DJ Dangerous Posted Sunday at 13:28 Posted Sunday at 13:28 On 12/12/2025 at 11:02 PM, BosKonay said: Final production samples and a shipping update are due in the coming week. Not long now and they look and run amazingly. You’re cutting it fine for Q4!
Mol_PMB Posted Sunday at 13:40 Posted Sunday at 13:40 11 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: You’re cutting it fine for Q4! Depends which year… 2
GSWR 90 Posted Sunday at 14:03 Posted Sunday at 14:03 (edited) Whoops, wrong thread... Looking for 800s, not 101s. Too much excitement going on! Edited Sunday at 15:01 by GSWR 90 2
Mol_PMB Posted Sunday at 14:18 Posted Sunday at 14:18 13 minutes ago, GSWR 90 said: Whoops, wrong thread... Looking for 101s, not 800s. Too much excitement going on! No GSWR 0-6-0s, CIE Sulzers or indeed GNR MaKs to be found here. Yet… 1
BosKonay Posted Sunday at 17:18 Posted Sunday at 17:18 3 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: You’re cutting it fine for Q4! Planes are fierce quick yokes
Mol_PMB Posted Sunday at 17:50 Posted Sunday at 17:50 29 minutes ago, BosKonay said: Planes are fierce quick yokes 102 'Falcon' is the fastest bird in the sky, and beats most trains too, though admittedly not IRM's air freighter. 242mph top speed recorded! 1 1
Horsetan Posted Tuesday at 23:31 Posted Tuesday at 23:31 On 14/12/2025 at 1:28 PM, DJ Dangerous said: You’re cutting it fine for Q4! On 14/12/2025 at 1:40 PM, Mol_PMB said: Depends which year… I was about to say.....if it were Q4 in 2026, it would allow some of us more time to save money..... 2 1
DJ Dangerous Posted Wednesday at 08:46 Posted Wednesday at 08:46 On 14/12/2025 at 5:18 PM, BosKonay said: Planes are fierce quick yokes As are parachute drops for speedy unloading! 9 hours ago, Horsetan said: I was about to say.....if it were Q4 in 2026, it would allow some of us more time to save money..... Last updates were here: Quote Hi @Brunel276, Many thanks for the order. No change to our last update which you can read here: https://www.accurascale.com/blogs/irish-railway-news/what-a-hunny-decorated-nir-hunslets-revealed If there is a change, then we publish a new update. Cheers! Fran And here: Quote Overall, we are very pleased with progress so far, and the above has been fed back to the factory already with these amendments now well under way. Production is due to begin just after the Chinese New Year break in spring 2025 with us still on course for a delivery date Q4 2025. So a full year to save is probably not too likely!
Mol_PMB Posted Wednesday at 09:08 Posted Wednesday at 09:08 Boskonay indicated that they're coming on a plane. I wonder if production volumes demand a big one... 1
leslie10646 Posted Wednesday at 23:27 Posted Wednesday at 23:27 23 hours ago, Horsetan said: I was about to say.....if it were Q4 in 2026, it would allow some of us more time to save money..... Obviously lawyers don't earn as much as I thought ........ 1
leslie10646 Posted Wednesday at 23:38 Posted Wednesday at 23:38 On 14/12/2025 at 5:50 PM, Mol_PMB said: 102 'Falcon' is the fastest bird in the sky, and beats most trains too, though admittedly not IRM's air freighter. 242mph top speed recorded! I get quite enough fun out of watching the Red Kites in our back garden in Caversham - four down to collect bits of fat within 15 seconds! We're very privileged to see these once rare birds - we see more than we do Blue Tits etc. It's great watching them scare off the seagulls ...... Kites.mov 1
Mol_PMB Posted Wednesday at 23:55 Posted Wednesday at 23:55 Very nice! I very occasionally see kites overhead, buzzards and kestrels are more common in the skies here in Manchester, and we have a local pair of falcons that I have watched catching pigeons around the M60 Barton viaduct. In the garden I have very good numbers of small birds visiting (tits, finches, sparrows etc) and consequently sparrowhawks also visit my garden. They usually perch on the outbuildings or fences but one hid in the apple tree. We also have parrots nesting locally. They’ll be at it again soon, they breed very early in the year. 1 2
Horsetan Posted yesterday at 09:49 Posted yesterday at 09:49 10 hours ago, leslie10646 said: Obviously lawyers don't earn as much as I thought ........ We haven't had this year's bonus yet
leslie10646 Posted yesterday at 10:05 Posted yesterday at 10:05 14 minutes ago, Horsetan said: We haven't had this year's bonus yet Ah, so once you get yours, IRM will be marking things "Sold out"?
