murphaph

Sad state of affairs. I ate a nice cooked dinner on the train (The Berliner, running from Hamburg to Prague, operated by CD) down to Dresden yesterday. There's nothing quite so civilised as eating a proper meal on the train, cooked in the galley. Edit: a loco hauled train too!

Is there a queue, as in will older pre-orders be shipped first?

That's awesome with the stay alive. Didn't think it would go anywhere near that far.

Looks like the same loco indeed. I wonder has anyone here also bought it? If they have they may well be able to provide useful information to help track down the money.

I believe he has or had possession of the loco and took those pictures of it. The images aren't downloaded from the internet and in fact you can see the resin printer and wash station he was trying to sell on adverts.ie before swiftly withdrawing the ad when asked where the loco is.

I would if I could but I wouldn't fancy hundreds of angry Irish railway modellers looking for my scalp!

In my case they will actually pass within spitting distance of my house as the train passes to the south of Berlin and on to the Ruhrpott. I've seen this train pass through Schönefeld airport station before. It often stops there, presumably for a crew change. Getting rather excited about my tippex A's now:

That's surely a reference to those Guinness tanktainers that IRM are working on lol.

Yeah I mean I'll probably be a bit wary of members such as myself that have "only" been here a year or so. Obviously the folks I've dealt with already I will be able to trust and I'd probably feel reasonably comfortable buying off long standing members or members that are recommended by others. I do suspect the odds of this happening again are pretty low though. Shame it had to happen at all.

Even if PayPal don't feel inclined to assist. Taking money for an item that is then not provided is an actual crime, regardless of the method of payment. It's possibly even as serious a crime as fraud. If I was that person I'd ship that loco immediately and if it doesn't exist or has been sold elsewhere I'd return that money immediately before this escalates.

It's clearly not an honest mistake at this stage. The user SCMG saw the messages and within minutes withdrew the ads on adverts.ie. I'm quite sure Shane reads these messages even if he isn't logging into the site. Hi Shane! Do the decent thing man. Return the money. It's a crime to take money for an item you never deliver. I expect the guards in Raheny/Donaghmede will be involved if that money isn't returned pronto. It may seem like one can hide behind the anonymity of the internet but that's not true

Good work John

If they announce too early they'll be plagued with "when is X coming, you announced it X months ago...." comments so I can understand why they'd hold back. Stuff like a worldwide container shortage and the Corona virus and Brexit have all gotten in the way of lots of people's plans in fairness.

Without the actual running numbers of the loco and the Cravens making up a particular train, it is never going to be entirely prototypical anyway and this information is lost, so I would just make a reasonably educated guess that it's plausible that CIE supertrain A's hauled Tippex Cravens at some stage in the late 80's.

Magic. The first couple of pics are really fantastic with the backdrop. It really works well.

Holy shit. The addresses in and around the docklands certainly fit .

That's awful to hear. Hopefully Shane has an epiphany and does the right thing asap. You could reach out to other adverts.ie members who've bought off him to get a real address maybe.... Or maybe a member on here has sold Irish railway items to a Shane in that area. Maybe they could PM you....

Did you get any satisfaction in the end @DJ Dangerous ?

Joxer comes from Shanghai has a certain ring to it in a Newbridge accent...

Got sorted on here thanks to @flange lubricator. Coaches on the way

View Advert Seeking Bachmann mk2a FK's for respraying If anyone has (preferably) a pair of Bachmann mk2a FKs I'd be interested in hearing from you. I'm in Germany but can provide an Irish postal address for any potential sellers in Ireland. Price wise I got my last pair (in very good condition) for €60 so I would be looking to pay around that. An example image (copyright Hattons and/or Bachmann) is attached as an image is compulsory to place the ad (maybe that shouldn't be the case for "wanted" ads? @BosKonay) All the best, Phil Advertiser murphaph Date 11/08/21 Price €60 Category Coaches  

Fabulous stuff Ken. Amazing what you can achieve.

Get well soon Ernie. The low relief buildings work very well there.

Ah ok pre-owned stuff. Since Brexit unfortunately Hattons is probably the best bet for pre-owned as UK eBay is a complete horror story now. I can only suggest to do what I do: make sure you use the trunk service and fill it up well before you tell them to ship it. At least you'll only have the heartache once rather than multiple times There's a bit of Lima GB outline stuff on German eBay, for what it's worth. At least some of the sellers accept international orders, for example: https://www.ebay.de/itm/265253377622?hash=item3dc2555656:g:wTYAAOSw5P9dxwH1

What sort of stuff would you be ordering from Hattons? I take it it's RTR stuff and not "bits n pieces". Have you looked at Modellbahnunion as an alternative? https://www.modellbahnunion.com/HO-OO-gauge.htm?shop=dm-toys-en&SessionId=&a=catalog&p=802&filter=k3274g3332p3428