jhb171achill Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Somewhere, at some stage, there were comments here about modelling on of these. In the hope that it's of help, this is a pic my dad took, I believe in or about 1942, as he prepared to board it to go off and peer at track, or the underneath of a culvert or bridge somewhere. I don't know where it is, though if anyone here does, please advise! the GSR had several of these. For modellers, they were painted maroon with black chassis and roof. Lining, perhaps obviously, was paleish yellow, with yellow lettering shaded in red as per GSR norm. The GSR had several including one with the same body but narrow gauge wheels - this spent much time on the C & L, where Senior used it once to inspect the track. CIE inherited them, and at least a couple lasted into the 1960s, being replaced by those yellow Wickham things, two of which grace the rails at the Downs of Patrick. In CIE days they wore the dark green livery (never repainted in the lighter carriage shade), but I have a vague recollection of seeing one, or something like it, at one time in what looked like a varnished finish. I could be completely wrong on this, but I wonder if one was ever re-panelled and perhaps re-panelled in plain varnished sheeting of something like marine plywood? 4 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 That's something I have never seen, fairly unique I suppose, lovely photo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 19 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said: That's something I have never seen, fairly unique I suppose, lovely photo. They only had about half a dozen of them........... and, of course, they weren't out'n'about every day of the week. Presumably, if one was prepared to sacrifice chassis accuracy, a two-foot-rule-compliant one could be made up out of plasticard on a motor bogie from a diesel loco or railcar.......... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 1 hour ago, jhb171achill said: Somewhere, at some stage, there were comments here about modelling on of these. In the hope that it's of help, this is a pic my dad took, I believe in or about 1942, as he prepared to board it to go off and peer at track, or the underneath of a culvert or bridge somewhere. I don't know where it is, though if anyone here does, please advise! the GSR had several of these. For modellers, they were painted maroon with black chassis and roof. Lining, perhaps obviously, was paleish yellow, with yellow lettering shaded in red as per GSR norm. The GSR had several including one with the same body but narrow gauge wheels - this spent much time on the C & L, where Senior used it once to inspect the track. CIE inherited them, and at least a couple lasted into the 1960s, being replaced by those yellow Wickham things, two of which grace the rails at the Downs of Patrick. In CIE days they wore the dark green livery (never repainted in the lighter carriage shade), but I have a vague recollection of seeing one, or something like it, at one time in what looked like a varnished finish. I could be completely wrong on this, but I wonder if one was ever re-panelled and perhaps re-panelled in plain varnished sheeting of something like marine plywood? There was also a Black and Tan liveried one it seems. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 1 minute ago, Westcorkrailway said: There was also a Black and Tan liveried one it seems. Correct. That one was previously green, and as far as I am aware it's the only one which ever got the black'n'tan livery. I've no idea how many were green - again, possibly only one. I'm aware that one kept GSR maroon well into CIE days, but I do not know the details. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMCE Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 5 hours ago, jhb171achill said: there were comments here about modelling one of these Worsley Works do an etch for the narrow gauge version of the railcar, however you only really get the sides and ends and is not really up to developing into the broad gauge version, I did my best but eventually gave up. I did want a model of the railcar though, so decided to go down the 3D printed route. It was reasonably successful, however these are quite small railcars, the prototype coming in at 23' 6" over headstocks & to put that in context, the DSER 6-wheel goods brake van is 20' over headstock. Being mainly windows and seats they don't lend themselves well for motorisation. This one runs with a 3V motor, High Level Gearbox, RC decoder & a small LIPO battery - given the wheels are only 10mm, it gives an idea of the limited space. Never got round to finishing the brakes though!! Ken 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tullygrainey Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 That’s a real charmer! Beautifully finished too, brakes notwithstanding 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabhal Luimnigh Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 55 minutes ago, KMCE said: Worsley Works do an etch for the narrow gauge version of the railcar, however you only really get the sides and ends and is not really up to developing into the broad gauge version, I did my best but eventually gave up. I did want a model of the railcar though, so decided to go down the 3D printed route. It was reasonably successful, however these are quite small railcars, the prototype coming in at 23' 6" over headstocks & to put that in context, the DSER 6-wheel goods brake van is 20' over headstock. Being mainly windows and seats they don't lend themselves well for motorisation. This one runs with a 3V motor, High Level Gearbox, RC decoder & a small LIPO battery - given the wheels are only 10mm, it gives an idea of the limited space. Never got round to finishing the brakes though!! Ken Lovely model. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 13 Author Share Posted January 13 (edited) Had forgotten about the Worsley etch, right enough…. probably easy enough to put together…. had a look at their website, though, and can't find it. Maybe they've stopped doing it? Power bogie an issue, of course, as you suggest! Edited January 13 by jhb171achill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted January 13 Share Posted January 13 Studio Scale Models produced a more modern version of the Drewry Inspection car that fits on a Tenshodo or Black Beetle motor bogie 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 14 Author Share Posted January 14 21 hours ago, Mayner said: Studio Scale Models produced a more modern version of the Drewry Inspection car that fits on a Tenshodo or Black Beetle motor bogie Saw that only just now! Would that motor bogie suyit the GSR one? What do the wheels look like close up - hard to make out from that photo? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 I replaced the Black Beetle power bogie wheels with smaller Lowmac wheels. I don't know if Steam Era models still manufacture Black Beetle power bogies. Tenshodo appear to produce a 24.5mm wb bogie with 10.5mm dia wheels (approx. 2'7") which should be suitable for a small inspection car. https://www.scalelink.co.uk/acatalog/Sundries---Motor-bogies.html 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Interestingly, I recently saw a photo of one of the ex-GSR Drewry inspection cars painted in Black & Tan livery. Up until that I had thought their final livery was green with Flying Snails on the sides. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 13 minutes ago, Garfield said: Interestingly, I recently saw a photo of one of the ex-GSR Drewry inspection cars painted in Black & Tan livery. Up until that I had thought their final livery was green with Flying Snails on the sides. Yes I saw the same photo and also thought the same photo (c) dermot Hopkins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted January 19 Author Share Posted January 19 One ended its days on CIE apparently still in faded GSR maroon, albeit with the letters "C I E" where "G S R" had been. Another got CIE green. Maybe more than one did. The black'n'tan one above may well have been the green one repainted. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 5 Share Posted February 5 On 13/1/2024 at 11:16 PM, Mayner said: Studio Scale Models produced a more modern version of the Drewry Inspection car that fits on a Tenshodo or Black Beetle motor bogie What is IR's current inspection vehicle - the one that looks like a flying Portacabin? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNERW1 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 On 5/2/2024 at 10:22 AM, Horsetan said: What is IR's current inspection vehicle - the one that looks like a flying Portacabin? I think so- saw it on the Cobh line last October on a school trip to Fota Island. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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