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 21:23:26 Mon 25 Jul 2016

Oh dear, still not found them then.

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

Posted 21:23:26 Mon 25 Jul 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:30:25 Mon 25 Jul 2016

They'll be in that safe place you put them in poliss. I bought a set of router bits a few weeks ago because I couldn't find the ones I'd put somewhere. I thought 'I know I'll put the new set somewhere where I'll remember where they are' so I did and that's where I found the ones I'd lost.

Posted 21:30:25 Mon 25 Jul 2016

poliss

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Posted at 21:47:40 Mon 25 Jul 2016

Been througn every box twice, if not six times. Last I saw them was when I was measuring a twig for the missus.

Posted 21:47:40 Mon 25 Jul 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:50:17 Mon 25 Jul 2016

That must have been a very accurate twig poliss.

Posted 21:50:17 Mon 25 Jul 2016

poliss

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Posted at 22:04:56 Mon 25 Jul 2016

Measuring to see what size the hole in the base was needed for some sort of craft fruit tree thingy.

Posted 22:04:56 Mon 25 Jul 2016

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 11:08:23 Tue 26 Jul 2016

Just ordered (from Hornby) two of the Re-built Maunsell carriages in BR Crimson - should go with the Adams Radial very nicely.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 11:08:23 Tue 26 Jul 2016

96RAF

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Posted at 12:32:48 Tue 26 Jul 2016

Box of bits from Peters Spares, including Class 37 non tyred wheelsets to improve pickup, 100 ohm speakers for some ESU 3.5 sound decoders I have, detailing parts for Class 90 roof, 21 pin decoder socket and a spare plug for my ESU decoder test rig.

http://www.halton96th.org.uk/robs_rails.html

Posted 12:32:48 Tue 26 Jul 2016

81F

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Posted at 08:50:40 Wed 27 Jul 2016

Western Express Digital Train Set. A really nice set bought at Hattons knock down price and a set of wide nem pocketed couplings.

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 08:50:40 Wed 27 Jul 2016

LC&DR

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Posted at 17:07:43 Wed 27 Jul 2016

Eight Hornby SR non-corridor carriages arrived today. I have four in green and four in crimson (one of each) and the applied livery is excellent. They are amazing, detail is incredible, and they run very smoothly.

What really DID impress me was Hornby's delivery method. First an email to tell me they were at the warehouse, and that they would be despatched shortly and I would be given a one hour delivery target. Then another email the following day to say the delivery would arrive within a pre-advised hour. And they did, exactly as promised! The packaging was excellent as well. Strongly packed into two boxes with heavy paper padding, easy to open and yet obviously secure and the contents perfectly protected.

Posted 17:07:43 Wed 27 Jul 2016

81F

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Posted at 21:28:20 Sun 31 Jul 2016

A Hornby R6625 GWR MOGO nice model but for those who are wondering it has wide couplings in the old "Airfix" style sockets.

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 21:28:20 Sun 31 Jul 2016

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