Sulzer201 Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone on here? just noticed it on Done Deal. https://www.donedeal.ie/hobbies-for-sale/irish-railways/11721114 Quote
Noel Posted March 5, 2016 Posted March 5, 2016 Don't know if this will be of interest to anyone on here? just noticed it on Done Deal. https://www.donedeal.ie/hobbies-for-sale/irish-railways/11721114 €40 more expensive than recent retail prices Quote
Sulzer201 Posted March 5, 2016 Author Posted March 5, 2016 €40 more expensive than recent retail prices Was thinking the same myself - the Irish retailers are providing excellent value for money on these models. But you know the way the market works and someone out there may well be prepared to pay above the odds. Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 He also has another bargain for sale https://www.donedeal.ie/hobbies-for-sale/irish-rail-cravens-open-coach/11667656 Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 You can get them for little more than half that..... and he's wrong about the livery - it would have been well into the 90s before they got the tippex waistline and orange stripe under the cantrail.... Quote
Railer Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 You can get them for little more than half that..... and he's wrong about the livery - it would have been well into the 90s before they got the tippex waistline and orange stripe under the cantrail.... They got that livery much earlier than the mid 90s. The last Cravens to be painted into that livery was around 1995 and it was on an ITG 201 double head special. They did start in 1987 with the IR re branding of Irish Rail. Just took 8 years to re paint all of the Cravens. Quote
jhb171achill Posted March 6, 2016 Posted March 6, 2016 I should clarify - I meant mid 90s before ALL were done, and also that they didn't start them straight away in 1987 like the others stock.... The rebranding generally was from 1987 as you say, when IE was form, but for some reason while locomotives, Mk 2 and Mk 3 stock hot the "tippex" ASAP, they didn't seem to start on the Cravens for a while. Mind you when they did, it was done reasonably quickly. I've pics of a Craven still in the old style in 1996, but they were extremely few and far between then. I saw one at Connolly, I think, in the middle of others which had been "tippexed". The BR vans were amended only by the addition of a single tippex line below the waist, and this likewise didn't happen immediately after 1987. More than a few "A", 141 & 181 class locomotives acquired the new "set of points" logo on ends and sides engine getting the white stripes. Money was tight and full IE livery would await the next repaint. All of the 121s were repainted fully. Thus, livery wise, in say 1993 we had - Mk 2 & 3 stock: with and without tippex Cravens: black'n'tan and tippex A class: Supertrain, supertrain with IE logo, and IE full tippex livery 141 / 181: as above 121: CIE or tippex Quite a variety! Quote
WRENNEIRE Posted March 8, 2016 Posted March 8, 2016 "Martin" has another bargain on today These struggle to make €100 on a good day https://www.donedeal.ie/collectibles-for-sale/mk11-coaches-livery-/11740398 Quote
Railer Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 "Martin" has another bargain on todayThese struggle to make €100 on a good day https://www.donedeal.ie/collectibles-for-sale/mk11-coaches-livery-/11740398 That very set is in Marks for €109 and there is not shortage of them given that they are a very good model. Quote
craven1508 Posted March 9, 2016 Posted March 9, 2016 railer your spot on there, lovely set and nicely finished. Quote
Claretrainman Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 He's probably wondering why he has so many views, and no sales😊 Quote
skinner75 Posted March 11, 2016 Posted March 11, 2016 shame he is not on adverts.ie - at least there he could be 'baited' in the comments section Quote
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