Dempsey

IR or IE 071s would be ideal 

Well done, great finish bud

Six brand new still with plastic on boxs bachmann/murphy models mk 2 IR coaches up on ebay

27 minutes ago, Rob said:

Looks excellent- not over done.   I think you have nailed it!!!

Many thanks rob

38 minutes ago, popeye said:

Nicely done, but images look a little misty, is your lens clean?

It was an awkward angle to take the pictures from. 

5 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Maybe take a pic of the roof? That's the bit you tend to see most of as a modeller. Nice work  Whenever I build up the courage to weather my MM IE stock that's the sort of look I'll be going for. Dirty but not as manky as the IR stuff.

As requested. 

I do offer that service if you don't feel comfortable weathering yourself

The latest edition to the fleet no.184 found itself in the weathering line. My goal was to give the paint more of distressed look as opposed to a more filthy appearance and to push myself more and more with weathering. 

Your thoughts and comments as always are appreciated 

4 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

They were that colour when brand new, but a bit like a silver A class or silver tin van, or a steam engine in a light or bright colour, they got so filthy, so quickly and so inevitably that the actual livery they were painted in become lost under a layer of gunk.

Pretty soon they were repainted in the standard brown colour; this concept also applied to other vehicles like the Castlemungret yokes.

In the very few cases of Irish wagons having a livery other than standard CIE, almost inevitably while they LOOK "private owner", they are fully CIE / IE owned. The "bubbles" were branded "Irish Cement" towards the end, but were always owned by CIE - same with the Taras.

Actual fully private owned wagons - we're going back decades, and then not many. I'm sure others will add to the list, but on the BCDR the East Downshire Co. had a few coal wagons, and oil companies had a small number of tankers in the 1950s and 60s.

Thanks for the info, I had misunderstood that when they were built for tara mines they were built for them as a costumer rather then built for running from tara mines. 

7 hours ago, Wexford70 said:

Nice design but what a vibrant blue alright! Not having the weathering skills I think I may reluctantly pass on th

I know a guy if you want them weathered

I maybe showing my age or lack of knowledge of anything rail related before the early nineties or both, I had no idea that these existed in another colour. Would these be the only examples of privately owned freight stock running on the network? 

5 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

You'll have to weather some so! 

Oh I've been looking at plenty of pictures for inspiration. 

Very clean looking paint job

7 hours ago, Rob said:

Very impressive, Chris.    Looks great!

Well done

Thanks rob, much appreciated 

While I do not pretend to be an expert I submit my own attempt for your viewing 

I've really enjoyed the comparison video between older models and today offerings and the reviews are very well done I think

Nice job. What was the base loco? 

Could we see reopening of any closed lines which would be a potential benefit to the network and rail travel as a by product? 

That is excellent work. Very informative 

5 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Can buy a nice A class for €189 and more to come...

When the 141/181/071's were made, the market was much smaller - we reckon about half the numbers it has now... supply and demand unfortunately kicks in.

Which is great as it has allowed the range of detailed irish models to grow. We've seen with MM upcoming re-releases that demand is there so maybe 141/181/071 aren't outside the realm of possibly 

Good point. It is unfortunate to think that there maybe people who have turned their back on the hobby because they can't afford the stock they want. 

Well maybe with the upcoming releases of 201s it could be a possibility depending on how these sell? 

4 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

How much longer before we see IRM release twin-packs of 141's and twin packs of 071's?

A twin pack would still be cheaper than this:

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/174756107134#vi__app-cvip-panel

Now that is a idea and a half in my eyes. I'll talk two of each

The two 071s that were up before it finished up near the 300 mark. Crazy money all round 

It would remind you of when manufacturers starting applying their own form of "weathering" to locomotives. Just a quick blast and job done. 

Congratulations that's fantastic 

Just paid off 048 today. Looking forward to seeing this locomotive in the flesh so to speak.