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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2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 13:34:31 Wed 27 May 2015

Thanks again SoT and Grassie.

Posted 13:34:31 Wed 27 May 2015

Graskie

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Posted at 15:31:33 Wed 27 May 2015

Just to add that I do have a blue single sheet catalogue for January 1955 (print ref 1/55) as well.

Posted 15:31:33 Wed 27 May 2015

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:19:32 Thu 28 May 2015

We had them in the old shop 3rd December 1954.

Posted 06:19:32 Thu 28 May 2015

JohnnyGee

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Posted at 14:09:04 Thu 28 May 2015

Picked up a MiB Hornby Blackmoor Vale and weathered Black 5. Both most exellent.

Posted 14:09:04 Thu 28 May 2015

LC&DR

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Posted at 16:43:33 Thu 28 May 2015

Not a train, but a book about the history of Triang Spot-On and associated products. In it was a description of the Arkitex building kits available in Spot-On 1:42 scale but ALSO in Triang Railways 1:76 scale. The range was bigger than I originally thought.

Has anyone out there still got any Arkitex?

Last Edited 16:44:19 Thu 28 May 2015
Posted 16:43:33 Thu 28 May 2015

Twintop

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Posted at 18:10:43 Thu 28 May 2015

Remind me what Arkitex is - was it those bases with lethal steel vertical rods that you slotted bricks into to build houses and had varios sizes of hipped roofs to go on top of the walls. ? Or was that Beiko sp ?

Posted 18:10:43 Thu 28 May 2015

Postman Prat

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Posted at 18:49:30 Thu 28 May 2015

That was Bako

Posted 18:49:30 Thu 28 May 2015

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 16:31:50 Fri 29 May 2015

Arkitex turns up in a local auction a lot, it was a popular range. Willingham auction had a massive box of it a few weeks ago, it didn't used to fetch anything money wise but the last year or so prices have started to move upwards. Kenner also made something similar called a girder and panel system.

Arkitex was available in 1/42 scale and 00/HO scale made in Belfast in the Spot-on Factory owned by Tri-ang which closed primarily due to the troubles.

Last Edited 16:35:02 Fri 29 May 2015
Posted 16:31:50 Fri 29 May 2015

LC&DR

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Posted at 17:24:52 Fri 29 May 2015

That was Bako

I do have quite a lot of Bayko. It is slightly bigger in scale to Arkitex 1:42, nearer Gauge 1, but still fun to play with. Originally it was made of Bakerlite a very brittle self coloured hard plastic (hence the name). Originally manufactured by Plympton it was bought out by Meccano shortly before they went under.

I also have a bit of 'Brickplayer', another construction toy which uses real terracotta bricks which were stuck together with mortar made from something that looked like wallpaper paste. Windows and doors were plastic and roofs were cardboard.

Somehow Lego doesn't quite do it for me when compared to these.

Posted 17:24:52 Fri 29 May 2015

Rog (RJ)

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Posted at 17:39:54 Fri 29 May 2015

I still have most of my (smallish) Bayko collection. I found it very enjoyable to play with and far more realistic than Lego was.

Edited for spelling.

Last Edited 17:46:42 Fri 29 May 2015
Posted 17:39:54 Fri 29 May 2015

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