DJ Dangerous

Once they’re not the old chunky TLC’s, it’ll be grand.

Or… Tongue Behind Cheek?

That’s Blatantly Clear… Just seems a very pointed question, from somebody who is very involved in the hobby…

I see @Nick asking on RMW if the “TBC” for the 22000’s stands for “They’ve Been Cancelled”… Fingers crossed that’s not the case!

I don’t think he wants to buy, he wants to use his usual method, farce. Oh, wait, I mean force. Nothing remotely farcical about this man.

Loved reading that, smashing story!

This looks stunning! Remember the early days when IRM order numbers only had four digits? The humble ballasts, then a loco, then British outline, then bringing a real loco to a show, then having a loco named after you, then designing a real-world loco livery… What next? You have to be supervillains in disguise, and this is all your pathway to global domination. I know, maybe you can buy Greenland and start a town called Accuraville.

A42 looks stunning, definitely worth splurging on!!!

And no SDMRC unfitted???

Don't worry, @BosKonay, @Mol_PMB actually meant to post in the 22000 thread, not this one, as the 22000's are nail-bitingly anticipated.

Unfitted H Vans showing as expected very soon, according to the Project Status page. Sadly I couldn’t budget for any of these this year, with so many other orders to pay off, but they look like they’ll be a magnificent model.

Had a pop-up appear on the Spanish postal service (Correos) website the other day saying the same thing. Only on the Spanish version of the website, not the English-language version. Although, the Irish Independent say this morning that An Post will keep sending parcels to the US from Ireland: ”Many parcels sent to the US will be returned to the sender by An Post unless new tariffs have been paid in advance. The new rules on packages worth more than $100 (€85) are intended to deal with new taxes being imposed by the Trump administration on parcels entering the US from tomorrow. Several European and Asian carriers – including Swiss Post and DHL – as well as Australia Post, have already paused shipments to the US because of the new rules. An Post said its new process would involve little change for Irish business customers, who should continue to complete all necessary electronic documents for the US as they have been doing for some years. An Post has developed the new procedure with a US postal partner It will, however, affect individuals sending parcels and gifts to the States, particularly in the run-up to Thanksgiving and Christmas. The new regime will begin tomorrow, the Irish Independent has learnt. It is expected to affect thousands of items being shipped from Ireland to the US. Any Irish-based business or individual sending a parcel worth more than $100 to the US will have to ensure the US-based recipient has paid any tariffs owed. An Post has developed the new procedure with a US postal partner. Under the new rules, Irish parcel senders need to alert the US recipient of their requirement to pay taxes on the item being shipped. An Post’s US partner will then contact the customer to collect the payment securely. If the US recipient does not pay the taxes due, parcels will be returned by An Post to the Irish sender. Once tax is collected, An Post will ship the parcel, and forward the tax owed and associated data to the US administration. The new rules do not affect traditional letters or lower-value parcels, but, as part of the changes, there will be no registered post service available after tomorrow for items being sent to the US via An Post. Garrett Bridgeman, An Post managing director for mails and parcels, said strong personal and business links between Ireland and the US had been built over generations, and it is an important market for many Irish firms. “This situation is not of our making, but, rather than simply switch off services and leave customers high and dry, we’ve put a solution in place,” Mr Bridgeman said. The new rules follow a directive from the US government that ends the long-­standing exemption allowing packages worth less than $800 to enter the US free of charge – a process known as “de minimis”. That clause is now gone, with US import duties and associated paperwork now liable on any package worth over $100. Goods shipped through the postal system to the US will now face one of two tariffs. The first is an “ad valorem duty”, equal to the effective tariff rate of the package’s country of origin. The second is a specific tariff of between $80 and $200, depending on the country of origin’s tariff rate. In Ireland’s case, a 25pc tariff will apply. An Post is opting to maintain services to the US, despite 25 members of the Universal Postal Union – the Switzerland-based UN agency promoting cooperation between postal services in 192 member countries – suspending goods consignments to the US. The agency said it had conveyed concerns about disruption in a letter to US secretary of state Marco Rubio.” Admittedly, it all sounds a little higgledy piggledy, but at least the option is there.

Had a look at that FlickR link and there are several pictures of the 141’s / 181’s hauling the Mk2A/B/C stock. I had no idea.

“Last in Class” no. 60100… Breathtaking.. Look at that grille! Love the transparent TLC hoop.

Accurascale Class 60 order showing as "Out For Delivery" this morning!

Smashing stuff, @Sean! Great to see that you're getting locos and stock around such tight curves. Maybe A/S have a job opening for a tester.

I'd put my kidney down that we'll see a D301 Class from A/S at some stage... The only quandary is whether it will be O Gauge, OO Gauge, or both.

Fabulous photo, @leslie10646 will be delighted!

I wonder what the packaging on a six-car unit will be like? Two seperate boxes of three units? I mean, otherwise it would just be ginormous, and even the four-coach Mk2 packs were too complicated for the warehouse!

Wow, I didn’t know that! So you can actually buy accurate motive power in the shops today!

Just out of curiosity, did 141’s ever haul the Mk2A/B/C coaches on a regular basis, or was it just the larger locos like 071’s and 201’s?

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“A noble spirit embiggens the smallest man”…

Order placed, happy to support the fantastic efforts of the Teenage Cancer Trust like this!

I’m at odds with the old-time brigade here. The 22000’s are the model that I’m most excited about. I have three shuttle controllers putchased for them, and will have three end-to-end lines ready for them over the coming months. We’ve seen lots of cracking models of locos, coaches and freight stock over the past fifteen or twenty years, covering a variety of era’s, but two sizeable gaps are railcars and modern era, both of which will be handsomely knocked on the head by the 22000’s. Will definitely but a C Class or two, or three, or whatever a healthy kidney will cover, but for me, personally, nothing will come close to the ICR’s. In the famous words of a wise man this week, bring it on!