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Maroon is considered by some (including web developers) to be a shade of brown, which is itself a really weird colour as it's arguably not a colour of its own but a very dark shade of orange. Here's a great video I watched a while back that popped into my head as I was reading this discussion:

Yeah, I am in Germany and used to buy a lot more. It was so convenient and did indeed function as a supermarket with very reasonably delivery charges. I only ordered a handful of times from Hattons post Brexit. It was a lottery as to whether the parcel would arrive DDP as promised or if I'd have to pay VAT and handling charges and then contact Hattons for a refund of said fees (which they always honoured but that must have cost them dearly). It's not even speculation, Hattons at least partially blame Brexit for what has now happened. I wish the very best of luck to the staff and management in their future lives. I suspect the announcement was delayed to at least allow the staff to enjoy Christmas.

That's exactly the meaning in the German text. Modelled on the current preserved loco condition, which itself represents the 1963 condition with the corridor tender and smoke deflectors. This seems an odd era to model for me as it is not the condition the loco was in when it actually visited H0 markets like the US and Australia. I really don't know who this loco is aimed at, beautiful as it is likely to be. I hope Märklin hasn't made a massive mistake with this. It's expensive even by German standards.

The 2600 and 2800 are very alike, both being built by Tokyu. I would be surprised if IRM aren't at least considering a Tokyu 2600 (there was a much earlier AEC 2600 Class railcar/DMU) at some stage as they have had a long life in many liveries and are the railcar that appeared during what many consider a sweet spot in modelling, that period around 1994/5 when the A Class was still in service but the 201's were starting to appear and along with them the new IE plug and socket logo. Anyway it's great that this 22000 Class model is making you switch to Irish outline.

I caved and pre-ordered all the green ones. The B&T one is too late for me. If I can't easily regauge them to 21mm I will sell most of them on and I suspect without too much difficulty if the run is small and the demand high (the interest in Irish stuff seems to be growing so I reckon high demand is a given).

Perhaps more recent pics of the Irish panelled coaches would help identify where the dirt accumulated. I believe CIE did try to keep coaching stock clean even if the locos were filthy. @jhb171achil would know for sure though.

Folks I have been paying very little attention to this topic as I model irish outline in 21mm but now Hattons have gone and announced a series of Genesis 6 wheelers in CIE liveries from the 50's & 60's. The big question for me is, has anyone regauged these to EM or P4 yet? They look like they might actually be doable (3d printing some replacement axle box units) but I am only going by pics of the undersides of the engineering samples. I would appreciate any information any current owners have on regauging.

Did 6 wheelers ever run behind diesel traction in GB I wonder?

Being a 21mm modeller I can't justify the whole set but I will certainly be taking a few for the display case. Great to see Irish railways featuring ever more prominently.

Spreading announcements around the eras makes sense though. If IRM had announced these mk2's AND say the Tokyu 2600 at the same time, difficult decisions would have had to have been made by me at least. This way I can order all the mk2's that suit my chosen era (ca. 1994-1995) and then patiently wait for the 2600 which I am sure will be along in time. In a way it is a blessing that IRM is the only RTR manufacturer of note in Irish outline, because the lads can plan out a road map with a fairly high degree of certainty that "other manufacturers" won't try to gazump them. That means as long as one is patient, the goodies will follow. There is much more competition in the GB market, so what competitors are up to plays a far greater role I suspect. In Ireland that is not the case so IRM can release stuff to market in a calm and considered way that is unlikely to force modellers into making tough decisions between this or that. The brilliant partially option helps spread the financial burden further. And bank holiday weekend customer support at 10pm is no problem for these guys as I experienced myself on Monday :-) Legends.

Limerick would make a nice terminus station and with a bit of compression you could accommodate the wagon works and justify displaying wagons from all over the network. Also you could run (when they become available) a mk 3 suburban push pull set with a 121 at the helm. Limerick also had the immediately adjacent bus depot to display a few Bus Eireann models. Container terminal too, right beside the station. All in a fairly compact space.

Variety is the spice of life!

In German wheel sets are called Radsätze (pronounced rahd-zetze) and couplings are called Kupplungen (pronounced cup-lung-en, cup like a northerner would say it, cup, not cap ;-) )

Here is one of Germany's biggest online retailers sites. Currently 18 pages of 00 GB items listed from several manufacturers: https://www.modellbahnunion.com/Spur-H0-00.htm?a=catalog&p=802&filter=k3274g3332p3428 There is clearly demand in Germany for GB stuff or this shop wouldn't stock it.

In western Europe, beyond Germany, TT is highly niche to the point of non-existence but in eastern Europe including the former GDR, TT is a major player, rivalling H0. The figures are a little out of date but things won't have changed radically: https://modelleisenbahn.info/marktanteile-der-spuren It's in German but the graphs for GDR and for Russia in 2004 show what the picture is broadly like in the former communist bloc.