Colin R

Hi Guys excuse me if I have put this in wrong section, may be the mod could move it if it is, but I came across this on a website auction site

http://www.gcrauctions.com/index.html

They have a few Irish bits for sale I am not selling any of them by the way just putting this up for anyone's interest.

http://www.gcrauctions.com/sale237/lot186.html

It is an ex NCC loco number plate

http://www.gcrauctions.com/sale237/lot194.html

Another item of interest

http://www.gcrauctions.com/sale237/lot260.html

Regards

Colin

A nice collection of bit there Eoin

Hi Gerhard

You don't have to be embarrassed Gerhard there is just so much stuff out there on the shelf as such, that there is very little point in trying to make the bits that do the work, but to use that time to make the the pretty bits we all look at.  

As for the white metal castings these can still be purchased from the 5.5mm Society from Mike Savage at:-

http://www.5andahalf.info/pdf/prices.pdf

 email him on m.savage80@ntlworld.com

The loco kit itself from Worsley Works

http://www.worsleyworks.co.uk/NG/NG_Irish.htm

As for wheels & axles I would suggest Markits:- 

http://www.markits.com/

The catalogue can take up some time to look through so make sure you have a cup of Tea or Coffee to hand before you start

Motors and gear boxes can be obtained from Brian at Branchlines sadly he has no website but you can contact him at the following email address:-  Brian Osborne  on sales@branchlines.com

Ask him to send you his downloadable motor and gearbox sheet, I think you will find a lot of information on it 

Another supplier of motors and  drive units is Nigel Lawton 009 at http://www.nigellawton009.com/VeeTipper.html

These aren't the only suppliers out there, I am sure there are others, But I have not dealt with anyone else so far.

Some one who may be able to help out is Roxey Mouldings at http://www.roxeymouldings.co.uk/

or  dave@roxeymouldings.co.uk

In the case of useful research to help fellow modellers I have come across this:-

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/1121-motors-and-gearboxes-notes-on-types-and-uses/

I haven't read it but it looks useful

For gearboxes have a look at this site:-

http://www.djhmodelloco.co.uk/motors-gearboxes-oo-ho-scale/

One last place to look at is the 3SMR site:-

http://www.3smr.co.uk/motors.html

As you can see so much of it is now made it is just a case of working out what you want and buying it all in.

3SMR are one of the places I get my 12mm gauge axles from

Hope this lot helps

Colin

OK not sure how this is going to work out but here goes I have taken some photos in not ideal conditions I may add but these are the Mike Chinery Bogies as you now get them I hope these help.

In the kit you get the main bogie casting itself two side frames a motor mount casting and some etchings for the flyweights. 

Colin

I have tried looking for those bogies, but I must have put them in a safe place, as I can't find them at the moment.

This is a most impressive build

Should I ever get around to it I would love to have both a class 52 and a class 60 if that does not muddy the waters

Colin

If I recall they are a complete casting and you have to fit the axles through the sides at the same time as you fit the wheels and gearing, I am thinking about use Nigel Lawton parts instead small but powerful can motors and drive belts I have seen these in action and they are very quiet, you can see the details here:-

http://www.nigellawton009.com/VeeTipper.html

Colin

just in case anyone needed one Lidi's are sell hot glue guns not sure if they are selling them everywhere but just to give you guys the heads up.

Colin 

Hi Guys

Yes Mike did stopped making the bogies and a lot of other things as well, But you can still buy the kits from Mike Savage at:-

http://www.5andahalf.info/pdf/prices.pdf

 email him on m.savage80@ntlworld.com

I am not sure how much they are now since I got mind a few year ago, due to not have anyone to make them up you have to buy your own motors, axles, gears, wheels etc to complete the kit, I only purchase the white metal castings hence why they are not yet made up.

If you want to get all the other bits all at once you can contain Brian of Branchlines

Brian Osborne  on sales@branchlines.com

Sadly they don't have a website which is up to date but they will supply data sheets of there range if you ask for them which is loco kits narrow gauge 00n3,  motors, gear boxes and wheels on another and standard gauge brass coach kits which I think could be use as a basis to make up a few odd Irish prototypes of years gone by.

my bits are in the shed so I will try and dig them out tomorrow.

