Sean

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.

That was quick!

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

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.

3 hours ago, Noel said:

The well is only so deep.

Thats what she said?

I like to think we are slowly rolling into an era where there are enough simultaneous releases that we wont possibly be able to buy all of the upcoming irish stuff as there will just be too much.

Thats only a good thing though, except for the anorak collectors like @DJ Dangerous who buy 10-50 of every new irish release .

for me it would help me consolidate my interests and stick more to releases suitable to around my own era of modelling, I have one or 2 steamers here, but its not my area of interest so they dont see much use and i wouldnt be queueing up to buy a new release in that department. id much rather spend the money on a C class i think if both released together   

bitch that bus is prototypical to the scene so it doesnt count for a slagging  

Once i had the benchwork done and the track laid I decided to take a step away for a few months both because the weather was getting a bit too warm to be in the loft  and because i wanted to digest what i had done and make further plans before going gung ho into building everything there and then.

a few small notable things have happened.

got a hape of platforms second hand for a very good price, allowing me to construct a full sized platform plus a shorter platform for the other side without breaking the bank.

The super quick stuff is cheap and really suits the aesthetic that i am going for so i have had a few buildings slowly coming together, This is a combination of the superquick market house and 2 of the country shop kits.

cop shop, this is on the layout now, will take more pics and update again when i am adding the above "main street" piece onto the layout, essentially these few buildings will make  up the bulk of the towny stuff on the layout but i still have a few more to make.

Heres a selection of photos taken at the end of august after adding foliage to the layout which i never got around to uploading, Should have added these before now as the green seemed to really add a lot to the overall look and feel of things.

This week loose coupled goods have made a guest appearance.

ya i want more as well  

I guess ye better tool one quickly so  

On 30/10/2023 at 12:54 PM, BosKonay said:

Different chassis unfortunately 

Arent they on the ballast chassis?  

Still need to add steps and brake shoes but she all went together without too much fuss except for the waterslide decals which I had never used before. 

I shall have to bug Leslie for another set the next time he is on Irish soil

Overall a lovely wee van.

https://www.electronicbeats.net/the-feed/techno-festival-train/ Seems they are regular thing in Germany LOL!

Theres also seems to be some sort of Rammsteiny Heavy metal Steam train.

"The 69 EC Service techno train on platform APNV to climax city" 

CHOO! CHOO! CHOO! CHOO! CHOO! CHOO! CHOO!

I wonder if we could recreate somthing like this on an ICR based railtour? 

hey @murphaph , Do you know anything about these particular trains?

Getting through my first provincial wagon kit today!

Another happy customer @leslie10646 

Oof, I actually thought they looked very bright myself but assumed it was just me, reminded me of a particular custom vespa that has been on the scene going back years and years.

I would say too red rather than too yellow, almost a little dayglo looking.

maybe its how they looked new versus a few years in service or maybe its just me remembering them wrong.

the above posted shots did not look as intensely coloured as the samples that were on display yesterday. a definite noticeable difference from other runs of intercity coaches.

got some today as well as a brake van kit, they are beaut's

pics to follow 

I get what you are saying but I was actually crying out for that type of model a couple of years back when i was coming back into things so from that regard it should entice people back. it has to be priced properly though and not inflated because of its irishness, thats the only thing i would consider to be essential.

Build ref R2882

if you google R2882 it brings you to the railroad jinty, so i guess its gonna be railroad.

If its available for sub 100 euro like the other ones thats not actually a bad thing at all tbh.

bit late to the party but PM sent Leslie

I would not mind the cheaper tooling as long as its reflected within the price.

If we ended up with railroad tooling for non railroad prices then people should have a right to give out.

Good luck with the CN22 @DJ Dangerous 

1 hour ago, Noel said:

The NEM pockets look to have a little of the dapol droop in some of the photo samples, hope the Kadee's are ok with them. The NEM pockets which appear to be at the correct height. Bravo IRM. These should sell like wildfire.

they look to be the same type of NEM pockets that are on the MM 121's and some more recent accurascale wagons.

Do you mean the Chain links?