Ballyercall (New Irish Layout

[NIRCLASS80]

21 hours ago, Rob said:

Superb- always love these clips

 

12 hours ago, DART8118 said:

Very nice railway scenes, operational activity and video work.  Always enjoy them.  Thanks for posting. 

Thanks to everyone for the support.

[NIRCLASS80]

NIR 8113 heading out of Ballyercall with a ballast turn. 

[JasonB]

Lovely stuff. The Seacows look great behind 113. 

[NIRCLASS80]

2 hours ago, JasonB said:

Lovely stuff. The Seacows look great behind 113. 

Thanks. They are not 100% pro typical but I picked them up a few years ago cheap so they will have to do!

Edited August 21, 2020 by NIRCLASS80

[Galteemore]

Look good to me. Memories of the sidings at York Road in the 80s.....next to the odd Metrovick and the steam crane....

[NIRCLASS80]

 

[irishthump]

Another great video!

Did you modify the coupling on 171? It seems like you have the valance fitted.

Edited August 28, 2020 by irishthump

[Noel]

Super sequence, love the prototypical driving. The 3173 BCK looks great, love the see through grills. Are they part of a detailing kit you sourced? Did you respray a few cravens to match the RPSI set. A rake of six looks well. Noticed some of the coaches didn't have the MM/RPSI wobble. Trackwork looks epic. Class all round. 

[NIRCLASS80]

16 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Another great video!

Did you modify the coupling on 171? It seems like you have the valance fitted.

Yes I have modified them. Would you like photos of how I did it?

[NIRCLASS80]

18 minutes ago, Noel said:

Super sequence, love the prototypical driving. The 3173 BCK looks great, love the see through grills. Are they part of a detailing kit you sourced? Did you respray a few cravens to match the RPSI set. A rake of six looks well. Noticed some of the coaches didn't have the MM/RPSI wobble. Trackwork looks epic. Class all round. 

3173 is a Bachmann Mk1 with brass overlays fitted and sprayed with BR maroon and transfers fitted from Railtech. 
Still work required to beef up the underframe. It’s more a model to represent the van rather than an accurate model with exact details.  Here’s a link to the brass sides. 
 

https://www.mousa.biz/fourmm/coach/sides/CIE/cie_sides4.html#cie-mk-1-steam-heat-boiler-van

Thanks for the positive comments 

 

[irishthump]

16 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Yes I have modified them. Would you like photos of how I did it?

Yes please! I've done the same with my locos but I'm always interested in any techniques I can steal!

[NIRCLASS80]

43 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Yes please! I've done the same with my locos but I'm always interested in any techniques I can steal!

Ok here goes. Firstly one word of caution is that this worked ok for me on my layout with a minimum radius of 24inches. 
Cut off coupling mount from the locomotive’s bogie. 
Then take the valance in the detail pack and cut a small slot. 
Then glue a NEM coupler pocket to the back of the valance in line with the slot. 
Once the glue is dried fit the Kadee NEM style coupler. 
Then fit to loco. I haven’t glued this to the loco and so far haven’t had any issues. 
Hope the photos make this all clear. 
Total time 30 minutes both ends. 

[JasonB]

Love that legendary sound  

[irishthump]

That's nice, neat work. My version was a little more involved

1 hour ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Ok here goes. Firstly one word of caution is that this worked ok for me on my layout with a minimum radius of 24inches. 
Cut off coupling mount from the locomotive’s bogie. 
Then take the valance in the detail pack and cut a small slot. 
Then glue a NEM coupler pocket to the back of the valance in line with the slot. 
Once the glue is dried fit the Kadee NEM style coupler. 
Then fit to loco. I haven’t glued this to the loco and so far haven’t had any issues. 
Hope the photos make this all clear. 
Total time 30 minutes both ends. 

 

That's neat work. My own method was a but more invoved...

Like you mentioned I was'nt confident the NEM couplers would pivot enough for tighter curves so I installed draft box Kadees instead.

[NIRCLASS80]

134 enters Ballyercall on a railtour

[Galteemore]

Fantastic. Can almost hear it....lovely job 

[NIRCLASS80]

134 maybe the star of the show but it can’t depart without 146 piloting. No turntable available. 

