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Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

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

Posted at 16:44:58 Thu 5 Mar 2020

OK, thank you atom3624. Smile

 

Hopefully the images' approval will be tomorrow (Friday 06/03/2020), but if not, then we will have to wait until next week.

 

GNR-Gordon-4 (HF)


Posted 16:44:58 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Posted at 18:38:02 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Weathered 58 with some friends as well ...

 

Al.


Posted 18:38:02 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Posted at 18:40:39 Thu 5 Mar 2020

The Heljan 58 runs as well as the Heljan 52 - which is absolutely superbly!!

 

It's a little difficult to START at a crawl - presumably the flywheels are pretty big and impose quite a high inertia initially.

That aside, running is as good as ANY of the locomotives in the picture, which means really pretty good!!

 

Al.


Posted 18:40:39 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Posted at 21:28:01 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Hornby B12 Class. 4-6-0. Blue Livery.


Posted 21:28:01 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Posted at 22:11:36 Thu 5 Mar 2020

I still remember my old B12 from 40 years ago.

Latest version obvioiusly has a load more detail - nice locomotive.

 

Al.


Posted 22:11:36 Thu 5 Mar 2020

Posted at 18:23:38 Fri 6 Mar 2020

I have just been given a Hornby Dublo station which has spent umpteen years in a loft. So am cleaning and updating this with windows, lighting, posters etc to use on my layout. Very relaxing work at neglible cost ! Smile

JG


Posted 18:23:38 Fri 6 Mar 2020

Posted at 16:34:16 Sat 7 Mar 2020

 4 Litres of IPA for degreasing and cleaning locos etc (well one is). The rest is for other "cleaning purposes" before the world cottons on to it being the main ingreedient of hand sanitizer!.

 

I am also awaiting a nice looking EM gauge toplight brake which will compleat a train I have of two Composites and a slip.

 

The three OO versions I have were won of ebay some years ago but I failed to win the brake so it has been a long wait to find this one. I just hope it arrives OK as I've already ordered replacement OO wheel sets and some and some 3D printed GWR Bogies from Stafford Road Model Works.

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


Posted 16:34:16 Sat 7 Mar 2020

Posted at 17:39:48 Sat 7 Mar 2020

It'll take quite a number of locos to deplete 4L's of IPA!!

 

I understand it'll be the convenience of volume, packaging and pricing ...

 

Al.


Posted 17:39:48 Sat 7 Mar 2020

Posted at 17:58:59 Sat 7 Mar 2020

Hornby - R763 Ex-Caledonian 4-2-2.  + 2 Four wheel coaches 

Hornby - 'Cock O' The North' P2 Class.

Hornby - R2779 Falcon - LNR

Hornby -  B12 CLASS 4-6-0. (Blue).


Posted 17:58:59 Sat 7 Mar 2020

Posted at 18:01:09 Sat 7 Mar 2020

Quite a list, and mixture of locos and stock there!!

 

Interesting.

 

Al.


Posted 18:01:09 Sat 7 Mar 2020

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