Scale Model Scenery House Kit.

[popeye]

I got this little kit from Scale Model Scenery KX074.

It is laser cut wood with paper overlay with a choice of red brick or whitewash render.

Tricky in places and I would say a beginner would struggle with this. But they do look good.

I went for 50/50 red & white.

 

[Gabhal Luimnigh]

Lovely job.

[Flying Snail]

they look very well.

[Patrick Davey]

Excellent - love SMS stuff!  Superbly finished too!

[cudf]

Very nice, love the build @popeye I looked up their website just now and everything is coming up as 'sold out'.  Have you been able to purchase recently, maybe there is a problem with the website https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/

[DJ Dangerous]

30 minutes ago, cudf said:

Very nice, love the build @popeye I looked up their website just now and everything is coming up as 'sold out'.  Have you been able to purchase recently, maybe there is a problem with the website https://www.scalemodelscenery.co.uk/

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[cudf]

Thanks @DJ Dangerous I'd emailed ScaleModelScenery in the meantime and turns out their website recognizes that I'm in Ireland and they aren't setup to export to the EU so it automatically shows everything as 'sold out'

[jhb171achill]

2 hours ago, cudf said:

Thanks @DJ Dangerous I'd emailed ScaleModelScenery in the meantime and turns out their website recognizes that I'm in Ireland and they aren't setup to export to the EU so it automatically shows everything as 'sold out'

I tried buying from them before too. At the time I was able to use a family member's address in the north and they wouldn't post there either. (I still have an address contact up there if I need it). 

Maybe they will change policy? I think they could sell a lot here. 

[popeye]

They posted to me in N.Ireland.

[Colin R]

I think it is down to the amount of red tape currently involved. I think this needs investigating

 

[Colin R]

Key Rules & Requirements

• Customs Forms: You must complete a customs declaration (such as a CN22 or CN23 form) for parcels sent from Great Britain to Ireland. (Note: Letters and postcards generally do not require customs forms).

• Eircodes: Include the recipient's 7-character Eircode and write IRELAND in capitals on the address.

• Gifts & VAT:
  • Personal gifts valued at €45 (£37.65) or less are generally duty-free if clearly marked as a gift.
  • Gifts valued between €45 and €150 may incur a flat customs duty.
  • Commercial items or higher-value goods are subject to Irish import VAT (23%) and potential duties, which the recipient may need to pay before An Post can deliver the parcel.

• Prohibited Items: Standard airmail and courier restrictions apply, including bans on perishable foods, aerosols, alcohol over 70% ABV, and loose lithium batteries.

Common Carriers

• Royal Mail: Good for letters and smaller parcels up to 2kg (or heavier tracked options up to 20kg), starting around £3.60 for standard mail.
• Evri: Offers budget-friendly international parcel delivery starting from around £7.89.

• Parcelforce Worldwide: Handles heavier or faster express packages up to 30kg.

• DHL Express: Provides fast, door-to-door courier delivery starting from 1 working day.

 

[Flying Snail]

Don't think its the postage to be honest.

More likely its the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) which means non-EU manufacturers must now designate an EU-based economic operator or representative whose contact details appear on the product, packaging, or manual. The GPSR requires internal risk assessments, technical documentation, batch/serial identifiers, and mandatory incident reporting within required timelines too.

Thats a lot of overheads for a small manufacturer or cottage industry.

Edited yesterday at 08:49 by Flying Snail

[leslie10646]

Just another "improvement" since Brexit.

NOT my fault, I've even been on marches, I I vote for a staunchly pro-European Party, my MP is their Europe Spokesman.

It has destroyed businesses, who find it all too hard - meanwhile others seem to be coining it.

As @jhb171achill has aid, useful having relations abroad!

[jhb171achill]

15 minutes ago, leslie10646 said:

Just another "improvement" since Brexit.

NOT my fault, I've even been on marches, I I vote for a staunchly pro-European Party, my MP is their Europe Spokesman.

It has destroyed businesses, who find it all too hard - meanwhile others seem to be coining it.

As @jhb171achill has aid, useful having relations abroad!

A friend of mine deals with a small English company who supply some sort of specialist electrical components. One man operation, but the “go-to” man in that world. Apparently he’s been at that for years. 

He has stopped supplying Ireland north AND south, as he “can’t be bothered with the hassle and paperwork”! 

