Noel

7 hours ago, PJR said:

Video not working WRENNEIRE

Oh yea sure - Evidence removed from the scene of the utterances? 

On 7/5/2019 at 11:02 AM, WRENNEIRE said:

Grills will be see through

It's a good thing this is not the 1970s or the then Archbishop of Dublin could have be writing to the moderators complaining of 'see through' anything being discussed anywhere in holy Roman Ireland. A Lexdysic might have read that 'Girls will be see through'.  Shocking 

Kit Form???  No wonder the response. 

Oops - That’s just about every club in the country insulted  

Preproduction prototype looks well running. 

Presume the NEM pocket access slot in the valance will be fillable like the Bachmann/MM 141/181s, especially the cab end as it is unlikely to need a model coupling at that end of the loco unless operating in pairs. Agree with others it would be fabulous if you can see through the front grills.

As a matter of interest are there any full electric vehicle users on the forum? (BEV=Battery electric vehicle, as opposed to hybrids or plug-in Hybrids). Lots happening in the EV area in Ireland during 2019. As opposed to BEV=Beverage which I know has been naturally active amongst modellers.  

25 minutes ago, heirflick said:

Cutting a 121 in half would be a terrible sin - almost worse than shooting the Mother-in-Law ......the emphasis on almost!!!

Yummie. Do my eye deceive me or are those rotating axles.  Hope the production versions of the delivery grey and the B&T livery variants have the extra little cab windows facing down the bonnet.

11 minutes ago, minister_for_hardship said:

They're hardly 'kids', these appear to be at least teens if not 20 or 30 somethings with money to spend on cans of paint which aren't that cheap. Questions would have to be raised on where they get current branded IR vests. Further IR should pressure YouTube to remove any movies showing them at 'work' as this only gives them the oxygen and publicity these guys crave. Its also vital, where possible, to remove vandalised stock from service for cleaning. If it gets cleaned asap it's going to be a fruitless exercise for them.

I do like well executed urban art, like in Waterford and elsewhere, in a proper site, this stuff is only an imitation of what gets plastered on trains from New York to Naples. An illegible mess, the artistic equivalent of a dog p*ssing on a wall.

Agree it should be pulled from you tube. Criminal adults by the look of it. "aren't that cheap" you possibly making an assumption the spray cans were not stolen, assume the IR vests were stolen. Any decent Garda Investigation should be able to nail these with some local intel, loads of finger prints left too. These brats leave their signature too, so intel should point the finger in the right direction. DB might have a view.

Scum bags. If this was the USA they'd risk being shot by police! Ridiculous that this can take place inside an enclosed railway depot building manned with engineers. No security. These kids are doing this for attention and kudos, and the youtube is giving them that.

40 minutes ago, Richard EH said:

Re Double packs - a powered and unpowered would work quite well - but I guess not really much change in the price, in reality!

Cheers for now!

Richard.

Good idea, especially for the ST and IR era when they regularly ran in pairs nose2nose. I floated similar idea a few years ago but it was explained to me that there would be very little difference in construction cost of production between an unpowered 'cow' and a motorised loco chassis.

2 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

Where did you get the wallpaper man?

 

Its weathered table cloth 

PS: A brave soul balancing a loco like that on top of a bannister

1 hour ago, JasonB said:

 

Can't take credit for the weathering job gents, that was done by Anthony Smyth. I just rust removed the CIE logo and added the IR ones.  

Nicely done though and blended in

Class weathering job. Love it.

3 hours ago, Railer said:

Hopefully that will keep everything from being snapped up so fast. On the flip side one has only to look at how fast the grey 71s cleared the shops. They were made in limited numbers too and despite not being s popular livery on here they still were big hits. I suspect another run of Grey's would be they same.

Yes agree a re-run of grey 071s would fly off the shelves duding anecdotally by the number of resprays that have appeared on the FaceBook groups and on here.

1 hour ago, popeye said:

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, beautiful skills. 

Agree. Hats off Eoin, stunning precision craftsmanship. The lining looks more precise than factory applied. 

22 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said:

So back to the 121's men

I have been asked to tell no one so I am asking you guys to do the same

121 & 135 grey livery and 124, 129, 134 in IE are due in Oct.

125 & 131 CIE Black and 126 & 132 CIE S/train should arrive in time for Christmas

With 127, 130 & 133 IR following in the New Year.

