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GSR 6 wheel coach Part 2. Painted with spray can first but too bright, so then used Humbrol crimson gloss 20. Also a bit light so add black until i was happy with it. GSR crests from SSM.

GSR 6 WHEEL COACH. Here are some pictures from my GSR 6 wheel coach build. It is from Worsley Works. This is what you get. The floor is thick brass which made soldering the side on very hard and needed a lot of heat. W irons where too wide so broke them off and moved in to the right width. Roof was the wrong size so i had to make my own from plastic. I made the middle wheels slide from side to side and it works well on first radius curves. The springs were made myself, first a master then a mould made and i can cast more with resin. The seats and roof made as one and fits in well thank God.

Very nice, you are right, the covered wagon is spot on but the open wagon is a little bit strong on the iron straps. You might be able to wash it off a little.

Can you tell me if the brake pipes need to be fitted to both sides or just one?

Got mine today, top class work, but i knew they would be. Now i will start on the weathering.

We have also some private owner wagons like Murphy Bros, Waterford and Milligen. plus a couple of pic's from Dublin docks.

What a beauty, very detailed, just perfect. I can't wait but i need to save and save.

That looks more like it.

Thanks, Mine will get a lot of grime.

GNRI SIGNALS Here are some pictures of GNRI Signals that i made last year for the New Irish Lines mag. I would like to thank AJ O'Rourke for his help with prototype pictures.

That's an unusual place to leave 278 but nice.

Very nice, we are heading into spring ha ha. More video's please.

Very good, you must have used a whole roll of film on that.

Beautiful. Will be great when it's all painted.

I thought the small circular fittings might be lids that can be put on when it's raining, perhaps. Just a guess.

Stunning, can't wait for the next step.

Thanks guys for all your kind words. Now we need some rolling stock for it.

J15 101 oo works upgrade. I have made a few modifications to the oo works J15 model. Weathered with black paint dry brushed on about 3 times. I added a new coal load and water filler lid. Some other bits were drilling the chimney hole down a bit lower, new front hook screw link from Hornby and a front brake pipe. I made a little clip to connect the power from loco to tender which pulls off and this is better when trying to separate the two. The main work was done in the driving area to add more detail with copper wire and brass wheels from Wizard Models. bachmann loco crew repainted and arms moved down. The first picture shows the cab side not weathered to show the difference to the rest of the loco.

Is it just me or does anyone else find that photo's are very slow to load as you scroll up or down a page?

I call them models Toys are for children.

You won't be needing any Noel you have your own high class ones.

James May goes inside Hornby on BBC 4 Wed 6th at 9.00pm 2 parts. Should be good, and another model railway programme is on after that on the same channel.

The colour looks good. Did the lining go on ok over the bumps and handles?

Very nice, do you varnish them after weathering?