DJ Dangerous

At the risk of opening a can of worms here, and I love opening cans of worms, the only real limits are moral and financial.

3D printing makes it very easy to copy somebody else's work without putting in the graft that they did in the first place.

This is what China has been accused of for decades, stealing technology, reverse-engineering and basically copying others work while skipping the initial set-up cost.

I assume that there is some sort of association for those who make 3D prints, with some kind of guidelines and standards, much like the NMRA etc?

On 26/2/2024 at 7:14 PM, irishmail said:

Thanks  Dave, I currently have  7 Hornby  and 8 Lima  50's. Will have to kindly  ask Fran if he will send me an accurascale sample   or  do  you have to be one of those youtubers with  mega  likes  and viewers lol...

Do something stupid like jumping off your roof in a shopping trolley while live-streaming to YouTube.

Accurascale will not only give you a loco, but will show up in person to sign your various casts.

Only have one myself, Heljan's "Courageous", but am looking forward to adding two Accurascale variants to the fleet!

On 16/12/2022 at 3:21 PM, Warbonnet said:

Hi everyone,

There might be another bubble run in 2023! Let us know what liveries you would like to see!

• Ivory with CIE roundel (new numbers)
• Ivory with Irish Cement branding (would be same numbers again as we can only find evidence of 6!)
• Orange
• Grey

Happy to listen and take on feedback.

Cheers!

Fran 

Oh my goodness, a revelation just hit me...

These are going to be O Gauge instead of OO Gauge, aren't they???

Can I stop buying Accurascale HUO's and start buying IRM Bubbles instead???

You're running out of HUO's anyway, no pack I nor pack N available.

4 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

DJ Rails remove the VAT for their Exports.

For their eBay store?

Three Murphy Models Cravens for €180:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/176258191897

A Murphy / Bachmann Mk2A for €60:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/145634186210

Aaaand a Murphy Models 201 for €370:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/285622465280

Jonah - Ssssst.... (Listen):

On 25/2/2024 at 2:12 PM, JasonB said:

Not sure about 20 or 30, although I wouldn't rule it out with you. Been to IKEA lately? 

Something something about IKEA being in the Danger Zone if they sold reefers.

I'm not even trying any more.

Any more artwork, @Arran?

Those Manchester Liners look older than your previous release?

Murphy Models ST livery no. 5102 for £70 GBP minus 20% discount:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/196219950990

Rails of Sheffield are offering a massive 20% at their eBay store!

You need to enter the LEAP20 code at the checkout.

Only valid for the next three days.

No use to me because of the double-taxation, but may be of use to some on here.

3 hours ago, David Holman said:

The Green Bible says they were standard Sentinel products - makers numbers 6846/7. Built in 1927. Allocated to Cork and Tralee, one was tried out on the Castleisland branch, but by 1931 both were at Tralee before moving to Limerick in 1932. Here they worked the Market siding until this closed in 1940. Apparantly, they then lay out of use until withdrawn in 1948. They were numbered 280 and 281.

 Have often wondered about a 7mm version as there are at least two rtr models. Moving the wheels out to 36.75mm gauge has been tried in the Chatham Club's SMR version, which has run trials on Northport Quay, but it doesn't fit either of my timescales.

I garnered something similar from Wikipedia's various pages, but we all know that Wikipedia may not always be the most reliable, so thank you for that.

They were the GSR 280 class / CIE M1 class?

Also wondering about a 7mm model as there are several available, almost always top of the "Offers" piles, but I'm not sure which of the UK models is or isn't close enough to the Irish models.

I'm a little confused by the Sentinels.

There were five variants?

Y1/1, Y1/2, Y1/3, Y1/4 and a Y3?

Which variant did the GSR have, and how did it / they end up with the GSR?

7 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

He was my first port of call

Try something like this.

@jhb171achill or @Galteemore will be on this like flies on poop, to confirm, but I think it just needs the "wings" removed, possibly some de-lining / de-badging, and happy days.

1 hour ago, JasonB said:

Great stuff. I must have missed this. I had decided that I've enough containers for the foreseeable, but I won't be able to resist picking up some BELL 20' Reefers. 

After the DC Kits debacle, twenty or thirty Bell reefers would be a breath of fresh air!

The Bachmann Moguls appear every couple of weeks - think I posted one in the eBay watch thread a few days ago.

The UK variants are usually cheaper, and would be fairly easy to Irish-ize.

