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 11:33:52 Sat 11 Mar 2017
A Patriot Class "Illustrious", pre-owned, mint and boxed, from a well-respected Somerset dealer at a show. This model is the only one of 3 in this class which was offered DCC-ready by Hornby acc. to Ramsay. The gentleman very kindly fitted a Hornby chip and the loco runs like a dream, incl. very, very slow running and crossing points. All this, a very fine looking loco at half the price of a Peckett ! So well satisfied. One way to avoid price inflation. Hope you like the photo.
Last Edited 10:56:09 Mon 13 Mar 2017
Posted 11:33:52 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Posted at 11:56:56 Sat 11 Mar 2017
RAL colour chart, was looking up BR Experimental Dark Blue as there are three shades used by the manufacturers. Narrowed them down to RAL 5002, 5005 and 5010. Going to do some testing on some scrap bodies, I know RAL 5002 is as close as is possible to the purple tinge BR Dark Experimental Blue so ordering that this week and bought some paint to match RAL 5005, trouble is RAL 5005 and 5010 are very very similar. So which will match the paint I have bought?
Posted 11:56:56 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Posted at 19:37:05 Sat 11 Mar 2017
I see you're going for multi posts now Jacob. Must be catching 
Posted 19:37:05 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Posted at 21:27:12 Sat 11 Mar 2017
I see you're going for multi posts now Jacob. Must be catching
Oh, sugar! I am sorry about this!
Moderator, please delete the second post. The above post of mine, before walkingthedog's post. Thank you.
Posted 21:27:12 Sat 11 Mar 2017
Posted at 15:04:55 Mon 13 Mar 2017
Some 2mm card for a wordsworth project, Hornby fishplates and a card loading shed. No locos but I've been that close to giving in........!
It's a kind of addiction, is'n it !
Posted 15:04:55 Mon 13 Mar 2017