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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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 08:28:31 Sat 9 Mar 2019
I just managed to get this for not very much at all! I suspect some people will wonder what the shapeless casting is. It is a Gaiety Pannier tank from the 1950s, probably 10 years or so older than I am and it works perfectly without me having done enything to it. I would expect it to be running long after 90%+ of the locos on sale today have given up and although it doesn’t have th modern detail refinements it will fit in better with the rest of my stock! It must be one of the heavist locos I own.
I need to tidy up the paintwork and add some couplings but that is about it.
Last Edited 09:50:28 Mon 11 Mar 2019
Posted 08:28:31 Sat 9 Mar 2019
Posted at 12:00:43 Mon 18 Mar 2019
Long time coming ....
Original order didn't materialise, so cancelled - another story.
6229 has FINALLY arrived!!
There is a minor paint issue, but this wasn't a proprietary shop, so I'll live with it - part of the central gold lining, above the valvegear ...
Seems like Hornby's QC isn't what it could be - 'blistering' on the buffer coating as well - only there if you're really looking.
I think it's a keeper anyway.
Al.
Last Edited 15:26:36 Mon 18 Mar 2019
Posted 12:00:43 Mon 18 Mar 2019
Posted at 11:41:01 Tue 19 Mar 2019
This came my way. 
Posted 11:41:01 Tue 19 Mar 2019