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Patrick and I have just returned from the Glasgow show. We were delighted to do a special commission with the National Railway Museum with their Locomotion Models arm and in conjunction with Rails Limited. They’ve opted to do a special three pack edition of the first three of the HOP24/HUO wagons of the variant we are producing. These were built in Shildon, where the NRM now has a museum. They will come in a specially decorated box which Patrick has done an amazing design job on and is available for £69.95 on the Locomotion and Rails websites. We met with the NRM and Rails on Tuesday in York and they were highly impressed with our HUO hopper as well as the IRM output that they were keen to work with us. We’re genuinely humbled as they insist on ‘Museum Quality’ models as seen by the other models they have commissioned over the years. If you are at Model Rail Scotland today you can see the samples of the hopper in the cabinet of Rails, Locomotion and there is also one on the Scalefour Society stand which has been converted to P4 finescale standards. All it took to convert the wagon was a simple drop in fit of the wheel sets. We will have a sample of the HOP24/HUO with us at the IRM launch on the 3rd in anyone wants to have a look!

Thanks everyone who voted for us! We’re delighted with how well we performed in our first year in the poll, especially when we are a niche manufacturer in the market!

Not this year Robbie.

Hi everyone, Just a quick note to say that we are now running quite low on pack B of the cement bubbles. They might have not shifted as quickly as the pack A, but still quite fast! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/shop/freight-stock/two-axle-cement-wagon-multi-pack-b/ Cheers! Fran

the snack cars never ran in CIE livery Noel.

We’ve just had additional shelving installed in IRM towers in preparation for all the additional models we will have in stock this year for both IRM and Accurascale. The IRM stock alone that we are announcing on March 3rd will take up a healthy portion of space!

Someday...

Looks like someone is going to end up wearing a roadstone overcoat for their swim in the liffey on the 3rd. Maybe this gathering isn't the best idea we've had! I do like those slate grey bubbles it has to be said. Looking smashing as ever Mr. Enright!

Hi everyone, Do you think our ballast wagons were the best wagons Model Rail magazine reviewed in 2017? Were we your model manufacturer of the year? If so, please vote for us in the 2017 Model Rail awards! https://www.model-rail.co.uk/moty2017/ We'd really appreciate any votes we get! (the bubbles were not reviewed until the Jan 2018 issue so they will be in next years awards!) Thanks, Fran

You are correct Noel, Tara is project three, bubbles was two. and ..... is four. And dont get me started on 5 and 6! Must admit I get confused the odd time myself!

Absolutely! Thankfully the issues are minor!

Hi everyone, I'm delighted to report that we have now received the first production samples of our HUO from the factory in China. Here are some pics, but before you have a good look, please remember the following caveats: 1. I'm terrible, I mean truly terrible at photography! 2. There are revisions that are needed to tooling. Now, despite previous reports you may have seen elsewhere, this does not cost the earth at this stage, and is easily done. The brake gear does indeed need amending, with the shoes slightly too small and the assembly itself being slightly too large. This revision has already been sent to our factory to sort out. The self-contained buffers are receiving further refinement too. 3. The bling wheels will of course, be toned down for production 4. It is a hastily hand assembled, made on a Friday afternoon before Chinese New Year, so the fit and finish is not A1, but it will be on the finished model. 5. The slight warping of the chassis parts are down to haste too, these will be rectified on the finished model. 6. The NEM Pockets are well off and are being dropped to correct NEM height for production. Cheers! Fran

And here was me thinking of doing an IRM marketing campaign; "Get a bunch of bubbles for the wagon in your life this Valentines Day" For some reason the lads stopped me...

They’re a lovely wee set I have to say!

Is that based on Bracken's post? This is turning into quite the party!

Thanks men!

Well everyone, you told us that you would like to find out the 2018 IRM range in advance, so make sure you join us on Saturday, March 3rd, 2018 in Ryan's Bar, Store Street where we will announce the models coming in 2018 as well answer your questions and host a social event for Irish railway modellers. Ryan's is a special place for IRM, as it's where we held our very first meeting way back in 2015, so it seems only right we have our launch there. We kick off at 4pm and food will be provided. If you want to come along, it is essential you RSVP by 6pm on Wednesday, Feb 28th to info@irishrailwaymodels.com as we need to know for catering requirements. All are welcome and we hope to see you there on the day! Now, feel free to speculate what we may announce!

They look excellent, think I'll be picking a set up!

A first look at the production sample....

Luckily I've been to Kennedy space centre, have sent the files to ESU. All good!

Well, that's project 4 out of the bag...

Must see if I can get a pack of bubbles on board the next one...

Marketing.

Just a heads up everyone, this is on this Sunday and we'll have the probably the last of the ballasts on sale as we're down to the last nine packs. Could be your last chance to grab some! We'll have both ivory and orange bubbles too of course. With 76% of all bubbles sold out so far they may sell out even quicker than the ballasts! We will also have a sample of our first Accurascale wagon, the HUO hopper there too and will be taking preorders, if you're into British outline. Stop by and say hi!

Thanks everyone, here's a look at the chassis and some of the details going on the wagon. There are 74 separate components going into each wagon! We will have some factory samples in the coming days and will have at least the 3D print on show at the Stillorgan fair this Sunday.