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  1. Does anybody remember something similar to these at Houston in the 1970s, and the bay platforms at Westland Row?
  2. Those pizza cutter wheels look scarily sharp should there be a mishap
  3. Hi Kevin, @DiveController Platform ramps tend to be the issue as wagon chassis elements that protrude tend to fit under the platform edge overhang, but in Ireland ramps are square and the same width as the platform, unlike many BR stations where the ramps are tapered and curved. tapered ramps like these Hornby toy versions don’t foul wider bogies or wider stock. this is common on BR outline stations. @jhb171achill The Fountain of Irish prototypical knowledge explained to me tapered platform ramps are generally not used in Ireland. I have some MIR resin wagons that cannot run past scale distanced square platform ramps without fouling and derailing. Anyway it sound like it shouldn’t be an issue. I have my platforms a prototypical distance to stock (ie track centre), so alighting LLPs passengers don’t have to jump across 2 or 3 feet gaps from coaches to platform. Moving swiftly on, my goodness the amount of new models due to ship over the next 9 months is staggering. Will layout have to grow to stable all this new stock?
  4. @Warbonnet Fran, a question if you don't mind please and you may be in a position to answer. Have these fab looking Bulleid beet wagons been loading gauge tested so they can run past platform ramps at prototypical platform gaps to track (ie so the hanging door stoppers don't foul platform ramps). This is a problem I encountered with some other kit built beet wagons in the past. Many thanks in advance.
  5. Irish Railway Models RTR (IRM here) Murphy Models RTR Silverfox kits Murphy models were announced due to re-run NIR livery 071 GM locos at the end of this year. For C lass and Hunslet Silverfox kits are your only route.
  6. Funny by chance I just pre-ordered an AS pannier tank with DCC sound
  7. Great idea, makes sense to make use of the same chassis tooling as for the beet wagons.
  8. Eoin Fry to the power of 2! On another level. Respect.
  9. Am I the only one who has never been to IKEA? Nor have I any desire to.
  10. Thanks Stephen for info. Interesting variety. Will enjoy running these when they arrive early. The rake of resin ones I already have are not the best runners. What sort of weight are the models?
  11. Thanks. So a factory rust weathering effect.
  12. Excellent. Good news. They look stunning. Do you mind me asking what’s going on with the right hand wagon in the first photo at the top of OT? These should brake all sales records for an model Irish wagon which was the most numerous ever to run on Irish rails. Park royals and 22k in the pipeline. Jeapers it feels like only a few years ago we were limited to a small no resin kits for so much Irish rolling stock (MIR, PW, SF, etc).
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