RedRich Posted April 29, 2023 Share Posted April 29, 2023 Has played a huge role in the story of railway modelling in Ireland. It's fair to say that we wouldn't be where we are now if not for the Lima 201. 3 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted April 29, 2023 Author Share Posted April 29, 2023 (edited) Piece of history in my opinion! Edited April 30, 2023 by DJ Dangerous 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 11, 2023 Author Share Posted June 11, 2023 A friend just arrived for a week's holiday and brought some early Birthday presents!!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted July 14, 2023 Author Share Posted July 14, 2023 Received a little parcel from @WRENNEIRE the other day... Have another one yet to open, but that's for another day... 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted September 15, 2023 Author Share Posted September 15, 2023 Small parcel from @murphaph delivered this morning. Aside from chocolates and the usual bribery, it included this. Damn!!! Outstanding!!! You can see the love that was put in here. 6 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 A nice machine. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Westcorkrailway Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 Good to see packages actually getting to ya 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted September 15, 2023 Share Posted September 15, 2023 They do take a long time!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted September 15, 2023 Author Share Posted September 15, 2023 9 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said: Good to see packages actually getting to ya Only the tiniest percentage of stuff gets posted with no CN23 and goes back. Everything else makes it, eventually! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 Opening the first of FOUR parcels received from forum members these past few months. I have had nowhere to actually safely display the contents of said packages, so let's see if I can come up with anything durable today... Thanks to @Galteemore for this one, exquisite!!!!! @murphaph, @Westcorkrailway and @WRENNEIRE, your time is coming, watch out. 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Galteemore Posted October 23, 2023 Share Posted October 23, 2023 Thanks DJ - glad she made the trip. Although I think front buffer beam may need a tweak, all else seems intact!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted October 23, 2023 Author Share Posted October 23, 2023 17 minutes ago, Galteemore said: Thanks DJ - glad she made the trip. Although I think front buffer beam may need a tweak, all else seems intact!! Day off today, at the McDonald's McAuto collecting my McMuffins to carb-load for a boost, then off to IKEA after a vet visit... Let's see if I can generate an appropriate display for such a prestigious piece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 Small parcel from @Westcorkrailway arrived there last week. If @leslie10646's new wagons are anything like these (these are not Leslie's), I'll be well happy! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted October 27, 2023 Author Share Posted October 27, 2023 And two teasers of the beast lurking behind... This is another one-of-a-kind, thanks to the masterful @murphaph and his patience and skill... 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted January 8 Author Share Posted January 8 Received a text from my neighbour earlier to say that the postie had dropped in a parcel for me… Dapol / Lionheart BR Mk1 from Hatton’s! These yokes cost a fortune so I only buy them when they’re on offer. First impressions are good! Can’t figure out the couplings on any of these coaches, though. Even comes with a little booklet and two bags of bits! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 So, I had saved up a bunch of money for several of the new Murphy Models 141's / 181's. At the last minute, when it came time to convert EOI to pre-order, I decided not to go ahead. I don't like the direction that the pricing is going for Irish locos, and if anybody else has worked for Canarian wages, they'll understand why! Thus, while slowly greening with envy as the locos approach, and seeing @tonto.irl posting pictures of his advance issue on Facebook, I decided to de-green myself a little and spend some of that hard-earned cash: 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 11 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: So, I had saved up a bunch of money for several of the new Murphy Models 141's / 181's. At the last minute, when it came time to convert EOI to pre-order, I decided not to go ahead. I don't like the direction that the pricing is going for Irish locos, and if anybody else has worked for Canarian wages, they'll understand why! Thus, while slowly greening with envy as the locos approach, and seeing @tonto.irl posting pictures of his advance issue on Facebook, I decided to de-green myself a little and spend some of that hard-earned cash: Nice mix there. Those 141' will be for sale in a short time on the Ebay / FB etc. Would not worry, I did not order any either. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 5 Author Share Posted March 5 Just now, Georgeconna said: Nice mix there. Those 141' will be for sale in a short time on the Ebay / FB etc. Would not worry, I did not order any either. The eyesight is going with old age, and too much sun, so the O Gauge stuff is a way of compensating. No chance I'll be touching the new locos for crazy eBay prices, they're even worse! May pick up one or two from Rails, depending on shipping cost. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 19 Author Share Posted March 19 DJD Senior has just landed with a care package! Thanks to @skinner75 for the two locos, the IRM lads for finding some Dickie Tara's for him, and probably @WRENNEIRE for the three Mk2D's and the hand-painted Mk3 buffet, which I'm guessing DJD Senior bought from him at one of the shows. He's been hoarding stuff for me the last few years, and has more to bring down in October. