Popular Post Anders112 Posted November 11, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted November 11, 2023 Hi folks, first post here on Irish railway modeller,just thought I would introduce myself. Like the majority of people on this my love for railways and model railways was inherited from my father. My Dad ,Nicky Anderson was a Locomotive Driver based in Drogheda from 1980s till late 2010s. Driving all traffic that was found in Drogheda in it’s prime- Cement,Gypsum,Bell liner and Tara’s Etc Etc Sadly in 2021 ,my dad passed away very suddenly at the young age of 59. To Mark Dads 2nd year anniversary, I decided to recreated Colm O Callaghans ( who was a very close friend of Dads) photo of driving with 112 on the Platin -Cabra cement on the 7th October 1996 76 times smaller in Murphy model form. Attached are both photos of the original photo and the recreation of the photo. For the recreation, I built an MIR Cement bubble kit and after various months of chasing,I managed to get my hands on a Murphy models NIR 112. I have very found memories when I was growing up of collecting model trains with my dad ,especially when the Murphy models 141s and 201s came out years ago ,of recreating trains that he drove from Drogheda Regrettably as I look back now,when I was in college, my interest in model railways was distract with all the fun of college life. however, since Dad has died, I’ve re kindledmy love for model railways and have found great comfort in remembering him by them. This was my first major attempt at kit building,scenery, ballast and weathering ,which I’m quite proud of. The recreation sits on a display case I bought in Marks models. I will post a behind the scenes photos of the recreation soon Thanks Dave 22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted November 11, 2023 Share Posted November 11, 2023 Superb stuff and a lovely tribute. Your dad would be very proud of that. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders112 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 With the new year arriving ,decided to give an old project that has been abandon multiples times. An old Tara mine MIR kits that my Dad got me 13 years ago for a birthday present. 7 wagons that we said one day we would built together when ever we got time,sadly that time ran. Never the less,can gladly say they have been started today Kit consists of Wagon shell,lid, buffer beam,buffers and undercarriage. 6 wagons all glued together,ready to by primed by Halfords primer ,painted and weathered tomorrow or the next day. 1 wagon is almost finished, just waiting to be weathered and bogies to be completed .Pretty straight forward so far 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders112 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 Like all good demonstrations here’s “one I prepared earlier”. First painted and weathered Tara wagon. For these wagons I wanted to go for the great weathered and grimey livery of the Tara’s as seen in the 1990s and 2000s before they were painted in the red oxide first attempt at weathering rolling stock,came out decent when you look at the pro types below https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/6606191825/in/album-72157628649502947/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/51787068473/in/album-72157629979572526/ now to get the rest painted and weathered. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Holman Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 Know little to nothing about these wagons, but that weathering looks very good indeed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonB Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Nice work. You've really captured that heavily weathered look from the 90's. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders112 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 finally got around to finishing the remainder of the Mir Tara Kits, painted and weathered. Pretty happy with how the weathering came out, some wagons were weathered better than others but hey it’s a learning curve. some of the buffers and under frames didn’t glue properly and fell out so have to stick them back on Next steps is find a way to get the IRM bogies to fit them bottom of the wagons and find couplers to glue to the front. Halfords primer working a treat on the Tara’s first 5 have been targeted by the weathering brush,two on the right were still drying Here is our the wagons turned out,overall delighted with them 9 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders112 Posted March 29 Author Share Posted March 29 Sample photo I based the weathering on, trying to go for the brown side and light grey dust on top using 3 different weathering powders 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 Well done you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 29 Share Posted March 29 1 hour ago, Anders112 said: finally got around to finishing the remainder of the Mir Tara Kits, painted and weathered. Pretty happy with how the weathering came out, some wagons were weathered better than others but hey it’s a learning curve. some of the buffers and under frames didn’t glue properly and fell out so have to stick them back on Next steps is find a way to get the IRM bogies to fit them bottom of the wagons and find couplers to glue to the front. Halfords primer working a treat on the Tara’s first 5 have been targeted by the weathering brush,two on the right were still drying Here is our the wagons turned out,overall delighted with them Savage stuff! You've really captured the "Are they blue or brown underneath?" look, outstanding! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anders112 Posted March 30 Author Share Posted March 30 17 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: Well done you. Thanks very much Denis for the support 16 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Savage stuff! You've really captured the "Are they blue or brown underneath?" look, outstanding! Cheers Dj, you summed it up brilliantly,hard to believe they’re main colour in the 1980s and 90s were blue caked in road dirt and dust from the iron ore,before the now Iron oxide colour scheme. I used dark rust powder to give the road wash colour on the bottom,on top I used a light grey weathering powder on top and then ran over the whole wagon with grey concrete weathering powder that I’ll be using for my Mir bubble kits 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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