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All the 071s carried the original different shade of tan, as they carried when delivered, until around 84/85, when they started to receive repaints into the normal shade of black/tan livery, so all would have looked similar in that period. Only difference was four of them carried tablet catchers for a period.

If it's as good as Rail Through The West, it will be worth the wait.

Are the wagons in those two photos an early prototype of the ballast wagon, as the design is different to the later wagons?

Resurrecting this old thread as came across a photo of a Bell Bulk 20' tanktainer.

Dave, aka Wrenneire, has this photo on the net, which shows them in colour in the grey livery.

That's great and thanks for the clarification. As far as I'm concerned, any modern Irish RTR wagon or loco is more than a welcome addition, and long may the IMR project list continue.

Does this mean that IMR don't plan on producing, in RTR, any modern type wagon that another producer has already produced a kit for?

That's great to hear.

While there are lots of photos of the cement bubbles on the interweb and drawings aren't that hard to come by, are you guys planning on visiting the remaining bubble wagon for detailed photos and exact measurements as part of the project, similar to what you did with the ballast wagon?

Possibly the only time that the cement bubbles were ever in a clean unweathered condition. http://s612.photobucket.com/user/WRENNEIRE/media/IRM%20Site/No544CementTrainCabraSilo_zpsf8663b69.jpg.html?sort=3&o=346 If Mercig Studios were doing the weathering on the cement bubbles, you would definitely be in for a treat. It would be nice if the bubbles could be released in a well executed weathered version, but not just the usual spray of brown muck. However, I can't wait to see them in an RTR version, weathered or not.

Truly excellent stuff.

Excellent stuff.

IR livery non weathered versions.

Looking for preferably unused examples of these if anyone has any spare that they wish to dispose of for cash. PM me with details if you have some for sale. Thanks.

Allowing for weathering and fading on the MkIII sample, the MM0183 is probably very close to the real thing. Removing factory weathering with wire wool - Interesting technique that looks pretty effective.

Murphy Models factory weathered 181 Class loco for sale. Very lightly used. Mint condition complete with unopened accessories pack. €120 including registered postage to anywhere in Ireland. Other locations at cost. Payment by PayPal only.

Excellent scratch built models. Thought they were Weshtys kits being honest.

Very nice Dave. Yep, I reckon Weshty will need to stock up on these kits alright.

Just doing my bit to keep the Chinese economy afloat

Thanks Patrick and Fran. All sounds very positive. Hope to acquire 2, or maybe even 3 rakes of these wagons in the first release. 1 rake already ordered. If the cement bubbles ever get released, I think I will be officially declared bankrupt

40% sales is very good considering wagons only unveiled about two weeks ago. While hopefully the sales figure will reach 100%, is there a figure where a decision is made if its a go or no-go, or are these wagons definitely going ahead regardless of up front sales? Hopefully so, as I personally can't wait to see the cement bubbles in RTR format, but I realise that any future projects are dependent on the success of this project. On the plus side, I hope to order a second rake in November, so hoping that there are still spare sets available then. One other question if I may, is will these wagons be released sometime in the future with livery variations (e.g. CIE logo), weathered versions or gypsum versions? Thanks for your efforts in bringing the project to this stage, and I wish you all every success in this venture.

Any book that isn't mentioned in my last post is still available. Thanks.

077 also got a full or partial repaint at the same time as the additional numbers appeared. In the first few months of this year, 077 was sporting a number of rusty patches on both cabs, which have now disappeared since she re-appeared in traffic.