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6 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

Hi everyone,

We got word today that the first 3 121s; B121, B135 and the RPSI special edition B134 are landing in Dublin next week. They will then be taken into stock and pre-orders will be dispatched from Monday week.

We still have some stock of these three locos allocated to us, so get them before they go! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/murphy-models-class-121-locomotive

Cheers!

Fran

cant wait best news of the week 

remember that the other 3 olympians can also be got for those who may not be on the irish model buses pages the wedding airlink and ghost buses are also on sale just contact adrian lemon who is on this group

a proper irish taxi would be interested possibly easy enough as just really need a roof sign and use a few of oxfords castings

1 hour ago, Warbonnet said:

Hi everyone,

Just to let you know that we have passed the 50% sold figure on these, so we would advise hopping on them as soon as you can. Thanks to everyone who ordered and repaid our faith!

Cheers!

Fran

great news and means that you will look at more in the future hopefully

22 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

I would imagine there will be a future run of them as the tooling exists, worth keeping an eye out for updates. 

with the way rapido has done the plastic buses could irm do the same for say the likes of a bombardier in plastic and release on different routes liveries to cover the development cost

All the olympians released so far 

13 hours ago, DiveController said:

From a modeler's (or potential modeler's) point of view it's little frustrating to have thing sell out so quickly.

On the up side, they are available from other retails such as Marks Models and other retailer. Looking back at emails I guess I purchased 6 or 7 Class 071s from them several years ago so I prefer to give my business there rather than to GB retailers.  I'm sure Hattons have some too.

I prefer the IRM's website for automatic VAT deduction etc at the time of purchase (one and done)

Marks will do this for overseas but it involves and email and check the refund has been done.

It would be nice if the preorder models had an indicator of remaining supplies. IRM know how many 121 models they are selling (since they are sold out of some obviously)

agree they obviously have a set number of each loco so it should be easy to start countdown at last 30 or so i was surprised that 125 was gone no warning so thats 1 loco i cant get from irm 

if theres to be newly tooled a lot of irish vehicles could appear as well as buses such as trucks ambulances and fire engines that are not available currently that would also have an appeal to uk markets such as a lot of the hanlon built ambulances

will do my orders next week hopefully will still be in stock

well done guys buses finally now to work out which 121s get replaced by these

11 hours ago, BosKonay said:

We do offer flexible installments on preorders with Direct Debit as well as card and PayPal options. As Fran said in another thread the only ‘surprises’ were the accessory packs. Everything else is long announced. 
The catch 22 being that if we announce then it takes time to deliver (like A or 42) we get daily ‘are we there yet’ queries to deal with

What we’ve settled on is that we will share first samples. So the long tooling window (which can be over 60 working days) and the research and development window (usually at least 6 months) are complete, leaving room for feedback and adjustments and preorders with usually a window of 50-60 days for decorated samples and depending on the item and run between 3 and 6 months assembly time. 
This allows a window of opportunity for preorders between 6 and 9 months between launch and delivery. 

that is perfect especially if the preorder is 6 months to 9 months keeps us all happy

a lot of people were giving out about sudden releases i must admit i did too but i suppose we had nearly 2 years warning on the 42 project with deliveries spread over the last year which was handier. the a class we have been able to pre purchase for the last year plus now. when you look the 121s have only been up a few months to buy and already 3 are sold out. Whatever IRM bring out new in the future if its a loco 6 months minimum from launch to availability is probably best to allow people pay for them over the 6 months. small items that cost under 20 are easy enough for instant notice. the same with freight and passenger sets we need a couple of months advance payment time . This also allows IRM to have capital in advance .The other option would be a return of the original top up gift card especially as you can only use 1 gift card per order and most people wouldnt have a 300 plus euro gift card off a freight set but may have 3 100 euro ones.no matter what IRM do I will always support them but anything they can do to increase sales by making them easier the better.

spoils arrived safely here looking forward to arrival of weedsprayers this week

On 8/29/2020 at 2:06 PM, BosKonay said:

We have 4, or possibly 5 new IRM announcements between now and year end, all going to plan

oh dear there goes this years budget now better sell the wife

we havnt had any news in a while but im wondering how long before we see the  full colour built samples appearing as must be in production soon. i know we seen preproduction painted samples but nothing since of final versions

Just now, DJ Dangerous said:

Is that the Northcord one?

yes

5 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

If "water" is the clue, it's obviously the B&I Ferry from the eighties, duh.

So for somebody not on FB, basically forget about getting Irish buses?

there is another irish diecast coming out this year which is the dublin bus enviro400mmc hybrid bus it will be available from brian collins 

4 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

How does one buy Derek's buses, or even find out what's available?

derek puts them up on the irish model buses facebook page plus various other model bus pages they usually sell out on the day of announcement as they are very limited runs usually 50 to 150 of each destination  is the maximum

https://www.facebook.com/groups/irishmodelbuses

29 minutes ago, Broithe said:

The clue is in the 'water'.

They're doing Ulysses.

And in O Gauge, too.

water could be a clue to steam which i am hoping it  is

52 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

Derek’s buses are a work of art! 

i know i own a nice fleet of them

20 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

One in the next week (which is admittedly a little left field And a test in the water) and another later towards the end of September! 

its a steam engine yay

we already have  the irish bus equivalent of irm its derek farrelly and his excellent bus range  for irm to beat his quality would be something but then again a plastic moulded bus could be possible look at rapido trains

18 minutes ago, Broithe said:

The defibrillator the ambulance lads have looks a touch overscale...

not really if its a manual machine in its case those things were big and heavy

maybe contact the lads in downpatrick they did have one trailer unit before it was destroyed and may have drawings

12 hours ago, Mayner said:

I am planning to use the tanks as a basis for the tank wagons built by CIE in the late 50s early 60, looks like a matter of cutting off the ISO twistlock frame extensions,  designing and installing suitable running gear

 

i wonder before you do that is there a plan for it