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If they got their pre-order in then yes they will have them.

Hi everyone, Pre-ordered Your Mark 2s Yet? Two Packs Already Sold Out! Our Mark 2 Enterprise and RPSI coaches are due at the end of this year and already have been a huge hit on pre-order. With our unbeatable spec of high detailed, interior lighting, bespoke tooling suite for the NIR versions coving wider bogies, generator, kitchen and driving cars and more, it's easy to see why. Two packs are now sold out on pre-order (including the RPSI pack), with others not far behind. So, if you fancy a rake, act soon to avoid disappointment! Pre-order here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/mark-2-coaches Cheers! Fran

We're delighted to announce that Steve Purves is now a member of the growing Accurascale family, joining us in the capacity of Project Manager. Having spent seven years with Bachmann Europe as a Project Engineer, Steve has overseen the research, design and development of a range of locomotives, wagons, coaches and accessories across OO, N and 009 gauges. Many of these models have won various industry awards and won plaudits from across the hobby. Previous to his experience in the model railway industry, Steve has also worked in various roles within the real railway. Working for WH Davis Ltd, Steve was responsible for and maintained a fleet of 50 PHA/JGA Bardon Aggregates hopper wagons, developing an expert, in-depth knowledge of them during this time. Prior to his time with WH Davis, Steve worked for EWS as a fitter at Toton, working with locomotives, undertaking periodical exams and preparing them for tyre turning. As well as working with us here at Accurascale, Steve will continue to run his highly successful "There and Back Light Railway", a pop up light railway that can be hired for events or educational purposes in the midlands alongside his wife, Naomi. The There and Back Light Railway has won a Smallbiz100 and a Theo Pahitis SBS award, so be sure to check it out via their website by clicking here! Relishing the prospect of working with Accurascale, Steve said; "It is my pleasure to be welcomed in to the Accurascale family. I am looking forward to working with the team and meeting all of our valued customers in the coming months and years. There is no doubt that there is a certain energy within Accurascale and a real buzz surrounding the models that are being produced. I am excited to be given the opportunity to continue developing models for a company that clearly wants to push the boundaries model technologies and cannot wait to get to grips with my own projects in due course." Likewise, Accurascale/IRM Managing Director Stephen McCarron is delighted to welcome Steve on board; “We’re thrilled to welcome Steve to our family here at Accurascale. He brings passion for engineering, accuracy and model diversity as well as a wealth of experience and industry knowledge with him. Steve also shares our desire to produce highly detailed definitive models which set us apart from our competitors. With our exciting plans over the coming years, he adds his distinctiveness and drive to our team.” Look out for even more new models with Steve's hallmark on them from Accurascale very soon! View the full article

Last day folks, ends at midnight. Get ordering!

nope. Nothing as of yet.

Hi everyone, Just a reminder that our fundraising drive for the DCDR ends on Wednesday night! If you want a mag or ballast triple pack of wagons with €10 off each pack going to charity now is the time to get shopping! Ballasts: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ballast-hoppers/availability_in-stock? Magnesites: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/magnesite-wagons/availability_in-stock? Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, As you may know, we have been adding to our retail range of diecast models to enhance your website (or just collect, whichever you prefer!) with items that are both Irish or can be easily adapted for Irish use. The new Oxford Civil Defence forward control Land Rover has now been added to our website and is in stock: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/land-rover-ft6-civil-defence We are also now taking pre-orders for the new Oxford Diecast Expressway coach too: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/irizar-i6-bus-eireann-expressway-tri-axle-coach-route-x8-dublin-airport We have also added some of the Tiny Toys range which gives us access to OO gauge Isuzu and Hino trucks, something which are a must for an Irish layout and can be made to look home grown with a little bit of work. Should these prove popular we can look to stock more of the range. https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/isuzu-n-series-sf-express-freezer-truck-black https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/hino-700-refuse-truck-johnson-white We also have good stock of other favourites such as Garda vans, civil defence vehicles, cars, trucks and of course our own Britbus commissions of Dublin Bus double deckers and forklifts. Remember, free postage to Ireland on all orders over €50! Browse the full in stock range here and let us know what you think or are looking for! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/availability_in-stock? Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Now available to pre-order on the IRM website: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/irizar-i6-bus-eireann-expressway-tri-axle-coach-route-x8-dublin-airport Make sure you get your order in quick as these will be popular. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Limited amount of pack G remaining! Keen to bolster your Tara fleet, or indeed build up a rake? Make sure you move fast, it's likely we wont make these again for a looonnggg time. And once they're gone, they're gone. At £79.95 per twin pack, and 10% off when you buy two packs or more and free postage and packaging around Ireland and the UK, they're exceptional value for high quality, Irish outline rolling stock. Order now: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/tara-mines/products/tara-mines-ore-wagon-pack-g Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to congratulate the Táilte Tours team on a fantastic day out on Saturday on board the Premier Rose tour. Three of the IRM crew enjoyed the spin to the Kingdom but sadly we didnt find any roses. Still, we had a great laugh and were delighted to see that our raffle prizes found a good home too! Looking forward to the next one! Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Thanks to everyone who has supported this drive so far. We have raised some funds to help with the move but we really want to raise some more to support the guys at Downpatrick. Make sure you buy your ballast or magnesite packs between now and August 31st to donate your funds to the DCDR and Irish railway preservation! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/wagons/availability_in-stock? Cheers! Fran

