Darius43

Back in the ninties when companies had “vision statements” and “values” we were encouraged at the ends of meetings to discuss with our clients the company “values” that been exemplified in the meeting. After one meeting for a project in the Channel Islands, one director decided that “collaboration” was the appropriate value to expound upon. Needless to say it went down badly with that particular audience… Cheers Darius

On the topic of QC/QA I recall a university lecture where the implementation of QC at Rolls Royce Aero Engines was highlighted. The system was called MAGPIE, which the engineers quickly dubbed Manufacture And Generation of Paper Instead of Engines. Cheers Darius

Once had a director emailing me saying that a “pier review” was required for a certain project. My reply of “oh good, does this mean we are going to the seaside”, appeared to go over their head. Cheers Darius

NIR 70 and 80 Class units pass at Whiterock. Cheers Darius

After sending an enquiry today to Accurascale I got an email from them with a payment link for the Hunslets that I ordered. Cheers Darius

80 Class on the up line at Whiterock head. Old and new at Whiterock station. Cheers Darius

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Another visitor. Cheers Darius

Built for a friend of mine over the past month using card stock, plasticard and Scalescenes stone papers. The guns are the Airfix kits and the figure is from Modelu. Cheers Darius

New arrivals. Cheers Darius

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