DJ Dangerous

Is it a Polar Bear in a blizzard?

Very recent-looking photo, relatively speaking. Early nineties?

Hey, that's how everything is inside my head! Not my fault if it escapes the odd time. Mods, give me thread-merge powers and I'll clean everything up in no time!

So €85 each, plus postage, plus 23% of that combined value, plus a handling fee? Probably works out as cheap ordering six of IRM's new Park Royals instead. That's a shame, as the Cravens' are lovely coaches.

How dare you? Everybody needs Taras!

How does this work for Irish buyers when it comes to import tax and handling fees?

Great to see a few Irish coaches for sale!

That's the job! Enough grey and enough oxide so that the reds and blues are hard to tell apart! What are you planning???

I would speculate based on THIS THREAD (and this duplicate thread, and this one) that if Paddy Murphy goes ahead with producing more Cravens' coaches, the RPSI may do another run. Paddy has not promised more Cravens' coaches and the RPSI have not promised more Cravens' coaches, but both were at least considering them. How about a combined Murphy Models / IRM four pack with three MM Cravens' and an IRM Mk1 GSV???

Mmmmmh, Quality Street...

Just wonderful! Reminds me of this photo in an older Tara thread:

Serves them right for copying me:

Perhaps @BosKonay would be so kind as to move the last few posts into THIS THREAD, as it seems to be covering the same ground. I guess there's a lot to cover in the debate, and the final calls will be made from a business perspective, with minimum compliance and cost, while maximising return, being the standard. Not disputing that a hundred year plan would be an advantage for future generations, but I just find it hard to imagine many people in business having that vision - or even caring, as they'll be long dead before their investment pays off. Also, much as I'd love to see the 071's re-engined to be the future, they can only be rebuilt etc so many times before they just get too old, as @Noel implied in the other thread. They may have one or two more lifetimes left, whether battery powered, hydrogen powered or OHLE powered.

The 071's are gonna look wierd with pantographs.

I'm no engineer, but I'd rather see batteries than complete electrification. I guess it's entirely possible that the two could merge into a hybrid system, locos charging while the pantographs are up and running on batteries while they're down.

What ever happened to @wiggy? He deleted loads of his own forum posts about ten years ago and kind of vanished off the forum.

I'd agree. Surely replacing the 071's with a "greener" loco would be more harmful than making the 071's themselves progressively greener. Plus, rail transport is already a jillion times greener than road transport. Might be an idea to 071-ify some 201's at some stage if more power is needed.

Wow, the different levels and the incline look very interesting. I hope to build an incline at one end of a shelf-type layout some day, but nothing that adventurous.

If viewing on a mobile device from outside of the .ie cachement, you need to change the .ie to .co.uk in the url. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134564550799 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/134564547082 I'm sure that Wiggy is actually the chap from Wheeltappers. Neal or Neil?

How do you fix the DAS clay in place? With some kind of glue? Or does it bond to the boards itself?

The second of the three Hi-Story Starlet GT Turbos, this time the white one; HS315-WH. Have to confess that I don't remember ever seeing a white one. EP71 Turbos and Glanza Turbos, sure, but just can't place one of these. Again, lovely detail. They go for silly money online but every now and then one comes along at a fair price.

How similar are they to Irish flats, aside from the colour?

Two lovely heavy haulage / crane trucks added to the fleet. Both will be de-branded. I must try @Rob's tip on printing out new reg' plates. Also have a few cheap curtain-siders that need to be de-branded. Cameo appearance by one of @murphaph's little gems.

I love this shot!

Picked up one or two of the Manhattan Popcorn vans. https://www.manhattan.ie/product/manhattan-diecast-model-van/ They look to be AdTrucks 1:64 scale C24 model, so they don't suit 1:76 but I'm sure they could be worked into a corner somewhere. https://www.adtrucks.co.uk/trucksvans/#164