Narrow gauge beauty's

[GSR 800]

Something that has been hiding from me for a while..

And this website..http://www.chestermodelrailwayclub.com/stock.htm

[jhb171achill]

Lined dark green, weathered....? Looks more GSR grey, apart from red NCC coupling rods...

 

Seriously excellent model, though. Lovely stuff!

[David Holman]

Ye Gods, a Swilly 4-8-0. Scale, gauge, origins?

A real beauty, whatever its origins. Like JB, am hoping there is dark green under the weathering. For me, the Swilly's locos represent the best of Irish narrow gauge. Would love to recreate Casserly's photos of Burtonport - if only I had the space...

[Weshty]

Lovleeeeeeeee.....

[GSR 800]

Ye Gods, a Swilly 4-8-0. Scale, gauge, origins?

A real beauty, whatever its origins. Like JB, am hoping there is dark green under the weathering. For me, the Swilly's locos represent the best of Irish narrow gauge. Would love to recreate Casserly's photos of Burtonport - if only I had the space...

Backwoods minatures kit David, and built to an excellent standard too..

Seems to be a bit of green there on the tender

[David Holman]

Wondered if it was a Backwoods - 4mm scale, am guessing? Have heard that they are not for the faint hearted, as can be a challenge, but in the right hands [like this model] certainly make up into something splendid.

[GSR 800]

OOn3. Would be a challenge indeed! Looking at it the chassis would be very difficult to build with an outside(or sandwich?) frame chassis like that, especially in narrow gauge. Hats off to the builder, whoever he is..

[GSR 800]

Yum..

 

[Horsetan]

Wondered if it was a Backwoods - 4mm scale, am guessing? Have heard that they are not for the faint hearted, as can be a challenge, but in the right hands [like this model] certainly make up into something splendid.

 

None of the Backwoods kits are for the faint-hearted, but there is a question mark (allegedly) over whether they are still available.

[jhb171achill]

Drool drool drool.......!!!!!

 

That C & L stuff is absolutely amazing! Fantastic!

[GSR 800]

Drool drool drool.......!!!!!

 

That C & L stuff is absolutely amazing! Fantastic!

 

Thought you might like that, so here's a few more..

[jhb171achill]

I've seen that stuff before but I don't remember where it is, or what layout - anyone?

[Mayner]

Chester MRC Dingle layout. I also have a small C&L layout.

 

 

 

I am not sure if the business is still in operation, the last time I was in contact with the owner Pete McParin he commented that the information on the web site was out of date and no longer prepared to supply the Irish kits.

 

The kits were relatively straightforward to assemble, though it could be a bit tricky fitting a motor under the bonnet of a Donegal railcar

[GSR 800]

Excellent little layout John!, really captures the look of the C&L

I'm not surprised if he is no longer supplying the Irish kits, as the market would be tiny, for narrow gauge Irish locomotives.

[jhb171achill]

I've seen your pics also Mayner, absolutely top class stuff, looks really authentic.

[Horsetan]

....last time I was in contact with the owner Pete McParin he commented that the information on the web site was out of date and no longer prepared to supply the Irish kits.....

 

That's a real shame.

 

Just as well I secured one kit to build "Drumboe" long ago. If there aren't to be any more of these kits I might as well scan the etches and do my own if I can get my head around how AutoCAD works.

[jhb171achill]

I wonder what he meant by "not prepared to supply"..... Not commercially viable, or run out of stock?

 

I do know, as many of us here will, that those brave enough to produce an Irish model, either in kit or RTR form, aren't doing it to retire in riches! (So, as a separate issue, hats off to them....)

[Horsetan]

Other than Worsley Works, there is virtually nothing available in the kit world for the CDRJC now.

 

Previously, you could buy kits from Backwoods and Parkside Dundas (ex-Ninelines) and get something running.

 

The peak of Irish NG kit availability (in 4mm NG terms, anyway) seems to have been early 2000s. If you missed the boat, then you really missed it.

Edited March 12, 2016 by Horsetan