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Have to agree George; to say that Hornby are no longer relevant is utter nonsense. Their 60 is excellent, as is their 08 and I just got their new 87 and it's brilliant. They have had their problems as has been touched on in the documentary but they are still the biggest in the business when it comes to Brit outline (said through gritted teeth of course, but that's because we have our own horse in the race!) Cheers Fran

24/7/365. Going blind at this stage. Richie hasn't seen natural sunlight since October.... We do our best! Thanks for the order!

Never say never, but I dont think it will be next time round...

Hi there, We may well be doing a re-run of these in the near future. Watch this space.... Cheers! Fran

Hi Graham Sorry, been out sick myself with dreaded man flu, and we were off site yesterday for a meeting, surveying in the UK at the start of the week etc. so it's been a busy couple of weeks post Glasgow and pre Ally Pally getting the ploughs done and the Accuascale cement wagons finished too. Will get back to you on your query today. Cheers! Fran

We're getting there Gareth, but without a real one it proved to be the stumbling block in the whole 42 ft project and held it up somewhat. But, finally, we have all the data we need so it should be not too far after the liners. Cheers! Fran

Know which one I’d rather listen to though. Excellent!

They seem to get swapped around during maintenance visits. Bogies are service and are in a pool I believe, and when a wagon comes in for service the can be put on the next available set of refurbed bogies and put back out into service. Maybe someone like @ttc0169 would have a better insight, but we work of prototype pics so the photo we used would've had the correct bogies. Good spot!

Eh?? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Murphy-Models-MM5411-MM5601-MKII-Restaurant-Generator-Car-Galway-Livery/143099458670?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3D21fbb3091af845d4bc6c42b4637c641f%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D143125834287%26itm%3D143099458670&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

IRM will be there with a limited supply of Tara's (they're flying out the door) plough production sample, some Accurascale stock and samples including the Deltic 3D print and our O gauge wagon, Rawie buffer stop sample and we can take A Class, Ploiugh and Liner pre-orders on the day. See you there!

Hi Noel, Many thanks for the message! It's something we are debating ourselves at the moment, and we are thinking we may do it around the Bangor Show in April, but we havent fully decided yet. Obviously with the 42 range and the As there is a lot announced already that we care working hard on, but we do have some additional items to announce. Once we have the bones of them together we can make the announcement, but a lot of it is dependent around the recommencement after Chinese New Year. We are still open to doing a social gathering and may do one for when the A's land. Cheers! Fran

We’re delighted to say that tooling will continue after Chinese New Year and we will have samples shortly after that. It’s a huge project with a huge amount of tooling required. Cheers, Fran

He is currently holidaying overseas.

Have you voted already? Should just tick a box above!

Just over an hour left to vote folks, don't miss out on having your say!

It's going through a server upgrade and is offline for up to 48 hours Mike. Cheers! Fran

Thanks Jason, they will be worth the wait, we just like to take time and care and get them right!

Just a quick update on this project! We still have some fine-tuning to do on these babies but they are not far away, we anticipate to have them in stock by the end of March. Cheers! Fran

Funny you should ask Stephen, I do! We've been working hard on these with the factory to get them over the line, and while they're 95% stunning, there is that last 5% that we just havent been happy with, so we're working with the factory to sort this out. Most of the components are made, so they will go together fairly quickly, but some areas need further tidying up as we were not happy with the 3rd sample we received. The factory assured us that our feedback will be implemented into the finished items, and we should have them in late March after CNY. We are really sorry about this delay, but we want them to be as good as possible. Right now, they just arent. But, they're almost there. Cheers, Fran

Thanks Alan, we appreciate the vote and feedback, though you should've been able to vote for multiple subjects. I can see future orange and ivory with roundel being done again in the future, I guess the bubbles show us to be a victim of our own success as we probably didnt make enough of each in the first place, same with ballasts. It was very much a 'toe in the water' exercise at the time to see how they would sell. It does show that there is an appetite for more, but we do have to be cautious and not make too many, especially considering how much more new stuff we have coming down the line and it's best to space out re-runs a bit where possible. So, they might get a re-run this year, or some liveries might get done now, and some in another year or two, or we might leave it a while. We havent decided yet! Great to see such positive feedback from most people though. Cheers, Fran

Well I guess there is an exception to prove any rule. The vast majority of customers I talk to has an insatiable appetite for wagons, be they Irish or British and we aim to keep it fed.

Ah jeez, thanks for the kind words men and women, and thank you to everyone who voted for us! We really appreciate it. We finished ahead of some household names, not bad for a brand that isn’t 12 months old yet. The Tara did excellent too considering how niche the Irish scene is. Cheers! Fran

We’re actually now completely sold out of bubbles, but can you ever have enough wagons?? Thanks for voting everyone, keep them coming!

Great picture Dave, certainly darker grey than the vans of the time. In other news, we’re completely sold out of bubbles! Keep voting if you’d like to see more!

We do JB, just not sure we have permission to publish them online, which is a killer, but we're having an online did around to see if we can find any to show people. I think @Irishswissernie may have some, albeit in black and white?