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

Graskie

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Posted at 19:05:53 Sun 4 May 2014

Sorry, PJ. I'll try to imagine you in your pyjamas; that might help me get it right. Anyway, yes, I want to upset PP. Who wouldn't?

Posted 19:05:53 Sun 4 May 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:12:20 Sun 4 May 2014

Good job you don't have to imagine PP in his night shirt Graskie. Wouldn't do you any good at all.

Posted 19:12:20 Sun 4 May 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 19:30:14 Sun 4 May 2014

Thanks for even the slightest suggestion of that, WTD. I've just had my dinner!

Posted 19:30:14 Sun 4 May 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:37:44 Sun 4 May 2014

Sorry Graskie, I felt unwell as I typed it.

Posted 19:37:44 Sun 4 May 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 20:27:51 Sun 4 May 2014

lol

Posted 20:27:51 Sun 4 May 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 20:59:28 Sun 4 May 2014

Ho! Ho! Ho! How very amusing!!!

I notice that Graskie said he didn't like heights - is that why he's only 5ft 6in tall?? We lost him at Didcot , we could only find him by looking for the hat and hoping he was still under it !!!

Posted 20:59:28 Sun 4 May 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:59:48 Sun 4 May 2014

5' 8", PP, but I obviously look a bit short for my height.

Posted 22:59:48 Sun 4 May 2014

Blackbird

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Posted at 03:34:13 Mon 5 May 2014

My latest acquisition; a Bach***n Midland Pullman set. Not the site to report such non-allegiance, (but the question was asked!)So for information I'd like to report.
An excellent model, but with problems. The power car power bogies, at both ends have

larger btb clearances, (compared to all other btb's in the set) this leads to derailment on facing points. The wheels riding the frog. This was cured by reducing the btb to 14.4mm. Originally 14.7mm. A small difference, but works. The DCC light control is

different, the cab lights are on F2 whereas all of my other locos have cab lights on F8. The set has provision for sound, speaker boxes provided, but B*mann advise me they do not, as yet have decoders the available. Although any 21 pin DCC sound decoder, suitably

programmed, could be fitted. £200+, sounds expensive, but if dedicated, with large pockets achievable.
Finally, although adding to this thread, I have not had the time to read much of it. (58 pages). About time it was closed, and new, specific threads

opened!

Posted 03:34:13 Mon 5 May 2014

Twintop

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Posted at 09:28:50 Mon 5 May 2014

Only just back in work March 10th after 3 months out, so a self imposed ban on spending on the railway. However, I did allow myself a VX Cresta Estate and Jag XK 120 DHC from the varsity town named supplier,

Really - with 50 engines and 6 DMUs

and maybe 61 coaches/parcels I dont really need to buy anymore items - but they seem to bring out new models I want every month !! .

Posted 09:28:50 Mon 5 May 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 14:07:16 Mon 5 May 2014

Blackbird, I have a special one-off Midland Pullman train from the same manufacturer, but experimentally fitted with sound at both ends by someone else. I have had no real problems with it at all, it glides along and doesn't seem to have any trouble clearing

my P*co code 100 trackwork, including a large junction. I have never checked any back to back measurements on it because it runs so well. Bit of a pain coupling the lot together and managing to get all wheels on the track properly, though, eh?

Posted 14:07:16 Mon 5 May 2014

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