Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Went to Spalding train fair, picked two Caledonian singles cheap, a Blue Pullman in the later BR blue/grey, a Princess pacific, a couple of coaches and a load of wagons and bits. Got a complete rake of unboxed Tri-ang-Hornby R.214 BR Hopper wagons for £21, they have the later code 100 wheelsets and run fine on modern peco track. The boxed wagons were £3 - £3.50. The coaches were a BR MK2 Composite unused from new (made 1975-1976) in a perfect box for £5, and a BR Buffet car(made 1975-1976) also unrun from new in a perfect box for £5. The BP was £40 which was a fair price for a good one. The mint boxed singles were less than £50 each. Was a decent day.

I'll add pre-order to purchase in this one special case.

It's not Hornby, but any railway enthusiast MUST be interested.

I see Rails have a 2nd run of the LNER Dynamometer Car ... with several livery / numbering options as well.

I've put my name down as I missed the 1st run and do have an excellent rake of Hornby teaks, and a very healthy LNER Mallard to boot.

Al.

Just taken delivery of 2 R6969 LNER extra long CCT vans.

I'm happy with the detail, slightly concerned about the shade of bauxite, looks a little brown to me but maybe it's right for later stock, nice looking model though and will look good behind my O1 or as a parcels van in a passenger rake.

But surely axles running in tubes is a step back from pin point axles? I've been going to so much trouble re-wheeling my older stock and reaming the axle housings to make sure they all run with as little friction as possible, not to mention the attention I've taken over a couple of kit built wagons and new bogies for an old kit built coach that was running badly. I'm quite disappointed with how much friction these have, I bet if I put them at the back end of a train they drag enough to derail the middle on a bend. Why? It just doesn't make sense to me?

To Jim R855. The livery is not bauxite but LNER Teak, which is much lighter than bauxite.

Bauxite is the livery used on BR for fitted vehicles and is much darker.

New set of driving wheels for Hornby A4. She was Mallard but I had another one so re-bodied with Falcon body off eBay. Noticed the other day that the Speedo was hanging down. Reason thread gone on wheel threaded hole for con rod screw. New screw sheared in wheel do new driver set bought.

@mike

My Mallard has decided to strip the splines on its main driver axle gear and I am having problems getting enough slack in the wiring to move the chassis bottom away to get the drivers out. It has been put back in its box and labelled as too difficult for my old fingers.

96RAF.

Ah yes the effects of old age. Currently awaiting eye specialist appt as even with a magnifying glass coupled with achy hands repairs are difficult.

Bring back those September balmy days when we joined up.

To Jim R855. The livery is not bauxite but LNER Teak, which is much lighter than bauxite.

Bauxite is the livery used on BR for fitted vehicles and is much darker.

Thanks!

Trying to get my head around proper colours for stock is a bit of a challenge!

Have I wrongly assumed that a CCT would be freight stock and they were teak (or brown by some some sources) because they were considered coaching stock intended to run with teak coaches?

So have I read correctly that LNER fitted freight stock was red oxide in the early days and later bauxite, but virtually indistinguishable from each other, or is that total nonsense and it should all be teak or brown?

I can now see that the teak/brown colour is correct for the CCT, and the bauxite on my brake van seems to sort of match photos when I can find one in LNER livery that isn't black and white, or unfitted grey. I mean I've probably painted it as fitted and stuck the number for an unfitted van on it but that's suits my medium level of detail approach. I'm sure if I was strict on stuff like that I'd find I don't have 2 models that can run in the same train without some kind of anachronism!

A new addition to Wykeham shed.

R3770 plus four coaches, one of which is a restaurant car.

I think I'll be adding a fifth coach.

There's debate [endless, as is always the case with hornby] as to the glossy finish but these locomotives are beautiful.