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

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

96RAF

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Posted at 13:10:56 Mon 15 May 2017

Back on track...ish

My latest acquisition is every Meccano Magazine ever issued.

and to keep it model railway oriented...

I looked up my month and year of birth in the index

http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/chrono.htm

and found this...

http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/img/1944/4407/44070238.jpg

http://www.halton96th.org.uk/robs_rails.html

Posted 13:10:56 Mon 15 May 2017

Jimbo

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Posted at 13:38:56 Tue 16 May 2017

I was very happy. What year was Oliver Cromwell £12:50.

That was in 1975. So I guess that relative to earnings, locos are slightly cheaper now. Nice thought anyway.

JG

Posted 13:38:56 Tue 16 May 2017

walkingthedog

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Posted at 13:50:32 Tue 16 May 2017

I reckon a lot cheaper now. About ten times more expensive now but my wages were over 20 times higher now than 1975. Guess it depends on how much you get each month.

Posted 13:50:32 Tue 16 May 2017

LMSFan72

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Posted at 08:26:23 Wed 17 May 2017

A number of digitrax sound decoders and programmer so I can play around with sound files.... Class 25, 67, 37, DMU here I come!

Posted 08:26:23 Wed 17 May 2017

Jimbo

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Posted at 16:34:28 Wed 17 May 2017

A small tank loco modelled on the ones nicknamed "Submarines". I got this almost by accident. Entered a silly low bid on EBay and ended up winning. Really pleased with it. Runs beautifully and is in mint condition. Was part of a set and probably not used much.

Note to Chris: uploading problems gone. You were right.

JG

Last Edited 10:32:13 Thu 18 May 2017
Posted 16:34:28 Wed 17 May 2017

81F

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Posted at 22:39:19 Wed 17 May 2017

In a moment of total and utter madness I put a bit in for this on eBay. Got it for a reasonable price but got hammered on the VAT (or should I say the Post Offices charge for handling it!). Wouldn't have been so bad if PayPal had used my $ balance as part payment but did not.

Got the "file could not be written to Disk" error so will try uploading after I reboot

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

Posted 22:39:19 Wed 17 May 2017

81F

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Posted at 23:33:38 Wed 17 May 2017

In a moment of total and utter madness I put a bit in for this on eBay. Got it for a reasonable price but got hammered on the VAT (or should I say the Post Offices charge for handling it!). Wouldn't have been so bad if PayPal had used my $ balance as part payment but did not.

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

Posted 23:33:38 Wed 17 May 2017

Tony57

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Posted at 21:16:23 Sat 20 May 2017

Hi

My latest buys 2 x Transcontinental F7 class locos made in 1955 both bodies are good, one motor chassis totally shot, by the looks of it hit a concrete floor nose first broke the motor chassis in two I have a spare the other motor bogie needs a couple of minor repairs to it. and a dummy F7. (Both brought with issues recorded proir to purchase.)

Also got hold of a Rebuilt Merchant Navy class loco 35011 General Steam Navigation

Posted 21:16:23 Sat 20 May 2017

Wolseley

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Posted at 10:55:42 Tue 23 May 2017

Hornby Dublo/Dinky Toys set of six 00 scale railway passengers;Trix 3 rail Warship class “Vanguard” and;Trix 3 rail BR green ex-GWR 56XX 0-6-2T

(both the Trix locomotives have convertible wheels so that they will run on Dublo track).

Posted 10:55:42 Tue 23 May 2017

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 18:35:33 Wed 24 May 2017

Just purchased Merchant Navy Class - Channel Packet 21C1 - don't tell PP!

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 18:35:33 Wed 24 May 2017

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