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Hi Noel, not as of yet. Once we have news we will share it with the good folk of IRM. Rest assured sharing the news will be sooner rather than later

Stunning bit of work Eoin. One of the best bits of modelling I've seen in a long time. Well done!

Looking forward to seeing the results, Noel!

There is common parts between the 42ft flat and the fert I believe. Also, please note that this is the result of the survey, not an announcement of what we plan to do. We may do some of the above, or none of it and just do Sambo RTR...

All I can say Noel is that we have no plans to do another run of them at this moment in time.

Thanks men! The plough van might seem like a no-brainer in one way Rich, but on the other hand it's a very specialist and even lower than low volume model of course. Were we can sell, say 12 ballast wagons to a customer, we can only really sell two plough vans. Lower volume means higher price. Out of the 130 respondents to the survey, we did receive a handful who asked us to keep an eye on price point which we fully understand. On the other hand, you would pay a high premium to get a kit and have it professionally made for you. In that case the extra premium for a RTR plough would actually be less than professionally kit built. And you'd realistically need two for the train! It's a tough one!

Excellent news. Looking forward to seeing Sean out and about again!

Hi Everyone, Firstly, I would like to extend a massive thank you on behalf of the Irish Railway Models team to everyone who completed our recent survey. We have collated your answers and suggestions and are taking them on board. Some of these answers will be discussed in specific posts in the coming days and weeks. In the meantime, we have analysed your feedback about what you would like to see next from us, and here are some of the most popular suggestions: Leading the way (by a nose!) is a bogie container flat. Most were for the humble 42ft flat to recreate those classic Bell and Guinness liners as well as modern day spoil wagons, but there's also love for the 47ft flat as below too. Flat Wagon close up by franburke, on Flickr Spoil Wagon - Portarlington by franburke, on Flickr Right behind was the iconic double beet wagon. It appears many of you want to recreate scenes like below: 051 23-10-93 by Ian Leech, on Flickr (And yes, there was a lot of calls for an A Class too!) In third place was the Mark IIIs, with calls for an accurate Irish outline model of this iconic coach which we all miss. Irish Rail 7136 in Kent Station. by Fred Dean, on Flickr Neck and neck in 4th is the fertiliser and bagged cement wagons; both widely travelled and uniquely Irish. Also both sadly missed. Fert Albert Quay 1975 by tom ryan, on Flickr DSCF2917 by tom ryan, on Flickr There has also been a lot of calls for us to do the plough brake vans to compliment our ballast hoppers. We agree that they would look fantastic done to a highly detailed, ready to run model standard, book-ending a rake of our ballast wagons. Tempting... Speaking of our ballast wagons; our stocks are running quite low at this stage. Make sure you don't miss out before they're all gone as we wont be doing another run for quite a while. These running numbers wont be repeated. Secure the best Irish wagon model on the market before they run out and start going on EBay at a premium. https://irishrailwaymodels.com/shop/

Thanks Noel, managed to catch her heading for Waterford yesterday morning too. 073 Belmond Clondalkin Fonthill 27082017 by franburke, on Flickr

Nom Nom Nom is all I can say. 073 looks sensational. Here she is at Clondalkin/Fonthill on the Belmond 073 Belmond Clondalkin Fonthill 28082017 by franburke, on Flickr

That's stunning!

Hi Noel, We will have a full update within the next week

Sadly I wasn't around for 073s release into the wild yesterday, but I did manage to get 074 on the morning liner on my home patch 074 Northwall Ballina Liner 22082017 by franburke, on Flickr

All the best Sean, hope the procedure went well!

Thanks for your suggestions men! Some nice, diverse topics there. Please feel free to keep the suggestions coming!

Good idea John, always good to know where you can lay your hands on these things!

Good suggestion, Gareth! We'll add it to the list!

Happy Friday everyone! We're thinking of doing a series of 'how to' videos around railway modelling in the coming weeks and months. What would you like to see us tackle? DCC operation? Ballasting? Kit building? Weathering and painting? Let us know by commenting below!

The survey is now closed. Thank you to everyone who took part. We will be reviewing all suggestions and feedback and will take it all on board!

Thanks troops!

Have you had your say in our survey yet?? We've been blown away with the volume of respondents to our survey so far! Thank you to everyone who has participated. Do you want to have your say in what we do for future projects? Do you want to let us know how we can improve? What would you be prepared to spend on a top quality Irish wagon, coach or locomotive? Fill out our survey and let us know! Closing date for responses is this coming Wednesday at 9pm. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/9BWX3D5

Can we also leave the handbags at the door Blaine and Dive? Thanks

Thanks everyone, the responses so far have been very useful feedback! Hi Noel, the survey will run till next Wednesday. As we advertised the survey as confidential we will not be publishing the results. However, you can rest assured that the details provided will go a long way to shaping IRM in the near future

I think we would have to leave it for a sustained period of time before we can offer such downloads Noel. I think one thing we need to do to keep the hobby vibrant is to support the magazines as much as possible. They deserve and need our support.

As Patrick said, Lima had their strong points. Their moulding is very crisp in some areas, and some of their locos were well done. It was the lack of separately applied details and most obviously, rough, noisy motors in the British outline models that let them down. They were certainly better than the comparable Hornby diesels, wagons and in some cases, coaches of the time. Bachmann kicked up things a few notches but in fairness to Lima a lot of their stuff was tooled before Bachmann emerged on the scene. I have seen a basic Lima Mark 1 glide down the slightest of slopes, offering next to no rolling resistance. Just what you want in your stock. As good as the Bachmann Mark 1s are, they do run like the brakes are on. In that regard, some models have go backwards. Just my opinion, of course.