Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

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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

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0064_zps634965e3.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0065_zpse2948e27.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0066_zps04c86aff.jpg.html

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0067-3_zpsdfd86c7c.jpg.html

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

Postman Prat

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Posted at 21:31:33 Thu 23 Jan 2014

Hi BB

I bet you a fiver that I get my NER locos before you get your Airsmoothed Merchant!!!

Posted 21:31:33 Thu 23 Jan 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 06:23:15 Fri 24 Jan 2014

But not perhaps from Hornby, I have a strong suspicion that the team based in the East Midlands may do a NER type long before Hornby does. Spurred on no doubt by a 1 to 1 scale replica.

Postman Prat said:

Hi BB

I bet you

a fiver that I get my NER locos before you get your Airsmoothed Merchant!!!

Posted 06:23:15 Fri 24 Jan 2014

Fazy

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Posted at 12:58:49 Sat 25 Jan 2014

I have just brought a Hornby LNER B12 no 8544 would any one know when this was made by Hornby? I Know its not LMS but I could not help may self!!!

If it’s not Crimson, it isn’t a proper engine

Posted 12:58:49 Sat 25 Jan 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 11:52:33 Wed 29 Jan 2014

A 3200 'Earl' no 9017 and a J11 'Pom Pom' 64311. Another impulse buy! I only popped into my local model shop to see if they had any 0.33mm brass wire which they didn't. At least the Dukedog travelled over the Southern once to go to the Bluebell.

While

I was there I also pre-ordered a pair of 2Hal.

Posted 11:52:33 Wed 29 Jan 2014

andys steam dayz

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Posted at 12:00:16 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Hi
Duke of Gloucester train pack
Sir Nigel Gresley A4 in BR blue great gathering
Norfolkman train pack
Dwight D Eisenhower A4 great gathering

Posted 12:00:16 Wed 29 Jan 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 12:12:03 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Blue box J11

Posted 12:12:03 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 13:42:27 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Reminds me of a guy I knew who went into the garage to get a new bulb fitted to a back light and came out with a new car!!!!

LC&DR said:

A 3200 'Earl' no 9017 and a J11 'Pom Pom' 64311. Another impulse buy! I only popped into my local

model shop to see if they had any 0.33mm brass wire which they didn't. At least the Dukedog travelled over the Southern once to go to the Bluebell.

While I was there I also pre-ordered a pair of 2Hal.

Posted 13:42:27 Wed 29 Jan 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 13:54:12 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Yes, very much like that!!

Postman Prat said:

Reminds me of a guy I knew who went into the garage to get a new bulb fitted to a back light and came out with a new car!!!!

LC&DR said:

A 3200 'Earl' no 9017 and a J11 'Pom

Pom' 64311. Another impulse buy! I only popped into my local model shop to see if they had any 0.33mm brass wire which they didn't. At least the Dukedog travelled over the Southern once to go to the Bluebell.

While I was there I also pre-ordered a

pair of 2Hal.

Posted 13:54:12 Wed 29 Jan 2014

VESPA

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Posted at 14:03:32 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Just got a Dukedog, Co Bo, and a Class 22. I assume all from the same factory due to superb detail and similar packaging.

VESPA

Posted 14:03:32 Wed 29 Jan 2014

cooped

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Posted at 22:33:53 Wed 29 Jan 2014

Tovidious said:

At the show in Valley Forge? I was there and picked up a few things as well. Some great layouts there, too.

World's greatest hobby on tour, I assume that's the one you're thinking of. Last time it was in Philly

it was the show that got me back into model trains.

Posted 22:33:53 Wed 29 Jan 2014

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