Horsetan Posted yesterday at 10:44 Posted yesterday at 10:44 38 minutes ago, leslie10646 said: Ah, so once you get yours, IRM will be marking things "Sold out"? Let me get back to ye on that.
DJ Dangerous Posted yesterday at 11:31 Posted yesterday at 11:31 Hunslets due end of March according to email from A/S just now!
BosKonay Posted yesterday at 11:53 Posted yesterday at 11:53 https://irishrailwaymodeller.com/topic/19706-irm-latest-the-hunslets-enter-the-final-frontier-delivery-update-december-2025/?do=findComment&comment=274238
Mol_PMB Posted yesterday at 11:55 Posted yesterday at 11:55 22 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: Hunslets due end of March according to email from A/S just now! They'll miss my birthday too I'll have to muster all my patience, and get on with building the kit stash. I wonder how the Park Royals are doing?
Horsetan Posted yesterday at 11:56 Posted yesterday at 11:56 21 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: Hunslets due end of March according to email from A/S just now! Dunno what route the container ships normally take, but as long as they don't get targeted by Houthi rebels, Somali pirates, Israeli jets, leftover Katyusha rockets or stray Russian-Iranian drones, March/April '26 will be grand. 2
DJ Dangerous Posted yesterday at 12:23 Posted yesterday at 12:23 25 minutes ago, Mol_PMB said: They'll miss my birthday too I'll have to muster all my patience, and get on with building the kit stash. I wonder how the Park Royals are doing? I’m sure these will be worth the wait! 24 minutes ago, Horsetan said: Dunno what route the container ships normally take, but as long as they don't get targeted by Houthi rebels, Somali pirates, Israeli jets, leftover Katyusha rockets or stray Russian-Iranian drones, March/April '26 will be grand. Don’t jinx them! Unlikely to be re-run for quite a long time, if ever, in our short lifetimes: 1 hour ago, Warbonnet said: If you’re keeping an eye on our upcoming releases, then our NIR Hunslet locomotives are certainly in the minds of fans of all things 5ft 3'. Due to land around now, there has been a very slight delay, but the good news is that they're about to depart the factory in China. We have Production Samples in hand but with our Christmas rush we've yet to take proper photographs of them, so look forward to seeing the final results in January! You might notice that the project took a little longer than expected. That’s because extra time was needed to refine the sound project. But trust us—it’s worth the wait. The attention to detail and the quality of the audio really make these models stand out, capturing that distinctive English Electric whistle which echoed along the Great Northern Main Line for so many years. The factory has been incredibly busy lately, handling multiple projects at once. If you’ve been following our activity, you’ve probably noticed how packed it is with new releases right now. This makes the extra care they are taking even more reassuring—you know they’re focused on quality rather than rushing things out. After the Hunslets they will begin on the Mark 2 coaches too, so you can expect a lovely matching train with matching paint shades hammering around your layout. When you finally get your hands on a NIR Hunslet, you’ll see why it’s such a must-have. It's highly unlikely a Ready-to-Run Hunslet will ever be available again, and we highly doubt a second run will ever happy, so now is your chance to grab one. Pre-order below for a Q1 2026 delivery. Pre-order Your NIR Hunslet Here! View the full article
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