Sorry guys, we have so few ballast packs left it just isnt viable. Though it's why we included the mags in the fundraiser. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, We're on a mission this month, and we need your help! As most of you who followed our story since our inception will know, the humble CIE ballast hopper wagon is very close to our hearts. It is after all, our first model and basically the catalyst for us to become the model railway manufacturer we are today. It was also the subject of the very first correct RTR model of an Irish outline wagon that did not have to borrow from elsewhere. Unfortunately, the real wagons are now close to the end, as many have been cut up in North Wall in recent months. However, our friends at the Downpatrick and Co. Down Railway have the opportunity to save three hoppers and a plough van for their permanent way trains on Ireland's premier preserved railway. These also signify an era of railfreight optimism in Ireland in the 1970s, and were among the last wagons to be built in Inchicore and indeed this country. A deal has been done with IE to secure the wagons. However, road transport is costly and time is running out before IE require the space they currently occupy in North Wall yard. So, we are here to run a fundraiser with your help. For the rest of the month of August, we are pledging to donate €10 from the sale of every triple pack of our ballast hoppers, or triple packs of the new magnesite wagons from our website to the Downpatrick and Co. Down Railway. Not only will this help preserve the wagons, but it will be the perfect excuse to get you some shiny new models AND really help out a preserved line still feeling the affects of COVID lost revenues. Speaking on the wagon preservation opportunity, DCDR Chairman Robert Gardiner stated; ""The opportunity to acquire these ballast hoppers will not only strengthen our permanent way, or track, equipment to help keep our lines in tip-top condition, but also helps save some of the last railway wagons actually made in Ireland. "We are absolutely thrilled to get this backing from Irish Railway Models, who we have usually worked with the other way around, providing them with access to many unique items of Irish rolling stock to model. There is a fitting irony that they now get to work with 1:1 scale units! Our sincere thanks to the guys for their continued support of the DCDR." So, if you can dig deep, and pick up that pack of ballasts or mags between now and August 31st, you can do so safe in the knowledge that you are partly funding Irish preservation and donating to charity! Order your ballast triple pack of wagons here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ballast-hoppers/availability_in-stock? Order your magnesite triple pack of wagons here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/magnesite-wagons/availability_in-stock+format_triple-pack? Cheers! Fran

Time for another project update. This time it covers the one of our 'legacy' projects that suffered delays due to, well, several factors including factory shutdown due to COVID. It is of course the Mark 5 coaches. However, there's good news, LOTS of good news! As we reported on social media (but not on here, we'll do better in future) a couple of months back, the Mark 5 coaches are now in production. We have sent out invoices for payment balances with plenty of notice ahead of their arrival so you can plan payment around your pay days too. We had a lot of tweaking to do from the decorated samples you saw on our stand at the recent Glasgow and Alexandra Palace shows, particularly around the glazing and the finish on the wheels to get the look of the prototype correctly modelled in miniature. They have both now been duly nailed with the factory's help to ensure we make the best coaches around when they arrive on the market. The good news continues with confirmation that the Caledonian Sleeper coaches are now almost complete and are due to leave the factory at the end of this month, hitting the high seas in late August and arriving in stock in mid October. This will be the first of two batches of Accurascale Mark 5 coaches. Our TPE coaches are just behind the sleepers in production and are due to be completed by the end of September 2022, with delivery into stock in November 2022. The TPE sets were shaping up rather nicely but did face some light bleed issues on the driving trailer, so we had to take our time to get this right and ensure the various complex lighting arrangements (depot, night time and day time) were correct and did not bleed out of anywhere it was not supposed to. The destinations have been further refined on our test mule too, but it gives you some idea of the lighting set up that will be on the finished driving cars! With the Deltics delivered, the Classes 92, 37 and Mark 5s now in production and the Manors about to get underway, it signifies the huge push we have made to get any of the delayed legacy projects completed and delivered by the end of this year. This will now allow us to focus on keeping our announced and future projects delivered in a timely manner against the timelines we publish when we first announce them. We are finally getting there after a lot of hard work, so we appreciate and thank you for your patience! Remember, the only place you can buy your OO/4mm Mark 5 coaches is direct via our website, so don't miss out. Pre-order yours today by clicking here. View the full article

