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

Bulver

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Posted at 09:45:53 Tue 19 Dec 2017

Hi Twintop, hope the fall didn’t damage you too severely, glad the coaches survived too!

Rod

Posted 09:45:53 Tue 19 Dec 2017

Twintop

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Posted at 12:08:37 Tue 19 Dec 2017

Thanks - it was mostly embarassing and shocked a little girl who exclaimed "are you alright" and picked up some of the bits for me !! Which was good as I had not noticed some as they flew in all directions.

Thought I was good on my feet, but both feet flew forwards and I sat down with a right bang, but just a sore backside for a couple of days. I was also annoyed as I had noticed it being a bit slippery on the way to the shop the first time - yet still fell !

Posted 12:08:37 Tue 19 Dec 2017

96RAF

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Posted at 14:07:23 Wed 20 Dec 2017

Visit to my local model shop this morning.

Bought a book about model railway electronics by Roger Amos

And a Dapol Deltic kit that will get motorised with an old Class 37 chassis, to be held waiting for a TTS Deltic chip if it ever happens

And a Bachmann Auto-coach which the shop immediately price matched to then beat Hattons price - superb customer service.

Got to keep an eye out for a steam railmotor now.

Rob

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

Posted 14:07:23 Wed 20 Dec 2017

81F

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Posted at 19:43:47 Wed 20 Dec 2017

@Twintop,

If the Mk 1s you describe were from the my model railway magazine the truss rods that run up the middle of the chassis will be a solid Trapezum rater than a series of bars.

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

Posted 19:43:47 Wed 20 Dec 2017

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:17:29 Fri 22 Dec 2017

Latest purchases. More water cranes ( I need 18 more) and other bits.

Posted 10:17:29 Fri 22 Dec 2017

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:20:06 Fri 22 Dec 2017

more of the latest block purchases.Water troughs, Tri-ang re-railers, shovel/uncoupler,

Posted 10:20:06 Fri 22 Dec 2017

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:22:38 Fri 22 Dec 2017

IC sockets and Tri-ang shovel/uncoupler

Posted 10:22:38 Fri 22 Dec 2017

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:24:08 Fri 22 Dec 2017

Part of the latest purchase, signals, some salvageable, the rest for spares.

Posted 10:24:08 Fri 22 Dec 2017

Peter in Oz

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Posted at 11:17:29 Fri 22 Dec 2017

Bought a complete Hornby APT (no box) hat still has its pantograph.

Posted 11:17:29 Fri 22 Dec 2017

tnttrucker

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Posted at 16:35:01 Fri 22 Dec 2017

Not really 'new acquisitions' but I have been fitting sound to my current loco stock and this left me with a number of non sound chips going spare. I decided to have a rummage in my old stock box and have managed to resurrect a Lima 117 DMU, Hornby 47/48 with Ringfield motor and gloss finish 1501 and a Cadbury Castle. All needed some attention to get them running, probably why they were in the box in the first place, anyway fitting modern DCC chips with bemf has given them a new lease of life.

I seem to spend more time taking things apart and trying to get them working than running locos

Posted 16:35:01 Fri 22 Dec 2017

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