DJ Dangerous

Excellent stuff, amazing to see so much progress, and see it all happening so quickly. Wonderful that it can be documented as it happens, here on the forum, too.

So, is €3 Million the final estimate or is the tally still rising? It would be wonderful if there was some way of boosting income, even temporarily. What is the situation with the waterlogged ground? Is the ground itself drying out or is it still largely saturated?

Lovely to see more Barrack Street progress, @Dempsey! A couple of interesting bits and bobs lying around...

O Gauge???

078 and 080 resting in the "depot"...

Always amazes me that this is N Gauge! The detail is excellent. Yay for Ashburton Sundays!

Did I not some pics of the IRM NIR coaches in this thread the other day? Was the post deleted?

Well, @BosKonay, I think I speak for everybody ("No you don't" is cried in unison) when I say that given your feudal status here on the forum, you are obliged to provide biannual (not biennial) updates on Amiens Street!

Or maybe turntables and mixer, a couple of IKEA KALLAX units for your record collection, a smoke machine and some strobe lights? Or a set for making amateur porn?

Saw an update on YouTube a few weeks ago, feels like a perfect time to share:

I missed your updates on this. The photos are fabulous! Love that shot of A15 and B141 sitting at the buffers.

Will be well worth waiting for, specially if the design is going to be modular!

Absolutely lovely stuff here! I agree with the sentiments of everybody, the layout, the scenery, the era, the background modelling, the Tinnelly truck hiding by the warehouse, the main street, the bridge, the platform lamps, the photography and videography, everything is top notch.

Any hints as to how the footbridge will be sold? Will there be several different fixed models, or will it be sold in modules, or will different models be compatible to make it fit any layout?

How's that "sturdy" Chinese Wall doing, @Edo?

CD decks and a tiny mixer??? You frikkin' kids!

Your post was clearly iCR-bashing. I'm not super familiar with AI, but I'm sure you could train a freely available AI program like ChatGTP to analyse this thread for the data, asking it to calculate the probabilities, which would save you a fair bit of time. @Sean is mad for AI, he gets moist just thinking about the rise of the machines, maybe drop him a message for some pointers.

I'm still struggling to get my head around your two posts, here, but I THINK that you're trying to say: "Whenever Paddy Murphy himself announces an estimated arrival for the new 071's, he will still be subject to external factors that may affect delivery." But, Paddy hasn't even announced them, yet, never mind given a lead time. We have livery information from two members who received it from Paddy Murphy and from Murphy Models. We have an estimated delivery of late 2024 / early 2025 from two members, again who received the info from Murphy Models and from Paddy Murphy. If Paddy is telling people that, it is fair to assume that he's likely to be more or less on the mark, so why say / imply that he's not?

Are ye dancin'?

Easy there, Ned Ludd, there's no need to turn into another Noel, bashing progress every chance you get. Next, you'll be saying that you won't board unless the loco's painted black with orange and white bands... I imagine that if you read back over this thread, and analyse the info posted, you will be able to paint a picture of the days and times where a loco-hauled Enterprise is more probable than ICR's.

Maaaaaybe re-read the thread again. Both @Noel and @MOGUL confirm that they have spoken with Murphy Models and Paddy Murphy, respectively. Don't be lying to the youngsters, @Georgeconna. It stands for "Crikey, Not Yet"...

Searchability on Facebook, and social media in general, tends to be quite poor, and many posts lack sources / references. Often best to bookmark the url to the post, take a screenshot, and email both to yourself with a subject that you're likely to remember. Translation was pretty accurate at least.

Going back to the new run of 071's, does anybody know which NIR liveries will be reproduced? There were quite a variety, and it would be nice to see a 1990's livery, which was missing from the original run, a deep blue with red / faded red warning panel, and a version as they run today. I'm assuming that the livery application is not yet finalised but the tooling, ie marker lights, probably would be?

Following on from the posts in this thread, here's a video of a UK HST (Intercity 125) on trial in Mexico in October 2023. I quite like the livery! These two posts:

Were the "diamond frame" bogies all replaced with "Gloucester GPS" bogies in the seventies? If so, are the only variants still available pre-1970's? What does "More On The Way" mean?