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  1. How did you find special hobby George? I have an ms 406 in the stash that seems pretty basic but like the look of their fouga in Austrian markings( 4 of them ended up with our air corps, the other two being the embargoed aircraft destined for Katanga ironically)
  2. If they outcome of my suggestion is nudging you guys towards moving project 47 up the schedule by a few places I’m happy! As I have told Patrick before I can supply as much research material as is needed, I have a WhatsApp group with over 1200 media files attached to it, mostly pictures of containers!
  3. Here’s the pickle, Dapol are the only ones with a 45ft tooling and the cost to tool up for one or two runs of twin packs would be prohibitive, especially as them being OO gauge means they are unlikely to sell in Europe.. So it’s Dapols best printing or nothing really.. Thinking about it more, two twins pack could work 1) Basic blue Cronos livery(with horse and 45ft corner sticker), plus a unit 45 box or a brown Cronos unit(this would allow you to re use some artwork) these would be more general appeal so suitable to the UK market also to get volume up but still very suitable for Ireland.. Brown Cronos, common to DFDS, IWT and XPO liners: http://www.matts-place.com/intermodal/part4/crtu0600880.jpg Unit 45, ditto http://www.matts-place.com/intermodal/part4/unit45_leg1s.jpg 2) IWT Twin pack, one with Orange Band and one without..
  4. Good to see some interest in our containers! We have 35 CXSU(Cronos) boxes and another 17(was 18 but a certain infamous bridge in the midlands changed that) IWTU boxes which are former CLDN unit that have been debranded and renumbered(more pics to follow when I’m at the PC).. That video brings back good memories, some of my finest work getting the train to be mostly IWT containers and van den Bosch smiley tanks, which coincidentally Hornby are releasing with their KFA wagon in the new year.. Raises the question(which I have put on back burner for a few years), if a twin pack of IWT containers in the two main liveries ( with and without orange bands) was to be made, would there be many takers?
  5. It looks like the scene of a possible mass grave to be honest! Either that or you buried the carcass of a gigantic Christmas turkey!)
  6. MOGUL

    Containers

    We aren't half asking for much, only 3 new toolings in 4 posts! My contribution: DANA tank, a 2000-current classic, and it can use Arran's existing tank tooling(tank on the right).. Although the tank on the left seems to make up most of the DANA fleet used to/from Cork https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishswissernie/5739804618/in/album-72157626638886303/ Murphy Transport 20ft tanks, nice one for the XPO liner and a sound bunch of lads: OOCL, Hanjin or Yang Ming 40ft 8.6/standard boxes, for 90s early 2000s liners.. The older Livery YM box is particularly good for Limerick Liners And some CIE ones 20ft Whiskey tank And finally(not asking for much), some more 40fts reefers, main a plain white leasing co(triton or seacastle), CMA CGM(IWT liners) and Hapag Lloyd(Cork Liners and IWT liners)
  7. Spotted this pic of the CIE creosoting plant in the parting shot by Norman Johnston, it was taken in 1970 so predates the PWD flats but does show a similar wagon (likely a predecessor) awaiting loading with a fresh load of hot stick stick pine.. I would imagine the PWD flats were regularly loaded here @Warbonnet, sleeper loads on the cards? Also of note is the extra broad gauge track for the overhead crane
  8. There’s one or two in yards in Stoneybatter also, given the high property values in that area they are likely on borrowed time
  9. One of the IRRS journals had a feature on the Waterford-Rosslare line with pics of BD containers in open wagons.. I have also seen pics of some BD wagons with a label saying they were carrying car parts for BMC, likely for assembly of knock down kits.. I have yet to find pics of BD containers on flat wagons, only later ISO type 20fts on 20ft skeletal flats.. Maybe it was felt they couldn't be sufficiently secured on a flat wagon(no twistlocks/Corner castings).. Will try find that article when I have a chance.. CIE did have later aluminium non-ISO containers, again I have seen pics but don't have them handy right now.. Not sure if they had BD/timber bodied ones, the GNR(I) certainly did as modelled by @leslie10646
  10. remember seeing double deck car transporters with "Blue Dragon" branding during the late 60s Intriguing, tell us more please or even better pics of them!
  11. A few coaches or a few rakes? 8113 going to look great with my IRM mk2s(last year’s Christmas bonus)
  12. I got 8113 DCC fitted on Hattons a few months back, find of the year! and a GSR sentinel with DCC last week.. but missed todays MK2Ds as I was stuck in the usual Friday Dublin traffic, feel destined new to have any of the original mk2 run
  13. 20ft or 45ft reefer load this time?
  14. My recommendation is this also https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/products/bedford-j1-ambulance-dundalk-fire-service-76bed007 Can be got east enough for under €10
  15. Linea messina was taken over by Italia I think, who were in turn take over by evergreen.. On another note, Boluda have launched a Santander to Dublin service this week, so we might see some of your weird boxes up this way
  16. Don’t have one of those but I think I might have a spare CIE scamell Scarab in the stash
  17. Hi Brian, Can do, send me a PM with your address Regards Andrew
  18. I still have the first one, yours if you want it
  19. Michael Portillo traveled to the mine(complete with hard hat, high viz and Salmon covered trousers no doubt) in one of his railway journeys episodes.. A long time since I've seen it but I think it showed the shunt.. Also of note, is that Tara mines have a unilok and a shale wagon(last one) that are used to calibrate the scales
  20. Can't make it this year, as I have my own newly tooled arrival due early in October.. First show since IRM was a thing(that one was fun!) that I will miss but can't be helped! I'm sure there will be regular updates on here to keep me in the loop!
  21. I only have the Translink and Ulsterbours tours Irizars at the moment(same as the Marks buses).. But there is a nice EFE translink Wright bus(sold mine to DJ), and also an Optare solo(used for Causeway tours) available also, but hard to get as they are older models.. This thread by @WRENNEIRE is a good summary as it covers most of the Northern buses
  22. I think adding shops like this could be handy, especially for O gauge modellers! We seem to get a lot of UK shops listed on Irish websites as souces, but Brexit has killed that mostly.. So mainland EU shops can be a good replacement source for things like layout materials, vehicles, containers etc
  23. Imma leave this here http://www.britishmodelbuses.com/Britbus.htm
  24. Nah, too small for that, you’d have it cleared out in a week and be looking for more! We only use the20ft reefers to send stuff to New Caledonia(pop 270000) these days.. It’s even more out there islandy than your island @DJ Dangerous!
  25. Looks the job, the container is a highcube, and the extra height does it favours it making it look in scale.. just needs some rust on the corner castings and the tractor unit needs a smear of grease on the 5th wheel and a few breakfast roll wrappers in the cab window!
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