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!
http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0063_zps3ff63c6a.jpg.html
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 10:25:29 Mon 25 Mar 2019
A load of timber to start on yet another layout. Full house soon ! 
Posted 10:25:29 Mon 25 Mar 2019
Posted at 12:53:24 Tue 26 Mar 2019
I sold my 'semi-Railroad' single chimney LNER Flying Scotsman - curiously with glazing - a few weeks ago, and am parting with my LNER double chimney / blinkered one, to replace with the 'correct current' FS - R3443 - never has there been a more debatable locomotive, I know ....
Here she is. NOT perfect.
Front side lamp brackets are bent - but I'll probably remove to place lamps anyway.
One thing only!! Glazing is missing on the driver's (LHS) side. I'll try and knock something up, but literally that appears to be the only real negative - even the little side glazing strips are fine!!
Of course, true to Al's NEW protocol, before 'fiddling', I'll test her out to see if she works OK .... reckon I'm keeping this one anyway.
Seller had had 3 for sale, all with 'some transit damage' by the looks of it, for a considerably less than perfect price, so I reckon I've done pretty well here!!
Still need to test her first, but never had a problem with this chassis in the past. .... !!
Al.
Last Edited 13:39:37 Tue 26 Mar 2019
Posted 12:53:24 Tue 26 Mar 2019
Posted at 14:00:16 Wed 27 Mar 2019
Too much to list, besides I dont know names of some of it.. :) 
Last Edited 10:10:23 Thu 28 Mar 2019
Posted 14:00:16 Wed 27 Mar 2019
Posted at 10:14:50 Thu 28 Mar 2019
Pictures better than words, anyway. But both even better. 
Posted 10:14:50 Thu 28 Mar 2019