DJ Dangerous

Agreed, @RedRich. A few Park Royals mixed in, after seeing those recent pics, and wow! These young whippersnappers like @JasonB have a lot to offer the community.

Decades of poor maintenance, probably.

I thought the CIE grey era came before the brown, not after?

A little bit of history on MAZO, here: http://camionesdecanarias.blogspot.com/2011/11/grupo-mazo.html?m=1 It’s in Spanish so copying and pasting into a translator may be required.

The venerable Mercedes Actros MP4 in the omnipresent MAZO livery, from Editorial Salvat, G1N0E096. These things are everywhere on the islands, it would be a challenge to go a day without seeing a few of them.

Looked back over your pics on the computer last night, @JasonB, and I have to say, your weathering is literally some of the forum’s finest. You should consider offering your services to other people. There are definitely people who would pay a premium for work like that!

Dublin Bus ALX400 in blue and yellow for €105: https://www.ebay.es/itm/146860116868 Not cheap, I know, but may be to somebody’s liking. Dublin Bus Leyland PD2 in cream and blue for €46: https://www.ebay.es/itm/277412505551 Both are UK sellers, so importing will bump up the prices.

Gerry Hoey / Millipede has a few Ammonia wagons for sale: https://touch.adverts.ie/models/model-railway-irish-ammonia-tankers/38372403

He must have installed signal jammers ln each coach. Given the job on the weathering, I wouldn’t be surprised if the toilets actually function, too.

Most definitely, but I felt a deep personal responsibility to keep everybody informed on the storm, so I somehow managed to dig up the courage and inner strength required to venture out into the harsh, brutal, unforgiving winter… For the greater good!

Storm still hasn’t raised it’s head…

And another few. Sure why not?

Otto-Mobile OT459, no. 1501 of 2000 units, the W210 Mercedes E55 AMG, a few pics taken just now:

Work to rule, we talk again on Monday.

It’s too hot and dry for working the bog today.

Don’t want to spill your sangría!

Looking rough up there… Meanwhile…

Feels like we could do with some HOBS autoballasters alright, as our grey 071's don't have much to haul. The last couple of years of IRM / Accurascale Irish releases have leaned more towards the steam / early diesel era... With IRM / Accurascale 22000's probably due next year, HOBS would seem appropriate to run alongside them. Perfect cross-merchandising!

I'd suggest as many eBay.co.uk and eBay.com users as possible save searches for 55015, to detect them being released: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=55015 https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=55015 I'm well aware that there'll be lots of other stuff, but the more people being vigilant, the better.

Lovely shots, @ttc0169, as always. And maybe one day, we'll see some videos, hint hint!

What else ran on these bogies, aside from Park Royals and Laminates? Also, a quick thank you to @MOGUL for sorting my Park Royal invoices. On checking yesterday, there was a small discrepancy on pricing, due to the euthanasia of the IRM website. I asked Mogul for help, and as usual, he said it was super easy, barely an inconvenience, AND offered to combine my orders to help minimise shipping and Customs fees. As a side note, I would suggest that anybody with an existing pre-order placed via IRM, rather than A/S, compare your original invoice total with your newer migrated invoice total. If you don't have your original invoice downloaded, you'll find the original in your emails from April 2023 and onwards.

Or let's "C"???

In the descriptions of each pack, it breaks down the detail. For example, Brown Pack 1 says: I’m sure that @jhb171achill can tell us the precise day, hour and minute of the change from sixties grey to seventies brown.

This could be it, @Ironroad?

I’m sure you’ll find an excuse to justify five or ten packs. I’m open to correction, here, but I’m almost sure that @BosKonay said previously that partial.ly was only available on the IRM website, not the A/S site. You can order these with no payment required up front from the A/S website.