kirley Posted January 22, 2019 Author Share Posted January 22, 2019 GNR 6w 25T Brake Van. Again I've taken up Richard Ellis-Hobbs suggestion on converting an Oxford BR 6w Brake Van to GNR Van. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glover Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Interesting. I wasn't aware that the GNR had such vans but then such information is not exactly easy to find. Nice piece of work. Regards, Glover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 If you have Edward Patterson's book (GNR) its on page 180 showing No. 50 at Omagh 1933. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat141 Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Very nice. Looks the part. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted January 25, 2019 Author Share Posted January 25, 2019 CIE 35 Ton Crane Back in 2012 I came across a photograph of a CIE Breakdown Crane. Further research showed BR sold two Cowan Cranes to CIE in 1973. They were originally painted orange and later the PW ‘yellow’. The Cranes were numbered 641A & 645A and were eventually scrapped in 2009. I had a Hornby Breakdown Crane set and the seed was planted to model one of these cranes. This month I eventually got round to it but a quick look showed only the crane part would be of any use. I decided to make two new supporting wagons. The first wagon I made out of a lengthened Dapol C34 chassis and made the body out of plasticard including a jib rest which had to swivel to allow the jib movement on bends. The second wagon was made from a Hornby Goods Wagon chassis which hold the ‘weight’ for the crane. The most striking difference for the crane section was the canopy which covered the lifting mechanised parts of the winches. It had to be able to move with the raising and lowering of the jib so I pivoted one end. Some pieces of plasticard added to the outside to add a bit of depth to the illusion. Primer coat added. Painted to represent it coming to the end of its working life. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelG Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) That is a most resourceful and fabulous conversion of what was a plastic toy into a really decent looking model. And the shade of yellow looks fabulous, PW, yet nicely weathered and tamed down, unlike typical day-glo yellow plough van models that can look more like fisher price tonka tank toys. A nice PW vehicle one doesn't blind one without sunglasses. Really tasty job Kieran, well done. Edited January 25, 2019 by NoelG 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat141 Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Very nice. Looks the part. Good work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted February 17, 2019 Author Share Posted February 17, 2019 WT Class locomotive [Jeep] Re-designed part has arrived from Allen Doherty. Trying to think of a secure way of fixing the front plate to the body without success so am considering attaching it to the front of the Hornby chassis instead. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted March 11, 2019 Author Share Posted March 11, 2019 WT Class locomotive [Jeep] Front plate connected to the chassis with 2 BA screws. Added the white-metal bits, pipe and hand rails. After a coat of Etched Primer a coat of satin black. Time for the dreaded linings, Foxes 0.35 mm. UTA roundels from Railtec and etched numbers from Guilplates. Crew painted and new Zemo decoder hard wired in. Cab glazed, connecting pipes added. Smoke-box door, steps added. Finally the roof in place and time for testing on the track. 3 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat141 Posted March 11, 2019 Share Posted March 11, 2019 Another beauty, looks great, enjoy. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelG Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 A beaut. Do you mind me asking was the lining applied as transfers or bow pen? Great result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted March 12, 2019 Author Share Posted March 12, 2019 Foxes 0.35 linings Noel, not a lot of fun doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colmflanagan Posted March 12, 2019 Share Posted March 12, 2019 Well done, sir! I think I'd have given up long ago. I trust it's running qualities prove a match for it's looks - and I look forward to giving it a lookover soon! Colm 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted March 31, 2019 Share Posted March 31, 2019 Your perseverance is amazing, as is your work and like Colm my towel would have been thrown in long ago! Well done on producing a great model of this iconic locomotive. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 1, 2019 Author Share Posted April 1, 2019 Thanks Andy, good to see you posting again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunslet 102 Posted April 4, 2019 Share Posted April 4, 2019 Thanks Kieran, it took a while to get registered again but finally got sorted! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 24, 2019 Author Share Posted April 24, 2019 (edited) GNR(I) Y5 Parcel/Bread Van Picked up one of Provincial Wagons new kits for the Y Van at the North Down Model Railway Exhibition. I also met Ian McNally from MIR and ended up with two kits from him, it's a dangerous place especially for someone who is endeavoring to stop kit building. Edited April 24, 2019 by kirley 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambeg Man Posted April 24, 2019 Share Posted April 24, 2019 Excellent model Kieran, well done. When introduced in 1912, they were built as Bread vans and each of the ten built had a set roster working from Belfast to a provincial centre. By 1924 they were no longer specifically in use as Bread vans. Your model No. 769 (No. 468 until 1924) was originally rostered for Belfast-Castlewellan bread traffic and it was withdrawn in 1953. Some others of the same type were later rebuilt and lasted until the late 1960's/early 1970's. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 Thanks Steve for your comments and in-depth history on these vans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 25, 2019 Author Share Posted April 25, 2019 CIE Flat Wagon 14' wb Series 27768-27791. Had a go at one of Ian McNally's (MIR) models, resin & white-metal construction. A straightforward build after a bit of reaming to get wheel clearance and then a quick paint job. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambeg Man Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 You're very welcome Kieran. The rebuilt type (vertical matchwood bodies) would be more appropriate for the period I am modelling than this model. That said, the other day I saw a photograph of an un-rebuilt Y 5 (like your model) at Amiens Street in 1961, in full CIE 'green' livery! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glover Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 (edited) Nice work Kirley on that GNR van. I hadn't realised that Leslie had introduced this. I'm also interested in Lambeg Man's comment that some lasted until the early 1970s. Indeed, that one was repainted into CIE green. Any thoughts on what might be suitable to run through Pettigo on my imagined life extension , to 1963, of the Bundoran branch, operated as a joint CIE/UTA line? Cheers, Glover Edited April 25, 2019 by Glover Added date 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambeg Man Posted April 25, 2019 Share Posted April 25, 2019 Sorry, duff info re. the van in CIE livery. On closer inspection the picture I referred to features Y 10 van c744N (Colour Rail ref: FIE03875), not a Y 5. In fact in October 1958 all four surviving (un-rebuilt) Y 5 vans went to the UTA, becoming their numbers: (withdrawal dates in brackets) n645 (3/1971), n646 (2/1967), n647 (8/1963) & n648 (?/1961). So at least one lasted into NIR ownership. It should also be noted that at some stage prior to 1953, the configuration of n646 (as GNR no. 766) was altered whereby the large sliding doors were moved inside the van body. See Lance King's photo on page 31 of Irish Railways in Pictures No.1 - The Great Northern (IRRS London publication). Similar vans (at least one Y 4) that also passed to the UTA got the overall UTA 'green' livery, being classed as Other Coaching Vehicles. So it is perfectly feasible that the Y 5 vans were so treated (though not to the yellow waistband!). However in the case of n645, by 1970 this would have been very faded, allowing the old GNR brown to come through. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glover Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 Many thanks for that update Lambeg. I'll dig through my books when I get home. Cheers, Glover Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lambeg Man Posted April 26, 2019 Share Posted April 26, 2019 You are more than welcome Glover. I have left some comments on your own thread (Glover's Workbench). 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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