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No need whatsoever to apologize Noel. There are many different facets to the hobby and whether one individual is into highly detailed and accurate models and another just wants to play trains we all have a voice. I believe the 121 will be a fabulous model and I am really looking forward to it. Rich,

Noel as a modeller and consumer I am interested in where the model is produced and it is another aspect of the hobby that I care about also. It's nice to follow the development from the computer screen to the finished model. The IRM crew have been keeping us up to date on the development of the ballast wagon showing us cad images of where we are at the moment, and that makes the project that extra little bit more special. It does matter to some of us. Rich,

As far as I am aware the 071's came from the same factory as the Cravens and babies. The buffers and other parts on the 071's were reused from the babies even though they (buffers) are not prototypical for the 071 class. It would be nice to have that clarified if anyone on here can confirm it. If new tooling to correct the window positions on the MK11's (which would be surprising) is done I could see it alienating lot's of folks who bought the original models. Personally I think it would be a good move, but as I have said a very surprising one too. Rich,

What out of interest makes you assume that 1509 will be made in a different factory. Rich,

Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Glenderg. Isabelle is a beautiful name for a beautiful little girl. Thanks for giving us the good news Seamus. It's good to see you back sir. Rich,

If it is the OTA wagon then no it is nothing like ours. Rich,

Really looking forward to these. It will be nice at last to have the four La Grange Illinois GM's modelled to a top standard. As cool as they are double headed nose to nose it will still be nice to double head a train with a 141 or 181 and a 121. I presume that the two IE ones will be 124 and 134. Rich,

Happy new year everyone. With these releases from IRM ( for me) it will equal or even eclipse the period when the Babies and Cravens were introduced. Great news Fran. Rich,

I am a huge fan of the saga and I brought my son today. I had stayed away from anything on the net so I wouldn't know any of the story line. Like Fran said there was also a big attendance at the showing I was at. Lot's of folk attending were seeing it for the first time also. A little bit of tact in future Dive might help. Rich,

A bit belated but Merry Christmas to one and all and a happy new year. Rich,

Jaysus I thought Boutros Boutros Ghali had joined the site. Don't think it will make the Nobel peace prize. Rich,

I've been looking for some bits on the Michael Clarke brochure Richie. Sterling, check, postal order, or bankers draft, no paypal or electronic payment, but my god they are fantastic etchings and castings. Don't mention the rivet counter words, certain fella's shirts and trousers will start ripping and they'll turn green. They don't like folks with an eye for detail. Rich,

You said it's brass so bound to be from the last century, so what did you mean. The Brassmaster site is like a lot of kit manufacturers sites in the UK and they all carry top of the range kit's and castings. Rich,

I think Richie knows that. He was being humorous. JB got the joke. Rich,

After tonight's result I think Jose might be looking for a new club and address. Rich,

+ One a fantastic job. Rich,

A fantastic piece of modelling Bren. I can only imagine the time and effort that went into the build. Rich,

It was Ivan. I think they raised the bar for out door gigs on that tour. It was a multi media show as well as musical. I think Larry Mullen said you can go to a gig and watch tv at the same time, how bad. Rich,

No they didn't do a 37 to the new specs. The Bachmann retooled 37 is a nice model and ticks all the boxes running wise. I also should have added the Hornby 08 class to the above list, it's a lovely little model. Rich,

Class 50 was the first of the Hornby super detailed and new motorized models. They were followed by Class 31 Class 60 Class 56 HST Power cars Class 67. I would go as far as to say that the Class 60 hold's the title for best 4mm rtr diesel model on the market, especially in triple grey. Rich,

I remember seeing U2 in Cork in 1993. They had about 6 Trabbies hanging off the stage and the headlamps were being used as spotlights. Rich,

Great news Des they look great. It now allows us to model both variants of the wagon. Great to see the freight side of the hobby taking it's place deservedly along side the locos and passenger stock. Rich,

Looks good Des. Rich,

That's good news Pat. Reaching as large an amount of customers as is possible can only be a good thing for IRM. Rich,

The WW Park Royal and Laminate kit's are crying out for the parts you mention Des especially the bogies. The bogies are completely different to the UK equivalent being a rather cut down version of them. You are on a role at the moment yourself Des with the new kit's, the ammonia kit looks sweet in Richie's tutorial. I'll be contacting you for some more flats soon and I am not forgetting the bogie sub frames, up to my eyeballs with other things at the moment. Rich,