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

VESPA

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Posted at 12:27:30 Fri 26 Sep 2014

Not yet in stock but I have now preordered from Hornby two Britannia's 70044 Earl Haig and 70043 Lord Kitchener. These seem to be imminent as they have gone to the preorder state on this website.

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Posted 12:27:30 Fri 26 Sep 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 12:40:16 Fri 26 Sep 2014

How many left to get after these two Vespa?

Posted 12:40:16 Fri 26 Sep 2014

VESPA

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Posted at 13:24:57 Fri 26 Sep 2014

Well, they will make 29 but three are Britannia in different guises. I nearly went back to the older model yesterday as Hattons had a secondhand Tennyson but decided not to. Someone has bought it already so I hope they enjoy it. I do have a set of nameplates for Earl Haig that I bought when there were a few more Brits on sale. Today on MREmag ( http://www.mremag.com/news/bulletin.asp ) there is a link to a film of the Foxfield Railway. This shows the smaller locos, often forgotten but when it finishes there are another selection of films that have a connection to 71000 and the Britannias. So another 45 mins taken up with Brits and the Duke.

VESPA

Last Edited 13:25:51 Fri 26 Sep 2014
Posted 13:24:57 Fri 26 Sep 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 13:41:10 Fri 26 Sep 2014

Thank you Vespa. They really are handsome locos.

Posted 13:41:10 Fri 26 Sep 2014

VESPA

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Posted at 15:22:17 Fri 26 Sep 2014

I suppose that they were special to me as they were the only whole class left when I started trainspotting. It was always a buzz at school if "there's a Brit on the shed!" I once went on a cold drizzly night just to see 70020 Mercury ex works. Since then I have seen loads of photos of it on our local shed ( now gone, almost)

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Posted 15:22:17 Fri 26 Sep 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 17:44:44 Fri 26 Sep 2014

2x 3 Aspect Train-Tech light signals

2x 4 Aspect Train-Tech light signals

1x dummy signal kit

Posted 17:44:44 Fri 26 Sep 2014

VESPA

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Posted at 13:23:47 Sat 27 Sep 2014

Regarding the full size loco not for sale, I have found another today, by accident, but it may be completely goosed. I am going to ring the yard on Monday where it is and arrange to go and have a look at it. Funnily enough it is only 15 miles away from me. I am not sure but it looks like a Hunslet saddle tank amongst a load of junk in the photo I saw.

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Posted 13:23:47 Sat 27 Sep 2014

olly

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Posted at 14:35:36 Sat 27 Sep 2014

the full size loco sounds interesting vespa what you going to do with it if you get it ?

Posted 14:35:36 Sat 27 Sep 2014

81F

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Posted at 16:22:29 Sat 27 Sep 2014

Two GWR Night Mail Coaches @ £20 each (the older type with just Night Mail on the side). (would have been £22 without the discount card

Modelling a combined 00 and 009 gauge Layout (GWR/GVT) mostly

Posted 16:22:29 Sat 27 Sep 2014

VESPA

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Posted at 10:14:02 Sun 28 Sep 2014

Olly, I would hopefully restore it and have it on permanent loan to a preserved railway who would appreciate it. The only thing I would want then is to be able to have it steamed and drive it when possible. There are many things that may plunge this idea into the depths and initial cost could be the first stumbling point.

VESPA

Posted 10:14:02 Sun 28 Sep 2014

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