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Paint shade looks a lot better in your adjusted photo of the containers, Fran. Always hard to tell from a photo, as you guys probably well know. Have no doubt that IRM have researched this to the full extent possible in any case. Thanks for the reply.

There would have been numerous batches of CIE 20' containers built over the years, all with slight detail differences and paint colour finishes. It depends on the specific type of container that IRM are modelling, but from memory, the colour looks too bright. Pretty sure that while some batches of these containers had the brighter colour, the majority of the 20' containers carried a darker orange during their service, which would have only got darker over time through weathering, as the majority would have never seen a repaint. 

I have checked back through the many photos that I saved over the years, and well lets just say, there might be forty shades of green, but most likely 80 shades of orange, so no easy task for the IRM lads here.

I will upload a few photos that I found, but I should state that these are not my own personal photos, but ones that I have saved for reference material over the years.

Second fire in 24 hours at North Wall. Various machinery had windows smashed and a roll of fibre optic cable set on fire there also at 11.00PM on Thurs night.

1 hour ago, josefstadt said:

Here are a few examples of train formations from the late 70s to mid-80s era. If I turn up any other examples I'll post them here:

30/07/1978	Up Wexford Cement (empty)	054 + 14 4-wheel pallet cement wagons (28001 series).
31/07/1978	Fertiliser (empty)	002 + 10 bogie fertiliser wagons (35001 series).
01/08/1978	09:40 Bray - Thomastown (Special)	085 + 3216TL + 1501TL + 1369 + 1384 + 1378 + 1465 + 2428 + 1476 + 1360 + 1474 + 1487 + 1383 + 2569.
04/08/1978	08:45 Dublin Heuston - Tralee	082 + 3187TL + 1150TL + 2402TL + 1504TL + 1542TL + 1422TL + 1505TL + 1510TL + 1917TL.
04/08/1978	17:10 Tralee - Dublin Heuston	011 + 1929TL + 2419 + 1545TL + 1528TL + 1425TL + 3189TL.
06/08/1978	11:00 Dublin Heuston - Waterford   (deferred 10:30 service)	088 + 1366 + 1379 + 1430 + 1416 + 1461 + 3209TL.
21/08/1978	13:20 Lisburn - Bangor	731 + 765 + 89.
22/08/1978	Crane Special (to remove water tank in loco yard at Bray	161 + 627A + 626A + 295A + 12649 + 23686.
12/05/1979	07:55 Dublin Connolly - New Ross (IRRS Special)	186+155 + 2552 + 1454 + 2403 + 1485 + 1358 + 1470 + 1484 + 3212TL. Also locos 134+129
18/08/1979	08:00 Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central	017 + 1925 + 2420 + 1518 + 1510 + 1533 + 1924 + 1433.
15/03/1986	08:00 Dublin Connolly - Belfast Central	085 + 5602 + 5102 + 5405 +5236 + 5203 + 5213.
22/03/1986	18:00 Belfast Central - Dublin Connolly	082 + 5214 + 5156 + 5157 + 5213 + 5203 + 5236 + 5405 + 5102 + 5602.

 

Excellent and very valuable information for protoypical running. Some drawings/guides for stock produced by IRM would be a very nice touch.

10 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

We are looking at the possibility of doing the pallets as an accessory item, watch this space.

Items like the fert pallets, beer kegs and CIE 20' containers could be found sitting around almost every yard back then, so would imagine these items would also sell as stand alone items if you were to release them.

1 hour ago, Warbonnet said:

Here's a preview of the deco of the pallets! As explained above, they pallets were wrapped in plastic with branding on them, and that's what our model will replicate! 

Cheers!

Fran

Looks pretty spot on to me. Here is a screenshot of the real thing from the Railfreight Today DVD from Telerail.

Any plans to sell the fert loads as a seperate item? Detail on the wagons is impressive to say the least. Definitely on my shopping list.

Will the fertiliser bag loads have printed bags as per the prototype or what's the plan for them? Actually have one of these bags lying around somehwere if you need it for detailing the load.

Trains with graffiti seems to have caught the media's attention over the last day or two, when the photos posted by Marks Models went a bit viral.

If you ever wondered how these lads get away with it, it seems like you only have to throw on an orange hi-viz and you can pretty much paint any trains to your heart's content without being disturbed in any IE depot, station or stabling point. Check out this video and you will see what I mean. IE need to up their game on security big time if this video is anything to go by.

