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My personal fave too Rich, love the old school CIE about it and the fact it wore the ‘bulk cement’ branding till the bitter end in 2009.

Hi Railer, Once we do a model, we do not do a re-run. We only have evidence of four bubbles getting Irish Cement. and we've done three. I can now also confirm that we have sold out of Pack A here at IRM towers. Thanks to everyone who ordered!

Thanks Paddy for the order and the kind words! China are still working hard on the rest of the Ivory bubbles and should be finished in the next week or so. Then it's straight onto the Orange bubbles. Speaking of bubbles, weathering master Tony Mirolo sent us in a couple of pics of a pack he is working on. This is the lightest of the three weathering wise, apparently! Think they look top notch if I do say so myself!

We'll keep you posted Jim! Sorry...

We're feeling like the elves just before Christmas at the moment! After a day of rest after the hectic SDMRC show over the weekend (well, a couple of hours off) it is back to the grind today. We're checking and packing orders that came in online over the weekend as well as pre-orders for Cement bubble pack A's. There's a huge amount to get through, so your patience is appreciated! Anyone who has ordered a bubble pack A or B with the forthcoming C and/or D packs will receive their order when the balance of the shipment arrives in a couple of weeks.

Weathering looks good Noel, reckon they're the first ones treated as such!

Ah now Noel, that would mean devaluing my collection of Brit outline!

I do Rich, it's good craic I have to be honest! But a LOT of work too!

And the packing into parcels, QC process, trick or treating.... One of these days we might get a day off

Well what a weekend! Thank you to everyone who stopped by for a chat, collected orders and made purchases! Remember, our online sale on orange bubbles and ballast wagons runs until midnight tonight! Dont miss out on a bargain! Save €25 on two packs of orange bubbles (discount code ORANGE), save an incredible €75 for four packs (discount ORANGERAKE)! €20 off two packs of ballasts (code BALLAST)and €50 off three packs (BALLASTRAKE)

Just to remind everyone that we are doing a special for the orange bubbles this weekend only, both at the show and online. If ordering online use the discount code Orange for the two pack deal, and orangerake for the four pack deal! If you’re after the ballast rake deal the code is ballastrake

Just to remind everyone that we are doing a special for the orange bubbles this weekend only, both at the show and online. If ordering online use the discount code Orange for the two pack deal, and orangerake for the four pack deal!

Just home after a hectic day after a great dinner with the SDMRC, a great dinner and well organised show. I would just like to say a sincere thank you to everyone for their patience and their custom today. I talked to a lengthy list of people, familar faces and new ones too! As you may have seen elsewhere, the bubbles arrived about 4pm. It was brilliant to finally see them arrive and recieve great feedback on everything. Looking forward to doing it again tomorrow!

And they’re here! Just before show closed!

Hi everyone to avail of the speica offer please use BALLASTRAKE for for the ballast wagons and ORANGE for the orange bubble deal!

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At the time of writing they’re over Turkey!

One more sleep! We are all set up and ready for a weekend of model railway fun at the South Dublin Model Railway Club show in Blackrock college. The bubbles are ready for takeoff in Dubai and should be with us by 3:30 tomorrow afternoon. We will will reveal our new product at 11am! See you tomorrow!

While we receive the first shipment of bubbles this weekend, the factory in China is working hard to get the rest of them ready. No better modellers in my opinion!

Irish Railway Models today announces that it will release its highly detailed cement bubble wagon in the iconic CIÉ orange and grey livery in time for Christmas 2017. The announcement was made at the beginning of the South Dublin Model Railway Show at Blackrock, Dublin and is the fourth project that Irish Railway Models has announced to date. Introduced in seven batches between 1964 and 1972, a total of 150 of these two-axle wagons were built by Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ) to convey bulk loads of cement from Irish Cement’s plants at Drogheda in County Louth, Castlemungret in County Limerick and Platin in County Meath to distribution points throughout the CIÉ/Irish Rail and Northern Ireland Railways’ networks. Despite being introduced at different stages, the fleet carried numbers in an unbroken sequence ranging from 25050 to 25199. Affectionately known as ‘bubbles’ due to their distinctive profile, most of the fleet remained in service right up until the cessation of cement traffic by rail in 2009. All 150 bubbles received the distinctive orange and grey livery in the early 1970s, replacing the earlier slate grey, with the last two batches of bubbles constructed receiving the orange livery from new. It was superseded by the ivory and black livery in the late 1970s, although both liveries could be observed running together into the early 1980s. The Irish Railway Models release consists of two packs of three bubbles, all with unique running numbers. They are available to order at the show or online for €125.00. A special introductory price of €225 for two packs and €425 for four packs is also available at the show and online for the duration of the 2017 October Bank Holiday exhibition. A colour sample has been received from our factory in China, but is incorrect and will be amended for production. Prices after this weekend will revert to €125.00 per pack. Delivery is slated for December 2017, with production commencing after the current run of Ivory bubbles is completed. To order your bubbles, please visit www.irishrailwaymodels.com/shop

Hi Stephen, I have seen pictures of them in Supertrain before re-engineering. I also believe there were visual differences compared to the rest of the C’s, including only having one engine room window instead of two.

Good things come to those who wait, Leslie!

Thanks men, we have wanted to do a gift card for a while and our recent survey has shown that a payment scheme was desired so this gives us the best of both worlds.

Sick of receiving non-railway gifts for Christmas? Finding it difficult to explain the differences between gauge and Irish outline models to loved ones who ask you for gift suggestions? Would you like a way to start a savings scheme, so you can buy the best Irish outline ready-to-run wagons on the market? What you need is the new IRM Card! We are launching our new gift and prepay card scheme at the South Dublin Model Railway Club this weekend. The IRM Card is essentially two cards in one: it can be used as a gift voucher to offer as a present to the modeller in your life, while it can also be used by modellers to set aside funds in anticipation of buying IRM products at a later date. This will act as the reintroduction of the staggered payment scheme. The IRM Card can be topped up online, or at IRM stands at shows. They can also be bought online or at shows with values of €25, €50 or €100 offered initially. You can pick them up at the show this weekend, or via https://irishrailwaymodels.com/shop/card/gift-card/ from Saturday onward! (Don't worry, this is NOT Project 4, just an added bonus!)

Hi everyone, I have a further update on the cement bubbles for this weekend which consists of bad news and good news. Firstly, the good news. Our first small shipment of bubbles are currently in transit and are making their way to us. (YAY!!!) The bad news is that they were detained by Chinese customs for inspection and missed their scheduled flight, putting everything back 24 hours. As it stands, they are due to land in Dublin on Saturday. So, what does this mean? Well, thanks to the sheer dedication and hard work of IWT (for which we will be forever grateful, they are a joy to use) the small consignment of A and B packs will be sent direct to Blackrock. This will on Saturday afternoon, so we will not have any bubbles available for collection until 3:30pm on Saturday at our stand. We apologise for this if you were hoping to collect before then, but sadly it was completely beyond our control. Remember, if you wish to collect your pack A and B at the show, please let us know at info@irishrailwaymodels.com before 6pm today (Thursday) so we can prepare them for you. Thank you for your patience! Thanks! Fran (on behalf of the IRM team)