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

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The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:11:11 Wed 18 Dec 2013

Quite happy with this loco, it's a new arrival and has been rebuilt. It just needs paintwork attention.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0564_zpsc7f53935.jpg

Posted 06:11:11 Wed 18 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:11:52 Wed 18 Dec 2013

The round mark at the front of the tank is the camera lens reflection

Posted 06:11:52 Wed 18 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:14:04 Wed 18 Dec 2013

It's not to scale and the body is now used as duck in the Thomas range, but it's a nice runner and looks like a 57xx. It also has syncrosmoke which is pretty cool!

Posted 06:14:04 Wed 18 Dec 2013

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Posted at 06:48:04 Wed 18 Dec 2013

Don't get me wrong, I love my old Triang stuff, as much as my old Hornby and Bassett Lowke tinplate trains, but I recognise them as toys and not scale models. Very good toys at that.

The son of Triangman said:

It's not to scale

and the body is now used as duck in the Thomas range, but it's a nice runner and looks like a 57xx. It also has syncrosmoke which is pretty cool!

Posted 06:48:04 Wed 18 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 11:09:47 Wed 18 Dec 2013

I agree LC&DR, they are good and very robust which is handy. I like the superdetail stuff too but it's too fragile for my taste and build quality a few years back wasn't that good.

Posted 11:09:47 Wed 18 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 11:15:43 Wed 18 Dec 2013

It's horses for courses, I like the old stuff for it's robustness and ease of repair as you can still get all if not most spares for the old locos and they can pull well. The new superdetail ones are beautiful, but are very fragile and spares availablity

especially spare bodies is a major issue. The superdetail stuff hasn't been as well made in the past as it could have been and they do tend to drop bits in the four foot as they run, but if you are into reasonably close to scale models they are the way to

go. Each to their own.

Posted 11:15:43 Wed 18 Dec 2013

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Posted at 19:41:18 Wed 18 Dec 2013

I have just ordered a special track voltage tester. I recently bought a cheap digital multimeter but can't understand the instructions, so haven't used it. I asked about model railway testing and all the salesman said, "Well, every household should have

one anyway!" Let's see!

I loved the old Tri-ang stuff and still have strong fond affections for it. At the time, even though I perhaps should have thought it bore no resemblance at times to the real thing, eg red, yellow, green wagons for a start, my

years with it were great and very memorable. Station building yellow window frames?

Posted 19:41:18 Wed 18 Dec 2013

Lorry DSB

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Posted at 07:06:30 Thu 19 Dec 2013

Just got-but not received-the Hornby goods master set

Posted 07:06:30 Thu 19 Dec 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 15:52:23 Thu 19 Dec 2013

Just bought a very good condition 1976 issue Hornby R.152 BR Green 08 with the then new Hornby body and chassis which replaced the former Triang one(Hornby make the Tri-ang body still as Devious Diesel in the Thomas range and the 1976- issue body in the

Railroad range).

I put the loco through the works yesterday, runs a treat!

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0569_zps94ccac48.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0568_zpsbc04ad37.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0566_zpse8fab8a1.jpg
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0565_zps5c89b3fa.jpg

Posted 15:52:23 Thu 19 Dec 2013

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Posted at 15:55:09 Thu 19 Dec 2013

I doubt if it has seen the track more than three times since new. The lack of wear is amazing. Bargain for £3.50 in a junk shop, only needed a new capacitor and a good clean after resting in a box of stuff in the shop for 25 years, peace of cake.

Posted 15:55:09 Thu 19 Dec 2013

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