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On 5/10/2022 at 6:12 PM, Horsetan said:

....and 25.2mm is the axle measurement we can give to Ultrascale. The same measurement also applies to the axles for the bogie wheels. Now wait 8 months whilst the man there is making those....

Six months later, the axles have just arrived...

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2 hours ago, Horsetan said:

The bottom one is more towards purple. 

Best take that up with the Chief Herald of Ireland. One of the fascinating byways of Irish history. The small matter of heraldry was, funnily enough, overlooked in the establishment of the Irish Free State, and was thus managed by a Crown appointee up until 1941! Quote….. 
 

It was discovered around 1923 that the office of Ulster King of Arms had not been legally transferred to the Irish Government and since the office was created by royal prerogative in 1552, the British Government said that they could not transfer the office to Ireland. Eventually, the Irish Government decided in 1930 to let Sir Neville Wilkinson continue his work until his death, at which point the office would be considered by the Irish Government to have lapsed.

Wilkinson, incidentally, was one of the finest scale modellers in the world, specialising in dolls houses, some of which are still on museum display. http://bredafay.com/a-fairytale-is-born/

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On 21/5/2023 at 11:17 AM, Horsetan said:

Alan Gibson's 4S44C bogie wheels are the closest equivalent, in that case.

Managed to acquire a set of the correct P4 profile wheels. The axles are to be replaced with longer ones appropriate for 21mm gauge.

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