Darius43 Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) I obtained these RTR from eBay and they have been knocking around the storage cupboard for a few years. The bogies were fitted with 10mm diameter wheels, which looked odd, so I replaced them with 12mm diameters. I replaced the handrails on the TPO coach with thinner brass wire examples and re-touched the paintwork on both coaches. The brake coach interior was painted and pax added. A light weathering of the chassis and bogies completed the operation. There is an “IFM” logo on each chassis - Irish Freight Models perchance? Cheers Darius Edited April 24, 2022 by Darius43 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, Darius43 said: I obtained these RTR from eBay and they have been knocking around the storage cupboard for a few years. The bogies were fitted with 10mm diameter wheels, which looked odd, so I replaced them with 12mm diameters. I replaced the handrails on the TPO coach with thinner brass wire examples and re-touched the paintwork on both coaches. The brake coach interior was painted and pax added. A light weathering of the chassis and bogies completed the operation. There is an “IFM” logo on each chassis - Irish Freight Models perchance? Cheers Darius Almost undoubtably Irish freight models. Edited April 24, 2022 by Westcorkrailway 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 Yes SF and IFM, I have plenty of their coaching stock including Park Royals, Laminates and the bogie TOP as well as a tin vans and HLVs. Suits my 1960s and 1970s era well and perfect hauled behind MM baby GMs or IRM 001s. IFM TPO kit Kitbashed Bachmann to CIE Bogie Parcel Van Before and after surgery 2 axle TPO Park Royal Rebuilt Dutch GSV suitable for mk2d stock Park Royal HLV 2 axle TPO SF 6 wheel HLV Scary SF HLV before weathering removed the need for sun glasses All these resin kits and resin RTR models filled a vacuum very nicely for their time. The demand too small and specialised niche era for the main IMP manufacturers. Hopefully will have some brass versions later in the year. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike 84C Posted April 24, 2022 Share Posted April 24, 2022 I bought a Worsley Works Park Royal kit last year, still in the to do drawer. Projects my love, just projects!! I do like Park Royals they are so different to any other design. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connollystn Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 Have to agree with you @Mike 84C - The Park Royals are unique and can't be confused with other stock which operated on these islands. I wasn't aware that they carried the Irish Rail 'Tippex' livery. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted April 25, 2022 Share Posted April 25, 2022 5 hours ago, connollystn said: Have to agree with you @Mike 84C - The Park Royals are unique and can't be confused with other stock which operated on these islands. I wasn't aware that they carried the Irish Rail 'Tippex' livery. Yes near the end they were tippex, used more on commuter trains by then and the limerick shuttle than mainline. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 (edited) On 24/4/2022 at 11:56 AM, Darius43 said: .... I think this view shows that flush glazing would help the overall look. IFM seem to have had a difficult time recently. They had a website for a while which then went down. Then the only way you could buy anything was via their Farcebook shop ...which then meant having to join Farcebook just to buy IFM stock. I remember buying a Laminate kit this way, but can't remember where I put it. Now they have a website again, but seem to have stopped making Park Royals and Laminates. I'm never entirely sure what's going on. Edited October 6, 2022 by Horsetan 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Posted October 6, 2022 Share Posted October 6, 2022 I feel fortunate that I managed to collect a reasonable array of CIE ere coaching stock from Tom about 5 years ago (eg Park Royals, Laminates, HLV, Tin Vans, TPOs, Dutch, etc), before his original web site was lifted. But managed to buy some stock from him a few years ago via his FB shop. He's still on the go from what I can see: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063706927208 and https://www.irishfreightmodels.net/ Also managed to buy 20ft container flat wagons from him and CIE brake vans 20ton and 30ton. I was perhaps just fortunate with the timing of my return to the hobby in 2014, that IFM and SF were still selling RTR resin models and some RTR 3D stuff. Not hi-res, but more than passed the 2ft rule for my CIE Era layout. Happy days. I missed out on the MIR era, but the IRM bubbles helped make up for that. Provincial wagons were a great source of kits for CIE era H-Vans, Cattle and open wagons. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Bandon tank Posted October 10, 2022 Share Posted October 10, 2022 I bought a RPSI Dutch van from Tom a couple of weeks ago, so he is still producing stuff. As you say Noel not hi- res, but I am happy enough with it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius43 Posted October 11, 2022 Author Share Posted October 11, 2022 On 6/10/2022 at 12:22 PM, Horsetan said: I think this view shows that flush glazing would help the overall look. In a way it’s a nostalgic reminder of the photos in 1970s MRC and Railway Modeller magazines. Cheers Darius Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiveController Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) On 24/4/2022 at 9:41 AM, Noel said: HLV 2 axle TPO SF 6 wheel HLV Scary SF HLV before weathering removed the need for sun glasses All these resin kits and resin RTR models filled a vacuum very nicely for their time. The demand too small and specialised niche era for the main IMP manufacturers. Hopefully will have some brass versions later in the year TBH I'm surprised there isn't sufficient market for an rtr model of the 4w LVs, HLVs with its several variants and TPO all running on the same chassis in silver, green and BnT liveries, possibly even the 6w HV. The didn't run in rakes but one or several of each were in so many trains. Granted they are mostly built pre-70s Edited November 26, 2022 by DiveController 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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