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I don't think 1916 would mean much to the Chinese Kevin. Sadly delays are part of the model manufacturing process for a multitude of reasons.

True, I looked at an Apple watch out of curiosity in the States over the summer and thought it was an ugly looking thing too. Also professionally I'm contacted hundreds of times a day though email, phone, text, social media etc. I want to cut out the methods of people reaching me, not increasing them!

I think I'll stick to err.., a watch. Are you having problems with the forum Dave? Can you let us know if you come across an issue? Thanks.

A sincere big thank you to all of you who participated in our survey. We have been given plenty of food for thought and will make an announcement on the Bubble in the coming weeks.

That's a 2600 Noel...

We will do a run of them in Orange Dave after the first run in Ivory.

Just a reminder folks; voting closes Monday evening Have you cast your vote yet?

I will be looking forward to seeing these in decorated samples before making my mind up.

Tis the Emerald Isle Express George, put on by Railtours Ireland using the RPSI cravens for a jaunt around the country for a few days.

Hi Noel, Not at the moment, but we hope to have a clearer view by the end of October which we can share at the Raheny show. Thanks, Fran

I never noticed that the MIR bubble is missing the distinctive weld seams which are visible even through the caked on cement and crud. Unreal work Richie. I look forward to our own bubbles looking that manky, whether it's achievable through factory weathering processes or indeed from the Glenderg works if it's not.

Just to say lads, this isn't set in stone (pardon the rubbish pun) yet and will be decided at a later stage. We will also be doing bubbles in other liveries and as there's a good chance they'll be done in a pristine finish. There could also be runs of ivory in pristine finish further down the line if we go for a weathered finish this time out if market demand is there.

This is the standard of finish we would be aiming to achieve but replicating the typical finish of the bubbles in their final years... If it's not possible to replicate this then we will not proceed and go with pristine and let the lads get their spray guys out. It's top quality or nothing.

Totally get where you're coming from on that, and samples would be seen and have to be approved/rejected. Below is a sample of a product that was mass produced from a Mercig master in OO scale to give you an idea. https://az837062.vo.msecnd.net/product-images.axd/IMG_7305MAY16.jpg?preset=large

I think he was was joking...

Way out in front man, only thing near it is Sambo!

On another note, thank you to everyone for your votes so far. We've had over 60 responses as it stands and we have also had some great suggestions for what you guys would like us to do in the future. It looks like our announcement next month is one of most popular requests which puts our minds at ease somewhat that we have an idea what the market wants!

Good points Jim. I guess we could get the masters done on the pre-production to demonstrate what they will look like, and preview it before making a final decision on the finish. If that's something we could do then we'd be more than happy to go down that road.

Sure Noel. Yes, that is the livery for the first run. Many hung onto their CIE roundel until the bitter end, some had Irish Cement logos an some had none. Our packs will be fateful to the prototypes can carry whatever logo the real one did in service. Therefore the packs will be a mixture of logos.

Thanks for the feedback so far gents, and we think it's a good idea to have a debate about it and see what the public wants. We are sensitive to the idea that people like to weather their own models and that there are lots of skilled lads with the air brush in the community too. It's nice to have these options to offer our customers and give you all a say in the matter. There would be a slight cost implication of course, but it wouldn't be huge. We should have details on pricing soon.

Project 3 shall be revealed at Raheny next month, so not too much longer to wait!

Hi Jimbo, Yes, we plan on them being individually matched to prototype pics of each real wagon. So each one one would be different. There would be a small addition to price, but nothing significant. Overall they would be a lot cheaper than a professional job.

Hi everyone, Progress on the IRM Cement Bubbles has been swift and we are now looking at the decoration stage of the model. We will be doing four packs of three separate running numbers in the final ivory livery they carried. However, the IRM team has been kicking around the idea of treating them to factory weathered finish since they spent more time in an atrocious weathered condition than pristine. (Image copyright SSM. Thanks for permission to use the image Des) Working on this project with DJ models allows us to avail of the Mercig inspired factory weathered finish. While most factory weathering is poor at best, the Mercig renditions are seen as the industry leading. You can see Mercig's custom work here and his masters turned into a factory finish on OO gauge models like the forthcoming DJ Class 71 here You can do the survey by clicking on this link There is also some bonus questions on future liveries and products. Poll closes on Monday, October 3rd at 11pm. Ordering details for the bubbles will be revealed at the Raheny show. Thanks for the feedback and feel free to discuss why you voted the way you did on here!

In fairness I speak as an iPhone, iPad and iPod owner (just dont give me their computer, ick.) and the owner of a couple of MTH locos...

They'd be beautifully packaged and overpriced though. Sounds a bit like MTH....