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Wow, missed these. The KD is a stunner. Who is doing these?

Well, that's another Dublin show done this year, but what a great exhibition it was! We would like to sincerely thank the MRSI for all their hospitality and for putting on an excellent show this year. We would also like to thank everyone who stopped by for a chat with us over the weekend and for all the amazing feedback about the ballast and bubble wagons. And finally, a massive thank you to all of you who have backed us by placing orders for the wagons! It seems our special sale struck a chord. Remember, our bubble deal will save you €100 but ends at midnight. Don't miss out! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/index.php/shop/

You can on individual packs Rich, but the offer is payment in full up front.

Cheers John, absolute pleasure to meet you yesterday, enjoyed the chat and craic!

The British economy would want to completely collapse for anything remotely like that to happen. Anyway, the Chinese are the world leaders in this field now and still do it in a cost effective fashion. Nobody has made RTR model trains in the UK in a large commercial context for a long time now. It's a pity we can't make them here for a sustainable price but that the globalised world sadly!

Thanks for the incredible amount of orders already everyone, the rake option is proving very popular and over 10% of the bubble run sold yesterday alone! Here's some pics of what you're buying, the painted sample was very skilfully done by our very own Glenderg hours before the show as the samples only arrived on Thursday evening!

From our own stand

Irish Railway Models (IRM), today announces that it is to produce the distinctive ‘Tara Mines’ bogie ore wagon in 4mm (OO) scale. The Tara Mines wagon were built by CIÉ in 1977 for Tara Mines Ltd to convey zinc and lead ore from their mine near Navan, Co. Meath to Dublin Port for export. They are still in operation today and currently represent the heaviest freight trains operated on a daily basis in Ireland. Three laden trains operate in a block formation between the mine and Dublin Port each day. The Irish Railway Models 4mm scale rendition of the wagon will look to emulate the high standards set by their Ballast and Cement 'Bubble' wagon projects. The prototype has been surveyed and CAD work has been completed. The wagon will feature accurately rendered body, separately applied detail such as brake gear, close coupling mechanism and will also be designed with easy conversion to 21mm gauge in mind. Due to the corrosive nature of the ore, the distinctive lids on the wagons have been upgraded and replaced three times since their introduction in 1977. In order to cover the complete operational timeframe of the wagons, Irish Railway Models will be tooling the three lid variants to ensure accuracy across all livery variants. It is planned to offer the wagons in their current guise of bauxite livery in the first run of models. Like the Ballast and Cement Bubble projects, there will be multiple wagon packs offered with unique running numbers to allow the modeller to create a prototypical rake. Future releases will include the wagons in earlier guises, including their distinctive original blue livery. Prices and a delivery date are yet to be announced but are due for confirmation shortly. Pre-ordering will be available via irishrailwaymodels.com and selected retailers.

Late 70s till the bitter end Kevin. Artwork is the next step. Very few actually ran with the Irish Cement logo.

sssshhhhhh!!!! Fill yer boots men. You have till Monday night. Samples are in the country and can be seen tomorrow along with CAD of our enterprise's next project, (a personal favourite of mine )

Thanks Noel, we envisage first quarter 2017.

Looking forward to shooting the breeze again Eamonn!

Hi Kevin, this offer only applies to this run. but you never know, we may do it again in the future.

News unveiled here http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/5857-IRM-Bubble-goes-on-sale-this-weekend-at-MRSI-show-with-incredible-offer!?p=93972#post93972

Hi Everyone, As Patrick stated earlier, we have some very exciting news ahead of this weekend's show. Not only will our enterprise be unveiling our third project, but we should also be able to show you all the first pre-production sample of our highly anticipated Cement Bubble wagon. Not only that, but when Saturday comes you will be able to pre-order the cement bubble and we will be doing a fairly unbeatable offer for buyers of multiple packs for this weekend only! The bubbles will be sold in four packs, with three uniquely numbered wagons per pack to give the modeller the chance to build up an authentic 12 wagon rake. They will be in pristine condition as are the wishes of the majority in our recent poll. (We cant wait to see what the skilled weather artists do to them with their airbrush!) Packs will be €125 each and ordering will be the same deposit system as per the ballast wagons. However, from 11:30am on Saturday until midnight on Bank Holiday Monday, if you order the 4 packs you will get them for the one time price of €400, representing a saving of €100! This offer will be available at the show and online. Packs are a limited run so order early to save and guarantee yours! So join us this weekend to see pre-production Ballasts, Bubbles and find out what project 3 is! We look forward to seeing you. IRM team (Stephen, Richie, Patrick and Fran) http://www.irishrailwaymodels.com

Such a pity no MGWR locos survived. Have the love for their 2-4-0s...

Was great to finally see 071 in her retro clothes this morning 071 on the Western Explorer Railtour by franburke, on Flickr

As beautiful a model it would be we would be bust if we made it!

The Irish Railway Models team will be at the show at St. Paul's College, Raheny where we will take orders, answer questions, hopefully(!) show a pre-production sample of our Cement Bubble (fingers crossed!) as well as the ballast wagon and reveal what our next project will be. So please pop along to meet us for a chat. Below is a floor plan. We will be at Stand D in the main hall. Can you guess what the third project we're announcing at the MRSI show is?

Good to see some updates of the layout Noel. Always thought that orange bubbles go together well with Black locos.

Depends on the the trottle you're using, like some of the Lenz ones. I also think you're misinterpreting a comment or two in jest (like the one about the power knob) as a serious statement. I can assure you it was an attempt to inject a little humour into proceedings, nothing more. The forum has had such a tone for a bit of craic along the way for many years, which was part of my original comment too. As for my second comment, you seem to be getting defensive. To be perfectly honest it was a call much wider than this topic. As I said, there seems to be a dearth of content from the railway modelling side itself and there seems to be more niche topics popping up. That's all fine and dandy, and there is a place for it all (including this topic) but it would be nice to see some content of railway modelling interest flowing again and a bit of humour along the way. And before anyone shouts at me "lead the way!" IRM is where my modelling space lies these days, trying to get those wagons out there as well as the day job

Or ever wanted to know, to be honest! As Blaine said, turn the big knob to off and trains stops. Interesting, engaging topics about railway modelling would make a nicer change as there seems to be a dearth of that recently. But that's just my 2 cents.

I'd like to express my sincere gratitude for this topic existing too. I've been suffering from a terrible bout of insomnia recently but this topic has cured it. Happy days!

29 notes is about 25 quid too much for that **** heap sadly. John is correct, you'd get better Kato, Atlas, Proto or athearn for near the same price if you shop around. Hatton's second hand prices take the wee wee a lot of the time.

Bachmann were just distributors. They did not buy EFE.