DJ Dangerous

Wow! I had guessed that maybe there were a handful of stragglers, but not that many. What percentage are in Spain?

Tastes like monkfish, duh.

Not disagreeing at all, but I think that there's already a thread somewhere on the forwarders. I'm sure that NIR was speaking strictly from the taxation side of things rather than the incredible utility of these services. Such a shame that they're now redundant - lots of UK sellers, selling Irish stuff, and won't ship to Ireland. I'm not sure whether that's tragic or comic.

Actually, Hattons have gone to shit lately. Their packaging is a joke, both the exterior and interior, they are falling down on paperwork and they don't know what they are doing regarding shipping. This is an ideal opportunity for somebody to take their mantle. The only thing going for them at the moment is excellent customer service. Agreed on the Marks website. It looks like something that a scammer would have built twenty years ago, and it's very diffiicult to spend money with them as a result. Hats off to IRM. Their store is the business, their prices are perfect, their shipping rates are too good to be true, their range, both home-grown and bought in is ever expanding, and their customer service is flawless. BrExit, whether one is in favour of it, against it or on the fence, is offering an opportunity in the face of crisis for Irish retailers to expand their online presence massively. I believe the Japanese call it a crisitunity, but don't quote me, quote Homer Simpson.

Only a matter of time and I'm sure IRM will offer us a Trunk service. That will make hattons largely obsolete, except for the odd second-hand Lima coach.

Models in nurses uniforms or diecast models?

I'd say that we need to give things time to settle. BrExit is new, we don't know where we're going with it, we don't know if there'll be any political spats between the UK and European countries in the future to make things worse, or will they both sit down at a table and agree that it's ridiculous dividing rather than uniting, and agree on some common tax and import / export policies which make things better. What is that phrase, hope for the best and prepare for the worst? With that in mind, assume that you'll pay 20% or so on top of everything you spend in Britain, and if you don't pay it, or can reclaim it, it's a bonus.

I'll have that, thanks very much!

Of course it's to do with BrExit. The whole goal of BrExit was to limit freedom of movement of people, goods and services, in other words, to "take back control". The double taxation will happen if the seller does not properly declare that tax has already been paid, OR if you use a third party mail forwarding service like AddressPal. In using a third-party service like that, you are doing as @NIR says, and having a product delivered to the UK, then subsequently exported to Ireland, almost like it's being sold a second time. There is no friction at all when in one EU country and buying from another EU country - you pay whatever tax is due when you buy, and that's it, it's delivered to your door. It's when you buy from or sell to a third country, be it China, the UK, the US or wherever, that the extra paperwork and the friction comes into play. Hattons though, for example, are VAT registered in some EU countries, so in theory, once they actually declare that the VAT has been paid and don't forget to put a sticker on it (LOL @murphaph), it should arrrive while you're making your tea, no problem. Although, who the Hell drinks tea nowadays?

Sorry, I 'phoned them this morning and snagged the last Jinty.

True, it's only effective when applied to an industry that is either some way immune to external variables, or has flexibility built in which allows redistribution of resources so that delays do not have an adverse effect.

Probably stands for "Just In Time". Means never having anything in stock and never planning for a rainy day.

£240 per coach is the guts of €280 in real money, plus time, effort and paint, so about six times more expensive than an MM ST Mk2D. Still, be very very cool to see a rake of them one day.

That's where it gets interesting, and what I was wondering about. Surely, for the different scales, certain items woulf either have to be omitted, modified or re-scaled, as there's always going to be a trade-off between realism and practicality. Is there a raw CAD base which is 100% accurate, which in turn is modified to suit each scale, maybe? The interiors would be wrong on the O Gauge coaches, though, no? And, weren't there only six Mk2A's? So we'd still need some Mk2C's and Mk2B restaurants to complete the rake, plus a box-shouldered modified Dutch van? And an infinite bank account.

I found some photos of the older version of the real life Octopus, but can't find any photos of that one.

Trying to send a PM but I can't see straight for the tears of joy.

Great news - then I'll know exactly when I need to start blocking calls from my bank manager.

You mean the B&I ferry? I think this is the wrong thread for that.

Thanks, Corky. Just home now and two of them are already out of stock. Tried to buy the others online... No 3DS pop-up so can't pay! Aaaaaaaaargh!!!

It was actually one of your 2013 posts (the year, not the number of posts) where I saw you say that you had only recently seen them turned out in black!

Very nice. Did Guinness actually use those trucks in real life, or is that a special for the "Brewery Series"?

They're now priced around £240 STG, so even more than anticipated! Moving on from this topic a little, and maybe an insider like @BosKonay, @Warbonnet, @WRENNEIRE or @Garfield could offer some insight, but how does the whole scanning and CAD process translate for different scales? For example, I assume that MM still have the scanning and CAD work for their OO gauge locos, so would that same groundwork be appropriate for O gauge locos? LIkewise how would IRM's A Class scanning and CAD apply to an O Gauge loco? Does it all have to be done again, or is it all the same? I'm not really talking about the financial viability, no matter how cool the locos would be in O gauge, more the technical side of the pre-tooling work. I mean, the locos would probably have to sell at €500 a pop, so the market would be limited, I know.

I think that @Keano30 is after Mk2D's rather than Mk3's.

Try WRENNEIRE or Chris Dyer for the 071's, although you may need to commission a respray from Chris if your desired livery is unavailable. Those coaches are like gold dust. Finding a rake may not be easy. If we're blessed, maybe we'll see more of them released some day, to couple up to the lovely new A Classes!

When did the black bogies come about, roughly? Was that something in the last ten years or so?