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Nice matching clothes, too! Some of that peeling paint should be saved for reference in the future. What a gem 124 is, also having that green buried underneath. I’ll be running my grey one as a “What-If?” loco, hauling a rake of Provincial Wagons vans!

Phoenix Precision Paints list a P896 Irish Cement Wagon Blue: https://www.phoenix-paints.co.uk/products/paint-products/precisionrailway/irish/14p896

Excellent news. So, it’s fair to say we’ll likely see both DART+ and 22000 sets on layouts in 2027.

They look exceedingly good, @Westcorkrailway! Specially that Dark Knight livery! Any inkling on pricing, timeframe or variants being produced? Who will be stocking them?

Did Maedb actually run in the grey livery before the official demonstration run, or did it never see the light of day after the photoshoot?

According to @Der Rechtsanwalt, the Murphy Models Mk3 coaches were likely to enter tooling in July: I wonder if there’ll be any samples at Blackrock this weekend???

And a bump for this thread, as the DART+ was already in tooling a few months back.

And a similar bump for this thread, in case Murphy Models have any updates at the SDMRC show in Blackrock this weekend.

Bump for this thread, with Murphy Models likely attending the SDMRC extravaganza in Blackrock this weekend!

This looks and sounds incredible! Well done to everybody involved. Will DC models be upgradeable with some sort of AccuraThrash kit?

Pure nostalgia gold! Delicious detailing on that!

So… A Maroon 5???

Wow! This will be impressive no matter what. Love the different ballast and track shades, stunning photo realism.

You have such a great run there, @JasonB, it’s hard to tell whether you’re laying O Gauge or OO Gauge track!

A Special Bubble sounds very likely alright! Now you’re talking… 2600, Ammonias, 47’ Flats, Mk4 coaches, happy days!

Simply stunning!!!

I saw a video a couple of years ago - can’t find it now of course - where I think it was @Warbonnet and @Garfield were being interviewed, possibly by the late Andy York. They said something to the effect of the chassis for the Bubbles requiring a little filing of the insides of the axleboxes to allow 21mm running. Thought I had bookmarked the video but nope!

Wow, ten years! Congratulations all around! I remember, vaguely, the A Class being announced. I’d been suspicious of the Ballast Wagons - if something seems too good to be true….. And I missed out, so decided to take the plunge and pre-order an A Class or two.

Hopefully at least some of this can be included on the model. Unlikely that we’ll get Irish buffer spacing, though. Project Status currently says that they’re expected 2026 Q1, but maybe they can be shunted back a little to allow for tweaks.

Some fabulous stuff in there. On opening the photo, there’s a lot of detail visible.

Hatton’s Genesis black and orange 6-wheel coach, H4-6FB-1703, for €58: https://www.ebay.es/itm/236404214286

Murphy Models 141 Class no. B141 as preserved, currently sitting at €100 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/267439270921 Murphy Models 121 Class no. 124 in IE livery, currently at €145 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/136606299539 Murphy Models 121 Class no. B125 in black and orange livery, currently around €145 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/136606304143 Murphy Models 121 Class no. 134 in IE livery, currently showing around €150 EURO: https://www.ebay.es/itm/136606302351 IFM / Irish Freight Models Dutch Vans, two available, look to be pre-rebuild, at €115 EURO each: https://www.ebay.es/itm/267431803232 Corgi OM43701 Belfast trolley bus for around €20: https://www.ebay.es/itm/205794336789 All of the above look to be UK sellers, even the IFM listing, so import fees need to be considered.

Yup, and combined with getting older, bleurgh.

Another inteteresting and challenging one, @Sean! Think that @LNERW1 is also working on a peat bog style railway. You could butt heads for some brain-storming.