DJ Dangerous

The Railtrak JJA autoballaster wagons go for stupid money. €100 plus per wagon, not even per pack. Back in the golden days of Hatton's, I was going to build a rake for respraying, as Hatton's often had the Railtrak ones for €30 and €40 each. However, THIS post from @BosKonay set off alarm bells in my head, and I abandoned the idea. Telling us things without even knowing he was telling us!

I think that, as @murphaph says, if people had the original tracking number, as well as the "newer" one when issued, they'd be a lot more content, tracking their parcels for the whole trip, not just the last leg.

"Oh" well or "oil" well?

I'm delighted for you lot, while secretly envious, but mine are also on the way, so all's well that ends well! Oh, wait. Oil's well that ends well.

That is some fine lookin' orange peel. Must smell lovely, too.

More lucky devils! I'm guessing that everybody at the wrong latitude now has their greasy (or oily?) mitts on these wagons?

1:64, the scale of Hot Wheels and the scale of kings! Yes, S Gauge would definitely be nice! An interesting point that you raise is the age / life / work demographic that we all slot into, and how that affects what we can / will do. Personally, I hardly even have time to run trains, never mind think about kits and stuff, and I suspect that a decent enough portion of the fanbase are in a similar position. When I was fifteen, I was hacking together bits of cardboard and plastic, spraying HO containers into CIE-ish orange, repainting Matchbox trucks etc, but that all went by the wayside as soon as I turned sixteen and started working while still in school. And, sadly, it's all still on hold, so many decades later. Maybe that's partially why the whole RTR thing seems so amazing to me. IRM and MM, along with a few other sharp tacks, offer something that I can enjoy straight out of the box, even if it's only to marvel at how it looks. Twenty odd years ago, the whole Irish RTR thing seemed like pie in the sky, but now, to be anticipating a RTR Irish steam loco, after seeing first-hand how lovely the Manors are, is kind of like a light at the end of the tunnel, another milestone for IRM, and a dream come true for us workaholic idiots.

They look lovely, even still boxed up, they just look fab!

OK, eBay is a gold mine today! Not doing reference screenshots as there is too much juicy stuff. Two drop-deads gorgeous O Gauge DAF 2800's, €35 and €52 respectively: https://www.ebay.es/itm/365000346719 https://www.ebay.es/itm/266902187073 Murphy Models 142 for €180: https://www.ebay.es/itm/196498656581 Murphy Models Cravens buffet for €60: https://www.ebay.es/itm/196498317565 (Somebody was loking for one of those buffet coaches recently, maybe @Davenport or @MOGUL) Murphy Bachmann Mk2 for €72: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256570442323 (Better off going for the IRM packs instead) IRM Ferts Pack D for €175: https://www.ebay.es/itm/116250593656 IRM Tara twinpack for €110: https://www.ebay.es/itm/116250676310 (Both of the previous listings are from Ian of MIR fame) CMNL / Northcord ALX 400 Dublin Bus blue and cream for €43, looks to be missing a mirror: https://www.ebay.es/itm/305668588084 Just for fun, two sets of three IRM NIR Mk2B/C coaches for €350 PER SET: https://www.ebay.es/itm/387189972352 https://www.ebay.es/itm/387189972423 Same seller who bought the O Gauge Jinty's from Hatton's on offer last year and has them for sale for fifty million dollars: https://www.ebay.es/itm/387189972359 Who do they think they have? Chelsea Clinton? When viewing any of these items, look at the related items below, as there are even more - too many to list!

Connemara is lovely, very much like Canarias, enjoy! Looking forward to the updates.

Not a container, but a hello to forest fires again, yay:

How is this progressing? I'm very curious about how you find O-16,5 / NG7. Rails seemed to be pushing O-16,5 / NG7 in their emails for a couple of weeks, and the stuff really did look lovely! This was the standout for me: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/quarry-hunslet-0-4-0st-britomart-pen-yr-orsedd-quarry-blue-steam-locomotive

Much as I WANT it to be an 800, or a Merlin, this quote from @Garfield has me swinging more towards a WT: Something to haul those beautiful RPSI Cravens sets and Mk2 sets: https://www.steamtrainsireland.com/rpsi-collection/4/no4

Tesco Italian Mixed Peel... How drunk were you to suggest that?

Had to log into YT to give the video a like there, too! Well-earned!

All four packs now in stock at Mark's Models: http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51

Perhaps one of our lovely mods could merge some of the threads already covering this topic: https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/486-young-blood https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/6511-the-importance-of-toy-train-sets https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8779-the-joy-of-train-sets https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/8439-why-is-the-younger-generation-not-getting-into-irish-railway-modeling https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/9858-forum-use/ It's not like @BosKonay has anything better to be doing on a Saturday morning while his head feels like a pack of monkeys fighting over a bucket of marbles. Plenty of food for thought already posted, for young @LNERW1.

Agreed, some are advertised for silly money, but those two, if it's an Irish buyer, will also have tax charged, so it gets even sillier. €60 is fair for a bus, and you can stretch that a bit, but €90 or €100 or €110 is insane. And then tax on top!

You were supposed to post pics of the models, not the real-life prototypes.

One solitary IR / ST hybrid livery 141 in stock with IRM, no. 174: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/in-stock/products/174s-class-141-irish-rail

Two Dublin buses, out of my price range but may suit somebody... BritBus R702 yellow and blue Dublin bus for €113: https://www.ebay.es/itm/387187499978 BritBus R707 yellow and blue Dublin bus for €90: https://www.ebay.es/itm/387187495975

And what a beautiful setting for them, I should have added!

LOL, “suffering” is a bit extreme. The UK haven’t caught up with the rest of the world for customs and importation, yet. When they swallow their BrExit pride and start checking thoroughly, it’ll be the same as everywhere else.