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

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:54:35 Tue 9 Sep 2014

I really hope they make a 5-POT and a 6-LIP, what about you PP?

Posted 19:54:35 Tue 9 Sep 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 21:20:26 Tue 9 Sep 2014

Well, I'ne heard they are doing quite an unusual unit - the VIT. They are mostly 4 car sets which are known as 4VITs. There were some 2 car sets which were known as HalfVITs.

Well I thought it was amusing, even if no-one else does.

Oh, please yourselves!!

Posted 21:20:26 Tue 9 Sep 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:28:22 Tue 9 Sep 2014

I like that PP.

Posted 21:28:22 Tue 9 Sep 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 09:21:41 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Ignore them Tony - they will get tired of it eventually.

Posted 09:21:41 Wed 10 Sep 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 09:31:02 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Only when you tire of asking for an air smoothed MN.

Posted 09:31:02 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 17:35:29 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Don't count on it!!!

Posted 17:35:29 Wed 10 Sep 2014

tony_forward

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Posted at 18:37:45 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Tired of what? :)

Posted 18:37:45 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 19:09:20 Wed 10 Sep 2014

I'm not certain. Whenever Air-smoothed Merchant Navys are mentioned LC&DR goes a bit err......odd. When you've been here a while you notice it's just best to go along with him

He was hinting just now that WTD gets upset at the mention of Flying Scotsman. He's winding us up again, WTD doesn't get upset he gets very angry

Posted 19:09:20 Wed 10 Sep 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 19:24:59 Wed 10 Sep 2014

I've always been told that "air smoothed" is the poor man's version of "streamlined."

Posted 19:24:59 Wed 10 Sep 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:43:32 Wed 10 Sep 2014

'fraid not Graskie, two different things. Concorde was streamlined, VC10 was air smoothed.

Posted 19:43:32 Wed 10 Sep 2014

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