Hi everyone. IRM will be donating a couple of prizes for the raffle naturally. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Past the 60% sell out of these now. Absolutely flying out the door. Don't miss out! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cie-bogie-fertiliser-wagon/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

With lots of recent arrivals in stock hogging the limelight, it's time to turn our attention to one of our more recent announcements for a progress update. This time it's the turn of our lovely Siphon G vans, as they now reach the decorated sample milestone. We gave the first glimpse of the decorated samples a couple of weeks ago with the announcement of our latest "Accurascale Exclusive" release, the Enparts Siphon G with bespoke tooling to cover the vans at the very end of their mainline careers. Now, it's time to preview the rest of the range. These decorated samples allow us to assess the livery application of the models, the quality of the paint finish and the colours used to ensure we get the final models as spot on as possible for modellers who will eventually run them on their layouts or add them to their collections. Decorated samples also allow for checking of general fit and finish of parts, and while good in many areas on these samples, there is room for improvement in several aspects. We have instructed the factory to correct these areas on the production models. One area that we were keen to correct from our original first samples was the bodyside planking arrangement, which, as can be seen on these new samples, has been retooled for a more accurate representation of the real vans. Thank you to the eagle eyed customers who spotted this and informed us. Another improvement made to the first samples is the location of the end gangways. These have been lowered slightly following feedback and additional research. However, this is not immediately apparent on these samples as the original gangway parts have been used on these samples, but the final production models with use new parts to complete the effect. When it comes to livery application itself, most have been approved for the production models, apart from the Enparts shade of green and the BR maroon livery above, which needs a closer matching to the swatch samples we originally provided. However, this is all part of the correction process and the whole point of the decorated samples. We will also be using a matt finish on the production models, moving away from the satin finish on these samples to be more representative of a wooden bodied vehicle. Wheels will also be blackened to a new standard, along with the beautiful metal buffers. These final tweaks are minor in the production process but will elevate these models from "very good" to the "gold standard" we continuously push for. The sheer variation and detail we have put into these vans sets a new bar when it comes to non-passenger carrying coaching stock and allows us to depict these iconic vans across their long and varied career. With such minor tweaks required we can soon start production, allowing us to keep to our schedule for delivery in late Q4 2022/early Q1 2023 before the factory closes for Chinese New Year! It really feels good to be delivering on schedule once again after the disruption and uncertainty of the last couple of years, so let's hope this continues! Pre-order your Siphon G today at a price of £54.95 from your local stockist, or direct via the Accurascale website. Enparts is only available direct via our website. The Accurascale website also gives you 10% off when you buy two or more, with free postage and packaging to the UK and Ireland. You can also use partial.ly on our website to spread the payments over 6 months at no additional cost! (open on the Siphons for another 4 weeks) Browse the range and place your order by clicking here! View the full article

Hello @Fowler4f, Just simply email us with your order number to sales@irishrailwaymodels.com and we will happily look into this for you. Many thanks, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a heads up to say we are approaching the 75% pre-sold mark on these. Thank you to everyone who has pre-ordered a set so far and supported the RPSI. Don't miss out on these packs, surely a collectors item in the future. Due at the end of this year. Pre-order yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/mark-2-coaches/products/rpsi-set-1 Cheers! Fran

