NIRCLASS80

Great job, well done lads, now get them painted!!!

Great stuff. Irish railway modelling never had it better and lets hope things just keep getting better.

The great thing about using ESU common sound files is that you don't have to pay for each loco's sound file. You can simply load it into the chip using the ESU Lokprogrammer and even update and modify the sound according to your needs.

Just recently ESU loksound have upgraded lots of there GM engine sound files for the american market. I took one and edited it to include irish 071 horn sound file and it sounds great with the new feature called full throttle. Sadly I cannot video it as I am in the middle of a house move but as soon as I get a chance I will. I think you will like it and the engine sounds are also available for the 121's.

Exciting stuff!!!! If this sort of announcement had been made by a British Model Train manufacturer on a forum we would have at least 30 pages of guessing, fighting, arguing and finally condemning the manufacturer for ever making an announcement in the first place!!!! OK I will start the guessing game. 1.Bogie Fertilizer wagon 2.Cement Wagon 3.NIR Class 80 (DREAMING)

looking good. Great work from you lads. I think a big thanks is in order.

The Belmond Hibernian will not be travelling north of Belfast for this year anyway.

As Dirty Harry would say "Go ahead, Make my Day!!":)

Looking good, cannot wait. Any word of you announcing NIR Class 80's as your third project???

I think the church would survive without the Model Club income!! The church should be thanked for the support it gives the club through supplying premises, heating and lighting.

Its not up to us how any show is organised and this remark is totally uncalled for. If you don't like don't go. This show is about displaying are hobby to the public and the club always seem to have a lot of young people involved.

Great Stuff One question could you give us an update on when summer begins in Ireland!!!

It doesn't say in the magazine but if you would like a nice little rake of 24 it will be expensive no matter what!

I see the latest Rail Express has a preview CAD drawing of the Cement Bubble published. Looks great! and bank breaking!! and worth it!!

How is this looking??

Sorry but I loved the good old 80's. Many a cab ride was enjoyed between Ballymena and Coleraine, and with the right driver and a good 5 car set 90mph down Ballyboyland bank was not unknown and rather lively!!

Coastal DCC are great to deal with and super quick dispatch too.

Well sure its a change from an Irish layout with British stock as was so often the case for years!! Also helps raise awareness of how nice the Irish RTR stock that is available is and can only help sales of future releases.

I think we require fertilizer to get a real explosion up North!!!

OK that's enough to burst the bank account for about 2 years!!! Please don't tell us whats next until we get this all paid for!!

Can't wait. Now that the ballast wagon has went to tooling has the "bubble" progressed?

Just for some interest I emailed Oxford Rail about doing some Irish Mk3's and here is the reply. Hi Gareth, Thanks for the email, I remember them from journeys across Ireland in my youth! I think they’ve all now been scrapped from memory? It’s something we are looking at. I’d suggest you might want to sign up for our newsletter, that way you’ll get news of new items as quickly as possible. http://www.oxfordrail.com Kind Regards Tim Oxford Diecast is a leading British Company that supplies Diecast Vehicles and Collectable items in the Collector, Souvenir, FOB and Promotional Markets. Started in 1993 Oxford distributes its’ products to a global audience from offices in the UK, The USA, Hong Kong and China.

The crack is great. This is just what forums were made for!! If Rapido bring the Mark3 to the British market the model will be good but the price might just be the sticking point for many modellers.

I think the width is only a bogie factor.

How many people would be interested in a new run of IR/IE Mk3 coaches. Perhaps if all those interested registered their interest on here now and then Oxford Rail contacted about this thread they may consider including the Irish variations when producing the molds for the models. Oxford do tend to do a large range of colour schemes on any product they produce so lets hope if the feedback is positive here then who knows what could happen!! Here goes; 6 Standard 1 Restaurant Buffet Standard 1 Brake Generator Van