DJ Dangerous

Wow, that is expensive! £165 GBP plus £21 GBP postage, so €215 Euro in real money, plus import tax, plus duty, plus €30 to €70 in handlng fees… And five days still to go! Nah, you’re alright!

Worth bearing in mind, as per THIS post, that the cab lights (F23) and shunt lights (F12) are hard-wired backwards, so both cab lights illuminate simultaneously instead of in one cab only, whereas the shunt lights only come on at one end, not both. Is it possible that this affects how the sound decoder interacts with the loco? Roads And Rails posted a simple fix for the wiring, here:

Lovely! Had been hoping for 60074 in Puma livery!

Just found your video on YouTube, @Patrick Davey. Very well put together, hopping between model and prototype seamlessly. Also functions as a great guide for anybody new to the hobby. Great videography, if that’s a real word. Only suggestion is that it needs more cowbell.

Unfitted H Vans have just arrived according to the Project Updates page!

Abort? Retry? Fail?

That sounds suspicious in itself!

They do sit very well together, the Murphy / Bachmann Mk2A’s with the A/S / IRM Mk2B/C’s. The A/S / IRM IE livery Mk2’s have to be one of the best model coaches of the last few years, and the Murphy Bachmann models don’t look out of place beside them.

Great prices for the Flats and the 121!

Once they’re not the old chunky TLC’s, it’ll be grand.

Or… Tongue Behind Cheek?

That’s Blatantly Clear… Just seems a very pointed question, from somebody who is very involved in the hobby…

I see @Nick asking on RMW if the “TBC” for the 22000’s stands for “They’ve Been Cancelled”… Fingers crossed that’s not the case!

I don’t think he wants to buy, he wants to use his usual method, farce. Oh, wait, I mean force. Nothing remotely farcical about this man.

Loved reading that, smashing story!

This looks stunning! Remember the early days when IRM order numbers only had four digits? The humble ballasts, then a loco, then British outline, then bringing a real loco to a show, then having a loco named after you, then designing a real-world loco livery… What next? You have to be supervillains in disguise, and this is all your pathway to global domination. I know, maybe you can buy Greenland and start a town called Accuraville.

A42 looks stunning, definitely worth splurging on!!!

And no SDMRC unfitted???

Don't worry, @BosKonay, @Mol_PMB actually meant to post in the 22000 thread, not this one, as the 22000's are nail-bitingly anticipated.

Unfitted H Vans showing as expected very soon, according to the Project Status page. Sadly I couldn’t budget for any of these this year, with so many other orders to pay off, but they look like they’ll be a magnificent model.

Had a pop-up appear on the Spanish postal service (Correos) website the other day saying the same thing. Only on the Spanish version of the website, not the English-language version. Although, the Irish Independent say this morning that An Post will keep sending parcels to the US from Ireland: ”Many parcels sent to the US will be returned to the sender by An Post unless new tariffs have been paid in advance. The new rules on packages worth more than $100 (€85) are intended to deal with new taxes being imposed by the Trump administration on parcels entering the US from tomorrow. Several European and Asian carriers – including Swiss Post and DHL – as well as Australia Post, have already paused shipments to the US because of the new rules. An Post said its new process would involve little change for Irish business customers, who should continue to complete all necessary electronic documents for the US as they have been doing for some years. An Post has developed the new procedure with a US postal partner It will, however, affect individuals sending parcels and gifts to the States, particularly in the run-up to Thanksgiving and Christmas. The new regime will begin tomorrow, the Irish Independent has learnt. It is expected to affect thousands of items being shipped from Ireland to the US. Any Irish-based business or individual sending a parcel worth more than $100 to the US will have to ensure the US-based recipient has paid any tariffs owed. An Post has developed the new procedure with a US postal partner. Under the new rules, Irish parcel senders need to alert the US recipient of their requirement to pay taxes on the item being shipped. An Post’s US partner will then contact the customer to collect the payment securely. If the US recipient does not pay the taxes due, parcels will be returned by An Post to the Irish sender. Once tax is collected, An Post will ship the parcel, and forward the tax owed and associated data to the US administration. The new rules do not affect traditional letters or lower-value parcels, but, as part of the changes, there will be no registered post service available after tomorrow for items being sent to the US via An Post. Garrett Bridgeman, An Post managing director for mails and parcels, said strong personal and business links between Ireland and the US had been built over generations, and it is an important market for many Irish firms. “This situation is not of our making, but, rather than simply switch off services and leave customers high and dry, we’ve put a solution in place,” Mr Bridgeman said. The new rules follow a directive from the US government that ends the long-­standing exemption allowing packages worth less than $800 to enter the US free of charge – a process known as “de minimis”. That clause is now gone, with US import duties and associated paperwork now liable on any package worth over $100. Goods shipped through the postal system to the US will now face one of two tariffs. The first is an “ad valorem duty”, equal to the effective tariff rate of the package’s country of origin. The second is a specific tariff of between $80 and $200, depending on the country of origin’s tariff rate. In Ireland’s case, a 25pc tariff will apply. An Post is opting to maintain services to the US, despite 25 members of the Universal Postal Union – the Switzerland-based UN agency promoting cooperation between postal services in 192 member countries – suspending goods consignments to the US. The agency said it had conveyed concerns about disruption in a letter to US secretary of state Marco Rubio.” Admittedly, it all sounds a little higgledy piggledy, but at least the option is there.

Had a look at that FlickR link and there are several pictures of the 141’s / 181’s hauling the Mk2A/B/C stock. I had no idea.

“Last in Class” no. 60100… Breathtaking.. Look at that grille! Love the transparent TLC hoop.

Accurascale Class 60 order showing as "Out For Delivery" this morning!

Smashing stuff, @Sean! Great to see that you're getting locos and stock around such tight curves. Maybe A/S have a job opening for a tester.