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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SprinterDriver

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Posted at 22:52:07 Thu 24 Apr 2014

My latest model is a Triang clockwork ocean liner.The Pretoria Castle.Got it for an excellent price, almost mint condition still in its original box and it runs perfectly.Just wish i had a pond to sail this surprisingly large model in.

Posted 22:52:07 Thu 24 Apr 2014

cooped

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Posted at 01:21:54 Fri 25 Apr 2014

Graskie said:

Where did you poach that one from, cooped (not giving up).

My momelette me use it. Sorry WTD!

Posted 01:21:54 Fri 25 Apr 2014

Mike70

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Posted at 14:58:29 Fri 25 Apr 2014

walkingthedog said:

It'll be fine.

Just tested it... and it was.

Very well packed as well.
Box was in better condition than new items bought from local model shops.

Posted 14:58:29 Fri 25 Apr 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 15:02:34 Fri 25 Apr 2014

cooped said:

My momelette me use it. Sorry WTD!

Good one cooped. Let go, use the force, they're all in there waiting to come out.

Graskie came out long ago but that's another story.

Posted 15:02:34 Fri 25 Apr 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 17:13:22 Fri 25 Apr 2014

Yes, I came out from my coop.

Posted 17:13:22 Fri 25 Apr 2014

cooped

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Posted at 10:50:16 Sat 26 Apr 2014

Perhaps it's time to shellve this madness and lay the egg thing to rest. Sorry that's all I've got.

Anyhoo... back to latest acquisition, signed the contract on a new house yesterday. Seeing as we haven't sold the old one yet this may put a damper

on the train stuff buying for a while, two mortgages and all that!

Posted 10:50:16 Sat 26 Apr 2014

Fazy

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Posted at 19:31:46 Sat 26 Apr 2014

Maybe not quite Hornby but have just got some more railway negatives including royal welch fusilier and colwyn bay

If it’s not Crimson, it isn’t a proper engine

Posted 19:31:46 Sat 26 Apr 2014

idlemarvel

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Posted at 08:26:14 Sun 27 Apr 2014

A more modest acquisition was a couple of Hornby remote uncouplers (R8244) and surface mounted points (R8243). They replaced some static uncouplers which had the habit of uncoupling trains "in flight"! They took a bit of time to adjust the fit, and as

per the instructions I had to sandpaper down the plastic fins that stick up as they were catching on some locos, but otherwise they work just fine, well pleased. I use Railmaster to control them which raises the uncoupler then lowers it again automatically

after a defined number of seconds. They seem to work with all sizes of tension couplers including some old Lima plastic bars and metal hooks.

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

Posted 08:26:14 Sun 27 Apr 2014

flyingfox4475

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Posted at 09:44:27 Sun 27 Apr 2014

During the last few week I spent a lot of money on the railway. The Great Goodbye collection[ I only wanted Dominion of Canada and Bittern] [now I have extra loco's that I will sell] Also I have started to upgrade my Stations by buying some skaledale stations

and new Platforms. Skaledale East [super building] North Eastern Stations [2 buildings] [both different]. Then after going to Allay Pally at end of March and coming away have spent a good £300.00 on Great Snipe and Commonweath of Austrial plus the new Blue

box L&y Tank 2-4-2, and finally I bought Butler Henderson in GCR Green.

Posted 09:44:27 Sun 27 Apr 2014

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:20:49 Sun 27 Apr 2014

A load of IC555 timers, DIL sockets some resistors, capacitors, LED's, a voltage regulator rectifier diodes, and a box of mixed transistors this week, building some level crossing light flashing units. Hoping to pick up some cheap Hornby level crossings

and fit the dummy lights with LED's for a future ;layout I'm planning. Bought a lovely boxed early BR livery N2 the other day, 24 more new railroad 0-4-0's and railroad jinites, some brand new bargain blue box Mk1's and 402 1/2 cylinder blocks mostly unused

vintage.

Keeps me busy.

Posted 10:20:49 Sun 27 Apr 2014

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