Westcorkrailway

Hypothetically the entire survey could be answered with "all if the above"

And could be really handy even to IRM. Cant wait to see what people are choosing...(i assume a lot of people wanting re runs of the 141s and 071s)

Ids say what we should be getting modeled in the next 15 years is green stuff whether that be flying snail from the 60s or Iranroid eireann stuff from 2006-now. We already have the murphy models grey 121 and the A class on the way. The intercity 201 and the 2800 DMU from chris dier are from the current era. Both can be expanded upon The C class and the laminates had long working lives and have a lot of era's under there belt which is an advantage to them being produced. (I would wait for a post laminate world to then experiment with steam) As for the new stuff as previously suggested the full mark 4 set for the intercity 201 would be gorgeous and new enough for whippersnappers like myself to get them. ICR as a train set getting younger modelers (while a steam loco train set would be....godly!, train sets are for people starting out hence ICR's suit nicely)

I would pre order them now! .....Ill take 2....or more

I think the C class and the Aec railcars will need to be released to cement the justification the coaching stock of that era. (And aec railcars offer GNR stuff which would be apericiated as limited edition) then a steam loco could feasibly be produced....i think I'm not an expert.....and what i just said would take years of long term development and its a business at the end of the day and demand is the only way to supply especially in our market

hence why 800 class is the only non RPSI loco that could be considered as they are in a class of there own. (As unlikely as it is, maybe she will steam again). We have 2 beutiful new deisals locos either just released or about too to suffice for the time being!

Well done Lads im sure all the time and effort put in will be well worth it in the end! Commercially it makes sense to do some of the deisals first seeing as diesal men dominate the irish market. It is a buisness at the end of the day and evidently there are people against the idea as per lack of rolling stock and not fitting layouts. (Shame because i think an A class will be arriving at ballinhassig soon which only happened twice ever!) Regardless were lucky that modelers in quite a wide veriety of eras (present era-50s thanks to all our manufacturers) as I am so new to the hobby it took me a while to figure out what modles can be bought, i remember they day i figured out buying a bandon tank model was "possible" and being over the moon regardless of it being a kit i couldnt finish if i tried! I hope one day anyway we see steam become commercially viable, I might be West Cork at heart but RTR stream is too good to turn down!

If it gets enough responses it could be a genuinely useful survey that also may settle some debates

Makes sense, trying to convert 21mm chassis on a steam train as an optional extra for a sub section of the irish market probobly would be less possible I think diesels is the best way forward for now with the C class, sulzer, AEC railcars and 80 class locos all without high quality toolings as of yet and enough demand to do each. And once there done the demand for a new tooling of the 141/071s/201s will be back again enough to sell economically. But darn twould be great to have a steam loco in there somewhere within the next decade or two

Anyone remember this little thing. Good toy but not a good model, keep in mind this is on the list of 4-ish current RTR Irish steam models ever...even today it looks bizzare

You will just have to spend some of your 11,000 hours waiting for silver fox stuff to arive. I have to wait 12 months for my railcar sets. Its understandable as they are build by order. And 3 months for C212....but then again you have to have patience in irish railway modeling....were lucky to have a manufacturer that can provide late 50s early 60s RTR stuff (as of right now we only have grazed upon this era with 121s and yet to release A class from our big 2 manufacturers ommiting the k1)

Preserved locos of course have the advantage of being scanned. RPSI rolling stock has been produced already so that paves the way for one to be "the chosen one" celebrity Maebh being the only non RPSI preserved loco(i see irelands largest ever steam loco being a potential selling point to english collectors but not a whole lot) I see being produced at IRM RTR quality. As stated before, our lovely kit manufacturers can fill in the gaps as they already do.

If you want Really wanted to, you could get some silverfox irish stuff like sulzers, C class, railcar sets ect. Granted they arent the best in terms of detail but they are RTR (kind of)

Just the thought of that livery sends a shiver down my spine.....it would "work" (granted not well) but maebh in Green is the only way to go

I think (as others have suggested) an Irish steam loco that is doing the mainline runs with the RPSI (or Maebh as she also fits the bill for a few reasons) would fit in to peoples deisalised layouts as exactly that....RPSI steam excursions through their layout. Most people like myself started the hobby with hornby/tri-ang steam locos so running steam on layouts is still an attractive proposition to modelers. Besides with RTR stuff like the grey 121s and green/silver A class thanks to you. People will be looking at things to run alongside those diesels from the steam era! I think the fact that two parties have announced J30 3d prints within 6 months of each other proves there is a demand

Regardless of what the future has to offer for IRM/accurascale in the long term...I Just can't wait to see what all the A class liveries in the flesh!

Absoutly love that Im not sure i can show them here but anybody with Tom Ferris irish railways in colour, a second glance shows 2 excellent photos of CC1 and class K3 2-6-0 that bullied converted to burn turf as a prototype that looks really bizzare and butchered!

Or maebh or bandon tank.....nothing ventured is nothing gained

I think the 071s were very unlucky to not get this livery Black and tan was easy to maintain and certainly one of if not thee best livery ever by CIE

Some interesting, some cursed!, although i always wanted to see black and tan on an 071 or green on the 141s

At least you have the satisfaction of "I made that" and if your friends thought they were production samples they must have been someway decent. I'm sure the people who got the lima 201s around 2010 don't have the same satisfaction

You could build something as obscure as a CMDR inspection car if such a thing ever existed and an RTR version will be out the within the week!

The list doesn't stop there, SLNCR 0-6-4t, MGWR J18, ex DSER 461, the U2's...and plenty more steam locos that could be candidates for being the first irish RTR exclusive tooling steam loco, althougg really it should be Maebh or Merlin, they simply are the Irish equivilent to flying Scotsman The grey was pretty bland, but i do like the jet black colour with yellow decals they repainted the likes of 201, 90 and 464 for the IRRS excursions, crisp and simple.

Thanks for the info, the good thing is ive years to build it up...because unless i win the lotto it will take a while to build it up! The colour of the roof of through aec railcar is like the colour the wagons should be! Anyway there are two of us young lads out in this neck of the woods building cbcsr collections if not more, hence my reasoning for either go 1960s or 2000s might be the direction IRM, MM or any of our other fantastic manufacturers should head. I know the demand is high for the 70s-90s era hence why everything is sold out! (Anything general motors will be 200 euro second hand within 2 years unless somone re releases or re tools them as mad as that sounds bar the lima 201s). I'm surprised we haven't had an RTR steam loco in years or the IE 201 never got propper coaching stock but thats what i would want from the next 5 years, 201 IE with coaches and an unspecified RTR irish steam loco weather it be a J15, merlin or maebh something preserved anyway (if somone coughed up 15000 pounds 464 would be on that preserved list!)

The Bachmann DMU set set from a few years ago would have been a good example of that, but im unsure if we will very see an irish train set for a long while. Its very hard to get into the hobby with the prices and a train set...well it would have to be 150-180 euro to get people my age into it. Even so i don't see too many 20 year old getting into modeling, 40 seems to be when people start when theh get nastalgic about the trains they used to take. Our generation can barely remember when the odd train was orange! Granted while i love my old stuff, 201 with maybe 2 mark fours and a mark four dvt at the end in an oval layout would be irresistible as that is the train of our time I suppose. At the same time the reason i like the old CBSC stuff goes to show that people who live near closed lines and want a model of what ran on them....thats another side