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Thankfully this is not something that affects the A Class locomotives (or our Accurascale Deltics etc too) Cheers! Fran

Hi Billycan, We will have an update on that in the coming days! Cheers! Fran

Good morning everyone, Just a quick sales tally; we're now at 60% sold out so far. Thank you to everyone who has ordered, these really are not hanging about! Grab yours here if you fancy one! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles Cheers! Fran

Thanks @Bumble_Bee, and you make a very good point that is worth remembering. We know the As are taking a couple of weeks more to travel from China than we had initially hoped (and yes, they are arriving much later than we had stated when first announced due to well documented reasons!) but with the state of the manufacturing world right now we are in a much better position with these than several other manufacturers, such as model railway producers, many of which have had to put releases back over 12 months due to supply chain issues. At least now we are into A Class week, and they land with us on Friday! Cheers! Fran

There’s a nice Irish theme in this months Traction magazine, including a review of our As for anyone who’s interested…

All our stuff gets its own dedicated container (not mixed groupage) to stop any messin or potential damage. The A's filled their own 40ft too! Cheers! Fran

Morning everyone, We're rapidly approaching 50% sold already, which is our fastest selling bus commission yet. Thank you to everyone who has placed an order! It certainly seems to have struck a cord. Cheers! Fran

Thanks for the orders everyone! Over a third have now sold and we have managed to get some out in the post this evening, with the rest to follow tomorrow. Both routes are neck and neck but currently the 48A is ever so slightly ahead in sales. Cheers! Fran

Thanks lads. This one was certainly a challenge to do due to the complex nature and that it was a livery which disappeared over 25 years ago with no master document to go from. Thankfully some enthusiasts from that time took some great pictures which we were able to use and Britbus did a cracking job implementing it onto the model. Selling very well so far and it was great to do another bus with a railway theme!

Not straight away but we are looking to do our own range of vehicles in this scale in time. Like everything else, time, money and resources are needed and we have a lot on the go at the moment, but the desire is there! Cheers! Fran

BUMP! Order here for immediate delivery! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/availability_in-stock Cheers! Fran

IR hired some 80 classes to operate between Greystones and Bray during this time. They also operated out to Maynooth from Connolly and other services too. Great pic!

I think that would be a resounding no!

Hi everyone, Update on our As as they make their way, very slowly, across Europe. They are now due in our warehouse on Friday week (Oct 1st) and after checking and packing will begin shipping mid week of w/c Oct 4th. We have had a huge amount of pre-orders as you can imagine so it will take about a week to get them all posted out. We would like to thank you all for your patience regarding their slow crossing from China but with the news reports on global shipping putting everything into perspective ahead of Christmas perhaps we're lucky we're getting them at all this side of December! Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, We have uploaded production sample images to the website so you can see each pack in the plastic! Some tasters below too. Just hit 50% pre-sold, so don't hang around for long if you want some! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/tara-mines Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Just to confirm the Taras are now on the high seas and heading our way. They're due to dock at the end of October, with orders being dispatched into early November. Grab some before they all go! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/tara-mines Cheers! Fran

We're looking at circa another 10 days folks. The train relies on lots of connections. Think the boat is simpler and almost as fast for future reference!

