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Too right man, I'd be gutted if they're wrong too but I think the pics so far wont do them justice. The ones on the MM website for instance look really washed out due to the brightness of the lighting used by the photographer. I'm too young to really remember Supertrain shades but I'm guessing you're correct in that it should match those locos. I'm sure someone with better knowledge than me can confirm. I'm looking forward to seeing them in the plastic myself.

I would suggest people go and look at them in the plastic in the shops before they make their mind up. It's a funny colour when it comes to photographs where it can be washed out or too bright etc. The same goes for pics of the real thing, not to mention the 40 shades of orange attitude Inchicore employed on the real thing.

Both are. When the 071s were delivered EMD got the paint shade specified by CIE wrong and painted them a weird brown. This is the shade that 088 is in.

1:76 scale is OO scale. 4mm = 1ft if that helps.

Too job nelson, looks great in that livery! Whose transfers did you use for the lining and how did you find them? Tricky or handy?

Murphys Mark II aicons were completely his own tooling. EGVs probably sold more as people would've wanted them for their lima rakes.

Condolences to you and your family JHB. We have lost a cornerstone Irish Railway heritage. A true expert.

I've done nothing to mine yet but it just seems to be the genny that was affected. My standards were fine. A bit of plaskitcard may brace it out. Hopefully!

What part of leave it do you lot not understand? Thread locked, well done folks. Any more guff and stoking of flames and the ban hammer comes out.

It was mentioned on the previous edition of the site when they first came out.

Let's calm down gents. Silver Fox make some people happy and others dont like it and roll their own. Whatever makes you happy go for it. Let's leave it there and keep it on topic.

Belmond luxury train doors are brown where the bodysides are cream. The doors need to contrast a different colour from what's around the windows.

All passenger doors on rolling stock have to be a different colour thanks to an EU directive I believe to help the partially sighted. Same in the UK anyway.

Exactly.

I run European and American HO with no problems. All work here just fine.

Some more pics on the site http://www.murphymodels.com/MarkIID.html

Balls, they do look good. Must resist....

RIP Bob. Great for the hobby and was lucky to enjoy such a long life.

Parkside still provide bearings thankfully!

What coaches do you want to use? Model shop in Portlaoise will do a good job on them for you.

Could always build a layout in it for a bit of novelty. Although I think that's been done before.

It's good news but too near the whole politics subject lads. Rules are rules I'm afraid.

That makes two of us. When freshly applied it did look good. Preferred the Dark navy and cream that preceded it mind you. Any livery is better than the current one for Dublin Bus! All it does is attract wasps in the summer months.

1. How did you get interested in Railway Modelling? Growing up watching Thomas the Tank Engine in the mid 80s, Santa brought a push along Thomas set and then a couple of years later a Hornby Intercity 125 train set. Parents brought me to watch trains going through my home town (Clondalkin) and places like Heuston and Connolly. 2.What do you enjoy most about your hobby? Letting my imagination run wild with ideas for a layout that will be built someday, research and the possibility of creating a slice of the past. Learning new skills too. 3. Do you go to events and if so how often and where? One, maybe two a year. When I lived in the UK I went to more as there was more on and the subject matter was quite diverse. You tend to see the same stuff here over and over again as the pool of interested people is smaller. Exhibitions arent really my thing though, I much rather running sessions with some like minded people. 4.How much do you spend per annum on railway modelling? I've cut down to about 70-100 per month on average. I reckon a few years ago though I was spending around 300 a month when I had a job where I could afford to spend so much! In fairness I have too much stuff so I can see that spending falling even further this year. Most will be on coaches, wagons and kits as well as trackfrom now on!

CIE diesel B150 by fordflightphotos, on Flickr