Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Thomas R9283

Couple of days later,

Percy R9284

Our first train sets, I wonder if we have caught the bug.. I'm finding myself endless researching now!

There is no end to the research, whether it's the good Reverend Wilbert Awdrey or that of railways in general, then there's what next, where to purchase, do I need that .... !!

Enjoy.

Al.

Since I last posted I’ve taken delivery of a Hornby top link Class 58 Peterborough Depot in blue Mainline livery. Very nice and clean condition. Now need to find some mineral wagons for it.

Also managed to snap up a driver loco of the Hornby Alstom Pendolino. Arrived with the male coupling snapped...flipping thing is like gold dust to replace. More likely to find hens teeth.

They are gold dust unfortunately.

No real alternatives.

I think I purchased a 'trashed' coach just for couplings last year.

Must be a market for somebody handy in 3D printing?

Al.

Just got this (part of a comemeritive pack made by Oxford Rail) from Hattons. DCC fitted by the shop and runs beautiffully just had to fit the wide couplings.

Always wanted this one ever since I first saw the real loco's photo around 40 years ago!

They are gold dust unfortunately.

No real alternatives.

 

I think I purchased a 'trashed' coach just for couplings last year.

Must be a market for somebody handy in 3D printing?

 

Al.

Or an opportunity for an average skilled modeller to raid his spares box and fettle the coach to suit.

The other part of the pack - the Boshe Buster. Getting the 15 axles onto the track was not as difficult as I thought. The wheels are arranged in four bogies paired together to make two sub assemblies vomprising  eight axles and 7.

So far I have tested it around a small radius PECO streamline point with no problems but have yet to take it up the colliery branch to see how it goes around the set track ones.

One minor issue is that the steps at the right end of the vehicle foul with wagons on the adjacent track around my 50" radius curves but it seems OK on the straight. However I have tet to take it all the way around the layout.

One thing that might disapoint people is that the gun barrel appears fixed in the horizontal position for travelling but that desn't bother me.

Does anyone know if this gun travelled in one piece as an out of gauge load or was it broaken down?

My 10 yr old Select controller now uprated to v1.6.......posted to Hornby 1st Aug and returned today.........excellent service and just £15.......has made this controller much more useable especially for sound decoders.

Pity our friend Fishy in Oz can't get his Select upgraded due to exhorbitant postage charges so his will undoubtedly remain the proverbial doorstop..................HB

Hi, Waited years for one to come along, then two turned up. R150SF & R259SF.

They can be 'made', but came boxed.

Nice.

The French "export" versions fitted with the continental type loop couplings.

Funny that the wheel arrangements are still in the "standard" Whyte notation.

The continental system counts axles instead of wheels.

So the R.150SF, B12 4-6-0 would be a 2-3-0...

And the R.259SF Britannia 4-6-2 would be a Pacific 2-3-1.

Maybe no one told Margate, or wherever the labels were printed?