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Airfix Hurricane Mk1(early) getting a first coat on the pre-war black and white undersides.. Have made slow progress doing a little bit 20mins at a time on lunch breaks.. A nice easy kit with some good crisp mould lines/details, and the modular approach with different propellor, tail fin and fuselage/tail wheel underside options is an excellent one IMO, allowing the small differences over the life of the MK1 to be modelled..

A nice history, and of more sentimental value than building the airfix kit.. I have the airfix one in the stash here, have put building one of the long finger for years now, but thinking of doing one as HSL 108 being captured by an Arado 196 or else HSL 108 in German service after being repaired(if I can find any pictures for reference)

You could probably find some overlap to come up with some sort of modular construction that could reduce the costs versus tooling two seperate wagons for each market.. Plus the Irish bogie is already available in the IRM range.. But even in terms of interest, the CPWs would likely be much lower on people’s list than say an LX flat or an Ammonia(which has a very similar UK prototype for Accurascale).. They only ran 2003-2005 and then intermittently between about 2011 and 2019.. I know I would be happy to stick with my resprayed Dapol KTA/KQA which look pretty close when loaded with 2 empty tanks or a 40ft container for the next 3-4 years, rather than splash out for new models at the expense of say the MK2s or an extra ICR

Manufacturer and design concept.. Not sure if much else beyond that.. Different lengths and bogies, plus the existing Dapol model make an IRM/Accurscale overlap model unlikely.. Lots of other wagons to be done first in both ranges

Dapol already do KQA pocket wagons.. Surely that would be an accurascale product rather than an IRM one?

In our defence, none of that info is obvious from the ad on adverts and I didn’t link the sellers handle back to you.. I just saw an ad at €180 for something that’s listed at €100 on IRM.. For somewhere kind of in the Eu(aware canaries is a weird case) the costs quickly stack up!

Reluctant to sell at anything less than 80% of a mark up?

Bubbles re-run, long overdue… or maybe being around a toddler to much is going to my head..

Might sound strange but that box no looks familiar.. Must check if it made it to Ballina…..

He has a second bundle up now also with a 201 and 5 MK2Ds for €900.. Again won’t split it which is less than ideal as the MK2s are a mix of black and orange roofs so not even a uniform rake.. plus the value is way off, none of the in really in demand MK2s included.. About €550 is probably fair value IMO(€250 for the 201 and €60 each per coach) Open to offers though!

No such luck, I don't drive a Ferrari!

Anyone do a Corolla hatch Dave? Wouldn’t mind doing a cameo of my Dad

manifest ex Ballina today had it as 074.. Must have been a loco swap in Ballina, with 073 most likely on XPOs..

