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  1. jhb171achill
    With a liberal coating of South Wexford mud from the beet, they weathered to a greyish brown colour, to such an extent that the original brown (and yes, that's way too red) was completely obscured. So much so, that operating them in a pristine state would be akin to a "wrong livery", same as an all silver A or C class loco, or tin van! So the solution is to very heavily weather them, and all will look good.
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    "Costs"? €136 to the auctioneer? !!!!!!! No way I would have paid that.
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    Excellent buy, excellent cleaning job. It's better to clean up, as obviously a repaint - even if absolutely correctly done - decreases value. I notice that not only this, but other wagon / coach / tender numberplates too, were described inaccurately by the auctioneers as being off locomotives! Surely they must realise that the DSER never had 913 engines in their sheds.....!
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    "Steam Train's" with an apostrophe? Map of Ireland? Hmmmmmmm..... EXCELLENT content, though.
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    I wonder where 532's number plate went?
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    Absolutely top class job.
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    It's off a tram. I suspect British.
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    Those on 186 and 184 are replicas made (accurately) by Whitehead. When the society got them, they had painted numbers.
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    00n3 would be better as its closer to 3ft gauge. 009 better for scale 2ft gauge and wouldn't look right.
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    It'll be 00 scale push bikes and Lycra next....! Bring on the grey 121s!
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    Correct - Inchicore removed them about 1955-ish
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    This is the late Johnny O'Meara's stuff. Among it is a cabside plate of D16 "Achill Bogie" No. 532! I might bid. Or I might not.
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    Trouble is, whatever metal they were made of polished to a silvery colour!
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    Eoin, yes, normally a light yellow creamy colour but according to jhb171achill Senior, who spent many Saturdays bumbling about Inchicore in the 1930s, the odd one did have polished numerals and rims, like 186 currently.
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    That truly looks so good. Captures the era perfectly.
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    "The sin is not the doing; it's the being-found-out" (Most politicians, 1789-present)
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    Now THAT would be a sight to behold!
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    When repainting, Eoin, for max effect I would paint the connecting rods and wheel rims great as well as the body. The numberplates look excellent. All over grey like the body, but rims and numerals picked out in light yellow / cream.....
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    David, I would guess - as standard - that the buffer beams on the "Unit" were red... Absolutely FANTASTIC work, as always. Brilliant. Such an unusual layout...
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    Last hour before closing time? :-)
  22. jhb171achill
    I was just thinking - with the curvature on some of the dock lines, it's a wonder that anything six-coupled got around there at all!
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    If there are seats - better to contact th RPSI to be sure. This is the first year in 20 that I haven't done the seating plan myself so I can't be sure, but based on last 2 years, it was completely booked out.
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    Under your expert hand, that would be an absolute delight to see, Eoin.
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    Given lottery wins of some magnitude, if a preserved one in Britain was going begging, it could be brought here and regauged - perfect for the DCDR! But then, the GNR tank loco in Cultra, or No. 30, would be better........
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