IRM announce NIR Enterprise Mark 2 Coaches

[Warbonnet]

Hi everyone,

As you may have read elsewhere, we have an all new tooling announcement today at midday. We have one for IRM, and one for sister brand, Accurascale. It will be premiered on the Hornby Magazine YouTube channel at high noon with full samples demonstrated on their layout. 

You can watch here, and in the meantime feel free to wildly speculate! 

Cheers!

Fran 

[NIRCLASS80]

Mk2 range hopefully incorporating a 80 class announcement!

please

[Patrick Davey]

Ballymena & Larne starter set in OO9.

[Westcorkrailway]

Alright so everyone put there number 1 genuine prediction prediction in this thread so we can look silly when it’s something completely different 

 

“Park royals or C class”

 

 

Edited August 26, 2021 by Westcorkrailway

[chris]

mk3's

 

or ideally B class

[Bob229]

MK 4 Coaches and DVT 

[Eagles]

Mark 3s or the Ammonia wagons from IRM. 

[murphaph]

Park Royals make the most sense to me given the hints about coaching stock and the fact they ran with A's their whole (long) lives.

[Broithe]

We live in strange times.

Frostbit Boy has been rescued by dolphins.

Anything at all is actually possible now.

[enniscorthyman]

My guess is 22k or mk4

[flange lubricator]

24 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Park Royals make the most sense to me given the hints about coaching stock and the fact they ran with A's their whole (long) lives.

That would be a great choice , lots of livery varations and versions snack car , passenger , brake, even ambulance.

[Patrick Davey]

Park Royals or Cravens, or a C class loco. 
 

Still holding out for that Ballymena & Larne starter set in OO9 though. 

[Eagles]

I will be interested in the Accurascale announcement as well. I have Irish and British models in diesel and electric area. 

[Edo]

A proper and affordable CIE /RPSI Santa special train set for the Christmas kids market would be great...

[gm171 kk]

My money is on oil tankers if its wagon, park royals if its a coach and a kettle if its a loco.

[Westcorkrailway]

Chance that AEC railcars might also be on the way, but much less likely the park royals,C class prediction 
 

im also predicting GWR rolling stock for the accurascale announcement 

10 minutes ago, gm171 kk said:

My money is on oil tankers if its wagon, park royals if its a coach and a kettle if its a loco.

Hi, IRM here live from whitehead railway centre Co Antrim Northern Ireland to being you our latest announcement........

 

[DoctorPan]

1 minute ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Chance that AEC railcars might also be on the way, but much less likely the park royals,C class prediction 
 

im also predicting GWR rolling stock for the accurascale announcement 

Hi, IRM here live from whitehead railway centre Co Antrim Northern Ireland to being you our latest announcement........

 

I wouldn't be surprised with a Jeep and then a Mogul to coincide with the launch of 105.

[Midland Man]

Probably park royals or craven as both  coaches were used the same era as the A class so IRM could probably make  a loco , coach bundle. 461 would make a cool loco as it goes across many eras as well as its unique inside cylinders.If they did a preserved  steam engine it would sell very well in my mind.

[Westcorkrailway]

Can’t think of a better place to see the C class be announced

[Bumble_Bee]

My wildly silly/hopeful guess is a range of GNRi Class V's  

[Westcorkrailway]

Can you do the stream a minute early?

[Westcorkrailway]

How did practically no one guess mk2s

 

congrats guys....they look stunning and nir variety too?

[DJ Dangerous]

OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!!!!

[chris]

4 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

How did practically no one guess mk2s

Well I assumed actual Irish stuff and Murphy already has the mk2 covered.

Looks nice but this will be a miss from me, no resonation with NIR coaches like these unfortunately.

Good stuff though guys, keep it coming.

[Westcorkrailway]

1 minute ago, chris said:

Well I assumed actual Irish stuff and Murphy already has the mk2 covered.

Looks nice but this will be a miss from me, no resonation with NIR coaches like these unfortunately.

Good stuff though guys, keep it coming.

Rip to those people flogging them on eBay for twice there worth 

 

those days are no more

[DJ Dangerous]

That lighting is incredible, and it works on DC!!!

From what year until what year did each of the two liveries run?

[Bumble_Bee]

Gorgeous! I'm absolutely sold on the close coupling/gangway gap thing. Massive gaps have always bothered me so these look wonderful!

 

Now I'm looking at my old hornby mk2s all half painted wondering if I should finish them or just send them for scrap and get these new ones instead  

 

To be fair though my ones are being painted orange, so these new NIR ones wont clash with it

[Bob229]

Congrats IRM  another stunning model,  coaches with close coupling and onboard lighting will look excellent with the A class

[Bumble_Bee]

1 minute ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Rip to those people flogging them on eBay for twice there worth 

 

those days are no more

Absolutely!! RRP sounds good for the irish 3 pack and at least then you get a ready to go rake instead of having to pay some tom dick and/or harry £300 for a ten year old coach!! 

[mphoey]

wow great announcement finally will get the Whitehead rpsi mk2 set finished with the generator 8911 and dining car 547  pity they were not announced in the liveries unless its in the future as well as open coaches 300 and 302. It is nice to see NIR stock been done so if these sell well maybe an 80 class is not too far away

Edited August 26, 2021 by mphoey

[Warbonnet]

Thanks everyone, you can read all the info on them here! https://irishrailwaymodels.com/blogs/announcements/irm-gets-enterprising-with-nir-mark-2-coaches

[Blaine]

5 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

That lighting is incredible, and it works on DC!!!

From what year until what year did each of the two liveries run?

Theres actually 3 liveries

Original grey/blue - 1978 - 1986ish

Grey/Blue with white banding/Intercity script - 1986-1989

Corporate Intercity - 1989 - 1999.

Although there was mixed livery rakes too

[LARNE CABIN]

Absolutely stunning! So good to see NIR coaches at last. I have a Hunslet and was in the process of making a Driving Trailer from a Bachmann Mk2c, and now here we have the Driving Trailer in perfection from IRM. Can't really believe it! Thanks guys.

[enniscorthyman]

Certainly  a surprise,and a perfect addition  for 112.

[murphaph]

Yeah I didn't see that coming at all. Fair play, they look beautiful already. The Hornby chaps were clearly impressed.

Obviously there's some common tooling between BR and NIR versions but the decision to press ahead with the "oddball" NIR variants is brave and I hope will be rewarded.

With this announcement I can't help but feel an 80 Class isn't too many years away.....