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7 hours ago, Georgeconna said:

This one is the worst out of the lot, Look at the rate on the Transformer!!! How they get awa sticking this crap into a set is beyond me
 

 

THe transformer on that put out half an amp. Most DCC chips will handle put to 1A at least and that's because the loco may pull that much amperage under certain conditions. 

57 minutes ago, Geeb said:

Thank you for the warm welcome Phil. i dont mind buying a new controller tbh if i need to, this was just a temporary Christmas display which after Christmas will be broken down and incorporated into a 100% fictional large layout i have planned broken down in a spring agri/industrial section, a summer cityfun and beach section and close it off with a winter wonderland , so technically for the temporary display for Christmas  i could just leave the murphy 121 and the 3 coaches i have for it parked up at the platform and worry about getting them working on the proper layout in the new year as my coca-cola back to back set works fine on the same track and the santas express set will be run separate to the main lines, but hopefully when the new code 100 track arrives this week the model might work fine with less connections. it was basically an 8x4 loop layout made up of many many short and long sections. my ignorance to the hobby has been and still is quite astonishing tbh but i am learning more everyday.  

I'm torn on weather to run it as dc or as a dcc from the get go. What would the professionals advise is best to start with if i mean to do this right from the get go

I'm completely with Phil, go DCC from the start. Many more options on anything you'll buy, smoother running as the loco is on full current all the time (the pulse frequency is adjusted to determine how fast he loco runs), loco lighting options, sound when you can afford to buy those. You don't need to get too fancy for DCC. I have a quick Bachmann EZ track just for testing locos and new sound chips, running in new locos and the like and even that will run fine with a DCC controller. You can start adding droppers and all that business later

I even got some, the shame. Thoroughly too modern but I actually liked them when they arrived despite the yellow garishness

I was also going to suggest the controller but Georgeconna was associated with Marks Models so he would have a lot of perspective on that.

what about the Coca Cola 0-4-0s Will a single controller  power one of them? Both of them?

On 29/11/2021 at 4:55 PM, Adrian said:

Looking to acquire a class 071 Murphy Model, ideally in orange and black livery but will consider other liveries for respraying. I know they're rare but trying my luck here anyway

Have you spoken to The Train Man @WRENNEIRE

On 19/11/2021 at 6:21 AM, jhb171achill said:

Aaaarrrrggghh me too. I was waiting for Santa Claus….

Its time to email Santa Claus.

Alan Hyland from IRRS emailed me yesterday to say that they have acquired additional stock of the book so don't say you all have not been given another bite of the Christmas pudding... @StevieB

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19 hours ago, flange lubricator said:

Some out of the box

 

THat's a lovely shot for someone wanting to produce a three pack pallet van 

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My money's on the Top 'n' Tails 

10 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

I'm sure that one of the lads posted that one of the 13 is going to be a unit... DART, 22000, 29000, 2600, 2700, who knows?

I'd suspect that one will be road vehicles, one will be a new large wagon, one will be an expansion of the Mk2B/C coach range, and one will be a P42 re-run. People lost their minds for Container Liners, Keg Liners and Ferts, they have to be on the burner!

BUT, I hear you say ...... and some AEC (CIE & GNR), might stretch for an Arrow liveried 2600. Lost my mind only after purchasing them all, should have put the credit card on the burner 

8 hours ago, JasonB said:

Not a big fan of DMU's generally, but a 2600 would be something special. I've a soft spot for them. 

Same here in the Arrow

8 hours ago, BEANO3005 said:

I would put my money on a Nir 101 class or a DART. 

Ammonia tanks and 20ft flats for containers, beer.

 

Aye you could do worse that the 101, nigh, so you could

@the Bandon tankHe usually responds on dezsullivan@gmail.com

Things may be slightly off with COVID. I'd try him again

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I'vs also had a couple of rapid transit maybe 5 days from Ireland. You may be right about them not having the infrastructure. Houston is only the 4th largest US city . Anyway, it di make it by Wed 24th which was also my initial estimate but it did get to Houston where it is now 'On Hold' again with a delivery exception. This is the first time it went through Brussels. Usually it heads to East Midlands and then Miami or Chicago. Sometime goes through Heathrow this time LHR, Brussels, Miami and NY to Houston.

Stephen was pretty helpful with the last one that was delay, took about three weeks to come most of which was sitting in Miami because there were not truck drivers, then I got hit with another $45 handling/processing for the privilege. Anyway, I'm just going to wait longer and see when it comes, hopefully on Monday. Clearing out space for the boxes    

Ha! so far DHL have had my Taras appear to have visited E. Midlands, Brussels, Miami, New York where they 'left' 5 days ago, presumably by ground. Possible they're in Miami again or maybe the customs clearance is occurring there even though they are somewhere, who the heck knows? They'll get here eventually I'm sure. DHL is complete hit or miss now (hit your box but miss the deadline they set). Crushed boxes but mostly minor damage I think (but I have to finish testing first). 200k people out of work in the US yet some of them seemingly cannot drive a truck, lol. Anyway, looking forward to this livery.

