Behind the scenes at IRM

[PJR]

Best of luck guys

[MOGUL]

Best of luck guys.. does this mean the ammonias are a shoe in for the next project(6??)since very similar wagons ran in the U.K. for ICI?

[Garfield]

52 minutes ago, MOGUL said:

Best of luck guys.. does this mean the ammonias are a shoe in for the next project(6??)since very similar wagons ran in the U.K. for ICI?

Steady on! 

[Noel]

A clever and logical progression.  

Enterprising and good business. Best of luck to Stephen and the gang.  I have no doubt they will have even greater business success in the much larger market.

[John-r]

Best wishes to four extremely nice gentlemen,. Hope this is a huge success for you also.  looks like I'll be parting

with the rest of my communion money you already have.  Good luck.

[krose]

Best of luck.

[Glenderg]

Thanks lads, it means a lot, and I did think CIE were odd in the way they went about design - turns out our counterparts across the ditch have a similarly oddball way of doing things, which I find delightful and challenging all at the same time. 

A piece of rolling stock with 4 different buffer patterns? Yip, seen in the flesh several times. Or another with two different types of brake gear on it? And for a man who has an unhealthy interest in axleboxes, whoa-hoa, it's been a roller coaster so far - roller bearing - hooded and unhooded, grease box, LNER, GNR, sloped, no mind yer standard BR Timken's! Yes the OCD is strong on this adventure, but as Mies Van Der Rohe once said, "God is in the Detail"

Rich

P.S. the Irish stuff has not been put on any backburner either, we're "all ahead, flank speed" as Garfield might say. 

[heirflick]

Mmmm - what are the boys up to now? 

[Garfield]

The latest edition of British Railway Modelling, hot off the presses at Warley:

[Georgeconna]

What that then?, I noticed it on your signature last week but Nada on the website.

 

[BosKonay]

6 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

What that then?, I noticed it on your signature last week but Nada on the website.

 

Hi George,

 

Accurascale.com is the new UK Outline brand of Irish Railway Models

As well as an exciting roadmap of Irish outline under the IRM brand, we plan to bring our attention to detail to the UK market, launching in February

[Garfield]

We were interviewed by Andy York of BRM/RMweb this weekend at the Warley show:

 

[Noel]

Well done guys.  Another Irish enterprise raiding traditional markets with innovation and game changing specs.

[Broithe]

28 minutes ago, Garfield said:

We were interviewed by Andy York of BRM/RMweb this weekend at the Warley show.

Excellent! If I had known, you could have told him that the extending ladders that I bought off him a few weeks ago have been very useful already.

You were mentioned at the time of the transaction..

[RedRich]

Very articulate performance lad's, not shy of the camera or the microphone. Fran giving nothing away at the end re Accurascale. Hope you both enjoyed the weekend men.

Rich,

[ttc0169]

Delighted to have met the both of you at Warley and best of luck with your new venture.

[Warbonnet]

1 hour ago, ttc0169 said:

Delighted to have met the both of you at Warley and best of luck with your new venture.

Always a pleasure to see you Noel (and the other forum members at the show, it was like a local one I recognized so many faces!) hope you had a nice evening with your good lady!

re the video; “they’re thin on the ice”?? My god!  I’ve spent my working life throwing others in front of cameras, from sporting stars to politicians. Was a long time since I did it myself but it was good to do, even if I have a face more suited to radio 

Warley, as always, was an interesting experience and I would recommend it to anyone to do it at least once. There really is something for everyone. Patrick and I spent a lot of the show in work mode, but we did get to see a few layouts and exhibits too this afternoon before the flight home.

[Glenderg]

And just to clarify, it is not Offeecial IRM policy to have to wear a check shirt 

[Warbonnet]

3 minutes ago, Glenderg said:

And just to clarify, it is not Offeecial IRM policy to have to wear a check shirt 

They’re all I’ve got!

[Georgeconna]

Damn I thought it was an off shoot to cover some Esotoric UK prototypes like a RTR GT3 and a Fell diesel.  ah well.

good luck with that lads.

 

[Broithe]

35 minutes ago, Glenderg said:

And just to clarify, it is not Offeecial IRM policy to have to wear a check shirt 

Oh, I thought it was a clue that it was actually going to be a Czech wagon.

Mmm, that worked a bit better when I was just saying it to myself....

[Warbonnet]

30 minutes ago, Georgeconna said:

Damn I thought it was an off shoot to cover some Esotoric UK prototypes like a RTR GT3 and a Fell diesel.  ah well.

good luck with that lads.

 

You never know what’s on our list, George!

[Glenderg]

2 hours ago, Warbonnet said:

You never know what’s on our list, George!

A fund for a few new shirts is all I'm willing to reveal..currently haggling over Charvet vs Dunnes...

[heirflick]

19 hours ago, Garfield said:

We were interviewed by Andy York of BRM/RMweb this weekend at the Warley show:

 

Well done there lads - ye acquitted yerselves very well!  Had a call from relations of herself from across the foam wondering what this new company might be up to - appears to be great interest over there!

[Weshty]

11 hours ago, Glenderg said:

A fund for a few new shirts is all I'm willing to reveal..currently haggling over Charvet vs Dunnes...

Oi!  Don't you know Ben's Boutique has gone very upmarket this last while.  I'm sure Margaret's Paul Costelloe line will see you right .

[heirflick]

53 minutes ago, Weshty said:

Oi!  Don't you know Ben's Boutique has gone very upmarket this last while.  I'm sure Margaret's Paul Costelloe line will see you right .

Any good army surplus stores carry a good line in camo shirts.... Deadly for yer next deployment with the ruler!!!

Edited November 27, 2017 by heirflick

[WRENNEIRE]

I have a large stock of unworn blue shirts Fran, although I know your allegiance lies elsewhere  

[heirflick]

11 minutes ago, WRENNEIRE said:

I have a large stock of unworn blue shirts Fran, although I know your allegiance lies elsewhere  

Ah Jaysus Dave - there's children on this site ....mop up isle 6!!!

[Warbonnet]

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and with trains always an integral part of Santa's delivery list, we decided to go all out and decorate IRM Towers to make the occasion.

 

Yep, that'll do grand.

 

 

[jhb171achill]

What! An outline drawing of a bubble in CIE green!!! On a sign!

What next! 800 in Translink "red bull"?

Where's me smelling salts.....

On 26/11/2017 at 11:05 PM, Broithe said:

 

 

I'm not sure that's a fully correct "flying snail" on that wagon. Czech it out for yourself......

[Broithe]

3 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

I'm not sure that's a fully correct "flying snail" on that wagon. Czech it out for yourself......

It was the black chassis that had me worried - still "pivo dělá hezká těla", as they say out there.

Edited December 12, 2017 by Broithe

[heirflick]

18 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and with trains always an integral part of Santa's delivery list, we decided to go all out and decorate IRM Towers to make the occasion.

 

Yep, that'll do grand.

 

 

Here Lads....you need some snow to go with that display - and I even weathered the bucket!!

[jhb171achill]

The snow's the wrong shade of white.......

[heirflick]

41 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

The snow's the wrong shade of white.......

...ah here - you're killing me!!!

 

[Warbonnet]

As you may have seen elsewhere, we were in the UK last week surveying another prototype for a future Accurascale model. January is not the time of year to be doing these things!   Anyway, here is an exclusive first look of the prototype!