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  1. 1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

    So, is €3 Million the final estimate or is the tally still rising?

    These figures never stand still and I think we have to realise that this only covers the place until the next flood, unless the powers that be are motivated to design and introduce flood prevention/diversion measures.

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  2. 9 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

    Yes, the one about re-engineing the B101s was very much true. As you say, they got superb use out of the 071s - but imagine if 071-type engines had gone into the Sulzers - would they still be seen in Ballina at the front of a train of containers?

    They might only have lasted up until the 1990s before being withdrawn, just as the As and Cs were at that time.

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  3. According to the GLS parcel tracking, the RPSI set I ordered has made it to Britain, but then the trail goes a bit cold.

    I have a Parcelforce track number which claims the parcel was subjected to an attempted delivery on Valentine's Day, and then left at the local post office. My friend and I went to that post office today, only to be told that the parcel was not there!!

    Hope it hasn't been stolen....

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  4. On 9/9/2023 at 5:44 AM, Mayner said:

    ...., there are tales of travelers and traders taking their horses in the lifts of Ballymun Flats, before the 'urban youth horse" culture developed into a major phenomon on the 'praries"  on the Council Estates on the outskirts of Dublin City during the late 80s and 90s.

    You might remember that awkward scene in The Commitments....

     

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  5. On 22/1/2024 at 6:54 PM, David Holman said:

    A real blast from the past. A group of us were discussing MTK kits at the club only last week. Pretty good for their day, though also known for the El Crappo range of 7mmNG kits....

    Colin Massingham, of whom it was said that he was a stranger to engineering drawings, preferring instead to guesstimate by eye - see his early Steamcast kits for various BR Standard engines.

    The Elcrappo brand also covered his 7mm standard gauge kits.

     

  6. 22 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

    Has any thought been given to the possibility of selling the wider bogies and lighting kits as IRM / Accurascale accessory packs?

    Four bogies as one accessory pack and two lighting kits as a seperate pack, maybe?

    Would be lovely to be able to upgrade the older Bachmann Mk2A's to run with these.

    Aren't the Bachmann / Murphy mounting points supposed to be a bit different to the IRM ones? Not sure a direct swap is possible. 

  7. 10 minutes ago, MOGUL said:

    The leading bidder is either really desperate to own this one, or is leading everyone up the garden path by putting in repeated joke bids.

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  8. On 23/1/2024 at 1:14 PM, Warbonnet said:

    ..... lifetime manufacturer’s warranty on all new, in stock and forthcoming IRM models!

    But, what about the IRM models you already own? Well, we have not forgotten about you either!

    So, how about this? We are EXTENDING our lifetime manufacturer’s warranty to all models ever sold new by us, or new by our retailers in the past, too!....

    I'm just after getting a flashback to this:

     

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  9. 2 hours ago, Mayner said:

    ....The UT ex-GNR Bread/Parcels Van is something of a rarity a Jeremy Suter kit produced during the late 90s early 2000s.

    Jeremy produced a series of excellent limited run Irish wagon kits including the UTA-ex GN Parcel Van, GN Standard covered wagon, GN & NCC versions of the Bread Container wagons used in Northern Ireland and an MGWR Coal Wagon.....

    Very occasionally these reappear on eBay. Values fortunately not high because minority interest.

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  10. On 3/2/2024 at 1:00 AM, jhb171achill said:

    .....the local walking sewage burned out half a dozen carriages....

    Society has become a lot more feral since then. Now they're burning down any buildings suspected to be for asylum seeker / refugee accommodation.

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