Dont think he is doing the usual 504 run of each so numbers will be tight

No price yet but not a lot of change from €200 I believe

Yummie. Looking forward to these. Indicative price suggestion perhaps sounds a bit high compared to the high spec and larger IRM A class loco due around the same time. It's going to be a very expensive 2019.

That older spray control coach was much nicer looking and more nostalgic than the later BR mk1 variant. Looks like it was a convert from a bogie brake parcel van.

54 minutes ago, connollystn said:

I'm not surprised that nobody replied to this thread. When I saw the pictures I wanted to get sick. It reminded me of a low point in so called RTR CIE models. Wonder if anyone will be mad enough to buy them? It's a good reminder for those of you too young to remember the pre-Murphy Models & IRM/Accurascale era.

I too have a Hornby Hymek horror Slainte Express trainset which was pretty awful even for its time mid 1970s. I used mine as donor bodies to learn how to use an airbrush as they were too hideous to ever run on the layout, but I appreciate there are some 'collectors' who like collecting historic stuff (junk). But the price is staggering for such utter junk. I also have a box full of Lima CIE B&T livery mk1s from the mid 70s which are pretty awful too but not as bad the the Hornby dayglo orange mk2a coaches. Good enough as paper weights but not tolerated on the layout, not even on scrap line sidings.

PS: The CIE broken wheel logo is paper stick on!!! Ughh

Very nice looking wagons. The probably run very well with the weight too.

22 minutes ago, Irishrailwayman said:

Mr Soundguy is the original supplier of all Irish diesel loco soundchips and worth supporting - all the other suppliers came later with "me too" products!

Mr too? - Perhaps just a little unfair.  I have both MrSoundguy and WheelTappersDCCsound 141/181 sound projects, and like both, they have their own strengths and weaknesses. Keith predominantly uses Zimo chips for his projects whereas Neil uses LokSound.  Personally I prefer the 'prime mover' track (ie engine sound) on Neil's baby GM projects (ie 14/181). I understand Keith recorded his primer mover track from an actual Irish loco, which is laudable, however unfortunately the loco used sound rather ill, with a really annoying clinking noise at idle. Not an issue for the 071 or 201 projects. Neil has kindly customised some 141/181 projects for me and added extra tracks for various rail clank noises, flange squeal, etc. I like both offerings but feel Neil's projects are hardly "me too" as he has innovated with extra sounds (eg cascading coupling snatch as train starts off for loose coupled 1960s wagons, etc), and LokSound PowerDrive mode (ie full throttle) which is similar to Zimo/Keith's real drive. IMHO one 141/181 project sounds a little better, but the other is a little nicer to drive, but that's personal taste. A good pal of mine who had driven my locos with both 141/181 sound projects felt the other way.  To summarise I rate both highly, different to drive, and sound a little different but nobody will be disappointed with either. 

4 hours ago, heirflick said:

Any of youse boyos use these chips that Hattons recommend for Murphys 201 and 071 locos? Any thoughts appreciated as always!

Hattons Originals DCR-21Pin-Direct-V2 21-pin 6-function 1.1Amp direct plug decoder with back EMF

I don't know whose sound project is on these.

Well done, looks impressive 

Yes I would take a few more, especially if they were a re-run of MM/Bachmann, especially B&T & ST liveries. You can haul any type of train light or heavy with baby GMs, just pair them up in consist for heavy trains. Almost the only locos needed for an Irish layout spanning the 60s to the 90s. Pairs can even be used to legitimately haul rakes of Mk2 and Mk3 coaches. IMHO the 141/181 MM/Bachmann baby GMs were the finest model diesel locos ever produced in these islands, their scale looks were matched by their incredibly precise and smooth running characteristics. Best diesel chassis I've come across so far. A cost €180/ea probably closer to the mark considering the pricing of IRMs A class which is likely to break multiple glass ceilings for detail, chassis and gadgets. Hopefully the 121 will also have a few new innovations up its own sleeve and be the best diesel yet from MM.

PS: If they were not a direct re-run of the Bachmann tooled loco it might be nice to have a few tweaks such as bass reflex speakers pre-fitted, separate head lamp control, and easier access to fit a decoder instead of the current watch maker procedure.

6 minutes ago, DiveController said:

OMG! Some of the morons tweet-arguing with IE about a time stamp on the video. I do think there should be substantial penalties for this behavior  

+1

Fabulous. Superb realistic scenes and movements, love your track work, and excellent videography and editing.

40 minutes ago, irishthump said:

We all know what happened to him...