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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81F

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Posted at 21:07:50 Fri 11 Apr 2014

Just taken delivery of an Electrotren E5083 see http://www.hornbyinternational.com/en/2383-costa-coach-2nd-class-renfe-bb-2334.html.

This is a beautiful model in it's own right but bought it because it might just make a good basis for this...

http://www.trainsim.com/vbts/Attachments/up1/119834.jpg

only

trouble is it looks too good to cut!

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 21:07:50 Fri 11 Apr 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:02:22 Fri 11 Apr 2014

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Posted 22:02:22 Fri 11 Apr 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:07:56 Fri 11 Apr 2014

Even if I did accidentally hit the reply button, which I don't remember doing, why is an empty post posted?

Posted 22:07:56 Fri 11 Apr 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 21:08:32 Sat 12 Apr 2014

Graskie said:

Got to get up early tomorrow, WTD. Booked to go on "The Cumbrian Coast Express" with wife, sister and her bloke/my brother-in-law at a table for 4, standard class, of course. £85 each sounds very good. Up to Carnforth where

46115 "Scots Guardsman" takes us round the Cumbrian coast. Makes a change from "Cumbrian Mountain Express" which I have been on several times. I have not managed to see the said preserved steam loco in action, so really looking forward to it. Might have an

early supper tonight!

Hi Graskie, how did it go?

I checked details online, coming north to Carnforth, leaving Preston 10.31. We went up to Arnside where it would cross the end of Morecambe Bay. Got there 10.30 we left 13.30 nothing? I

think it sais should be in Carlisle 12.30 something hasn't worked out to plan it seems.

Lot of other guys at Arnside with their cameras also. I spoke with two of them, they said these trains can often be late, may even have gone over Shap?

I

hope it worked out for all of you.

PJ

Posted 21:08:32 Sat 12 Apr 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 17:08:43 Sun 13 Apr 2014

5x Morecambe Electricity Department 4 Plank Wagon
Product Code: R6581

Posted 17:08:43 Sun 13 Apr 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:34:03 Sun 13 Apr 2014

Yes, sorry you missed out, PJ. I wasn't quite sure exactly what was happening when I received the final timing for the trip. I thought, because they were talking about reaching Carlisle earlier than advertised, that they might be going the other way round

but, because of the uncertainty, I didn't post my suspicions on this forum at such a late hour on Friday night. We did have a fantastic run, thanks, but it did go straight up to Carlisle first and then the other way round, by which time the weather was beautifully

sunny and bright. We didn't reach Arnside until about 5pm. I was hoping you might have picked up a bit of local intelligence on it. So the guy I waved to wasn't you? Got some great pics. The loco performed magnificently, 27mph at the top of Shap and (please

don't quote me) a top speed of 85mph elsewhere (shush!).

Posted 22:34:03 Sun 13 Apr 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 11:34:50 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Hi

www.uksteam.info is worth visiting to get latest/timings etc for steam specials. Normally accurate to the day before, delays on 'the day' are not shown, however.

Hope this helps

Posted 11:34:50 Mon 14 Apr 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 13:18:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Postman Prat said:

Hi

www.uksteam.info is worth visiting to get latest/timings etc for steam specials. Normally accurate to the day before, delays on 'the day' are not shown, however.

Hope this helps

Very helpful.

Thank you

Posted 13:18:22 Mon 14 Apr 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 13:25:29 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Graskie said:

Yes, sorry you missed out, PJ. I wasn't quite sure exactly what was happening when I received the final timing for the trip. I thought, because they were talking about reaching Carlisle earlier than advertised, that they might

be going the other way round but, because of the uncertainty, I didn't post my suspicions on this forum at such a late hour on Friday night. We did have a fantastic run, thanks, but it did go straight up to Carlisle first and then the other way round, by which

time the weather was beautifully sunny and bright. We didn't reach Arnside until about 5pm. I was hoping you might have picked up a bit of local intelligence on it. So the guy I waved to wasn't you? Got some great pics. The loco performed magnificently, 27mph

at the top of Shap and (please don't quote me) a top speed of 85mph elsewhere (shush!).

Hi Graskie

I am so pleased you enjoyed it (you paid for it) ;-)

I am a little disappointed I missed it (I didn't pay for it)

It was

a cold miserable morning but as you say the day did brighten up as it went along. There was many in the same situation as us, waiting with cameras, the guy who said he thought it may have gone up Shap was right, he said it has happened before. I was concerned

you had paid all that money as a group and may not see the coastal run, I am chuffed it all worked out for you and the weather improved as the day went along.

I can tell now speaking with you that you didn't put your head out of the carriages in the

Carlisle to north west coast part of the journey.

Posted 13:25:29 Mon 14 Apr 2014

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Posted at 22:08:51 Mon 14 Apr 2014

R4306C BR Maunsell Passenger Brake Van C No.S774S BR Southern Green

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 22:08:51 Mon 14 Apr 2014

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