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

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 07:56:32 Sun 6 Jan 2019

The N2 is a beauty. I had forgotten how nice the LNER livery suits this model. A good inexpensive purchase, another £20 loco for the fleet.

Posted 07:56:32 Sun 6 Jan 2019

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 09:24:28 Sun 6 Jan 2019

Other nice recent buys are the following:

Freightliner container wagon

Class 101 centre car.

Posted 09:24:28 Sun 6 Jan 2019

Mac-70

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Posted at 09:26:13 Sun 6 Jan 2019

My latest acquistion has been the Sommerset Belle digital train set. Bought because i was about to switch my tracks and trains over too DCC anyway, so this train set made sense at £130. I have too say i love the Jinty loco that came with it, very pleased with the purchase.

Posted 09:26:13 Sun 6 Jan 2019

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 09:30:38 Sun 6 Jan 2019

Also found an empty box for a 1974 issue dock shunter. The box isn't empty now.

Posted 09:30:38 Sun 6 Jan 2019

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 16:40:55 Tue 8 Jan 2019

x1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9297 Gordon's Composite Coach (2016)

x2 Bachmann Trains Thomas & Friends 77009 Water Tanker's (2018)

x1 Bachmann Trains Thomas & Friends 77019 Green Mail Car (2015)

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

Posted 16:40:55 Tue 8 Jan 2019

Darrenmb

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Posted at 21:11:35 Tue 8 Jan 2019

I recently received my grandads old trains, been in his attic since the late 70s.. the list includes

The flying scotsman (hornby)

Winston Churchill (hornby)

A red jinty(hornby

A small diesel shutter (hornby)

A class 25 diesel (hornby)

A tender driven evening star (hornby)

A devizes castle (wrenn)

A stoke on trent (wrenn)

Also 9 coaches, 3 southern, 3 team and 3 short red ones.

And a bunch of shirt freight cars (hornby)

I went online and added to it with

An Intercity 125 and 4 coaches (hornby)

And a stephensons rocket with 5 coaches (triang)

Now I just need to bolt something to run them on... :)

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Posted 21:11:35 Tue 8 Jan 2019

Darrenmb

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Posted at 13:03:41 Wed 9 Jan 2019

I also just won an auction for a few more freight wagons in the same theme as in the pic above, also found a source for the 2018 Christmas wagon, so that's coming too.. ;)

Posted 13:03:41 Wed 9 Jan 2019

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Posted at 15:00:54 Wed 9 Jan 2019

Heljan "Falcon" has just arrived from Rails. Beautifully packed, as usual. The Heljan leaflet states that this loco will pull over 15 coaches on a level track.

Hi JP - I love my Kestrel - mine needed a little TLC - one side's cab steps weren't underneath the cab, and the bogie frame cover wasn't upside down, and all others were correct ... Spares are readily available from Howes I'm sure you know and the sprue with the steps arrived and all is well.

I took the opportunity to remove all bogie frame sides and sprayed them satin black - seems 'more realistic' - stock just looked too 'plasticky'.

One member mentioned Class 25 due to come out. If it's half as good as the revised 33 it'll be brilliant!!

Al.

Posted 15:00:54 Wed 9 Jan 2019

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 20:06:01 Wed 9 Jan 2019

Have they been serviced Darrenmb? If they have been sat a long time the chances are they will need a good clean of the motors, electrical systems, bodies etc and lubrication before they can be run otherwise damage could result and/or the models could run poorly.

Posted 20:06:01 Wed 9 Jan 2019

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Posted at 11:22:17 Thu 10 Jan 2019

Have just received 5 x 3mm LED flickering orange lights comlpete with 470R resistors from Express Models. Thankyou, Gents, for your help in finding this supplier. They give a good impression of firelight in buildings.

JG

Posted 11:22:17 Thu 10 Jan 2019

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