irishmail

On 7/3/2023 at 8:57 AM, irishmail said:

Having now had two parcels now on thier way back to Hatton's , Yesterday I phoned Hattons telling them about this problem,  and they said for some reason they are currently having problems with shipments to Ireland.   It seems to be when using Royalmail - Anpost,  not aware of any issues with DHL, which is the only other shipping option, but expensive at £23.00!!!

 

Anyway, once Hattons recive the items back I should get an email from them giving me options of refunding or resending the item,  so watch this space and see what happens.

Seems like Anpost make the rules up and change them to suit themselves.  With my orders apparently they just got rejected and supposedly being sent back!   All the info I got was 'unable to deliver',   they did not even try or contact me about the packages, instead some idiot in the Anpost Dublin 12 sorting office deciding to send it back.  

Where is the logic in sending items back, especially in this day and age of climate change, does not make sense.  

Having now had two parcels now on thier way back to Hatton's , Yesterday I phoned Hattons telling them about this problem,  and they said for some reason they are currently having problems with shipments to Ireland.   It seems to be when using Royalmail - Anpost,  not aware of any issues with DHL, which is the only other shipping option, but expensive at £23.00!!!

Anyway, once Hattons recive the items back I should get an email from them giving me options of refunding or resending the item,  so watch this space and see what happens.

39 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

With all the brexit stuff now, we all have to get inoculations, passports and masks, and negotiate supply chain issues at the Ha'penny bridge...........

I will have to cross the Shannon as well as the Liffey  if I visit Dublin!!    

I dont have  Twitter account,  Tried the web chat but keep getting oscar bot! which is of no help.

Looks like Anpost are back to thier antics once again!   Got an order from Hattons, say they were unable to deliver, but have never tried, it has not left Dublin!

01 March 2023 01:12

Your post has left An Post DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12

24 February 2023 16:26

We could not deliver your post. We will try to return it to the sender. DUBLIN MAIL CENTRE, DUBLIN 12

3 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Or an Irish 66...

That will be announced on April 1st I think, 66001 in Black  & Tan livery .. 

54 minutes ago, iarnrod said:

Was half expecting Accurascale to also announce a 60 to be honest.

That will be the next announcement then.  

Well, as they are in Glasgow and continuing with their English Electric theme I'm guessing the announcement will be either a class 20 or class 40, as both worked in Wee Bonny Scotland.

You could also try Hobbymad in Cork.   https://www.hobbymad.ie/evergreen-plastics   though at the moment some items are out of stock,  but they have a good range of modelling materials and paints.  have used them for a good few years now.  

On 7/2/2023 at 11:14 AM, Darius43 said:

A few years ago I modified a series of Hornby BR Freightliner FFA and FGA flat wagons and containers - improving the bogies and underframe details and adding new Hunt magnetic couplings.  So far I have modified 15 wagons.

Last week we tried running a 10 wagon formation on the “new” continuous loop on the shed layout.  Even with new metal wheels and brass bearings the train is still draggy such that the magnetic force of the couplers is overcome and they separate - at about half train length.

To solve this I am replacing the Hunt couplings with fixed bar couplings made from black plasticard.

Cheers

Darius

Nothing wrong with the fixed bar.  That's how the real freightliner flats were originally coupled in rakes of five.  Nice work there on them old liners.

This is the latest information that is on the Hatton's website. 

Nooooo that,s sooo wrong!!  50007 should be large logo blue and named Hercules.   

Where is this company based?   

I could not see anything on the website.  No address, contact No. (apart from web contact) or e-mail.

Had a delivery from Railtec transfers today all arrived safe and well.  It was posted just before Royal Mail announced the problems with shipping overseas so must have got through just in time.

8 hours ago, Broithe said:

I did 'live' in Lincolnshire for a while, that was enough for me...

Could have been worse and been in Luton like me lol.      Lincolnshire's not that bad in comparison, and yes Norfolk is nice.

On 14/12/2022 at 10:17 PM, Noel said:

Modelbahnshoplippe might be better on postage to EU. My last orders from them were 7.90 postage via UPS.

Have used then several times, MSL postage is very reasonable, as Noel says only €7.90postage, and if order is over €100.00 then shipping is only €3.90.

Just had a delivery from them yesterday, and since early this year they use GLS for shipping to Ireland.

No connection with MSL except satisfied customer. 

Do I add to my class 50 stash collection,  currently have 7 Hornby and 4 Lima.  (Fran, If you have a spare sample I would gladly do a comparison review.)

16 hours ago, Galteemore said:

There were a few nice green ones for GW 150….

 

50007 Hercules was the only class 50 repainted green for the GWR 150 celebrations along with I think either 3 or 4 class 47's.  47484, 47500 and one other I think??

The green livery sat well on the Hoover, but at the time many were not happy about the renaming, especially as there were still many unnamed duff's (47's) at the time.

16 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Is there one with black'n'tan or green with flyin' snail?

That will be announced  next April I think. 

Sale on at Hatton's.  May be something if interest for someone.  

https://www.hattons.co.uk/newsdetail?id=1269&fbclid=IwAR2ly-BQdIXFSztEGJD3skgpzUIgh0mSSqvkybUHshHRc7btpnRhApkWArw

That's good news. 

Thank you for your time and effort to sort this.

3 hours ago, Arran said:

HI All

 

I don't have any problems sending Models to Ireland !!!!      i cant see the Hassell part as ive not picked up on negative feedback due to charges as i do mark them down a little !!!!!!

 

Regards Arran

Do you deduct VAT for posting to Ireland or are you IOSS registered like Hattons?

Thanks.

Hi,   Has anyone had any experience of using the Border parcel motel in Belcoo?  

https://www.facebook.com/borderparcelmotel

May be of use??

Gaugemaster 10 LGB transformer/controller.  Good working order.  * Reduced*

€75.00     €60.00