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Good man yourself. I'm off to raid our istock photo account to see if a model posing with a Sulzer will help Anthony like it more!

Fair enough GM071, can't wait to see how you correct the roof issue yourself, hopefully you'll share your methods with us so others can use similar methods. I understand where you are coming from, and as I said elsewhere I will use my wallet to support these products, but I think it's only right that we can call a spade a spade. I personally do not think I will buy one of these kits as it just doesn't look like a sulzer to me. Maybe finished projects from people on here will help me change my mind but at the moment I will keep my wallet in my pocket. This might sound harsh but he would have more customers if it better and these comments wouldn't be happening. As for your last comment, I totally agree. However, I think the greater demand for more accurate and authentic models has lead to the riches we enjoy now like the Murphy 141 etc. If we didn't demand higher standard we might be still running Lima 33s! The standard has been upped and we want better standards. This seems to hark back to the old days in my opinion. Anthony is a modeller whose skills I massively respect. I have seen his kit built locos 1st hand and they're the best fist of MIR kits I've seen (and they weren't exactly great quality kits to begin with) and seeing the struggle he is having just confirms that these kits are beyond my modelling ability to make a good model of the prototype (to the standard not to look embarrassed next to a Murphy's 141). I would put his words down to frustration when working on them to be honest and I think we have moved on from that.

Roco's 2013 catalogue has gone for an 'interesting' cover http://issuu.com/fleischmann_roco/docs/roco-neuheitenkatalog-2013 Any chance Paddy Murphy can do the same? Mind you, the models (people, not trains) they're using on their site are not what you'd usually see advertising model trains... http://www.roco.cc/en/home/index.html

One question; Would you pay 100 euro for it? Before you answer I suggest you look at Robert's take on Anthony's pictures before answering. Fixing a lopsided roof is a pig of a job. Others are reporting that correcting the window profile is very difficult as the resin gets very thin. Des is a stand up guy who provides a lot of great products to us. However, that should not absolve his products of constructive criticism. There is nothing wrong with wanting something to be right and to be of good quality.

I bought some stuff off them before (ltd editions, locos I couldnt get here) and it was usually between a week and 7 working days. They're a major outfit and do stack loads of mailorder, especially from their renowned 2nd hand ebay store.

I went down that route before, the postage was very painful... I found a small shop in O'Connell street about a year ago selling them. The guy behind the counter looked bemused when I bought the whole lot he had for me, my g/f and my brother. He never got them back in and went out of business soon after. I have a pass for a cash and carry too but they never have them.

Also. I know not sweets but HB fat frog icepops are sadly missed in chez Burke.

Frys orange cream. Addicted to them but rarely seen these days.

Can't beat -2s Eamonn, best locos ever built.

Stick the videos on YouTube and paste the links here would be your best bet.

Great video adapted from a CIE bus training film from 1965. Not much railway interest (apart from Pearse st. bridge) but great for vehicles of the period and to see Dublin streets. Might make a few of you feel old though!

Best of luck with the move!

Athearn Genesis SD70M-2 rob. She's sweet!

I wonder could they be etched out with a sharp blade to give them more depth?

Some results mind you, she's starting to look like a Sulzer. Are you going to do anything about those side grills? I think they let it down.

One or two I'd understand, but 11 or 12 at once?

Weirdly I was passing Inchicore yesterday and there were 5 orange 201s by the RPSI stock near the diesel shed and all had been removed from the storage sidings where they had been for the last few years. Changes afoot?

Most disappointing. I did fancy one of these at one point but judging by those pics I think I'll leave it. I did previously have reservations about the cab shape but that looks to be the least of its worries!

Interesting, I've only had one problem with them (warped trucks on an ACe) touch wood. My 2 FP45s and 1 F45 are super!

Top notch. Trying hard to resist the SP livery. Did you get a sound version?

Cheers Seamus, glad you know where I'm coming from. I should probably qualify my statement a bit. I am a big fan of the Murphy Models 071, it's a superb model of one of my favourite locomotives and if my financial situation I would buy every one he released. I intend on getting my hands on some of the next release too and will probably end up with four or five in total. However, it falls down in one area for me in particular; the bogie sideframes are just too flat and don't look anywhere near right to me. Now, I don't want to start a heated debate about it, I'm just stating that that's my opinion. Comparing the pic below to say http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:071_077_colbert.jpg you might see where I'm coming from. I did think that maybe the weathering on the real thing was adding a greater 3d effect, but if I look at the weathered models on the Murphy Models website I'm still convinced that the brake rigging is too flat and the frame itself has little depth, with no outward curve. http://www.murphymodels.com/LOCO071.html As I said, just my opinion. I may be able to live with it, but I'm not sure at the moment. And I know I'm sounding like a broken record but if you look at some of the yank models you can see some fantastic bogie sideframes with real depth. Turning my attention to the BR class 85, I just think the bogies are better captured, and for that it edges out the 071 for me if I was bothered to vote. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:85007_Carlisle.jpg The bogies look much more like the real thing to me. Anyway, I've explained my viewpoint. I would like to see more quality BR AC electrics produced, possibly a sector of the hobby that is marginalised like Irish outline. As I said if I were to vote it would be for the model which was best in my eyes, and that's the 85.

I'll vote with my wallet, think Paddy would prefer that!

I completely disagree. If I was bothered to vote in something like that it would be for the best, not because someone happened to be from the same country as me.

Owning both an 85 and an 071 I'm afraid the 85 shades it for me between the two. It really is one of Bachmann's best. Therefore I'm abstaining from the vote!