k9-70 Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 According to the June 1992 issue of the Journal of the Irish Railway Record Society magazine, the first 3 car set to be refurbished was 93, the trailer cars are not listed. Another snippet of information; railcar 69 was fitted with a reconditioned Hampshire power unit purchased from British Rail. K9-70 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted February 3, 2014 Share Posted February 3, 2014 Power Car 90 today. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Power Car 91 in Portrush http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Power Car 92 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/12487767945/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted February 13, 2014 Share Posted February 13, 2014 Fantastic video, really interesting, thanks for sharing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
108 Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Excellent video. Plenty of note in the background too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 Power Car 94 today http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted March 14, 2014 Share Posted March 14, 2014 One photo of Power car 95 and also an unidentified irish rail 80 http://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CPRAIL3000 Posted April 4, 2014 Share Posted April 4, 2014 More 80's uploaded. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nirailfan/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preserved Thumpers Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Back in 1984 a short lived magazine called Practical Model Railways ran a two part feature about building one of these units. I have put the article on my website http://www.preservedthumpers.com/nir-model-80-class.html 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33lima Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 (edited) Thanks for posting! When I made my own 80 Class sets back in the early 1990s, I was aware of Shane mcQuillan's build but it was only recently that I tracked down an actual copy of this magazine, on eBay, and even then I didn't manage to get part 2 of the article! Here's another model, nearing completion; this time in suburban sector livery. As with my 1990s version, this is finished in cary spray, except I couldn't find the original Triumph Honeysickle (cream) and ended up using Ford Ivory. While the suburban cream can look different in different lighting, I think this paler cream is a much better shade than my original choice, which looks rather yellow by comparison. As before, NIR logos are hand-painted, lining is Trimline vinyl and 'Suburban' branding is 5mm Helvetica Letraset rub-down lettering. Still to do is a coat of varnish to protect the transfers, painting the roofs, numbering, re-fitting and painting the grab handles & power car jumper cables and then flush glazing. Power is a Hornby SWB motor bogie, fitted in a lengthened HST chassis. Seating is modified RTR for the trailers and plasticard scratchbuilt for the power car. All three vehicles are from 'cut & shut' Tri-ang Hornby Mk2 coaches. Edited April 4, 2015 by 33lima 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33lima Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) A few more pics, with bodies lightly varnished and a coat of grey on the roofs. All cars were numbered prior to varnishing. Driving trailer 744 and intermediate 763 definitely ran together in this livery with power car 87 - I snapped this set in Bangor about 1991, pic at bottom of this post - but I have numbered the power car 85 because 87 is my original model and she had frames across the three LH side motor compartment windows, which I decided not to have on this model as that was quite rare. Photos confirm that 85 definitely carried suburban livery about this time. There seem to have been several subtle variations in the arractive 'suburban' sector livery - different markings on the corridor connection cover, power cab front hi-vis diamonds flatter or squarer etc. Handrails (but not yet jumper cables) have been added to the power car only, so far. Major job now is flush-glazing, then a final coat of paint on the roofs and fitting the remaining handrails. We can but hope that the welcome preservation of a 450 Class set in Downpatrick doesn't mean that the prospects have worsened for the survival of an 80 Class, once NIR retire their Sandite set. Having served NIR well since the mid-1970s, the class is definitely a worthy candidate, if ever there was one! Edited April 6, 2015 by 33lima 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Beautiful model and the livery suits the class very well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirley Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 That's the one livery I haven't got in my Class 80's. After seeing your model Ivor...tempted! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
divibandit Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 There's a power car preserved at East Lancs Railway at Bury...not sure what state it's in now. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33lima Posted April 19, 2015 Author Share Posted April 19, 2015 Some final pics of the model, basically finished, barring any touching up needed. Next to her is my original model, made in the very early 1990s when they still carried this attractive suburban sector livery, but hacked from Lima Mk2b coaches rather than the Tri-ang Hornby Mk2a's used for the newer model. The latter also has the benefit of flush glazing, separate handrails and some buffer beam detail. Some additional pics are in the gallery: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2410-uta-nir-00-conversions/ 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nelson Jackson Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 Love it! Your going to have to build a layout of either York road or Belfast central for all the 80s you have haha. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold tractionman Posted July 19, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 19, 2015 For those looking, this month's RM (Aug '15) has an advert for Tennent's Trains (page 28a) which mentions a Model Irish Railways unmade NIR 80 class kit in 4mm for £45. cheers, Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railcar Posted September 13, 2017 Share Posted September 13, 2017 (edited) Here they are in there new homehttps://youtu.be/OTmUGxoPon8 Edited September 13, 2017 by Railcar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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NoelG Posted September 14, 2017 Share Posted September 14, 2017 Some final pics of the model, basically finished, barring any touching up needed. Next to her is my original model, made in the very early 1990s when they still carried this attractive suburban sector livery, but hacked from Lima Mk2b coaches rather than the Tri-ang Hornby Mk2a's used for the newer model. The latter also has the benefit of flush glazing, separate handrails and some buffer beam detail. Some additional pics are in the gallery: http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/gallery/album/2410-uta-nir-00-conversions/ Wow - 33lima they are absolutely superb models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberbeagle Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 We can but hope that the welcome preservation of a 450 Class set in Downpatrick doesn't mean that the prospects have worsened for the survival of an 80 Class, once NIR retire their Sandite set. Having served NIR well since the mid-1970s, the class is definitely a worthy candidate, if ever there was one! Hi there, Just to let you know that the project is well under way - check out www.downrail.co.uk/80class and www.facebook.com/downrail for update. Donations towards the preservation of the set very welcome! And if anyone wants to take a photo of the appeal leaflet with their models, drop us a line! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
montyburns56 Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 I've always been fascinated with these units ever since there was an article in an 80s magazine about converting some Lima Mk2s into a unit. The fact that each end looks so radically different makes them look pretty unique, but I do wonder how often were they actually multiplied up using the corridor connection end? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 10, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) They had five and six car sets running daily. Specials of nine or twelve coaches ran from time to time. Edited May 10, 2020 by Colin_McLeod typo 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achil Posted May 12, 2020 Share Posted May 12, 2020 On 10/05/2020 at 17:14, Colin_McLeod said: They had five and six car sets running daily. Specials of nine or twelve coaches ran from time to time. I only ever saw 12 once, but nine a couple of times. A 12-car set of these things made you wonder what else was operating the rest of the railway that day! It was quite a spectacular sight...... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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