Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

6743 posts

View User

discussion starter

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

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

cooped

756 posts

View User

Posted at 17:02:45 Sun 13 Oct 2013

My latest purchase was a SR 2-bil and a blue box GWR pannier from Monk Bar in York while on holiday back in August. Nothing on the horizon as the potential acquisition of a new (old) house means things are quite right right now.

Posted 17:02:45 Sun 13 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

6743 posts

View User

Posted at 17:19:01 Sun 13 Oct 2013

Posted 17:19:01 Sun 13 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

6743 posts

View User

Posted at 17:24:38 Sun 13 Oct 2013

For EM2 fans
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCF0065-1.jpg

Posted 17:24:38 Sun 13 Oct 2013

DEAN104

55 posts

View User

Posted at 18:08:58 Sun 13 Oct 2013

Come on Hornby let's have some more express blue locomotives please.

Posted 18:08:58 Sun 13 Oct 2013

Postman Prat

5639 posts

View User

Posted at 19:42:03 Sun 13 Oct 2013

Don't you think we have enough 'glamour locos'? There's a far greater need for small, everyday locos of the type that operated 90% of the railway.

When did you last see a Merchant Navy shunting in a goods yard or an A4 at the head of a pick-up

freight? Certainly post 1923, if not earlier, they were painted black so you wouldn't have fancy liveries but if you want a model railway, as distinct from a train set, they are even more necessary.

Posted 19:42:03 Sun 13 Oct 2013

LC&DR

9635 posts

View User

Posted at 04:53:44 Mon 14 Oct 2013

Very good. Excellent condition!

I note the red steeple cab has a working pantograph. Mine still has most of the original plastic one (non-working)but the collector strip is missing. If I could get hold of an original to copy I'd try three=D printing

to make a replacement.

Posted 04:53:44 Mon 14 Oct 2013

LC&DR

9635 posts

View User

Posted at 05:04:10 Mon 14 Oct 2013

Hear hear!

I totally agree PP. Some more branch line locos please.

However I have seen Bullied Pacifics sort of shunting. They used to bring empties from Waterloo to Clapham Junction via the washer, if a smaller loco wasn't available, then

sometimes they would go into the sidings to fetch empty carriages and work back to Waterloo. Always tender first. Looked odd.

And not all little engines were black. Some of the small passenger tank engines got a colourful livery in pre-nationalisation

days. Certainly on the GW and Southern, I can't speak for the others.

Postman Prat said:

Don't you think we have enough 'glamour locos'? There's a far greater need for small, everyday locos of the type that operated 90% of the

railway.

When did you last see a Merchant Navy shunting in a goods yard or an A4 at the head of a pick-up freight? Certainly post 1923, if not earlier, they were painted black so you wouldn't have fancy liveries but if you want a model railway, as distinct

from a train set, they are even more necessary.

Posted 05:04:10 Mon 14 Oct 2013

LC&DR

9635 posts

View User

Posted at 05:04:56 Mon 14 Oct 2013

The little engines will always be more affordable too.

Posted 05:04:56 Mon 14 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

6743 posts

View User

Posted at 05:36:07 Mon 14 Oct 2013

Totally agree PP, we need more small locos.

I agree LC&DR the pantographs are hard to find. The Maroon steeple cab is a very rare version, it's always had a working pantograph and carries the BR roundel instead of the usual TR symbol, I've only

ever seen one other like it with the BR roundel and that was 30 odd years ago in a junk box at an indoor fleamarket in Newark-on-Trent. It was bought from a trade fair from the Tri-ang stand around 1962, instructions say 1962. It has been out of it's box 3

times in all the years I have known it. Would be worth a mint if it came to general market.

Posted 05:36:07 Mon 14 Oct 2013

DEAN104

55 posts

View User

Posted at 06:23:45 Mon 14 Oct 2013

I've got six workhorses moving my local traffic PP
.Got a soft spot for anything in black too.
Just fancy a bit of extra colour.

Posted 06:23:45 Mon 14 Oct 2013

Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Bassett-Lowke Members Login

Customer Support

Hornby

Hornby Hobbies