Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?
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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!
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 20:16:42 Sat 1 Sep 2018
I have wanted this since I was about nine years old! And now I have it! Ebay!
Last Edited 12:02:36 Mon 3 Sep 2018
Posted 20:16:42 Sat 1 Sep 2018
Posted at 16:18:34 Mon 3 Sep 2018
Nice new locomotives, Jimbopuff and Jeff Mennell. 
GNR-Gordon-4
Posted 16:18:34 Mon 3 Sep 2018
Posted at 14:20:09 Tue 4 Sep 2018
60031 Golden Palaver, sorry Plover !!
It had a broken upper lamp bracket but the piece was still there. As a colleague had some superglue on the desk I thought I'd have a go - 3rd attempt - acceptable, and exaggerated with the magnification of the camera.
Al.
Last Edited 15:32:57 Tue 4 Sep 2018
Posted 14:20:09 Tue 4 Sep 2018
Posted at 22:15:11 Tue 4 Sep 2018
Great puchases, Troublesome Truck. I hope you enjoy them. 
GNR-Gordon-4
Posted 22:15:11 Tue 4 Sep 2018
Posted at 20:50:26 Wed 5 Sep 2018
60031 Golden Palaver, sorry Plover !!
Al.
I'm really liking this Plover, Palaver, whatever!!
If it were a car, it's the one with the most 'options' - double Kylchap, lubricator, speedo, corridor tender ...
That repaired lamp mount? Lost it somewhere when lubricating up the locomotive!! Serves me right!!
Ended up cutting what remained down, drilling a micro hole and mounted an aftermarket lamp mount, then painted black - seems OK.
Latest thing I'm doing after gluing in the PD Marsh driver and fireman is leave a couple of spots of glue on the footplate, tender coal chute and around the chute, and literally throwing some 1 mm 'coal' in the vicinity until covered, letting dry then shaking off the (70%) excess - looks good I reckon.
I'm sure most would start impeccably, but doubt many footplates would remain that way ... just a little 'spillage'.
Al.
Last Edited 07:42:32 Thu 6 Sep 2018
Posted 20:50:26 Wed 5 Sep 2018