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

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 23:05:34 Sat 24 Jun 2017

Cool.

Could you post post pictures of your new loco, in your own time please, WTD?

Posted 23:05:34 Sat 24 Jun 2017

81F

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Posted at 23:39:57 Sat 24 Jun 2017

@ Jeff Mennell

I use a 3D printing service called Shapeways and once I have managed to get a sucessful 3D print I generally put them up for sale on their site. You should find Shapeways by Googling them.

I don't think I should say any more as we are not allowed to promote other businesses but you might recognise the photos of some of my creations posted on here particularly as you leaf through the OO GWR models.

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

Posted 23:39:57 Sat 24 Jun 2017

Postman Prat

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Posted at 11:26:40 Sun 25 Jun 2017

Couple of photos for you, WTD

Last Edited 09:30:49 Mon 26 Jun 2017
Posted 11:26:40 Sun 25 Jun 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 19:45:59 Sun 25 Jun 2017

x1 Hornby The World of Thomas the Tank Engine R305 Tar Tanker.

Posted 19:45:59 Sun 25 Jun 2017

walkingthedog

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Posted at 14:14:13 Mon 26 Jun 2017

Thank you PP, very helpfull.

Posted 14:14:13 Mon 26 Jun 2017

81F

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Posted at 14:55:40 Mon 26 Jun 2017

Just taken delivery of the Oxford Rail Dean Goods no 2309. A really nice little loco and very smooth runner. The detail is excellent. I think Hornby missed a trick here as they could have released a loco powered version of their original.

Mine is the fully lined one with belper fire box, brass dome and top feed. At first glance I thought the combination looked wrong but there is a picture of this very loco at Snow Hill in 1914 with the above combinatiion except the dome appears painted (see http://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/gwrbsh55.htm). This closes the operational gap I had for freight locos during my post grouping era.

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

Posted 14:55:40 Mon 26 Jun 2017

walkingthedog

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Posted at 14:59:24 Mon 26 Jun 2017

Got my eye on a Dean Goods as well 81F.

Posted 14:59:24 Mon 26 Jun 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 22:28:28 Mon 3 Jul 2017

@81F and @walkingthedog

This YouTube video from Sam'sTrains is worth a watch, about Oxford Rail's Dean Goods: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zaWTL9lrH94/. Fast forward the video to 9:47 and watch the video from there. I've never seen such bad runner in my life. Such a shame, because it's very detailed.

Posted 22:28:28 Mon 3 Jul 2017

81F

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Posted at 22:46:05 Mon 3 Jul 2017

@GNR-Gordon-4

I think he must have been unlucky and got a bad one. As a result he should have sent it back without opening up for a refund or replacement. Mine runs really well and smoothly. Having said that I did get Hattons to fit a chip to it. In which case they probably test ran mine.

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

Posted 22:46:05 Mon 3 Jul 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 07:03:00 Tue 4 Jul 2017

Maybe he did get a bad runner, but still, it's a slightly bad runner, it's a very bad runner!

Well I imagine Hatton's do test run a loco, of the customer buys it, with a fittted chip, which I find charge double for! How long does it take Hatton's to fit the chip and send the loco out to you?

Posted 07:03:00 Tue 4 Jul 2017

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