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

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LC&DR

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Posted at 19:27:08 Sat 2 Jan 2016

Don't think I'd Scuba in floodwater, so the high pressure pump is probably your best bet, and a set of waders. It has been raining here on and off all day too. I live on outskirts of York. We are quite high up, but even here the surface water doesn't go very fast since the deluge over Christmas, heaven knows what it is like down by the river.

I refuse to comment on other drainage issues!

Oh yes, and the roof of the shed I hope to be building my layout in has started to leak. :-(

Posted 19:27:08 Sat 2 Jan 2016

2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 22:11:20 Sat 2 Jan 2016

At least - you found out before the layout was started, LC!

As it would appear that the local lake is going to come here, to me, I've started building an amphibious plane - called an Icon A5, just waiting for some small parts, then I can fnalize assembly. (I know the tailplane is crooked, it isn't bolted on!). The yellow one is a Decathlon, an the fin, bottom left, is a KA8.

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Posted 22:11:20 Sat 2 Jan 2016

2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 22:13:02 Sat 2 Jan 2016

Replied - waiting for the moderator to clear the photo.

Posted 22:13:02 Sat 2 Jan 2016

da4472vid

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Posted at 12:43:19 Sun 3 Jan 2016

my P2 on my newly instaled turntable which is an old AirFix one

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Twintop

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Posted at 18:45:21 Mon 4 Jan 2016

I received this for Xmas. Bargain at £42.99..

RailRoad BR Class 31 Diesel Electric Locomotive

R3067

However it does have a TOPS number but as I cant see the numbers as the engines pass by, I may leave it be althought its 3 years plus past the date of my layout. Bit wary of attempting re-numbering.

Posted 18:45:21 Mon 4 Jan 2016

dynax

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Posted at 19:26:19 Mon 4 Jan 2016

last few items have been a class 25 in blue, a rake of intercity mk3's, 3 parcels express coaches and a parcels express van, just waiting on a class 55 and a shunters truck, and some decoders and a load of spares, also today i have bought 3 blue 4 wheel coaches, and another class 25 in green form the bay, and a few more blood and custard coaches are on their way too,

Posted 19:26:19 Mon 4 Jan 2016

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 20:54:51 Mon 4 Jan 2016

My latest purchases.