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

[DJ Dangerous]

Same!

Received a few tracking numbers, all GLS.

Can't believe it, finally, only another month or two and they'll be here, in my hands!

 

11 hours ago, BosKonay said:

If you have specific carrier preferences just let us know! We can certainly spend a little less and not use DHl on a per customer basis if you have a strong preference just drop us a line. 

 

To DHL Express, I wish nothing but famine, pestilence and death, and the same to their families, friends and friends' families.

Had a call from DHL Express the other day...

€45 EURO parcel from Amazon, €3.15 IGIC due, €35 DHL Express handling fee...

And, that €45 included an extra €6 that Amazon had charged to cover possible import charges, ie the €3.15 IGIC.

Needless to say, I said no thanks!

[Georgeconna]

Same here got me tracking numbers! who hoo!, Typically I've been WFH for the past 2 weeks but I will be out in the office on Monday and guess who will be off at home to  to intercept them.....:/.

ah well bitter Sweet Eh...

 

[RedRich]

Mine was delivered this morning. I have always put accuracy first in a model. It is fair to say that a good running model should be a given with the technology used today. Silly errors can appear in livery application and accuracy all too often. When everything is bang on like it is on these models then we are eating at the top table. I always loved the A's hauling the Tara's and now we have both loco and wagon and they are two of the best models on the market. The future looks bright, need to find me shades now 

Rich,

[RedRich]

Just been having a look at the accessory pack and there are two builders plates to fit over the printed ones. That is pushing it to the limit. As said before the booklet is a nice extra.

Anyway back to YouTube to watch the rest of the real 048 hauling gypsum trains in 1993.

Rich,

[StevieB]

My order arrived safely yesterday. Thanks to all concerned.

Stephen

[johnfromoz]

Does anyone have knowledge they can share about the livery on A12?  That is, CIE black with half yellow warning panel.  Is it appropriate for mid-late 60s or even later?   How many locos ran like this, or is it a one off?

cheers

John

[Garfield]

7 hours ago, johnfromoz said:

Does anyone have knowledge they can share about the livery on A12?  That is, CIE black with half yellow warning panel.  Is it appropriate for mid-late 60s or even later?   How many locos ran like this, or is it a one off?

cheers

John

Hi John,

A12 is perfect for the mid-late 1960s period. The yellow panels weren't unique but were less common than the all-over black livery. 

[Wexford70]

 

8 hours ago, johnfromoz said:

Does anyone have knowledge they can share about the livery on A12?  That is, CIE black with half yellow warning panel.  Is it appropriate for mid-late 60s or even later?   How many locos ran like this, or is it a one off?

cheers

John

here is a photo I found from Frank Geraghty's collection.

[amdaley]

Got a chance to test out my A1 on a rolling road in DC & after fitting a LokPilot 5 decoder in DCC.

As smooth as a baby's arse & so very quiet.

I'll have to get a sound decoder for it so I'll know its actually running 

Beautiful model 

[mmie353]

Were there equal amounts of A classes per model produced or was it a release of how things went with pre-sales and added a certain percentage to what was pre-sold? I am curious to know how many were released for each one. 

 

Edited November 1, 2021 by mmie353

[NIRCLASS80]

6 hours ago, mmie353 said:

Were there equal amounts of A classes per model produced or was it a release of how things went with pre-sales and added a certain percentage to what was pre-sold? I am curious to know how many were released for each one. 

 

I would imagine that is commercially sensitive information as why would a company tell other companies the size of the market. I know I wouldn’t other than limited edition numbers. 

[BosKonay]

6 hours ago, mmie353 said:

Were there equal amounts of A classes per model produced or was it a release of how things went with pre-sales and added a certain percentage to what was pre-sold? I am curious to know how many were released for each one. 

 

We show live stock levels once items drop below 100 units and as above the limited editions are specifically numbered. Generally we made about the same number of each sku and all bar the limited editions were in the 300-400 unit range, with a few a little more. Bear in mind that final quantities were locked in about a year ago at the factory to secure the slot. 

[MKrocker]

Well done all at IRM and of course, Mr Murphy.

It was only a few years ago, most of us dreamt of high quality ready to run Irish models, now we have these.

The next step is to decide whether to give them a light weathering to bring out all the detail?!

Keep up the good work guys.

[DiveController]

On 29/10/2021 at 5:30 PM, BosKonay said:

If you have specific carrier preferences just let us know! We can certainly spend a little less and not use DHl on a per customer basis if you have a strong preference just drop us a line. 

I was referring to IRM doing a little steam engine and the poke at the Royal Mail was just an aside. Apologies the confusion

 

Edited November 2, 2021 by DiveController

[DiveController]

On 30/10/2021 at 4:44 AM, DJ Dangerous said:

Same!

Received a few tracking numbers, all GLS.

Can't believe it, finally, only another month or two and they'll be here, in my hands!

 

 

To DHL Express, I wish nothing but famine, pestilence and death, and the same to their families, friends and friends' families.

Had a call from DHL Express the other day...

€45 EURO parcel from Amazon, €3.15 IGIC due, €35 DHL Express handling fee...

And, that €45 included an extra €6 that Amazon had charged to cover possible import charges, ie the €3.15 IGIC.

Needless to say, I said no thanks!

Time to vote with your feet as they say. Companies will eventually get the message that a lot of goodwill (and quarterly targets) is lost this way

[DJ Dangerous]

5 hours ago, DiveController said:

Time to vote with your feet as they say. Companies will eventually get the message that a lot of goodwill (and quarterly targets) is lost this way

It's very rare that I get to choose the shipping company when buying. If there's an option, I'll choose anybody but DHL Express, but most of the time it's "Screw you and your island paradise, there's only one shipping option". Hattons are the only one I can think of who tell you who the different shipping companies are before actually making the purchase.

