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

LC&DR

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Posted at 17:01:23 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Arrived today, delvered by a really nice lady courier, a SE&CR 'Terrier' from Hornby. Nice little model, only critisism is that it is an A1X and the real thing was an A1 whuich has a different style of smokebox, shorter with wingplates, . However you don't notice if you don't look too hard! Good to have something more in SE&CR livery - more please!!

Posted 17:01:23 Tue 4 Oct 2016

81F

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Posted at 17:59:51 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Length 17/16th inch. Height to top bar 3/16. Number of bars 3. Spacing just under 1/16 equally spaced. One side only.

Picture coming.

Many thanks WTD, just what I need

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

Posted 17:59:51 Tue 4 Oct 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 18:14:43 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Thought I'd do it in 1/16 of an inch. I imagine you're imperial as opposed to metric. The end of the bars are curved. You'll see when the picture arrives.

Posted 18:14:43 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Postman Prat

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Posted at 19:00:49 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Length 17/16th inch. Height to top bar 3/16. Number of bars 3. Spacing just under 1/16 equally spaced. One side only.

Picture coming.

Lesson learned today. LNWR tenders have coal rails on one side only. Very unusual

Posted 19:00:49 Tue 4 Oct 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:08:18 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Well my model does PP.

Posted 19:08:18 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Postman Prat

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Posted at 19:12:52 Tue 4 Oct 2016

I'm not disputing it - it's just unusual. Never seen it before. Show that even you can teach me something

Posted 19:12:52 Tue 4 Oct 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:17:57 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Blimey I hope the ones on the other side haven't fallen off

Posted 19:17:57 Tue 4 Oct 2016

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:19:06 Tue 4 Oct 2016

I wonder if they were all the same?

Posted 19:19:06 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Howbi

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Posted at 21:36:45 Tue 4 Oct 2016

2 x R3393TTS class 47.........going to try and and transfer one of the TTS decoders & speaker into a Heljan class 47 loco which is much better spec than the Railroad version........HB

Posted 21:36:45 Tue 4 Oct 2016

choralc

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Posted at 23:28:06 Tue 4 Oct 2016

Re the LMS G2. Coal rails right side (looking forward) only.

FNQ, Australia

Posted 23:28:06 Tue 4 Oct 2016

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