RedRich

The best weathering is when the person weather's what he sees and not what he thinks it looks like. The masking is exceptionally good around the windows. You have done the former Phil, nothing more needs to be said.

The MM 201, 121, MK2d, and Cravens have wider spaced buffers. The 141 - 181 and 071 locos have narrower width buffer spacings. I can see the reasoning in the IRM choice of buffer width when you take into account that modellers would have bought Dapol wagons in flying snail and CIE logos and repainted Bachmann wagons. A lot of people have bought and converted Parkside Dundas kits to resemble CIE wagons and not bothered widening the buffer spacing. I am sure that some have widened them but would be a very small percentage of Irish modellers. I worked on a job once where we were installing an air conditioning along with air extraction system in other areas in a welding and metal fabrication company. Some of the curtains outside the welding booth's had to be removed to allow us access. Anyway one chap working in the fabrication section complained that every time he turned around to look over at the work we and the welders were doing he claimed the arc flash from the welding was annoying and affecting him in doing his job. The union got involved with management and tools were downed for 2 days. The way an agreement was reached on both sides was he was told to stop looking over. That is something that we have to do in this hobby, we have to adjust to certain aspects and returning models for a refund or not buying them in the first place are other choices that are available to us all.

What is one of the most standout features for myself is they are 95% of the way to matching the MM Mark ( shade of orange ) 2A coaches in the IE livery. Anyone modelling the BR scene will testify as to how other manufacturers can't even match the shades of the same livery in batches produced a few years apart.I love the MM ones and the IRM MK2's take them up a level or two. Well done IRM. Can't wait for the B4 bogies from IRM to arrive to fit to the MM ones.

I tried the Homer Simpsom approach when he bought Marge a bowling ball for her birthday with the intention of asking her if he could borrow it. She wasn't having any of it.

What made it worse is it's her birthday today Noel. She thought they were for her.

My two packs arrived today and they are stunning models. The missus saw the boxes they were delivered in and had one of those WTF episodes not because the models are amazing but WTF have you bought now, is there any more of that going to arrive, haven't you got enough already. I turned on the ringtone on my phone and said sorry love I have to take this now.

Love the design and colours on the box. Enjoy them.

Very nice Dave. Looking forward to my IE sets.

This one sounds like a Frankie Howard monologue.

It sounds like a line from a carry on film. Sid James, Bernard Bresslaw, Babs Windsor et all.

Just popped in for a look Noel and as always very enjoyable.

Looking good Darius it has obviously taken lots of hard work to get to the level it is at now.

There was a member of the Scalefour society in the members forum building an MTK class 59 a few years ago. Hasn't been updated since but I was really interested in seeing how it turned out.

I believe he used to say or have printed on the box hammer or nails not included.

MJT Carriage Compensation Units can be assembled for EM P4 and 21mm. Brassmaster make nice units also.