I think the only reason the 201's are slow sellers is due to the large number of Lima models already in the market and some people are perfectly happy with them. Remember the 141/181's from Murphy also didn't disappear immediately.
Irish model market is limited, when compared with most markets it is tiny. We are very fortunate that people like Murphy models took the initial gamble and that them and IRM continue to invest and strengthen the standard of RTR models.
Back to Mark 3's, I think we will see better quality ones sometime as they are just such an iconic coach.
Would Irish Railway Models consider commissioning a special run from Oxford Rail of modern standard Mark 3's as it looks like they have executed them rather well and they are such an iconic coach for Irish railways for a 20year period??
Fantastic models is all I can say. Really impressed, just about to sell off my North American stock so that I can fund a Tara rake purchase.
Cannot wait for the bubbles!
Keep up the good work lads, brillant
This is one Gareth but sadly I don't have a container of Autoballasters or I would retire!
I do have a couple of them which I might put on eBay to buy a few more IRM bubbles!
I would say that the "beet" wagons will eventually appear from IRM as they ran in long rakes, meaning that for anyone trying to recreate that in model form would likely run at least 12 wagons too get the "look".
I have no connection with IRM so this is just a future assumption and may well depend on the success of the wagons being released.