DJ Dangerous

Down to twelve variants in stock at Mark’s Models: http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51 One green sold out and one black and orange sold out.

Great idea using fixed-bar couplings!

You sound just like the voices in my head! I wonder if anybody has tried a top & tail DCC consist, yet.

Powered units? i’ll take a 1980’s DART, please! Failing that, a 29000 or a 2600 would be nice. Unpowered? Your O Gauge 071’s will need some Mk2’s to haul, and it would be a shame to spray over these gorgeous NSE ones. Would also make @murphaph’s holidays here more touristy and less businessy. Stepping down a scale, Mk3 coaches, specially suburbans with a DVT, definitely number 1 on the list. Dutch Van next on the list, even if it has to be priced higher due to it’s uniqueness. Mk1-based GSV’s and Weedspray coaches would tie in with a UK coaching range, but Bachmann and Hornby seem to have the Mk1’s covered - so a bonus point for the Dutch Vans. Mk4 and De Deitrich coaching ranges would be super - there must be a lot of 201’s out there just begging for both of those. I guess De Deitrich’s would need to wait until after the Mk3’s, so you could tool up the Enterprise livery Mk3 EGV’s, but no such shenanigans with the Mk4’s. Bottom end of the list would be something to intersperse with the Park Royals, and Tin Vans. Anything 1970’s and newer would be a delight, whatever it may be. The last couple of years’ models have mainly targeted the grey era’s.

Good riddance! The vents are a nice touch on this DRYU-9157185 45G1 box:

Sad to read this, both for their customers and for KR themselves. They came across as well-meaning and earnest, but with a shaky business model and a lack of security. Producing niche models is admirable, but not sustainable. You need the odd bread and butter model from time to time, something that will sell out, fast, to bolster your finances and allow you continue with the niche models. Excluding Sam’s Trains from the equation, I saw enough videos and comments from others to know that there were serious quality control issues. I did see some of Sam’s rants, but he was far from the only one, and in today’s online world, you have to expect some level of heckling over your mistakes. Not justifying abuse or hate, but blaming influencers etc falls flat on it’s face. They are part of the scene and are here to stay, while they can make money out of it. Here’s hoping that they manage to shift the warehouse stock and repay at least something to folk who have lost out. As a side note, the forum search function has a three-letter minimum, so searching for “KR” won’t work. You’ll need to use DuckDuckGo or Google or whatever to search.

Sounds sublime, @ttc0169.

Thanks for the yearly update, @Rob!

Down to a handful of FK’s in NSE and Trans-Penine liveries, and several different brake coaches - don’t think Mk2 brakes would be any use for Irish modellers?

Received shipping confirmation for mine this morning, yay! Only 12 units (not lines) available direct from A/S today: https://www.accurascale.ie/collections/park-royal-coaches

Model Railway Emporium tend to over-expose and over-saturate their photos, so it’s hard to tell whether they’re closer to RTC than NIR. Chris’s models were usually quite good ln colour - at one stage it was @tonto.irl doing his repaints - so hopefully they’re more maroon than red. €255 for four is not a bad price, all things considered.

Fourteen of the sixteen Park Royals, including the four green models, now available from Mark’s Models at €89 each: http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51 Hunslets also available for €262 / €380 each.

Only two variants left in stock: https://www.accurascale.ie/products/park-royal-d-176-suburban-no-1407tl https://www.accurascale.ie/products/park-royal-d-176-suburban-no-1409tl Talk about selling fast.

Theh must be, as only seven went live, all black and orange variants. I guess they were quite rare - 4 of the 16 variants are green, the rest black and orange.

Park Royal coaches now listed for sale: https://www.accurascale.ie/collections/park-royal-coaches