Weshty Posted September 14, 2015 Posted September 14, 2015 The 071 was built by the same lad that is building the brass 201 in O Gauge at the moment Wow. So this brass merchant has some SERIOUS form in the area. any chance of a photo of it all painted and sorted like? Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted September 26, 2015 Author Posted September 26, 2015 (edited) Back on track girls Picked these up last night Nothing very exciting I can hear you say But it puts a clear definition on the different coaches The pic shows 2 x Made in Ireland box's Both have the thinner striped coach in them Also Jouef's penchant for not having a plastic face on their box's but instead wrapping them in clingfilm I have placed one of the thicker striped coaches for comparison As a matter of interest are there any other collectors out there or am I the only sad bastard? PM me if you want to remain anonymous Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
burnthebox Posted September 27, 2015 Posted September 27, 2015 Dave dont suppose anything like those actually ran on Irish railways ! Or did they, also what their worth, Quote
roxyguy Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 I am one of those sad bastards. I have a weird fetish for the jouef Irish stuff. Always wanted some, managed to get my hands on 3 of the coaches with the very thick white lines. Would love a loco to go with it, but the purse strings never seem to allow it when one pops up on ebay. One popped up recently, about 115GBP I think? Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted September 28, 2015 Author Posted September 28, 2015 There is a big interest in Jouef (HDI) in France Most of the stuff I see on eBay seems to end up there I must have a trawl through my stuff and see if there are any spare pieces floating about I have other outline HDI stuff as well Anything that said Made in Ireland was always picked up Quote
roxyguy Posted September 28, 2015 Posted September 28, 2015 There is a big interest in Jouef (HDI) in FranceMost of the stuff I see on eBay seems to end up there I must have a trawl through my stuff and see if there are any spare pieces floating about I have other outline HDI stuff as well Anything that said Made in Ireland was always picked up If any spares pop up, do send me a PM:). I figured that they were going to France, the winning bidders history indicated as much. From time to time they pop up on ebay.fr. Any truth to the myth that some of the stock was buried on site when it closed in Shannon? or is that just a fairy tale? I've often thought a mini documentary about the jouef irish venture could be fierce interesting. Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted September 29, 2015 Author Posted September 29, 2015 That myth has popped up several times but about different makes Some of the Spot On models were used in land fill for some new factory being built in Belfast Also Wrenn box's that were printed in Belfast were also buried in landfill up north Anyone have any other stories? Quote
roxyguy Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 Interesting stuff. Would love to see the clip from the Late Late Toy show where the Jouef HDi stuff appeared, 1979/80??? Quote
Noel Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 The thing about Jouef is they manufactured their european products in Ireland alright, but the continental rolling stock they merely repainted in a sort of CIE livery never looked remotely like anything that ran on Irish rails. At least the Lima Murphy inspired class 33s and BR Mk1s looked looked half right considering it was the 1970s toy market. Quote
Warbonnet Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 I take it Jouef HDI was been and gone before Jouef brought out their Mark III's? Quote
roxyguy Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 The thing about Jouef is they manufactured their european products in Ireland alright, but the continental rolling stock they merely repainted in a sort of CIE livery never looked remotely like anything that ran on Irish rails. At least the Lima Murphy inspired class 33s and BR Mk1s looked looked half right considering it was the 1970s toy market. I hear all of that and I completely agree and it goes without saying that the current Murphy is outstanding, however . . . What makes Jouef hdi a must have for me is: 1. Only model trains ever manufactured in Ireland 2. Livered in CIE colour - if crudely 3. Short lived nature of the factory 4. Scarceness of CIE models produced 5. Oddity factor - european stuff livered as CIE Anyone else? 1 Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted September 29, 2015 Author Posted September 29, 2015 (edited) Have to agree 100% man Scarceness of the models is what does it for me Also made a couple of other models and they produced Made in Ireland track! Go back to pages 40, 41, 42 & 47 of this thread for some more pics Edited September 29, 2015 by WRENNEIRE Quote
Noel Posted September 29, 2015 Posted September 29, 2015 I hear all of that and I completely agree and it goes without saying that the current Murphy is outstanding, however . . . What makes Jouef hdi a must have for me is: 1. Only model trains ever manufactured in Ireland 2. Livered in CIE colour - if crudely 3. Short lived nature of the factory 4. Scarceness of CIE models produced 5. Oddity factor - european stuff livered as CIE Anyone else? I get that - comprendee Quote
roxyguy Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Have to agree 100% manScarceness of the models is what does it for me Also made a couple of other models and they produced Made in Ireland track! Go back to pages 40, 41, 42 & 47 of this thread for some more pics Cheers, fairly comprehensive info here about the Irish venture - I'm sure you've seen it before, an interesting read all the same. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Robertforsythe/sandbox1 Mentions TV ads on Irish television in the lead up to Christmas - would be great to see some of those old ads Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted October 8, 2015 Author Posted October 8, 2015 (edited) The club have been given a lot of the contents of Leinster Models work shop All kinds of Hornby & Lima spare parts etc I pulled this Spares Box out of the wreckage About 4 hours work on it to put it into some kind of respectable appearance Raging I did not take any pics of it beforehand Hope to stock it with some of these unopened spare parts Then put it in the loft and forget about it Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