For other small businesses, as Leslie suggests, it’s more about the extra costs of this ridiculous political stunt.

Another individual I know is a farmer across the pond. He voted for Brexit, one of these “take back control” merchants who didn’t even understand what the phrase was meant to mean. 

He changes the subject now. He has admitted it costs him over £15,000 a year - for nothing - and there are labour shortages to harvest his crops….

[Broithe]

54 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

Another individual I know is a farmer across the pond. He voted for Brexit, one of these “take back control” merchants who didn’t even understand what the phrase was meant to mean. 

In the aftermath of the referendum, I met a chap who had been a draughtsman in the factory. He was never the sharpest thing in his pencil case, but his answer to the question 'Why did you vote Leave?" remains a real gem.

"We drink pints and we drive miles! We should never have joined"

Knowing him of old, I asked a supplementary question...

"How many feet in a mile?"

"Oh, I dunno. About a thousand..?"

Of all the wrong answers to give...
 

When on the Big Island, I am occasionally instructed to "Support Our Farmers" - my response to that is not suitable to reveal here.

As for dealing with all the induced bureaucracy caused by Brexit, it is rarely worth the bother, certainly not for a small cottage-industry undertaking.

[Colin R]

In hindsight (which is a wonderful thing), what was promised hasn't happened, and I doubt it ever will. It is sad to now hear that the number of environmental and charitable groups who supported the withdrawal due to overfishing, etc., are now crying wolf.

Can a decent trade negotiation happen again? I think we are stuck with it for now; As both the EU and the UK have their eyes fixed on Russia at the moment, which is most interesting,

I could go on a rant about how broke the UK feels right now, but while I agree Brexit has not turned out as good as it could have done, we have almost forgotten the effects of Covid 19 and the amount of damage that it has done to the UK, which is 10 times more than Brexit ever did and how that has now given the UK the problem of supporting more people in the social security system, due to the UK not being in the same place as it was before the pandemic, with a lot fewer working people.

You might have guessed that I have given up on the political class in the UK, as none of them appears to understand exactly what needs to be done. On the one hand, you have a bunch which is taxing everyone to death, while on the other side of the coin you have another nasty bunch wanting to remove the safety net from millions of people without helping to create long-term jobs and/or employment for them.

I think I had better stop, since I haven't even had a beer yet. 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Putin and Trump have been the best things for post-BrExit rebuilding.

Existential threats giving perspective.

I wonder if we could have a follow-up interview with this bloke:

 

 

[Ironroad]

 Oh dear, does he understand that West Ham got relegated?

[popeye]

We are rambling way of topic now. you can do this in General chat.

[Mayner]

22 hours ago, Flying Snail said:

Don't think its the postage to be honest.

More likely its the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR) which means non-EU manufacturers must now designate an EU-based economic operator or representative whose contact details appear on the product, packaging, or manual. The GPSR requires internal risk assessments, technical documentation, batch/serial identifiers, and mandatory incident reporting within required timelines too.

Thats a lot of overheads for a small manufacturer or cottage industry.

 

As a non-EU cottage industry manufacturer of rtr models and kits for over 15 years, I think that some uk cottage industry manufacturers/suppliers refusal to supply to Ireland or the EU because  of "too much red tape" (compliance costs) is more a matter of perception or perhaps insufficient demand from Ireland or the EU to make it worthwhile.

Customs Declarations/Post Codes

Completing a customs declaration and entering the correct post code should not be an issue for a business that has an account with a mail or courier service.https://facfox.com

I have an account with the local mail service and DHL (discounted rates), complete and print addresses/custom declarations using the mail/courier services on line apps which include address/post and customs code look up/check. 

GPSR

Similarly GPSR is something of a red herring in terms of small manufacturers/cottage industry suppliers in the model railway sector.

More an issue for a large scale importer of goods from outside of the UK as opposed to an individual buying items from a non-EU cottage industry manufacturer/supplier or on line from Aliba or Temu in China.

 

As someone who has lived outside the Ireland or the UK the most surprising aspect of Brexit was that close family members in the UK and British ex-pat friends in our garden railway community had turned into rabid Brixiteers in the run up to Brexit. I attended a lecture by Ted Health about 35 years ago during which he described the Euro Sceptic faction of the Tory Party as "Euro Septics"  A friend a cultured and seemingly progressive lady (over 20 years in NZ) Brexit supporter spoke of the United Kingdom 'becoming a Real Country again'