DJ Dangerous

Never even heard of Blue Sky Intermodal before. Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like they have easily identifiable containers. They seem to have quite the mix of colours, only sharing the tiny blue circular logo.

Ah, sure they might as well make it an 071 while they’re at it!

Another vote of confidence and another post leading me to question my own sanity!

And let’s not forget:

Any chance of a re-run of these soon?

Did the Ford C-Series cabs appear in Ireland or even the UK at all?

The numbers speak for themselves. I don’t know the original quantities of each, but could see the “remaining in stock” levels crumble pretty fast. The cement wagons are a gift at that price.

I’ve been watching the stock levels on the new Heljan website. I think that there were over a hundred O Gauge lines listed three days ago… As of today, that’s down to only 13 lines left in stock. That blue 45/1 looks mighty tempting…

I like the sound of that!!!

Thanks, John. For clarity, I have a good few of your wagons and there is no distortion. I’ve just seen photos here on the forum, and online in general, and when I went researching, some of the answers were beyond my pay grade. So, placing a bowed 3D print into hot water may coax it back into it’s correct shape?

Ah crap, I never thought of that!

Nah. Saying that they had done so, rather than trying to hide their original comments and saying nothing, would be a sign of intelligence and graciousness. Surely?

And have the screenshots!

What is it that causes the bowing with some 3D prints? I’m a little hesitant to go for 3D prints, as I’ve seen cases where a model looks fine and true when brand new, but bows over the course of a few weeks or months. The curve seems to grow progressively, but I assume the model will eventually arrive at it’s final shape? Is it to do with the resin cooling and contracting? Is there a way around it? Can the curvature be allowed for while designing and printing, so that the model is curved when new, but slowly morphs into it’s correct form?

The new lighting is outstanding, @ttc0169, really brings everything to life.

And long may they continue! Absolutely love that 450 Class, @ttc0169! Smashing Sunday scenes!

For context if anybody is reading this thread this evening, the OP has been heavily edited, with maybe 3/4 of the original text deleted.

I mis-read that first “r” as an “n”…

Excellent feedback! I’m now feeling rather foolish and envious for being overly cautious, but once burned (here on the forum) and all that.

The whole “campaign” appears nothing more than an excuse for large retailers who undermine and destroy small retailers to say “poor us”, and for out-of-touch elitists to preach to others. Since this is an Irish-based forum, dealing largely (but not exclusively) with Irish models, perhaps some context would help. How many modellers in Ireland have access to a local model shop? How many modellers in the UK have access to a local model shop? How many modellers in mainland Europe have access to a local model shop? What percentage of buyers do each of those three make up? What are the objectives of the campaign? Assuming that the reality of the situation is that Heljan would have disappeared WITHOUT the intervention of Accurascale, what would campaigners have done to save Heljan? If Heljan had gone bankrupt, all of their contracts would have ceased to be enforceable, so buyers would have lost out on pre-ordered items either way. Offering to buy back unsold stock doesn’t make sense. Let the retailers sell it at the prices they paid for it themselves. As can be seen from the new Heljan website, the stock is flying out at those prices. Maybe investing time in selling unwanted stock at cost, instead of griping about it online, would be a better use of retailer’s time and energy. Rails of Sheffield, one of the largest retailers in this case, are capable of sending multiple emails per day. Not one has yet mentioned Heljan reductions. Why not? Not one has listed retailers who have Heljan stock to clear? Why not? This whole campaign seems like virtue-signalling by the holier-than-thous and I’m sick of their hypocrisy and mud-slinging already.

On the RMW thread, I found some of the posts a little tantrum-ish, calling for a virtual boycott of Accurascale etc, but nothing worth deleting or whipping out the ban-hammer for. Closing the thread until things cool down, while opening a new discussion thread to cover the off-topic content was the right choice. In our hobby, with all of it’s different branches, being pedantic can definitely be an asset. Picking up on detail issues, bogies used, livery changes etc. These kind of notes help manufacturers when they need information, and help members who want the most prototypical models possible. Some people want ultra-realism, some want the right feel, some want to feed their nostalgia, some are just happy to get a chance to run some trains, prototypical or not, and we all kind of mesh together and make things work. I find RMW in general to be a little overwhelming. The members’ interests cover such a large base, there are such a large volume of posts, and there is such a large knowledge base, that it’s hard to keep up. In general, tempers seem to fray more easily and more often than here ln the IRM forum, but, taking into account the size difference, it’s probably all the same. As @murphaph pointed out, IRM, and thus Accurascale, and the subsequent Heljan rescue, were all born out of this very forum, both in it’s current form and pre-migration. They’re the Musks and Zuckerbergs of model railways in a way, combining innovation and business acumen to learn, adapt and evolve, hopefully providing RTR Irish models for many years to come, while pursuing other ventures to keep their company strong… Although hopefully they don’t grow into Michael O’Leary’s, that might be a step too far.

Well I’ll eat my hat! Great that they arrived, as it’s never nice seeing people get burned.

Ah, some of his videos are fine, they just go on a little too long. Hey, nothing wrong with carpet:

Couple of YouTube vloggers like Sam’s Trains are very vitriolic towards Heljan. Others like Heaton Lodge are very positive, but the negatives are always louder than the positives. Maybe you’ll be lucky enough to get your hands on a few at some stage to tear them down.

I’ll take ten, please!