Irish Royalty - Park Royal Coach Next For IRM

[Mayner]

10 minutes ago, irishthump said:

Black and amber was how I've also heard it frequently described...

Remember a heated discussion with my cousins (all of us teenagers) on a summer holiday trip to Bray (late 60s) who were convinced that the carriages were dark blue and amber, though at least we managed to agree on the amber.

[Mol_PMB]

The original intention was for the area around the windows to be dark olive green, officially CC.239 'greenfinch' equivalent to BS381C 279 'steel furniture green' . As far as I am aware this was never actually applied, but was substituted with black. Black was always intended for the roof, ends and underframe/bogies.

The lower colour was described by the designer as 'saffron', but the numerical colour reference CC.222 (equivalent to BCC.74) given was officially called 'golden brown'. 

[jhb171achill]

1 hour ago, irishthump said:

Black and amber was how I've also heard it frequently described...

That’s as good as anything. It certainly wasn’t brown, and the term used “golden brown” just doesn’t make sense. Nor was it  pure orange, as such. 

It was an orange shade with a distinctly brownish tint, so “amber” or, unfortunately, “tan” were (and are) probably the most technically apt descriptions…..

[dropshort105]

On 10/6/2026 at 9:55 PM, glenn19 said:

Just got my Park Royal D.176 Suburban No. 1400TL, looks absolutely lovely but, it derails very easily, haven't had time to examine in detail yet, but when the bogey is turning the coupling is getting caught. 

It's a 2nd radius curve. All my others work OK. 

Maybe I need longer couplings, but I have a problem on a straight where it also derails, yet I can't see anything wrong

Anybody else having this issue 

All three of mine were derailing r2 and 3 on an incline ( I have two helix on my layout ) the bogie has a u shaped bracket which makes contact with the NEM socket, I cut the bracket off, this allowed more throw on the bogie, however the sprung buffers were also fowling, I retracted them and put a spot of super glue on the back of them to keep them retracted, this seems to have fixed the issue, I didn't like making these modifications to these works of art, but they run on my layout now, which is better than them not running. In defense of the manufacturer, my layout does present challenges for rolling stock.

[DJ Dangerous]

The bogeyman dropped off a little bundle of joy this morning…

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

These things weigh a ton!

What’s the risk of lead poisoning?

[DJ Dangerous]

On 17/6/2026 at 6:08 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Fourteen of the sixteen Park Royals, including the four green models, now available from Mark’s Models at €89 each:

http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51

Hunslets also available for €262 / €380 each.

 

On 20/6/2026 at 12:09 PM, DJ Dangerous said:

Down to twelve variants in stock at Mark’s Models:

http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51

One green sold out and one black and orange sold out.

Now down to eight variants in stock at Mark’s Models:

http://www.marksmodels.com/?cid=51

Six black and amber, amber sounds better than tan, and two green.

 

 

 

[jhb171achill]

Interesting to see the green ones flying off the shelves. Not too long ago, there seemed to be little interest amongst modellers in the "grey'n'green" era, and not a lot more in sixties "black'n'tan".  Most or all Irish interest seemed to be concentrated on the modern "Supertrain / IE" era.

I think this forum has to take credit for the spread of interest into past periods, in which there was far, far greater variety in trains here - whether locos, railcars, carriages or wagons.

IRM, of course, must take credit for the "A" class locos, behind which there is now much to run, including green PRs. When the "A"s came out, there was very much less that could authentically run behind a silver, green or black one anyway. Likewise the late Paddy Murphy.

Smaller manufacturers are also to be thanked for gradually chipping away at producing wagons of the pre-1970 era; Provincial Leslie, JM Design and latterly CK Prints have massively helped Irish railway modelling. JM, along with 00 Works, have of course also produced Irish steam locos. And a few kit makers as well - IFM, SSM, Worsley, etc.

I have products from all of the above. Were it not for them, my layouting activities might have remained a dormant teen memory from half a century ago, or have been based on Austrian narrow gauge - I spent twenty years collecting OBB narrow gauge stuff and built up a large collection for a retirement layout. 

And then along came Murphy's 141s. The Austrian stuff all went, every bit, on fleabay, and the ideas for an Irish layout were born.

Tis the old story - provide something a potential customer wants, and they will come running. We await the future with anticipation. 

Edited Tuesday at 12:45 by jhb171achill

[DJ Dangerous]

1 hour ago, jhb171achill said:

Interesting to see the green ones flying off the shelves. Not too long ago, there seemed to be little interest amongst modellers in the "grey'n'green" era, and not a lot more in sixties "black'n'tan".  Most or all Irish interest seemed to be concentrated on the modern "Supertrain / IE" era.

I think this forum has to take credit for the spread of interest into past periods, in which there was far, far greater variety in trains here - whether locos, railcars, carriages or wagons.

IRM, of course, must take credit for the "A" class locos, behind which there is now much to run, including green PRs. When the "A"s came out, there was very much less that could authentically run behind a silver, green or black one anyway. Likewise the late Paddy Murphy.

Smaller manufacturers are also to be thanked for gradually chipping away at producing wagons of the pre-1970 era; Provincial Leslie, JM Design and latterly CK Prints have massively helped Irish railway modelling. JM, along with 00 Works, have of course also produced Irish steam locos. And a few kit makers as well - IFM, SSM, Worsley, etc.

I have products from all of the above. Were it not for them, my layouting activities might have remained a dormant teen memory from half a century ago, or have been based on Austrian narrow gauge - I spent twenty years collecting OBB narrow gauge stuff and built up a large collection for a retirement layout. 

