Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Just finished this little loco. She's just a straight repaint of a Bachmann C Class. Big thanks to jhb171achill for the advice on liveries Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Wow! Looks amazing, just outta Inchicore paint shop! Quote
josefstadt Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Fantastic work Anthony! Looks stunning. Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Homer's obviously impressed with it too! I agree with him.... Quote
heirflick Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 lovely job on a stunning model . have one ordered since before xmas but she never came. the plan was to do her in battleship grey, but she is beautiful in that livery. pray tell why the letters are not the same colour as the flying snail? what does she run like? Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted December 30, 2012 Author Posted December 30, 2012 pray tell why the letters are not the same colour as the flying snail? what does she run like? Jhb171achill said that a lot of steamers ran with eau de nil flying snails and pale yellow numbers. As for running she is a beaut but doesn't have the pulling power of the K Class I did http://www.irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1323-CIE-K-Class Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Yes, they used the same transfers probably (for the snail) as they did on carriages or buses. The cabside numbers were a dark creamy colour as on the model. Quote
Mayner Posted December 30, 2012 Posted December 30, 2012 Looks good a nearly rtr ex MGWR loco Anto . 234 was one of a pair of locos originally ordered by the WLWR but like the Woolwich snapped up by the Midland the Worlds greatest bargain hunting railways. They were part of a family of eight WLWR 0-6-0s that made it into GSR stock as 222-239. Although the engines were basically the same the GSR divided them into 3 Classes J17 233-234, J22 235-236 & J25 222, 237-239. 233,235 & 238 were scrapped by the GSR following the Amalgamation the remaining locos lasted into early CIE days. 234 is supposed to have been stayed on the Midland while the remaining engines worked on the WLWR between Tuam Limerick and Waterford. Quote
Guest hidden-agenda Posted December 31, 2012 Posted December 31, 2012 Lovely work and a nice loco to add to the stud. Quote
heirflick Posted January 2, 2013 Posted January 2, 2013 the big question is ' can you resist the temptation to weather her?' Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Posted January 2, 2013 the big question is ' can you resist the temptation to weather her?' No mate the K Class and J17 will probably be left as is. Although a very light smoke dusting along the top of the boiler and roof my be applied just to make them look like they are well looked after preserved RPSI locos on rail tours Quote
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted January 2, 2013 Author Posted January 2, 2013 to me they are your best work yet! Ahhhhhhh Seamus your making me blush. It's always nice to get positive feedback for my work from the site members. Thank you all Quote
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