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

LC&DR

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Posted at 19:29:33 Sat 9 Sep 2017

My computer doesn't access that file. Sorry.

Posted 19:29:33 Sat 9 Sep 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 20:10:26 Sat 9 Sep 2017

Copy and paste it into your web browser and press search. It should come up as a PDF.

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Posted 20:10:26 Sat 9 Sep 2017

Howbi

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Posted at 20:40:21 Sat 9 Sep 2017

@LC&DR..........would these instructions be any use.......... http://www.lendonsmodelshop.co.uk/pdf/Hornby%20Instruction%20Sheets/Operating%20Mail%20Coach.pdf ..........HB

Posted 20:40:21 Sat 9 Sep 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 22:24:26 Sat 9 Sep 2017

x1 Hornby The World of Thomas the Tank Engine R224 Station Accessories. An incomplete set. Accessory parts only. Will be great extras for my station!

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Posted 22:24:26 Sat 9 Sep 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 06:29:17 Sun 10 Sep 2017

@LC&DR..........would these instructions be any use.......... http://www.lendonsmodelshop.co.uk/pdf/Hornby%20Instruction%20Sheets/Operating%20Mail%20Coach.pdf ..........HB

Yes that worked fine, I did try 'copy & paste' in my browser for the link from Gordon, but it came up with some alledged Microsoft website, and I don't go to unsolicited websites purporting to be Microsoft as I have been caught out (and caught a virus) like that before.

Posted 06:29:17 Sun 10 Sep 2017

RogerB

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Posted at 06:38:24 Sun 10 Sep 2017

Thanks fir the feedback on the link LC&DR. The post has been removed. R-

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Posted 06:38:24 Sun 10 Sep 2017

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 18:44:54 Sun 10 Sep 2017

@Caiptean

You are right, the buildings would blend in with buildings from Hornby's Skaledale range.

Same with the Thomas locomotive's too. A repaint of them and the face removal would make them blend in with other locomotives. All the Thomas locomotives, use toolings that already exist in their range, hence them not looking how they do in the TV series. Only Percy, Toby, Bill and Ben had new bodies cretaed for them. Their chassises and motors used for them already existed.

It was a useful purchase. The only is missing is the station building itself. I don't need that though, so it dosen't matter. The windows, the benches, the lamps, the luggage trolleys, the benches, the town/city name stickers, etc are all included, as well as the two straight platform sections, which I can use to make my platform two sections longer!

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Posted 18:44:54 Sun 10 Sep 2017

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:15:42 Mon 11 Sep 2017

With Airfix included in Hornby's portfolio there would seem in the face of it the be some synergy for producing lineside building kits on 1:72 / 1:76 scale to complement their other products. After all back in the 1960s Airfix had a splendid range of lineside strucrtures, all of which (apart from the airfield control tower) passed to Dapol. Tri-ang introduced plastic kits under the 'Model Land' label which were excellent and the Model Land pylons survived in Hornby's range until fairly recently. Not all Model Land kits illustrated in the 10th edition catalogue I believe did eventually appear, but those that did looked very good. Far more play value than the 'plonk and play' and extremely expensive resin structures.

Posted 07:15:42 Mon 11 Sep 2017

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 09:39:42 Mon 11 Sep 2017

Caiptean, can Thomas's 'face' be pulled off the engine in order to convert?

Posted 09:39:42 Mon 11 Sep 2017

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 12:29:33 Mon 11 Sep 2017

Caiptean, yeah, I guess handrails etc

Posted 12:29:33 Mon 11 Sep 2017

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