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinner75 Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Nice! They got there in the end - hand delivered too! (for context - I tried posting them, but the parcel ended up being sent back to me due to some customs issue sending to the Canary Islands) Edited March 20 by skinner75 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRENNEIRE Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 3 hours ago, skinner75 said: Nice! They got there in the end - hand delivered too! (for context - I tried posting them, but the parcel ended up being sent back to me due to some customs issue sending to the Canary Islands) Had the same problem myself, but my postmaster said everything was in accordance with EC rules, we have resent the package with new custom declaration, lets see what happens! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 3 hours ago, WRENNEIRE said: everything was in accordance with EC rules And therein lies the problem. The Canary Islands are not part of the EU for customs nor tax. They're an autonomous region of Spain with their own rules on taxation and customs. Any online purchases that come from outside the islands, be it Ireland, Spain, Germany, the UK or wherever, have to be "imported" and a valid customs declaration is required. An Post seem to have a massive massive problem understanding this, and it's exhausting dealing with them, never mind the frustration of having parcels re-sent over and over until An Post get it right. The jobsworths up in Madrid don't help. Forget to cross a "t" or dot an "i" on your CN23 and they'll reject your parcel up there, it won't get within 1,792km of the islands. It does teach you patience, though... I'll receive my NIR coach packs when everybody else is receiving their IR packs! Still, at least there's something to look at while being patient. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 25 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: And therein lies the problem. The Canary Islands are not part of the EU for customs nor tax. They're an autonomous region of Spain with their own rules on taxation and customs. Any online purchases that come from outside the islands, be it Ireland, Spain, Germany, the UK or wherever, have to be "imported" and a valid customs declaration is required. An Post seem to have a massive massive problem understanding this, and it's exhausting dealing with them, never mind the frustration of having parcels re-sent over and over until An Post get it right. The jobsworths up in Madrid don't help. Forget to cross a "t" or dot an "i" on your CN23 and they'll reject your parcel up there, it won't get within 1,792km of the islands. It does teach you patience, though... I'll receive my NIR coach packs when everybody else is receiving their IR packs! Still, at least there's something to look at while being patient. Never knew it was autonomous customs-wise etc..... bit like the Isle of Man, which is neither part of the UK, nor part of Britain, and when Britain WAS in the EU, they still never were................ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broithe Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 12 minutes ago, jhb171achill said: Never knew it was autonomous customs-wise etc..... bit like the Isle of Man, which is neither part of the UK, nor part of Britain, and when Britain WAS in the EU, they still never were................ The Channel Island are also in that 'economic limbo' situation, handy for avoiding/evading tax. There used to be quite a business selling vitamin supplements from the Channel islands, VAT-free. It didn't seem to be worth the bother of dealing with them as imports - or maybe it was just owned by somebody's brother-in-law and blind eyes were turned? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted March 20 Author Share Posted March 20 That's where the Canary Islands get even more interesting. For banking and finance, the Canaries follow Spanish law, so comply with the EU. Taxation here is legendary, and one of the reasons the mind boggles every time a British family without a word of Spanish between them decides to uproot, sell up, quit the jobs in Tesco, and open a bar here... You have four different bodies collecting tax; the local county councils (31 counties in Tenerife alone), the government (cabildo) of each island, the Canarian government and the Spanish government. Imagine trying to comply with the requirements of all four! It's not easy, believe me. You also have insitutionalized racism. Many (not all) Spanish view the Canarios as a lesser people, beneath them, who should be treated as such. The Canarian accents are mercilessly mocked online, the Madrileños being particularly fierce in this area. There are many stories of Canarian business people flying first class without checked-luggage, as there is such a high probability of their luggage going missing or being damaged when they land in Madrid. Anyhow, I digress, it all adds up to a very colourful life! Stolen from Wikipedia: 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Well, the postie dropped this off a while ago... Looks a bit large for OO Gauge, and feels like it's about 3kg... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhb171achill Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 It's a Z scale model of boris johnston's ego. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Definitely looks likely to be larger than OO Gauge... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 Wow! Just wow! 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye Posted June 27 Share Posted June 27 Does that loco not have a number? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 27 Author Share Posted June 27 50 minutes ago, popeye said: Does that loco not have a number? Nope, it's the un-numbered variant: https://railsofsheffield.com/products/heljan-2680-class-26-br-blue-unnumbered-dual-braked A lot of the Heljan diesels are offered un-numbered. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgeconna Posted June 28 Share Posted June 28 Very nice, The Clandestine version! Good Choice of Diesel too,Really like those diesels. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 On a lighter note, still sucking diesel here... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 And with a few truckin' buddies... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ Dangerous Posted June 28 Author Share Posted June 28 And saying hello to Courageous... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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