DJ Dangerous

Another bargain. I’ve seen these go for a lot more on eBay.

Wow, cracking price for fabulous coaches that stand up well today!

Don’t you mean that I should be… badgering… you into buying more Hunslets? Yes!!!!!

That Saturday trip will sway you, no better way to make you want something you really have no use for at all.

I’m kicking myself for not buying an extra green A or two back in the day. I felt that for the silvers and greens, the photos never quite did them justice. To the naked eye, they are something else.

Back to donating organs, so!

All non-sound models in stock at Rails of Sheffield, for anybody talking themselves into buying an anteater they don’t need…

More in transition from that to… Who knows what, and when?

Here ya go, perfect for those Park Royals: https://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/ir-ie-201-class-c-class-bo-bo-metropolitan-vickers/ https://studio-scale-models.com/ACkit.shtml

Yup, into the defunct section, based on Mr. Lindfield’s own publication on FaceBook, with an advisory over unclear company status at the top of the section, reminding users that the forum is not responsible for financial transactions.

Better get printing and pack your suitcase, so!

C Class would definitely not sell if released on top of the current avalanche of models, but if released at a strategically planned point in time, would go like hot cakes. Forum members have been crying out for an RTR C Class the past decade. Price point would also be worth reflection. Assuming that a re-run of a loco will be around the €200 mark, and a new tool would be €275, generalising that based on the last few years of A/S pricing, waiting for a gap in the market would be important, along with pondering which would sell better, and offer a better return, for similar spec locos, the €200 re-run or the €275 new tool. I’d definitely take a few C Classes! Just not right now. My Silver Fox pair just don’t quite fit in with the amazing detail on newer models. Exaggerating slightly, here, but they remind me of those little blocks of Shamrock marzipan you could get years ago, when sat beside an IRM A Class. Based on anecdotal evidence such as second-hand A Class sales, new 141 sales, and reduced batch sizes from A/S for Hunslets and 800’s, has UK demand for Irish locos already peaked? Will we be looking at a five year wait for a C Class, priced at €300 per unit, and produced in very limited numbers, mainly going to Irish buyers? Or will we have one next year for €220, to haul our Park Royals, snapped up like hot cakes? I guess the ones with the best perspective on likely sales demographics are A/S themselves. I’d say the former is more likely, if things continue in the direction they have been going.

Sorry to hear that, @Georgeconna. Thanks for the pics, looks amazing.

Another wonderful gesture from A/S, again supporting a worthy cause! Thank you!

That makes sense. We have Hunslets on the way, 800’s on the way, 071’s on the way, 201’s on the way, 22000’s on the way and DART+ on the way, in the “powered” category. Adding a new-tool on top at this point in time seems reckless and feckless. The Irish market being so small relative to the UK market has to increase / decrease figures by a huge magnitude, too.

Sounds reputable!

All Sett for a Badger! Bogie detail is sublime!

Certainly looked like it. Gobshites packing these things never seem capable of thinking, hey, this is gonna travel 4000km, let’s pack it well. At least they remembered the AccuraEnds, so even though it was bouncing around inside with three pieces of brown paper, the box looks nice - as does the loco!

€400 for an A Class????? Jaysus, Class A would be cheaper. No international shipping, and only visible via the url, none appear via a search, so no surprise there.

A Class, and not Class A?

Silver Fox C Class combined with SSM detailing kit would probably do the job in the interim, so to beat that, the 3D printed model would need to be very detailed. Possible that the slow-selling A Classes are only slow in the UK. The few that I’ve seen in here and on Adverts.ie have sold very quickly. Just out of curiosity, I searched ebay, just now, even using the co.uk platform, to no avail. No A Classes show up. Perhaps British sellers are put off by post-BrExit customs shenanigans, and don’t want to deal with the hassle of shipping outside the UK.

So, what could this drop-kicked, opened trapezoid be???

Must be UK-only eBay listings as almost none have shown up for me. I can only see UK-only listings using the url, and can only buy using a UK address. So you say there’s no demand for more A Class locos, that’s a shame. An A Class re-run could be announced tomorrow with the locos already in stock, and we’d be none the wiser. Probably at least three or four years before having a C Class on sale, and delaying the Park Royals that long wouldn’t make sense.

I’ve only seen a handful of second-hand A Classes for sale, maybe five or ten over the past year or two. @Fowler4f had several for sale on eBay at one stage, bulking up those figures. Unless A/S have new tools ready for the C Class or AEC, we’d be in for a long long wait.

Ah, sure you can always buy one next month!