Tractionman

brilliant, thanks very much for this @Anders112 and the pics too good to see! cheers, Keith

I am contemplating this as my next step! Can I ask, did you spray paint the track or brush paint it, and which ballast did you go for for this, it all looks really good. Cheers, Keith

Yes, a lot of stuff has been sitting there unsold for ages, I periodically check to see what's come in. The coaching stock seems to sell, though again some has sat, especially the weathered stuff.

That's a good point, I had to very quickly load up my phone plan with extra credit while I was still in the airport at Zurich on their wifi, did it in the passport queue

It fell off a cliff edge, exchange rate now makes it even more massively expensive, it was expensive enough as it was!

just worth a look for anyone after MM stuff https://railsofsheffield.com/collections/murphy-models?filter.v.price.gte=0&filter.v.price.lte=220&page=1&sort_by=created-descending

blimey, now that's good to hear, it's two hours plus between Belfast--Derry and deserves a cuppa watching the landscape pass by ...

yes indeed, as with the Park Royals that popped up again in stock yesterday when I looked--true--I have done the 'get back in stock alert' for the DT on the IRM/Accurascale website, but using this feature has not worked for me in the past so I am not hopeful!

it seemed to sell out a while back, so I too am considering a rake without it--the maroon livery looks gorgeous but 5 coaches is a fair wodge but without the DT I am still pondering...

I see there's a few back up on the IRM website for anyone still looking...

Enterprise services are so rammed the old tea trolley has trouble getting through the train

I think the sheet on the left is too old to show the railway (it's still shown as under construction!). It may be that a trip to the Trinity Map Library might be necessary to see a paper map, https://www.tcd.ie/library/map-library/ Ideally what's needed is the OS 1:2500 scale (25") maps, to show the details of running lines, though the six inch might be ok. If Trinity can't help try NLI--nice day out in Dublin either way cheers, Keith

makes you wonder who is buying at those kind of prices! but at the same time an indicator that demand is there but it is not being met by supply... an opportunity for addressing this surely?

they look excellent, sorry to ask but is there a link for ordering -- a web search came up with one but it was dead alas

excellent I have in front of me my copy of Doyle & Hirsch to see what might be manageable with my limited skills, and so looking at possibly something like 1906, 1917TL or 1927TL (on page 34). what orange paint for CIE do folks go for usually? (black I am ok with!). cheers, Keith

many thanks @Mol_PMB much appreciated, I will have a look on Ebay for a suitable quarry for my scalpel! all the best, Keith

is there a passable British open brake that I could use to convert to CIE stock? I have been looking at old Lima and Triang coaches but advice would be welcome happy to do some butchering and of course repainting as appropriate! cheers, Keith

Us here

any inf on trade support?

Ah not the Isle of Man then!?

9mm gauge track and 3mm scale would be great for Irish (and IOM) 3-foot gauge modelling but it does not seem to be that common place? I did start buying some 3mm scale building kits with an idea for such a layout but like most of my railway modelling ideas it never came to fruition! cheers, Keith PS, sorry, we are a long way from Hunslets and Enterprise stock !!

on a Sunday too, which makes things logistically slightly easier (for me!) with things like parking and a 10.40 departure time is quite civilised!

aha thanks, that explains things, it's the maroon/blue driving trailer that it looks like I have missed out on -- on pre-orders https://www.accurascale.com/products/nir-mk-2b-bdts-812-nir-maroon-blue

hmm, I thought these were all new (and as yet unavailable) releases?! I have a nice shiny new maroon Eagle just landed, and was about to think about the rolling stock to go with it so am a bit at a loss now, I guess I shall just have to get what I can

I am curious as to why these have now sold out but the other Mk2 NIR coaches remain orderable! Do some folks just want the Driving Trailer on its own, or are fewer of these being produced compared with the other Mk2s?