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Here's a preview of the deco of the pallets! As explained above, they pallets were wrapped in plastic with branding on them, and that's what our model will replicate! Cheers! Fran

Also, here is the deco for the 4 packs Cheers! Fran

Hi Pops, We did look at opening doors but the mechanism on the real ones (they slid back into the partitions of the wagon when opened!) was just too complex and cost prohibitive to do in OO, so they are fixed. They were introduced in 1974 and withdrawn in 2003 (hard to believe it's 16 years ago!) I'm sure we will have stock of these in 2020 so you can get them with next years budget! Every compartment will come loaded, they could be removed but we would urge caution around that and not really recommend it! Thanks for the comments everyone! Fran

The bags will indeed be decorated. I think we have decoration for them sorted but will let you know if we need it, cheers!

You know us and a bundle deal John! Most certainly! Not yet but in and around liner prices!

Thanks! We are looking at 8 different running numbers over 4 packs of two wagons.

Needs no further introduction really! Please note, this is a first sample and yes, we know there are corrections to be made! But, well, yum yum!!! Pre-ordering will be open soon. You have been warned! Cheers! Fran

About that timeframe. This is the problem with this gig, we want to to make everything yesterday but the market can only sustain so much, so we gotta take our time! Cheers! Fran

If you know the IRM model well, you will know that we are fans on of of the aforementioned locos, and it would be very much in our thoughts eventually, when other locos are produced. It's a case of 'patience, my sweet' if you wish to wait for a top class RTR shunter, but it is on the medium term radar. Cheers! Fran

Late this month, early August depending on customs and shipping.

Managed 2nd radius with ease. Very well designed.

Absolutely superb Eoin! (Have the A4 partwork if you fancy losing the rest of your sanity)

Unfortunately you're in the minority so far Graham, not many going for them, but hopefully they pick up in time. Always liked it myself.

Hi Wexford, They transferred to 42ft flats in the mid 2000s, around 2005/6. Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Thanks for the feedback! Here it is with some of the forthcoming containers to give you a flavour of what to expect! We should have a sample of the CIE 20ft container in the coming weeks to see what it looks like too! Cheers! Fran

Plan is... 1. Liner 2. Ferts 3. Guinness 4. Spoil 5. Weedsprayer

Hi everyone, Thanks for the kind words! It's been a lot of hard work but great to see the project making significant progress finally. Personally I am blown away by the quality of it, @Glenderg has exceeded even his own high standards on these, and that is saying something. I think they will be our best yet, and the factory has done a superb job on the finesse of the tooling from what we have seen so far. We are currently appraising this sample and will have some corrections for the factory in due course. We are still looking into it and havent made a call yet. It is such a unique beast that it is proving the challenge to make it viable, but we have not given up on it just yet and are working on some ideas. We will make an announcement either way in due course. We do plan to include them you will be delighted to hear! It is peco code 75 weathered and ballasted by the experts at model rail baseboards. We will have more on our layout in the coming weeks, so watch this space! Us too! We should have a sample of the ferts in the coming weeks, once we get it we will show you and open the pre-order books on them as they will be second in line after the liners! Cheers! Fran

Hi everyone, Well after months of research, CAD, checking, corrections, amendments to corrections and tooling, the first sample of our massive 'project 42' has arrived, sporting a first sample view of our weed spray tanks! The fully diecast underframe provides a lovely weight with excellent detail and fidelity in plastic and wire fittings. It also comes on our excellent Y33 bogies as first seen on the Tara Mines wagons, so rotating axle hubs are included! We have some corrections to make, but overall it looks excellent! Here are some images to whet the appetite! (Please note that this is a pre-production sample, and details like the headboards will not be on the weedspray wagons. It is just to demonstrate parts, fit and finish!)

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