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    ....and here's a look at some of it...
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    If you really wanted to go the whole hog, then some work to the front frame arrangements might be possible - i.e. widening them to make them look more suited to 5'3" (albeit this illusion would work better for those working to 21mm gauge), and increasing the vertical gap between the main footplate and the front footplate/bufferbeam assembly.
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    By far the most interesting of the surviving ex-East German engines, Roco did a grand job of capturing the looks of 18.201....and the temptation to put it in front of a sample of ex-East German Doppelstock was too great. Trivia: did you know that 18.201's front headlamps came off a Trabant?
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    Hauling the first of the exhibition Doppelstock
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    A small packet is just after turning up from Ireland, bearing An Post's current "Nollaig" commemorative stamp, and containing a small quantity of very clean castings and a nickel silver etch. Great stuff, Des, and thanks!
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    The WTs ran on 6' diameter driving wheels, exactly the same ones used on the Stanier Black Five. Might be worth seeing if you can obtain a set of the current Hornby Black Five wheels and fitting them into the 4P chassis. This would correct the ride height and reinforce the WT's characteristic high-stepping looks. The rest of the model looks grand. I'm still waiting for Alan Doherty at Worsley Works to unleash his long-threatened WT kit, having put my name down for one ages ago.
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    If it were steam-hauled, 'tis a Panda Coaler they'd be wanting....
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    That dates back to 1979 at least, and it was a bold venture for Hornby at the time. I think the list price back then was about 200 quid. There were matching S&D coaches to go with it, and they had opening doors. Can't remember list price of those, but £43.50 each sticks in my mind for some reason. Rocket and its coaches were still in the catalogue for 1981, but I don't remember seeing them after that year.
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    Some months back, I picked up a quite attractive Austrian model of an East German steam superstar: 18.201, created out of bits from three different engines which today is the only preserved steamer passed to exceed 100mph. Mod edit: the English translation of the title is 'The Model: Risen from the Ruins'.
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    Ah stop, I haven't started building the thing!
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    This will no longer be a problem after sufficient quantities of Guinness.
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    Quod erat demonstrandum
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    ...and that's up against pretty stiff competition from other, more local, shows - the now defunct Watford Finescale, and St. Albans, being two aromatic examples.
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    I'm afraid that my one and only visit to Warley in 2001 put me off for life. The sheer crush of people was as bad as travelling on the London Underground, coupled with scenes of barely-contained acquisitive savagery at the Bachmann trade stand. It was the show at which the notorious Dapol Virgin Pendolino set became available, so there was extra savagery there.
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    What they need is a steam-hauled service.....
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    Just after buying a copy of this book, so. Should be useful read.
  20. Horsetan
    Would there be any Australian blood in ye now?
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    Found a couple of reasonably clear views of 553 only just fitting on the turntable at Tramore: http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Sellick%20collection&objid=1997-7219_RJS_IR_15 http://www.nrm.org.uk/ourcollection/photo?group=Sellick%20collection&objid=1997-7219_RJS_IR_16 Of interest are the "inset" footsteps (catered for in the kit), and the almost Wainwright look of the smokebox door (twin handles, instead of the more common wheel-and-handle) and strapping. Minogues, and An Teach Ol, in Tulla for me. Happy memories of winter lock-ins during the hunting season
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    'tis out in the West.
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    They call him "The Menace Of Ennis". Anyhow, everyone knows that the best pints of Guinness are those served in Clare. Sure I've had a fair few of those meself.
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    I suddenly feel a need for the SSM GNRI 20t brake van....
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    "...but first, a word from our Sponsor...."
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