DJ Dangerous

Care package received last Monday night... Not lasting as long as I had hoped, though...

Rising costs of everything else have to a big factor, you're spot on. I suspect that the Covid-19 pandemic artificially inflated the model railway market, too, dragging many people into the hobby who have since cashed-in and walked away again. That would have fooled manufacturers in general, then flooded the market with second-hand stuff, both affecting sales of new models. Murphy Models' 141 re-run are still all in stock at numerous retailers. Roll back two years and knock €60 off the price, and they'd have been sold out on pre-order. The 1980's and 1990's, moreso the 1990's, would be the sweetest spot for sales, I'd guess. Not rubbishing any other era's, just thinking of the volume of sales. If Murphy Models' 1990's locos aren't selling, it's not a good indicator. I'm Thankful for what we've had from IRM / A/S to date!!!

Awesome!!!

While I’m sorry to hear about the road being bumpy, I’m blown away by how you have handled the adversity. As I was reading your email, biting my nails, I kept repeating in my head “Please don’t cancel the whole project”. I’m so happy to hear that it will go ahead, and I for one will be using the funds freed-up by cancelled orders to buy more from IRM! Thank you for the honest and open update.

Wow, you got the HD-Ready HDMI Dolby Digital version!

Nice rake of four RPSI green re-sprays for €157: https://www.ebay.es/itm/235786703686 Could do with some flush glazing, but better than nothing. Pretty sure that Helix0_8 is Tom of Irish Freight Models: https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/helix0_8

Language!

Speculation time again! Three weeks to launch day but no countdown widget on the IRM website this time. So, is it something so spectacular that it blew the timer up? Is it O Gauge???

There'll probably be a "free state" up for grabs between Israel and Lebanon at some stage, too.

How many Mk3 Executive coaches ran in real life? Was it just the two, as per the Lima Executive pack? 7161 and 7162? Did they always run together or were they split over different trains?

it's amazing how frequently the appropriate response to a post is the one second of this video at 06:08:

How about some photos and videos of all of the effort and failures you've experienced these past three months? Giving specifics rather than vagaries will help others in knowing what NOT to do. One thing I learned very early in my working life: Every failure is a learner.

Frikkin' Puff Daddy. Nobody be missing you, Puffy! Just tell your friend that you don't give a damn about Puffy nor his party guests and move on.

Cracking stuff, @Rob! Worth waiting for.

On the bus home tonight (yes, IRM have made me so poor that I have to bus everywhere) I saw a sign which reminded me of @skinner75's post here: It says that taking photos or videos of public employees is prohibited under the data protection law. Surely, Ireland has similar data protection laws, to protect public employees such as Gardaí? If so, how come these sovereign-citizen and anti-mask clowns are above the law?

How dare you have a job??? I'll bet that you're one of the worst of the worst, doing double-shifts and everything. Don't you know that you should be scratch-building instead of working? Had a PM asking me to give the "phrasing" a rest. Boom!

Rails of Sheffield have a load of Heljan O Gauge stuff on offer, some spectacular prices. 37's, 47's, 55's, wagons, BR blue, modern, green, the list goes on: https://railsofsheffield.com/collections/bargains?filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=600&filter.p.m.custom.Scale=O+Gauge&filter.p.vendor=Gaugemaster+Collection&filter.p.vendor=Heljan&sort_by=price-ascending One or two reference screenshots attached, but there's a lot more to discover!

Stunning stuff, @Si2020!

Just wondering if there's been any time to look at the feasability of reversible buffers, magnetic / friction fit etc for future runs of wagons using this chassis?

Oh, that's because I warned them about you in advance. Told them that you're a Nigerian 419 scammer, and to block your email and fob you off if you call. I'm on commission, you see, so they listen to me. Being serious, though, in case it helps anybody else, maybe some of us could PM each other with invoice numbers, order numbers etc, to try paint a picture of who has and hasn't received their orders, and try figure out what is going on. Happy to volunteer as point man for anybody who wants to get in touch with me.

Definitely got the livery that I wanted, but maybe they´d have rathered something else...

Parcel opened twice by Customs, and they held on to it a while, but after opening it myself, I don’t blame them.

Another that I couldn’t resist! Livery application and glazing are far better than I had expected.

I wonder what order Rails of Sheffield are processing orders in? By invoice number, by Rails order number, by Hatton's order number, by location, by order size, or is it just random? Also wonder is it only the black and orange coaches that people are missing? I think that @leslie10646 and @jhb171achill said that theirs are missing. As an aside, Rails can at times be slow to ship, and to communicate. I don't think they were prepared for the general business increase after Hatton's passed away. One of my recent orders took about a week and a half, maybe more, to ship. Another, a replacement loco, was shipped with no communication. I didn't receive a reply when I asked for a shipping update, but a week or two later, DHL contacted me about a parcel from Rails, which ended up being that loco. Probably doing their best with what resources they have.