Following the recent delivery of our Class 55 Deltic locomotives, and news that our Class 92 and Class 37 locomotives are now in production, it is time to check in with our fourth Accurascale locomotive project; the 78xx Manor Class locomotives. Let's take a look at where we are to date and provide you with a full update on progress so far! In the past week or so we previewed the first decorated sample of 7820 'Dinmore Manor' in BR lined black livery. This was produced with our first decorated samples of the locomotives that we received and previewed back in December 2021, but after being excluded from the initial parcel, it went walkabouts in the postal system and only recently arrived! This model will be subject to the same corrections as the other models (correct placement of the tender lining and additional sheen applied to the black livery) as well as the addition of the white line on the distinctive decorative lining. We also previewed the smooth running characteristics and the DCC sound project recorded for the Manor (as well as showing you the processes behind recording the sound file) with Hornby Magazine. Once again thank you to our friends on Hornby mag team, and our friends at the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Steam Railway for facilitating us. Check out the video below! Since the video was filmed, (and following our own extensive testing of the locomotives) we have concluded that further refining and tweaking of the sound project and the DCC set up in the locomotives was required. The first samples of the locomotive (as per the locomotive in the Hornby Magazine video) only featured one speaker in the tender. Production models will feature a speaker in the boiler of the locomotive as well as the tender. We are also improving the housing for these speakers to give better sound quality. While it may seem that the Manor is a largish tender locomotive, packaging is always an interesting challenge, especially when we are using such a large amount of diecasting to aid pulling performance. The tender itself is used to house the majority of the electronics, such as the DCC decoder and circuit board. This also aids the ease of disassembly for fitting a chip of your own choice. While the tender space aids in the packaging, it is quite a small space in itself due to the smallness of the tender and our desire to accurately represent the cut out for the coal capacity. We are keen to ensure our locomotives have "stay alive" powerbank capacitors for uninterrupted running over dirty sections of track. When using the originally specified 21 pin interface, we found that it took up too much real estate in the tender to allow for the capacitors. Therefore, we have changed this to a "Next 18" interface and sound decoder which has a smaller footprint. This means that we have conducted a complete redesign of the printed circuit board (PCB). These changes allow the powerbank and speaker to remain in the model as per the specification. Further improvements to the models based on the findings from the first decorated samples include improvements to the look and fit of the crankpins, improvement to the firebox flicker, cosmetic improvements to the finish on the surface of the wheels and axles and rerouting of wires within the locomotive for a cleaner, more reliable solution. These improvements and enhancements of the model are now underway and will be implemented into the finished production models your receive. We want our first steam locomotive to provide quality running characteristics, feature excellent detail, finesse, quality and prototypical accuracy, as well as enjoying unbeatable features such as an industry leading sound file. The Manor is our first rodeo in the world of steam locomotives, and we have learnt a great deal along the way, reacting positively to feedback and pushing further improvements into the package as we go. We could've just settled for an average model, and almost put on sale the samples as they were, but it is simply not "The Accurascale Way". We certainly do not want to deliver an average model to customers, who we know will appreciate the quality of the final model and enjoy a class leading locomotive on their layouts and in their collections. With the improvements in mind, production will now begin in early Autumn, and delivery will be in Q4 of 2022. We apologise for this sight delay, but excellence takes time and cannot be rushed. Our model was on cusp of being great, so we will take this extra couple of months to push it into this bracket. With several variants sold out direct via Accurascale, and retailers also reporting strong pre-order sales, we advise that you place a pre-order sooner rather than later. Don't miss out, it would be simply be bad Manors to go with anything else. Pre-order yours today via your local Accurascale stockist, or direct by clicking right here! View the full article

Hi everyone, If it's any use I believe the current plan is to land the Mark 2 run first. When the time comes we will be retailing these, the 201s and other future models on the IRM website, so look out for news and updates regarding pre-ordering. We will naturally post any info re numbers, pricing and delivery etc once we get them there and on here. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Ordered your Ferts yet? Assembly of our decorated samples are under way, and this time we are going for green bags inside! They're flying out on pre-order. Make sure you don't miss out on a Q4 2022 delivery. Pre-order yours: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cie-bogie-fertiliser-wagon/availability_pre-order? Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, As of this morning 60% of the run is already sold, and UK dispatch finally begins in the coming days (these orders are safe and accounted for stock wise) So, if you're on the fence, it's time to get off! The more in stock items we sell, the more shiny new stuff we are encouraged (and financed!) to make! Order yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/magnesite-wagons Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, We just had the product snaps for the magnesite wagons done for the website, and very pretty they look too. Here's some to feast your eyes with! Order yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/magnesite-wagons Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Now the As have been out in the wild almost a year and settled down nicely, we can sell off the very last of the warranty stock we held back in reserve for any replacements required (we are quite conservative on this to ensure everyone was covered! And don't worry, we still have some kept as spares etc which will not get sold off, and we do have lots of spares still) So, pretty much all running numbers are back on sale in very, very limited numbers. Fill yer boots, as this is 100%, last chance saloon: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/a-class-locomotive Cheers! Fran