DJ Dangerous

Once you don't write to Michael O'Leary.

Time to set up a YT channel for all of the various layouts! This is gonna be too good not to.

Hi All. Just wondering what donor chassis people have used for their kit-built / scratch-built / 3D printed Irish locos and stock, across N Gauge, OO Gauge, O Gauge and other scales. There have been many mentions throughout the forum, but I thought it would be good to get a few of them together in the one thread. The O Gauge Heljan Class 58 was what set me thinking along these lines, as the chassis looks like it may be useful. I know that the HO Gauge Athearn SW-1500 is definitely the main contender for OO gauge 121's, 141's and 181's, it's been posted to death on the forum so there's not much to say on that one, but what else? Shapeways O Gauge Irish stuff tends to be 1:48 rather than 1:43, presumably due to it's American ancestry. For reference, the Athearn SW-1500: https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklistdatabase/356676/athearn_95831ath_sw1500_emd_203_of_the_great_northern_railway/stockdetail What do people use for bogie sides? Some of the Irish bogies are very uniquely Irish looking indeed.

"Shortly" was the last update:

Did he survive?

Doors and roof detailing probably wrong, too? Doors and roof detailing probably wrong, too?

@Sean recently shared a link with me, and I'd be much obliged if he could share it again here. Mainly on shelf layouts but further down the article was a section on what I plan doing, and may be an idea for you - building the shelf layout into some cabinets, so it's really not taking up any more space than one shelf of your cabinets.

I hate, hate, hate to say it, but that's not as bad as the prices they fetch through eBay and through Hatton's, €120 each. Plus, if I chose to sell some of mine, which have been run, I'd be selling for that kind of price to break even, after buying at above-average prices, paying postage, then paying import tax, then paying the same again to get them up to Ireland. I know that there's a pretty low probability that your man Pat Bentley lives in Las Canarias, so probably hasn't paid quite that much, I do accept that.

Hornby HST Mk3's quite cheap for anybody interested in respraying: https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults?search/scales/OO/product-types/Coaches/brands/Hornby/sub-types/BR Mark 3 (HST)%2CBR Mark 3 (sliding door)/bargain/true/sort/4

To add to that, I've just tried on the PC with the same results. However, when I turn on my VPN and use an Irish or UK IP address, the advert DOES appear in the search results, but only on the .co.uk platform.

Using @Sean's link, and removing all of the crap from the end of it, I can see the item. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175757401179 Changing the .co.uk to .es, I can still see it. https://www.ebay.es/itm/175757401179 But it does not appear in my search results on .co.uk, .es nor .ie. So I'm guessing that there is some sort of additional level of visibility for sellers now, where they can block regions based on IP addresses or something. P.S.: Booooooo Mallorca, yay Canarias!

Maybe sellers have the option to block their listings from certain regions based on IP addresses, rather than just the .es / .co.uk platforms. I'll find out soon enough for myself!

Not a bad price at all! Damage sounds minimal. Wonder why it doesn't appear in the search results for me. I can usually see stuff on the British site, even when they don't offer postage off the island.

You mean "Thanks a Brookhall" ?

I'm not seeing it on eBay, even on the British site: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_nkw=Murphy+Models

With big thanks to @Tarabuses (and no thanks to that @MOGUL fellow) I've filled a few gaps in the bus collection. Also picked up a nice BritBus Dublin bus from @Westcorkrailway's buddy, Irishbloke77 for a fair price. I'm still on the hunt for two IRM BritBus commissions: CitySwift no. 13A https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/exclusive-irm-buses/products/copy-of-dublin-bus-cityswift-13a RailLink no. 90 https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/exclusive-irm-buses/products/dublin-bus-rail-link-volvo-rv-class-olympian-rv517 Still hungry for the older BritBus Dublin buses, if anybody has any that they want to let go.

Definitely agree with that... Looking back at one of the videos I took about five years ago after dusting off some of my childhood BR stock and receiving a lovely Deltic in the post from Marks models, and contrasting it to the few Irish bits and bobs that I have today, it is also the path that I took. @derek has the new batch of Murphy Models Class 141 / 181's to look forward to, and an IRM steam loco, more Murphy Models Mk2D coaches, IRM Mk2ABC coaches AND Park Royal coaches! Hatton's Genesis coaches are probably only a stone's throw away, too.

I'm sure I could wrangle a 10% FFF discount on an apartment. Family, friends and Forumers...

Hatton's O Gauge steam loco sale - UTA Jinty's in there, too! https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults?search/scales/O/product-types/Steam locos/bargain/true/stockstatus/InStock/sort/4

385mm outside to outside sounds close enough to 371mm centre to centre, so probably 1st radius fixed curves. Good stuff on getting that 190 from @WRENNEIRE, the man can't be beaten!

That's the old pepper!

A Friday night with no TJ update? Something is off with the universe today.

The puns are definitely not stale in this thread.

Cheap enough 1/43 scale trucks! Edicola brand, made in Bangladesh for a Spanish company. I'd say that they're somewhere between toy and model. Nice detail, mainly plastic construction with a diecast cab. The glazing is very very thick and there are fingerprints on the inside of the glazing. The cab is modelled inside but my camera can't focus through the glazing. Some of the tyres melted a bit in transit, and one of the wing mirrors snapped off, along with the fuel tank, so they had to be glued back on. Decal work on the trailer is not perfect, but I expect too much when it comes to decals - straight lines etc. There are some casting marks visible on some parts, and the trailer could do with extendable legs. Packaging is sufficient. Cardboard backing, transparent plastic cradle and a transparent bubble cover. Have only opened one of them, G1N0E006, the Dodge, but for €20 each I'm very happy. If I can trick somebody into coming down here for a weathering holiday, I'm sure they could make this look excellent.