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  1. Galteemore
    Well if you trace the ‘Black and Tan’ motif back all the way, it originally referred to the hounds of the Scarteen Hunt, whose coats are Black and Tan. The RIC men who acquired the nickname did indeed wear a mix of very dark green and khaki. Or it could simply be that a CIE official was drinking a Black and Tan…
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    Although interestingly the commemorative medal awarded to those who served in the War of Independence has a Black and Tan ribbon….very different to UK medallic practice, where medal ribbon design never incorporates the enemy’s uniform colours! Pic from irishmedals.ie
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    Biggest you can manage is the answer, as you probably know ! Bigger radii give the best running and more realistic appearance - and in a garden you will hopefully have more scope for this. I have the latest issue of the Gauge O Guild mag in front of me, which has an article on min radii. Apparently 1028mm is what O gauge RTR manufacturers recommend as minimum.
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    Graffiti is arguably a case for fines/restorative justice rather than a custodial sentence anyway.
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    Whichever defence lawyer came up with that as a tagline deserves to be an SC if they aren’t already.
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    Thanks Ernie. Lovely view from the platform - and 73 has had the Enniskillen cleaning treatment !
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    Yep. Wasn’t much to it http://www.bryndyn.co.uk/photoSearchResultsDevSTEP1.php
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    Not sure JHB. I suspect the foundations would have been scant, and this was simply a knocked up sleeper affair, as other photos suggest (one photo in fact - pics here are rare). I suspect that Fermanagh CC swept all away when the resurfacing happened. The old road that crossed the line here has also been widened.
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    Looking at the brake gear etc, I have visions of much snapped and mangled plastic Leslie, if a conversion were attempted. Much better, I’d say, to build one of these as 36.75 from the ground up….http://www.jimmcgeown.com/Loco Kit Pages/LMS Jinty.html
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    Yes, most of the SLNC that’s gone is simply down to road realignment. Some remains very intact and traceable indeed ! Then and now at Abohill….
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    Suspect that’s all it is - an easy win for them, like the Corgi/Bassett Lowke ‘Mogul’ in 0. Bachmann did same thing some years ago with their 00 ‘Jinty’ without launching anything suitable to go along with the loco. Model Rail mag followed same approach in the GSR Sentinel they did. Image from ‘Binns Road’ site …http://www.binnsroad.co.uk/railways/blcorgi/locos/index.html
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    Lovely but don’t fancy regauging that to 36.75… was a tricky enough proposition in real life !
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    Yes, a most attractive style. Interestingly the NCC used it on some of the Moguls but not others.
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    Always a treat Ernie. BCDR wagon with no 37, too.
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    Dead easy, given 186 was used as a station pilot by NIR for a while c1968, so there’s a prototype for a J15 in ‘modern’ company service. Just ‘imagineer’ 184 being restored at Inchicore c1978 and doing some running in turns….
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    Not the NCC No 4 we automatically think of! Interesting to see that the number plate was not re-used. The WT has a much plainer style of font.
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    @Mayner’s comments are most interesting. One of the UK’s most respected 7mm brass kit manufacturers makes impeccable kits of locos, with great emphasis on prototypical fidelity. However he only offers a generic range of 6 wheel coaches, arguing that when correctly painted up one such coach looks much like another ! This is a basic technique in military camouflage - the mind sees what it is led to see. If the loco is thoroughly faithful to the prototype, many modellers will happily run vaguely suitable items behind it - the mind can live with that illusion.
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    Bachmann J11 has the right wheelbase. 5’2 wheels rather than 4’9 but hey if you’re on 16.5mm gauge already …..https://www.hattons.co.uk/52542/bachmann_branchline_31_318_class_j11_robinson_gcr_9j_5317_in_lner_black/stockdetail
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    That looks incredible George. The smoke is the icing on the cake. That sounds odd but hopefully you know what I mean !
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    Honour compels me to mention the ex SLNC Z class tanks, 26 and 27, both of which passed to NIR stock - the only non-WT operational steam locos on NIR books - the GNR locos (UGs 48 and 49) stored at Grosvenor Road may have technically been in NIR stock, but they never ran as such AFAIK. The two ‘Loughs’ were, incidentally, the last named locos to run on an Irish railway under company ownership and operation. This photo of ‘Lough Erne’, linked from Flickr, was taken under NIR ownership in 1969. 27 lasted almost till the very end of steam on NIR.
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    An overhead lighting rig, with a wash of light over the backscene, would also mitigate this.
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    Terrific work. You should be well pleased with what you’ve achieved so far!
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    Looking good. Almost looks like the quays near Bachelors Walk!
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    I do hope the chip also features the Get Carter theme music as an option- possibly the Deltics’ moment of glory on the big screen. Still a cracking piece of cinematography- soak up what train travel used to be …with a wonderful musical accompaniment…..https://youtu.be/jhisIT_CuQ8
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