DJ Dangerous

Ha! I can see that! I could never decide on 121 but I'm lucky to have 124 ordered!

Does anybody know how many of each version of the 121 models have been produced? The RPSI version was 300 units, I think? 121 and 124 are already sold out on the IRM website! How many of each have been allocated to IRM for sales?

Wow! Even looking at the headlights, it looks as if the shade on each of the two models should be swapped around. If the top model of the two maintained its details but had the bloodier shade, it would look just like flange's photo.

Thank you! So, would it be fair to say that the shade on the two locos should be swapped, with the details remaining as they are, to better reflect the progression of the liveries?

So those last 19 packs of grey bubbles would go great with 121 and 135! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles/products/cie-grey-cement-wagon-multi-pack-i

So 121 and 135 could run with single-stripe Cravens and with grey Bubbles and be prototypically acurate?

Wow!

Any idea which of the two CIE liveries in the photos attached ran from when until when? The top one looks a better colour match for MM's ST Mk2D's, but has a black wheel instead of red, and a white roundel instead of orange. The second one has an "SA" affix, red wheel and the correct roundels, but is a much bloodier shade of orange than the ST coaches.

So what O Gauge rolling stock would be passable with them?

What RTR rolling stock will suit the grey 121's? Is it true that they survived less than a year in their grey livery? They entered service at the start of 1961?

Dapol have an O Gauge Class 3F Jinty due out in UTA livery. Would this be an authentic UTA model, or is it just something similar repainted to look genuine? https://www.hattons.co.uk/448185/dapol_7s_026_008_class_3f_jinty_0_6_0t_19_in_uta_ulster_transport_authority_lined_black/stockdetail.asp

112 looks very desolate there.

Has anything more been announced or discovered regarding 224?

It might work well with the RPSI Cravens, or the RPSI Mk2 set, which I think is still available from Marks Models: http://www.marksmodels.com/?pid=3981

I got it, thank you!

We also have 201's available as pushers, in a variety of liveries, from a variety of sellers. Agreed on the EGV's / GSV's / DVT's - bigger run of those as they'd be snapped up by anybody who has rakes of repaints etc that need completion - hence suggesting the bundles.

I suspect that the way the coaches are packaged would be a factor. For example, if the DVT is sold seperately, IRM may end up selling loads of the DVT's, and be left with coaches that don't move. Whereas if they release two suburban bundles, one with a DVT and two coaches, another with three coaches to complement that, they don't end up with stock sitting around for ages. They could run twice as many DVT bundles as non-DVT bundles, if they projected that sales would be as such. I guess only they know themselves what is likely to work!

Sorry, Noel, I should have said earlier that Silver Fox seem to do things in batches. When I first contacted them about the Mk3's, they said that they'd get back to me, and they did so a few months later. I got the DVT and two suburban coaches from them. A few months after that, they were doing another batch, and I got some more suburban coaches and some EGV's. I contacted them late last year or early this year regarding some C Classes, and they have just finished that batch, now. It's possible that they'll do suburban sets if there is enough demand, and they can allocate time to do a batch. Still, if IRM or MM or IRMMM are going to sneakily release some Mk3's and DVT's, that solves that problem!

It's a Silver Fox set. I know that SF is taboo for some, but standing a few feet back, they look grand. Agreed, they'd be wonderful to go with the upcoming 121's. DC Kits had a Mk3 DVT kit At one stage, but I think that's now out of stock.

I'm sure I can find another unused organ to sell. A kidney for the Mk3's and a lung for the Mk4's? My layout is only a board that slides under the bed, and i am happy running five or six Mk3's on it:

I'd sell a kidney for high standard Mk3's and Mk4's with the appropriate DVT's.

The real one!

At the risk of sounding cheeky, are there any photos of the progress of B134?

Probably simple supply and demand. Models that are more scarce will "seem" more desirable. The 141's are harder to find these days, so we pay a premium. The NIR and grey 071's were limited runs (I think) so we pay a premium. The Intercity 201's were early to sell out so command a premium. Value is perceived by the buyer. If an NIR 071 is worth three tippex 071's to a buyer, then they've set the models desirability level at that themselves. Pretty sure that the NIR 201's were also smaller runs, so we can expect to see them go for crazy money in five years time.

I'd love some Mk3's and a DVT... But I'd also love to see something railcar based, ie a DART, an Arrow etc. My layout is just a board that slides under the bed, nothing more, and a two / three / four car passenger unit would be ideal for that. Come to think of it, a powered two-car unit expandable with unpowered two-car units would be ideal.