GSR 800

Signalling shit itself between Lansdowne and Donabate. I think more 90s are due to come in later in the year.

I was thinking surely they'd run into a copyright issue

Killian, Zooming in on this photo gives probably the highest quality shot one can hope for. You could use the fitting for the brass pipe to the flexible as a support, printed to the smokebox door. There seems to be a kind of metal strap support from the flexi pipe to the tank also? I think the best bet could be printed as separate detail with plugs into the smokebox door? A discussion on the vaccum pipe can be found here

Pretty much found you can get away with dropping the wheel size by about 2 scale inches (down to 6'6 from 6'8) but you get a lot of slip after that. Sonic models have since announced their Glen class, which may be a better option as a chassis for the MGWR A (higher boiler pitch, smaller drive wheels). Past a certain point you're likely better off scratchbuilding, or perhaps 3d printing a chassis. At that stage might as well do the whole loco. I have seen a conversion of a dean goods to a 2-4-0 before, but the driving wheels are much smaller than the Irish 2-4-0 survivors. the GWR 0-4-2 tank likewise has much smaller driving wheels.

One hopes you understood it was tongue in cheek, and no cats have been fleeced for a layouts scenic purposes...

Bless free will, you're not obliged to watch any of them! I think the obvious solution (which he mentioned) to his issues in testing would've been an electromagnet. Otherwise, the big issue (unless like him you decide to 'side' all your rolling stock) is that other than bachmann, the tension lock coupler itself is magnetic. But certainly food for thought!

The Fish Vans, along with the Horsebox are lovely little kits, well designed. I soldered the main and glued the detail!

Looks to be a D17, no.94

Hornby D16/3 with driving wheels from a Princess Royal

not brilliant but shows some of the backhead detail https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53509091889/in/photolist-2pZhkzL-2qEc2KN-2pwDm6y-2pwq5MP-2pwiTJB-2pwDQTy-2pwDQTt https://www.flickr.com/photos/irishrailwayarchive/53510472622/in/photolist-2pqQxgM-2qUTuzP-2pwjBQF-2pwfAqs-2qUUdW9-2qUTecq-2qUTdXn-2qUUdWe-2qUTuNE-2pwDXuL-2pwiTHu-2pwxaey-2pwiTJG-2pwEwFR-2pvFPEL is the driver operating the wheel there by the looks of it??

had a 'solid reversing wheel' according to a Decade of Steam, along with a 'butterfly regulator' and the somewhat infamous (to GS men anyway) letterbox firehole door.

For a more targeted approach you could perhaps have a model slurry tanker

Bravo Killian, take a bow! How very handsome she looks!

and empty beer bottles in the cubby holes..