DJ Dangerous

IRM: "Always finding new ways to make you poor"

One of these? And look at this quote... Hmmmmmmmm...

So you'd suggest a C Class, a 121, a 141 or a 181 for the first IRM O gauge loco? I could definitely get behind that.

I can't agree there. I don't think it's time for IRM to throw the towel in, just yet. If China do something stupider than usual and get sanctioned, that may have an impact on output, but I do not see demand drying up without a mitigating factor like prices being tripled. Back to O gauge, yes, definitely fanciful, definitely not likely to be on the IRM radar at thr moment, but... If somebody had told me ten years ago that the abundance of high quality RTR models we now have was likely, never mind definite, I'd have laughed at them. And, I'm probably not the only one.

Missed this thread yesterday. Wow! Nice t-shirt!

I'm obviously overly optimistic, as always, and that I will concede, but at the same time, maybe your figures are a bit low, and fail to take into account the global market for Irish and / or O Gauge? Remember this?

I do, I'm sorry. I put it down to bad parenting.

Motors are too small?

Where's the Troll emoji in that list???

I saw that both Hatton's and Rails of Sheffield put the Dapol Class 59's on offer yesterday. Something wrong with them or just coincidence?

Obviously I'm hoping for an O gauge IRM A Class after the first one or two loco launches prove so popular and sell out on pre-order... Without going too nutty, something to haul these HUO's would be nice.

Following on from THIS quote on RMW, is anybody else excited for the first O gauge Accurascale locomotive? [QUOTE=] Hi everyone, Excellent to see that there is interest in us doing more O gauge. So much so, we want to let you into a little secret... We can confirm that we have designed our first O gauge locomotive and it is going to tooling in the coming weeks. It is not a locomotive currently in our OO range, so it is O gauge from the ground up. Feel free to wildy speculate on what it might be! We will reveal it when tooling is complete and a pre-production sample is in hand later this year. Cheers! Fran [/QUOTE]

Hmmmmm... On RTFM, this last line in capitals worried me. Not about the model, but about humanity.

The Purple Monster arrived today, yaaaayyyyyy! Amazing detail. It looks like an O Gauge loco, the detail is so fine. Bag of tiny coloured bits, no idea what they are, and a bag of nameplates. One tiny thing loose in the box, only a few mm long, so will figure that out another day. Loads of headcodes, plus a guide on headcodes, and some booklets. Outstanding looking loco. I'm too burned out to be trying any running, but this is just gorgeous. P.S.: I thought that there was another newer Deltic thread but nothing shows up when I search for threads with "Deltic" in the title, so apologies if this is in the wrong place.

I've never seen the Base Toys UlsterBus Tours one before. Is it prototypical or imaginary? I'm interested either way!

@johnfromoz just sent me the link to this video. Some lovely shots. Video descripton says: "Scenes filmed on the Loughrea Branch by Tony Price capturing the last scheduled mixed train (passenger & freight combined) in Ireland. Filmed from the early 1970s to shortly before closure in 1975. Film donated by Tony to the Dawson family."

Rails of Sheffield have Legacy Models OO gauge Bullhead track (12 x 970mm) reduced from £70 GBP to £45GBP: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/pack-of-12-wooden-sleeper-bullhead-track-970mm Looks like only DCC Concepts' fishplates are compatible.

What other routes did the MCW Metroriders run on?

I'm hoping for an O Gauge IRM A Class instead. Please, Santa, I'll be good. I mean, the design work is done, the trouble-shooting is done, the rate of sales per livery has been calculated, so just lash out four liveries with some transfers for numbering, day-glow panels, ST/IR hybrids etc. IR livery, ST livery, un-rebuilt BT livery and that delightful lined green. €600 a pop, DCC ready, no speaker included, and happy days!

These decals.

They were around £192 GBP during the sale. Went from six in stock to only one.

Temporary problems with Accurascale shipping here, most likely due to that Royal Mail cyber mess a few months ago, so I was unable to make use of the offer. However, I couldn't resist buying one from Hatton's at full price in order to see it with my own eyes, and it just arrived a few minutes ago. Wow, what a wagon! The detail is out of this world. Not knocking OO Gauge models in any way, but O gauge offers a bigger canvas and Accurascale have made the most of it. Nice weight to the wagon, too. I don't know anything about O Gauge couplings but I assume that these couplings are a kind of industry standard. Stunning wagon, and the size, it just looks so massive alongside a OO wagon!

Enjoying looking at these different plans! Slightly off topic but is it "Theo The Randy" or "The Other Andy"?

Not bad at all! DCC ready, 21 PIN decoder, prepared to accept a speaker etc.

Might have even run a tiny bit later according to this post: It's not a claim, just a suggestion, but certainly possible.