IRM A Class Now In Production! Here's why you should get your pre-orders in sooner than later...

[jhb171achill]

8 minutes ago, spudfan said:

Don't forget the gauge changes... 

The Aussie "A"'s are 3'6" gauge, and they were green too, so between all of that I'm sure they'll manage........

[DJ Dangerous]

On 20/8/2021 at 3:16 PM, Garfield said:

Yes, we generally ship in that order.

How about alphabetical order this time?

No coincidence that Canarias comes way before Ireland on that list...

[Broithe]

2 hours ago, DJ Dangerous said:

How about alphabetical order this time?

No coincidence that Canarias comes way before Ireland on that list...

Islas Canarias..

Get back behind us!

[DJ Dangerous]

Or "Canary Islands" if the list is done in English!

[BosKonay]

Lol, shipments will be done in chronological order  

[DJ Dangerous]

23 minutes ago, BosKonay said:

Lol, shipments will be done in chronological order  

Spoilsport!

[Patrick Davey]

Any idea where The A Class Express is now?  Would have been great if it could have been tracked!! 

[jhb171achill]

22 minutes ago, Patrick Davey said:

Any idea where The A Class Express is now?  Would have been great if it could have been tracked!! 

It's parked in my drive, at a secret address. I set a red signal against it. Once I've unloaded a few "A"s, and some GSWR bogies and six-wheelers, I'll let it go again. No need to thank me. The crew have been unharmed.

[Patrick Davey]

34 minutes ago, jhb171achill said:

It's parked in my drive, at a secret address. I set a red signal against it. Once I've unloaded a few "A"s, and some GSWR bogies and six-wheelers, I'll let it go again. No need to thank me. The crew have been unharmed.

I was hoping for that Ballymena & Larne starter set in 009.......

[Westcorkrailway]

1 hour ago, Patrick Davey said:

Any idea where The A Class Express is now?  Would have been great if it could have been tracked!! 

Unforutnatly it strayed onto the ballybrophy line, estimated livery is now 1-2 working years

[BosKonay]

We're about a week away from landing

[Broithe]

2 hours ago, Patrick Davey said:

Any idea where The A Class Express is now?  Would have been great if it could have been tracked!! 

I think there are some obvious security issues that require a degree of secrecy about specific details.

[Westcorkrailway]

19 minutes ago, Broithe said:

I think there are some obvious security issues that require a degree of secrecy about specific details.

Speaking of films, when are we getting this adaption of the A class

[flange lubricator]

8 hours ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Speaking of films, when are we getting this adaption of the A class

I would imagine with the arrival of the IRM A class there will plenty of surplus SF/ Q kits A class locos about to provide ample opportunity to be re purpose them into other A class variants like A16 .

[DiveController]

16 hours ago, jhb171achill said:

It's parked in my drive, at a secret address. I set a red signal against it. Once I've unloaded a few "A"s, and some GSWR bogies and six-wheelers, I'll let it go again. No need to thank me. The crew have been unharmed.

The great train robbery, stopped at a signal at Danger

[amdaley]

3 hours ago, DiveController said:

The great train robbery, stopped at a signal at Danger

You ok there Ronnie 

[DJ Dangerous]

Sorry if this has been answered already.

I have skimmed through the thread and can't find the answer.

What are the boxed and unboxed weights of the locos, including the special edition?

What size are both regular and special edition packages?

Thank you!

[DJ Dangerous]

 

Also, I see that Marks Models now have 15 of the 17 listed, just missing one B/T and the limited edition.

[Westcorkrailway]

12 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Also, I see that Marks Models now have 15 of the 17 listed, just missing one B/T and the limited edition.

I think they were saying that the limited edition is only available direct from IRM?? Would make sense I spose  

[Bob229]

20 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

Also, I see that Marks Models now have 15 of the 17 listed, just missing one B/T and the limited edition.

One B/T sold out 23R

[ttc0169]

21 hours ago, BosKonay said:

We're about a week away from landing

Is that a distant A class headlight I see approaching the Russian frontier,........

[amdaley]

My A Class turned up this morning.

Its bigger than I thought it would be ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

Just now, amdaley said:

My A Class turned up this morning.

Its bigger than I thought it would be ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great job on the weathering, and that is some backscene!

 

[DiveController]

Wish I could have done that in school, turned all my Cs into As

[Noel]

18 hours ago, amdaley said:

My A Class turned up this morning.

Its bigger than I thought it would be ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cahirsiveen?

Edited August 27, 2021 by Noel

[Westcorkrailway]

21 hours ago, amdaley said:

My A Class turned up this morning.

Its bigger than I thought it would be ?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does it run well?

[amdaley]

3 hours ago, DiveController said:

Wish I could have done that in school, turned all my Cs into As

Minor detail

3 hours ago, Noel said:

Cahirsiveen?

Well done that man. Not there any more though. 

44 minutes ago, Westcorkrailway said:

Does it run well?

Still trying to find a decoder for it

[Noel]

1 hour ago, amdaley said:

Minor detail

Well done that man. Not there any more though. 

Still trying to find a decoder for it

Fortunately I've a few Silverfox C class kits running on MM 141 donor chassis, and they run like swiss watches. There was no way I was going to put a Hornby rail road plastic donor chassis under them. Minimal surgery needed to the MM, just remove the body and cutaway about 4mm of each end of the metal chassis and it fits like a glove, and runs like a pearl. Fortunately I picked up the donors about 5 years ago for about €80each before these beautiful bachman/MM baby GMs went through the roof on eBay in recent years. Its inevitable some time that these will be re-run just as MM 071s in NIR and Grey livery will get re-run in time. What's the rush? Isn't this a life long hobby. 

[Patrick Davey]

On 23/8/2021 at 11:07 PM, BosKonay said:

We're about a week away from landing

Just sayin’ like…….

[Patrick Davey]

Morning everyone.

Just thought I'd drop in to say this is A CLASS forum.

In A CLASS of its own.

Has A CLASS of posts like nowhere else.

Hint hint.........?

 

[Edo]

Are we there yet?

[Irishswissernie]

I've had a few A Class arrive this week including A51 which has already lost a windscreen wiper. XXXXX small parts! 

[Garfield]

16 minutes ago, Irishswissernie said:

I've had a few A Class arrive this week including A51 which has already lost a windscreen wiper. XXXXX small parts! 

Great photo, Ernie!

Looks like Dromod?

[Irishswissernie]

3 minutes ago, Garfield said:

Great photo, Ernie!

Looks like Dromod?

Yes its Dromod probably June 1957, I am sorting out a Collection of mainly UK negs but there are some 100+ Irish and my fee is that I keep those.

[jhb171achill]

While it’s not easy to make out, the first two carriages illustrate perfectly why I’m always banging on about at least one RTR older wooden coach to go with not just early diesels, but 141s and even 181s too - the last wooden bodied coaches lasted WELL into the black’n’tan era, though in the above picture, obviously all carriages are green and will be for some time.

The coach behind the loco is a wooden flat-roofed one, way off its GSWR home turf, and built between 1900 and about 1912. Next, a Park Royal. Gawd knows what the rest of the train is made up of…..