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Sean

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  1. forgot theres no trains in gran canaria IS THAT BETTER!!?!?! on tour with two mixers
  2. The bogies are screwed on to both coaches but i couldnt be arsed taking them off to mine to see if they interchange
  3. running mine tomorrow but as usual the permenant way is in need of a bit of tlc before anything will be able to run MMMMMM RPSI Black and Tan run
  4. not the best of photos but they get the job done lol had not planned on running these for a little while - now its a priority over the next few days Seems i still need a mk2d and another brake to complete the rake - when are these coming out?
  5. Does the first class go at the loco end or the brake end?
  6. Just you wait till I've had my dinner
  7. F*cking bank holiday im still waiting for mine
  8. Someone just emailed me a link to the tracking number to mess with me hurrrrrrryyyyyy upppppppp
  9. Mine have posted! Will be delighted if they show up tomorrow like other IRM stuff has been known to of a saturday
  10. Cant we stop counting rivets and just enjoy our high end high quality toy trains? Oh no, the number doesnt match the tiny little vent that is invisible at more than 10cm away and the ladder is slightly wrong. THE ENTIRE PRODUCTION IS RUINED!!!
  11. Sean

    Murphy Models Mk2d

    Id be lying if i said i wasnt tempted, but Ive already got more coaches coming than i can run!
  12. Sean

    Murphy Models Mk2d

    Colour looks way better on these, I thought the pre production ones were a touch too red.
  13. Whilst i would normally mock people who people who post this sort of statement as in denial about their hobby men child, This is good advice to take onboard. it can be very easy to do a lot of damage to these models with even a modest drop and at that point it will be a write off for most people. if your son is already into models this may be a non issue but its worth consideration. Wrong sound chip on that loco? better call wheeltappers!
  14. Sure at that rate we all might as well buy a laisdcc for 12 euro and call it a day? Sure thats more than enough, no point in paying a rediculous 20 euros?? Some things to note: There seems to be 2 revisions of the MM121 chip as ive got what i would consider to be quite a crap one along with 2 much better ones that come with the high fi sounds that differ greatly from the first one which isnt great in my opinion The A Class EMD chip was recorded off A39r in Ireland? It also has the most advanced function sheet of any other decoder ive got? we are lucky to have a crossley chip at all and it has taken years to come up with a suitable solution that we were lucky to get at all? ALL of the above chips are set up with proper momentum and braking? things which must be manually set up on the cheaper chips which usually come blank but may contain generic values at best?
  15. you resurrected a 10 year old thread for this? Personally I found features i did not like in all of the commercially available options including the z21(price). so i haven gotten pretty deep into the world of DCC++ (not perfect either mind you). take a 17 euro arduino mega clone, a 5 euro wifi card and an arduino motor shield of which there are several different types starting at around a tenner (I like to spend a bit more for the official one but its not really needed) Theres also the DCC++ branded motor shield which was specifically designed for running model trains. a new or old laptop power brick with a filtered output.(filtered is important) wire that all together(no soldering) using provided diagrams and upload the software to the board from a pc using the provided installer. you now have a base station that can be controlled by pretty much any wifi throttle, or you can hardwire one in or use JMRI etc. to be super cheeky you can even drive it with the z21 app if you use JMRI - get the full z21 experience for a DIY price. Sounds kinda complicated but if you have ever built or upgraded a PC this kind of build would be no problem. Eventually all that morphed into me being tired of using a phone/tablet and craving a bit more analogue feeling controls so i constructed my own throttle, which was abit more complicated but also along the same lines as the actual base station build. Considering the price, I have been able to build 2 of these systems and have left one permanently connected to either layout, when i turn on my throttle it will simply ask me which layout i would like to connect to and i can run either layout from that point on.
  16. shouldnt it be in the list with all your completed orders and tagged as unpaid?
  17. try using addresspal for stuff like that and it should save a few bob. if its free uk postage you will only pay 6 euro to get it into ireland. Youll probabaly have to pay the tax man another 6 or 7 euro ontop of that too but its usually a pretty quick service.
  18. You should be able to get the peco one along with a few others from marks models. failing that, the UK situation is still tolerable if you use a service like addresspal.
  19. That was quick!
  20. https://irishrailwaymodels.com/blogs/announcements/orange-is-the-new-black-iconic-mark-2b-and-2c-coaches-announced http://www.railfaneurope.net/pix/ie/car/IE/Mk2/pix.html
  21. What DJ said. These coaches differed from most(all?) of the other stock on the irish network in that they were air braked rather than vacuumed and this meant upon their refurbishment there was no available brake van to make up the set, so three dutch vans were specifically rebuilt to airbrake spec to suit these coaches. This also means they could not run with A class and were exclusively run with GM power.
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