Blaine

Correct, plastic upper, diecast lower. Bit of careful masking will protect the door/rear cab badging too

Was wondering where it was myself..... Yes, mainly as the trams were available off the shelf as standard gauge items

Wont happen sadly, I'm happy I was on the last 'official' one - in 1996. The amount of trespassing that would occur now to get photos and videos , Irish Rail just wont have it

Leave it on 4 axles - never notice when its ontrack that its missing 2 axles. Heljan mechanisms are excellent too, good runners

Depends on the donor mechanism - either Hornby 110 or used to be a Lima 117 - or could be something else completely Long term solution would be to use a Replica Railways 57ft chassis

Ordered both - making it easier now instead of piling up the projects

Go - and get lunch at the Pot Belly Cafe right outside the door. Unreal burgers

Have the same, but will be getting a cab swap as the Hino is too new for me. Need to lose the lid on the compactor too

Thats untrue. Can you find something else to chastise please, your whole 'oh thats lovely but I dont like it and neither should you' charade is getting boring and repetitive now

Engineering works between Dun Laoghaire and Bray/Greystones that weekend, so maybe seek alternative transport

Standard craic on almost anything that is coming out of the UK now, they didnt say out loud that this was one of the effects of the B thing. Get it send to friends in Norn Iron or use one of the parcels forwarding services (but not address pal), most UK retailers wont care, Ireland and overseas is less than 5% of their mail order output. Hattons so far is one of the few to set up for Irish customers

It is, official BREL designation was MK3B, same as the MK3 DVT's in the UK. MK3 was HST stock only, MK3A was for hauled stock

Whats in front of it in that shed will gain more interest from this forum though

Mainland? Didnt know Macclesfield was in Germany?

No, they got very upset when IRM arrived offering actual RTR models that were available and done properly. A certain degree of arrogance about both of them which can be compared to a rural Independent TD, how dare anyone question them or make something better than them. Not seen at shows because of this, the arrival of actual RTR models from genuine manufacturers and plenty of missing deposits/models, they were last seen at a show in 2018. One of them has literally disappeared, last seen in Cavan Like a lot of cowboys on the scene, a flurry of initial activity, a small handful of happy customers, then drifted into the mire. No real paper trail either, just a handful of emails. Doubtful it would stand up in court either sadly - no receipts/invoices etc issued Totally different - but similar principles on a larger scale

No longer available either, for their time they were good, but the gap has been well covered now

Not the ones that I saw - they must have liked you or something if yours were good. Have had 2 rakes of De Dietrichs in for 'improvements' and the running qualities were shocking - they wouldnt run is an easier way to put it. But remember they are 'Ready to Run' quality made in someones kitchen...... Can think of 461 other reasons why they are best forgotten about in terms of product and service

Yup, always a treat everything in there, trains were almost a bonus, also the first time I heard gunshots for real, a story for another day

Certainly not, and if you want good stuff you pay for it too

The 645 idles and redlines slightly higher so theres a different sound which is noticeable especially on idle when 2 are together, its not been heard for a long time though, when 141/2 had their run to Longford and back....

That wont help your situation either sadly

Its called profiteering. I've done well on adverts If they were 50 quid each people would give out.

Hmm, wonder why..........

Its Hornby who have a rather poor reputation as a manufacturer of DCC equipment. The Roco Z21 system offers phone/app control and is a far better system overall. Hornby is a rapidly diminishing brandname now

Most of the Kingscourt line is greenway'ed now, the original path to Kells is still there as the line that goes to Tara Mines is part of the original line from Navan to Kells and Oldcastle