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!
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Last Edited 13:51:29 Sat 21 Aug 2021
Posted at 11:23:23 Mon 6 Feb 2023
I went into the shop for a Hornby Maglight and a signal box interior kit - and came out with this!
Posted 11:23:23 Mon 6 Feb 2023
Posted at 09:13:16 Wed 8 Feb 2023
I have now fitted the Hornby Maglight to the newly acquired 4-wheel Brake/Baggage coach - it was five minute job. However the light-bleed is bad. I don't know whether this Brake/Baggage coach is made in of a thinner plastic, but it certainly needs some interior paint (picture before and after fitting lights). Not a problem with the rest of the rake. I may fit a "shelf" across the carriage interior and glue/bluetac the battery holder to it - this will save it rattling about and tugging on the wiring. In the carriages there is a space in which to clip the battery holder - no so in the brake/baggage wagon.
Sometime later:
I have now started painting the interior to block the light, and it would appear that the rear panel of the carriage/wagon (with windows), is actually made of clear plastic! The sides are not as the two windows on each side have interior glazing panels - very strange.
Last Edited 17:25:47 Wed 8 Feb 2023
Posted 09:13:16 Wed 8 Feb 2023
Posted at 12:42:37 Wed 8 Feb 2023
Just received my R3703 W4 Peckett 0-4-0.
Love it!!
Even smaller than the B2, and still weighs - a relative - ton!
Al.
Posted 12:42:37 Wed 8 Feb 2023