Colin

Thanks for the tips can you explain more about how you made the Jig? and what did you use and how did you go about making it

I could do with one of them for all my kits, I have been buying all the bits to do all three of these in 00n3  I have three sets of White metal bogies, but it is suggested you use bigger size that scale wheels in them, I am not convinced about that, so I will be buying 9mm dia wheel sets as opposed to the 10.5mm size as suggested by the bogie manufacture.  

Thank Wrenneire, that's about £35.00 over here, so that would be kiddies intro first train set price. time to avoid them like the Plague.  

Not that I am interest (to modern for me) but what is a good price for them? or more to the point what will you guys pay for them just in case I see any at the up coming shows over the next few months.

Colin

That is the one thank you for your help

Colin

Sorry I think it was an old MGWR 2-4-0 Tender type and it was going to be released in two versions as built and as rebuilt at Inchicore, I think the kit was been developed in New Zealand? I hope this narrow is down a bit more.

Regards

Colin 

Hi Guys

On the old site there was a thread about a new 4mm scale Brass steam loco kit can any one tell me what if any up dates have happen since?

Colin

Hi guys is it just me or has the site had a make over since my last visit? it looks good by the way

Hi Guys

Not sure if you have come across this company before

http://www.unitmodels.com/index.php?id_lang=1&id_category=3&controller=category&n=114

I suspect you don't want to end up doing the same stuff.

Regards

Colin

Thanks Tony that will help a great deal thanks

I guess that is what I will end up having to do. The details I do have don't match up with some of the photos I have. They make the whole building look to long and thin for it to look right in any of the photos, I have a feeling this is going to be one of just hope it look near enough builds.

While I can get a general size of each building from the details I have. It is so much harder to try and work out the size of such things as windows.

Ghastly. Poor fella.

 

He needs to analyse very carefully who could have known what's there! It's certainly someone "in the know".

 

Years ago, something of mine (not that valuable) was pinched by a colleague in one of the preservation bodies. I know who took it, and while it was only worth about €15, I was surprised in the extreme that someone I thought could be 100% trusted turned out not to be.

This reminded me of something which happen to me a few years ago as well, I was at a club meeting with a book about British & Irish narrow gauge railways and this one night one of the guys took an interest in my book and he asked if he could borrow it for a week, at the time I didn't mind, but about six months later I ask if he had finished with my book and he told me he didn't have it, he claimed to have left it in the club room for me to pick up, well I asked everyone and no had seen it so I put it down to experience and though I would try and get a replacement copy, sadly I could not find one anywhere.

Moving on to about 10 years ago (about ten year on from the above) I was at a model railway exhibition which I help with the running during the day and on the clubs sales stand was the same book I had lost all those years before, so I went over to it only to have the biggest surprise of my life, it was my book with my name in it, I asked who brought it in but no one was sure, so I asked the treasurer if I could claim my book back which he agreed to and it now forms part of my book collection.

I still have my suspicions who was behind it, but as I haven't seen this guy for a few years or so I can't exactly say for certain if he was behind returning it to the club all those years later.

Colin R

That's great thanks

Colin R

Hi all

I appreciate that most of you guys model the old broad gauge, but I though I would give it a try anyway, I am looking for photos and details of all the buildings at the old Stranorlar Station and yard before it was turned into a school, I think I have most of the published books on the Donegal, but one of you guys might know another location for more details.

I have sent an email to the Donegal heritage group to see if they have anything of use, I don't have the space to build a 4mm scale layout of this station (20ft long approx x 8ft wide plus fiddle yards)at present, but I look at it like this if I have all the information to hand now it will make building it that much easier when the time comes to do it.

Colin R

I totally agree with you regarding exhibition layouts, a friend of mind built a station called Chelfham on the 2ft gauge Lynton and Barnstaple Railway in North Devon, you could not get a simpler layout, a passing loop and one siding and it is a fantastic model, boring as hell to operate at an exhibition, yet when it was working, there was always three or four deep just to watch the trains pass by.

For me, my idea layout would be based on one of the American shunting puzzle designs, but it would incorporate a continuous run as well.

I know when I was little there was nothing better that watching trains go pass at speed, either in real life or on a model railway. Why is it we always wanted it to crash?

Good luck with Claremorris, if I had the room that would be one layout I would build as part of a team effort.