Murphy Models new 201 and Mk3 coaches

[Niles]

28 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Do you mean a "C" class in "flying snail" green? .....................................................

Sure he can want both? 

True story, I managed to travel behind both 201 Class No.231s on the same day, in the same province.

('Big' 231 being my motive power back to Dublin after C231's performance at the last ITG gala).

[Westcorkrailway]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Do you mean a "C" class in "flying snail" green? .....................................................

The difference is I’ll buy a few of those as a posed to just 1 of the new 201

[DJ Dangerous]

Mk2D's first would make sense, assuming that the tooling still exists.

Mk3's would have to be built from the ground up.

Great that IRM will be stocking them, yay!

[K801]

I wonder if bringing out a model Mk4 instead of a Mk3 would of made more sense?

[Dempsey]

Or enterprise coach stock as the enterprise livery 201s much like the intercity have nothing to hual passenger wise. That being said, having returned to the hobby too late to pick up any of the originally produced mk3s I'm looking forward to their release. 

[Westcorkrailway]

1 hour ago, K801 said:

I wonder if bringing out a model Mk4 instead of a Mk3 would of made more sense?

The 201s did haul Mk3s in the early days. However the 3 livery’s MM plans to bring out (new logo IE green, New enterprise livery, Badger livery) never hauled em. I don’t think it would be too out there to suggest that MK 4 coaches will come sooner or later however 

 

currently there is a whole lot of A class locomotives with no passenger rolling stock currently available RTR so it’s it out of the question to have no stock for the new 201s 

[DJ Dangerous]

Any updates on the other Murphy Models projects from the Blackrock show today?

Not the 141 / 181's nor the Mk2D's, as they have their own threads, but the likes of the 201's, the Mk3's, and the grey 071's mentioned by @DonderBlitzen?

 

 

3 hours ago, DonderBlitzen said:

I did, 141s end of January. Re run of 071s and 201s with some new paint schemes. Can't remember when the coaches are but further on in the year. He mentioned something else in the works but couldn't remember what it was at the time.

 

23 minutes ago, DonderBlitzen said:

He specifically mentioned the grey 071 as well.

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Noticed this on the Murphy Models website earlier, regarding the Mk3 Coaches:

 

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Irish Rail Mark III Coaches - in CAD process as of January 2024. 

 

Screenshot attached for reference.

 

[Rosslare Ranger]

That's so last year.

[Der Rechtsanwalt]

I spoke to Paddy Murphy at the MRSI Show last month. He said the following:

• The 071 class would go into production mid-2025
• The MkIII coaches would enter production around the same time
• The 071 class would come in the same range of liveries as the initial run except in different numbers
• The 071 class would have various electronic upgrades similar to the recent run of 141/181s.
• In addition, the 071 would have a modification to the manual parking brake wheel
• Irish Rail removed the grab handles on the front of the 071 cabs when they were repurposed for freight (current slate grey livery).  
• In order to reflect this deletion on the models, the cabs for the current freight livery had to be retooled otherwise holes would be left in the plastic. 
• This retooling translated into delay.
• No unit price has been decided yet owing to inflation in the €Euro. 

[DJ Dangerous]

On 30/1/2022 at 1:30 AM, connollystn said:

@DJ Dangerous - Can't see a RTR model of the 22 000 being produced this side of my 70th birthday.

 

Would you hurry up and hit 70, please? I want my 22000!

[Wexford70]

On 29/11/2024 at 10:34 AM, Der Rechtsanwalt said:

• In addition, the 071 would have a modification to the manual parking brake wheel
• Irish Rail removed the grab handles on the front of the 071 cabs when they were repurposed for freight (current slate grey livery).  
• In order to reflect this deletion on the models, the cabs for the current freight livery had to be retooled otherwise holes would be left in the plastic. 
• This retooling translated into delay.
• No unit price has been decided yet owing to inflation in the €Euro. 

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