Tarabuses Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 But not finished, surely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 6, 2013 Author Share Posted July 6, 2013 Tony I told you before Dont ever call me Surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted July 6, 2013 Share Posted July 6, 2013 Surely, you know there's lot's of Irish wagons about t to be produced, I can'r think of any in particular, but you guys know best, TonyI told you before Dont ever call me Surely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarabuses Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 TonyI told you before Dont ever call me Surely Rarely? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 14, 2013 Author Share Posted July 14, 2013 April saw another 5 Mk 2 coaches added to the catalogue Some superb Galway liveried Mk 2d's and also some standard IE liveried Mk 2d's 504 of each MM5411 Galway Restaurant MM5601 Galway EGV MM5210 Standard, Black Roof MM5217 Standard Black Roof MM5229 Standard Orange Roof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Thanks Dave, very nice piece's of work, tell us about this "catalogue " if it exist's., and where can one get their paws on one, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 16, 2013 Author Share Posted July 16, 2013 (edited) He did produce a catalogue for the toy fair in Nuremberg earlier in the year A quickly put together job with a few mistakes However it does not encompass his full production run The term catalogue in my previous post was a general term not a reference to an actual catalogue Some pics just for you Paul. And if you do manage to escape in 30 days I will see if I can pick you up one instead of a watch! Edited November 26, 2017 by WRENNEIRE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UP6936 Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 Love the picture of 071 on the front! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted July 25, 2013 Author Share Posted July 25, 2013 So Last May saw another 4 071's added to the fleet 077, 085, 111 & 8113 504 0f 077 & 085 with only 252 of 111 & 8113 produced 077 IE Large Logo 085 IE Weathered 111 NIR Lt Edition with Cert 8113 NIR Lt Edition with Cert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 3, 2013 Author Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just updated some of the Catalogue information on page 18 I picked up a 1981/82 catalogue with insert and also the 1978/79 insert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Just updated some of the Catalogue information on page 18I picked up a 1981/82 catalogue with insert and also the 1978/79 insert Nice one Dave, have some of those catalogues and one or two earlier editions but the British editions only. Glad you finally got them. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 The volumes of locos produced '... 504 0f 077 & 085 with only 252 of 111 & 8113 ...' seems strange. Any idea why it isn't, say, 500 or 250? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 I think it's to do with how many fit in a box iirc, 6 locos to a box, thats 84 boxes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josefstadt Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Thanks Stephen. I knew there had to be a logical explanation, but couldn't figure out what it was. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted August 4, 2013 Share Posted August 4, 2013 It's usually the most mundane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Lima ( Lavarazione Italia Metalli ed Affini) was founded to produce toy cars & boats etc in 1949. in 1958 they moved into producing toy trains which were manufactured in HO Scale. They made their first N Gauge models in 1966, there were Italian outline (surprise surprise) and they were available in the UK. Lines Brothers, who owned Tri Ang did a deal with Lima in 1967 whereby they used one of their subsidiaries, G&R Wrenn, to sell the Lima products and they then allowed Lima to produce their Big Big Train under license. Because of the success of their N Gauge models Lima decided in 1973 to enter the British market because there was only one main supplier at the time. Unfortunately for them they entered with HO scale models and as they were smaller than their OO Gauge counterparts they did not do as well as expected. They slowly started to replace their HO models with OO models and by 1977 they had completely replaced the HO ones. In 1977 Wrenn withdrew from their agreement with Lima and it is around this time that Lexie Keady and John Byrne were introduced to the Lima people because of their friendship with the Wrenn brothers. So starting with HO and moving onto N & OO we can see where we were before the current Murphy Models catalogue was produced and get down on our hands and knees to thank the man for saving us from these models. First Irish set produced Lima HO Supertrain Set 5516T Edited October 26, 2023 by WRENNEIRE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burnthebox Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Well done Dave, nice piece, now what would that £13.95 be in today's hyper inflation rate, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 9, 2013 Author Share Posted August 9, 2013 In 77 I think I was on about £50 a week so work it out. (Failed sums in the