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 18:33:12 Sat 29 Apr 2017

It's part of my collection mate.

Posted 18:33:12 Sat 29 Apr 2017

Buz

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Posted at 02:38:58 Sun 30 Apr 2017

Hi all

Mine is 2 X R6754 London brick open wagons

This means I now have the Triang bogie ones the Hornby hoppers and the wooden open wagons so definitely having a brick works on the layout somewhere.

Just need to work out which is carrying the anthracite to go into the bricks and which is carrying the kiln fuel thinking maybe wood fired bricks the bogies carry the bricks out may need to find more hoppers and wooden opens.

Thinking of building the same style of kilns J Aherne did only out of 3mm MDF instead of card?? and using brass I-beam instead of rail

these would be a mass effect model rather than a super detail job as I want six of them to represent part of a big operation.

regards John

Posted 02:38:58 Sun 30 Apr 2017

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 09:15:35 Sun 30 Apr 2017

Latest Purchase for 99p is 500 3mm S.H.E. Super High Efficiency LED's. They take less than a milliamp to get a good light so you could light 500 of them for less than half an Amp. They are going to be handy! Looking for some yellow ones at a good price now.

Posted 09:15:35 Sun 30 Apr 2017

81F

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Posted at 10:28:28 Sun 30 Apr 2017

Just received and electrotren Steam locomotive “L.Aguirre” from Lendons of Cardiff a lovely looking moded (just need to test it and fit a decoder). I bought it because it has a nice antiquated light railway look about it and despite being HO the buffers are about the right width for OO (is it because this is fa model of a Spanish broad gauge loco?)

https://www.hornby.com/us-en/electrotren-h0-1-87-steam-locomotive-l-aguirre-0221.html

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

Posted 10:28:28 Sun 30 Apr 2017

walkingthedog

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Posted at 10:59:31 Sun 30 Apr 2017

I've got a couple of their little saddle tanks and they look just right on an OO layout. Your model is really smart.

Posted 10:59:31 Sun 30 Apr 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 11:12:10 Sun 30 Apr 2017

Weird looking loco 81F, but cool nevertheless. Which country does the real life loco come from?

Posted 11:12:10 Sun 30 Apr 2017

81F

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Posted at 15:53:00 Sun 30 Apr 2017

I've just had chance to dio some reseach and it's Spanish so would be to the wider Iberian gauge of 5'5 1/2" which is why the buffers line up with OO standard gauge locos

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

Posted 15:53:00 Sun 30 Apr 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 17:18:55 Sun 30 Apr 2017

Thank you for doing some research, 81F. That is very interesting that it is Spanish.

Posted 17:18:55 Sun 30 Apr 2017