Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Getting back on topic I am anticipating the arrival of a Hornby Dublo three rail 8F 2-8-0. (There you are  Fazy I do like LMS locos :-) ) which I won at auction (No - Not Ebay!!) plus some matching goods wagons. That will nearly complete one of each original 3 rail Hornby Dublo locos, the only one I still need is the 'Castle'.

A bit more track so the locos can stretch their legs

Getting back on topic I am anticipating the arrival of a Hornby Dublo three rail 8F 2-8-0. (There you are  Fazy I do like LMS locos :-) ) which I won at auction (No - Not Ebay!!) plus some matching goods wagons. That will nearly complete one of each original 3 rail Hornby Dublo locos, the only one I still need is the 'Castle'.

 
  The parcel arrived yesterday. The loco was described in the auction cataloge as 'wire between loco and tender detached' so I had visions of a soldering job at very best and I bid accordingly. However the plug and socket were in good condition and the plug just needed pushing back. A quick test with an H&M Clipper and a loco cradle confirmed that I had secured a excellent bargain!

I can't wait until the next toy fair or HRCA auction to see if I can get a 'Bristol Castle' to round off my three rail HD 1948 to 1958 collection. Not bad considering I only started collecting it last year!

A new Hornby 20T brake van. I saw an awful lot of Dublo 3 Rail and 2 Rail in the Dagfields Antique shops near Crewe. Some boxed and most well used. I did see a boxed D8000 loco at £66 not in bad condition though the box was missing the yellow insert. All the items were a tad over priced in my opinion.

Just sent for the rival company's Jubilee 'Falkland Islands', dcc ready - weathered.

Over the last month or so:

A new early crest BR Standard Class 4MT specially fitted with 2 decoders for sound, directional lamps, stay alive, smoke, firebox flicker and crew.

I sent off a BR lined green BR late crest DCC ready Class 45XX tank loco and had it specially fitted with sound, firebox glow, cab light and crew.

A few days back bought a DCC ready late crest BR Midland Compound from my local model railway shop and have just ordered a new early crest DCC fitted version because I remember these running double-headed through Wellingborough years ago. The latter was online at the Sheffield store for a bargain price of £104 and free postage.

Gradually getting a very specialist and professional guy to update my DCC ready and fitted locos with various enhancements, especially sound.

A new Railroad A4 Golden Shuttle for £50 at the Great Central Railway Show today.

Just taken delivery of two Wrenn six wheeled milk tankers in rather poor condition. Although intact, one has been badly repainted while the other has lost its transfers and is a bit grubby. I will probably dismantle them, t the metal bits in the Nitromors and modelstrip the tanks and repaint.

Why go to the trouble you may ask. These old wrenn/hornby doublo ones have different brake levers!

got this little lot from the Great Central Railway model show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-GaQNW_bH4

getting more next week with hope starting to build up the class's of loco's now with a goal of haveing the complete class of manors halls king's  etc etc..

Some more little purchases for the retro, this week so far I have bought an R.003 station set, some distant semaphores and some wagons. Here's some of the retro wagons, they need some cleaning which will be done as time permits.