Darius43

You’ve seen the Irish version of the Hornby Hymek… …now here’s the Heljan one Not sure about the nameplate though. Cheers Darius

House transplant… A model of the family home in Belfast that I built in the early 1980s. Now to be restored and relocated to Whiterock, minus the front and back gardens that are too far gone. Cheers Darius

Normality returns… Cheers Darius

More activity… Cheers Darius

Some Marklin (West Germany) diecast Porches from the 1970s. Cheers Darius

Current eBay pricing:- Class 201 River Corrib Another Class 201 River Corrib So between £300 and £460 on eBay. Cheers Darius

How about a BR 03? Cheers Darius

Tis a mysterious place, Whiterock… Cheers Darius

Another visitor… Cheers Darius

Looking at Google Streetview this looks like the location from the M2 side. The standard motorway crash barrier doesn’t seem to have been adequate to protect the permanent way - then again it’s prime purpose is to deform and absorb energy whilst preventing vehicles from crossing into the opposite carriageway, not necessarily to protect a railway. Cheers Darius

My understanding from the information provided is that, without Accurascale’s intervention, Heljan would have most likely gone under. Furthermore, part of the reason for their predicament were the actions of large retailers demanding big discounts. What has happened is that the big retailers have been cut out of the loop and now only Heljan and the consumer benefit. For some reason the big retailers are disgruntled. Quel surprise. I had preorders for a couple of Heljan locos - one with Rails and one with Kernow. Kernow were kind enough to inform me that my preorder with them was now defunct. As yet not a peep from Rails. I’ve just re-ordered them from the new Heljan website - simples. Cheers Darius

I tend to avoid the model railway “influencer” crowd on YouTube, preferring to concentrate on the fun of actually doing some modelling. The more cynical side of me sees the YouTube outrage as a means to monetise the opportunity presented by recent events. Cheers Darius

Most or possibly all of it also on eBay - see the eBay thread. Cheers Darius

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You could always ask (using this forum) for the specific measurements that you need for each model. That way there would be no need for the person to travel to meet you with the model(s) for you to physically measure. It would avoid the need for multiple meetings, assuming that no one person was able to bring along all the models for which you need measurements. Cheers Darius