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

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

atom3624

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Posted at 16:08:42 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Hi Atom3624

Just a polite note to say the BOB / West Country Light Pacifics and Merchant Navy had electric lights fitted to both the Locomotive and Tenders and do not require oil lamps to be fitted or used. The two oil lamps you have fitted are not required.

Tony, no need to be polite!!

Thanks for the info and glad I used black tack - they can be removed relatively easily!!

Al.

Posted 16:08:42 Fri 16 Nov 2018

atom3624

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Posted at 19:43:05 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Oil lamps removed!!

(High voltage warning labels fitted as well - looks much better as well.)

Al.

Last Edited 09:15:25 Mon 19 Nov 2018
Posted 19:43:05 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Bulver

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Posted at 19:43:13 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Just fitted the light bars and sound module to the Bachmann London Underground ‘S’ stock cars. Battery operated, motion-actuated, although the sounds and lights are a bit random! Noticed that just walking past the table they were on caused the action to begin. Hopefully, they will settle down soon!

Rod

Posted 19:43:13 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Fazy

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Posted at 21:42:31 Fri 16 Nov 2018

If the elictric lights were as good as the ones fitted to certain Princess Coronations ie ivatts (poor and not always reliable), then oil lamps were still fitted. The Princess Coronations had theirs remove quite early in the BR peirod.

And just to stay in the sprit of the topic bought 2 more Bachmann Mk1 SKs

If it’s not Crimson, it isn’t a proper engine

Posted 21:42:31 Fri 16 Nov 2018

BritMan57

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Posted at 21:59:23 Fri 16 Nov 2018

Hi all - two recently purchased, a Hornby Golden Arrow final steam run set and the other day I picked up from a well known online auction site a Bachmann A1 Tornado in BR blue livery - very smart and runs like a dream. I know what my dear wife has bought for me for Christmas (as I bought them pending some cash from her) - four Hornby crimson and cream Mk 1 coaches.

Posted 21:59:23 Fri 16 Nov 2018

atom3624

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Posted at 23:32:10 Fri 16 Nov 2018

On 'the lamp thing', I've seen several locomotives with oil lamps on top of the electric ones, so thought perhaps same was true with WS - perhaps not.

Removed without issue - some photos with FS will appear sometime, once 'authorised'.

I've removed that RHS (to look at) disc, removed the black tack and replaced again - after the photos.

It's not an issue, and now I know I can use the black tack, it's made life a lot easier.

Al.

Posted 23:32:10 Fri 16 Nov 2018

walkingthedog

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Posted at 09:42:12 Sat 17 Nov 2018

This.

Posted 09:42:12 Sat 17 Nov 2018

Jimbo

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Posted at 11:48:05 Sat 17 Nov 2018

A couple of Lima locos. Both in excellent boxed condition and powerful runners. Amazing how these old Lima locos keep going. (well, Rome has withstood the ravages of Time pretty well, hasn't it ! ). A "Western Enterprise" in Desert Sand and a Class 20 "Alice" in Hunslet-Barclay livery.