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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Paulali

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Posted at 11:07:27 Mon 8 Jun 2020

My 2 hornby troublesome trucks arrived today

Last Edited 20:28:40 Mon 8 Jun 2020
Posted 11:07:27 Mon 8 Jun 2020

atom3624

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Posted at 21:19:09 Mon 8 Jun 2020

Is 'Diesel' around to bash them about?

Posted 21:19:09 Mon 8 Jun 2020

Paulali

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Posted at 08:04:08 Wed 10 Jun 2020

no Atom,they are going behind Percy

Posted 08:04:08 Wed 10 Jun 2020

GWR 14xx Tank

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Posted at 10:33:29 Wed 10 Jun 2020

1. A Hornby "Queen Elizabeth ll 80" 0F Pug Saddle Tank locomotive

2. 2 Hornby stone wagons

3. A Bachmann flat wagon

4. A Hornby "Roberts Wakefield" self-emptying coal wagon

5. A generic brake van

6. A Hornby 900 Power Control

All of these run very well, and the controller is much better than my previous one, the R921.

Posted 10:33:29 Wed 10 Jun 2020

atom3624

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Posted at 11:39:32 Wed 10 Jun 2020

Just received a 'previous tooling / late' BR rail blue Bachmann Class 40.

Very latest has improved - directional lighting, 21-pin DCC socket, etc, but I'm not paying that price and the 40's seem to be very popular at the moment.

Al.

Posted 11:39:32 Wed 10 Jun 2020

atom3624

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Posted at 09:26:45 Thu 11 Jun 2020

Well, this locomotive is quite an interesting beastie!!

It has 2 8-wheeled bogies, which in real life each would have 6 wheels powered - the Bachmann only has 4 wheels on each for obvious cost / convenience - but it works very well indeed.

Not knowing when it was last done, I opened it all up, and did a general clean and lube service.

To permit better access for greasing the gears, I separated the cast metal chassis part from the plastic main chassis plate - standard Bachmann production and routine - trying to be careful that the driveshafts remained in their motor drive cups ... they didn't!! 15 minute job became a 30 minute one, with some cursing in-between, but fully resolved and lubricated - runs brilliantly, and no less than expected, having had 'a green one' before.

One thing I was curious about, was how simple the general design of the chassis is - it only has 2 wheels on each bogie actually collecting current - with wipers - 4 in total.

Being the size it is, this is no issue, being such a long beastie, it'll negotiate any poorly laid / designed dead-spotted pointwork with ease, and does.

Al.

Posted 09:26:45 Thu 11 Jun 2020