Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?
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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!
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 10:03:42 Tue 20 Dec 2016
A Wickham rail motor in maroon came yesterday. Lovely little thing. Quite a novelty.
If you want to make it even more novel.
If it can be, replace the ballast load with parcels, news papers, mail, and crates of milk and use it as a delivery service on a quiet very very quiet in fact.
Branch line as a once a week service there is a VR broad gauge prototype for it
regards John
Posted 10:03:42 Tue 20 Dec 2016
Posted at 13:30:42 Tue 20 Dec 2016
A Wickham rail motor in maroon came yesterday. Lovely little thing. Quite a novelty.
If you want to make it even more novel.
If it can be, replace the ballast load with parcels, news papers, mail, and crates of milk and use it as a delivery service on a quiet very very quiet in fact.
Branch line as a once a week service there is a VR broad gauge prototype for it
regards John
These machines were sold all over the world. I have documentary evidence that the Mauritius Government Railways had them, and I have seen film of them used in India. For a time the Ffestiniog Railway in Wales used a 2 foot gauge version to patrol the line before start of service.
Posted 13:30:42 Tue 20 Dec 2016
Posted at 00:38:04 Wed 21 Dec 2016
R8553 Skaledale 'Holy Trinity Church' (2005) in marvellous condition. Very pleased.
Last Edited 09:37:46 Wed 21 Dec 2016
Posted 00:38:04 Wed 21 Dec 2016
Posted at 09:17:13 Wed 21 Dec 2016
Yes, True, Good in't it ! ! ? ?
So we are all big kids after all !!! Playing with toy trains.
Posted 09:17:13 Wed 21 Dec 2016