Noel

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.

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.

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.

Its weathered table cloth PS: A brave soul balancing a loco like that on top of a bannister

Nicely done though and blended in

Class weathering job. Love it.

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.

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

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.

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.

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. 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.

+1

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

Apologies for EV rant. If anybody is considering an electric car, please don't let forecourt salesmen con or convince you to by a PHEV (ie plug in hybrid) car. Its neither one thing nor the other, and the worst of all worlds, a con designed to appeal to the public who are concerned about their personal CO2 footprint and running costs. PHEV cannot defy the laws of physics, it can't reduce the amount of diesel or petrol needed to travel a set distance, only make city driving more efficient, but on long trips no more fuel efficient than a modern efficient low MPG diesel, and servicing costs are high as two engines have to be maintained! If considering electric either go full battery electric, or for low milage costs a fuel efficient diesel/petrol. Battery electric BEV cars have come a long way in the last 12 months with models well able to achieve a range of 400-500km in real world conditions (ie no hearse driving needed, air con and heater on, etc). Such range means most folks only need to charge at home on cheap night rate electricity and can go about their business and back home without the need to use on street or public charging infrastructure which is still currently free btw (Bizarre). Like wise they can get to any city in Ireland without the need to charge on route to stop for stupid coffee breaks while car gets a charge. PHEVs have tiny batteries so only a range of 40-50km on electric mode which is fine for short urban trips but on long trips ICE mode is needed, yet some PHEV owners mistakenly believe they've bought an electric car and try to do long trips on battery only mode stopping every 40km to charge up. Why? its so inconvenient and time wasting and saving only a a few euro using the free chargers, not to mention cluttering up the public charing infrastructure due to 'confirmation bias' in an attempt to prove they can drive to Galway or Cork on battery only for free, instead of letting it run on ICE mode (combustion engine) as designed for long trips. PHEVs are not saving the planet nor are they saving folks the sort of money they have been convinced they are saving. Its a myth, science cannot be defied! Back to model choo-choo's now PS: Don't start me on HEVs, another marketing con job pandering to folks genuine fear of climate change. Hydro carbon producers backing auto industry ICEs and therefore PHEVs/HEVs, and auto industry also scared of the change in their business models when BEV replace ICE (ie tiny servicing revenue, unemployment in manufacturing plants rationalised for less complicated BEV production). The transition era from ICE to BEV really started in 2019 and malevolent forces are spending billions trying to slow it down. The future is bright, all the technology already exists to solve energy issues, and climate change its just a matter of now getting on with it before its too late. We do not have to go without, or go back to living in caves and riding horses, just modify our consumption, and stop cattle breaking wind at both ends which means the end of the global beef business as we know it - synthetic fillet minion anyone? And we can save money at the same time. BEV compact SUV costs about €10 a week to run on night rate electricity instead of say €85 on diesel, and virtually no servicing costs, and they are no slouches, quiet, one peddle driving can be relaxing with all the usual driver aids. BEV is the way to go. Former super sceptic.

I'm Spartacus

c'est magnifique Lucky client. Eoin hat's off, hope you feel the joy of producing such master pieces.

I confess I never liked CIE round post prototypes, always preferred solid square and lattice signal posts. Just me I guess. Probably caused by building ratio signal kits in the 70s which were nearly always square, and also caused by period drama on BBC/ITV which always seemed to have square post signals

I suspect a J15 commissioned from a brass kit to the same standard as an 00 Works would probably cost at least double. I've seen too many bokety looking brass built locos, off square, off true, and run like Triang tractors from the 70s. The 00 Works J15 while not perfect is beautiful and easy to add detail.

Presume the NEM pocket location was part of his helpful contribution. You made the right call to break off and take it in house, ever since that chassis everything that followed seemed flawless not to mention superbly accurate and detailed. Onwards and upwards.