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Jouef HDI is a very collectable brand Made in Ireland for a start! Only lasted a couple of years And although a lot of items were produced in the Shannon factory the HDI brand was not printed on all their models, because of the cost involved in changing the moulds Collectors of HDI are widespread, especially in France Ugly, yes Prototypical, no ( and thats just the collectors) Some of these coaches have made over €100 back in the day Just remember there is no one standing over these bidders with a big stick, they are bidding because they want to buy! Last bid was a sniper, entered in the last 10 seconds before the auction ended I guarantee you he had a bid of up to £80 or more on the coach Just noticed that the coach has no inner, there is a window bar attached to it and it does not show on the photo, so another €10 for a standard Jouef coach to get an inner.

Have to agree with you Blu, looks loke a lazy mans effort at re liverying what was a lovely loco

Made €61 + €10 p&p

Saw a pic of an 071 in new livery this evening Very dark shade of grey all over Silver cabs are gone Had a yellow flash like 112 on the front Logos were not fixed Might have a pic over the weekend

POSTMEN! What can I say Eamonn

List of traders I am not sure what everyone sells so if you know someone on the list in AOB can you tell me what they sell please Railway 00 HO N & O Chris Dyer Sean Ryan Bob Gregson Jim Downham Walter Oberle Des McGlynn ( & Books) Dougal McFarlane Terry McNally Jim Casey Ed Fahey Martin Grey Bill Quick Jack Dziworski Mike Walker Dave Lindfield Richard OHalloran Die Cast Des Cooney Mick Lennon Nigel Crofts Greene Diarmud Byrne ( & Books) Michael Dryhurst Steve Duwell Declan OReilly AOB Martin Reynolds Brian Kelly Martin Hennessy Una OGrady (Dolls) Gerry Smith Sean Doyle Sandra McDowell Eric Downey Liam Byrne John Edge Gerry Cuddihy Noel Keenan Gerard Murray Anne OLeary Owen Kelly Tony Gallagher Joe McCluskey

Wear a vest, Paul Its mentioned in the little book you get when you retire Some even wear 2 pair of socks! Flash bastards

Most of my MIR kits are still selotaped in, taking off the protective paper was bad enough but now you wanyt me to cut the tape Dont think I could handle that K

Next show 17th Feb Trying a Sunday this time Speaking to both traders and the general public at the last show they seemed to prefer a Sunday gig rather than a Saturday one I will post a trader list in the next couple of days when we have our final tally

Thanks Dave, thats all I get? I have had to take these models out of their boxes for you people, even had to tear the protective paper off some of them. Gimme a break.............

January 08 saw the next issue of the Baby GM's 143 156 181 & 188 Again 500 of each produced

I dont there is a "one liner" in existence to sort out this mess. I find myself in a bad place regarding all the negative feedback on this issue Des and Anthony are both on my Christmas card list and I have spoken with both of them regarding all the issues brought up I have ordered 6 kits and hope to have them soon. One should be here tomorrow hopefully I am buying the kits to resell; I have some customers waiting for them I do not see any issue that cannot be sorted The acid test however will be whether or not the kits sell. When the kit arrives I will post some comments, however I do have to agree with Train Model and GMO71 in the way that the forum seems to have gathered like vultures to criticize SSM I have tried having some bits made commercially in the past and it was a nightmare, so bad in fact that I took a large hit and never went ahead with it The amount of time alone that goes into these projects is phenomenal and if time alone were charged at the average industrial rate the models would be twice as dear, but the thing that I really admire with any project is the balls to get up and do it, remember its money up front with all these projects, bring your items to market and then hopefully see the smile on your customers face when they purchase one Remember folks this model was available for view at Cultra for 2 days I never heard one negative comment, bar from the mean bastards who were giving out about the price, but they complain all the time anyway! Knowing the man that Des is, I am sure he will sort out some bits to remedy the concerns Knowing the man (and a half) that Anthony is, he has had time to ponder. We all know he jumps in first, asks questions later. He has pointed out some flaws in the model but let’s leave it at that. We are all in this hobby together; let’s enjoy it while we can They said the Titanic was the dogs gonads……..

Not sure if I want to Broite Looks like "kiddy bait" to me

My own favourite was Sherbofiz Cost was 3d, never bought one in new money It came with a liquorice straw that you could suck the sherbert (sounds rough!) through The fizz was created by forming carbon dioxide on your tougue, would bring tears to your eyes Some bloke in a yellow hat and high viz vest probably took iy off the market?

Just for you Fitz http://www.aquarterof.co.uk/curly-wurly-p-522.html

Rich Heard you are doing the next Stillorgan show Any idea what models you will be showing?

Just finished Connelly's "The Black Box" which was in my Christmas Stocking Have read all his others as well Styled myself on Bosch back in the day.......

Dont know about Paddy Fran, but hopefully I will prefer it

Can one retire twice?

Quiet enough Kieran Small event, at most there would be 10 traders and only 3 of them selling railway stuff, 4 if you count Baseboard Dave. A lot of die cast and also books. Small crowd as well, it was a pig of a day weather wise Hopefully they are keeping their loot for the next one!

Dont forget Bray folks

Rich I have boxes of that stuff, plastic and white metal Maybe when you are delivering my orders you might like to have a root in my drawers? Maybe stay the night?

I would have had a better chance of putting out that fire after a gallon of Arthur than me jills the fireman Was someone standing on his hose? Answers on a postcard.....

Whats the value of this lot? He paid around €1500 - €1600 depending on where it was bought Everything is now secondhand, no guarantees with anything Still some 201's knocking around 141/181's still available RPSI still around Loads of Cravens around Mk 2'a hard enough to get So I reckon it could be bought today from the various dealers and shops for around €1200, so to make any sense at all it would have to be bought for €1000 max I could not see myself buying it for anything over €900 as the return would be minimal I see postage is quoted at €100!

Same seller again, westoys I mailed him to tell him that the top prices were for R768 Boxed locos as his were not in original boxes as "they only came in sets" according to him Anyway let him at it.