DJ Dangerous

In fairness to @ShaneC, my friend received a parcel on Thursday night. He opened it today and here is the result: I am not sure why there was a two month delay, but Shane has kept his end of the deal, and the loco has been received. He has also apologised to me twice for the delay, once just before delivering the loco and once just after. I sincerely hope that me dragging this out in public through my own exasperation has not caused any damage to the forum or the trust between members, and I apologise if I have done so. As time rolled by, I simply felt that I had no other alternative. Happy that the matter is now resolved, and thank you to everybody here on the forum for their support, both public and in private - you know who you are!

Irish prices through the cool guys like @WRENNEIRE, through forum sellers, through shows and through Adverts.ie can be €180 to €250. eBay, add on a hundred quid as they are aimed at the English market where they've more money than sense, and there are probably less available. And, shamelessly, if you're selling any, PM me!!!

Pfft, 2020's are the golden era! 071's, 201's, gorgeous CAF Mk4 sets, Enterprise sets, RPSI specials, DART's, 22000's, 29000's, massive container liners, the railways of today are awesome!

How about alphabetical order this time? No coincidence that Canarias comes way before Ireland on that list...

GM POWER!!!!!

... Just to update. I received a private message from Shane on the forum a few moments ago, saying that the locomotive is due to be delivered tomorrow, and apologising for the delay. If true, I hope to be posting here tomorrow with good news.

Yes, @flange lubricator, @ShaneC marked that advert as sold a couple of days after I paid him. I assumed that he marked it as sold there, after selling it to me, here on the forum. It would now appear that he sold the same locomotive to two different parties, accepting payment from both. Not yet, @jhb171achill, as I'm trying to resolve it at a pre-Garda level, first. Adverts.ie removed my comments requesting a refund from both of Shane's adverts today: https://www.adverts.ie/other-printers-and-scanners/anycubic-mono-x-resin-3d-printer-elegoo-mercury-plus-2-in-1-wash-cure-station/24595709 https://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-pc-i7-4790k-32gb-gtx980-500gb-ssd-2tb-hdd/24596878 I have contacted them and asked them to reinstate the comments, and I am pursuing a refund from Shane via another channel. If this fails, I will have no choice but to involve the Gardai.

Incredible loco, just outstanding. The performance, the stay-alive capacitors, the magnetic roof catches and the body being screwed in place instead of clipped, all scream that this was a project of passion, made by modellers for modellers.

I suppose it does open a debate on trust, but I'm sure that he's the one in a hundred. Could have been a great success story, dropping out of school at fifteen and setting up a business at seventeen... But if you spend your days hiding behind the curtains looking out for that strange car outside, there is no happy ending. I've dealt with a lot of forum members, most have asked for bank transfers or PayPal F&F, and all but this one have been honest people, so I hope this doesn't deter others.

Spotted a huge mistake on your route, but I've fixed it for you...

I foolishly offered @ShaneC the same level of trust as I have to the many other forum members from whom I've bought various unwanted spoils. Despite him posting here like somebody who really hadn't a clue what they were talking about, I offered the trust anyhow. Jaysus, George, at seventeen it was all about work, music, cars and girls... The Lego had long since been stored! I must look for some photos of my old Lego stuff.. Trying to be understanding, and Shane definitely reads these messages, but this will be resolved, one way or another. Fraud is fraud, simple as.

I think that @Garfield was saying that the black and tan era has not been underestimated this time around - same number of B/T units as IR Day-Glow units prduced, and they're selling the same...

So another run arriving at Christmas with new variants and running numbers????? Or will it be the IRM 141's before the next run of A's?

Did that this morning, after finding so many articles on Shane's family's business debts...

Well, it looks like there are others out there far worse off than me, so maybe I can take solace in their misfortune being worse than mine: https://fora.ie/facts-staff-wages-unpaid-3979403-Apr2018/ Maybe there's a genuine reason, and the loco will turn up in the post one day next week.

Unfortunately, no. @ShaneC hasn't logged in to the form since July 11th, two weeks after I paid him. He IS active on Adverts.ie, selling quite a bit - according to one of his adverts, he is emigrating, and according to another, he's selling off IT equipment from a business that failed. I commented on both of his active Adverts.ie ads this morning, but he withdrew both adverts an hour later: https://www.adverts.ie/desktops/gaming-pc-i7-4790k-32gb-gtx980-500gb-ssd-2tb-hdd/24596878 https://www.adverts.ie/other-printers-and-scanners/anycubic-mono-x-resin-3d-printer-elegoo-mercury-plus-2-in-1-wash-cure-station/24595709 His location seems to change frequently; Raheney (maybe @WRENNEIRE's neighbour!!!), North Wall, Dublin 1, Docklands etc. Sad, but feeling as if I've been conned by a forum member makes me feel uncomfortable using the forum as a result. Not worth the cost of flying up to Ireland to go knocking on doors...

Thanks for the answers, @Mayner and @DiveController. For anybody with short-term memory problems like me, here is a list of eleven A / 001 Class withdrawal / withdrawl dates from posts in another thread by @spudfan and @Garfield: IR Livery 017 - stopped 29.09.93 023 - stopped 30-10-91 027 - stopped 09.06.92 030 - stopped 09.02.93 036 - stopped 19.12.94 042 - stopped 09.10.92 048 - stopped 24.05.94 054 - stopped 28.07.93 Supertrain / IR hybrid Livery: 007 - stopped 14.10.90 056 - stopped 29.10.92 Supertrain Livery: 046 - stopped 21.04.79 If anybody wishes to add more dates, that'd be great!

Thanks, DC. I was a little confused but what you say makes perfect sense, as both of the ST / IR hybrid liveries are without, then one of the IR's is with and one without, and both of the IR Day-Glows have them.

What's the difference between CAWS with protective guards and CAWS without protective guards, a la 017 vs. 048? Did one come before the other, as in 017 represents the class from X date until X date and 048 for a different date range? Or was it random for each loco?

Starting to think that I've been conned. Shane, please contact me regarding the loco, either here or in private - you have not replied to any of my PM's since I sent the money to you. Thanks.

Received today in the post, what a model!!!

Hi all. Looking for a cheap analogue controller, like the Hornby R912 ones from the 80's, with the R602 power clip to connect to the track. Can arrange collection in Dublin area, otherwise postage will be required. Many thanks!

Damn you for being so cryptic! Must be Mk4's and DVT's, yay!!!

For somebody with enough skill, you could buy and repaint some British outline Bachmann's and Lima's for a lot less.

Did you see the prices for them, though? Absolute joke. €110 per coach: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265241928163?hash=item3dc1a6a1e3:g:YC0AAOSwsOJg~UkJ €150 per coach: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/265241919691?hash=item3dc1a680cb:g:iM8AAOSwdYVg~UZM What do some people be smoking? And look at this little cracker: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/194194226449?hash=item2d36e0bd11:g:3igAAOSww5Jgv9hQ Bargain, six coaches for the same price as three 121's!!!!