mphoey Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Hi just wondering has everyone received their email to transfer over to accruscale from irm as i have not noted one yet 2 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I haven't had one yet, but then I already have an Accurascale account as well. I assume they will be merged in some way, hopefully my points will be transferred across and merged. I think the Accurascale team are having a very busy time at present; lots of recent deliveries to distribute, warehouse consolidation and some controversy on one of their UK models to deal with. Hopefully there will be some more clarifications on the process when they get a chance, in the meantime I hope they're having a relaxing weekend. 1 Quote
BosKonay Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Controversy? On 1/2/2025 at 3:49 PM, mphoey said: Hi just wondering has everyone received their email to transfer over to accruscale from irm as i have not noted one yet Expand If you didn’t already have an accurascale account you may have had one. If you did have an accurascale account under the same email then you won’t have done. Next job is consolidation of all open orders and preorders. Quote
mphoey Posted February 1 Author Posted February 1 On 1/2/2025 at 4:26 PM, BosKonay said: Controversy? If you didn’t already have an accurascale account you may have had one. If you did have an accurascale account under the same email then you won’t have done. Next job is consolidation of all open orders and preorders. Expand thanks for reply just doublechecked dont have an accurascale account Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 1 Posted February 1 I apologise. I was trying to be helpful and I have ended up being unhelpful. Please keep up the good work! Quote
BosKonay Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/2/2025 at 4:43 PM, Mol_PMB said: I apologise. I was trying to be helpful and I have ended up being unhelpful. Please keep up the good work! Expand Not at all was just genuinely curious what controversy i wasn’t aware of Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/2/2025 at 6:08 PM, BosKonay said: Not at all was just genuinely curious what controversy i wasn’t aware of Expand RMweb seems full of discussion on the 16t mineral wagons having the wrong juxtaposition of sides and ends. Some people seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill. I have no personal experience of these so have stayed well away from the debate. I'm sure 95% of people won't care and 4% of people will modify them to suit their needs. Quote
NorthWallDocker Posted February 1 Posted February 1 Accurascale account email received, and set up, all the way out here in the U.S. Midwest. Looking forward to a rake of Park Royals later this year, whenever they come. IRM truly is "the next level in Irish railway modelling." 1 Quote
BosKonay Posted February 1 Posted February 1 On 1/2/2025 at 6:25 PM, Mol_PMB said: RMweb seems full of discussion on the 16t mineral wagons having the wrong juxtaposition of sides and ends. Some people seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill. I have no personal experience of these so have stayed well away from the debate. I'm sure 95% of people won't care and 4% of people will modify them to suit their needs. Expand Aha. Understood. Paul has already posted officially and I don’t think i’d call three people posting about it a ‘controversy’ Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 1/2/2025 at 6:25 PM, Mol_PMB said: RMweb seems full of discussion on the 16t mineral wagons having the wrong juxtaposition of sides and ends. Some people seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill. I have no personal experience of these so have stayed well away from the debate. I'm sure 95% of people won't care and 4% of people will modify them to suit their needs. Expand Aw, you had me guessing, and my top guess was: Somebody was furious because they bought a Ruston and it wasn't rusty. 1 Quote
Wexford70 Posted February 2 Posted February 2 So is the Irish Railway Models site going to be defunct soon? Does this also mean that our customer data is now going to be stored in the UK? Quote
Mayner Posted February 2 Posted February 2 On 2/2/2025 at 6:33 PM, Wexford70 said: So is the Irish Railway Models site going to be defunct soon? Does this also mean that our customer data is now going to be stored in the UK? Expand IRM and many other businesses internationally use Shopify as an on-line sales platform, so IRM customer data likely to be stored on the 'cloud" somewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopify 1 Quote
Wexford70 Posted February 3 Posted February 3 (edited) On 2/2/2025 at 7:59 PM, Mayner said: IRM and many other businesses internationally use Shopify as an on-line sales platform, so IRM customer data likely to be stored on the 'cloud" somewhere. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopify Expand Hi Mayner, I get this but as IRM or Accurascale are the Data Controller are engaging Shopify under contract to deliver services on their behalf, they need to be clear in the privacy notice where our customer data is being processed. There does not seem to be any of that information provided. The privacy notice mentions consent as the basis for processing but I don't think we were asked to give consent to have an Accurascale account created for us using the customer data we gave to IRM. Edited February 3 by Wexford70 Quote
BosKonay Posted February 3 Posted February 3 On 3/2/2025 at 5:41 PM, Wexford70 said: Hi Mayner, I get this but as IRM or Accurascale are the Data Controller are engaging Shopify under contract to deliver services on their behalf, they need to be clear in the privacy notice where our customer data is being processed. There does not seem to be any of that information provided. The privacy notice mentions consent as the basis for processing but I don't think we were asked to give consent to have an Accurascale account created for us using the customer data we gave to IRM. Expand The data remains in the same cloud in the same locations processed by the same entity. Branding aside there is no actual legal difference. Quote
Wexford70 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 On 3/2/2025 at 6:44 PM, BosKonay said: The data remains in the same cloud in the same locations processed by the same entity. Branding aside there is no actual legal difference. Expand Good to know. Can you confirm the locations where they keep customer data on Accurascale's behalf? Normally there are options provided which can be chosen in the commercial contract. Quote
