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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walkingthedog

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Posted at 20:28:48 Sat 30 Nov 2013

10000 and 10001 weren't Deltics Graskie.

Posted 20:28:48 Sat 30 Nov 2013

GeoFF03

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Posted at 21:10:48 Sat 30 Nov 2013

Earlier this week I received one of the 1948 Olympic limited edition train packs that were in the recent Hornby sale. At the price they were going for I basically got two premium range Gresley teaks fro free!

p.s. re Graskie & walkingthedog, I thought

Deltics were largely ECML locos (unless they were re-allocated later in their life).

Geoffrey Baines

Posted 21:10:48 Sat 30 Nov 2013

Graskie

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Posted at 21:18:15 Sat 30 Nov 2013

I know, WTD. I never intended it to be read that they ever were. We used to see "The Deltic" then, and in fact we used to boo it because we had seen it so many times. The cry used to go out, "Deltic!" in a rather disappointed way. It was the original "Deltic"

we saw. I know now that the later Deltic class members worked the ECML.

Posted 21:18:15 Sat 30 Nov 2013

RedPannier

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Posted at 21:45:37 Sat 30 Nov 2013

23 Pages! you've got to be joking!
Anyway what's wrong with Deltics or are you just bored of them?

Posted 21:45:37 Sat 30 Nov 2013

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:52:26 Sat 30 Nov 2013

Sorry Graskie read it wrong.

Posted 21:52:26 Sat 30 Nov 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 05:15:52 Sun 1 Dec 2013

Yesterdays aquisistions! R.751 Class 37 diesel mint boxed, needs cleaning and a good service, R.450 Fowler 2p, R.51S 57xx class pannier with smoke, R.152 BR Blue class 08, R.152 BR. Green Class 08(Box lid is missing), Corgi rail legends ST97603 BR A3 class

Trigo, 3 Blue Highlander train sets(old stock from antoher retailer), R.3005 28xx class, R.2784x Mallard x 6

Posted 05:15:52 Sun 1 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 05:20:07 Sun 1 Dec 2013

Also arriving this week R.2986 A date with the Dutchy Barry Freeman collection, R.3093 Tornado Pullman special edition, R.2992XS Br Britannia Clive of India, trainsets R.1125 Somerset Belle x3, R.1126 Mixed Freight, R.1162 Orient Express, R.1151 Caledonian

Belle, R.1155 Pendolino.

Posted 05:20:07 Sun 1 Dec 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:02:38 Sun 1 Dec 2013

The 'blue' DELTIC was built in 1955 as a privately owned demonstration locomotive. It spent many months on the London Midland and Eastern regions, before it was withdrawn in 1960. It was then moved into the Science Museum in South Kensington.

The

'LMS Twins' 10000 and 10001 retained the black livery with aluminium lining until about 1956 when they were painted in BR dark green with orange and black lining.

The SR 1Co-Co1 trio were also painted black with aluminium lining until 1956 when they

were painted in the same style as 10000 & 10001. The 10000 and 10201 series locomotives spent time on both the Southern and London Midland regions and finished their days at Willesden shed. Withdrawal dates were 10000 1963, cut up 1968, 10001 1966, cut up

1966, 10201 to 10203 1963 cut up 1968.

Graskie said:

As a very young lad in the early 1950's I often saw Deltic, 10000, 10001, 10201, 10202 and 10203 through Blisworth on the WCML. I haven't got any of them yet for my railway but what

sort of livery would they have had then? I can't quite remember but wouldn't mind getting some of them eventually (with sound, of course).

Posted 07:02:38 Sun 1 Dec 2013

VESPA

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Posted at 09:49:36 Sun 1 Dec 2013

walkingthedog said:
WTD,
LMS lined green diesel 10000 made by bman. Goes with my black 10001 made by dpol.

What detail differences are there beside colour scheme? They are technically not suitable to run double headed in those liveries.

I was considering 2 B versions in green as I already have the D version of 10001 in black with LEL.

VESPA

Posted 09:49:36 Sun 1 Dec 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:42:01 Sun 1 Dec 2013

So far as the five early main line diesels. After the early trials in the late 1940s they tended to be used singly and rarely ran in multiple thereafter.

Posted 10:42:01 Sun 1 Dec 2013

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