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!
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Posted at 16:52:07 Mon 21 Jan 2019
I've managed to zoom into the DRS map on the side, as it's been mentioned that it's legible - IT IS!!!
Al.
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Posted at 11:56:29 Tue 22 Jan 2019
Just got my Bachmann gandy dancer to run inside loop of track under Christmas tree next year.. will be cute with santas express running on outside loop
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Posted at 12:46:15 Wed 23 Jan 2019
Final addition, at least before 'Hamilton' arrives in a month ... or so's time ... possibly sooner???
Purchased used off a well-known hobby store in the Widnes area ... but said to have a few issues - lights don't work one way, and one bogie's 'a bit noisy ... I took the plunge, as there was nothing else at the time - there is nowm 'though one's definitely enough!!
It has a bit of 'used patina' particularly on the roof, which actually seems appropriate.
Reading previous posts within the worldwide web, there's a known issue with the body contacts and the chassis, so it may be a simple fix - I'll see.
Bogie? Possibly wear. Possibly lubrication.
Al.
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