Try @WRENNEIRE and see if he has something taking up too much space in his treasure trove.

20 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

Oops, I have either missed those or forgotten

Can’t find the post either, can you tag me or share again?

Boom, first!

Will there be anybody from the DCDR on-hand at the North Down MRS show on March 23rd and 24th, to accept donations from good folk who may want to offload some cash?

Bump for this thread!

@DiveController, @Ironroad, @Sean, @Noel, @patrick, @Patrick Davey, @Niall and a good few others will hopefull receive an email notofication.

Lots of brake vans on the list, get the credit cards out, lads!

Is it just one of each unit available, @Mayner?

I wonder if they'll commission one through IRM...

On 6/2/2024 at 12:49 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

 

At least you moved it on without losing too much, and it was a good price for the buyer:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/126296664917

 

TC, get the boat, or the chopper, 'cause you're not getting €260 for a 141!

https://www.ebay.es/itm/296207641617

 

@Mayner has his own transport company! Swish!

https://www.ebay.es/itm/235414268334

 

 

Well, I should eat my hat as that 141 went for £220 in Doctor Who money:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/296207641617

On 8/2/2024 at 10:25 PM, MOGUL said:

Well THAT escalated quickly, was €150 plus P&P yesterday and still has 6 days to run..

https://www.ebay.ie/itm/186285329975?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=5282-175127-2357-0&ssspo=tAHV0Z9ASqi&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=tAHV0Z9ASqi&var&widget_ver=artemis&media=FB&fbclid=IwAR29TgNMh9XzoZNKe-Jk_ZXF87jHYG7tn3ZLx-rWojLT6yy5CsJeVycvXOw

That 112 went for €600 in the end:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/186285329975

On 9/2/2024 at 10:09 AM, MOGUL said:

@DJ Dangeroushas one that @murphaph resprayed for him, from the pics I saw it was impossible to tell if was a factory original or not, in fact @murphaphs one was probably better as it has subtle weathering instead of being OOB

Mad where they’ve got to.. I spoke to Paddy a few months back on it and he said he just didn’t see the demand for NIR models so went with a half batch of 252 instead of the usual 504.. This is the result of them at I guess!

It's all in the name...

Murphaph Models = Murphy Models???

@Ironroad sent me this bit from the funny pages yesterday, IRM NIR Mk2B/C blue and yellow pack sold for £300 GBP:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/126337986279

And following on from that, somebody has all three blue and yellow packs for €350 each:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/126339781999

https://www.ebay.es/itm/126339787625

https://www.ebay.es/itm/126339790153

In other news, three Mk4 resprays available at €70 each:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/185939095149

A Bachmann Mk2A for €40:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/176239823409

Bachmann Mogul with three coaches for €150, may suit some of our US based members more:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/116073974864

And three triple-packs of Bachmann green coaches for €75, €30 and €27 respectively:

https://www.ebay.es/itm/266683250563

https://www.ebay.es/itm/226003100982

https://www.ebay.es/itm/285704932415

Happy spending, you're welcome!

What about selling some of the damaged stock to a UK line, a private collector or a scrap yard?

That would both bring in cash and reduce spending on repairs.

Sometimes you have to make difficult decisions.

Do we try to save everything, spread ourselves too thinly and end up saving nothing?

Or do we do as much as we can, and try to make our efforts last as long as possible?

Before anybody responds without thinking, I've been involved with voluntary work for a long long time, and those two questions are borne from experience.

4 hours ago, Horsetan said:

These figures never stand still and I think we have to realise that this only covers the place until the next flood, unless the powers that be are motivated to design and introduce flood prevention/diversion measures.

I wonder would flood prevention cost more, or less, than the damage from a few floods.

34 minutes ago, Galteemore said:

Lovely. Bet people will hoover these up.

Only a sucker would miss out on them.

1 hour ago, irishmail said:

My  current  collection  of 50's  mix  of Hornby  and Lima.  Would  be  nice  to  have  an accurascale/IRM  model  one  day.

Smashing collection, John!

Looking forward to the NSE and GWR versions myself.

Are the donors Mk2F's?

Excellent stuff, amazing to see so much progress, and see it all happening so quickly.

Wonderful that it can be documented as it happens, here on the forum, too.

So, is €3 Million the final estimate or is the tally still rising?

It would be wonderful if there was some way of boosting income, even temporarily.

What is the situation with the waterlogged ground? Is the ground itself drying out or is it still largely saturated?