[JasonB]

On 9/16/2020 at 11:29 AM, NIRCLASS80 said:

134 maybe the star of the show but it can’t depart without 146 piloting. No turntable available. 

Love this combo. Looking forward to running both in IE livery. 

[NIRCLASS80]

 

[fishplate7]

That is absolutely excellent! The 121 looks and feels right at home!!! Imagine what this layout will be like when the tippex's arrive!!!!

[NIRCLASS80]

A video of the various lighting features and sounds of a V5 chip as programmed by myself. 
 

 

[irishthump]

Great video. Do you only use the Drive Hold and Coast functions to drive the loco? What values do you program to Acceleration and Deceleration?

The way I set up my locos I put the Independent Brake function on F3 and set deceleration to maximum (255). I only use Drive Hold if simulating starting a heavy train. I never use Coast as with the high Dec value you simple turn the throttle down to 0, let the train coast and stop it with the brake on F3. I find this is very realistic way to drive the loco.

[DART8118]

Agreed, a great video.  Did you say you did something special to get the red lights both showing at cab and bonnet ends for parking?

8118

 

 

[NIRCLASS80]

28 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Great video. Do you only use the Drive Hold and Coast functions to drive the loco? What values do you program to Acceleration and Deceleration?

The way I set up my locos I put the Independent Brake function on F3 and set deceleration to maximum (255). I only use Drive Hold if simulating starting a heavy train. I never use Coast as with the high Dec value you simple turn the throttle down to 0, let the train coast and stop it with the brake on F3. I find this is very realistic way to drive the loco.

In normal usage I would just use F3 but I just wanted to show the coast option. 
I set acceleration at 160 and deceleration at 120. 

13 minutes ago, DART8118 said:

Agreed, a great video.  Did you say you did something special to get the red lights both showing at cab and bonnet ends for parking?

8118

 

 

Just mapped the functions using the Lokprogrammer 

[DART8118]

Thanks.  Don't have a Lokprogrammer and thought it might be something I could set with CVs on my controller.

[irishthump]

4 minutes ago, DART8118 said:

Thanks.  Don't have a Lokprogrammer and thought it might be something I could set with CVs on my controller.

You can do it with CV's but it's a bit of a chore and easy to mess up.

[NIRCLASS80]

8 minutes ago, DART8118 said:

Thanks.  Don't have a Lokprogrammer and thought it might be something I could set with CVs on my controller.

Sorry but I haven’t a clue what CV’s effect what as I have used a Lokprogrammer for years. 
Does anyone think there would be a market for a decoder programming service?

[irishthump]

Just now, NIRCLASS80 said:

Sorry but I haven’t a clue what CV’s effect what as I have used a Lokprogrammer for years. 
Does anyone think there would be a market for a decoder programming service?

I'd say there might be a few modellers who may want the 121 decoder set up for independently controlled lighting.

When you make adjustments to the function mapping in the Lokprogrammer software if you click on the tools tab there is an option to show which CV's have been changed.

[fishplate7]

1 hour ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

Sorry but I haven’t a clue what CV’s effect what as I have used a Lokprogrammer for years. 
Does anyone think there would be a market for a decoder programming service?

Excellent video tutorial! I would say yes, definitely, regarding the programming service. I was talking with some fellow modellers only the other day about this and we were all in agreement that this would be a good idea!!

Edited September 23, 2020 by fishplate7

[NIRCLASS80]

Motive power photo call!

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[NIRCLASS80]

Some running from Ballyercall. 

 

[Noel]

On 28/8/2020 at 5:27 PM, NIRCLASS80 said:

 

That's a fabulous run around sequence

[NIRCLASS80]

51 minutes ago, Noel said:

That's a fabulous run around sequence

The shaky hand isn't so fabulous!

[NIRCLASS80]

Today I started a small Facebook group which will include some articles, photos and videos of my model layout and also real railways past and present if anyone is interested here’s the link. 
 

https://www.facebook.com/groups/473839153545688/?ref=share