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Hi, JPK, Yes the 141 is still available at the moment. Regards. John

Now Sold.

Bachmann/Murphy MK2a coaches in IE livery MM4108 coach No. 4101 MM4108 coach No. 4108 MM4110 coach No. 4102 MM4110 coach No. 4110 €55.00 each plus postage or €200.00 for all four.

Bachmann MM0161 class 141 loco No 161SA in CIE livery. Has only ever been out of the box about two times just for test running. All lights are working and detail pack still unopened. Few minor scuff marks on box from storage. €225.00 including registered post within Ireland.

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Its some Lima pre-owned locos that I have been buying recently, I am aware of Modellbahnunion thanks, and Modelbahnshop Lippe which I have used a few times in the past.

Just had another email for customs duty on another low value item I ordered from Hatton's. An Post and Irish customs are a right PITA!!!! When you try to speak to them they just fob you off with feeble excuses. Sometimes makes me wonder if its worth bothering with railway modelling anymore.

The saga continues! I paid the Anpost customs charges and Hatton's have refunded me, so far so good. This was on Thursday and the receipt from Anpost said we will now deliver your items. It is now Tuesday and still no delivery. Been in contact with Anpost customer support but total waste of time just keep getting fobbed off with feeble excuses! Nothing wrong with our local postie or our local post office, but as for their customer care staff!!

Certainly a good model shop which stocks a range of additional detailing accessories would be good, I used to get things like metal buffers ( for my Parkside and Dapol kits) to replace the plastic ones supplied in the kits, along with coupling hooks. Most of these used to come from Peters spares, the postage to Ireland used to be around £5.00 but since brexit they want £23.99 !!! which is way over the top for a small packet. Local model shop, well Marks models is about 3 hours away in Dublin and Modellers corner in Enniskillen 2 hours away.

I had a reply from Hatton's earlier, they said that they are having a few problems with shipment caused by Royal mail to the EU, despite Hatton's using all the correct labelling on parcels, however they said that I should pay the VAT/Customs charge and email the receipts to Hatton's and they will refund me. Fair play to Hatton's for sorting it out.

Hi George, An Post charge €3.50 fee on top of the VAT. Spoke to An post customer service, waste of time, phoned customs only to get recoded message to email them! Phone call to Hatton's and hopefully they are going to sort it. I have copied the breakdown of charges from one of the emails but deleted the customs and tracking No's. Regards. John Customs Value: Customs Reference Number: Tracking ID Number: Date: Import Duty: Excise Duty: VAT: An Post Fee: Total to be Paid: Pay by Date: € 52.11 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxxxxx 05/08/2021 € 0.00 € 0.00 € 13.31 € 3.50 € 16.81 29/08/2021 Had reply from customs, they say its An post applying the charges!! "Good morning John I have forwarded your query to ecommchargequery@anpost.ie as an Post are now putting charges on the packets. Regards M Burke Customs Officer, Dublin Mail Centre, Oak Road, Knockmitten, Dublin 22"

I have just had an email and text message from An post (Irish post office) to say that I have to pay VAT + handling charges on two parcels from Hatton's!!! They are both well below the £135/€150 limit. Email sent to An post explaining that Hatton's are registered for Irish VAT, now awaiting their response.

Hornby railroad class 31 body, running No. 31 256 Will fit Hornby railroad or Lima chassis. All glazing intact. €30.00

WWT is short for Working Timetable, and TT is just Timetable, The WTT is/was issued to rail staff and had more information, ie, head codes, type of train etc than the ordinary public timetable.

Thinking of the same thing myself.

Not sure if the new VAT changes will affect orders from the likes of Hatton's as they are apparently VAT registered for Irish VAT so should not be any issue hopefully. If not the modelling is going to be a lot more expensive!

Maybe worth posting a list and see what happens. What do you have in the way of the Roco stock? Any SNCF, SBB or FS?

G0G Gazettes, February 2018 - February 2021 inclusive.

Hi NIRCLASS80, From your videos and phots that looks a superb layout. Very impressive and a lot of work has gone into it. Why don't you initially email a few sample images to the editor of Railway Modeller with maybe a link to this thread of your layout and take it from there. Email railway-modeller@btconnect.com Regards, John

You may be better off with Railway Modeller as they do publish articles on Irish layouts. Model rail don't do overseas articles, as I made enquires to them once.

This is still available.

Provisionally sold pending payment. Now SOLD.

Yes its still available at the moment, Regards, John

Hi Eoin, Yes it is still available at the moment. Regards, John