mphoey

3 models that may be of interest to everyone

brekina has 2 psni landrovers

BOS87810 and BOS87811  

also busch is doing a garda jeep later  this year

52833 

all are ho scale and range from 22 euro to 27 euro depending on shop 

14 hours ago, raymurph said:

Hello All, I hope this is the correct place to ask a question about buying from the US on ebay? This Santa Fe loco caught my eye :

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HO-Scale-Proto2000-23224-Santa-FE-E6A-B-Powered-Unpowered-Diesel-Set-HO6081-/115346822162?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

 

I'm wondering if anyone has used An Post's AddressPal service to save money on postage (Addresspal charges 15.99 to post from US to Ireland). And if so what were the customs charges like? Any cheaper than the $40 eBay would charge?

take into account you will still pay normal customs due on all addresspal parcels add in the addresspal charge plus the post charge to the addresspal office sometimes its cheaper sometimes not

going by what irm has done with accruscale and the way things have been produced i wonder will we see the first ever real rtr  irish steam loco this year and i firmly believe the 80 class has to be a contender with the mk2b carraiges now done

looking at the new rpsi set from irm and note that we will have one mk2b carraige still outstanding which is mk2b no 305. I wonder will it be done as a stand alone carraige in the future or are there suitable decals available to change 300 to 305

needs to come as a train set with a park royal and a craven in it and not forgetting some sort of brake van just like we used to get with the class 33s

hi all

as you know i help on the rpsi onboard raffles . as we have restarted up thankfully if anyone has any railway  books or dvds etc they no longer require that they would donate for our raffles we would appreciate them. every cent raised on our raffles goes back into maintaining the stock and providing your tours

yours

martin hoey

interesting one to do

will it be announced on rte on the steps of irm headquarters

On 28/1/2022 at 9:47 PM, warb said:

23/24 years ago Marks Models was producing resin kits to scale i.e. 141's/201's way above what was being produced at the time.

have one of those 141s and 201 kits from marks

On 30/1/2022 at 9:54 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Not if your 70th is this year anyway! Boskonay said a year from samples to sales, so no samples means no sales.

Still, he also said that there may be a "powered" announcement this year. My money is on a 2600, which would be frikkin' awesome, and would leave me closer to being homeless, but we could be even luckier if it turns out to be a 22000.

Agreed, it IS bashing of everybody elses opinions, constantly at that, and it's inappropriate.

It also leads to conflict. When people are goaded enough with the constant knocking of their opinions, they'll eventually retalliate and lash out in return, possibly lambasting the old stuff from before their time, that they don't remember.

Then, one posts a survey to ask what people would buy, multiple choice options, and because of ones own negativity, those who may have bought stuff from previous eras now say no way, only my era.

 

i wonder will it be a steamer this year after all they have started doing steam in accruscale now 

On 22/12/2021 at 9:27 PM, Georgeconna said:

Does not give any information though Tony on if it is prepaid or not, Technically if there is no postage fee or incoterms noted we would have to add that on to our customs entry. maybe the same here too.

 

i have challenged a couple of customs charges by providing proof of payment paid paypal is brillant for it the funny thing is ebay items are supposed to be duty paid here from ebay uk but some are still been charged for

2 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

The RPSI website?

find that hard to navigate

brake vans received today went to order 2 more items and i see jm designs has changed from post to dhl at a huge increase

3 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Those of us who have experienced a particularly large number of birthdays will recall early days at Whitehead, when volunteers happily swarmed over several loco boilers and just ripped the stuff off with their bare hands, and threw it in the skip!

I remember Senior doing the same with an old home heating boiler he was removing........

Mad, when you think of it these days!

If the area has been drained as shown in that picture, what of the buried asbestos-clad vehicles? Once re-exposed, did they send in contractors to take off the asbestos? Or have they filled it in with landfill? And if so, will buried asbestos affect groundwater there in the future?

 

looks like everything is gone from the site since 2006 using historical views yet theres no information online as to what happened to them

15 hours ago, mphoey said:

think my order is in that second batch if i remember right

 

forget that think its arrived as i just got a customs due letter and it says online jm design model rail as sender

think my order is in that second batch if i remember right

getting this tread back on track its now 2022 with no update yet we know theres delays but not even pre production pics of the mk3s yet the 201s will come alright as mouldings exist but the mk3s are what everyone is waiting on

5 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

To date, my customers have been lucky, to get kits, but don't try BOOKS!

We've just had a parcel returned to us (£10 of postage down the drain), the An Post docket said "unrecognisable customs code", or some such - my associate posted it, so I don't have the exact wording. Needless to say the Royal Mail aren't terribly helpful, suggesting that we send it again - are you kidding, another £10 on books worth £20?

As someone said earlier, exports UK to the Republic are reducing, because they're well-nigh impossible.

And here am I trying to raise money for a series of charities (like the RPSI, IRRS etc) .........

Time to retire and concentrate on being a grumpy old man!

Leslie

PS My late father was a Customs Officer (UK) so I can hardly start smuggling now ........

are books not vat exempt

On 12/5/2021 at 9:57 AM, Warbonnet said:

Hi everyone,

There has been some silence on this project and I must admit that's down to IRM, and not Robert, so apologies to both Robert and all of you who are interested in this footbridge for that. 

We were so impressed with Robert's design and attention to detail that we approached him with a view to mass produce his footbridge design rather than do a small run 3D print, which he has very graciously agreed to. So, this will be a new scenic accessory from IRM! 

What's more, we are working on a modular concept for the bridge, allowing for various spans and orientations, giving you greater flexibility to fit in on your layout! The plan is that it will fully painted and with the bare minimum for assembly. We are currently working with our factory to get this production ready, and we will have a full update and launch including specs, prices, ordering information and more later this year, so please bare with us on that. 

We will have more details in due course, but with the design being so good and now with a factory fit and finish, it promises to be a must have for any Irish layout!

Cheers!

Fran

is this the last announcement for this year that we have been waiting on

makes an interesting point if park royals went in are the 2 in preservation safe

On 13/10/2021 at 3:40 PM, airfixfan said:

My Lough Swilly book due out later this month has 60 photos with over 50 unpublished in a 64 page book

 Published by Donegal Railway Heritage Centre all profits go towards preservation especially Drumboe. Cost is 11£ or 13 Euros and once it is gone it is gone!

hope you advertise it here for sale

Just now, Westcorkrailway said:

Those plates do look stunning

the letters are raised just like the real item 

well what can i say irm has excelled themselves not only with the loco but also the display case the metrovic plate alone is worth the extra cost

17 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

Good Evening,

"As we cannot amend or rectify any electronic customs data"

Seems to me that it is the info from source that is wrong here. Some Clearing systems use the Data transmitted from across the water to Create the entry here, if it is incorrect then your goosed it seems.

Given postal stuff cant be tracked normally if it is not registered I am not surprised that cant tie up with the sender.

A colleague told me a ball of wool was stopped from the UK and RTO. I will buy from Europe these days, bit longer but I got some CDs in the door today no hassle.

Ask them can a broker clear it for you?

 

George.

 

 

 

they stop eu stuff too i had stuff sent from the netherlands stopped for vat untill i emailed asking when did the netherlands leave the eu

the sad part is i had a small packet returned to the uk for lack of info the seller told me when he got it back an post had paid 12 euro to return it so who is paying for this in the end

amazing to see i wonder if accruscale / irm are doing 150s of railways will we see a dublin to kingstown train