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The Eagle Has Landed - NIR Hunslets Next For Accurascale IRM

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3 hours ago, Colin R said:

Well I was only going to do one but as they say, you can separate a fool from his money so that is one in the maroon, one in the early blue livery and one in the later blue versions, better start saving again from the pension pot.

If I had the money I would buy a load of them seeing what happens to the A class locos

IRM's very limited runs remind me of the Swiss specialist HRF, who never do more than one run of a model. You could probably buy a decent used car for what HRF models can command on the secondhand market.

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On 26/10/2024 at 3:30 PM, Galteemore said:

GMs were built 1980. I think 1981 was when 111/112 took over the Enterprise 

Correct. Once the 111s were delivered in 1980, Hunslets only occasionally appeared on the Enterprise for a time, then not at all.

I'm going to have to find an excuse for an ICR and a 1970s NIR diesel to appear on a 1950s layout set in West Kerry!

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20 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

I'm going to have to find an excuse for an ICR and a 1970s NIR diesel to appear on a 1950s layout set in West Kerry!

Early trials before going into service on the main lines.

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Posted
22 hours ago, Noel said:

....The Hunslet to IRM standards will make a lot of people happy.

The good thing is that you can still go to St. Clabbert's Cultra to see no.102. I think we can safely say that it won't be going anywhere.

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12 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

Correct. Once the 111s were delivered in 1980, Hunslets only occasionally appeared on the Enterprise for a time, then not at all.

I'm going to have to find an excuse for an ICR and a 1970s NIR diesel to appear on a 1950s layout set in West Kerry!

Yes I have the same problem, except that the station I am hoping to model lost its tracks in the 1950s I think and have only recently been put back in the last ten years or so at Downpatrick, it could be a bumpy ride

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2 hours ago, Horsetan said:

The good thing is that you can still go to St. Clabbert's Cultra to see no.102. I think we can safely say that it won't be going anywhere.

Apparently it’s largely complete inside, though a few components missing. But the only place it could operate today would be Downpatrick.

4 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said:

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I’m tempted! 

Was looking at the EXQUISITE IRM sample ICR at the show.

Now I know I can run one - Skaledale to the rescue!  

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49 minutes ago, Colin R said:

Yes I have the same problem, except that the station I am hoping to model lost its tracks in the 1950s I think and have only recently been put back in the last ten years or so at Downpatrick, it could be a bumpy ride

If, as I'm guessing, your proposed layout is in BCDR land, you've every good excuse to imagine that at least part of it survived into the NIR era! Had the UTA not been so bloody-mindedly anti-railway, at the very least Belfast - Newcastle might have survived.... certainly Comber would have done.

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Been considering which of these I wanted to get for the last several days and after finalized my list, I realized that shipping would be a whopping $157!! I checked my account and realized that I paid with $25 to ship 4 A class a couple of years ago, a 300% shipping increase for ROW. Who else has been hit with this increase in ROW and how much has it changed for you guys?

8 hours ago, NIRCLASS80 said:

I wonder has the initial sales been more encouraging after the ICR slight disappointment?

I had planned to get an ICR or two also but that just went on hold

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where on earth are you getting them shipped to?

I'm in NZ and never had a shipping cost over 1/3 of that from IRM...

It doesn't usually even get calculated until ready to ship.

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On 27/10/2024 at 12:07 PM, gibbo675 said:

Does anyone know if the locomotives were tested on BR before despatch to Preston and also were the locomotives moved between Doncaster and Preston by rail ?

Never on the mainline, maybe in the works yard to ensure everything worked, but no more - the Hunslets were build to the Irish loading gauge which is taller and wider than the UK. The scaling of the IRM model is bang on, so they tower over Mk2 coaches

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Posted
8 hours ago, chris said:

where on earth are you getting them shipped to?

I'm in NZ and never had a shipping cost over 1/3 of that from IRM...

It doesn't usually even get calculated until ready to ship.

Shipping to US, metro area, not the backwoods or anything...., looks like the cost just keeps offing rising the more I order (but more locally you get free shipping for ordering more).

Same will happen with ICRs I suspect, so since that not my era its hard to expect us to support that IRM project at these rates over here ☹️

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4 minutes ago, DiveController said:

Shipping to US, metro area, not the backwoods or anything...., looks like the cost just keeps offing rising the more I order (but more locally you get free shipping for ordering more).

Same will happen with ICRs I suspect, so since that not my era its hard to expect us to support that IRM project at these rates over here ☹️

Drop support a line as something sounds broken. 

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5 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Licks pencil. 

Sucks breath through teeth. 

Canaries ye say….

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The website is already broken for me, and An Post are already violating me with a rusty iron bar.

Making it worse?

How could it be any worse?

 

 

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Very nice video of Paul Isles talking about the model in the Ulster Transport Museum and with the model looking very much at home on the MRSI's GNR layout: -> here

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On 1/11/2024 at 10:21 AM, BosKonay said:

Drop support a line as something sounds broken. 

Been waiting on a reply from Andrew regarding this and in the interim the cost has increased by $43 per loco or $335 added to my order. Something's broken alright. I have decided to cancel the potential purchase. Not impressed @Ironroad

 

On 1/11/2024 at 10:32 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Don't fix it!

Make him pay!

Wu ha ha ha ha haaaaaa!

I think they have taken your comment to heart, Dave :rolleyes: Might go into Spanish locos like your 31.2 😁

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3 hours ago, DiveController said:

Been waiting on a reply from Andrew regarding this and in the interim the cost has increased by $43 per loco or $335 added to my order. Something's broken alright. I have decided to cancel the potential purchase. Not impressed @Ironroad

 

I think they have taken your comment to heart, Dave :rolleyes: Might go into Spanish locos like your 31.2 😁

Remember, only up to 319.220! After that, they lost the loveable 071 faces.

@MOGUL works exclusively on the Canarian dispatch process now - one of the hidden benefits of hitting "Platinum" in the Rewards scheme is that IRM recruit an employee just for you.

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The knowledge on the moving feast of cut off bufferbeams  is fun as now spent time looking even more carefully... what a jolly mire! 

Thanks for a bottomless worm hole!!!!   

Robert 

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16 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said:

The knowledge on the moving feast of cut off bufferbeams  is fun as now spent time looking even more carefully... what a jolly mire! 

Thanks for a bottomless worm hole!!!!   

Robert 

Oh yes, some of them went through several stages of trimming, and not always at the same time as they were repainted!

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On 1/11/2024 at 10:21 AM, BosKonay said:

Drop support a line as something sounds broken. 

So unfortunately not, Stephen. IRM is currently charging these rates to ROW. Those of you in ROW may not notice if you only order one or two locos but you certainly will for a larger order!

I have been looking an old waybill from one of my orders but they've been discarded. What would be the country of origin be for models due for delivery to US in 2025 (Ireland or China)?  @BosKonay

Posted
On 28/10/2024 at 12:39 PM, murphaph said:

How were the sound files created for these guys? Old recordings remastered? Class 20?

I wonder if IRM are on holiday in northern Portugal? 

Under the bonnet, the CP 1400s have a lot in common with the NIR Hunslets, and are still in regular use.

Preguica Viaduct

 

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18 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said:

I wonder if IRM are on holiday in northern Portugal? 

Under the bonnet, the CP 1400s have a lot in common with the NIR Hunslets, and are still in regular use.

Preguica Viaduct

 

Also look at the KTM class 22 in Malaysia / basically a co-Co version of the Hunslet, and built by EE in 1971

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