Announcements

The balance of our ivory bubble order has arrived from China! We have been working hard all day doing QC checks and we’ve even managed to get some orders packed and sent out this evening! We will be doing the same over the next few days. It should take about a week to check […]

Irish Railway Models today announces that it will release its highly detailed cement bubble wagon in the iconic CIÉ orange and grey livery in time for Christmas 2017. The announcement was made at the beginning of the South Dublin Model Railway Show at Blackrock, Dublin and is the fourth project that Irish Railway Models has […]

Sick of receiving non-railway gifts for Christmas? Finding it difficult to explain the differences between gauge and Irish outline models to loved ones who ask you for gift suggestions? Would you like a way to start a savings scheme, so you can buy the best Irish outline ready-to-run wagons on the market? What you need […]

Hi everyone, I have a further update on the cement bubbles for this weekend which consists of bad news and good news. Firstly, the good news. Our first small shipment of bubbles are currently in transit and are making their way to us. (YAY!!!) The bad news is that they were detained by Chinese customs for […]

As you know we like to do some special offers for the Dublin show each year. This year is no different! We will be offering unbeatable discounts on ballast wagons as well as a very special offer for the item we’re launching at the show on Saturday. These deals will be for this weekend only, […]

As you may already know, we made big changes to our cement bubble wagon after reviewing the first tooling sample we received. We were unsatisfied with the level of detail and fidelity of the preproduction model delivered by our previous agent and decided to go back to the drawing board. This caused a delay […]

We are delighted to announce that production of our cement bubbles is now underway at our factory in China ahead of a late October 2017 release following a significant tooling upgrade.

While our ballast wagons have been hogging most of the limelight in recent weeks, we have been working away on the cement bubbles in the background. We have just finished specifying the livery graphic details for our factory in China which you can see below.

What’s better than a fresh out of the box model featuring the highest levels of detail? One that is beautifully weathered! Our Technical Director decided to weather a pack of our ballast wagons up using a mixture of interactive weathering powders and washes. The end result is something quite special Have you weathered your ballast […]

IRM will be attending the forthcoming show with Ballast Wagon packs in stock for sale! Talbot Hotel Stillorgan Sunday June 11th 10.30 am – 3 pm A very special show with something for all collectors, organised by Chris Dyer Shows, at the superb 4* TALBOT HOTEL, STILLORGAN, CO.DUBLIN which is located alongside the main N11 dual-carriageway […]

As you may have seen elsewhere, our first production item, the CIE ballast hopper wagon, has arrived from China! We have been working tirelessly to dispatch pre-orders to our customers over the past couple of weeks, a herculean task in itself! It was a proud moment for the team to see a van loaded with cartons of […]

Irish Railway Models will be at the North Down Model Railway Society annual model railway exhibition on Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd April 2017. The IRM team will be located at trade stand 6, and we will have our Ballast Wagon Packs for collection and sales at the show, as well as engineering samples of our […]