Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Come on guys just type Bachmann or Heljan or what ever. Bxxxx could be a deleted expletive which isn’t allowed and a B 57 is an american version of the Canberra aircraft. 

A set of new nameplates etc. for my Railroad County class loco.  Also a Zimo sound card for this 2 cylinder machine.  For a lower-priced model, it really looks good and sounds great.  An extragavance perhaps, but I am mightily pleased with it.  Very little space for the chip in the loco, had to relocate the speaker to the tender.

Rod

my most resent is he hornby ews class 66, it is very good for the price

Bachman Class 70 freightliner livery. Beautifully ugly! first class detail, run perfectly straight out of the box.

X1 Hornby R3057 Class 92 Stobart Rail 92017 'Bart the Engine'

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

My latest aquisition has been a book, Southern Maunsell 4-4-0 classes L, D1, E1, L1 and V by David Maidment, published by Pen and Sword, and there are some lovely pictures in there, including quite a few in colour. Oh that the L1 could return to the fold in 4mm form!

My latest acquisition is the following:

X4 Oxford Rail OR763FO004 Mark 3 Coaches Mk3 FO Stobart Rail 11013

I pre-ordered these four coaches with Hatton's Model Railways, back in February 2017. Yes, a very long wait! 

The other week, my complete pre-order arrived, but not without any fauts, sadly! Two of the coaches were fine; However, one had a wonky under pipe that sticking out dangerousely out, to the side of the coach, meaning that it will get broken if it hit the platform. As it was glued in this position, I was not able to move where it's supposed to be.

Also, another coach had a loose buffer in the box. Hatton's Model Railways were supberb in arranging two replacements for me, which have arrived and have nothing wrong. I never had to contact Hatton's Model Railways much, but when I do, they never fail to impress me. Great custiomer service.

The coaches are very nice and well detailed, but suppose the extra detail does come at a cost of more faults being present. Other than that, they are better than I could ever dremed them to be and I hope that Oxford Rail release some more Mk3 caoches in the near future, with the same Stobart Pullman / Rail livery, with different numbers on and / or different type of coaches.

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

Not buying at present, I am down sizing

Hornby Terrier, the new version. [b]R3767. BR Lined Black, Early Crest. 32655 (Stepney).[/b][b]General views[/b]....after I had installed a loco crew, and changed the colour of the reverser lever and regulator....and the gauge glasses.

The extra pipes, which fit under the buffer beams...[/b]

[b]Initial modifications...[/b]All locos deserve a crew!

The gauge glasses look better (IMO) in white than "Copper" or "Brass", and the Reverser is not likely to be made of Brass or Copper, as it would likely bend! (It is coloured "Copper" or "Brass"as it comes.

The Regulator is plain black as it comes....I prefer it in red!

[b]Getting into the cab...body dis-assembly.[/b]The body, boiler, side tanks, cab and bunker, are held onto the metal footplate by 7 screws. one into the smokebox, two each side into the side tanks, and two into the cab/bunker.

The cab seems to be clipped to the boiler, but there are a few pipes from the boiler that are probably glued into the holes in the cab front....I did not try to part the cab from the boiler as I did not relish trying to get the pipes back into their holes, even if they were not glued in!

[b]DCC Decoder Fitting.[/b]The[b] 6-Pin socket[/b] is in a position that precludes the use of most, if not all, direct plug 6-pin decoders.

There are two screws that hold the body and footplate assembly onto the chassis, as detailed in the instructions.

The front screw is under the NEM coupling pocket, which needs to be removed to access the screw.The [b]Hornby R7150 6-pin decoder[/b] has a short wire harness and 6-pin plug.The wires are just about the maximum length that can be folded over the decoder, and still fit inside the body.

[b]Some insulating tape is a very good idea to cover the exposed connexions, and prevent the decoder coming into contact with any metal...[/b]

It is one of very few 6-pin decoders that can be fitted, it would seem....I have got the Hornby decoder, and fitted it to mine. Less hassle for me.[u]

[b]Couplings.[/b][/u]I have fitted [b]Kadee NEM couplings[/b] to my Terrier. [b]#19[/b]. The NEM pockets on the Terrier are at the correct height when seated properly, but the Kadee couplings require packing under the shaft inside the pockets, otherwise they are a bit of a loose fit and droop.

[b]Coupled to a Hornby Ex LNER Class O1 tender chassis...again the NEM pocket is at the correct height....[/b]

My latest purchases are a book "British Railways BRAKEVANS & Ballast Ploughs" 

4 mainline brakevans, a Bachmann BR class 08 in green. Plus a K's MR 0-4-0st 0f.