DJ Dangerous

That's exactly what IRM said! I find your lack of faith disturbing, and theirs. If anybody can work their magic on 048, it's @murphaph!

Already checked with IRM and they have no spares available at all, for anything other than warranty repairs - which this very obviously isn't!

To fit to a 201?

Nice little (or not so little) CX! I'm of the opinion that EVE's are currently at a "gateway" stage to a cleaner and healthier future. It's a chicken and egg scenario. When enough people are driving EVE's, pressure can be put on the authorities for a cleaner source of the electricity used, but for now, they only really move the pollution... If the electricity is generated by burning coal, for example, then instead of having millions of little ICE's emitting fumes, we have millions of EVE's emitting no fumes, but consuming electricity from a source that emits a lot of fumes. Regarding the environmental impact of fabricating the batteries... Have you ever seen a clean and environmentally friendly oil well or processing plant or supertanker or mechanics workshop or breakers yard? Probably not. EVE's are definitely the future, and I say that through gritted teeth as I'm a petrolhead, we're just not there yet. P.S.: You liar, @Mayner! No way that multiple Honda's could stop running in just 15 years!

I doubt that IRM, or any retailers, will have spares in stock for repair, or replacement 201's available. Have to second that! Fair play to IRM for selling them so cheap! Sounds like any issues with them were easy to resolve by the end-users, so it's a win-win all around.

Do you do them in SuperTrain livery? If so I'll take three, please.

Thanks, @Mayner! Fabulous info, specially the graphics using the same space! Looking at the space in the garage, if I set the height at 1100mm off the floor, I can probably get a board 1800mm to 1900mm wide in, while still having space to slide the car bonnet underneath. So, two very gradual 16,5mm curves today may translate into two very tight 21mm curves in a few years time.

When it comes to 21mm, what is the equivalent of a set-track R2 / 438mm radius curve? I understand that nice gentle flowing curves are ideal, but for behind the scenes, helixes etc, carrying double or triple track, what sort of space is required? Does the inner rail of a 16,5mm 438mm radius curve work as a starting point for 21mm, or is there something that I'm missing?

I have to second your OP, @spudfan. I'll often write to IRM at very very unsociable hours. I never expect a response there and then, it's more about getting the message sent off because I know that I won't be able to compose it properly during less-unsociable hours. I'm happy to wait until the following week for a reply, it's never ever that urgent. And yet, the long-suffering @Garfield is there replying in the middle of the night and at weekends and stuff. I almost feel guilty for writing in the first place, when he replies. We truly are spoiled with the level of customer service that we receive, and from reading RMWeb, the Accurascale end of things is just as well covered. So thank you to the IRM lads for the care that they show!

Booooo!

Slightly smaller road vehicles this time: N-Gauge seems to be an eclectic mix of 1:144, 1:148, 1:50 and 1:160.

Quality Street and Roses!!!

That sounds excellent! Now to find some poor sucker who I can cajole / convince / beg / bribe / threaten into packing their air gun into their suitcase and doing some work!

So just to be clear, this is literally a complete kit, only requiring assembly and painting? https://shop.bowatersmodels.co.uk/collections/coras-iompair-eireann/products/1-32-scale-cie-class-071?variant=42376057192627 Why did I think that they were wooden kits with no detailing parts?

Good stuff. He's like an armadillo. Might seem tough on the outside but he's all squishy on the inside.

One is only a provisional sale, you never know!

You could always buy one of the three that @Georgeconna is selling, then swap that with @Gabhal Luimnigh . In fact, @Gabhal Luimnigh Could buy one of those from @Georgeconna and then sell one of his and make a profit!

Couple of videos up on YouTube today.

Special enough to buy an Irish diesel in HO? I'd certainly buy one or two. I do know of somebody who unwittingly bought some HO Lima Mk2's for re-spraying... The less said there the better, I guess.

@murphaph the weatherman is probably correct. Finding a swap is twice as hard as selling and then buying, as you need both events to coincide.

If Rails of Sheffield list these two on their eBay store, keep an eye because they give out discount codes every week or two. This weeks code is JOY15.

Any chance you'll be re-running the Bell 20' reefers at some stage, @Arran? I'd love a trainload of them, and I'm sure a few others would be all over them in a flash. Not looking at anybody in particular, @murphaph the weatherman!

Found this video of Campbell Riverside on YouTube, with some Class 50's. The Shuttle Controller is awesome. I have two of those here for a one-day layout. I can't help but hear Nelson from the Simpsons every time the horn sounds. I know that there's a hidden FB page for the layout but I can't remember my password and am too lazy to look it up. There's also an RMW thread but my RMW password only works on my mobile, not on the desktop, so bleurgh.

Make sure to have several YouTube tabs open, plus the forum, plus the other forum, plus Facebook, plus whatever else, waiting... Ha!!!!! Got you there!!!!!