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

Stubaggieboy

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Posted at 10:16:36 Tue 10 Sep 2019

A pair of Bachmann 47’s. Two tone green weathered and Colas Rail Rebecca. Simply stunning models.

Posted 10:16:36 Tue 10 Sep 2019

Millsy

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Posted at 14:00:34 Tue 10 Sep 2019

The Class 58:

Is it Hornby or Heljan?

Al.

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Posted 14:00:34 Tue 10 Sep 2019

96RAF

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Posted at 14:15:36 Tue 10 Sep 2019

A new power supply for my Ecos, with the old power supply you only had to touch the controller and it would trip out, thinking it needed a costly repair I brought a new Ecos I tried the old Ecos with the new power supply all the problems disappeared.

Proper and logical diagnosis saves you a fortune.

Using box change logic is the wallet hurting method.

Edit - if you must use the box change method go down the cheapest to dearest route not vice-versa.

http://www.halton96th.org.uk/robs_rails.html

Posted 14:15:36 Tue 10 Sep 2019

81F

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Posted at 22:10:48 Wed 11 Sep 2019

I've just taken delivery of the new Bachmann ROD 1918 - I thought I was buying a "British" loco but now I'm not sure.now as I believe ROD 2004 in Australia now carries 1918!

Does anyone know where the real 1918 operated and who it may have been loaned to.

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 22:10:48 Wed 11 Sep 2019

atom3624

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Posted at 09:57:21 Thu 12 Sep 2019

Well it finally arrived - Midland Compound 31-930 NRM - 1000.

Took a little longer than anticipated, but had been packaged to withstand a nuclear holocaust I reckon - better safe ... as they say!!

A little dusty - not like me I know!

If it goes half as well as it looks, it'll be superb!!

Al.

Last Edited 12:32:27 Thu 12 Sep 2019
Posted 09:57:21 Thu 12 Sep 2019

Edvard4

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Posted at 17:21:22 Thu 12 Sep 2019

R3772 RAF Northern Rail, Just to add to my post above, the wrapping is really good, but it is let down by no lights and a poor egg box packaging, the box is really quite flimsy.

Posted 17:21:22 Thu 12 Sep 2019

atom3624

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Posted at 18:12:01 Thu 12 Sep 2019

It's really during transit that the box will be exposed. If it arrived intact, then it did it's job - you can decide how you store from now.

Lights would be a bit of a let down as the rest looks so good, and they're definitely becoming the 'norm' for higher quality models ... but it still LOOKS great I reckon - nice buy.

Al.

Posted 18:12:01 Thu 12 Sep 2019

RogerB

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Posted at 18:22:31 Thu 12 Sep 2019

I have to say Atom although I am not a lover of that livery your recent acquistion looks amazing. Well done. R-

TT120: TGG [Fibre Optic version]: HM7000: Elite & Select: The Scotsman: Silver King: Class08

Posted 18:22:31 Thu 12 Sep 2019

walkingthedog

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Posted at 18:32:40 Thu 12 Sep 2019

I have that loco Al and it runs beautifully.

Posted 18:32:40 Thu 12 Sep 2019

atom3624

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Posted at 20:39:28 Thu 12 Sep 2019

Thanks guys.

I did something my enthusiasm normally stops me from doing this time ... before I started fitting everything I actually tested it and ... 100% agree - super smooth.

There is a problem - it has one sander pipe, 'though I have a lot of different-diameter piano wire and can see a hole where it probably fell out of, so if I get a 'quiet moment or three', I'll try and make one - how difficult can it be ..... !!!!!!!!!!

The rest as you say, what a fantastic little locomotive.

Al.

Posted 20:39:28 Thu 12 Sep 2019

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