DJ Dangerous

It's probably difficult to get slots in the factories at the moment. I'm sure we'll see tooled samples at one of the shows before anything from the announcement goes on sale.

Thank Heavens for IKEA and their cheap Mosslanda shelves!

Just curious as to why? I've seen several members post that, but I'm not sure that it would be ideal from a sales point of view - possibly be akin to another run of the A's, which wouldn't make sense immediately. Absolutely agree there, stunning looking locos, all of the variants. Don't get to run my trains at all lately, although hope to do so at the end of the month, so for now, I can at least look at them.

183 for sale, weathered! https://touch.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/model-railway-murphys-models-181-no183/26247024

If you need some sunshine, I know a man!

So pretty much one per month from February through to October, and two of them are home-wreckers? Got it.

A few Cravens for sale: https://touch.adverts.ie/toy-cars-trains-boats-planes/murphys-models-cravens-model-railway/26244180

Absolutely stunning! So, the most important question... When aill you have a run of 500 ready as an IRM special commission?

It's been said before, and I can say that I wholeheartedly agree, the silver and the green don't show up too well in photos but they are just stunning to the eye. The green is gorgeous, and the detail on the silver really pops. Plus, the sold-out models already change hands for over €250 on eBay, so you'll definitely be paying a premium if you want them further down the line.

And the buses! Can never have enough buses!

Almost sure that I read somewhere here on the forum that the Irish variant had the same chassis but a different body. Not 100% sure on that.

How are the sales figures looking now? My budget has been thrown askew due to some unexpected spending on RPSI coach packs and IRM buses!

When I was younger, maybe early teens, maybe earlier, I sent a letter to IR / IE, with some drawings that I had done, suggesting new liveries, and suggesting that they start naming the locos. The livery that the 201's arrived in is not a million miles off the drawings that I had sent, and all these years on, I still think that it's a lovely livery. For its day, it was a modern take on the classic ST / IR / IE colours, and it looked great no matter what it was hauling / pushing.

Not sure about the three-car 29000's, but the four-car sets are around €725, I think. Chris told me that somebody else here on the forum has recently ordered a four-car set, so maybe whoever that was can advise.

That's an awesome photo. I don't use a real camera, just a 'phone, but flipping it upside-down does give some nice low perspective shots.

Same seller has some other Irish stuff, too. What looks like a Chris Dyer / Tony Mirolo three-car 29000: https://www.ebay.es/itm/304373294828 Dapol / IFM bag / pallet cement wagons: https://www.ebay.es/itm/304373298040 Northern Irish bus: https://www.ebay.es/itm/304368234804

Thank you! I really like the look of these so, ya know, had to ask!

You mean on your must-be-soon-to-be-announced Mk4 DVT's? For an idiot, "sound-fitted" means loco and decoder sold as a bundle? Or a hard-wired decoder? And non-sound can or can't be upgraded with a sound decoder?

But to Hell with Fran? No thanks to you, Fran, you did nothing!

In the message that you quoted, it says to email the lads.

They pop up on eBay every few weeks for under the £20 GBP mark. There are a constant stream of them for way over that amount, obviously.

This. Exactly this. IRM 141's / 181's would definitely sell out at this point in time, but IRM probably have their rollouts planned 24 months ahead. Using the A to test the water for price / quality / quantity, it would still mean finding time to do the research and development. Not so sure about the C Class for three reasons. Firstly, it's too similar an era to the A Class. With so much to cover both before and after the A, launching a loco from the same period may not make sense. It would be like doing a second run of A's. Secondly, saying that the C would be easier because it's similar to the A etc doesn't sound like IRM's modeus operandi. They've shown that it's about quality, attention to detail, innovation value for money. A C Class would probably be built from the ground up, not using much, if anything, from the A Class. And, third, an 071 or a Hunslett would go far better with the upcoming NIR coach packs. A steamer seems likely at some stage, but with literally nothing RTR to go with it, I'd expect to see an older coach model before a steamer, something that overlaps steam and diesel.

Somebody (not Boskonay obviously) will be on shortly to troll us and say "You never know" or something similar...

That would make 2023 a memorable and expensive year.