Warbonnet Posted October 8, 2015 Posted October 8, 2015 Could do with a spare Lima motor too Dave should you have one? I'll send you a list if you're selling stuff off... Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted October 9, 2015 Author Posted October 9, 2015 (edited) Full Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted November 10, 2015 Author Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) Spot the odd one out Just noticed this today Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
Garfield Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 The middle flying snail is the 'right' one... the top wing always faced forward on loco tenders. I'm guessing that's a rarity, though? Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted November 10, 2015 Author Posted November 10, 2015 I reckon its rare Pat All the CIE 4F's that I have seen heretofore have had the reversed Snail This is the only correct one I have seen Quote
jhb171achill Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 That snail faces the right way, but it's the wrong shape, far too big, wrong colour and unlined; the cab number is the wrong size, font and colour too! The loco should have been all grey also, not black, if in fine livery. But to be fair nobody ever tried to pass off those early models as anything other than a broad "toy" representation. Interesting model, though. For record, snails were light green, lined in gold, and numerals were unlined pale yellow. Quote
Garfield Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 That snail faces the right way, but it's the wrong shape, far too big, wrong colour and unlined; the cab number is the wrong size, font and colour too! The loco should have been all grey also, not black, if in fine livery. But to be fair nobody ever tried to pass off those early models as anything other than a broad "toy" representation. Interesting model, though. For record, snails were light green, lined in gold, and numerals were unlined pale yellow. Jaysus, JB... will you go for that pint already! Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted November 10, 2015 Author Posted November 10, 2015 This is a Lima model JB The snail is the correct size because thats how Lima made it back in the day The colour is correct, because thats how Lima made it back in the day Any other sized Snail or different colour would render the model incorrect, because thats how Lima made it back in the day Extract from a toy collectors bible........ Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted November 10, 2015 Author Posted November 10, 2015 Lima at its best Check out the catalogue Snail in the right direction in one pic and 2 sets incorrectly named Tut Tut Lima https://www.hobbydb.com/catalog_items/lima-irish-catalogue-1978-79 Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted December 7, 2015 Author Posted December 7, 2015 (edited) I seemed to have missed these girls Stunning AutoBallasters Produced by Marks Models & Sheamus Graham Came in a Twin Pack with a standard and generator wagon The standard The Genny Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted December 11, 2015 Author Posted December 11, 2015 (edited) Forgot about this one as well The "2700" set This is the Train Only pack, no track or traffo With Traffo & track Edited December 3, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
BosKonay Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 I seemed to have missed these girls Stunning AutoBallasters Produced by Marks Models & Sheamus Graham Came in a Twin Pack with a standard and generator wagon The standard The Genny Real beauties, shame a standard multi hasn't come around yet... Quote
DiveController Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Real beauties, shame a standard multi hasn't come around yet... Yup, nice wagons, would certainly buy some and hopefully some 'extra' generators from the twin packs Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted January 17, 2016 Author Posted January 17, 2016 (edited) Found this page from a March 1997 copy of Model Rail Enthusiast Pat Hammond wrote a series of articles on the various wagons produced by Hornby This was in a series on the 60's & 70's 5 plank wagons These were made in 1979 for the CIE Local Goods Sets A little over 4000 were made In the article the SLNC wagon is described as : R120, Moulded in maroon plastic and carries the initials "SLNC" and the number 145 both tampo printed in white on the sides The initials stood for "Sligo, Larne & Northern Counties" So even Hornby or Pat Hammond can make mistakes! As far as we know the wagon was not sold alone and all the sets were sold in Ireland He then goes on about the Grey CIE wagon which was allocated the number R119 and states that both wagons were scarce I have not found an article on the CIE Insulated wagon so far. Edited December 3, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted February 8, 2016 Author Posted February 8, 2016 (edited) A few pics of SSM's 42' flats I think they are beautiful, specially when viewed from overhead when the skeleton can bee seen Pure Class Some Bells to add atmosphere. Edited December 2, 2017 by WRENNEIRE Quote
RedRich Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 A lovely kit that results in a fantastic model. One of the longest and best threads on the group. It's a history of the hobby, and the work that has gone into it is appreciated. Rich, Quote
BosKonay Posted February 8, 2016 Posted February 8, 2016 Hard to beat some of those kits... and as for a lump of bell on top Quote
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