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I agree whole heartily with @ttc0169. Considering the acknowledged slowdown in sales of the items IRM have judged appropriate to produce, perhaps they should be listening to their customers. While doubtless our brethren in the north would appreciate a class 80, it is a very niche item for the rest of us. I think the only time they operated in service in the South was for a short time in the 1980's on the Connolly to Maynooth service. Yes the 80 represents another opportunity to take advantage of a crossover from the UK range but contributes further to an imbalance in the products being offered. All three liveries of the enterprise from 1970 to 1994 plus the Hunlets are already with us or in the pipeline. For the majority of us the AEC Railcars would make a lot more sense and that includes our northern friends. And for that matter the C class loco would have made more sense than the Hunslets. Bear in mind we already had 071 and 201 locos in NIR liveries to haul the already issued blue and grey and wasp liveried MK 2 enterprise coaches. I will buy the blue and crimson coaches but can think of models I would prefer to be spending this money on, and I don't like to think that this is contributing to another off the mark offering. -
I wonder which one it is? Personally, being one of the younger modellers here (mid 20s) I do find the current pace of releases to be somewhat overwhelming. I suppose some of that is down to delays on certain projects, meaning the land closer to others, and ofc IRM does have payment options that lessen the burden, but I digress. For me, with 800s and PRs landing in the same year as ICRs, Hunslets, maroon Mk2s, etc. The priority is going to be the models in my period of interest. If it were more spaced out, I'd be more inclined to buy one of them all. Ditto with the MM Dart + if it comes this year. I'm aware how mad it sounds to complain about the wealth of Irish models coming online in short order, something we never thought would happen, but it does seem to be supply outstripping demand rn. So a slowdown might give the market some breathing space to absorb the supply. I wonder what the comparison of tooling cost of railcars against locomotives and regular coaches? I've no real issue with the price increase tbh, as mentioned before, the prices are extremely good value against continental models, and are the most highly detailed ones you can get on the market. -
By leslie10646 · Posted
Just to remind everyone (again) that here's another reason for being a member of the IRRS - it has a bound run of at least fifty years of these weekly notices. They're in the Holy of Holies upstairs at the back of the library - with the same documents for GSR (GSWR? - not sure) and GNR. They are remarkable record of what was going to happen each week - the livestock section could run to 20/30 pages alone! Of course, the working timetables of the railways are there too. A perusal of the GNR weekly notice by my son (12 at the time) resulted in our house name "Pettigo Fair' - it was on the day his mother was born and my Dad could have been there, being a young constable in the RUC at Garrison on Lough Melvin. -
By Colin_McLeod · Posted
@ttc0169 not everyone's wish list is the same. IRM have to make a judgement call on what to manufacture. -
By leslie10646 · Posted
Sorry John, you won't. I'm struggling back to health after a bad couple of months and have done very little walking - so lente, lente ..... A pity as there are good layouts and traders there, but getting fully right comes first. I hope that you enjoy it. give my best to @Colonel and @Andy Cundick.
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