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Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

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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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The son of Triangman
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Posted at 13:13:08 Fri 11 Aug 2017

It's oo scale Jacob, a former Tri-ang moulding. This one cost me £12 as a non-runner, it just needs some tlc. I've bought two of these in the last three weeks


Posted 13:13:08 Fri 11 Aug 2017

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 19:02:47 Fri 11 Aug 2017

@walkingthedog and @The son of Triangman

 

 

I know it is a OO Gauge locomotive, but it small and looks like a HO. The image makes it look like a HO locomotive anyway. Maybe it is bigger real life, than the size it looks in that image.

 

 

@The son of Triangman

 

 

Have you got her running yet?

 

GNR-Gordon-4


Posted 19:02:47 Fri 11 Aug 2017

81F
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Posted at 15:31:32 Sat 12 Aug 2017

An old Lima Evas & Bevan open wagon with very worn lettering to donate a pair of coupling to an a lima milk tanker I have. It worked out cheaper to buy this wagon and salvage the couplings than it would have to done to have bought the couplings as spares.

 

As an added bonus it looks as if the previos owner has fitted spoked hornby silver seal wheels - an added bonus for the spares box!

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


Posted 15:31:32 Sat 12 Aug 2017

The son of Triangman
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Posted at 15:38:48 Sat 12 Aug 2017

There are signs of life Gordon, the armature tries and the coils are all good. A good clean up and strip down service is on the cards for the dock shunter. I will fit a new supressor and new wiring to original spec as well and a new pickup spring.

 


Posted 15:38:48 Sat 12 Aug 2017

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 17:59:32 Sat 12 Aug 2017

Good to hear. You sound like you know your stuff, with the motors in model railway locomotives. I wouldn't know how to service one, or get one running! Laughing

 

GNR-Gordon-4


Posted 17:59:32 Sat 12 Aug 2017

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Posted at 19:46:06 Tue 15 Aug 2017

It was my birthday last weekend, so a gaggle of treats.... Hornby Pendolino Coach R4273A (from an online auction site. A Railroad Class 37 R3583TTS from the Hornby Visitor centre and !!! A container wagon R6793, which we ordered on Fathers Day, but did not collect from the HVC until the weekend (Long story ).


Posted 19:46:06 Tue 15 Aug 2017

Edvard4
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Posted at 19:49:09 Tue 15 Aug 2017

I have a brown box under my desk too...... this is a gift to myself, it will be opened sometime in the future when the wife as forgotten what I had for my birthday. Its not Hornby, but a great deal from Hattons on the Whindoff MPV.


Posted 19:49:09 Tue 15 Aug 2017

Jeff Mennell
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Posted at 08:30:34 Wed 16 Aug 2017

Some Coca-Cola for cleaning some old track.  Seems to work very well on ns track but not on steel although it was noticebly easier to polish off the grey stuff after immersion so not a dead loss, WTD!


Posted 08:30:34 Wed 16 Aug 2017

96RAF
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Posted at 13:12:08 Sat 19 Aug 2017

A jolly good read so far......

 

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


Posted 13:12:08 Sat 19 Aug 2017

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Posted at 13:25:25 Sat 19 Aug 2017

A SR insulator 'pot' given to me by an engine driver friend. Apparently found amongst some rubbish in Scotland, heaven knows how it came to be there 400 miles from the Southern Region/ London Transport! Came with some recycled track maybe??


Posted 13:25:25 Sat 19 Aug 2017

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