Garfield Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 For those who read / subscribe to BRM from Warners, there is a nice mention of IRM and a shot of the CAD for the wagon in the December issue Quote
RedRich Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 That's good news Pat. Reaching as large an amount of customers as is possible can only be a good thing for IRM. Rich, Quote
richrua Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Irish Railway Models also appear in this months Railway Modeller ! Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Irish Railway Models also appear in this months Railway Modeller ! Cheers man, that PR team they have must be good Quote
DiveController Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Hopefully this will help to move the progress indicator along on the IR models site. It seems to be stuck on 40%, but I'm sure it was already there before the SDMRC show where a LOT of orders were taken as I understand it. Good luck Quote
Broithe Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Hopefully this will help to move the progress indicator along on the IR models site. It seems to be stuck on 40%, but I'm sure it was already there before the SDMRC show where a LOT of orders were taken as I understand it. Good luck As I may have said earlier, I believe that the Progress Indicator is illustrating the progress of the project towards fruition, rather than the amount of sales/pre-orders. Quote
GSR 800 Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 There seems to be a massive growth in the Irish market in the past month or two... Irish railway models... Des releasing commonwealth bogies and the rerun of the sulzer...the laminate..Dawson hall Irish range.the golden age of Irish modelling is here lads..but it has just begun.. Quote
Warbonnet Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 As I may have said earlier' date=' I believe that the Progress Indicator is illustrating the progress of the project towards fruition, rather than the amount of sales/pre-orders.[/quote'] Correct Jim, hoping we can move it forward in the coming weeks significantly Quote
Noel Posted November 14, 2015 Posted November 14, 2015 Correct Jim, hoping we can move it forward in the coming weeks significantly Sounds very promising. Presume pre-order folks will get a status update sometime during Q1 2016. Quote
NIRCLASS80 Posted November 17, 2015 Posted November 17, 2015 With the extra PR of the mags, I wonder was there any noticeable pick up in orders?? Quote
BosKonay Posted November 17, 2015 Author Posted November 17, 2015 Sounds very promising. Presume pre-order folks will get a status update sometime during Q1 2016. Final CAD is imminent, and we'll post news updates here and on the website as things progress. Once we have samples in hand, we plan to do a run of events / shows to let people have a poke The mags did help things along, and we're just around the 50% of the run sold at this point. We'd certainly expect to sell out in advance of any hitting these shores at this point, which is great news, and highly appreciated! Quote
Horsetan Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 (edited) On the subject of the three-wagon multipack, I'm sure there are economic reasons for doing it in threes, but it will risk putting off potential buyers who might only want one or two wagons, and who might balk at shelling out over 100 Euro just in order to have the one. It also potentially creates a profiteers' market on eBay. If profit is to be made (and there is little of that in railway modelling generally), it should be made by IRM, not eBay sellers. There seems to be a massive growth in the Irish market in the past month or two... Irish railway models... Des releasing commonwealth bogies and the rerun of the sulzer...the laminate..Dawson hall Irish range.the golden age of Irish modelling is here lads..but it has just begun.. It's massive growth, because it starts from a fairly low base. Any growth in Irish railway model availability is to be encouraged, but we should all make sure it's not a false dawn. I'd hesitate to call it a Golden Age, though. That sounds like hyperbole. A few extra swallows don't make a summer. Edited November 20, 2015 by Horsetan Quote
Noel Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 In fairness the 3 wagon pack approach seems to be well proven and successful with consumers in the market for some years, with Bachmann supplying many wagons in 3-paks. It seems unlikely that a single ballast wagon would have been hitched to a train. It also reduces cost to the consumer by reduced packaging costs per wagon, and more efficient to box and pack larger boxes at end of line. You are right about it being a 'golden age' for the hobby here. Hopefully we are NOT in the final flourish of a sunset industry (i.e. due age profile active in the hobby). Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 I am hoping to take some extra sets when the wagons are released I will have them at the events I attend and if someone wants a single wagon I hope to be able to supply it to them Quote
