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There are some lovely photographic backscenes out there now - try http://www.internationalmodels.net/acatalog/26_Inch__26___High_Backscenes.html .

Pineapples, elephants, zombies - IÉ is an equal-opportunities travel service.

I have asked that very question before - http://irishrailwaymodeller.com/showthread.php/1554-Searching?highlight=searching - you may find the answer in here.

Still in use today, to disguise pre-production cars on road tests - http://www.autoguide.com/auto-news/2012/04/spy-photo-camera-camo-explained-whats-with-the-swirlies.html . Range Rover, underneath all that....

The Royal Navy only has nineteen real warships today - but they still have 40 admirals and 260 people qualified to captain a vessel - a touch of top-heavy over-manning going on....

You would have to be very careful to remember where it was, or you might never find it again. They have struggled to get them into service - it's all a bit 'new'. Might get one second-hand in a few years...?

There are distinct low-observability aspects to her - in visible, infra-red and radar modes + a very low magnetic signature - this is achieved by the use of modern composite materials and the physical shape of the vessel - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visby-class_corvette .

It's a bit 'Bond villain'....

The Visby, currently involved in the 'submarine hunt' off Sweden, is a bit of a modern Dazzle Ship. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29722500

It's certainly well worth mentioning. I know somebody who recently came home to find the house full of smoke. The daughter's magnifying make-up mirror had focussed the sun's rays onto a small spot on the wooden window frame and actually set light to it! It was a few minutes away from setting light to the curtains - and then....... As it was, it just burned a hole almost through to the outside and just needed filling when it had cooled down. Some of these magnifying lights have a hinged shield above the lens, which will prevent this, and keep the lens fairly dust-free, too. ..it's simple enough to make something, if yours hasn't.. This, rather larger, concave mirror has caused some problems, too - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675 . When I lived in Cyprus, these solar cigarette lighters were a popular gimmick.

Lancasters, Wellingtons, etc.... This was a raid on Mannheim. May 19th, 1942. 197 aircraft, I think.

That wouldn't load for me off the link, but here it is - I knew you would be along in a bit....

I seem to have missed this report at the time - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-27824910 - I think I was away...

Woodland Scenics do a range of four Hob-E-Lube oils - ultra-lite, lite, medium and heavy - ranging from paraffin-like to honey-like consistencies - covers most situations and they come on a very accurate dispensing bottle. Last for ever.

This - https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=stafford&ll=52.82142,-2.11695&spn=0.001431,0.002411&hnear=Stafford,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=h&z=19 - is the old Common Road station. The track was the path parallel to Aston Terrace. There was a siding off to the north, into the Salt Works. There may still be some track left at the southern edge of the plant yard - I'll try to have a look, there are some vestiges there, it appears from this view. There were still movements on there up to about '76, but only to the RAF Depot about half a mile to the North East.

There's quite a bit of Salt Works stuff on here - http://www.staffspasttrack.org.uk/ - worth a perusal....

I can see the remains of Stafford Salt Works from the bedroom window - I've picked up a few salt wagons over the years.

Yu Ming is ainm dom - the process has begun....?

Elephants being hit by trains is surprisingly common - but one falling out of a monorail car might be unique. http://eurasiangondolas.com/wuppertal-schwebebahn/

http://laroucheirishbrigade.com/ireland-an-economic-revival/

I can recall ticket collectors starting at the back of the train and giving advice to those with tickets to stations with short platforms to move a coach or two up, before attempting to disembark at their destination..

Yet again, I have no real idea what's going on here.

I pray for Saint Patrick Murphy every night. He has been our salvation. He has taken us from the wilderness and put us upon the right track. I am happy to be his apostle and to follow in his righteous path. It is up to those who follow the creed to collect the manna that falls amongst us. The locomotives are fundamental to Irish railway modelling. Rolling stock can be codged up to a fair degree, but a decent loco was a daunting prospect before Murphy Models arrived on the scene. The arithmetic of model production on this scale may not suit everybody, but if it doesn't suit enough people, then it will dry up. I try to do my little bit to keep funding the future and will continue to do so.

Jewellery! Absolutely magnificent.

Lovely.