Bob229

Thanks for the update Rob

1st class like the leather seats,  the Mk4 sets will be service for many more years a good investment and all 8 carriages too along with ICRs providing an hourly service on the Cork - Dublin services

A fantastic freight yard great variety of wagons

The lighting and interior of these look excellent

Superb looking forward to their arrival 

Crazy price but the seller timed it well with the new IRM Mk2 coaches 

5 hours ago, Newtoncork said:

It's really great to see that Marks Models have these in stock. Would have been very easy for IRM to just stock online. Having Marks as a supplier is a great way of ensuring our local model shops stay above water. Have to be honest, I bought the MM Mk2's from them recently, just for that reason.

Sure is Marks have a good variety of stock including IRM stock and it is ideal to visit the shop to buy tracks trees etc I buy from IRM and also Marks to support the local model shop

Superb Rob, the MK2d set looks excellent the composite coach is a favourite 

Look stunning another superb release by IRM can't wait for their MK2 IR coaches

27 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Indeed, and on a regular basis impossible. When the DCDR is open, during the day some 16 volunteers are on duty at any one time. One more reason why railway heritage groups are always on the lookout for new volunteers, and why oft-seen comments that "it would be good if someone preserved.....(something)" are often unrealistic - if well-intentioned. There simply isn't the level of interest overall in this country to keep anything much more than we already have, in operations. Jackie would love to have a regular band of volunteers down in Moyasta, but the boots just aren't on the ground.

Needs a group of volunteers like in Ma'am cross

Sad to see,  was there in 2019 and enjoyed a spin on the West Clare railway and viewed the layout in the station hard to keep running on your own

23 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Other Marks are likely much closer at hand

Mk 4 / Dvt  by any chance

Big fan of the IR livery

Excellent news

Saw 217 in Cork on Monday and it looks very weathered

15 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

MALAHIDE MODEL RAILWAY MUSEUM

As of now, the museum will open five days per week; Wednesday to Sunday inclusive.

On Mondays it’s closed for layout and model maintenance anyway, but Tuesdays have been very quiet since it first opened.

This will be reviewed periodically in the future to see if Tuesday (or Monday afternoon) opening is warranted.

……and here’s a photo of Fry’s; Ballinamore, believed to be 1959 just before closure.

Yes, modellers, it has a RED buffer beam! 

Thanks for the update on my must visit list for 2024

Great progress like the freight yard

3 hours ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Hi Colin, the website is under pressure with the closing down sale and all the pre-order queries, it took me ages to place an order today, I think it will be busy for the week.

A lot of items sold in a few hours had a look on website checked later and they were gone

Big layout  progressing well

4 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Talking with a certain Santa lookalike today 
He informs me that the Mk11D's should be available from around Jan 15th depending on Customs clearance etc
Impossible to give a date for the baby GM's because of the Chinese New Year and also whether they can be shipped
via long or short route because of the Houthi attacks which can add a month to the journey
201's to be produced next' the schedule to be advised, then Mk 111 coaches with EGV's Restaurants etc, no driving trailer afaif
More announcements to follow when your credit cards have cleared!

Thank you for the update looking forward to all of the above any news on a Class 71 

Shocked by the news,  bought lots of railway and other items from them great selection of stock, also sold items to them great service even with brexit and the trunk service was very good, a difficult time for the Hattons staff

On 2/1/2024 at 10:59 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Of all the people on all the threads, there's no better man to speculate on some Provincial Wagons releases!

That's something to look forward to!

 

 

Lovely shot, @Bob229. The carpark is particularly nice.

The spacing, the lack of clutter, also very evident on @Rob's Heuston North (no Heuston North updates nor North Wall photos lately, @Rob???) is great. We tend to try cram as much as possible in and it often feels very cluttered and unrealistic, but you two have nailed it perfectly.

Picked up two four-car 29000's from Chris a while back, the first four-car units he ever did, but the paintwork was abysmal. Chris retired before we could do anythinbg about it, so I'm stuck with them. I think that the paintwork on his later commissions suffered as his painters were overworked. Some of the earlier examples like yours look excellent!

 

Thanks DJ   went for a well worn car park look with a lack of white lines turned out well, only got 2600 DMU last January from C Dyer  and it is very well finished model

C Dyer respray fine model, an IRM version would be most welcome in original and current livery 

3 hours ago, BosKonay said:

In terms of delivery, 2024 is scheduled to see the following delivered to customers, in no particular order:

• ICR Sets
• Bulleid Range (Flats, opens, perhaps some more)
• NIR Mk2b packs
• IRM Mk2c Packs
• Park Royals
• Murphy Models Mk2ds
• [Probably] Murphy Models 141/181 rerun (minimal details on the timeline just yet)

Beyond that into 2025, 26, there are four Diesel Projects, Two steam, Three coach, four wagon / freight stock and some accessory projects 'actively' underway as well as some overlapping Accurascale ranges that will feature IRM elements, all of which will be revealed once they have reached an advanced point (around about when Engineering samples / prototypes (*EP's) are in hand during 2024. 

Better start saving more,  really looking forward to the IRM Mk2c packs and the ICR sets

Great work IRM lots of new models due, any chance of a MK4 set with DVT

Happy New Year to you all

Happy Christmas  All

Happy Christmas Noel thanks for the pictures of Tara Junction