DJ Dangerous

My money's on a late 2022 announcement and late 2023 delivery. Three IR livery three packs and three IE livery three packs, one of each including a rebuilt Dutch van.

Finally received my Hornby 40' and 20' boxes and I concur, they're fabulous, and cover some of the big gaps in Arran's inventory. Roll on 45' boxes and external ribs!

Looking awesome - both the layout and the collection of stock! Agreed on the ST livery, has also grown on me a lot, and the models themselves look far better than they do in photos.

Better tham insemination in the stable, I guess. Jaysus, Noel and Connolly, give the moaning a rest. Instead of bitching about what these aren't, how about raving over what they are, then setting up an Accurascale account and buying some? We get a fabulous announcement like this, and you're grumbling? And the NIR coaches were in Connolly all frikkin' day, every frikkin' day!

Couple of presentation case A1's!!!

Sold for €200 odd in the end!

Thank you!!!

Getting closer to that Mk1 BCK / BSK GSV!!! Outstanding level of detail, inside and out. Almost looks like The Borrowers could inhabit them, the interiors are so well done.

I think that the IRM Mk2B/C RPSI set are different models with different running numbers than the older Mk2A RPSI set. Also, rule of thumb, if you build it and complete it, IRM will then release it.

Safe to say that if it ran in rakes, IRM are going to release it at some stage... And we can even hold onto hope for the oddball bits of stock after seeing the incredible NIR lineup - unique models in there that we never could have imagined, plus a Mk2C!!! And obviously, if it's blue and white and floats, then it's definitely on the cards.

How did you make the decals?

Some screw links to attach to the fronts of the locos.

The couplers seem to be out of stock on the IRM website for quite a while, but in stock on the Accurascale website. Will they be coming back to the IRM website?

Very sad. RIP. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61684048

Pretty sure that was a bit cheeky of Marks a year or two ago. They listed several of the Irish steam locos as a warehouse find, but had less than they listed. I "bought" a few only to find out a day or two later that they didn't exist. Try a sniper, Sean. I have one added to Firefox. Snipe my max and walk away. Very grateful to told about snipers by @murphaph

Murphy Models Intercity 201 Class no. 222! https://www.ebay.es/itm/195103639383 CIE black N Class - tender and loco don't seem to match: https://www.ebay.es/itm/115409370894 Bachmann Irish set: https://www.ebay.es/itm/394101674635

What about non-sound functions like coasting and thrashing it when heavily loaded? Seriously, great looking little yokes, have to have one or two!

There's a seperate classified ad with a few photos, and more info, but yep, posting them here, too, would defo help. Sorry to hear about your Dad, Eddie.

Out with the blowtorch to model that one!

And in an alternate universe:

Watching videos of the Inchicore open day... Was that your Grand Hibernian that made a cameo on the layout?

And those gangsters swapping reg plates around!

@Robhit the nail on the head with Hueston North for road surfacing. Looks so so perfect.

You know what he scraped it off? The little makeshift canopy over the loading bay. Two or three brackets with a bit of galvanised aluminium thrown on top, so that they can unload the trucks in the rain. Must have been lashing one day and he ripped the size along one of those three brackets. Gobshite.

Looks lovely in black! I only managed to get it in red, which is a little bright.