irishthump Posted November 20, 2015 Posted November 20, 2015 On the subject of the three-wagon multipack, I'm sure there are economic reasons for doing it in threes, but it will risk putting off potential buyers who might only want one or two wagons, and who might balk at shelling out over 100 Euro just in order to have the one. It also potentially creates a profiteers' market on eBay. If profit is to be made (and there is little of that in railway modelling generally), it should be made by IRM, not eBay sellers. It's massive growth, because it starts from a fairly low base. Any growth in Irish railway model availability is to be encouraged, but we should all make sure it's not a false dawn. I'd hesitate to call it a Golden Age, though. That sounds like hyperbole. A few extra swallows don't make a summer. What makes me laugh is you never know it's a "Golden Age" of ANYTHING until after it has finished! Quote
John-r Posted November 21, 2015 Posted November 21, 2015 Very nice piece in this months rail express magazine , Shows photos of the cad and real thing,very informative About the project, very well put together. Quote
Garfield Posted November 22, 2015 Posted November 22, 2015 Very nice piece in this months rail express magazine ,Shows photos of the cad and real thing,very informative About the project, very well put together. Nice one! I picked up Model Rail earlier and we're mentioned in that, too. Quote
Noel Posted November 23, 2015 Posted November 23, 2015 Found this video with some nice clips on this video of the Ballast Wagons in operation. (might be a boskonay vid) [video=youtube;ZebdUee3-0k] Quote
Garfield Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Hi folks, A quick sales update for you... Half the planned run of 333 sets have been reserved so far and orders are continuing to come in. Quote
Noel Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Thanks for the update. Ordered a rake, look forward to receiving it some time next year. Quote
Garfield Posted December 11, 2015 Posted December 11, 2015 Thanks for the update. Ordered a rake, look forward to receiving it some time next year. Cheers, Noel. Just a few minor adjustments needed to the CAD before we sign off on it; the amended version should be arriving in the inbox very soon. After that we move onto tooling and we'll hopefully have a pre-production sample early in the new year. Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Yes please! Edited December 12, 2015 by WRENNEIRE Quote
jhb171achill Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 A good juncture at which to make the point that the modern reddish brown on wagons is considerably more "red" than in the past, when it was pure (or "proper"!) brown. The above wagons were never painted the reddish shade used in the past few years - only container flats have been. Quote
NIRCLASS80 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Is the base chassis of these the same as the short container flats? Quote
iarnrod Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Are the wagons in those two photos an early prototype of the ballast wagon, as the design is different to the later wagons? Quote
aclass007 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 (edited) Are the wagons in those two photos an early prototype of the ballast wagon, as the design is different to the later wagons? The wagons in the photo are the dolomite ore wagons, used on the Ballinacourty traffic. The wagon in the second photo started life as a magnesite wagon, and was converted, which explains the unusual looking sides. Most of the other wagons in the rake would have been built as dolomite ore wagons, and are very similar to the standard ballast wagons.. Edited December 12, 2015 by aclass007 Quote
aclass007 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Yes please! Two excellent photos there, WRENNEIRE! The dolomite loading point at Bennettsbridge is so rarely mentioned, not to mention photographed, in comparison to Ballinacourty and Tivoli in that operation. Quote
aclass007 Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Excellent photos Dave. Plus one to that! Quote
Noel Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 L Pic from both ends Oh Yummie. I nearly fell off my perch when I saw that photo. B&T heaven. Quote
JasonB Posted December 12, 2015 Posted December 12, 2015 Slowly but surely I'm starting to get very tempted by this wagon,note to self:I must be stronger Quote
Junctionmad Posted December 13, 2015 Posted December 13, 2015 What specifics were different between Dolomite and ballast hoppers. Every time I saw them , they looked basically identical , in fact I travelled on one that carried dolomite to Ballinacourty and picked up ballast at Carrols cross on the way back ! Quote
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