And then along came Murphy's 141s. The Austrian stuff all went, every bit, on fleabay, and the ideas for an Irish layout were born.

Tis the old story - provide something a potential customer wants, and they will come running. We await the future with anticipation. 

There were four green variants and twelve black and orange, so 25% were green.

Sales at Mark’s Models seem to loosely follow that trend, with two of eight remaining lines being green.

People have Bachmann Moguls, Silver Fox C Classes, Silver Fox A Classes and IRM A Classes all starved for green coaching.

Given that, and the shift towards the grey days on the forum over the last few years, I thought the green variants would have sold faster.

Possible that the grey market is a bit saturated as a lot of recent released seem to be that era, H Vans etc not selling, which may explain the green coaches not selling out on day one.

Honestly, they are GORGEOUS and I thought they’d have sold out long before any black and orange variants.

Possible that there’s a difference in the way people post and the way people spend. The more vociferous minority etc.

[dropshort105]

Finally got em running right.

 

 

[John-r]

Stunning night time action, it all looks great.

[GSR 800]

17 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

There were four green variants and twelve black and orange, so 25% were green.

Sales at Mark’s Models seem to loosely follow that trend, with two of eight remaining lines being green.

People have Bachmann Moguls, Silver Fox C Classes, Silver Fox A Classes and IRM A Classes all starved for green coaching.

Given that, and the shift towards the grey days on the forum over the last few years, I thought the green variants would have sold faster.

Possible that the grey market is a bit saturated as a lot of recent released seem to be that era, H Vans etc not selling, which may explain the green coaches not selling out on day one.

Honestly, they are GORGEOUS and I thought they’d have sold out long before any black and orange variants.

Possible that there’s a difference in the way people post and the way people spend. The more vociferous minority etc.

The Park Royals are really too late for the Woolwiches for the most part, and while people may have Silver and Green A and C class, they're no doubt fewer in number to black n tan examples.

I bought 2 green ones, but they are a bit out of step with the rest of my dark green stock, and wouldn't be seen until steams end. (I do prefer the dark green)

They spent the vast majority of their lives in black n tan.

H vans have stuck around for a good while. Just for me personally, I bought six of the fitted vans and 3 grain vans, I plan on getting 6 regular H vans but money doesn't grow on trees! Any more is IMO money better spent on CK prints to get more variety on goods trains.

There probably is a saturation with H vans and the Palvans, but as we know stock can sit for years and then end up at ludicrous prices on ebay.

 

[Warbonnet]

Hi folks,

Final unpaid/cancelled order stock now on the website: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/park-royal-coaches

As you can see, really not many left! This is very last of the stock left with us.

Also, if you do pre-order, and cant take them on, please don't ignore our many emails and have the courtesy to respond so we can let someone else grab a much in-demand model before they get ripped off on eBay. It's no problem, just let us know!

Cheers!

Fran 

[leslie10646]

Thanks. They sold out before I could move! I'm not wild about buying things completely unseen.

Order sent this morning!

I've just noticed that I have several thousand points - I should buy something else ........

Edited yesterday at 09:13 by leslie10646

[Mol_PMB]

My last 3 green ones arrived safely yesterday, and I've only started hacking one of them so far.

I'm trying to resist the temptation to buy more, there are so many options for modifications, but I think I've probably got enough for now. I'll save myself for some main line variants in future (hopefully).

[Horsetan]

1 hour ago, Warbonnet said:

...., if you do pre-order, and cant take them on, please don't ignore our many emails and have the courtesy to respond so we can let someone else grab a much in-demand model before they get ripped off on eBay....

Life being what it is these days, it's not inconceivable that the "someone else" is also hoping to make a quick buck on eBay...

[leslie10646]

13 hours ago, dropshort105 said:

Finally got em running right.

 

Very nice, of course, BUT!

Time that you reprimanded your station staff for not lighting the signals.

Of course, I can't talk - not a single signal on POrtadown Jct, my drivers have telepathy ...........

 

[Tractionman]

3 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

Hi folks,

Final unpaid/cancelled order stock now on the website: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/park-royal-coaches

As you can see, really not many left! This is very last of the stock left with us.

Also, if you do pre-order, and cant take them on, please don't ignore our many emails and have the courtesy to respond so we can let someone else grab a much in-demand model before they get ripped off on eBay. It's no problem, just let us know!

Cheers!

Fran 

 

I got tempted one more to add to the three I had already pre-ordered, and had arrived a few weeks back, somehow 3 did not seem enough to form a 'rake', so it was now or never!

cheers,

Keith

[skinner75]

I ordered a couple of the later, dual white stripe ones. I had already ordered several of the older single white stripe ones

[dropshort105]

4 hours ago, leslie10646 said:

Very nice, of course, BUT!

Time that you reprimanded your station staff for not lighting the signals.

Of course, I can't talk - not a single signal on POrtadown Jct, my drivers have telepathy ...........

 

There is always one

[DJ Dangerous]

13 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

Hi folks,

Final unpaid/cancelled order stock now on the website: https://www.accurascale.com/collections/park-royal-coaches

As you can see, really not many left! This is very last of the stock left with us.

Also, if you do pre-order, and cant take them on, please don't ignore our many emails and have the courtesy to respond so we can let someone else grab a much in-demand model before they get ripped off on eBay. It's no problem, just let us know!

Cheers!

Fran 

Bit of a shame that there were so many unpaid and unclaimed pre-orders with no communication, but all the better for anybody who missed out.

[Mol_PMB]

There's only a handful left now...

[Tractionman]

12 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

There's only a handful left now...

A good sign, shows how much demand there is for decent rolling stock, hopefully spurring on more in the future