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Building BCDR Diesel No. 2
Denis Bates No. 2 at Ballynahinch (Denis Bates Collection) No. 2 at Ballynahinch (Denis Bates Collection) When travelling from Dundrum to Belfast in the 1940s, a journey I often did, one of the...
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Getting Started On Soldering: The TDR Three-Plank Wagon Kit
Paul Titmuss It is evident from discussion that there are a number of modellers who want to progress to brass and nickel silver kits, but are loathe to make the jump because there seems to be nothing...
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UTA MED Three-Car Diesel Train
Jeremy Fletcher It is not intended as a direct insult to the steam junkies, but my own personal preference is for old railcars etc. which have been neglected or ignored in the past by the mainstream...
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Scratch Building a CIE Cement Bubble
Des Sullivan Prior to its gradual demise, the freight section of Irish Rail produced some very distinctive and unique rolling stock that just begs to be scratch built. We have also been blessed...
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Locomotive Portrait: Cork, Bandon & South Coast Railway B4 Locomotive
Graham Bridle I have liked the look of this loco ever since I took a greater interest in Irish railways. I know of no kits but Alan kindly sent me some 4mm and 7mm drawings. At the time I was...
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Something a Bit Bigger…
I am grateful to Neil Ramsay for these photos of his wonderful 15mm scale model of CDR six-wheel saloon no 1. The bodywork is cut from plywood, built up in layers to produce the panelling, the use...
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Hints on Putting Together Etched Brass Coach Kits
Jeremy Fletcher Brass etch kits, or etching sets, provide a useful way to produce good quality models of non-mainstream or obscure prototypes which are not of interest to the larger commercial model...
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A Rake of Coaches: Or How Solving One Problem Leads to Another
John Mayne It started out simply enough early in 2004. I saw the listing for a laminate brake standard on the Worsley Works web site and thinking it was a model of the 1958 brake composites, I bought...
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