Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

The son of Triangman

6743 posts

View User

discussion starter

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

andys steam dayz

188 posts

View User

Posted at 22:40:01 Mon 14 Apr 2014

Hi
Just ordered a hornby class 91 Battle Of Britain memorial flight ltd edition from model rail great model
Regards

Posted 22:40:01 Mon 14 Apr 2014

cooped

756 posts

View User

Posted at 00:45:50 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Over 500 entries on a thread about what we just bought in a little over a year. We are just a tiny slice of the whole so the hobby can't be struggling that much!

Posted 00:45:50 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Graskie

6566 posts

View User

Posted at 16:25:05 Tue 15 Apr 2014

I seem to struggle a bit nowadays.

Posted 16:25:05 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Bulleidboy

4696 posts

View User

Posted at 16:31:20 Tue 15 Apr 2014

cooped said:

Over 500 entries on a thread about what we just bought in a little over a year. We are just a tiny slice of the whole so the hobby can't be struggling that much!

May be we're the only slice! Hope not.

If you dream it, you can do it.

Posted 16:31:20 Tue 15 Apr 2014

walkingthedog

18788 posts

View User

Posted at 16:35:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014

An A35 GPO van and a Morris J Royal Mail van.

Posted 16:35:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014

idlemarvel

421 posts

View User

Posted at 18:00:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Hornby Railroad class 31 BR blue. Excellent value at just over £50 new, DCC ready.

Dave Miller using RM 1.74.2 ProPack on Windows 10 with eLink 1.07

Posted 18:00:26 Tue 15 Apr 2014

LC&DR

9635 posts

View User

Posted at 19:22:56 Tue 15 Apr 2014

Just completed a SE&CR class 'H' 0-4-4T, using a hacked about D*pol 0-4-2 chassis plus a extra pony truck using spare pony wheels so it looks like an 0-4-4 when really it is an 0-4-2-2! It just goes round second radius curves.

It is carrying a

Hornby Dublo R1 body lengthened and heavily modified, with white-metal chimney, safety valves and Westinghouse air pump, as it is meant to be a push pull fitted example. I have nearly finished a second one, and have enough components for a third. It has been

fully lined out and the varnish is drying as I type this.

This one is in late crest livery so it looks right hauling or propelling the Hornby Maunsell Push Pull set, but the others will be early emblem intending to work the ex LBSCR p&p set I made

from Triang / Hornby short clerestory carriage bodies, and maybe the B'man Birdcage set when it appears next year.

Now to build the DJH D1 I bought at York toyfair.

Posted 19:22:56 Tue 15 Apr 2014

LC&DR

9635 posts

View User

Posted at 18:15:06 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Second SE&CR 'H' 0-4-4T entered the paint shop this morning.

Posted 18:15:06 Wed 16 Apr 2014

walkingthedog

18788 posts

View User

Posted at 18:24:38 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Class 28 diesel.

Posted 18:24:38 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Mike70

211 posts

View User

Posted at 19:00:33 Wed 16 Apr 2014

LNER B1 (R2998X). New one off flea bay.
Had my eye on it for a while.

It was £10 cheaper than a second hand one in "Excellent Boxed Condition" from a well known box shifter.

Posted 19:00:33 Wed 16 Apr 2014

Model Railway - What's your latest acquisition?

Bassett-Lowke Members Login

Customer Support

Hornby

Hornby Hobbies