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

NWR-Gordon-4

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Posted at 16:16:17 Wed 15 Jan 2020

@m_duck

Those look fantastic, now the image has finally been approved! Even better than what I was imaging them to be!

Please could you post comparision images of them, along with the newer Chinese made models of Gordon, James and Duck, that you own? Thank you.

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)

Posted 16:16:17 Wed 15 Jan 2020

atom3624

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Posted at 16:50:35 Wed 15 Jan 2020

Hi DRM, I have 60532 Blue Peter - lovely locomotive - particularly with the doors up and 'close coupled'.

(There's a coupling between loco / tender with 2 holes and a peg on the tender - using the closer coupled hole it looks great, but radius is somewhat restricted!)

Al.

Posted 16:50:35 Wed 15 Jan 2020

DonnyRailMan

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Posted at 14:29:08 Thu 16 Jan 2020

Hi DRM, I have 60532 Blue Peter - lovely locomotive - particularly with the doors up and 'close coupled'.

(There's a coupling between loco / tender with 2 holes and a peg on the tender - using the closer coupled hole it looks great, but radius is somewhat restricted!)

Al.

Hi Al,

Yeah it would be a bit tight on first hole on radius 4.

I plan on getting Blue Peter sometime this year all being well.

DonnyRailMan @SevernCrescentRailway

Posted 14:29:08 Thu 16 Jan 2020

DonnyRailMan

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Posted at 14:29:14 Thu 16 Jan 2020

Hi DRM, I have 60532 Blue Peter - lovely locomotive - particularly with the doors up and 'close coupled'.

(There's a coupling between loco / tender with 2 holes and a peg on the tender - using the closer coupled hole it looks great, but radius is somewhat restricted!)

Al.

Hi Al,

Yeah it would be a bit tight on first hole on radius 4.

I plan on getting Blue Peter sometime this year all being well.

DonnyRailMan @SevernCrescentRailway

Posted 14:29:14 Thu 16 Jan 2020

atom3624

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Posted at 16:43:20 Thu 16 Jan 2020

Agreed.

Looks spot on.

Could create a link just slightly longer than the short close-coupled one and still have the effect, but with a slightly bigger gap.

Al.

Posted 16:43:20 Thu 16 Jan 2020

Ashcat

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Posted at 16:51:50 Thu 16 Jan 2020

I hope on it's way to me at this very moment .

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Posted 16:51:50 Thu 16 Jan 2020

ackers5861

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Posted at 03:53:53 Fri 17 Jan 2020

Acquired a second hand Bachmann 04 Shunter in BR weathered (Early Emblem) Black. I wanted a loco like this for the layout, so when I saw it on the stand at my local model shop, especially at the asking price, I just had to have it. A nice little runner that I thought would be a great addition to my layout. How can you not love an 04 diesel shunter?