52 minutes ago, ttc0169 said:

Here is a photo of a recently refurbished 42' bogie wagon 30183...

Apart from the spoil wagons, are the 42' wagons still used on any other trains these days?

4 hours ago, Railer said:

Hopefully that will keep everything from being snapped up so fast. On the flip side one has only to look at how fast the grey 71s cleared the shops. They were made in limited numbers too and despite not being s popular livery on here they still were big hits. I suspect another run of Grey's would be they same.

A retooled 071 to reflect the new handbrake arrangement and lack of grab irons on the cabs would be very welcome too. Three possible liveries already, plus multiple versions of the grey when you consider the various cab numbering differences that currently exist, both in numeral sizing and spacing. Current model only allows you to accurately model up until the end of 2015 for the black and silver locos, as the refurbished grey 071's started appearing from April 2013. New handbrake arrangement applied to all 071's in 2016, with the first locos being fitted with the new handbrake in January of that year.

Would a retooled 071 sell? I think multiple livery and numeral options released in batches of around 250 would, but whether that is commercially viable is another question. Grey 071's currently selling for record prices on ebay, so obviously a demand for them.

Looks absolutely stunning lads. Congratulations on another fine release.

As an aside, have IRM made a decision on whether they will be tooling the weedspray coach to accompany the wagons?

Would be in the market for a few new ones if they appeared alright. Most likely be interested in CIE Supertrain and IR liveries. Maybe produce a batch of Supertrain with IR logo that were never released in first batch. Also, IE logo with the small older type marker lights also never released in the first batch.

While they were and still are an excellent model, they were not without their faults such as the gap between the cabs and chassis that most examples display at this point and cabs sticking out over the chassis at the sides near the cab doors on some models. I presume that you are talking about using the existing tooling without any alterations?

Having said that, I could see myself in the market for around 12 models from CIE Supertrain to IR liveries (1986-1994 era) if there was to be a new run of them released.

3 hours ago, ttc0169 said:

A better one here......

 

Thanks Noel. Perfect!

11 hours ago, ttc0169 said:

 

Thanks Noel. Lovely photos, but too far away from handbrake to be of use unfortunately. Thanks very much though.

Looking for any close up photos or even a drawing of the new type 071 Class handbrakes. Thinking of getting some 3D printed to bring the Murphy Models 071 up to date. 

Who offers a respray service these days?

Specifically looking to get an 071 resprayed into the grey livery with the cab handrails removed.

New and unused Class 60 in DB Schenker livery.

Very small paint defect on edge of one cabfront - see photo.

€180. Postage extra.

DVD and booklet on the Class 185 DMU from when they were first introduced by Trans Pennine Express. Booklet includes drawings of the DMU.

These are the same DMU's that might be making an appearance on the Irish railway network.

Price is €30 ono. Postage extra.

Did 071 Class locos ever venture down the DSER during CIE days?

When did they become commonplace on this line? Around mid 90's I think but could be wrong.

Trains, Coal and Turf €5

CIE Working Timetable for 1978 €10

Irish Railway Rambler €7

Rails Through The West €7

Collection from Wicklow or Dublin City Centre or postage by Parcel Motel (cheapest option).

Payment by cash if collecting or by Paypal if posting. Thanks.

Same here. I'll stick with the models so.

I would imagine like any railway related modification, that the modification happened over a number of months/years, rather than overnight.

Sure at the very least, it is another variation to add to future batches of A Class models. 

2 hours ago, Garfield said:

CAWS was introduced in 1984. The locos were fitted with the toughened windscreens during the late 1970s and all locos appear to have received them by the time the CAWS equipment was added...

Thanks. So looks like definitely two locos on my shopping list, but will be multiples of each for renumbering.

When did the CAWS and toughened windscreens get fitted to the locos?

Amazing to see four lads from Dublin taking the UK railway modelling world by storm and showing the established players in the market how it should be done. Massive congratulations lads.

However, you have now left me with a conundrum with the Mk5 announcement.....do I start modelling the dark side, aka the UK scene, and buy some Dapol TPE 68's before they totally disappear from shelves on foot of your Mk5 announcement, or wait and see what you announce for IRM, and continue with the Irish scene.