DJ Dangerous

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.

Wow. Even more amazing!

Wow, that Mk2D sold at £104 GBP!

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.

Oh come on, everybody knows that you guys will make sure that you can cover warranty stuff by hook or by crook. An example of the lengths that you guys go to was in Fran's Manor update. He said something to the effect of a small delay being due to you guys wanting to make something better. Not because something was wrong, but because you guys felt that there was something that you could do better. Everybody here on the forum knows the lengths that you will go to, and I made it very clear in my posts on Phil's workbench thread that this was NOT a warranty issue. Anyway, I've digressed. The reason I mentioned it in the first place was to emphasise the improbability (not impossibility) of Paddy Murphy having spare 201 bodies lying around ten years later, and if your post is anything to go by, and if Paddy works in a similar manner, he, too, wouldn't have needed spare 201 bodies in the first place.

Yup, that's pretty much exactly what I wrote, although I was a lot more concise.

I think that those short Mk3's make excellent compromises for regular layout running.

Yup, I'd never post without first speaking in private. But you definitely have no bodies, chassis nor bogies in stock, warranty or no, that much was very clear. Don't have the emails to hand as I'm out, but can quote exact wording later if you need.

Boxed Lima 201? I'd pay €50 to €60. Nice enough looking, bit bland compared to the Murphy Models release, sounds like a bag of spanners going round.

Nooope! Already been down that route to try buy a wiper and a horn for the 048 that @murphaph has restored.

Are you joking or smoking? IRM have no bodies, nor chassis, nor bogies for the A's. They have limited other spares, so limited that they have to be held back for warranty work only. Murphy Models had no 121 spares within a few months of the locos selling out. They had no spare Mk2D buffers while the coaches themselves were still on sale. Doesn't matter how good IRM are, and let's be honest, they ARE bloody good, but they can't magic parts out of thin air, at least, not down here on Earth.

Speaking of EVE's...

Probably a lot more to a decoder than meets the eye. Also have to factor in hidden costs like recording the sounds, having tech support, issuing replacements, discounts for retailers or whatever. I'm sure that if there were a high quality alternative available for a quarter of the price with no sacrifices, IRM, Murphy Models et al would be offering them instead of ESU decoders.

Absolutely incredible!

I like the remaining blue sides on the tables!

Pfft, 40 degrees in summer is nothing. Come back to me when it's 40 there in winter... And when it's the place that IRM / AS are going to move production to once China are sanctioned for invading Taiwan...

Brand new Bachmann Irish steam set, still wrapped. One for the hardcore collectors. Seller says UK only but to contact them - eBay re-set a lot of seller's ads to UK only dring the Royal Mail cyber attack, and many sellers are manually switching their ads back - current bid around €48: https://www.ebay.es/itm/195651450812 Spare buffers for 121 / 141 / 181 / 071 for €11,50: https://www.ebay.es/itm/155376010301 Murphy Models 182 in Supertrain livery for €255: https://www.ebay.es/itm/285159602391 Two Murphy Models RPSI Mk2's for €40: https://www.ebay.es/itm/134488173655 IRM A Class A23R for €320 "Buy It Now" with a reserve of €225 and zero bids: https://www.ebay.es/itm/266167504899 Oxford Diecast Tinnelly curtainsider for €25: https://www.ebay.es/itm/134422134917 Same again but for €35: https://www.ebay.es/itm/325507252714

My kingdom for a spare windscreen wiper! Absolutely incredible, @murphaph! You have managed to blur the lines between art and science.