As my colleague says, Those who say “the Good old days” have never opened a history book.
Perhaps this is why in Ireland the 1960s era layout with Black and Tan ect. Is really the earliest mainstream Irish modelling goes. There is the odd 50s thing and some GSR stuff but generally it starts around the 60s
saw this yoke in my YouTube recommended. The tender is all wrong but what else would have to be changed….splashers? Nameplates?