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Still available. Selling to fund TT:120 project.

On 25/4/2024 at 3:44 PM, skinner75 said:

Funny, magazine with postage was £8.50. It was the first month of a yearly subscription - I have cancelled the sub now, as I do not want to be paying €5 extra every month!

Should not be any issues with magazines.  I have a subscription to Railway Modeller which usually turns up within two weeks of publication date.  I'm also in the gauge 0 guild and have this morning received the May issue of the guild gazette with out any issue.

Did you contact the publisher to see what their response was?

That was one of the benefits of Hatton's before they closed down,  you could put an item in your basket and you would know instantly what the shipping cost would be. 

Hi @DJ Dangerous,

Thought you may like this, quick grab shot taken in Ballyhaunis this morning.

I did visit Bekonscot  a couple of times, must have been in the late 1980's.   Very impressive set up.    The railway is gauge 1 (10mm- 1')  and the buildings are I think built to 1" to 1' scale, though different scales it blends in quite effective in this set up.

Made the RTE news. 

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0421/1444828-steam-train-wicklow/

Well, at least you did not run it directly on the carpet like a certain person on youtube. 

All locos except Athearn SD40 Southern Pacific still available. Open to reasonable offers. 

5 hours ago, Newtoncork said:

IE 163 arrived this morning, herself was here, so had to own up. She especially liked the dayglow panels and how heavy it is. The distraction tactics worked. Next one is that they worked in pairs..........

And don't  forget the third loco for 'Standby'  purposes... 

22 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

No RTC Class 50???

Now   there's  a thing.  Though never  appeared  in that  livery , I think  it  would sit well on  one.  Ok  Fran or Boskonay,  if  you  want to  send  a RTC 50  down  to  Mayo.... 

On 7/4/2024 at 5:38 PM, irishmail said:

 

Athearn SD40 Southern Pacific and freight cars provisionally sold.

SD40 SP and freight cars now sold.

13 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

And, amazingly, these babies were briefly in stock again today and I nabbed two!

https://www.accurascale.com/collections/mark-2-coaches/products/derby-rtc-test-service-vehicles

Had to use an Irish address because of the shipping glitch, but what the Hell, they're worth the extra hassle and taxes!

 

 

They do look good, but how many RTC livery coaches do I need?  I already have some MK1's, a CCT van and an RTC class 24.  

Athearn SD40 Southern Pacific and freight cars provisionally sold.

15 minutes ago, Stoby said:

Sorry i just saw you are in Mayo     i am new at this and was just looking for one loco     i am thinking about a sound equipped one     let me get back to you tonight 

Tom

Just to point out, the SW1500 is plain DCC , not sound.  

28 minutes ago, Stoby said:

 

Yes, all stock still available at the moment.

Seems to be Dapol affected as well now.

https://www.dapol.co.uk/blogs/news/fake-dapol-products?fbclid=IwAR0d_oKLWULyLcTpPW2UfqfqVEDTINUF9z7izk3KYYPZpPN7gZPXO0oSdVI_aem_AWnpiQhHwfOji5v8meKeaJI5Xy8Lf-MzoLuFuEbrOmqEqXYZWpHrnxXIxHZr4bN_gwA1YoyQb6CRWdsHyyuy5BnL

1 hour ago, DJ Dangerous said:

Oh come on, so you want Class 50's in N, TT120, OO and in O???

Next, you'll be looking for Gauge 1!

Yes  to  TT120,  but N noooo,  sold  my  N gauge  years  ago,  found it too fiddly,  but  TT :120  im  ok  with.. 

Now  Gauge  1,mmmm

Now Accurascale/IRM have branched out into TT:120 how about shrinking the MK2's down. 

https://www.accurascale.com/en-eu/products/tt120-accurascale-research-team-three-figure-pack?syclid=co7d4pch33ns739pj2n0&utm_campaign=emailmarketing_148410532025&utm_medium=email&utm_source=shopify_email

Disappointed about lack of announcement this morning.  

Would have at least expected a class 50 in Black & Tan livery.  

Are we going to have another production run of the Irish Deltic as the original sold out on the day of the announcement?     

13 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Thanks, John!

Missed out on the excess Accurascale Mk2's due to a shipping glitch on the website, but managed to find a few for sale elsewhere yesterday.

Also have a few West Coast Mk2's that I had the luck to pre-order, slowly winging their way down here.

Love the look of the earlier and later Mk2's mixed, while sharing the same livery, RPSI style (hint hint, Paddy Murphy) or BR B/G or executive style.

Modellbahn Union have some listed, 

https://www.modellbahnunion.com/e-vendo.php?shop=modellbahn-union-en&a=news&filter=k3274g4152p6542

Most coaches can be mixed and matched,  the main thing to remember is the very early MK11's (not MK2a onwards) were vacuum braked only i think??    Also MK1's were mostly vacuum braked some I think being dual braked.

MK3's there are two versions, the loco hauled and the HST  main difference the HST MK3s had 3 phase electrical systems and no buffers.

On your layout if in doubt just apply rule 1   

Some good information in these PDF books.

https://archive.rcts.org.uk/product-category/coaching-stock-books/

Also, if you can, a copy of your track plan would help.

Good that the database is still going to be available.

It would be great if they introduced a Trunk service  like Hatton's used to have and have the various shipping options without having to worry about the customs and VAT hassle.