Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 07:59:15 Tue 19 Mar 2013

What's your latest aquisition?

Here's my latest purchase, a Tri-ang-Hornby R.754 M7 in BR Black livery.

The box was tatty, crew were missing and the BR totem transfers on the tank sides were part missing as per normal.

The model is slowly being restored, a fresh box mint was found on ebay with incorrect labels (the one on the right) and I have crew and original totem transfers a plenty in stock, I will post stages of the restoration at intervals for all my friends on here to see as they take place.

Here's the loco pre-restoration but with nice new original 40+ BR Totem transfers put on the side tanks, a packet of the original transfers is posed by the loco for reference.

Hope all at Hornby like what I am doing to their old locos.

Enjoy!

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0063_zps3ff63c6a.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0064_zps634965e3.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0065_zpse2948e27.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0066_zps04c86aff.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0067-3_zpsdfd86c7c.jpg.html

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Robespierre

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Posted at 22:05:03 Fri 20 Mar 2015

Weathered BR spec A3, and Tornado in blue with TTS; lovely

Posted 22:05:03 Fri 20 Mar 2015

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 16:02:46 Sun 22 Mar 2015

This was a nice find today. Bought for spares but all salvageable apart from the small mail coach. The large mail coach is mint unboxed.

Posted 16:02:46 Sun 22 Mar 2015

Howbi

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Posted at 16:18:32 Mon 23 Mar 2015

Arrived today, now running-in on Rolling Road. An excellent model even in RailRoad spec.

A bargain at £42.50. Now need to source suitably sized sound decoder & speaker for loco fit.

Posted 16:18:32 Mon 23 Mar 2015

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 16:45:39 Mon 23 Mar 2015

I have to say my Beattie Well Tank, picked up a couple of weeks ago, is now run in, and really is a very nice southern tank - highly recommended.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 16:45:39 Mon 23 Mar 2015

whiteshield

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Posted at 19:53:25 Mon 23 Mar 2015

Wasn't going to buy any loco's until gote the main track laid but ordered Tornado and Olton Hall Thursday in the 50% sale and they arrived today.

Posted 19:53:25 Mon 23 Mar 2015

37lover

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Posted at 20:37:11 Mon 23 Mar 2015

I received an email Saturday advising courier delivery would be today but as no-one would be here I asked them to hold and arranged to pick up tomorrow [the earliest option they offered]. Called in on the off chance today and collected my Tornado. It's now sitting side by side to the Bachmann model which cost me at least three times as much. The Bachmann is very detailed but for value for money, no question, the award goes to Hornby!

Posted 20:37:11 Mon 23 Mar 2015

choralc

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Posted at 00:06:13 Tue 24 Mar 2015

New and still in unopened mailing sleeves:

R 3074 The Royal Mail Great British Railways Collection GWR 4-6-0 King Class Loco 'King William IV' and

R3075 The Royal Mail Great British Railways Collection” SR 4-6-0 N15 Class Loco 'Sir Mador De La Port'

and 2nd hand:

3 x R.486 SR Composites '5117' in exc unboxed

3 x R.242 BR Trestrol Wagons with Two Girder Load 'B901600' in exc boxed

FNQ, Australia

Posted 00:06:13 Tue 24 Mar 2015

Hilux5972

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Posted at 02:58:48 Tue 24 Mar 2015

My latest acquisition is R2705 Grand Central HST, which will have sound fitted in both power cars shortly. Now I just need the mk's to go with it haha

Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams. And she was. She really was.

Posted 02:58:48 Tue 24 Mar 2015

Cronan

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Posted at 09:36:48 Tue 24 Mar 2015

I just received my J15 a gorgeous loco and two private wagons 'Coltness' and 'J.James & Co' and a decoder of course. I'm gonna try and put some pictures on here after I finished work.

Posted 09:36:48 Tue 24 Mar 2015

Cronan

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Posted at 18:54:21 Thu 26 Mar 2015

I could only take a few good pictures on good one of the cab though.

Posted 18:54:21 Thu 26 Mar 2015

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