Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?
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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!
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 17:33:50 Mon 2 Mar 2020
Very nice locomotives, atom3624. Enjoy them. 
GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)
Posted 17:33:50 Mon 2 Mar 2020
Posted at 06:55:13 Tue 3 Mar 2020
Once I receive a locomotive, I always give it a 'once over'.
A lot of them are 'older gems', which will have generally dried of oil, and grease will have hardened / spread to the sides - not be where it should be.
I'll clean, oil and grease where appears necessary. check the little screws and bolts - 'nip up' if necessary.
At this stage, the 'additional' is done - body off.
In this case the check had already been completed, body replaced, and additional pipes - injectors, etc - so complex I didn't want to disturb again.
Not unknown but it would be highly unusual to have a heavier weight over non-driven wheels.
Obviously, as I had already performed the check 'once over' I already knew where the motor / additional electrics were.
I don't use a 12" masonry drill - penetration depth is preset and performed over multiple stages VERY CAREFULLY and slowly - it took perhaps 20-25'.
I start with a hand auger to centre, using a <1mm drill bit, then drill the hole with a slowest setting Dremel, then continue by hand.
Hope that helps!
Al.
Posted 06:55:13 Tue 3 Mar 2020