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Looks to be still active to me?

I don't think that IRM want to get into the issue of criticism of the models which are to a very high standard being marred by criticism due to poor weathering. If you look at say MM0177 which is a weathered 141 class basically it had a sorry of beige 'dirt' all over the loco including the windscreens iirc and is weathered but not very realistically IMO. Models may have moved on in their specs but I'm not sure that weathering has improved to match that progress as has been alluded to already

Maybe I wasn't navigating it correctly, it showed the unboxing, but not the rebuild or decoder fitting as far as I could see

Better for social distancing, the 55m tram

Geez, the front end in particular has been on the wars all right

Initially I had said no but I think I will be getting one of these after all. IRM nor any other manufacturer will ever do these to be sure

The RPSI heritage set alone has a couple of Park Royals (c. 1955), a 1449 series CIE built open second (pre-)laminate (1958), and buffet car 2421 (1956) all sitting on 61'6 chassis. 1916 is not one of the original 1950s built brakes but was converted in the '70s. Originally it was a a 2162 series suburban composites (1956), the external and internal structure of which is well known and wouldn't take a lot to reverse engineer the conversion to its original composite condition. Some earlier Bredin designed GSR-built coaches also exist in preservation from the Cork-Dublin expresses or the Cork-Rosslare boat trains but these are on 57', 60' or 66' chassis some on 6 wheel bogies which will not see the light of day, although they may be some hope for the former group due to the longevity as primary and secondary stock.

They'd be a good color undercoat if the owner wanted to respray into yellow

The opulence of the GSWR dining car http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000519451

I say stick with the catering vehicles http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000303931

Interesting to see this cravens coach, 1504, the coach leader as I recall with the second class numeral on the door. More familiar to most as the MM 1504TL 00 model also on BnT but without any class numbers. When was standard class adopted (when did they lose the door numbers as such)? Did the first class coaches like 1149 retain a "1" on the doors even after they became 'Superstandards'?

Did the edit button go away? So now when I say "Let's eat grandma!" instead of "Let's eat, grandma" Dueling weapons have been drawn on these fora for a lot less ...

Having the new project manager should help lighten the load a little

Stay with the program, Dave. The word Irish wasn't mentioned the first post so I reckon you're still in the running for the Irish Railway Models side of the company. You'll need to bring your readers though, it's OO scale on that side, after all

I think you have your answer regarding weed sprays and BR MK1 GSV, lads

I'm confused why the model would be running with both red and white marker lights, though? Was use of mixed lights for shunting used in the irish 1960s rail scene? Or is that single market a trick of the light with the red on the outside lens?

http://www.sct61.org.uk/ciau344

Very interesting although I wouldn't dabble in N scale, it seems like OO is getting smaller these days! I wonder who went to the trouble of designing the CAD for this?

That would be the most sensible approach for the manufacturer to give the modeler the broadest modeling period possible

I think you're spoiled for choice on that one. I think A42, A55, A15 might all be in the running there but check that thread for more details on last run dates in a certain livery etc.

Granted, Jim. My comment on the preserved kettles was a bit tongue in cheek

I think it pretty clear I was referring to accidental deaths which far outweighs suicides. Since you asked, they do happen reasonably frequently with bridge jumpers and emergency personnel deal with both. You imagine the trauma experienced by the driver would be quite significant and I can tell you from experience that you're right. Let's leave it there maybe?

Coal burners, oil burners, diesels and maybe a methane burning steam loco as clean fuel initiatives tighten up?

True but happens on the road daily, same trauma I would imagine for a normally careful driver who might hit (say) a bicyclist or the like. Time to harvest that energy for something more useful udder than blowing off the roof