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 13:53:39 Tue 10 Mar 2020
It will arrive, waiting excitedly for it won't speed it up, much like waiting for a kettle to boil. Now take a deep breath and relax. 
Must be a nightmare at your house approaching Christmas. How many sleeps till Father Xmas comes? 
Posted 13:53:39 Tue 10 Mar 2020
Posted at 17:10:01 Tue 10 Mar 2020
Arrived this morning on my 'platform', was a Hornby R2213B, 2-6-2 . 61XX Class.
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What a little belter it is, in A1 condition, boxed. Well worth the money and the waiting.
Posted 17:10:01 Tue 10 Mar 2020
Posted at 00:00:29 Wed 11 Mar 2020
I've just preordered the Sir Nigel Gresley Centenary Year set with the Hornby Dublo packaging and the Rails Of Sheffield logo. 
Been thinking about it for a while and finally decided to bite the bullet, I'm quite taken with the retro look of the box as much as anything. I can't imagine any of the 1000 sets available being allocated to New Zealand retailers so gone with an English outfit. Not the Hornby Online Store, 34+ quid for postage prices them out of the running, sorry.
Out of interest, can anyone here shed some light on how Rails are able to use the Hornby Dublo logo/trademark? Did the copyright expire, is it subtly different, I'm curious to know how it came about.
HK.
Posted 00:00:29 Wed 11 Mar 2020
Posted at 07:16:01 Wed 11 Mar 2020
I received a few days ago a Golden Eagle A4 Locomotive & Tender, been to a local Hornby shop and part exchanged it for a dud one. Not sure of the official name for the colour scheme, but it is a light green with white stripes. Tender driven. Works like a charm.
14xx Tank
Posted 07:16:01 Wed 11 Mar 2020
