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

Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021

Postman Prat

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Posted at 20:55:36 Fri 14 Mar 2014

Hi LC&DR

If you want a bit of a trial run at making an 0-4-4T before embarking on a 'H' just let me know. I've got a whitemetal 'G5' kit sat in the tuit box. I don't like whitemetal!!) and I'd gladly allow you to try this.

No thanks are

required, I enjoy being helpful !!

Posted 20:55:36 Fri 14 Mar 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:15:34 Fri 14 Mar 2014

You say 'no thanks' are required. So if LC says 'no thanks' does he get it or doesn't he?

Posted 21:15:34 Fri 14 Mar 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 21:51:25 Fri 14 Mar 2014

Whenever you try to be clever you always end up confusing yourself.

Being clever does not become you !!

Posted 21:51:25 Fri 14 Mar 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:00:30 Fri 14 Mar 2014

No. Leave that to me.

Posted 22:00:30 Fri 14 Mar 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 22:12:19 Fri 14 Mar 2014

The youngest on here will be old before you're clever !!!!

Stick to stupidity - you've a head start on that!!

Posted 22:12:19 Fri 14 Mar 2014

flyingfox4475

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Posted at 11:24:44 Sat 15 Mar 2014

I have just bought a gresley suburban 3rd class brake R4518a + 2 right hand turnout and some spare traction tyers for my superdetail A3 Brown Jack. Also on thursday I got a blue box Robinson J11 LNER black.

Posted 11:24:44 Sat 15 Mar 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 16:00:51 Sat 15 Mar 2014

Thank you PP for your kind offer it is much appreciated but I have two unmade 'H;s in MY round tuit box so I think I will start with the pukka article. However if you had offered say a William Kirtley 'R' I might have taken you up on it.

Postman

Prat said:

Hi LC&DR

If you want a bit of a trial run at making an 0-4-4T before embarking on a 'H' just let me know. I've got a whitemetal 'G5' kit sat in the tuit box. I don't like whitemetal!!) and I'd gladly allow you to try this.

No

thanks are required, I enjoy being helpful !!

Posted 16:00:51 Sat 15 Mar 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 16:38:58 Sat 15 Mar 2014

Hi LC&DR

Last time I make such a generous offer !!

Why do you want something from the Midland Railway???

ps I do know you meant one of the other Kirtleys. Looking at the date I don't think you mean the Brighton one either.

LC&DR

said:

Thank you PP for your kind offer it is much appreciated but I have two unmade 'H;s in MY round tuit box so I think I will start with the pukka article. However if you had offered say a William Kirtley 'R' I might have taken you up on it.

Postman

Prat said:

Hi LC&DR

If you want a bit of a trial run at making an 0-4-4T before embarking on a 'H' just let me know. I've got a whitemetal 'G5' kit sat in the tuit box. I don't like whitemetal!!) and I'd gladly allow you to try this.

No

thanks are required, I enjoy being helpful !!

Posted 16:38:58 Sat 15 Mar 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 16:44:24 Sat 15 Mar 2014

Postman Prat said:

The youngest on here will be old before you're clever !!!!

Stick to stupidity - you've a head start on that!!

I'd certainly be stupid to take any comments posted and delivered by you to heart, PP.

Posted 16:44:24 Sat 15 Mar 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 19:38:10 Sat 15 Mar 2014

It is amazing how families of engineers dominated the railway CME positions, with the same surnames cropping up in different places, sometimes it was indeed the same person, T.W. Worsdell seem to have turned out similar 0-6-0s for the Great Eastern and

North Eastern, William Stroudley produced some remarkably Highland looking locomotives for the LB&SCR , and trhe Stirlings produced a whole range of similar locomotives for the Hull & Barnsley, the Great Northern, and the South Eastern etc..

Not only

that but the second in command often took ideas from his previous place of employment to his new employer when promoted as chief. Stanier took a lot of Swindon ideas to Crewe, and Bulleid took his pet P2 to the Southern, only to get it rejected by the Civil

Engineer - shame!

Posted 19:38:10 Sat 15 Mar 2014

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