Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Latest purchase, an Xmas treat for me. Airfix Pendennis Castle. Only test run by previous owner. Apparently it ran poor on test but all it needs is a lube and light service.

Very clean-looking original locomotive there M-R.

Is that a 'can' 5-pole or ringfield motor powered locomotive?

Airfix certainly took the game to Mainline at the time - I remember - they started when I was still at school!

I agree they really shook the market that's for sure.  It's a ringfield powered example, I have it running like silk now after a light service and lube.

Nice.

Can't explain but not a fan of ringfield motor powered locos - I think it's just the noisy gears, but I remember also that the original Hornby ones forever needing attention to the brushes - I think it's possibly the fit was a little slack in the guide.

I had a very early Class 47 which took about 10-20 circuits / loops of an 8x4 track before it got up to speed - seemed like the brushes re-aligned themselves each time - it was great after that and I would leave it at moderate speed for up to an hour !!

If I rotated the loco, it would take an age for it to get up to speed, which it would.

Easy to speculate now, but could have been slack guides, carbon off the brushes not permitting the spring to adjust them onto the commutator, weak springs ... etc!!

I remember removing the brushes, cleaning the guides, commutator, slots between poles, ensuring free movement of brushes, that the brush contact points were smooth and clean ... nearly always the same story, but great when running well.

Back to yours, looks great - nice find.

Al.

I seem to have acquired four black cats as temporary guests, this morning, one has a singe-mark on it's back, possibly from a hot car exhaust, one has a white ear, possibly battle damage, one has four white feet, like it had been paddling in a tray of paint, and one had a sparkly red collar on.

All in my porch, looking for a warm dry spot out of the rain, and hoping for a feed.

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But that wasn't what was meant by the question! 

@ M.R.

That photo of your Airfix Pendennis Castle look very simular to my recent purchase of my...

BR Class B17 'West Ham United' 

This came from the Hornby "East Coast Express Train Set"

B. t w. I don't follow West Ham United F.C. be for any one ask - I don't even like football - I just get the set b/c I like the Loco as a whole!!! 

My latest acquisition isn't a loco, carriage, trucks, houses, cars etc. but is a Ultra Sonic cleaner. I recently was asked to strip down and clean up a Flying Scotsman. Main problem broken wires but also over lubed. I coulod have salvaged the oil and lubed all my locos and rolling stock with plus had enough left to do an oil change on my car.

This is sold as a jewelry cleaning machine and uses warm water and detergent in its bath. However it's easy to insert another small container to put solvents in if required if worried about solvents damaging the original bath. It's battery driven. certainly cleaned the oil and muck off.

The cost £7.36 on ebay https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Ultrasonic-Mini-Cleaner-For-Gold-Silver-Jewelry-Necklace-Rings-Watches-Coins-UK/323410326228?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649

x1 Hornby R6609 Hornby 2012 Wagon - Conflat & Container Wagon

I found this accidentally at a very cheap price and I couldn't say "no", to it! 

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

^ x1 PECO Model Scene Accessories 5010 Railway Container

This purchase accompanies my purchase made in my reply above this one.

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

Looks good. I have an N2 coming too but it's over at my cousins house where I stay during the week when working.