Georgeconna

I am so dead....The amount of stuff in the door the past week was bad now these........aaargh!!

43 minutes ago, Wexford70 said:

Council unable to facilitate the expansion into Waterford:

Not extending the Suir Valley Railway is a "mistake" for Waterford | WLRFM.com

Waterford News & Star — Bilberry rail extension off the tracks for now | Waterford News & Star (waterford-news.ie)

Shame that,, Would be a great prospect to get people in Waterford on it rather than going all the way out to Kilmeadon.

I thought the tracks were nearly all the way into the old south terminus looking at the OSI map they are?

Steam is exciting for sure but I hope that don't change the loco too much from what it is now.

5 hours ago, Broithe said:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/narrowgauge/posts/24987831507468875/

 

Mmm Wonder will they enclose the Cab.

Would they of not been better of building a new one rather than a museum piece. I hope this does not go wrong and end up in the shed for years.

5 hours ago, Wexford70 said:

WSVR has been around for 20 years so odds look good it should have a future, in part thanks to the footfall from the greenway. No press release from the charity yet so no info on the business plan released either.

I quite a boring run tbh. Suits a casual vsitor.  It needs to go into Waterford to make it anyway good. Been on it twice. was enough.

Hope the engine gets looked after and not a one year wonder. Could tempt a lot of extra helpers now to get hands on.

Good news then.

7 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

I think Union Mills are made in the IOM?
Lovely metal bodied British outline n gauge locos

Named after the very place they are made from..

Dunno where the spec came from but certainly not sprung buffers one the ones I received this Morning. Doubtful they are metal too.

Have not run any but the Tension lock springs seem much more robust and less sloppy so fingers crossed they run a lot better.

Used the Cash back on these too, Took a right ol chunk out of the total! Sweet.

Better than the Lima ones though and pretty happy with them too.

3 hours ago, Wexford70 said:

One of the other carriages was missing the logo on the doors.  As said elsewhere, small mistakes abut at the price I would prefer to spend on IRM models. 

True Should of plummed for the IRM ones myself, Better overall given the price.

€229 price for those. Glad I got them for <120 back in the day.

The ones going on FB recently for around 200 sponds so were are Bargain.

Did I read somewhere that there was there one Loco in the new batch that had IR and IE Logos on it, The pictures listed are not the pics of the actual locos.

Brace call for sure and welcome given the debates on various forums. So the lights issue on the A classes could be fixed by IRM?, squeaky bogies?

2 hours ago, BosKonay said:

Hard to tell, we've shipped out over 1000 coaches since they landed, certainly proving popular!

Bit of a Drought from the last release. Looking at my Stock list of Irish Coaches,  I am getting to the point of saturation really!! 

I got rid of the Lima Galways and bought a rake of those as I do like the livery!

32 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

In terms of cost, the NIR packs work out at €66.66 a coach, in a three pack, the Orange 4-packs are €67.50 a coach, and the Park Royals are individually €69.99 each. The MM Mk2d's are €59.99 each, but do not have on board lighting, or close coupling systems, etc. So it's all pretty much on par tbh.

 

Also we're down to just 6 versions still in stock - should we get more?

 

https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/murphy-models-mark-2d-coaches/availability_in-stock

Quite possibly yes,  I have not ordered any but I suspect these will be in the shops for a bit anyhow.

33 minutes ago, amdaley said:

I got an SR Green one last week from Rails.

Ran it in on a rolling road, stuck a Rails connect decoder in it & put it on the layout.

It runs fine with no bogie problems that I have noticed.

Nice loco at a reasonable price.

Excellent. the Bogie twist seems to be an easy fix from what I have seen on the Net.

3 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Oh dear, another interesting "modern image" Bulleid for the display cabinet, where it would go nicely beside the Kernow 1CoCo1 Bulleid diesel - very nice in BLACK - which means this one would have to be black too - a pity as the SR Green Sunshine livery looks nice!

Thanks for sharing this George and Darius.

Bulleid Booster 20002 BR Black-EFE Rail-E82003 | Gaugemaster (gaugemasterretail.com)

They looks better with the red gone for sure. Any probs with your bogies?

Thank fully I did not require a complete set of Era's.

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Could Murphy Models not just release vinyl overlays for people to apply to the coach sides themselves?

It 60 notes a coach, should be right from day one but glad I don't produce  or make these things!! I'd be peeved.

This arrived today, looks very smart and will look sweet next toothed Bulleid diesel in the same livery.

Down side is there seems to be a fault with the bogies nitvreally true which results in some of the wheels not sitting on the track. Some chaps have had issues with running, as i dont haveva layout wevwill see at some stage if thevwill cause me isdues, if it does Hopefully an Easy fix

Doubt I will reorder stuff again as like previous models these errors seems to get fixed on a 2nd release.

Nope bought zero from them.

Mind you Jan was a Killer, Bought a Kayak, Drysuit and some other gear,Class 20 and Booster. Totally wiped out.

Interesting point, There are 1000's of locos never run, God know I have a shed load myself that I have built up for that big day. 

Even though the receipts are in the boxes I doubt a claim will be entertained. 

The Mazak Class 31 was a bad one. Hornby would not entertain anything, I ended up buying a chassis block and installing all the gubbins. The Squeaky IRM bogies were another one. It would of been nice to have the defective bogies replaced Free but I can also see that as they have said Irish stuff barely breaks even so maybe not feasible but it was said the models were out of warranty when someone queried a free replacements.

Blimey, Only went once.

Wonder if the IPMS Telford will go the same way at some stage. hopefully not, There is not so much an Ageing Demograph in the ol plastic kits side when compared the the Model Railway side plus the kits are still a wee be more affordable!!

Ordered a Class 20 which was delivered and SR Booster from Rails on the way, I just Pay VAT on arrival and €3.50 to the PO. Simple no messing.

10 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Wow! Just had a look at their "rummage sale" - there's pretty much nothing left of use. When i looked last night, still a good bit of stuff but couldn't order because the site was overloaded............... such is life.

Was not much to start with TBH

Tempted with a Dapol B4 O gauge with sound but left it off.  Vanished now.

1 hour ago, David Holman said:

 Always sad to see institutions like this go, especially as it is because of the B word. There are still a few big guns around, if the adverts in Railway Modeller are to be believed, not least Kernow, who have been expanding of late.

 Something that is also very noticeable is the rise of the "We buy your model railway" concerns, which shows how the second hand trade is booming and there are a few folk happy to buy up stuff to sell on. Mind you, when you look at the cost of brand new, that is hardly surprising.

 As a builder, rather than a buyer of rtr, the loss of folk selling components is just as worrying. Maplin was the easy go to for electrical bits and pieces, while the gap left by Eileen's still hasn't been filled. As for getting hold of fine metal strip, it is becoming almost impossible without going on line.

 Such is progress...

Really Tough about Hattons., TBF I have not bought any thing from the UK since brexit until very recently when I bough a class 20 and Booster loco.

Stopped buying from Kernow some time ago, For Pre orders they have a daft set up by charging your  credit card for the total cost of the item, then they credit your card in between the rate can fluctuate and you loose money.

This is thew Iron Duke, Laser Deck and Etch. These models come out pretty awesome with those.

Think the black should go up to this line where the arrow is.

The HMS Hood Association says that the depth of the black boot topping was about 8 feet. This equates to 4mm in this scale, which is the distance between the two guide lines on the hull

Mind you I like the thinner line.

Think the moulding from 1965 has just about had it!!  Add a bit of etch, it really pops these boats.

WEM 1/600 HMS Hood (PE 616) | White Ensign Models