Richrua's workbench

[JasonB]

Nice job so far.

[richrua]

Gouged out the old bogies. They had a firm rivet design , must've been a fairly old Hornby donor. Replaced by mk2 b4 bogies borrowed from an old br coach that I had lying about. It's good to have a bits box.

[richrua]

I had this non-prototypical spray effort on an old br mk2 brake lying about. It was from when I restarted the hobby a couple of years ago. I have since learned what actually ran in Ireland ! So taking a break from the gen van I decided I would use it as a weathering excercise. I also blanked out some windows with "boards" so that on the layout it might pass for a worn out centre door mk2.

I tried some dry weathering

And added the boards to keep the rain out

The Gards were often called out to acts of vandalism in the yard

Edited September 10, 2016 by richrua

[Glenderg]

Ha! that's pretty effective!

 

One thing I'd say is to get a rubbish brush and load it up with your weathering material and really jam it in around the roof vents. Roof dirt generally was uniform until the tumbledown where the wash brushes gave it an irregular finish.

 

Good work though, +1 for a bit of hard effort

 

R.

[DiveController]

Hi folks. Any shots of a roof area of a mk 1 generator van (irish) ? Moving on to the roof vents now.

At 5m 02s

[richrua]

Thanks for the tips Glenderg ! Thanks dive also.

[richrua]

A white Stripe and some decals and I'm home and dry.

[Kirley]

A job well worth the effort.

[Noel]

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A white Stripe and some decals and I'm home and dry.

 

Super job. What filler did you use?

[richrua]

Thanks Kirley, Noel, et al!

 

The filler is Plastic Putty. It dries quickly and sands quite well. I need to improve my sanding. Also the Louvre Slats / vents are too small to be prototypical but the best I could get for now. I will be happy with it anyway!

[richrua]

 

I started off thinking about a little weathering, but I think it got a little out of hand. I was going for the rusty well used look.

[richrua]

On the layout with a very neat number 182 .....

[Noel]

On the layout with a very neat number 182 .....

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Super job remodelling one of those old triang hornby mk1s into a superb example of a CIE GSV. Looks the biz. 182 was the first Murphy Model I saw back around 2008 and bought it on the spot thinking wow, Irish models have gone into another dimension. That model got me back in the hobby. Your successful GSV conversion has me thinking about my Crimson & Cream liveried BR Mk1s that also have riveted on bogies and have been in storage boxes since about 1979. I doubt I could match your efforts but it would be pleasing to try and convert one or two instead of buy more RTR. Now that your a dab hand at weathering presume your 182 might get de-pristined a little.

[richrua]

Aaaargh. I'd be scared to weather it -!!!!

[Noel]

Aaaargh. I'd be scared to weather it -!!!!

 

I know exactly how that feels

 

I have a few pristine tippex baby GMs with IR logo but they almost look toy like the colours are so clean. One day I will have to risk it.

[richrua]

My treat from Raheny show was one of the neat CIE vans from Leslie. I also picked up some really nice Street lights from Dave's modelrail baseboards.com and a reefer bell container for my bogie flat.

Edited November 4, 2016 by richrua

[Glenderg]

Lovely hurlin', they're such a doozey of a kit to put together*

*except the brake gear

 

R

[David]

That beet wagon in the background looks nice. Any chance of a pic?

[jhb171achill]

Those look absolutely fantastic - top drawer stuff. An excellent looking layout.

[richrua]

My CIE H van from Leslie and provincial wagons. I ran out of a bit of Matt varnish just to finish it off. Happy though!

[jhb171achill]

Looks good in real life, and better on a layout! Also good to see the right shade of brown paint for the period!

[Sulzer201]

Lovely wagons there Rich, I also like that GV, great scene with the Metrovicks.

[Noel]

Superb layout scenes. B&T heaven combined with loose coupled goods traffic - bliss.

[richrua]

Thanks lads. Been trying to get time to fit in a bit of work. It seems to get harder these days!

[JasonB]

Lovely work on the H van Rich,them pics on the layout definitely capture the atmosphere from the time.

[richrua]

Churning out another one...

[richrua]

 

Finally trying my jm design Bredin coaches. This one is the standard one . Need a little help with the roof details if anyone could advise. Lovely fine brass overlays these. I hacked up a dapol coach kit as the donor coach.

 

[Mayner]

Hi Rich

 

I will send you a full size roof layout showing the positions of the vents.I basically remove the Dapol toilet plumbing mouldings and leave the strips.

 

I found it easer to build these coaches with a removable body rather than a removable roof by gluing the roof to the body before cutting out for the window openings & floor. https://www.facebook.com/jmdesignmodelrailways.

 

I ended up replacing the original donor body used in the original test build of the Buffet Car and re-using the overlays

http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/2921-Tales-from-the-carriage-shops/page10

[richrua]

Thanks John ! I've filled in the wee holes for a start. I have your notes, which are excellent by the way, just looking to be careful to get roof right. Thanks!

[richrua]

 

Carriage shaped at least.

[richrua]

I have been reading the IFM coaches thread on the other page with interest. I think another benefit of the many smaller suppliers of kits and models is the sheer variety, which led me to carriages that I didn't know anything about. By the kit for the Bredin sides being available I learnt a lot about the history of these carriages .plus having fun building it of course. Anyway, I decided to try to add a light strip , it didn't quite work with only one led but I'll add another. I made up a small battery box that sits under the carriage and holds two small round watch type batteries. The batteries are available these days from the pound shops in packs of 20. Anyway, it was fun.

[David]

Lovely coach. What green did you use?

[DiveController]

These are very nice etches but for the purist the are not prototypical for length as they're designed for a specific donor to make them affordable. It's a shame there isn't a suitable Irish donor of the correct width and shape. I'm holding out to see if John can do a full length and width coach or series of coaches when he has completed the long list of other projects he has. While I did't when I should have I may special order from him if the full length coach does not materialize.

Well done, Rich for having a stab at lighting the coach. There are several videos online of single LEDs with a diffuser attempting to light a coach but it is very uneven and better with at least two. You can get strips of LEDs with have all the circuitry built into the strip including a bridge rectifier which will sort out any problems with polarity for the LEDs if powered from the track via the bogies. Should not a be a problem for you since you've gone with batteries placed in , well, the under frame battery box!

I can't recall if the strips have any capacitance built in to reduce flicker but again probably not a problem with batteries.

[richrua]

Hi david. It is a can of spray called plastkote garden green. Not a great model spray but only thing I could get.

 

Yes indeed dive controller. The kit will do me for now. I quiteblike it. Funny enough I would never bother putting lights in a rtr coach , but because this was a conversion job I fiugured I'd give it a go . I'm gonna add another led and the stripe and number of course.

[DiveController]

Where are the roof vents vents from?