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Yes, we updated the wagon but our update on the label was never carried out in China. As a son of a printer my father will be appalled!

Lol, they insist on them to stop the boxes rubbing together in transit. We have requested cardboard or similar in future for that very reason.

The mechanism of crowdfunding is not the issue, it’s the execution. If you look at how Revolution Trains has constantly delivered it in the British market it demonstrates how it can and should be done. It’s always worth doing your homework on the company first. Thankfully in the early days of IRM we got the measure of this guy and sacked him, taking over the projects ourselves. It’s fair to say we had a very lucky escape, and could write a book about the carry on. But that’s for another day. The sad part of this is the amount of honest customers burned by him. He certainly didn’t design them, they were designed in China with our feedback and corrections. Both projects required major revisions when we took them over as he failed to communicate the corrections to the Chinese designer and we decided to do in house CAD design thereafter.

Looking forward to mine!

Or my belly, but sadly that’s another story...

You presume correctly.

Hi everyone, We will be there this weekend with some limited stock of our new bubbles, plough vans and some of the last of our tara mines stock. So drop by, say hi and pick up some goodies! Look forward to seeing you there. Fran

Thanks men! As has been reported, the bubbles are now in stock! The grey ones have been very popular, they certainly will go well with the earlier liveries on our A Classes! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Update on the Rawie buffers here https://irishrailwaymodels.com/blogs/announcements/rawie-buffer-stop-update Cheers, Fran

Hi guys, Now in Dublin currently sitting in customs. Pre-orders will be with you all later this week! Order yours today! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers, Fran

First review of the plough vans from Andy York of BRM and RMWeb fame! https://www.world-of-railways.co.uk/brm/reviews/irish-railway-models/review-irish-railway-models-cie-irish-rail-ballast-plough-van

Hi everyone, Update from China; these are finished and will be heading our way in the next week or so, so expect them in stock within the next two weeks! You can place your order here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles Cheers! Fran

This has the serious smell of a wish list lads, which we're perfectly okay with! Sure it helps us with 'market research' too!

Hi everyone, Now that the ploughs have arrived the A is motoring along in the tooling shop, and more bubbles are on the way, you may have been wondering about the 'forgotten child' of the IRM stable, the 42ft project. We had hoped to begin releases of the 42ft flat range on a staggered basis from late 2018 onwards, but we underestimated by a tad (okay, a lot!) how long the project would take to fully tool and design. The fertilizer wagon in particular was a challenge to get right and to a state that we were happy with. Tooling the project had to take place together to ensure the best fit and finish and compatibility between loads. This meant that tooling took a long. long time to complete. However, as the below pictures will show, tooling is finally almost at an end! We are due our first samples within the next two weeks, and should they be up to scratch then we will push ahead with the liners straight into production. We can expect them into stock in July, all going well. We will launch the fert wagon for preorder once we are happy with the samples and know that production is getting closer, with an accurate release date in place. So, watch this space! Thanks to all of you who have ordered liner packs so far, and we look forward to landing them here in the coming weeks. As soon as we have samples, we will post them here and on our website! Cheers, Fran

Yes they will Gareth. We werent going to bring IRM stock with us but if you're coming let me know what you want via PM and I can bring them! Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to say that well over half our plough production run has sold already. Thank you to everyone who has backed the project with orders so far! Remember, we will have more ballast wagons coming out in the near future, so make sure you don't miss out on these. The CIE ones have been very popular in particular since they arrived in stock. Order yours today! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/ballast-plough Cheers, Fran

Hi everyone, Just a quick update, these will be in stock at the end of this month! About 20% of the run is already sold, thanks to everyone who has ordered! Cheers, Fran

Cheers everyone, things are taking shape! Our IRM cabinet is a reminder to us how much we’ve achieved since we began nearly 4 years ago!

Hi everyone, We have moved! Our new headquarters is in Carrickmines, Co. Dublin. We are currently fitting out our new home and we have some exciting new things to show you from HQ in the coming weeks as it all comes together! There will be a new layout, new displays and other exciting things coming your way once we settle in fully. We have a lot of work to do first, so bear with us while we get up in running in the coming weeks. Cheers! Fran

A few more pics now we are back near out wee layout. Enjoy!

The great man told me on Saturday that it was a design challenge but he has it sorted, so should be golden! And agree with above sentiments, the amount of work that goes into this is insane, and the flak has been very sad to see. The man is an absolute legend and deserves credit for the growth of this hobby in this country over the last two decades and beyond.

Would have to agree Noel. I wasn’t sure about the slate grey until we got the samples and they really pop. I have to say now it’s the best livery they wore. Richie has done some job on the tampo set up. I will take better pics this coming week with better lighting conditions. They will go well with the green and black As, as well as the B&T ones and 141s, and same with forthcoming 121s. Cheers for the orders so far folks, they seem popular!

Hi DiveController, As you can see in these pictures posted by WarB the chassis are definitely black. Cheers! Fran We also brightened up this image to further show the chassis in its correct color.

Bump!

The first of our 2019 announcements is a new run of our beautiful cement bubble wagons in new liveries and numbers after feedback from customers in our recent poll on the forum! The iconic bubbles sold out in a record 9 days in Irish Cement livery when we produced our first run of them in 2017. Since then we have found three new running numbers for this iconic and much-loved livery, so have produced a new pack with the Irish Cement branding on ivory livery. We are also producing an additional set with CIE roundels with new numbers to push your ivory cement trains to further prototypical lengths as seen in their final years of service. In addition to these, we will also be doing the bubbles in their as built 1960s livery of original slate grey. The bubbles wore this attractive livery from introduction in the mid-1960s until repainting into orange in the early 1970s. The slate grey bubbles ran mixed with their then newly painted orange counterparts for a few years into the 1970s too, as well in mixed freight formations. They will make a perfect companion for our forthcoming A classes in green, black, black with yellow end and black and tan, as well as 141s, 181s and 121s of the era in black and tan and grey and yellow in the case of the 121s. Two sets are in line to be produced, with unique running numbers as you come to expect from IRM. These bubbles are the first in several new announcements coming from IRM throughout the course of 2019, which will include items such as ballast hoppers later in the year. The price of the bubble packs is €125 for a pack of three wagons, with a bundle deal of €450 for all four packs. Pre-orders is now open for a delivery date in late May 2019. Pre-production models are on show at the North Down Model Railway Society show at Bangor this weekend and production is already underway. Place your order here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/cement-bubbles