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murphaph
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I am guessing the 45mm track in Gauge 1 (1:32) doesn't look as bad as 16.5mm in 00 (1:76). It's off by 5mm I guess but over the 45mm maybe not as noticeable?
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Marklin announces Special edition Flying Scotsman.
murphaph replied to steventrain's topic in British Outline Modelling
Very....interesting! So, I can understand (I think) why a Trix DC/DCC H0 version of this makes absolute sense...it did travel to Australia and the US where H0 scale dominates, but did it ever go to continental Europe? The Märklin version seems mega optimistic to me but what do I know. I hope the price doesn't scare too many people off. -
It's also the case that some people are being encouraged to part with their sole MM loco that they bought for the novelty value when they cost €100 or whatever. Many people never moved from modelling GB outline to Irish but did buy the MM locos when they came out for the novelty value. There must be quite a few of these locos knocking around still and these folks will not be interested in a swap at all. There are probably many MM locos owned by people who aren't even in the hobby anymore, they would also have no interest in a swap. I would focus on finding one for sale rather than a swap as you have the easier to sell examples that go for the most money
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Maybe ask if anyone has a black one to sell rather than swap and if they do, sell one of your ones and buy it.
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I am a customer of https://www.architekturbedarf.de/ and they retail Evergreen products but also unbranded equivalents. I live in Germany though so check postage rates before ordering. They do ship outside Germany.
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Yeah a lovely afternoon and only down the road so very handy. The Deltic was on static display so no fear of it rolling off the edge thankfully! The husband and wife displaying it are actually from near to where I live and they had several other GB items on display. They were even familiar with Sam's Trains lol. He has a very broad audience! To be honest I have never really been interested in the larger scales. I always considered OO the upper limit but man, that RC live steam really has something. I don't want to know what those locos cost but "several A classes" probably just about covers it. A nice idea for a garden railway some day maybe.
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A few random images and videos (including a Deltic from a well known Irish manufacturer ) from my local model fair today. The event is annual and attracts some local clubs including the layout from the local comprehensive school here in our town (Brieselang). Hope you enjoy the images. Some pics as well in no particular order:
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The Irish Rail and IE ones are the most desirable if you ask me. If you can't find a swap partner, just sell them for the going rate and buy the black ones you want. Is PM releasing any black ones this year? If so, you could sell them now for good money then buy the black ones and renumber any duplicates (much easier than a full respray!) I suspect you will find a swap partner for both locos to be honest.
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Ah that makes it easy then! Thank u
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Interesting developments. Nice options for people to lock in at their local currency. Is it desired for Eurozone mainland EU customers of IRM products to order this way or to continue to order through https://irishrailwaymodels.com/ or is it all the same to you guys?
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You can also buy "low pressure" spray nozzles that release less paint than the standard ones. They cost buttons on eBay. I tried this first before just abandoning rattle cans.
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For that sort of money you can get an awful lot of primer for the airbrush and it lasts much longer as most of it ends up on the model rather than flying past it. I stopped priming with rattle cans once I realised how expensive it is. Just a thought but I don't want to disrupt the thread so carry on
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Looks excellent Owen!
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I picked up the 40' Hanjin 8'6 and the 20' DAL 8'6 dry boxes in Marks the other day. I mainly wanted the Hanjin but I'm wondering does anyone know for sure if such a DAL container ever ran in Ireland? Credit to the unknown photographer.
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This is true. The original price paid by a seller is unknown. Not everyone was able to buy at the original retail price. I recently sold a few bits and also had to factor in the fact I paid sterling with no rake discount + Vat + handling charges + post to Germany for them.
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Ah I wouldn't expect anyone to sell anything to me for less than market value, especially in these inflationary times. Who knows what financial pressure sellers are under these days.
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You have a real modeller's eye for the detail Adrian. Nothing escapes you and it shows in the end result. A health and safety officer's nightmare from the 90's with slippy surfaces and trip hazards galore. Love it! If I can achieve these standards in my own diesel shed some day I will be very pleased.
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That is strange indeed. Good to know it was something easy to fix though. I will make a mental note of it lest I encounter the same issue
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Poor description. He doesn't mention Murphy Models anywhere. He will struggle to be found.
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That would make a cracking model.
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I have to practice on one first. Maybe I'll do a certain one that Catzilla destroyed and send it back to its owner filthy!
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In that case he has reversed his names to fit in with the Irish way of doing it. Best of luck to him. Great to see a new online model retailer in Ireland.
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Gabor can be a given name or a family name. My wife's cousin is a Gabor (given name). Her Hungarian teacher is Mrs. Gabor (family name). So take your pick lol. But my German/Hungarian wife says it's almost certainly his given name so as not to confuse locals who would be unfamiliar with the way Hungarians do it.
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Right, this is the final update on these 111s. They are "finished" now after I applied the glossy touches to the oily/greasy bits like the wheel bearing journals, fuel tanks, exhaust ports etc. Nameplates will someday be applied whenever Steve at Railtec has made them available. Should be trivial to apply them and weather lightly then. I didn't want to leave them in a million pieces waiting for them to arrive. This has been my most ambitious respray with a number of false starts and dead ends. I probably stripped these locos back to plastic three times, including after having applied the transfers as I was so unsatisfied with the large logo as a transfer. That sent me down the path of laser cutting out masks and I learned a bit from that too. In the end though I am really pleased with how they've turned out.
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I strongly suspect he would have little interest in it to be honest. He'd be bombarded with "when is x coming out?" questions, the answers to which he probably doesn't know himself yet.