While videos like this are an irritation to some (including me) the big take home message I see it how someone who (obviously) knows nothing about Irish models, liveries or manufacturers perceives the model.

He highlights the strengths of the models in areas like slow running, pulling power, detail level, axles boxes etc.

He also points out what he perceives as deficiencies in the printed materials, website, disconnecting handrails, damaged horns (instead of vacuum pipes) and an attempt by the manufacturer to de-warrant the product if a proprietary decoder is not used. He didn't have the one with marker light issues.

Every one of these has been discussed on this site. 

His review is posted on YouTube where most of the responses are appreciated and supportive albeit some disagreed with his assessment of value for money stating the price point is appropriate citing similar models on the market.

What he didn't have was a very emotional rather than reasoned response to the review. The 121 still ended up 9th in his Top Ten but would have been in the top three with even one more star on detail (25 stars, 4% each)

If one were a manufacturer of Irish (or any) model locomotives, you could do worse than to improve the packaging, website, the strength of flimsy parts, and ensure no fuzzy paint jobs, while keeping all the strengths of the model.

I'm not saying that Sam Train's review is in any way better (or up to) one by a railway magazine for example. If a majority of purchasers out there are not on this site for instance they are forming their opinions influencenced by modeling magazines and internet reviews like this.

I'm inclined to agree with you @Westcorkrailwayand several others on here. I was surprised that IRM did not do the lined light green livery, although with so many CIE liveries I certainly can't complain.

On 27/4/2021 at 1:33 AM, flange lubricator said:

There is a picture taken by David Boyle in' Irish Metro-Vick Diesel's ' by  Barry Carse of A42 in Green  in July 1966 on a goods train from Dublin to Sligo passing MP3.

I looked at this even though I had seen the photo by Major Calloway above at Carlisle pier and while I'm sure you're correct,  it's hard to say from the photo alone that A42 is in dark green from Barry Carse's photo. It may well be correct but he doesn't specifically state that, and you'd be forgiven for thinking that A4 on the following page of the Metrovick's book is in dark green when it's apparently it's not.

Knowing that IRM have done considerable research on the development of the A class model I wondered why one of their team would have been disinclined to accept the 1969 IRN article regarding the prevalence of the dark green A livery that was written less than 10 years after the livery in question when neither he (nor I) was old enough to remember any of that from personal experience. The O' Dea collection in B&W is not the best source to contribute to a solution to the problem so I went initially to Flickr for color photos of the specific locos mentioned in the IRN article as being in traffic in the dark green livery and most photos were from a member of this parish who does not I'm sure photoshop any of the photos or slides. I purchased a second IRM A46 so I wanted to settle this for my own reasons. I could not find any photos of some of these locos in any green livery but of those that I could most appear to be in a light green. I selected what I think are the most relevant, looking for a reference green in the photos, similarly lit and therein lies the problem. The top front and sides of the loco are in varying degrees of light and reflected light so it's easy to convince yourself that the second, A57, is light green in front and dark on the side (put your hand on the screen) but the shot of A45 is probably better. The rearward cab appears to be similar in color to the following coaching stock  and certainly not darker than it or the 'unsmoked' portion of the covered footbridge above although I'm not sure what color green the latter would be, no doubt @jhb171achill could confirm. I'm not making any comment on how this matches IRM's light green model just greens referenced to others within the photo itself.

So it seemed difficult to find anything in dark green on Flickr at least, except, of all things A42 in what appears to be a dark unlined livery at Carlisle dated c. 1965-7 (I'll check). Seems she had been out of commission for some time and had 'remained' in that livery. It's possible that he saturation is wildly off in that photo I suppose as there is not another reference green  in that BnT era photo.

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Quite possibly more common on the first of them to be repainted from silver to green - which I think was about 1958/9.

that is about 1965 and the high waisted BnT A Class in the 'background' (far right) has sandboxes

On 29/4/2021 at 11:58 AM, Garfield said:

I've come across photos of black locos with sandboxes... albeit not on all bogies.

Categorical evidence I think of Garfields claim about sandboxes being correct. Present until (at least) 1965 on the green A32 and the BnT A class in this photo of Ernies' which I noticed some time back

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She was probably hoping your awareness had also gone 

On 17/11/2021 at 1:36 PM, Westcorkrailway said:

you may hear the clicking in the video and this is small bug my A suffers from. When it goes from a bend to a straight, pipes on the bogeys hit detail on the body, nothing major but I reckon after a while…..the pipe may fall off!

 

Yes, one of the first things is notice on my silver A class is that the tolerances are so tight that the bogie hits the detail. Was kinda disappointed at first but have got used to it, sort of. Another kicks out the side panel on the bogey 

Really nice to see some older stock such as then clerestory coaches. Badly needed but I'd settle for proper laminate stock right now

Holy Moly that's a proper, Irish loco. Fantastic in the green livery, great change from the grey-black locos and the GSRs answer to the lovely blue of the GNR. Fantastic raised logos and all.

32 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Yes. The first 80 preorders shipped to customers this evening. Full update tomorrow. 

OK, it's tomorrow for some .....

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