DJ Dangerous Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 1 hour ago, Warbonnet said: ...we would advise hopping on them... Ha!!! 1
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 Fantastic news on the release of the two Dublin Buses. Just ordered my two. 1
jhb171achill Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 Will there be black taxi replacements for the buses, for Belfast-based layouts?
mphoey Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 a proper irish taxi would be interested possibly easy enough as just really need a roof sign and use a few of oxfords castings
Buz Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) 19 minutes ago, mphoey said: a proper irish taxi would be interested possibly easy enough as just really need a roof sign and use a few of oxfords castings At least taxi is spelt the same in all languages I will pick up my coat on the way out regards John Edited September 3, 2020 by Buz
murphaph Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 Great to see such a good uptake. I'd love to see 1990s Bus Éireann stuff, especially older CIE "patched" yokes. 2
iarnrod Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 4 hours ago, Warbonnet said: Hi everyone, Just to let you know that we have passed the 50% sold figure on these, so we would advise hopping on them as soon as you can. Thanks to everyone who ordered and repaid our faith! Cheers! Fran That's brilliant news. I suspect these will be sold out before they even arrive in stock. Hopefully, a positive sign for further Irish based vehicles/buses from IRM. 2
mphoey Posted September 3, 2020 Posted September 3, 2020 (edited) remember that the other 3 olympians can also be got for those who may not be on the irish model buses pages the wedding airlink and ghost buses are also on sale just contact adrian lemon who is on this group Edited September 3, 2020 by mphoey 5
ttc0169 Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 On 9/3/2020 at 9:19 AM, Warbonnet said: Two tone green, Cityswift, Cream, orange and dark blue core livery and current yellow and blue were the four main fleet liveries for the Olympians. Of course, there were many one off liveries too. Cheers! Fran Don't forget the fasttrack one too! Yes please- I'll take two..... 1 1
DJ Dangerous Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 22 hours ago, mphoey said: remember that the other 3 olympians can also be got for those who may not be on the irish model buses pages the wedding airlink and ghost buses are also on sale just contact adrian lemon who is on this group One has to be on FB to track these ones down?
mphoey Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 13 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said: One has to be on FB to track these ones down? available at most big shows as well covid has sort of made it hard to locate 1
DJ Dangerous Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Just now, mphoey said: available at most big shows as well covid has sort of made it hard to locate Aw. We don't really do model shows down here, specially anything to do with trains... As we don't have any trains, no railway heritage, nothing... Except for that wierd one over in Gran Canaria in the seventies. 1
JasonB Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 This is brilliant to see, and I'm sure will be another winner guys. Irish vehicles have always been hard to come across, with very few produced. Oxford have released some lovely stuff over the last few years, at very affordable prices. With a bit of work you can get some decent looking Irish models from their vehicles, but again, its decals, paint and time to get you there. I'm hoping this takes off, this is a great start, it would be fantastic to see a proper selection of Irish vehicles to choose from in the future. 1 1
murphaph Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 It is hard to get 00 scale typically (cheap) Irish cars from the 80s and 90s. Cars in Ireland back then were invariably crappier than in the UK. A lot more Opel Kadetts and Fiat Ritmos than Rover 2000s or Ford Granadas. The typical van was a Hi-Ace or Lite-Ace, rather than a Transit, know what I mean? In fact a lot more jap cars full stop than the UK. This is reflected in the lack of these things in the Oxford range. Perhaps some day IRM can fill the void. I know you can get some of the stuff in h0 with the steering wheel on the wrong side but it's not the same. 2
DJ Dangerous Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, murphaph said: It is hard to get 00 scale typically (cheap) Irish cars from the 80s and 90s. Cars in Ireland back then were invariably crappier than in the UK. A lot more Opel Kadetts and Fiat Ritmos than Rover 2000s or Ford Granadas. The typical van was a Hi-Ace or Lite-Ace, rather than a Transit, know what I mean? In fact a lot more jap cars full stop than the UK. This is reflected in the lack of these things in the Oxford range. Perhaps some day IRM can fill the void. I know you can get some of the stuff in h0 with the steering wheel on the wrong side but it's not the same. "Real-X" do 1/72 Jap vehicles. Not exactly correct for 1/76 trains but close enough to not stick out. 2
Ironroad Posted September 5, 2020 Posted September 5, 2020 22 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: One has to be on FB to track these ones down? here's one on Ebay https://www.ebay.com/itm/193647662586?ul_noapp=true 1
gm171 kk Posted September 7, 2020 Posted September 7, 2020 (edited) I've just seen these on Flickr. Edited September 7, 2020 by gm171 kk 1
mphoey Posted September 7, 2020 Posted September 7, 2020 4 hours ago, gm171 kk said: I've just seen these on Flickr. all dereks personal collection 1
Warbonnet Posted September 8, 2020 Author Posted September 8, 2020 Hi everyone, In further good news (feels like it's Christmas this past couple of weeks with all the new arrivals and change in the weather!) the buses have arrived in stock and the warehouse is preparing orders for dispatch! Order yours here (Limited stock remaining!) https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles Cheers! Fran 6
Railer Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 Excellent, really hope you do more, sooner rather than later.
