DJ Dangerous

Fuzzy Cobelfrets finally arrived. Been in the post about four months, I think. Grey locking bars instead of blue, which is handy. Will get gluing tonight. Few "Mode Rail Stuff" HO pallets of banded concrete blocks (HO-540MRST) arrived, too.

It would appear not, at least for the moment:

The windows seem warped on this one. I just assumed that the last owner had left it on a window sill in the sun or something.

He has been in touch with forum members in private as recently as February 2023.

The honourable thing for David to do, assuming that he and Mark parted ways, would be to publish a list here on the forum, of exactly what he has accepted financially, and not managed to deliver on. No names, just numbers. Client no. 1 paid a deposit of X on X date for X model with a balance of X due on delivery etc. It would be a giant step towards redeeming his reputation, and a huge step towards the transparency required in case he ever wanted to get into the model railway world again. Many people will feel that there has been a (or have been several) breach(es) of trust. Despite the running qualities mentioned in the Tara Junction thread, the models do look very very good. If he doesn't have the balls to take a step like this, he is painting himself as a con-artist. I hope he does the right thing.

I'll put my hands up and say that I'd be the first to moan about the price of these and the low run quantities... At the same time, I imagine that putting €20k or €30k or whatever into a run that may take a year to see the light of day is also a daunting prospect, so fair balls to Derek Farrelly et al. When it comes to quality, and this is not to knock the BritBus models, but the Jotus and Resin Specialist models have quite a bit more fidelity. I picked up a second hand Resin Specialist RS-76658 model, KD221, no. 059 of 150, and the previous owner did something wierd with the windows and lost a mirror, but still, here are a few photos of it alongside it's BritBus counterparts. A photo speaks a thousand words. Again, this is not a dig at the IRM / Britbus models, it's just a visual comparison.

Surely it'd be €747 or €767 extra? Awesome, thank you. That GWR Class 50 looks too good to let slip by.

Savage!

Awwww. The wobbling makes it all the more fun! As an aside, does the AS website upgrade mean shipping to Las Canarias is now available for AS Exclusives, or is that still special charter airdrop only?

Have to thank @murphaph again, this time for advising me that Derek Farrelly (sorry, can't remember his username here on the forum) has some Atlanteans due this summer! I've missed out on these for years and was delighted to be able to order a few from Derek. Thanks again, @murphaph !

No Boludas, OPDRs, NISAs or TESUs. What is the world coming to?

Is that a Tiny City police van? Lovely!

I never realised that David and Mark had taken on a steam loco project as well. This was back in my "lurker" days, years before I actually joined the forum. What else had they tackled? 2600's, De Deitrich Enterprise coaches, and 461? Was there anything else? It's funny looking back, now, and I say this with a bit of embarrassment, but I vaguely remember reading a thread similar to this on, where IRM announced the birth of their company. They announced a couple of wagons, maybe with CAD images, and Muggins here was suspicious as to whether it was genuine or a scam. The fact that they weren't asking for deposits should have tipped me off as to how genuine they were. Sorry to hijack the thread, just a flood of memories coming back. Your man, Killucan, came across as pretty hostile back then, when IRM launched, and the irony wasn't lost on me.

Yes, see @Darius43 posted the link to the original thread by @BosKonay

So you're saying that the cost of flights to Ireland to break in are actually worth it?

I remember there being some talk of controversy alright. At least a few members have them. TTC is lucky that I'm too far away or I'd be scaling the walls and breaking in to "borrow" his...

What ever happened to those D&M guys, or whatever they were called, who used to make the 2600 models years ago?

Shame, as they are lovely looking little locos.

The Tiny City stuff is very nice!

Are the Heljan 165's similar to the Tuam 165? https://www.hattons.co.uk/612643/heljan_9771_ruston_165_0_6_0_diesel_shunter_45_in_ncb_dark_green/stockdetail https://www.hattons.co.uk/612642/heljan_9770_ruston_165_0_6_0_diesel_shunter_in_industrial_yellow/stockdetail

Give it time and you'll turn into a major creep! Perhaps @BosKonay could merge this new thread with his original thread on the topic? Likewise with the two threads on the Hornby Rustons?

Lovely slow running from B165. Took me a moment to realise that it was the (high) quality of the loco, not a poor quality internet connection. Would like to see an AS 92 running over them, too.

Big congratulations to the IRM / Accurascale team for mopping up at the BRMA 2022 awards. Sad to see the Mags didn't win, they got my vote, but great to see 5 Golds, 2 Silvers and a Bronze for the lads. My Deltics are still in the post, and I'm even more excited about seeing them after their Gold in the diesel and electric 4mm category. The 92 got Silver in the same category, so hopefully the lads learn a hard lesson - three diesel locos per year from now on, not just two! I have a 92 that I grabbed from Hatton's, and it is something else, so the Deltics must be whoppers. On top of that, Accurascale took all three medals in the wagon category; Gold, Silver and Bronze for the Chaldrons, HYAs and HAAs respectively. Manufacturer of the year, of course they won Gold, in both OO Gauge and Overall categories, that went without saying, like the Romans and the roads. Plus a Gold in the Special Awards category for the motorised pantographs on the Class 92s. The only real competition for IRM / Accurascale at the BRMA came from... IRM / Accurascale! Next year we'll see their Mk2ABCs getting gold for sure. Got all of this info from RMWeb.

A few dashcam videos from today, scouting locations for a new IRM / AS factory...