Westcorkrailway Posted March 7 Author Share Posted March 7 A cheaper version of the Lego mode stand. Sure you loose the LED’s and some space. But a bit better for putting on your desk as it isint top heavy….and it’s priced at 20 quid in smyths 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 If anyone was any good at woodwork. I have a poster board from Albert quay which I intended to make into a model display as absolve. But all 4 sides were knackered, only the front and back were salvageable. The choice is to either cut up the 4 sides and turn it into a picture frame, or fix it up properly. Any advice would be nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 16 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: If anyone was any good at woodwork. I have a poster board from Albert quay which I intended to make into a model display as absolve. But all 4 sides were knackered, only the front and back were salvageable. The choice is to either cut up the 4 sides and turn it into a picture frame, or fix it up properly. Any advice would be nice Pictures would help….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 9 Author Share Posted March 9 3 hours ago, Galteemore said: Pictures would help….. In Dublin, will get on top of it when I return to CBCSR territory! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 11 Author Share Posted March 11 As you can see, there has been some repairs and modifications to it already. It was used in a model show for many years displaying models. It’s clear that 2/4 sides were replaced with some sort of ply wood. The result is a lot of warped and desroyed wood. It might be of use as a frame using the base and the front (would need new glass) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 14 Author Share Posted March 14 something much bigger scale for the workbench On many of the Late 1960s Railtours organised by the Munster area, a basic headboard was used. not sure what became of this one, if any one has any idea please feel free to comment. but I have decided to make a new one for the fun of it. i have all the necessary peices, though any advice would be nice. i just need to put them together. and while it has absolutly no reason to exist. maybe one day it might see action (well, maximum 25MPH!) it is nice that, even if never used there can be a headboard for photo opertunites and so forth. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 Small job done yesterday when the sun was out. The sides and back came white, not to happy with this arangment, I found a decent match rattle can and changed it around the next job will be finding a way of strengthening it and weighing it down before I can attach the lamp iron bracket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted Tuesday at 11:07 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 11:07 Yesterday yielded a successful cutting of the board I’ll use. Yeah it’s not the best bit of plywood you have ever seen but it will do the job just fine. I didn’t have a great workshop, nor are my skills at woodwork anywhere near as good as they should be. So it was off the Beal Na Blath where a better equips man and workshop was waiting the plywood came from the farmyard surplus of off cuts. Once twas sanded and rounded at the edges it was perfect. The lamp bracket came from an Irish rail lamp that was thrown in the skip, recovered from said skip and kindly given to me holes were countersunk into the peice so we could use a very strong adhesive to directly glue the headboard design onto the plywood many thanks to Micheal Lenton for helping me out with this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Nolan Posted Tuesday at 14:03 Share Posted Tuesday at 14:03 Nice bracket 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted Tuesday at 14:19 Author Share Posted Tuesday at 14:19 15 minutes ago, Thomas Nolan said: Nice bracket I can assure you I owe the man who gave it to me a great deal 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayner Posted Wednesday at 09:56 Share Posted Wednesday at 09:56 On 15/3/2024 at 4:29 AM, Westcorkrailway said: On many of the Late 1960s Railtours organised by the Munster area, a basic headboard was used. not sure what became of this one, if any one has any idea please feel free to comment. Possibly "Webbs Mill" Mallow private siding at Quarterstown off the Mallow-Killarney line. Originally a flour mill later used for handling bitumen traffic closed 1977. There is a Joe St Ledger of a B141 stunting bitumen tanks at the Mill in IRRS Journal 198 Feb 2019 Coach seems to be an ex-GSWR early GSR coach some of which survived into the early 70s. Would make a nice compact shunting module possibly forthcoming IRM Fuel Oil Wagons posing as Bitumen wagons or even H Van or Bulk Grain wagons. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted Wednesday at 11:36 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 11:36 1 hour ago, Mayner said: Possibly "Webbs Mill" Mallow private siding at Quarterstown off the Mallow-Killarney line. Originally a flour mill later used for handling bitumen traffic closed 1977. yes that is where the photo is taken. IRRS went to some more obsure places too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted Wednesday at 12:17 Author Share Posted Wednesday at 12:17 (edited) final product glued on through impact adhesive. I will probably give the timber one more coat of paint, and maybe some lacquer with the help of some good masking tape just to hide the timber which is slightly poking out. it was made slightly bigger then the plastic bit on purpose so it would take the blow if I dropped it. (Likely) many thanks to Tom Nolan And Michael Lenton for all the help Edited Wednesday at 12:17 by Westcorkrailway 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted Thursday at 02:27 Author Share Posted Thursday at 02:27 (edited) A final look at the Headboard before I "test it" probobly on GSWR no.36. then it will be ready for its probably ceramonial role of photo opps and static locos! Edited Thursday at 02:28 by Westcorkrailway 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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