primary) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1633409/Historic-inflation-calculator-value-money-changed-1900.html Says about £75 in today's money Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 15, 2013 Author Share Posted August 15, 2013 (edited) This set followed about 9 months later 2126T Edited November 26, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enniscorthyman Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 Thanks for posting this Dave.I remember looking at a Set of Lima repainted corridor coaches and the super train class 33 in a local store window in the 70s.Me poor little heart was dying for one.Santa did bring me the freight version in 1978 and I remember my Dad walked on the CIE break van on Christmas night-God I was devestated but he did glue it back together again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted August 31, 2013 Author Share Posted August 31, 2013 (edited) Some scarce HO boxed coaches 9144 CIE Mk 2 9146 CIE Bredin/Park Royal? Some different box styles. The centre one would be the more common one. Edited November 26, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted September 8, 2013 Author Share Posted September 8, 2013 (edited) Final HO pics 1707 CIE 4F Shows different box that the HO loco came in, bottom pic shows the standard HO box of the time. Edited November 26, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aussie Phil Posted September 17, 2013 Share Posted September 17, 2013 Amazing the similarities between the Australian model railway scene and the Irish one. We started out with a handful of repainted UK and US models in the 70s and progressed to some basic prototypical models and better since then. We are now at a point where the market has produced almost all the locos from the 90-00s era, a wide range of steam and more wagons than you can ever possibly collect. Down side is cost and that it is no long a challenge to model Aussie railways. Thank for the history mate. Enjoy reading this thread immensely. Great collection you have. One to be jealous of. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted September 18, 2013 Author Share Posted September 18, 2013 Cheers Phil Still a lot of stuff to cover, Lima did some O Gauge & N Gauge in Irish livery's and there is some Hornby Irish as well Also hope to cover the MIR Freight range and some other bits, so stay tuned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 I have been pulling the house apart looking for a boxed version of the Lima HO A Class (Cl33) 8015 in case anyone has one lying around I have only found one which is incorrectly boxed, still a few places to search but its not looking good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted September 30, 2013 Author Share Posted September 30, 2013 (edited) HO "A" Class Non original box's but both are for Cl 33's The difference in box height has been shown before Edited November 26, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 (edited) Been neglecting the thread lately but hope that this yoke might be of interest to any Lima collectors here Possibly the hardest Lima Irish item to obtain so far, Thanks Dan, ye robbin bastard! A lot of anomalies concerning this wagon methinks 303 prefix usually indicates a HO item, a lot of the time the 30 is not present and the prefix just then becomes 3*** So this is then a HO wagon but given OO bogies and couplings and a W on its description to indicate OO couplings Check out 303202 to see the bogie/coupling difference Lima Sundries Wagon, be still my beating heart, as one of our own might say. This shows where the box was adjusted in the factory to cater for the OO Bogie & Coupling Alternative box Edited November 27, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warbonnet Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 now that is a rarity. How many were made Dave? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 No idea Fran, but not a lot Catalogued as 1982 - 83 Even the box is a quare yoke Has a second Lima token in the Lima Models signage on the box The Lima Models appears on the right hand side of the box end, usually appears on the left No sketch of the enclosed item, whereas usually there is a sketch on the box end The plot thickens! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted October 22, 2013 Share Posted October 22, 2013 Dave, is this the famous CIE version you were looking for, or is that another one. New Irish Lines Vol 3 No 6 2004 November for more info on the Sundries Van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted October 22, 2013 Author Share Posted October 22, 2013 This is it Richie, I've been searching for one since you were in short trousers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterfordtrain Posted October 26, 2013 Share Posted October 26, 2013 Think the list of 141/181 is slightly wrong you have 188 in twice and left out 183 ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted October 28, 2013 Author Share Posted October 28, 2013 Noooo...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted November 4, 2013 Author Share Posted November 4, 2013 Forgot to mention these 2 ladies August of this year saw the final 2 issues of the 071 class models Only 252 of each produced and classed as Limited Editions 7071 7078 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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