BosKonay Posted February 5 Posted February 5 On 5/2/2025 at 12:07 PM, Wexford70 said: Good to know. Can you confirm the locations where they keep customer data on Accurascale's behalf? Normally there are options provided which can be chosen in the commercial contract. Expand Shopify stores data in the Google cloud platform, with European customers data remaining in Europe. Quote
skinner75 Posted February 5 Posted February 5 I haven't received the email to migrate, and don't have an Accurascale account, as I wouldn't be interested in the UK scene at all 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 5 Posted February 5 On 5/2/2025 at 2:03 PM, skinner75 said: I haven't received the email to migrate, and don't have an Accurascale account, as I wouldn't be interested in the UK scene at all Expand Judas! Ban him! Off with his head! 2 1 Quote
Mayner Posted February 6 Posted February 6 On 5/2/2025 at 1:28 PM, BosKonay said: Shopify stores data in the Google cloud platform, with European customers data remaining in Europe. Expand One point to note is that the Shopify "Shop Pay" checkout and payment system retains customers card and shipping details, this allows one-click checkout on Shopify on-line stores that offer "Shop Pay" I found this out accidentally when I pressed the 'buy it now" button while buying a book from a US Shopify site although I hadn't actually registered with the site. At the time I had used Shop Pay to pay for items from IRM. Interestingly the US site 1st thought I was in South Africa and quoted prices in Rand, not realising I was in New Zealand until I clicked on a particular item. Quote
Wexford70 Posted February 6 Posted February 6 On 5/2/2025 at 1:28 PM, BosKonay said: Shopify stores data in the Google cloud platform, with European customers data remaining in Europe. Expand Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 7 Posted February 7 On 7/2/2025 at 7:12 PM, K801 said: Oh no, if IRM goes defunct, will we lose all our deposits? I have a ton of fully paid for orders of the ICR Expand They’re just streamlining the brands and distribution, don’t worry. IRM is probably going to be rolled slightly more under the umbrella of her younger sister, Accurascale… …who has kind of become the fat lady of the two. 1 2 Quote
Horsetan Posted February 7 Posted February 7 On 1/2/2025 at 4:43 PM, Mol_PMB said: .... I was trying to be helpful and I have ended up being unhelpful... Expand This reminds me of Arthur Shappey in the Radio 4 show Cabin Pressure, for some reason. Quote
BosKonay Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Never fear it just means we can continue offering irish outline and growing as a business in a sensible and sustainable manner. We have a lot of exciting models well underway for IRM for the coming year in addition to the Hunslet there are more wagons, more new tooled coaches as well as Park Royals, more new tool locos, steam and diesel and more than one of each too! Given the relative scale and costs of the two brands it makes immense sense to fold IRM under its now much much larger offsprings skirts and that can only benefit irish modellers. In short it’s all very positive and as we work through the small changes we will keep you informed. Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 7/2/2025 at 7:46 PM, BosKonay said: We have a lot of exciting models well underway for IRM for the coming year in addition to the Hunslet there are more wagons, more new tooled coaches as well as Park Royals, more new tool locos, steam and diesel and more than one of each too! Expand Jaysus! 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 8/2/2025 at 8:51 AM, DJ Dangerous said: Jaysus! Expand I don't expect all of those will be delivered in the coming year, so you have some time to save up! I'm intrigued to see what's coming. I wonder whether there will be an announcement of something once the warehouse move is all done and dusted? 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 8/2/2025 at 9:03 AM, Mol_PMB said: I don't expect all of those will be delivered in the coming year, so you have some time to save up! I'm intrigued to see what's coming. I wonder whether there will be an announcement of something once the warehouse move is all done and dusted? Expand I’m intrigued by there being no mention of OO Gauge… Accurascale O Gauge Ruston is 80% Irish… IRMascale have already teamed up with Heljan… Heljan O Gauge oil tanks are 80% Irish… Heljan O Gauge Mk2 coaches are 80% Irish… Just saying! Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 8/2/2025 at 9:08 AM, DJ Dangerous said: I’m intrigued by there being no mention of OO Gauge… Accurascale O Gauge Ruston is 80% Irish… IRMascale have already teamed up with Heljan… Heljan O Gauge oil tanks are 80% Irish… Heljan O Gauge Mk2 coaches are 80% Irish… Just saying! Expand That would be intriguing, though none of those prototypes really belong together. Maybe they could repaint a Heljan O gauge class 33 in orange and black to go with the Mk2 coaches? They've also made noises about the BAC Peckett, which is 3' gauge. They could do that in 7mm scale, but it would need some more of that damn 21mm gauge track 1 Quote
DJ Dangerous Posted February 8 Posted February 8 On 8/2/2025 at 9:11 AM, Mol_PMB said: That would be intriguing, though none of those prototypes really belong together. Maybe they could repaint a Heljan O gauge class 33 in orange and black to go with the Mk2 coaches? They've also made noises about the BAC Peckett, which is 3' gauge. They could do that in 7mm scale, but it would need some more of that damn 21mm gauge track Expand The less said about Supertrain 33’s and 35’s the better. I had a plan to get around the lack of motive power with a Shapeways 141 from B1Lancer / Valve Design, running on an EFE Class 15 chassis, but that has now gone to Hell. Come back, B1Lancer, we need you! 1 Quote
Mol_PMB Posted February 8 Posted February 8 The Atlas O EMD switcher exists in a version with flexicoil trucks, which are similar to but not identical to the Irish locos. But once you start looking at the details and dimensions the body is very different from a 121. Plus US O scale is 1:48, though that makes 32mm gauge track more like broad gauge. All this will be irrelevant when AS/IRM announce their O gauge range for you. 1 Quote
K801 Posted February 10 Posted February 10 Hopefully IRM doesn't waste resources branching out into O Scale and just concentrates on 00 locos, coaches and wagons 1 Quote
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