DJ Dangerous

From a manufacturers point of view, would the Tin Vans share anything with any other model? The undercarriage or the ends, for example? When it comes to the GSV's / BR Vans, I guess that they don't share anything with any Irish stock at all, do they? If not, do they share much with the BR Mk1 BCK's and BSK's that they were based on? Would it make more sense for a manufacturer doing a run of BR Mk1 brake coaches (hint, hint, Accurascale team) to do the Irish GSV's at the same time?

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Thank you, better memory than mine!

I remember that one alright, but I thought that there was something else a few years earlier about the bogies being incorrect or something.

Was a solution ever found for the paint not taking to the IR and IE ones?

Wasn't there sume furore here on the forum a few years back, with some folk complaining about the bogies on the Murphy Models Cravens?

The Cravens run on B4's?

It was BosKonay in the "Weedsprayer Pack Now In Stock!" thread...

Although it's possile that the Mk2D EGV's shared a lot with the rest of the Mk2D's, making it easier from a manufacturers point of view. What bogies do the Irish GSV's run on?

Slightly OT, sorry, but I actually need the value on the outside for things shipped all the way down here, as it serves as a customs declaration, so please don't stop doing it universally!

A "BR van" means a GSV built from a former BR Mk1 BCK or BSK?

Does anybody have any experience with the current batch of train simulators, for example Train Sim 2020 or Train Sim World, in particular with Irish routes? I can see the 22000's on YouTube but not much else.

It's probably more the timing of your critique, and how quickly and willing you are to do so without having the model, that is irksome. At the same time, feedback is very important, and if there's another model released in five years featuring handrails, this feedback may help towards a manufacturers decision on hand rails.

I'll happily second that. The man is a living legend.

Wow! I thought that they'd had a long life alright, but that's very long! Thanks for that!

Two questions. When did the Olympians run from and until? When did the two-tone green livery start and finish for Dublin Bus in general?

Ha!

Maybe not super high fidelity ballast wagons but could be of interest to some: https://www.adverts.ie/models/model-irish-rail-ballest-wagons/16241782?touch_off

You see, I've seen your workbench thread, so there is hope for you when it comes to weathering... Fancy doing some weathering in the sun for me???

Maybe I can trade some sun holidays for some nice weathering, so!

So there is hope, for one day!

Do any 1950's Laminate coaches exist in good condition today, for survey purposes?

For me, it'll be another thirty years before I retire from work and start weathering, and that's quite a long time to be looking at shiny stock, thinking "Ah sure only another 29 years and 350 days and I'll start weathering this" ... That's why I think that light factory weathering of some models is a nice option. Those who wan't super-detailed can always weather it much more. After running 073 and 085, the other 071's are just missing something, in comparison.

I'm curious about factory weathering. I notice that Murphy Models released weathered 141's and 071's, but not 201's nor 121's. Is there any reasoning behind that? 073 and 085 are by far my favourite MM 071's, but were they poor sellers or something? IRM thus far haven't released any weathered stock, but maybe with the advent of Noel's favourite PW yellow stock hitting the rails, weathered options may be attractive to some folk? From a buyers perspective, what do people prefer? Personally, and in particular for brighter stock (if somebody some day releases silver Laminates for example), I much prefer stock that's lightly weathered from the factory. Hardcore weatherers can still super-weather the stock even further, and the light factory weathering adds a level of realism to the layouts of the Simpletons like me.

Yeah, that B&I ferry must be a huge project.