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10 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

There is 9% vat Periodicals.

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!

Sounds like a Brexit bonus to me!

I got charged €5 extra on a magazine coming from the UK yesterday

42 minutes ago, DoctorPan said:

The proposed solution is a full flood relief scheme and drainage design for the region. Rasing the embankment only kicks the can down the road and leaves it open to flooding during 1 in 100 year floods, which is no bueno these days.

I'd say commuters who use the line would take a 1 in 100 year flood risk to the current 1 in 1 year flood risk! 

You would think raising the embankment, with a few large culverts to allow water to pass from one side to another would sort it out?

My brother picked up a couple of packs of modelling clay in Mr. Price for the kids to make stuff with - it could be pressed into service on a model railway I reckon

4 minutes ago, murphaph said:

This all comes down to the lack of respect for IP that exists in China. It's always going to be a bit of a gamble having stuff produced there I guess. The smaller you are the less worried the factory is going to be about losing future orders presumably. I don't buy from HK or Mainland China based eBay sellers of models now as I know the score but most people not on this forum are probably genuinely unaware of the origin of these models on eBay. 

^^Exactly this^^

China don't see IP as a thing from what I have heard before.

49 minutes ago, Flying Snail said:

Its his IP that has been stolen, and it has a value. The copies are distorting the market. Yes, that means cheap locos for some now but if it makes it unviable for him to do future reruns then that could impact whether or not he stays in business.

Yep, I get the IP thing. Legally going after anyone but the factory selling these unofficial models is a waste of time

25 minutes ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

If it was your stolen property would you feel the same!

Just imagine having something stolen, then it appears on eBay and saying, that’s fine!  NOT!

Except it is a copy - Paddy still has the full order he placed with the manufacturer.

Press charges against the factory owner, not the people buying locos from Ebay - sure how are they to know anyway?

Same as going after the drug dealers instead of the users/addicts

I get the whole Intellectual Property (IP) thing - the factory are the ones running off extra copies to sell themselves, taking all the profit. This is who should be charged.

Example - One of your relations knows you are into modelling Irish railways. As a present, they want to get you a model loco. Seeing them sold out on the Irish shops, they go to Ebay, and lo and behold, there's Irish locos for sale. They purchase one from the Chinese seller - should they be charged with handling stolen property? Should you if you received it from your aunt/uncle whatever? Daft...

18 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

On the subject of Murphys Models I was speaking with Paddy this afternoon
He is very upset with some of his models that are appearing on eBay etc and 
coming from China
These locos are stolen property!
He has been in touch with the authorities there and they are commencing an investigation
If anyone is found to have bought one of these stolen items it is his intention to have them
prosecuted for handling stolen property
Caveat Emptor, (pass Latin 1972 St Declans CBS Cabra!)

 

Prosecuting someone for 'handling stolen property' is a bit of a dick move on his part IMO

On 28/3/2024 at 10:26 PM, Louth said:

It will be built to a different gauge to Irish Rail so integration can never be achieved.

Ireland seems to adopt very expensive infrastructure projects that are badly thought through and offer poor value for money (the Children's Hospital comes to mind).   Sometimes we get what we deserve and only have ourselves to blame!

Different gauge? Sure they might as well make it a bloody monorail in that case... SMH

One in the original grey livery on Adverts at the mo:

https://www.adverts.ie/models/murphy-models-class-121-oo-gauge-model-mint-condition/32723266

On 30/3/2024 at 11:55 PM, 226 Abhann na Suire said:

I know not the topic of this thread, but my god wasn’t Heuston looking well!! Gorgeous natural light through the roof and hanging baskets and everything!! And I was always fierce fond of checked station platforms! Such a shame that there’s been a bit of a decrease in station pride and well-kemptedness with some of these aspects - certainly the station is still well-kept with the new platform surfaces and signage and boards, but the roof windows could certainly use a shine these days and a few flowers wouldn’t go astray!! 

You're not the only fan of a checkerboard pattern! 
https://www.rockarchive.com/prints/s/specials-the-spec001jf

I must get the finger out & do something like that myself, as I have no layout & a small shelf one would be good for practicing scenery techniques, etc...

2 hours ago, airfixfan said:

The only thing accurate is that until 1937 Donegal kocos were painted black!

I was going to say 'wheels'

30 minutes ago, IrishTrainScenes said:

Any disruption likely for 25 May??

Works are scheduled to take 12 weeks as far as I know, so yes, I'd say so!

I really enjoyed that! Great to see shots from locations you wouldn't normally see, being taken by the driver when held at a signal.

Also, the background detail behind the pics gave it that extra too.

I asked whether the recording was going to be uploaded to the IRRS youtube channel, for those that missed it, and it looks like it will be.

I'd rewatch the show myself, as I did get called away from the show during the first half, and want to see what I missed!

Here's an update from November last year that ITV did:

https://youtu.be/OUbZrXcMMqY?si=k-8vWn5Uak_4qPh-

11 hours ago, Metrovik said:

I can't make it to the meeting live, is there anyway to see a recording of the meeting after the date? Will be shame to miss it.

Sometimes they will post a recording of the event - if they do, I'll stick it up here.

That one good thing to come out of Covid lockdowns - the IRRS started holding these Zoom meetings. I am a member, and never made it to a single meeting in Heuston for any of the slideshow/talks, so it has been great being able to tune in to the online meetings!

ZOOM WEBINAR

Thursday 21 March 2024 19:30

Iarnród Éireann in the 1990s 

An illustrated presentation by by Tony Cooke.

Tony Cooke is a retired railwayman and driver, which gave him inside experience of the railway system. Tony will be presenting a selection of images from his vast collection showing Iarnród Éireann in the 1990s. Arguably the last decade of traditional railway operations before modernisation swept across the company from the 2000s onwards.

THIS EVENT WILL BE ZOOM ONLY.

Please click the link below to join the webinar:

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86419759330?pwd=REE5b2NDdEloR3JBTkl1WE1HcjdkUT09

Nice! They got there in the end - hand delivered too!

(for context - I tried posting them, but the parcel ended up being sent back to me due to some customs issue sending to the Canary Islands)

Here's a similar take on that sort of thing: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cktlY8JfvQ

The new ones won't work with the older 141/181 models I saw it mentioned somewhere I think

12 hours ago, Noel said:

Am I the only one who has never been to IKEA? Nor have I any desire to. 

Never been there either!

Sounds like cost-cutting measures went too far to me

On 12/3/2024 at 9:58 PM, Mayner said:

Steelwork spray painted red-oxide to prevent rust, galvanised steel body left unpainted when when wagons overhauled for beet traffic mid-70s

Wagon dumped out of service at Liffey Junction 83-4 had been used as spoil wagons on the DART project for several years.

 

 

 

I was thinking that's what it was, rather than 'paint bleed' on the model itself! Hail hail IRM's eye for detail!