So glad that the A's are shipping via GLS and not DHL Express.

[Georgeconna]

Ding Don g!...1 min later and the Wife brings these in....No questions asked just yet, .  I'll say I doing weathering again and some lads sent me these to do...Best I can come up with....the Postie is usually much later and she is normally out having coffee with the gals.

 

[DJ Dangerous]

1 minute ago, Georgeconna said:

Ding Don g!...1 min later and the Wife brings these in....No questions asked just yet, .  I'll say I doing weathering again and some lads sent me these to do...Best I can come up with....the Postie is usually much later and she is normally out having coffee with the gals.

 

That's some amount of weathering! Buys you a lot of time in the shed to do a good job for those few lads!

[murphaph]

Speaking of weathering....has anyone mustered up the courage to "do one" yet??

[Georgeconna]

She's off to the bottle Bank so opened one box and chucked in some old lima mk'3's and some other UK stuff coaches so will start muttering about what am I sposed to do with these under me breath! 

 

[DJ Dangerous]

12 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Speaking of weathering....has anyone mustered up the courage to "do one" yet??

 

 

[jhb171achill]

24 minutes ago, murphaph said:

Speaking of weathering....has anyone mustered up the courage to "do one" yet??

I’ve a silver and a green which will need to be done - once I pluck up the courage!

In reality, Crossleys were almost always filthy….

[Patrick Davey]

57 minutes ago, DJ Dangerous said:

 

 

Such a great layout from Kieran - what a variety of stock and particularly nice to see the MAK diesel making an appearance.  Inspirational!

[Barl]

I'm told mine were delivered this morning too.  Unfortunately they're still about 200km away so will be a while before I can get my paws on them but at least I know they're there

[Robert Shrives]

1 hour ago, Georgeconna said:

She's off to the bottle Bank so opened one box and chucked in some old lima mk'3's and some other UK stuff coaches so will start muttering about what am I sposed to do with these under me breath! 

 

You do like to live on the edge, having been caught in the act of having a delivery !  Good luck and I hope you keep your head when the time comes to explain !  

[Galteemore]

10 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said:

You do like to live on the edge, having been caught in the act of having a delivery !  Good luck and I hope you keep your head when the time comes to explain !  

If you check out George’s other posts today, Robert, he’s scoping out Antonov movements at Shannon - obviously planning an escape to Almaty if required !

[Warbonnet]

Hi everyone,

Great news! Today sees the light at the end of the tunnel, with the last of the A Class pre-orders, including A3R fully dispatched by close of business today. 

If you have not received a dispatch email with tracking information by tomorrow morning, then please email us with your order number to support@irishrailwaymodels.com

We do have a few orders we do not have full addresses for, so if your order is not yet dispatched, you might be in this pile. We will just need to confirm for you from tomorrow morning onwards. 

If you have placed an order and not yet fully paid, you must pay up by Friday, November 12th. Failure to do so will result in your order being cancelled. With some very nice, sold out liveries being taken up with unpaid orders it will give others a chance to purchase it. So, if you have missed out on a particular flavour of A Class you wanted, it might come back on the market W/C November 15th! #Justsayin

Once again, thank you to everyone for showing us great patience in firing out these orders. In the even it was almost 2500 parcels, which is almost 10 times what we do for typical wagon pre-ordering! Next time we will be a lot more prepared and quicker.

Cheers!

Fran (on behalf of IRM)

[Warbonnet]

Oh, and one more thing. As it stands we have about 8% of stock left. So, grab them while you can!

Cheers!

Fran 

[Robert Shrives]

6 minutes ago, Warbonnet said:

Oh, and one more thing. As it stands we have about 8% of stock left. So, grab them while you can!

Cheers!

Fran 

Brilliant room in the warehouse for the 80 class an MV then.... Hunslet might be a a squeeze on the left hand racks by the staff door ?! 

[DJ Dangerous]

2 minutes ago, Robert Shrives said:

Brilliant room in the warehouse for the 80 class an MV then.... Hunslet might be a a squeeze on the left hand racks by the staff door ?! 

You mean for the Mk4 coach sets and 47' wagons, with a little gap left for a few thousand two-tone green Dublin Buses?

[Blaine]

1 hour ago, murphaph said:

Speaking of weathering....has anyone mustered up the courage to "do one" yet??

Imagine the outcry - and the pleasure. Watch this space

[DB JOE]

My order arrived today and what beauties they are too! Sadly 4 of them had bits come adrift but its nothing a little glue wont cure! Just to get A30 now for a complete full house!!! 

[Robert Shrives]

TBH , thanks for all the hard work and I hope you can catch your breath after a few hard weeks - Dublin based beverage ?  now required.  No doubt you will surprise us with more ace models to go with the coaches  and reruns of waggonery.  - 5 good choices ( if money was no object) suggested already ...

Thanks for all your work helping the marketplace and three thumbed average modelers like myself. 

Robert    

[John-r]

Result,  postman just arrived with the rest of my orders and I was home alone, no explaining three large boxes to herself, bolted up two flights of stairs with one box at a time, couldn't have luck nearly torpedoed down the stairs on top of the third box, close call , just had a quick look at locos , man they are something else, I can only echo  all the other comments, superb quality and Thank you all so much for this loco.

[Broithe]

30 minutes ago, John-r said:

Result,  postman just arrived with the rest of my orders and I was home alone, no explaining three large boxes to herself, bolted up two flights of stairs with one box at a time, couldn't have luck nearly torpedoed down the stairs on top of the third box, close call , just had a quick look at locos , man they are something else, I can only echo  all the other comments, superb quality and Thank you all so much for this loco.

Phew!

Very nearly one for the Railway Accident Investigation Unit.