DJ Dangerous

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...

It's unlikely that you'll get spares for them at this stage, but, Murphy Models have a new batch of Mk2D's due out over the next year or two. I'd assume that this will increase the likelihood of spares becoming available. The new batch are likely to have 21mm-friendly bogies. If these are also made available to buy, you can be sure that there'll be a few folk buying packs of new bogies, who will then have their old bogies to spare.

You're one of the lucky ones... I'll be scraping the pennies together all year just for those two!

Wow. Even more amazing!

No need to scratch the head much. You were blessed with two kidneys, two lungs, two testicles etc, so financing more models shouldn't be a problem.

Wow, that Mk2D sold at £104 GBP!

In fairness to @BosKonay, he's never actually trolled us. Forum members are the ones just itching for a hint of an announcement, and all he does is try calm us down with a "don't worry, we have new ranges due" type message every few months. I guarantee that whatever is announced, it'll be worth the wait, it'll be generally well-received, there'll be a small camp who might buy one coach or one wagon who then moan that they want something else announced straight away, and another small camp who'll moan because it's not something different. Plus, has anybody actually paid off their Mk2 coaches and ICRs yet? I know that I haven't!

Outstanding! Is that the Corgi 1:43 Transit?

Two of the three Cravens gone... I hope it was somebody on here!

A few Murphy Models coaches at Hatton's right now: https://www.hattons.co.uk/stocklist/siteresults?searchfield=murphy Inconsistent pricing, though.