DJ Dangerous

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!!!!!

Only for one of my orders, from December, and delivered to an Irish address because of the paperwork problems caused by An Post. All of the others say "Order Ready" even though they've already shipped, and in some cases already been returned due to missing customs declarations. Obviously I can dig through my emails and look for the tracking numbers that way, but it would be handy to have them associated with my orders on thw website, too.

Half of that train could be Canary-bound!

Is there any chance of displaying the tracking number when tracking orders on the website? I know that there's a link, but it would be handy to be able to copy and paste the tracking number for tracking locally.

Just curious, how long did each livery last? Did RV330 get repainted to match RV496, or did they retain their subtle differences until losing their Coastal Tours liveries altogether? Were they repainted blue and cream afterwards or retired still in the CT livery? Were there many other buses in the Coastal Tours livery? If so, which ones, from when until when?

Same, mine will happily haul some Mk5's one day, I'm just curious as to the accuracy of that comment.

Was that the post by 97406 about filing the vee down? Also, I see somebody on RMWeb saying that 92038 shouldn't haul the Mk5's, to be prototypically correct? Is that true or bull? No mention of anything like that on the Accurascale site.

24th / 25th / 26th are yet to come...