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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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NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 17:56:43 Tue 17 Jul 2018

Which Oxford Diecast models did you pick up, Caiptean?

 

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Posted 17:56:43 Tue 17 Jul 2018

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 18:11:44 Tue 17 Jul 2018

Good choices, Caiptean. Smile

 

They'll probably just end up in one of a number of boxes of road vehicles under the layout.  Laughing

 

Or if not in one of the boxes, then on a rail flatbed train?! Wink Laughing Smile

 

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Posted 18:11:44 Tue 17 Jul 2018

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 19:43:29 Tue 17 Jul 2018

You could always chage the cars on the flatbeds, rather create a third train.

 

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Posted 19:43:29 Tue 17 Jul 2018

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 21:59:55 Tue 17 Jul 2018

Arrived in the post on Saturday 14/07/2018, as part of my Bachmann Collectors Club membership:

 

x1 Bachmann Branch-Line 37-2018K 5 Plank Open Wagon 'Ministry of Munitions' (Exclusive to Bachmann Collectors Club)

 

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Posted 21:59:55 Tue 17 Jul 2018

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 22:40:31 Tue 17 Jul 2018

Oh. I didn't realise you have put the cars on the flatbeds permantely.

 

GNR-Gordon-4


Posted 22:40:31 Tue 17 Jul 2018

atom3624
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Posted at 09:26:44 Wed 18 Jul 2018

The BoB looks fantastic.

The paint finish looks more B than H - more of a sheen to it than I normally experience with H and better for it.

 

Al.


Posted 09:26:44 Wed 18 Jul 2018

Mr de Havilland
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Posted at 22:39:08 Wed 18 Jul 2018

Dutches of Sutherland with my custom name plate trainy mc trainface

I think I've lost it at this point 

Loco is th one from the 80s tender drive too


Posted 22:39:08 Wed 18 Jul 2018

LC&DR
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Posted at 17:37:20 Sun 22 Jul 2018

 Just running in my four new locomotives (Janus 0-6-0DH, Barclay 0-4-0ST, BR (S) B4 0-4-0T and SE&CR P 0-6-0T)

Both rolling road sets in use!


Posted 17:37:20 Sun 22 Jul 2018

81F
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Posted at 18:33:03 Sun 22 Jul 2018

 Not quite my latest as it came a couple of weeks ago. Sadly I don't think the green cylinders and red con/coupling rods are quite right for a GWR loco, does anyone have any info or is it in a "preserved" livery? 

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


Posted 18:33:03 Sun 22 Jul 2018

LC&DR
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Posted at 19:37:17 Sun 22 Jul 2018

 The number 701 was allocated to a Barclay 0-4-0ST absorbed from Swansea Harbour Trust (their No.5) it was further renumbered 1140 and survived until 1958 in BR(W) service.  It features on page 167 of J, H. Russells "A Pictorial Record of Great Western Absorbed Engines" and looks very like your model.

 

The number 705 was allocated to a GW Standard Goods 0-6-0 which was nothing like it.

 

The red rods are probably meant to be  associated with dock work for which these locos were suited. .Why it hasn't been numbered 701 is hard to guess.


Posted 19:37:17 Sun 22 Jul 2018

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