DJ Dangerous

Couple of bits and bobs on eBay. Murphy Models IR Livery 141 Class no. 143, 0 bids, €215 EUR, finishes in 7 hours: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256142763237 Seller of 143 says: "Postage will be to UK or Northern Ireland addresses only as I've read about the complexities of posting to Southern Ireland and being a private seller wouldn't know how it would be possible otherwise." Murphy Models silver and black 071 Class no. 082, 0 bids, €330, finishes in 5 hours: https://www.ebay.es/itm/256142625789 Same seller as 143, and says: "Also as I am a private seller, having read about the complexities of posting to Southern Ireland I can only send to UK or Northern Ireland addresses." Irish Railway Models B&I Container Liner twin pack, 0 bids, €105 or €145 "Buy It Now", ends in six days: https://www.ebay.es/itm/115867132592 (Seller is Ian McNally of MIR, can reccommend myself) Irish Railway Models empty Container Liner triple pack, 3 bids, €120, finishes in 3 days: https://www.ebay.es/itm/115864291177 (This is the item that @Fowler4f created a separate eBay thread for) More a curiosity than a bargain, Irish Railway Models A Class no. 007s, €405, not on auction: https://www.ebay.es/itm/305035325005 (@Fowler4f has created a separate eBay thread for this item also) Again a curiosity rather than a bargain, a Lima Mk2D Galway livery triple pack, purchased on Adverts.ie recently for €195, I think, €290, not on auction: https://www.ebay.es/itm/126015556851 (Seller says "EX SHOP STOCK YOU WILL NOT FIND IN THIS CONDITION VERY OFTEN HENCE THE PRICE" but I'd be dubious) Silver Fox Dutch Van, this one must be in demand by somebody here on the forum, unpainted, €80, not on auction: https://www.ebay.es/itm/204334945988 The seller IS Silver fox, and the kit is listed on their wesite at £47,50 GBP: http://silverfoxmodels.co.uk/ir-ie-generating-steam-van-dutch/ The eBay one appears to have been assembled and had wheels added, so removes a lot of hassle. Murphy Models Cravens coach no. 1523, 5 bids, €55, 8 days left: https://www.ebay.es/itm/225680074988 Dapol Irish 5 plank open wagon triple pack, €100, not on auction, seller has Irish stuff from time to time: https://www.ebay.es/itm/266341836247 BritBus special commisson by adrian Richards, Molly 2 Ghost Bus, 4 bids, €35, ends in 2 hours: https://www.ebay.es/itm/354920789308 This seller has four BritBus Dublin models, slightly expensive (2 @ €110 and 2 x @ €90), and looks like they don't ship internationally as you have to change the url to ".co.uk" to actually see the buses: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_dkr=1&iconV2Request=true&_blrs=recall_filtering&_ssn=andrewclarkmodels2&store_name=andrewclarkmodels2&_oac=1&_nkw=dublin

Leslie, I would bet my kidneys that at €15 per van RTR, your only problem would be people complaining that they sold out too quickly. You'd have people buying them in tens and twenties, not just ones and twos.

What do the differences between the four variants imply? Did all four variants run concurrently or did each one replace an earlier one? Or were there two and two? The website says: "GSR / CIE Class 101 (J15) with 'Z' Boiler 0-6-0 Type B-(Low) Tender Nº146 - Grey with Logo £315.00 + P&P Taking Orders Type B-(Low) Tender Nº125 - Grey with Logo £315.00 + P&P Taking Orders Type C-(High) Tender Nº186 - Grey with Black Smokebox £315.00 + P&P Taking Orders Type C-(High) Tender Nº179 - Grey with Black Smokebox £315.00 + P&P Taking Orders All above locomotives available in black." https://www.ooworks.co.uk/products

Greenlight 1983 GMC Vandura A-Team van... Very obvious that this van inspired Dublin Bus for generations to come!

