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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NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 21:17:28 Wed 26 Apr 2017

Yes, I already know about the star system on eBay. I have 124 star's.

Posted 21:17:28 Wed 26 Apr 2017

RDS

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Posted at 21:20:34 Wed 26 Apr 2017

They are transaction stars, Jacob. You get one for each sale or purchase you successfully make ...

Mine are different then - that is my feedback score.

Posted 21:20:34 Wed 26 Apr 2017

37lover

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Posted at 21:35:42 Wed 26 Apr 2017

RDS,

I'm probably splitting hairs but I thought it is a feedback count, i.e. the number of feedbacks received from either Buyers or Sellers. The score is the percentage! Not every Buyer or Seller leaves feedback so you can have more transactions than the feedback count.

Posted 21:35:42 Wed 26 Apr 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 21:55:35 Wed 26 Apr 2017

That is something I don't like. Not all sellers and buyers leave feedback. I feedback for everything, yet I have still left over 40 feedback ratings, than feedback ratings I have been given from other's! It's crazy and annoying!

Posted 21:55:35 Wed 26 Apr 2017

Howbi

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Posted at 22:10:35 Wed 26 Apr 2017

That's about 30 posts discussing Ebay on the "What's your latest acquisition" topic...........should've been a seperate thread in "Off Topic" ...........a classic case of going "off topic"..........just saying...................HB

Posted 22:10:35 Wed 26 Apr 2017

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 07:31:20 Thu 27 Apr 2017

My latest aquisition? Ratio 300 'Gutters and Drainpipes' (N gauge). The problem? My layout is oo. My fault (again), as I was rushing when I placed the order. Returning it and getting the 'proper' size now.

Posted 07:31:20 Thu 27 Apr 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:46:25 Thu 27 Apr 2017

A Peco short crossing, which is probably the final track piece I shall need for my new layout.

Posted 07:46:25 Thu 27 Apr 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 13:34:31 Sat 29 Apr 2017

My new purchases from my trip to Rails of Sheffield today (29/04/2017):

x1 Hornby R3335 LSWR 4-4-2T Adams Radial 415 Class

x1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9289 Edward

x1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9290 James the Red Engine

x1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9291 Gordon the Blue Engine

Posted 13:34:31 Sat 29 Apr 2017

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 16:38:21 Sat 29 Apr 2017

Blimey Jacob, spending big this month!

Posted 16:38:21 Sat 29 Apr 2017

The Doc

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Posted at 17:38:12 Sat 29 Apr 2017

Just got myself a secondhand (but looks unused) Gaugemaster Tech 6 controller off ebay, going for a song. I have about 50 locos in my collection, all of which were analogue until I got Gadwall with TTS sound for Christmas. I'm not going to convert digital overnight, and probably never will, but if some of my favourite locos are made with affordable sound then I will seriously consider buying them. For those who don't know, the Tech 6 is a compromise between analogue and digital. In analogue mode it acts as a standard controller with built in inertia, but in digital mode (at the flick of a switch) it will operate a single digital loco (address 3). So it doesn't have all the advantages of digital but it is ideal for someone like me who has no intention of rewiring their layout, chipping all their locos etc.

I've just tried it out with Gadwall and I am more than happy with it.

I'm looking forward to the Class 20 TTS when that appears in the shops, and maybe also the class 40, but in both cases I'll either have to repaint them in BR green or look for some secondhand Lima bodies. I also fancy getting a TTS decoder for my A3 as well. Better get saving.

Posted 17:38:12 Sat 29 Apr 2017

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