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

Jerryphan

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Posted at 09:54:27 Fri 16 Mar 2018

I see your opinion too right there

Posted 09:54:27 Fri 16 Mar 2018

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 10:07:48 Sun 18 Mar 2018

Bought these three Triang 0-6-0 rolling chassis for £9.00. I'll file down the wheel flanges as this method seems to work fine with the track I use then I'll get some x04 motors to get them moving and buy a few bodies.

Last Edited 10:03:36 Mon 19 Mar 2018
Posted 10:07:48 Sun 18 Mar 2018

Jimbo

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Posted at 10:54:53 Mon 19 Mar 2018

Hi Jeff

What method do you use for filing down the flanges to make sure the wheels are still perfectly round ?

JG

Posted 10:54:53 Mon 19 Mar 2018

Jeff Mennell

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Posted at 13:37:41 Mon 19 Mar 2018

I use a square modellers file and do it by eye. Then rub it over with an emery cloth then a track rubber followed by a polish using car metal polish cream. Having said that I checked these on the layout, and strangely they don't catch the chairs! So no need for me to do these three after all. The points will need the plastic troughs filing slightly but that's par the course for a lot of my engines as they tend to be mixed ages.

Posted 13:37:41 Mon 19 Mar 2018

RDS

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Posted at 14:23:52 Mon 19 Mar 2018

... to make sure the wheels are still perfectly round ?

He is filing the flanges (not the area of the wheel that runs on the track), so it is not essential, for running purposes, that they are perfectly round.

Posted 14:23:52 Mon 19 Mar 2018

Jimbo

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Posted at 16:09:00 Mon 19 Mar 2018

@Jeff

@RDS

Thankyou both for your posts. I have a number of older locos so I may undertake this if I get any running problems, particularly on points.

JG

Posted 16:09:00 Mon 19 Mar 2018