Blaine Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 MIR did a nice 20' flat wagonSome came with a 20' container Pity not as many wagon kits come with bearings these days
Warbonnet Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Parkside still provide bearings thankfully!
Dunluce Castle Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 As do slaters, I'd love to try an MIR kit but wouldn't risk building one of these "collectors" items
WRENNEIRE Posted January 19, 2015 Author Posted January 19, 2015 (edited) Are Maygib still around? Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE
StevieB Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 If you Google Maygib, they still seem to be about but quite who makes them now is anyone's guess. Stephen
Blaine Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 I'd love to try an MIR kit but wouldn't risk building one of these "collectors" items A good proportion of the range has been covered by other manufacturers. Keep in mind that not everyone collects kits either, only the few and usually you can charge higher prices
Riversuir226 Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 As do slaters, I'd love to try an MIR kit but wouldn't risk building one of these "collectors" items Feck the collectors, all mir kits deserve to be built and run .
WRENNEIRE Posted January 19, 2015 Author Posted January 19, 2015 Pick a window Riversuir You're going home early........
Dunluce Castle Posted January 19, 2015 Posted January 19, 2015 Maybe "rare" would have been a better word than "collectors" Do you know how many different wagons were made by MIR Wrenneire? It's a pity they aren't still going.
WRENNEIRE Posted January 20, 2015 Author Posted January 20, 2015 Maybe "rare" would have been a better word than "collectors" Do you know how many different wagons were made by MIR Wrenneire? It's a pity they aren't still going. Page 49 of this thread has the list of what was available in 2010, just before production ceased.
Riversuir226 Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Fertiliser, ammonia tanks,taras both types, barrier wagons, 47,42,20ft container flats, cement bogie, bubble, curtain side and other 4 wheel bagged cement. On the container flats thet done ones with various loads such as beer keg cages. Loco kits 121/141/181/071/201, hunslet . They also had brass sides kits for nir railcars, mk2/3 egv, gennys, restaurants, buffets etc. They also done a huge range of decals and other accessories including a range of paints. Most of the kits with a little extra work created top drawer models and others out of the box created top drawer models. The odd untouched kit comes up for sale but most have been built the whitemetal ones seem to be more common.
Riversuir226 Posted January 20, 2015 Posted January 20, 2015 Pick a window RiversuirYou're going home early........ Have a few mir empty mir boxes if your interested .
WRENNEIRE Posted January 29, 2015 Author Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) The new Mk 2 coaches MM 5101 Ist Class MM 5151 Composite MM 5201 Standard MM 5215 Standard Edited December 1, 2017 by WRENNEIRE
Tarabuses Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 The photo of 5101 looks identical to the photo of 5151 - even standing on the same boxes?
WRENNEIRE Posted January 29, 2015 Author Posted January 29, 2015 Me and technology, should have gone to Specksavers...
Broithe Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Identical? 5151 has a door in the middle! It has, now that the post has been edited.....
burnthebox Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Identical? 5151 has a door in the middle! I'm glad someone else pointed that out, not to mention the two white "boards" one at each end of 5101 !
Tarabuses Posted January 29, 2015 Posted January 29, 2015 Identical? 5151 has a door in the middle! The miracle of editing!
WRENNEIRE Posted January 31, 2015 Author Posted January 31, 2015 So Shade of orange aside, any one see any problems with these 4 coaches I think they are grand, I ran a rake of them in the MRSI last Weds and there were no complaints
iarnrod Posted January 31, 2015 Posted January 31, 2015 There is a distinct line under the black band on each coach where it looks like orange has been sprayed over the black. It's in the area where the White line would be on IR/IE coaches.
WRENNEIRE Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) The next 4 coaches MM 5223 Standard MM 5403 Diner MM 5604 EGV MM 5608 EGV Edited December 1, 2017 by WRENNEIRE
DiveController Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 There are two EGVs with different numbers?
WRENNEIRE Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) MM5604 MM5608 Edited December 1, 2017 by WRENNEIRE
Broithe Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 Mm5604mm5608 MM5602 with black roof. MM5609 with orange roof. I think..
WRENNEIRE Posted February 2, 2015 Author Posted February 2, 2015 MM 5604 & MM5608 both have orange roofs No black roofed S/T coaches as far as I am aware
Broithe Posted February 2, 2015 Posted February 2, 2015 MM 5604 & MM5608 both have orange roofsNo black roofed S/T coaches as far as I am aware Ah, right - I'm still in IE mode from the coupling question. Carry on, nothing to see here..
DiveController Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 The new Mk 2 coaches MM 5201 Standard I think I notice some duplicate running numbers in there. Weren't 5201 and 5223 Lima running numbers way back when ….?
WRENNEIRE Posted February 5, 2015 Author Posted February 5, 2015 Yes But the coaches kept their running numbers throughout their life, so one coach could have had 3 reincarnations, S/Train, IR & IE liveries
Weshty Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 Nice pics Wrenner. MIR ceased 5 years ago? Hard to believe it's 5 years. An amazing range of stuff when you think of it . We were blessed with them.
DiveController Posted February 5, 2015 Posted February 5, 2015 (edited) Sure, Dave, I realized that, and they were in IE in the Lima packs before. It's just odd that one wouldn't choose unique numbers for anything produced before, like MM0071 and MM7071 for example Edited February 5, 2015 by DiveController
Railer Posted February 6, 2015 Posted February 6, 2015 Just happens, there is a good bit of it within the MM range and Lima to Murphy. MM078 and MM7078. 078 was painted in slate grey when the model came out but it was not released to traffic at the time until some months after the model came out. MM8208 (2008 Enterprise livery) MM208 in NIR blue, Lima 208 NIR blue. MM230 in Enterprise and Lima 230 in Enterprise and IE orange.
WRENNEIRE Posted February 17, 2015 Author Posted February 17, 2015 (edited) MIR Class 80 Lovely kit This one came with a donor coach, was this the norm? Edited December 1, 2017 by WRENNEIRE
201bhoy Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I've nothing to say about any particular post on this, but the whole thread is a wealth of info, thanks a lot Wrenniere!
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