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

Brew Man

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Posted at 09:37:13 Sun 24 Jul 2022

@Brewman - "but the hobby is already costing a fortune".

It always didsmiley

Yes indeed. Out of interest,do they make a lot of noise when running?

Posted 09:37:13 Sun 24 Jul 2022

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 10:18:29 Sun 24 Jul 2022

@Brewman - "but the hobby is already costing a fortune".

It always didsmiley

Yes indeed. Out of interest,do they make a lot of noise when running?

Sorry, not unpacked it yet. I'll report back when I do - later today.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 10:18:29 Sun 24 Jul 2022

Bulleidboy

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Posted at 16:28:04 Wed 27 Jul 2022

Just switched on without airbrush attached - exceptionally quiet.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 16:28:04 Wed 27 Jul 2022

Brew Man

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Posted at 16:54:21 Wed 27 Jul 2022

That's good to know, thanks.

Posted 16:54:21 Wed 27 Jul 2022

ColinB

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Posted at 09:26:04 Fri 29 Jul 2022

My Accurascale 55 does actually go round my track ok, it does derail on one set of points but they have always been problematic and I can bypass them on the other parallel track. I wouldn't have said my track is that good, but it does have large seeping radii and Peco medium radius points. It does sound good, yes I bought the sound one as the package wasn't much more than a new Hornby class 87 without the sound.

Posted 09:26:04 Fri 29 Jul 2022

ColinB

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Posted at 09:31:20 Fri 29 Jul 2022

My latest acquisition is the old Triang Pedigree wagons. I bought the new Hornby one and then found the old Triang ones weren't that bad. Considering you can get them for about £6.00, off EBay they are really good value. I swapped the wheels to Dapol modern ones and I managed to buy 5 for the price of the new Hornby one, admittedly that didn't include postage. I did hear someone comment that the colour is wrong on the new Hornby one, I know it is different from the Triang ones.

Posted 09:31:20 Fri 29 Jul 2022

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Posted at 00:27:35 Sat 30 Jul 2022

Hi Colin, I had one of them 45 years ago!!

Just 'won' a good, used Bachmann Peppercorn A1 North British for a good price - to add to the 'blue B.R.' steam locomotives I seem to be collecting!

Canadian Pacific, Mallard, King, (Bachmann) Tornado, East Asiatic Company, and now North British. Quite a mix - there are many more but I'll probably stop there ....

Al.

Last Edited 03:10:14 Sat 30 Jul 2022
Posted 00:27:35 Sat 30 Jul 2022