Here is Dave's list in case anyone is interested.. @Arranmight be able to advise what he has that is suitable from these lists.. Hard one to pin down but here's a rough list based on 2022/3.. This list is not exhaustive, and as I mentioned below, anything could in theory arrive tomorrow to go to Ballina on the train(that is the nature of shipping) XPO liner(easy one) 20ft tanks, Dana and Murphys.. Generally 8 per week.. 45ft DVs(dapol), Samskip and samskip's hire boxes(mostly unit 45ft, CAI or triton).. Dapol do 45ft Samskip as a two pack with a P&O.. They did a Florens 45ft a few years back that would be suitable also.. 2-4 per week in 2022(none so far in 2023) 45ft Reefers, Samkip equipment(Cool Box) and Samskip hire boxes, again unit 45ft, triton or Cronos.. 2-4 per week in 2022(none so far in 2023) IWT Liner 20ft Tanks Dana and Murphys, about 8 per month GCA, about 15-20 per week, very common.. Arran does these Bruhn, about 20 per week, very common.. Arran does these 20ft Bulks BLS units, about 6-9 per week, very common.. no one does these, trying to convert one from a Bachmann box, still working on it 30ft Bulks Occasional moves, maybe 1-2 per month.. Mainly Schmidt Heilbronn with the odd BELL in the loop.. Arran does 30fts as a Kit I think.. 20ft Dry vans CMA and CMA hire boxes, maybe 2-4 per week so semi common.. Dapol do CMA boxes(currently in a 2 pack with Hyundai(little use for Ireland post 2005).. CMA own APL so we seen some APL boxes also.. Hire boxes would be Tritons(Dapol), CAIs(C-Rail) and Dong Feng(not modelled) MSC and MSC hire boxes, 1-2 per month.. Done by Dapol and Arran.. Hire boxes mainly Tritons(Dapol) or Tex(don't think it modelled) Borchard, use Maritime containers(blue and white).. not modelled Other lines, from time to time Hapags(C-rail), Yang Ming(C-rail) and Evergreen(C-rail) 20ft Reefers CMA and CMA hire boxes, maybe 3-4 per month so semi common.. Crail does CMA box.. Hire boxes would be Cronos or Triton(not modelled) 40ft Dry vans both 8ft 6 DV and 9ft 6 HC CMA and CMA hire boxes, 18-20 per week so Very common.. Dapol and C rail do CMA boxes(both 40ft DV(8ft 6) and 40ft HC(9ft 6)).. CMA own APL so we seen some APL boxes also(C-rail).. Hire boxes would be Tritons(Dapol), Seaco, CAIs(C-Rail) and Dong Feng MSC and MSC hire boxes, 1-2 per month.. Done by Dapol and Arran.. Hire boxes mainly Tritons(Dapol) or Tex(don't think it modelled) One line about 3 per week PINK!, done by Dapol and Arran.. Dapols had poor printing but they did issue the white variant also.. Other lines, from time to time we get odds and sods, mainly Hapag (C-rail and Dapol), Yang Ming(Crail) and Evergreen(C-rail do 8ft 6 and 9ft 6) 45ft Dry Vans IWT units, 8-12 per week, very common and distinctive.. A mixture of Cronos leased boxes with IWT livery applied(2 variants) and ex CLDN stock renumbered with IWTU prefixes.. no model YET, watch this space CLDN units, 8-12 per week, very common. Modelled by dapol, not sure when these will be in stock EUCON units and hire units, 2-10 per week.. Modelled by Bachmann using this 13.6m tooling.. Hire units are mainly CAI 45ft Reefer-Not modelled Samskip, 2-5 per week.. Same as on XPO, not modelled.. Containerships and Hire boxes, 8-12 per week.. Hire boxes are mainly Unit 45, triton and Cronos

Hard to see it stacking up to be honest, much less covering the upfront cost of ordering new rolling stock to 5ft 3in gauge.. Also the market is so small, if the customer you signed up with went wallop or changed their logistics arrangements, you would be left with effectively bespoke equipment that it would be very hard to find a replacement customer for, which is a VERY big risk to take on.. This is likely the reason we have seen very little specialised wagons in Ireland in the past 30 years, with most of the early 90s flows re-purposing existing equipment(Molasses, 2 Axle timber, beet wagos) or using containers(Grain, 42ft Beet wagons, proposal for cement containers to replace the bubbles) Current IE rail operations are quite tied in with passenger ops, with drivers working a liner out and a passenger back say(the down IWT liner is operated by driver ex the early train ex Athlone for example).. This allows more effective use of the drivers than dead heading would.. They also benefit from fully depreciated rolling stock which would not be the case for a new entrant..

There is, there's a couple of threads on here with discussions on it.. There is also a list on the PC i'm typing this one with every container moved by rail between Dublin and Ballina since 2009, so feel free to ask.. With containers anything could show up in the morning and run on the rails from Dublin down to Ballina within reason! Much less limited than rolling stock

It’s about 18 months too late, there is a heap of new warehouses being opened and very little cargo coming in to fill them now.. Inflation changed the market very drastically in the past 9 months.. the rail and wind farm part sounds like marketing speak lifted from Rosslare’s PR

Funding source for more trains.. Paid for my Ferts by selling a few Dublin buses at multiples of what I bought them for originally..

I think they are slightly different models, mine has a different box

Could have a loco instead of some of those!

Ah no, will have to ONLY get two packs now.. wouldn’t stress too much about the door handles, here’s some pics of the real deal, the handles on the CLDN boxes are like you did them.. Obviously dapol tooled it to match your pics though Also more random doors( have a few hundred of these).. There seems to be a mix

I’ll be in the PC tomorrow and will stick the book on the scanner Arran..

Here’s a few pics of the real deal for you.. I have three packs on pre-order but haven’t got hands on yet.. All their equipment is LEG1 these days or variants thereof, so 45ft PWHC, 9ft 6 high and 2.5m wide.. The dapol tooling is correct for this..

The BELL was replaced by another unit, a generic 30ft Schmidt Unit

To save you another 8! The carriages are going to be stored at the terminal now until 03/01, so the moves today and tomorrow are cancelled.. Would imagine this means moves on 03/01 and 04/01