Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Finally bought my first ever A4 - Mallard split from set.  And just before that, Hornby Class 156 in Scotrail Barbie; been outbid on ebay so many times at the last minute!

Got this beauty from a local model shop that was clearing out some old new stock, they were faulty items that never got returned to the maker.  All it needed was a new motor brush and spring. Best £10 I have spent in ages.

Finally bought my first ever A4 - Mallard split from set.  And just before that, Hornby Class 156 in Scotrail Barbie; been outbid on ebay so many times at the last minute!

Nice choice on the Mallard.

Know what you mean about the 'last minute bidders' - hiding in wait until they pounce - very annoying. Main thing is don't fall for one particular item and set a budget, then strike back - do the same - 7 seconds to go normally gets the bid in. If you've set your fair limit, you won't do anything stupid like over-bidding - more than it's worth.

Al.

Got this beauty from a local model shop that was clearing out some old new stock, they were faulty items that never got returned to the maker.  All it needed was a new motor brush and spring. Best £10 I have spent in ages.

 

That must be 40 years old?

I remember when they came out, I was still at school - one appeared at the model railway club, run by the Head of Georaphy in the geography storeroom!

Nice 5-pole motor and very smooth. Great for a tenner. Runs OK on 'modern track'?

Al.

Totally agree with most of Caiptean's comments.

(Secretly admits) I'll not 'show my cards' until the end if I think there's competition - that way I've decided what I believe it's worth and what my limit is - and I don't permit myself to join a bidding war.

I don't trust myself to simply visit a shop, particularly like Hattons (relatively nearby) as 'it would be rude' not to part without something!

I suspected shill bidding in a 'B' 9F I did purchase some time ago - co-bidder would raise the ante, wait for another genuine bidder besides me to bid, thus raising the 'value' and withdraw their bid - 3 times.

They were banned for one month.

There is buyer protection. These instances of complaints against the seller, swapping original article, are worrying and I find their charges near-extortionate, so whilst super convenient for an old hack like me, I can be on-the-fence as well.

Buyer and Seller beware!

I've only had one 'bad' purchase with an Ivatt 4MT 2-6-0 'clicking gears' which I didn't find - through work commitments - until a couple of months later, so couldn't fairly do anything - runs OK backwards and silently so must be a 'wear thing' - future project as I like the loco!

Al.

Won on Thursday ,,,a hornby mallard gold plated 70th anniversary,complete with all boxes and all in new condition for £103 plus post,the seller listed it as brand new and you can tell it has never been touched ,well pleased ,,it now sits on the top shelf in the cabinet waiting to be joined by the Dynomometer Car when finally arrives ,,,mjb

PS ,,,I won it by submitting my bid right at the end ,I always wait untill about the last 9 seconds to submit and then confirm

Congrats - get some photos up when you can of the Mallard.

Here's a couple of photos of the USED B K3 and the NEW H Castle ... can you spot what's missing?

It's quite obvious.

It's uncertain where / how it happened. The clear plastic locomotive holding packaging was damaged and flattened around the smokebox door - found what's missing now? !! - I have brass replacement ones by coincidence but am waiting until I regain a little calm and patience before I fit the replacement!!

Al.

@The son of Triangman, Posted at 08:39:55 Sat, 30 Jun 2018

Wow! £10.00 for a locomotive, of that size and you need to do is replace to parts to get it to run? A good bargain. Adding the cost of the replacement parts, you are probably looking at £20.00 maximum, which is a very good, cheap price. One would lucky to get a decent 0-4-0 shunter, for £20.00, or for less.

GNR-Gordon-4

It was a bargain and brand new old stock, bought as a non-runner. A brand new loco for a tenner. Runs like silk since it was serviced and the new parts fitted. Parts cost me a £1 so total of £11 spent.

Even cheaper then! Good find.

GNR-Gordon-4