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Ah nice one! If/when you know when they can be ordered, please let me know here, as I am not on Facebook & would really hate to miss these!

Does anyone here know if there is a diecast version of the Van Hool D class planned/upcoming? When I was on Facebook, I was member of an Irish Model bus group, a member of which put together a small run of the KD, and old Leyland Atlantean, which were fantastic. Since leaving Facebook, I now have no way of knowing if he is doing a new run or not, and I would hate to miss out if he did the Van Hool D - my favorite Irish bus of all time.

Very cool packing - no fear of damaging it when unboxing

or 'pulling the trigger' as a friend calls it! This is the only way he will bid - on vinyl records though, so you can relax!

I like that homemade wooden one - very simple

Is that the 'A Class' model from Lima back in the day? Seeing how the 'C Class' was a repainted Class33 and all...

Nothing to stop that. Looking at the bid history (click on the bids beside the price), there are only three bidders on it. e***v( 0 ) : 8 items bid on in the last 30 days, 100% of them with this seller. This seems suspect c***a( 19) : 11 items bid on in last 30day, 60% with this seller t***_( 133) : 3 items bid on in last 30 days, 70 % with this seller. The first is very suspect

That part you have circled above is the '21 pin dcc decoder socket' by the looks of it

Wow, just wow...

Agreed - they'll stop spray from a sneeze or cough exiting the body & landing on surfaces that others could then come in contact with, thereby picking up the particles with the virus

Yep - the whole 'anti-vaccination' thing is a big problem. People would rather trust some clown on Facebook etc rather than doctors.

They aren't even effective at stopping it, so it is a waste of money. Might help put your mind at ease - through the placebo effect, but ultimately useless. Even the N95 masks, only stop particles down to 0.3 microns - the virus is less than half that size at 0.12, so even the 'good' masks aren't...

Excellent job that - very impressive!

Wow - nice layout Patrick! The ferts look amazing behind that A, and the sesame seeds look great as a load of beets!

You took me up the wrong way - I don't have a problem with it, in fact I have one of the sets!

Rivet counters like counting rivets

Grand for a full rake, but they wouldn't allow for remote decoupling the way the kadees can. A simple way around this would be to use a kadee coupler on both outermost ends of the rake. Very clever product though - I had only watched that Hornby vid the other night too

Phew! I thought I'd missed out on the chance to pick these up, after just checking the IRM site

Is that the same Tommy Tighe that runs Sound Cellar at the bottom of Grafton St.?!?!

Excellent! Here's a vid of the layout, as the embedded one in the story doesn't appear to work: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mP8qxofTqsE

Does anyone remember the '70s BBC series "Survivors"? Scary stuff. The difference between the Spanish Flu after WW1, and the coronavirus today, is the ability for the virus to spread thanks to international flights. The fact it can be passed on to someone from somebody who isn't showing symptoms makes it even worse.

Proper order - the bloody gobshite! I blame Musk for calling it 'autopilot' in the first place Autopilot fails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPMvQphJQiE

I just hope to god that the Teslas sold over here don't have that 'autopilot' system in them, as the amount of clowns over is US-land having accidents with them is mad. Last one I read of, the car ploughed into two police cars, and another car they had pulled over. The police had put out flares on the lane to warn drivers too. The guy's excuse was that he had turned around to check on his dog in the backseat!

I wonder how much a Nissan Leaf will be worth secondhand in 10 years time, and also what the condition of the batteries would be like after 10 years of use. It is one thing for the govt to say no more diesels after 2030, but a lot of people won't be able to afford to switch over to EV, although by that time hopefully there would be plenty of used EV about. Again, what the batteries are like remains to be seen. For anyone commuting into a city from the suburbs, the EV is ideal. My dad reckons that he'll go EV for his next car - he is currently driving a 1.6L diesel Skoda Yeti. I myself only drive motorbikes - I never learned to drive a 'cage', and I'm 44. I've come to thinking that I will never drive either a diesel or petrol car. I've been keeping an eye on the electric bikes though, and would have no problems switching over to one once the prices come down, and more choice is available from more manufacturers.

Good stuff lads!