DJ Dangerous

More than changing demographics, it's a changing world. Outside of this forum, I don't know one single enthuiast who enjoys actual models. Everything is digital / virtual. Games / simulators / YouTube. Kids today, in most cases that I see, don't want a trainset or a model car. They want a simulator or they want to watch videos online. Likewise with any enthusiast friends, and DJD Senior included, they just want to look at stuff for free without having to do anything or spend anything. Pity my nieces and nephews. Despite their parents wishes for money or whatever, they get physical / tangible gifts. That's the only way to sow hope for the future.

Back in the pre-Accurascale-being-huge days, I have a feeling that the IRM lads implied that a Mk1 BCK / BSK based GSV's wouldn't be viable... However... https://www.accurascale.com/es-eu/collections/mark-1-coaches So I'd say Irish GSV's are a question of "when" rather than "if". @BosKonay knows that the Coastguard is watching...

So, to have more speculative fun... I know that @BosKonay said something that could be interpreted as a Genesis type project being beneath IRM's usual standards, here: But I think that a "GeneScale" project under the Accurascale / IRM brands would go down quite well, and fully agree with @Mayner here: Trying to launch 100% accurate examples of all of the original four and six wheel coaching stock in Ireland and the UK, with so many one-offs and prototypical variants, in my opinion, would be impractical. A GeneScale launch would also cover that IRM / Accurascale shared project alluded to earlier!

I posted comparison pics and comments in the Genesis thread, I think.

Not sure what I am thinking of. I remember reading a discussion here about some sort of coaching stock that survived until the end with some examples not receiving the updated livery. I feel like @DiveController was involved in that discussion. Hopefully he has a better memory than I do!

The good stuff was disappearing by the minute. I was looking at great stuff, at great prices, but out of my price-range, and every category was getting thinner and thinner and thinner. I did manage to pick up a few O Gauge wagons, cars, and a bundle of track, but the coaches were not in liveries that interested me. Almost got a blue / grey Mk1 but somebody beat me to it while it was in my basket! Is that a subtle hint that "somebody" might be taking over the tooling for the Genesis range???

I think that @BEANO3005 means the new batch, not the old batches. The painted samples of the 141's at Blackrock had nose grilles. Yeah, the Coastguard is watching!

Thanks be to Heaven for that!

I'm the Coastguard...

I'm open to correction here, but didn't some of the single-stripe Cravens coaches survive until the end without ever getting a second stripe?

While we're all having fun speculating, may I throw this into the mix? https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/2531-irish-shunters The real question is O Gauge or OO Gauge???

Although, @WRENNEIRE did state here that there may not be DVT's with Paddy's Mk3's:

There's a chap here desperately looking for Cravens coaches: https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/15319-mm-cravens Oh, wait, hang on.....

Can you not just sit the shorter legs on wooden blocks cut to compensate for the difference? That would save a lot of mess in dismantling stuff etc. I can't imagine a few offcuts cut to the right height would cost too much, no?

I think it's usually around autumn when Silver Fox do runs of Irish stock. I think that the last run of Mk3 DVT's was late 2019 or late 2020. Get in touch with Silver Fox Models and ask if they plan doing them soon. If they say no, unless a minimum quantity is met, put me down for two! Keep an eye on Adverts.ie. Gerry Hoey / Millipede had one for sale relatively recently. They pop up on eBay from time to time, sometimes at stupid prices but sometimes at fair prices. DC Kits either do or used to do them in kit form.

Thread on the Inchicore 141’s:

Once it wasn't Danger Mouse, I'm happy!

Noooope! That goes on your permanent record!

Damn it, I could have commandeered a speedboat while doing the colonies last night and done some late-night pirating! Arrrrrrrrr! Now I see them!

Not wishing to detract from the excitement surrounding the Mk2D's, but the NIR Mk2B/C's can't be far behind them, can they?

Dodgy doings or dodgy dongs?

Email from IRM today that Murphy Models' Mk2D coaches are due in stock in a little over a week. The IRM website says that payments will be charged on Wednesday, January 17th. So, to avoid disappointment, get the fingers out, get the cards out, and get splurging on the IRM website! Posting this on both of the Mk2D threads to help as many people as possible.

Email from IRM today that Murphy Models' Mk2D coaches are due in stock in a little over a week. The IRM website says that payments will be charged on Wednesday, January 17th. So, to avoid disappointment, get the fingers out, get the cards out, and get splurging on the IRM website! Posting this on both of the Mk2D threads to help as many people as possible.

At least we know what @jhb171achill does at the weekends, I suppose.

As of half eleven this morning, all four of the aforementioned coaches are still available to pre-order.