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

mortehoe

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Posted at 20:48:08 Mon 18 Nov 2013

I wasn't going to do this, but here goes. People are allowed to put wrong questions in the wrong forum slot's, some people can kill a thread dead with one remark. Others can enthrall me with stupid remarks. MY LATEST ACQUISITION IS A 1941 MORRIS QUAD GUN

TRACTOR. IN AS MANY BITS AS YOU COULD THINK POSSIBLE. MY JOB IS TO RESTORE TO IT'S FORMER GLORY, SHALL I USE DCC OR SOUND. NO I SHALL PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH HER. SHE IS 12" TO THE FOOT AND GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND A HALF. I WILL LEAVE

TO YOUR SQUABBLES, EVEN THE MOST RESPECT MEMBER ON THIS FORUM HAS MADE ME STAND BACK AND THINK REALLY.

Posted 20:48:08 Mon 18 Nov 2013

Fishmanoz

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Posted at 21:35:04 Mon 18 Nov 2013

Hey Mortehoe, not sure who's upset you? Give me a clue and I'll organise a lynch mob, I mean book club group, to go round to his house and have a quiet word about forum etiquette and the hazards of breaching it.

And thanks for all the fish …

Posted 21:35:04 Mon 18 Nov 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 06:34:56 Tue 19 Nov 2013

Wow! That is one heck of a restoration job! How long do you expect that to take you?

Will it be road legal when it is finished? Please keep us informed about progress.

mortehoe said:

I wasn't going to do this, but

here goes. People are allowed to put wrong questions in the wrong forum slot's, some people can kill a thread dead with one remark. Others can enthrall me with stupid remarks. MY LATEST ACQUISITION IS A 1941 MORRIS QUAD GUN TRACTOR. IN AS MANY BITS AS YOU

COULD THINK POSSIBLE. MY JOB IS TO RESTORE TO IT'S FORMER GLORY, SHALL I USE DCC OR SOUND. NO I SHALL PUT IT BACK TOGETHER AND HAVE SOME FUN WITH HER. SHE IS 12" TO THE FOOT AND GOING TO BE A CHALLENGE AND A HALF. I WILL LEAVE TO YOUR SQUABBLES, EVEN THE MOST

RESPECT MEMBER ON THIS FORUM HAS MADE ME STAND BACK AND THINK REALLY.

Posted 06:34:56 Tue 19 Nov 2013

81F

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Posted at 17:18:09 Thu 21 Nov 2013

Not really a new acquisition but I've just taken delivery of a Blue B12 body and tender. I am now combining these with an old Triang Hall chassis with some other B12 bits in my bit box to make a whole loco.- just need to find some short crank pins screws

to finish the job before servicing.

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

Posted 17:18:09 Thu 21 Nov 2013

81F

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Posted at 17:22:29 Thu 21 Nov 2013

81F said:

Not really a new acquisition but I've just taken delivery of a Blue B12 body and tender. I am now combining these with an old Triang Hall chassis with some other B12 bits in my bit box to make a whole loco.- just need to find some

short crank pins screws to finish the job before servicing.

Typical - Just ordered some new body screws (about 10! only to find the now surplus one holding the Halls plastic cylinders to the frame extension is the same!

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

Posted 17:22:29 Thu 21 Nov 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 12:07:28 Sun 24 Nov 2013

Latest aquisitions L.ma Class 40 D205 mint boxed, L.ma Class 47 Two Tone Green Mint boxed, Two Gr.h.m Farish Pullman Diner Coaches, Hornby R.122 BR Hymek mint boxed, Hornby R.878 Class 25 Diesel Two Tone Green, box of ringfield field magnets early sort,

new armature re-winding/winding machine.

Posted 12:07:28 Sun 24 Nov 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 12:08:26 Sun 24 Nov 2013

and a superb linning bowpen which cost me £6 trade, bargain!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0525_zpsdaa01758.jpg

Posted 12:08:26 Sun 24 Nov 2013

GeoFF03

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Posted at 13:32:48 Sun 24 Nov 2013

Finally received the Gresley Brake 3rd Suburban in BR livery I've had on back-order. It can now join its two companions that I obtained several months ago.

http://youtu.be/1n0B4e_aAIc

Geoffrey Baines

Posted 13:32:48 Sun 24 Nov 2013

andys steam dayz

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Posted at 14:17:27 Sun 24 Nov 2013

Hi
Just purchased hornby Britannia 7000 in black livery superb model class 40 Empress of britain weathered plus hornby ltd edition A4 commonwealth of Australia to complete my collection of A4 commonwealth locos
Thanks

Posted 14:17:27 Sun 24 Nov 2013

Graskie

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Posted at 22:15:10 Fri 29 Nov 2013

Just tested my latest acquisition. Absolutely superb! A Late BR Western Region 0-6-2T Class 56XX 5601 specially fitted with sound, directional lamps, flickering firebox and smoke. Have a look at January's "Model Rail" bottom half of page 21 to see a great

review of this class of loco enhanced by the very guy I bought it from. Anyone who thinks the sound is tinny and smoke plume paltry wants shooting.

Posted 22:15:10 Fri 29 Nov 2013

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