Some of them are ending as we speak, unsold. https://www.ebay.es/itm/285295496090 https://www.ebay.es/itm/275862913548 https://www.ebay.es/itm/285295492507 https://www.ebay.es/itm/285295742358 https://www.ebay.es/itm/285295749322 I made offers on a few yesterday, but they were rejected. Would have been nice to have some of @leslie10646's RTR wagons but not at €70 or €80 a pop. Almost sure that seller, Model Railway Emporium, is the same seller who got over €500 each for their 071's a few months back.

Love the new tipper trucks from Oxford! Tiny bit dsappointed that the beds don't tip, so unscrewed one of mine to pose it in the up position using a trimmed down biro refill. No chassis detail underneath the bed. Again, the beds on these do NOT move, so don't be disappointed, but they CAN be unscrewed and jerry-rigged to look poseable. Aside from that, lovely looking trucks. They remind me of something from my childhood but I'm not quite sure what, too hazy.

Feels like we must be getting close to another bus announcement... Please, pretty please, make it a mainstream livery... Two-tone green, CitySwift again, blue and cream or blue and yellow!

Does anybody have photos of the finished item? Any plans to run the kits again, @Mayner?

How do I add a shop under the "Shops, Manufacturers & Services" section? I'd like to reccommend a Spanish diecast shop that I've bought from several times over the past few years. They offer worldwide shipping, flat rate for Ireland, the UK and the EU, and currently list almost 800 1/43 scale (O Gauge) vehicles. The options to add seem to be greyed out or missing altogether. Thanks!

That's the chap I was thinking of in the Ian McNally eBay thread, the one buying Lima coach packs on Adverts.ie and Facebook for under €200 and advertising them on eBay for near €300 straight away. Couldn't think of his name! You know that you can trim everything after the item number from the url, right? As in: https://www.ebay.ie/itm/126014532749

My decoder left Heathrow near midnight last night!

Love it! I've seen videos before where the loco revs up before moving off. How do they do that? Holding two buttons on the controller at once?

So @Tullygrainey was on the money about the motor!

Ah, it won't be that bad once it has a CN23. Sits at CAM4 for a few days while they fill the container for Las Canarias. Once that's full, it gets trucked down to La Huelva, then onto the boat for here. Boat takes two days. Then Canarian customs will sort it all, and send me a letter asking for the invoice, blah blab blah by email. Probably only takes a week to get the letter after the boat docks. Then send them the invoice and stuff by email, wait a week for them to email me the bill with tax and handling fees, pay that, then wait another week for them to deliver. Four weeks and I'll have them. LOL, next day delivery, you don't know how lucky you are! The exception is if the CN23 is missing. Then CAM4 return it to the sender, never gets here. Pencil pushing jobsworths in Madrid rarely ever miss a trick.

Looks like An Post collected mine yesterday evening and it left Portlaoise this morning. Probably sitting in Heathrow at the moment, so probably get to the big CAM4 customs firewall in Madrid this evening or tomorrow.

That is gorgeous!

Disassembled one last night, slowly levering the pieces apart with a small flat-head screwdriver. The tab on the back of the cab is crucial. Once that's loose, the rest is relatively straightforward. The cab is indeed one single piece of clear plastic, painted in places. Couldn't get the mirrors off and was afraid to apply too much pressure.

Somebody posted a similar question a year or two back. Wracking my brains trying to think who had a solution. Possibly @irishthump but don't hold me to that!

Looking at dismantling these two plastic Oxford DAF 2800's. They look like mainly plastic construction, possibly glued together, on a diecast chassis. Trying to figure out if the whole cab is one piece of clear plastic, painted where required, as the wipers appear moulded to both the body and to the windscreen. The lower grille with the headlights, and the roof, appear to be distinct pieces, glued in place. Has anybody tackled these before?

Two more boxes, TGHU-4377469 and NOWU-8349600, look like they're being used for longterm storage, in Guia de Isora. So, after a quick internet search, TGHU is TEX and NOWU is Norwood Shipping in Valencia!

...IF I'm lucky, you mean! Still waiting for my Bus Eireann MetroRiders!

Nice little CMA CGM reefer parked off the TF1 at the Chio roundabout just now.

That's motorboating that you're thinking of. We don't go in for any backdoor shenanigans, here.

Shipping notification early this morning. That was quick!

Roll on an early Tara Junction video this week!