Warbonnet Posted September 8, 2020 Author Posted September 8, 2020 2 hours ago, Railer said: Excellent, really hope you do more, sooner rather than later. We'll see how the rest of these sell, but we have some big and interesting ideas ahead! 3 1 1
Broithe Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 There's always clues in these posts... 31 minutes ago, Warbonnet said: We'll see how the rest of these sell, but we have some big and interesting ideas ahead! I'm predicting buildings, starting with the Central Bank. 1 1
DJ Dangerous Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 11 minutes ago, Broithe said: There's always clues in these posts... I'm predicting buildings, starting with the Central Bank. Don't be silly, it's the B&I ferry first. 1 1
Railer Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 A 1:76 scale AN-124 so we can model 201 being delivered. 3 1
DJ Dangerous Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 16 minutes ago, Railer said: A 1:76 scale AN-124 so we can model 201 being delivered. Like this one? https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234944273-an-124-ruslan-in-172-scale-modelsvit-kit-finished/ 1
mphoey Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 21 minutes ago, Railer said: A 1:76 scale AN-124 so we can model 201 being delivered. wouldnt fit on most layouts maybe as a back scene for a layout if the clue is big things maybe its the 3 irish queens the 800 class nothing bigger than them
Georgeconna Posted September 8, 2020 Posted September 8, 2020 (edited) 124 are fairly cheap too! https://www.modelsvit-eshop.com/c/aviation-1/antonov-an-124-ruslan-26 Edited September 8, 2020 by Georgeconna 1
K801 Posted September 10, 2020 Posted September 10, 2020 as the buses were a massive success, I'm already looking forward to the next bus release !!! 3
DJ Dangerous Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 (edited) Two questions. When did the Olympians run from and until? When did the two-tone green livery start and finish for Dublin Bus in general? Edited September 12, 2020 by DJ Dangerous
Warbonnet Posted September 12, 2020 Author Posted September 12, 2020 3 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said: Two questions. When did the Olympians run from and until? When did the two-tone green livery start and finish for Dublin Bus in general? The Olympians started with the RHs (Leyland) in 1990 and finished with the RVs (Volvo), the last of which were delivered in 1999. The last Olympian finished in service with Dublin bus in December 2012. There’s a bit of history on them here https://www.classicbuses.co.uk/+Dublin-Bus.html The two tone green started with the KD Bombardier buses in the early 80s. Was modified with orange stripe and Dublin Bus branding in 1987 (as part of CIE forming Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann and IR). I’m not sure exactly when the last green bus bowed out but suspect it was late 2000, early 2001? 2
DJ Dangerous Posted September 12, 2020 Posted September 12, 2020 5 hours ago, Warbonnet said: The Olympians started with the RHs (Leyland) in 1990 and finished with the RVs (Volvo), the last of which were delivered in 1999. The last Olympian finished in service with Dublin bus in December 2012. There’s a bit of history on them here https://www.classicbuses.co.uk/+Dublin-Bus.html The two tone green started with the KD Bombardier buses in the early 80s. Was modified with orange stripe and Dublin Bus branding in 1987 (as part of CIE forming Dublin Bus, Bus Eireann and IR). I’m not sure exactly when the last green bus bowed out but suspect it was late 2000, early 2001? Wow! I thought that they'd had a long life alright, but that's very long! Thanks for that! 1
Warbonnet Posted September 14, 2020 Author Posted September 14, 2020 Hi everyone, The buses have started arriving with customers today (including our out of office outposts, such as my kitchen table above!) and will continue to be shipped out over the coming days (we have a bit of a backlog with 121s, weedsprayers and these landing all at the same time nearly!) These have been very successful indeed, with only 25% of the production run left in stock. Thank you to everyone who supported this project with orders. It is encouraging to say the least and we may well look at other road vehicle projects in the future! Tempted? Order yours here: https://irishrailwaymodels.com/collections/vehicles Cheers! Fran 5
Warbonnet Posted September 16, 2020 Author Posted September 16, 2020 Hi everyone, A customer has very kindly sent us some pics of RV520 on his layout to share with you! I've also seen that they've shown up on Tara Junction. Be great to see your pics of them on your layouts or cabients! Not many left! Cheers! Fran 3
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