Irish Railway Models Announce Additional Packs of CIE Ballast Wagons in 4mm Scale

[Warbonnet]

Hi Everyone,

 

As you may have seen elsewhere on the site, Irish Railway Models has announced two additional packs of CIE ballast wagons. Full details below. Thought it could do with a separate thread!

 

Irish Railway Models (IRM), has today announced that it is to release two additional packs of CIE/Whessoe ballast wagons. This additional release will compliment the previously announced three pack of ballast wagons and will be released alongside the first run later this summer.

 

The decision to release of two additional packs of three wagons has been taken to satisfy a large demand for the wagons, with a lengthy waiting list for additional orders already secure. IRM has been truly humbled by support for the project and acknowledges that there is a large demand for high quality, ready to run Irish outline wagons in OO gauge.

 

The two new packs will follow the template of the previously announced first set, with three wagons featuring three unique running numbers being available per pack. The two new packs, 'pack two' and 'pack three' will each feature different individual running numbers, offering the modeller to build up a prototypical nine wagon rake with nine different running numbers. The running numbers for previously announced pack one are '24122, 24127, 24132', pack two are '24133, 24138, 24141' and pack three are '24142, 24253 and 24254'.

 

Progress on the ballast wagon project has been swift, with tooling completed in China thanks to the hard efforts of David Jones of DJ models and tooling samples are due to arrive in the coming weeks for inspection.

 

Pack two and pack three will be a limited run of 250 packs each and will be prototypical for their final years of service with Irish Rail to compliment the previous announcement and will be priced at €119.95. IRM will also allow any purchaser of multiple packs to mix and match their order to include pack two and pack three to give them nine different wagon numbers where possible. We would ask any customer who wishes to do this to email us info@irishrailwaymodels.com with your current order number ASAP so we can facilitate you. We will also honour the original price paid.

 

Proceeds from the new announcement will help finance our next two projects after the cement bubble wagons. These have been decided and preliminary work is underway. The identity of 'project 3' will be announced later in 2016 after the ballast wagons have been released. The cement bubble is progressing to the tooling stage and details on ordering and liveries/running numbers will be announced in the coming weeks. We anticipate that they will be available in late 2016/early 2017.

 

You can place your orders now for packs two and three via the Irish Railway Models website: http://www.irishrailwaymodels.com

 

Edited June 15, 2016 by Warbonnet

[Broithe]

Is it feasible for people who currently have two packs of the "first issue" on order (e.g., me) to end up receiving two packs with different wagon numbers?

[Warbonnet]

Is it feasible for people who currently have two packs of the "first issue" on order (e.g., me) to end up receiving two packs with different wagon numbers?

 

Sure is Jim. Mail us at info@irishrailwaymodels.com with your current order details and what way you'd like to swap your order around and we can sort that for you.

[Broithe]

Sure is Jim. Mail us at info@irishrailwaymodels.com with your current order details and what way you'd like to swap your order around and we can sort that for you.

 

Great, I'll see what I can find - I did order in two goes and I do know the second one was the final set. The idea was to deliver them to the Train Man and I would pick them up off him.

[Georgeconna]

Good news so I ordered 4 of the original ones so will avail of mixing up of the new 2, I have a friend who will take the extra pack from me.

[chris]

Great service again there lads, emailed on the back of this thread to amend packs, reply overnight all sorted. Easy peasy

[Broithe]

Great service again there lads, emailed on the back of this thread to amend packs, reply overnight all sorted. Easy peasy

 

I, too, am sorted.

 

Couldn't ask for better.

[BosKonay]

Just a note that the re-remaining Pack 1's are now sold out again, and we've already allocated more than 10% of the run of packs 2 and 3! Thanks so much to all for your support - it means the bubbles and future projects can wing this way faster!

[Georgeconna]

Same here, all sorted ! thanks Guys.

[Warbonnet]

Thank you everyone for your orders of the newly announced Pack 2 and Pack 3 of our forthcoming ballast wagons. 20% of Pack 2 and Pack 3 have been allocated already!

[Garfield]

Hi folks,

 

Here's an update we simply couldn't wait to share with you! We've just received this photo from the factory floor in China:

 

 

We hope to have more in due course...

[Broithe]

[josefstadt]

[scahalane]

Looking great so far, can't wait!

[DiveController]

Just a note that the re-remaining Pack 1's are now sold out again, and we've already allocated more than 10% of the run of packs 2 and 3! Thanks so much to all for your support - it means the bubbles and future projects can wing this way faster!

Thanks for sorting me out with the numbers, Stephen!

[BosKonay]

Thanks for sorting me out with the numbers, Stephen!

 

Pleasure Thanks for the support :)

[popeye]

Be nice to see it all finished.

[Railer]

Is that a bubble frame base on the top, both are in production at the same time?

[Glenderg]

Is that a bubble frame base on the top, both are in production at the same time?

 

The chassis had to be done at the same time to ensure compatability with the different upper parts - mounting points etc. and to ensure that brake gear didn't foul on hopper or bubble low slung parts.

 

As for production, no change there. Ballasts first, then bubbles. They're squirting plastic, I'm delighted. End of the prestwin kit beckons, ?

[enniscorthyman]

Great job lads well done.

I can't wait.

[richrua]

that is nice news indeed

[Weshty]

The chassis had to be done at the same time to ensure compatability with the different upper parts - mounting points etc. and to ensure that brake gear didn't foul on hopper or bubble low slung parts.

 

As for production, no change there. Ballasts first, then bubbles. They're squirting plastic, I'm delighted. End of the prestwin kit beckons, ��?

 

Wowzers.

 

You make them available, we'll buy them.

[RedRich]

Delighted that the project has reached this point. Exciting times.

 

Rich