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!
http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCF0063_zps3ff63c6a.jpg.html
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 17:20:09 Tue 17 Aug 2021
Tito, our little dachshund passed away at the beginning of July aged 16. (Broke our hearts.) A few of days later I happened to find a bloke on "that auction site" who produces etched GWR name and number plates. I have a 1966 Tri-ang Hornby "Albert Hall" which had long lost its stick-on name plates and there was some rubbing to the numbers so I had some new ones made up for it as a tribute to the little chap and have just fitted them as shown below. I know the number, (3721), really belongs to a pannier tank engine, but that was the date he died, (3rd July (20)21). Incidentally the loco was the first electric steam train I had, it being given to me for my sixth birthday and it's still going strong.
Last Edited 21:05:42 Tue 17 Aug 2021
Posted 17:20:09 Tue 17 Aug 2021
Posted at 14:23:18 Wed 18 Aug 2021
I managed to get this clockwork set off ‘that’ auction site which has my favourite picture on it. the box is battered so I am going to frame the lid. The only contents were the wagons and two working clockwork mechanisms. Shame it’s Hornby and not Tri-ang Hornby. Also the wagons posed with a suitable loco.
Posted 14:23:18 Wed 18 Aug 2021
Posted at 18:17:27 Wed 18 Aug 2021
I may have gone a little rash but couldn’t help myself 6205 and 6203 turned up today to go along with 6212
Posted 18:17:27 Wed 18 Aug 2021