We've long been overdue an update on our Class 55 Deltic, and since we revealed our decorated samples earlier this year there has been a huge effort to ensure all variants are correct before releasing them for production. We published an email and social media update in early summer confirming that the Deltics were envisaged as arriving in later Q3 of 2021 rather than early Q3 as originally hoped. The decorated samples were signed off and we sanctioned production just as Chinese new year was about to get underway. This involves a mass movement of people back from the large industrial centres back to their regional homelands. Once Chinese New Year ended, many of these workers did not return back to the cities and factories due to the pandemic restrictions. This has lead to a labour shortage across all manufacturing activities, coupled with a large amount of social distancing regulations which has further slowed production progress. Another curveball that was hurled our way is the global shortage of microchips, which are required for our PCBs. This has hit all facets of manufacturing, from game consoles to cars. Thankfully, we were able to secure a source for our locomotives, including the Deltic and Class 92 which are both in the manufacturing process currently. Undeterred by this blip, we pushed hard for production to get under way post Chinese New Year which we have achieved. However, production pace has been hampered by the lack of labour force and the pandemic restrictions. As you can see from these images of what looks like a massive pile of kit parts, the injection moulding part of production is now complete. These parts are currently being snapped from many, many thousands of sprues, cleaned up and then some basic assembly before the painting, pad printing and tampo printing processes begin. This will take into account some changes we made to the decorated samples to ensure they are accurate to the prototypes. With the injection moulding now finished the first major and time-consuming hurdle has been cleared. The factory is now confident that the rest of the production process will be turned around in a timely manner, with the printing and painting taking place by November before final assembly and testing being completed and in time for shipping from China by Chinese New Year 2022. This leaves us with a revised delivery date of Q1 2022, allowing for shipping times from the Far East to our warehouse for onward distribution. We apologise for this further delay, but the pandemic fallout has lead to delays across the entire model train industry and wider manufacturing world. The Deltic has been a massive learning curve for our young company, and mistakes were certainly made along the way, but in our quest for it "having to be right" we feel that we have made the right decisions to ensure a superb locomotive to enter the market and stay there for the next number of years. We have taken the experience and put it into our other locos to ensure that they fare differently, and with our Metrovick A Class locomotives arriving in stock with our sister brand IRM our locomotives are finally appearing on layouts and in collections. The pandemic was a painful addition to the delay we all could've really done without, but we're now in the final stage of the Deltic development and production programme. The end is now in sight! With four of our Deltics already sold out and others close to selling out they are certainly proving popular. Don't miss out, pre-order yours with a £30 deposit today by clicking here. View the full article

Hi everyone, Due to a DB strike in Germany last week the train has been a tad delayed and caught in a backlog. They're currently about to get underway again but we're about 10 days away from arrival. Hurry up DB!!! Cheers. Fran

I dont own any of them, so kinda hard to do a side by side (and poor form from a manufacturers POV to be honest) You'll just have to compare and contrast when they arrive! Cheers! Fran If anyone can provide photos of former BR Mark 2B or Mark 2C coaches they may have in their collections we would love to see them!

Hi Kevin, Thanks for clearing that up, it's a very tricky one for us but as the amount of people who have 21mm converted our stock can be counted on one hand I'm sure you can see our dilemma. Also, if people are doing 21mm they also tend to be very skilled modellers, so moving some brake shoes is usually a doddle for them compared to someone who would classify themselves as a "trainset modeller" having to set them in the 00 position. Regarding your second point, it seems I did interpret it incorrectly. I read it as though we have not been making provision for 21mm which seems not your intention so I apologise. We would happily weather any opinions but sometimes we have to set the record straight too if we feel it's misinformation which I did originally in this case, if that makes sense? All good now. Cheers! Fran

Hi Noel, It would indeed. The grille is the tricky one due to it's unique nature but the rest of the coaches can be renumbered and we did our best not to use same numbers across the different packs to give lots of variety. Cheers, Fran

Rome wasn't built in a day, so don't worry, earlier stock will come. These things just take time is all. What persisting 21 regauging issues? All our bogie stock has sufficient room, as does the As, and you can see here that we have tooled the B4 and B5 bogies for these coaches for 4ft 8 and a half and 5 ft 3 for the NIR examples to allow regauging to 21mm. Can this evolution to the unfortunate slight lack of room on the Ballast/Bubble chassis be classed as persistent? Thanks! We have previously re-run our cement bubbles, ballast hoppers and have just done the same with our Tara Mines wagons, so there is every possibility depending on how popular something is. We do not re-run same numbers with the same livery combination though, and while we hope to do the maroon and blue NIR mark 2s one day it is very difficult to say if we will rerun NIR Mark 2s in this livery again one day given their niche nature. Like everything Irish outline, it's wise to grab them while you can and if you decide later they're not for you you will get most of your money back (or even a profit) by selling them. Incorrect. Work began on these about 2 years ago with Gareth project managing this one and a smashing job he has done too. To answer your question re. Enterprise headboard; this will be in the accessory bag so user fit as you see fit. Cheers! Fran

Just note on these; they're an Accurascale accessory so do not come with the cages for the wagons like the IRM loads! Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, We have just received the balance of these from the factory and were informed that this is the very last of the stock. So, if you want one, now's your last chance to bag one from IRM! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles/products/adl-enviro400-dublin-bus-191-d-44403 Cheers! Fran