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

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atom3624

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Posted at 19:34:12 Wed 11 Mar 2020

Just received another 'win'.

Hard back - in case there were soft backed - versions of O.S. Nock's encycopaedia volumes 1, 2 and 3 - British Locomotives of the 20th Century.

Volume 1 - 1900 - 1930 - very interesting period obviously.

Volume 2 - 1930 - 1960 - extremely interesting - 'halcylon years', through the war, then into nationalisation and 'dieselisation'.

Volume 3 - 1960 - 'Present' - obviously a lot has happened since printed so hardly current - printed in 1985.

Typical super-detailed O.S. Nock!

Great reference material.

Al.

Posted 19:34:12 Wed 11 Mar 2020

Bulver

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Posted at 20:30:04 Wed 11 Mar 2020

Rapido Trains Guy Arab IV ,New Look' bus, with lights, lovely model. Bought the model as a visitor to my LT layout (when it gets built!!) Shame they don't produce a London Transport RT or RM, but you never know....

Rod

Posted 20:30:04 Wed 11 Mar 2020

GWR 14xx Tank

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Posted at 20:40:35 Wed 11 Mar 2020

@LC&DR

Thanks for the reply. A really interesting fact that it was painted in apple green only by Hornby and in real life only nine were. Amazing!

Posted 20:40:35 Wed 11 Mar 2020

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:11:06 Thu 12 Mar 2020

I have posted a summary of LNER A4 liveries I compiled some time ago for my own amusement in a seperate thread.

WtD I shall miss your contributions here, but look forward to your O gauge deliberations on the other Forum.

My own fine scale O gauge activity is generally confined to the club test track although I have ambitions for a small portable shunting layout. My main O gauge activity is the garden railway where on fine days I can run coarse scale three rail Hornby tinplate, and modern ACE and on less fine days some clockwork Hornby tinplate . I await the replica 1920 Hornby No 1 in LNWR livery with anticipation!

Posted 07:11:06 Thu 12 Mar 2020

walkingthedog

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Posted at 07:51:14 Thu 12 Mar 2020

Thank you LC. Might visit here occasionally.

Posted 07:51:14 Thu 12 Mar 2020

RogerB

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Posted at 08:43:12 Thu 12 Mar 2020

Pop in when you can WTD - it would be good to see your new layout. R-

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

Posted 08:43:12 Thu 12 Mar 2020

walkingthedog

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Posted at 09:23:54 Thu 12 Mar 2020

I will and I'll see you on the other side.

Posted 09:23:54 Thu 12 Mar 2020

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 09:35:33 Thu 12 Mar 2020

A book! From the Geoff Plumb Collection - British Railways in the 1960's - Southern Region - £25.00 reduced to £9.00 at my local garden centre! All pictures are in colour - a very nice book.

Big decision - not as drastic as WTD's, but I have cancelled all of my pre-orders - there were six. I have been collecting loco's since about 2000, and at a guess I would say I have about one hundred and forty - give or take. I currently have ten on my layout Wykeham - with a couple of tank loco's (Beattie Well Tank and an Class 02) that need to come back onto the layout. My list of loco's runs to five sheets of A4 single line spacing. Most will never see the light of day - except when they arrive, I check there ok. I can still buy a loco if I really like it, but as I get a little older I felt "do I need cupboards full of mint, boxed loco's"? Wykeham will continue to evolve, but my stock list "may" not. This decision has nothing to do with cost.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 09:35:33 Thu 12 Mar 2020

96RAF

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Posted at 10:28:22 Thu 12 Mar 2020

I will miss your photographs and dry humour Brian.

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

Posted 10:28:22 Thu 12 Mar 2020

steventrains

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Posted at 12:05:33 Thu 12 Mar 2020

Purchurse from Local Model shop.

R4526 GWR royal mail TPO Railroad.

And hard to find R6795 lowmac with load Railroad.

Posted 12:05:33 Thu 12 Mar 2020

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