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

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

Fazy

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Posted at 14:00:18 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Class O2 0-4-4 Steam Locomotive number 30182 in BR Black livery - DCC Ready. It arrived this morning.

Any chance of a picture

If it’s not Crimson, it isn’t a proper engine

Posted 14:00:18 Sat 17 Oct 2015

LC&DR

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Posted at 14:07:13 Sat 17 Oct 2015

At Gateshead Toy Fair this morning -

2 x Hornby Dublo 3 rail 0-6-0 diesel shunters,

Triang R53 Princess Loco with no tender,

Graham Farish 'N' 0-6-0 diesel shunter (for the mechanism to go in a OO9 kit)

3 x Hornby Dublo coaches in BR(W) chocolate and cream, 1 tinplate brake 2nd, 1 SD brake 2nd, 1 SD compo.

Hornby Dublo SD Lowmac

Hornby Dublo tinplate BR cattle van

Also four books, 3 about London Buses the other about Railways in Southampton, all full of lovely colour pictures!

When I got home a box of Oxford stuff had arrived including three new PO coal wagons and a load of diecast cars.

Posted 14:07:13 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Graskie

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Posted at 17:41:56 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Recently had my Hornby R3114 B1 61270 back after fitting with Zimo sound, firebox glow coupled with coal shovelling and crew. Apparently it is difficult to fit a smoke unit, the fitter saying, "for some reason Hornby have made the boiler weight virtually impossible to get to & I do not want to cause any damage to the loco, therefore, I regret smoke is not possible."

Posted 17:41:56 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Postman Prat

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Posted at 21:12:59 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Hi LC&DR

What's the book on Southampton?

Posted 21:12:59 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 22:32:02 Sat 17 Oct 2015

Class O2 0-4-4 Steam Locomotive number 30182 in BR Black livery - DCC Ready. It arrived this morning.

Any chance of a picture

Sorry fazy it's still in the box. There are a number of pictures on RMweb if you look under the Kernows heading. I'm still ballasting at the moment - and could be for sometime!

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 22:32:02 Sat 17 Oct 2015

LC&DR

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Posted at 19:06:33 Sun 18 Oct 2015

"Southern Rails around Southampton" by Ian Drummond, Holne Publishing2011 ISBN 978-0-9563317-2-4.

He seems to have done a creditable job, clear text, clear maps and lots of well chosen illustrations, from a wide period of time, mostly historical but including a few of modern subject matter. Lots of colour and of course black & white clearly printed on glossy paper. I have recommended it to my son who lives in Southampton.

Posted 19:06:33 Sun 18 Oct 2015

Postman Prat

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Posted at 20:21:07 Sun 18 Oct 2015

A very nice book, it's in my library, along with the companion volume "Southern Rails on Southampton Docks"

Another nice book is "Southampton Railways", by my old friend Bert Moody. I haven't seen him for many years - he's probably shuffled off this planet by now.

Posted 20:21:07 Sun 18 Oct 2015

Graskie

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Posted at 23:00:32 Sun 18 Oct 2015

I'm still desperately trying to continue shuffling on this planet, PP.

Posted 23:00:32 Sun 18 Oct 2015

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 15:06:28 Mon 19 Oct 2015

Blue Box - Class E4 0-6-2 – 579 LBSC in Umber livery

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 15:06:28 Mon 19 Oct 2015

walkingthedog

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Posted at 15:11:04 Mon 19 Oct 2015

Metcalfe laser cut GW signal box.

Posted 15:11:04 Mon 19 Oct 2015

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