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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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PJ_model_trains
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Posted at 12:20:20 Fri 30 Nov 2018

25 yards of Peco Streamline SL-100 flexi track ~ Hatton's

Looking forward to starting the new layout early next year.


Posted 12:20:20 Fri 30 Nov 2018

96RAF
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Posted at 17:19:30 Fri 30 Nov 2018

R6888TTS

Just getting them ready for the Great Eastern Models (Norwich) DCC day on 7th December - I will be demonstrating the use of Railmaster programs to control a multi vehicle sound sequence. 

 

If you are going to the DCC day please come and say Hello - look for my RAF96 badge.

Rob

 

Neat installation...

http://www.halton96th.org.uk/robs_rails.html


Posted 17:19:30 Fri 30 Nov 2018

NWR-Gordon-4
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Posted at 22:59:47 Fri 30 Nov 2018

I've never seen the interior of the Ex-GWR Ventilated Van before, yet I have so many of them! Laughing

 

Thans for the image Rob. Smile

 

GNR-Gordon-4


Posted 22:59:47 Fri 30 Nov 2018

LC&DR
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Posted at 14:57:00 Sat 8 Dec 2018

 Not a train, wagon or carriage this time but at the Gateshead Toy Fair I bought a book.  It was a book I used to get out of the local library in my childhood. "2750, Legend of a Locomotive" by H. C Webster. It tells the story  of "Papyrus" an LNER A3 Pacific. and descrbes in easy to read narrative of how engine drivers and firemen worked day to day. It is a 'novel' rather than a history but it is as they say " a canny tale". Great Nostalgia.


Posted 14:57:00 Sat 8 Dec 2018

Postman Prat
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Posted at 18:28:03 Sat 8 Dec 2018

 Hi LC

 

Did we go to the same library? A reet canny book..

 

It's recently come back in print after many years  -  partly as a result of lobbying from the LNER Encyclopaedia. I would have liked a copy but they were, I believe, asking 'silly money' for it.


Posted 18:28:03 Sat 8 Dec 2018

walkingthedog
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Posted at 19:12:55 Sat 8 Dec 2018

Cheapest I’ve seen is £22-95 for 2016 reprint.


Posted 19:12:55 Sat 8 Dec 2018

Jimbo
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Posted at 13:02:24 Sun 9 Dec 2018

A Lima L205141 "Express Parcels" Railcar. After a wheel clean and lubrication this ran very well - 9.2/10.0 on my scale.

JG

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Posted 13:02:24 Sun 9 Dec 2018

LC&DR
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Posted at 13:25:06 Sun 9 Dec 2018

 It was a 2016 reprint. I paid £15. The chap who has the bookshop at Grosmont had a stall there, and he had a couple of copies left after I bought mine.


Posted 13:25:06 Sun 9 Dec 2018

walkingthedog
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Posted at 14:31:05 Sun 9 Dec 2018

Bargain LC. 


Posted 14:31:05 Sun 9 Dec 2018

Derek 19B
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Posted at 17:43:24 Mon 10 Dec 2018

Rebuilt Hornby Merchant  Navy Clan line , for less than £60 post to Cypus. Hopefully a bargin, we shall see.

 

Two Clan Lines now. Best look at getting some of the others.

Derek 19b


Posted 17:43:24 Mon 10 Dec 2018

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