DJ Dangerous

Of all the people on all the threads, there's no better man to speculate on some Provincial Wagons releases! That's something to look forward to! Lovely shot, @Bob229. The carpark is particularly nice. The spacing, the lack of clutter, also very evident on @Rob's Heuston North (no Heuston North updates nor North Wall photos lately, @Rob???) is great. We tend to try cram as much as possible in and it often feels very cluttered and unrealistic, but you two have nailed it perfectly. Picked up two four-car 29000's from Chris a while back, the first four-car units he ever did, but the paintwork was abysmal. Chris retired before we could do anythinbg about it, so I'm stuck with them. I think that the paintwork on his later commissions suffered as his painters were overworked. Some of the earlier examples like yours look excellent!

Definitely don't want any if they come with Crapol's worst print!

Thanks, @MOGUL! 225 was out of action for almost a decade after hitting that tractor on the level crossing? Was the damage that bad or was it more because there was a fatality involved? So there are 12 of the 34 stored at the moment? 201 202 203 204 205 210 211 212 213 214 224 (Cracked frame) 230 (Fire damage)

What's the status of the 201 fleet these days? There were ten (?) in storage according to earlier posts in this thread. One of the in-service locos (224?) suffered a cracked frame, but also sure that one of the mothballed ones (230?) was brought back into service? Stored as of October 2018 according to @Railer's photo and @ttc0169's photo: 201 202 203 205 210 212 214 Wikipedia also lists the following as being stored: 204 211 213 Basically the non-push-pull-equipped locos, 201 - 205 and 210-214. Wikipedia also states that 230 has been in storage since July 2017: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/IE_201_Class

Are you gonna make me do all the work on that one, too, quoting you into this thread, or are you gonna do it yourself for a change?

Fair enough... So, if we don't have 45' IWT containers in 1/76 with decent print, this year, it's all @MOGUL's fault!

A 2600 would be lovely alright!

I reckon that they could have worked that green into quite a nice livery, with a few changes. So, freight grey would be tops, A46 lined green would be nice, black and tan would merit consideration, but with the full yellow faces it'd be hard to tell the delivery livery from the subsequent one.

First!

Speaking of phrasing, while veering wildly off topic:

Not necessarily awful, but maybe a little unfinished looking.

That's a lot to choke down over the next few years! Why did I think the ICR sets were 2025? Better get them paid off! Accurascale ranges featuring IRM elements, now that sounds very interesting. Mk1 BCK's / BSK's maybe! Or British Container Flats with Lyons Tea boxes!

Phrasing has never been a strong point of mine.

Lovely photos. Wasn't she out and about in a light green primer prior to the deep blue?

Man, all this talk of containers has me thinking of walking away from GT7 and going looking for a nice box.

I have a hazy memory of you asking for roof shots as I wasn't taking enough pics...

Well, you say that... https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-66714547

Freight grey! Hell yeah!

Gobble gobble...

Nothing worse than a hardcore anorak who takes pictures every chance he / she gets!

I thought you loved speculation, specially on steam locos, and the threads on how much 071's go for.

Thanks for everything you've done, @Irishswissernie. Your work is a massively valuable resource to everybody, well worth €600k!

So, to kickstart the new year, how about some speculation??? Anything to do with Irish model trains, trucks, buses and cars. Likely arrivals over the coming months are IRM's NIR Mk2B/C coaches, Paddy Murphy's Mk2D coaches and his new run of 141's / 181's. Hatton's Genesis coches are probably here by summer. And for me, although not prototypically perfect, the Heljan Mk2's as respray donors! Will we finally see two-tone green Dublin Bus Olympians from IRM? Or at the very least, a mainstream livery to follow up the smashing City Swift buses? Will we see Hino's from IRM? Will Brian Collins hit us with a surprise bus commission? Will anybody commission some Oxford vans? Maybe a triple pack of An Post, Telecom Eireann and ESB Transits? Or two triples, a Telecom Eireann era pack and an Eircom era pack? Will we see IRM develop a 21mm chassis for the next run of Bubbles? Will we see 45' containers from @Arran's C-Rail stable? Will we see Project 47 from IRM? Will Paddy Murphy offer any more on the rumoured 071 re-run? Or his Mk3's and 201's? Will we have an update on IRM's steam project? Will it be 21mm-friendly? Have they come up with some ingenious way of doing so? Wouldn't be surprised if they had, knowing them! Trolling by @BosKonay is fully permitted, as I know he just can't help himself! Will @Edo's bookcases collapse?

This, this right here is the first negative point I've ever come across for not having Whatsapp. Damn you, @MOGUL, for crushing my hopes and dreams right at the start of the year, damn you all to Hell!

Happy New Year to all on the forum! Here's hoping that 2024 brings more good luck and prosperity to you and your loved ones. Goodbye 2023 - here are the last rays of sun from yesterday, sun finally vanished from view at 1824h: