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

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Hairy

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Posted at 13:53:56 Tue 14 Mar 2017

The latest addition to the growing fleet.

Last Edited 13:55:12 Tue 14 Mar 2017
Posted 13:53:56 Tue 14 Mar 2017

Bulver

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Posted at 19:28:45 Tue 14 Mar 2017

3 packs of Hornby 14.1mm coach wheels from Amazon at £6.99 per pack, half price or thereabouts!

Posted 19:28:45 Tue 14 Mar 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:26:51 Wed 15 Mar 2017

Yesterday R3484 diesel shunter arrived and today R3400 limited edition "Last run of the Golden Arrow" set arrived. Great!!

Posted 10:26:51 Wed 15 Mar 2017

mjb1961

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Posted at 17:08:16 Wed 15 Mar 2017

A cracking example of a rebuilt merchant navy ,,Clan Line 35028 ,won at auction on eBay for a mere £67 plus post ,,,

Posted 17:08:16 Wed 15 Mar 2017

EdMarra

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Posted at 13:54:48 Thu 16 Mar 2017

Just received a set I won at auction on ebay: it was listed as a Graham Farish Formo OO train set, but in looking at the photos I realized the loco was a 3-rail Trix Twin!

Got the set, last night cleaned the loco and got the reversing unit working, and she runs beautifully!

Going to work out a way to have one coupler work with the horn hook couplers on the Formo cars (which all look close to unused!) and get some Trix Twin passenger coaches!

Also, I did notice that the Formo track is virtually identical to 3-rail Hornby Dublo!

Posted 13:54:48 Thu 16 Mar 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 16:25:00 Thu 16 Mar 2017

Which Trix Twin loco did you get?

Posted 16:25:00 Thu 16 Mar 2017

EdMarra

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Posted at 16:36:31 Thu 16 Mar 2017

Which Trix Twin loco did you get?

It was a common one from the 1950's, as near as I can make it. BR 0-4-0T, number 84 behind the cab doors.

Actually, after I serviced the motor and reversing unit, it runs great!

Posted 16:36:31 Thu 16 Mar 2017

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Posted at 19:23:26 Thu 16 Mar 2017

HI, which Hornby version of the Clan Line did you manage to get, the First Smoke Box Door, Seond Door or the later ones in the Train Sets.

Posted 19:23:26 Thu 16 Mar 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:20:07 Fri 17 Mar 2017

Which Trix Twin loco did you get?

It was a common one from the 1950's, as near as I can make it. BR 0-4-0T, number 84 behind the cab doors.

Actually, after I serviced the motor and reversing unit, it runs great!

These were beautifully engineered, not particularly to scale but a magnificently reliable.

Posted 07:20:07 Fri 17 Mar 2017

mjb1961

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Posted at 08:29:38 Fri 17 Mar 2017

HI, which Hornby version of the Clan Line did you manage to get, the First Smoke Box Door, Seond Door or the later ones in the Train Sets.

Hi ,,,It is the dcc fitted version from the R1073 digital premier red box set ,35028 on the cab side and smoke box ,I don't know anything about first or second smoke box door ,this is exactly what I've been after for a while to replace the one I had in the same set ,,,,hope this helps ,,,,mjb

Posted 08:29:38 Fri 17 Mar 2017

Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

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