Flying Snail

Forcing mainline passengers from services terminating at Connolly and Pearse to then switch to the Dart for one stop before switching again to the metro just seems shoddy. I know its probably cheaper and easier to build, but still ....

Go anywhere, do anything ... 

.. at least that's what I four-see anyhow

50 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Not long now..

45 minutes ago, Edo said:

Anybody had an update from Rails yet?

I haven't heard anything back from them since my Feb 21 post.

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is ...

.... am I the only one here who is reminded of that Ad when reading this topic? 

For those too young to remember and/or are not based in Ireland, it's an ad from back in the noughties (when Irish financial watchdogs were too busy making ads to bother regulating the financial industry). It's got a double-decker bus in it though, and there's plenty of bus fans here too

19 hours ago, Horsetan said:

Maybe someone should tell Mr Hilton that....

I believe he frequents this site.

I have a couple of James' books and follow him on Youtube, I really like his focus on the aesthetic and the sense of place.

Just ordered a few Flying Snail opens myself now (well I had to, didn't I?), and a couple of packs of the flats. Are the flats also finished production or is it just the opens?

Also .. at the rate you're going, the new "Project Status' page is going to look empty soon, probably no harm in announcing a few more products to keep the bare look off of it!! 

Great article and well done North Down!

Given that it already has (some quite important) items from across Ireland, surely the most cost-effective solution for an "Irish Transport Museum" would be for the Irish Government to part-fund the Ulster Transport Museum under something like the Shared Island Initiative? 

Interesting concept - I'm looking forward to seeing this develop. Best of luck with it!

I saw them in Malahide on Sunday for the first time (first time out there too - kudos, @jhb171achill on the work you and your colleagues have put in), and I thought they looked very well indeed. Its a very eye-catching livery, and I'm almost regretting not picking them up when I had the chance - even though my interests lie more along former GSWR territory.

You've built up quite the fleet there @Noel!

Success! Alan has reverted to me via the email address provided above with subscription details for New Irish Lines - options include hardcopy via post and pdf versions via email.

@Bob49 - I know this will be of interest to you too.

3 hours ago, Bob49 said:

Does anyone know what's going on with their website? I tried to access the site today and got this.

I encountered the same thing on Friday

A couple of forum members responded to me with Alan's email and I sent him a note about the newsletter. I haven't heard back yet, but I'll share any info I get.

48 minutes ago, Brendan8056 said:

Hello,

           " New Irish Lines"  is superb as ever. the website does appear to be offline. I would suggest you try emailling Alan O'Rourke.  alanorourke@hotmail.co.uk.

Anyone who is serious about Irish Railway Modelling should consider subscribing, I always find every edition inspiring and interesting. Lots on this forum write articles for it.

Thanks Brendan - I've sent Alan an email now.

Does anybody know if the Irish Railway Modelling Circle's newsletter is still available to subscribe to? I tried to visit their website  at http://www.newirishlines.org but it seems to be gone offline?

2 hours ago, David Holman said:

Seems to me the main issue is that if you want to print your own, via a computer, how do you get white? So many Irish wagons have white lettering, but your average inkjet printer doesn't do that, instead relying on paper being white - not much good for a clear transfer sheet.

 

 

 

There are a small number of white-toner printers on the market - i.e printers that are designed to print white details with white ink, so if you're in the market for a new printer thats one option. You would want to make sure you can easily get the ink cartridges though.

Another option is to see if there are white ink cartridges available for your printer - these would be typically available from 3rd party suppliers. If there are, you can just swap out the black ink cartridge for the white one and print monochrome images and text. That is, you would print out a solid black image/text and because you're using white ink instead of black - the printed image would be white.

25 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

 im not a garden shed enthusiast though!

Give it about 20 years, you will be 

Excellent work @Gabhal Luimnigh, it's fabulous!!

Very interesting indeed. Particularly interesting to see the combination of 3D printing and brass on that J17. Thanks for sharing!!

4 hours ago, Horsetan said:

Update: it looks like they did, so that's a relief.

Excellent - glad to hear it!!!

On 20/2/2024 at 2:16 PM, Horsetan said:

 

Update: the local post office has found the parcel and we have retrieved it!

It does look like it has either been drop-kicked or partly crushed in transit....

Did they survive intact????

1 minute ago, BosKonay said:

The coaches themselves are due to be completed and shipping around May / June so there is still time for rails to get the data sorted.

I blame you @BosKonay - if Accurascale hadn't been so proactive and on the ball with the pre-orders for the ranges you took over from Hattons, I wouldn't be getting nervous!!    

3 minutes ago, Railway Lyons said:

They should be due in next few months, so hopefully they have not gone the way of the dodo, and it's just settling time after Hattons doors closing.

I expect you're right, and there's plenty of time yet before they're due.

I still can't see any of my CIE Genesis Coaches in the pre-orders section of my Rails account. I was on to Rails' customer chat a couple of weeks back and they said that they hadn't received any details from Hattons yet.

I'm beginning to get a little nervous now again and I'll follow-up with them again soon But before I do -  I'd like to check if anyone here has received confirmation about their  pre-orders?

This is really helpful. It would be great to see more of these guides being produced.

Also - Dutch Van. Come on IRM, you know you want to!!!

22 minutes ago, Gabhal Luimnigh said:

Even though I have no interest in BR or the like, they are a lovely looking model.

don't let that stop you ....

The Irish Deltic was a classic - looking forward to this April's announcement