DJ Dangerous

Average wage in Dongguan is about a quarter of a Dublin wage, according to this. Probably closer to a fifth or a sixth when factoring in the weekly hours, as you pointed out. Still a huge huge saving if a project is likely to involve hundreds or thousands of man-hours labour. Plus the plant and the experienced technicians are already in place, avoiding start-up costs and quality issues due to inexperience. It would take a very bold investor with a lot of patience to start manufacturing in Ireland, and a market willing to pay ten times the price per item. Maybe with time, as Ireland becomes reknowned as a manufacturing capital, more companies contract Irish manufacturers, and economies of scale kick in, prices would drop. Possible, definitely possible, but probably not probable.

The kids must love you around Christmas time.

She's faking it. The computer isn't even plugged in.

Ordered and sent to a friend up there. Will figure out the logistics later. Thank you for another awesome bus!

Nor would I.

D'oh! D'oh, but not as bad as no shipping at all ever again... Now, will they last another twenty odd days in stock, that's the million dollar question...

Awesome stuff!!! But since you guys don't ship down here any more, will Marks Models or anybody else be stocking them?

Awesome stuff!!! But since you guys don't ship down here any more, will Marks Models or anybody else be stocking them?

Much better! Never thought of scanning one of those, d'oh!

So, when are the 47' Flats hitting the shelves?

Any close-up side by side photos with an IRM 42' Flat, for comparing the level of detail?

If you sort ascending / old to new like this, you know which liveries were oldest.

Noel did a great job with that one, but it still ended up looking like corrugated cardboard, despite his Trojan work.

I'm happy to buy any unwanted Cravens very inexpensively.

Ah, I'm sure people would have no problem paying €1900 per A Class instead of €190 if they were made in Ireland. Let's make Ireland great again and bring manufacturing home!

Labour costs have to be the main reason. More then ten times cheaper in China than the US, according to this piece. Imagine how much each model would cost the consumer if the labour costs in producing it were ten times higher, or more...

2024? 2024?

I had the same question in my mind. Why sometimes one tanktainer per flat, sometimes two per flat, sometimes on 42' flats, sometimes on 47' flats, and why sometimes there are only GCA's or only Bruhn's, and sometimes both... Suspect that the single vs. double practice is loaded vs. unloaded... Common sense pointed out by Mr. @murphaph

So, we have the 30' Bell Bulks and mmmmmaaaaayyyyyyybeeeeee some 45' boxes on the way from Arran... We have the 2021 livery 201's on the way from Paddy Murphy... And the 47' Flats are the missing piece of the puzzle!

So awesome! The 121 driver got a bit angry with you towards the end.

Is that a 47' that it's sitting on?

I thought that 201 - 205 and 210 - 214 were not push-pull capable, so were abandoned and left to rot outside Inchicore?

That'd be awesome, specially when (not if...) IRM launch P47! 45' boxes seem to dominate the rails in Ireland at the moment, and with current-livery 201's on the way from Murphy Models, it would be great to have some 45' boxes to haul around on 47' wagons behind them.

Is the line likely to be ripped up and turned into a cycleway, or pushed back into service? https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wexfordpeople/news/its-now-or-never-for-wexford-to-waterford-rail-line-40120791.html According to this video, IE had been down-grading the line in anticipation of the protection order expiring:

You'll probably need the baby powder in the morning after all that chilli.