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!
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
Posted at 20:39:20 Thu 13 Sep 2018
FS R3336 smoke deflector now most definitely straight!
Cylinder draincocks and vacuum pipes fitted.
Locomotive fully lubricated ready for light running - initially.
Some weight added - to locomotive and tender.
Stood alongside the Bachmann Peppercorn A1-clone which is Tornado, it looks almost delicate and small - quite a surprise.
Both look superb.
Al.
Here's a few photos - Hornby Silver Link, Hornby FS R3336, Bachmann Tornado (apple green):
Don't know what's going on with the photo rotation - I 'over-rotated' to try and compensate but still came out this way!!
As you'll see, FS's RHS smoke deflector is straight - handrails parallel!!
Al.
Last Edited 08:42:19 Fri 14 Sep 2018
Posted 20:39:20 Thu 13 Sep 2018
Posted at 21:08:12 Thu 13 Sep 2018
Cool! 
More choice than what Hornby supply us, plus with the Hornby crew figures, one has to paint it themselves.
GNR-Gordon-4
Posted 21:08:12 Thu 13 Sep 2018
Posted at 21:22:53 Thu 13 Sep 2018
@RAF96
This is for model railway purchases, not for washing machine spares!
Where does it say that Jacob. Go to page 1 post 1.
Posted 21:22:53 Thu 13 Sep 2018
Posted at 08:19:19 Fri 14 Sep 2018
I see. Could be arranged! 
GNR-Gordon-4
Posted 08:19:19 Fri 14 Sep 2018
Posted at 08:54:05 Fri 14 Sep 2018
Great photos, atom3624.
GNR-Gordon-4
Posted 08:54:05 Fri 14 Sep 2018