, like Kildare? The bridge doesn't seem wide enough for three...

I've always suspected this - http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/northern-ireland-and-republic-men-ugliest-in-the-world-16116949.html - but now it's official.

It must have really hurt you to leave it that clean - great job , though.

Have you seen this? - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/180872546766?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 - it's that sharp it's painful...

... even if there isn't one...

I don't recommend using these on DCC as they can cause resistance with some systems causing the system to trip. Always better to solder your bus wires

South East Finecast

I delivered some stuff there a few years ago and got a good look round it with the man himself - very interesting, too.

Is this - http://www.kemilway.com/peter-k.html - anything to do with it..?

Also on eBay - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MULTICOMP-878106-QUICK-SPLICE-BLADE-BLUE-14-18-AWG-25-per-pack-/160789311384?pt=UK_Gadgets&hash=item256fca2f98

They look like 'Crimp Blade Splicers' - http://www.rapidonline.com/Cables-Connectors/Crimp-Blade-Splice-33-0190 - you might try a car accessory type place - maybe Halfords.

Hands up anybody else who watched it expecting to see Leslie Ash..?

It was £75 inc p&p for me.

Right. I've given it a little bit of a run today and, so that we're all using the same units, I used Cravens as the test loads. On the flat it was still quite happy with five behind it, even with the whole train on a radius 2 curve - I didn't think it was worth finding the limit, as it'll never need to do that in 'real' life. On the 1:40 slope, it started to slip when the fifth coach was added, but it would even start from stationary with four coaches, all on the slope, without slipping - we don't have any sloping curved track. But that sort of perfomance'll do for me, I think.

I suspect there's maybe the odd bit of oil on the wheels and the track is in a fairly dusty location - even so, it's better than I expected.

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including the floor it seems!! was there any damage? i have visions of the buffers flying off or cracked body:(

No real damage - just a small dent on the edge of the roof, just in front of the chimney, in just the sort of place that there might be one! The start of my 'weathering'...

I just found myself with a hundred quid I wasn't expecting and so, rather than waste it on food or heat, I decided to splurge some of it on a GSR(I) Sentinel -

 

thats the sign of a true modeller...starve and freeze to death for the hobby!!!

she looks a little beauty. is she dcc ready/fitted ? no dought she will get a belt of weathering!

 

8-pin socket. You can just see the side of the blanking plug through the window in the picture above.

 

I've already dropped it..! That's a start...

 

It seems to have a tractive effort of between 15 & 20 grams - as near as I can tell with the kitchen scales held on edge.

I'm still playing at running it in. I only have a metre test track here. It'll probably have a good run tomorrow or the next day. I'll see what it'll pull on the flat and up a 1:40. It shouldn't be too bad, it's a fair weight, especially considering the size - they've pretty well filled all the spare space with metal - and it's quite low-geared.

I just found myself with a hundred quid I wasn't expecting and so, rather than waste it on food or heat, I decided to splurge some of it on a GSR(I) Sentinel - at last. I clicked the OK button at 1:30 on Friday afternoon and the postman handed it to me at 9:30 on Saturday morning. Top marks to Kernow for service!

It's a nicely finished little thing, although I'll do something to camouflage the bit of circuitry that's visible through the windows. It's taken a good bit of running in and is a lot quieter now, but it was fairly noisy to start with. I found that a spot of oil into the sintered bushes on the motor made quite a difference. It's nicely low-geared.

The body comes off nice and easily, although there is little to deal with inside.

MIR bogie cement, unmade, starting at 46 quid - http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230783086061&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:GB:1123