A video of my Trainorama !

[Andy M0FYA]

Peter, when you say "For me the smoke deflectors are as bad as seeing a host of yellow capacitors in an old radio or television", I think you are missing the point I was trying to make. The smoke deflectors were fitted during the latter years of the locomotive's operational life, so are an authentic feature of the locomotive as it is restored as it was at that point in its life.
They can't be compared to fitting a host of yellow capacitors to an old radio in it's 'preservation lifetime', long after its service life. They would be comparable to fitting smoke deflectors in preservation to a locomotive which never had them when in service, which I agree would not be acceptable.

I think we'll just have to agree to disagree on this one!

Andy