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ah now they would never keep up stock levels if they gave us them wonder will irm do a spare parts pack for these with tablet catchers horns and railings in it

great to see the blues finally and it will be great for those that never got taras originally

possibly was

rip to a fellow modeller hopefully his layout and stock gets enjoyed by someone in time

well suppose that rules out what irm will be doing now and great to see the first rtr mk3 dvt been done at last these should be good sellers for paddy

i wonder could we not claim the slides negs were produced in ireland as they are usually of irish items

just got this from facebook if its genuine which i believe its going to be great for us Great news from Paddy Murphy !! 201 Class locomotives There will be short production runs of the 201 Class locomotive in three different liveries. These will be the most recent Enterprise livery, the interim Black & Silver 'Raccoon' livery and the Intercity green/silver livery with the current IE logo. Exact schedule is not available at present but it is hoped late 2021/first half 2022. Because of the small quantities involved, these will be allocated to model shops on a fair Pro-rata basis. Mk2d Air-conditioned stock The next release of these coaches will be produced in IR livery. Versions will be Full First, Composite, Standard, Restaurant and EGV. In addition, to complement the existing EGV and Restaurant stock, Standard class coaches in the 'Galway' livery will also be produced. Minor adjustments will be made to existing tooling where necessary. Similar schedule to Class 201. Mk3 stock It is over 20 years ago since Murphy Models last produced ready to run Irish Mk3 stock. It is planned to release a brand-new range of CIE, IR and IE Mk3 coaches featuring all new tooling incorporating all the unique features of the Irish Mk3. This will include items such as plug doors. Proposed versions across the liveries will be- EGV, First, Composite, City-Gold, Restaurant, Standard and Executive. It is also planned to produce the suburban version of the Mk3 with the hopper windows as well as the push-pull driving trailer. Craven I am also considering a new production of Craven coaches. This is subject to there being enough interest to make such a project economically viable.

there goes the bank balance

id also be looking at types that may be sold through accruscale the olympian from irbus has done very well with various variants even though id love to see a readily built average price d or kc i think a good option is the av as its got lots of livery choices and a lot went to the uk for operators

i actually bought 2 of those sets in from the us may not be perfect but at least is was more realistic than the hornby steam sets we had before and it could be the way to get the kids into modelling think of the rpsi main market children who will grow up loving steam trains and some might even want one to run on a layout

i assume now that production has started that you have final numbers of each loco and you could technically put up the remaining numbers available after preorders on each loco on the site which may help for people to know which locos to buy before they are gone

all of them I presume now that production has started we might see some really interesting in build pictures to wet our appetites for them

Just thinking Seen as IRM have proved and excelled themselves in the hobby so far with their range of Irish Railways would they do the same for road based vehicles. Rapido trains have proved how they can create a plastic bus similar to Herpa , Wiking and Busch but far better and allowing multiple liveries and registration route choices. Do we think that IRM could do something similar and do an iconic Irish bus in this way or even other vehicles like trucks vans or cars that only operated here. on the other hand would love a LUAS tram

Looking at what IRM has said and others have said steam may be a difficult one for sales . However if a steam loco was done it needs to be a well known seen one as said before no 4 gives options for the UK version so may help that one push ahead. Personally i would love to see 461 or 85 . In relation to numbers I am not sure how it works out with economics for irm but im certain people would pay extra for a proper built Irish loco the OO works U classes and J15 classes showed that . I purchased 2 J15 locos at 295 pounds sterling each so would not have a qualm about paying the same for a proper rtr IRM loco and I am certain theres others would do similar . can a more limited run be done for a slightly higher price than current diesel locos

yes seen it fairly pricey for one

wow with accruscale announcing a steam engine today dont think anyone seen it coming i wonder will we see a similar announcement here later this year. Could you imagine an irish steam loco done by IRM and the good thing is there are a few in preservation that can be scanned easily

no this lad didnt use mir as far as i know but sold ready built units

thanks fran i have a lot of oxford stuff already here but its great to have an additonal dealer

theres a lot of other irish models on the oxford site including various buses coaches and aircraft will you be stocking them too

anyone remember who used to build and sell 450 and 80 class trains in the 90s i know he had issues with a garage flood years ago but have long lost his details

just wondering has anyone else noticed that oxford diecast irish models are now in the vehicle section on the website even though all listed as out of stock. is this a new venture for irm

id say if irm are going to do a carraige its going to be the detrich for livery choices followed maybe by the park royal. i would love a dmu or emu as to date no company has done a rtr version most likely loco would be the c class to complememnt the a class an nir jeep would be something interesting to test the steam water id say pleanty of buses as well

might help irm then as there registered for vat in both ireland and the uk for selling irm to uk and accruscale to ireland

nollaig shona everyone

i would assume that even though its 7 announcements that they wont all appear in stock before the a class