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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oldpottsline.

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Posted at 22:02:34 Sat 5 Oct 2013

At last I got r358s in excellant condition

Posted 22:02:34 Sat 5 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:32:01 Sun 6 Oct 2013

Latest personal aquistions are a tired 1974 Margate made Hornby Britannia, bought as a rainy day restoration project along with 6 Maroon MK1's and an LMS brake Van, and two of those cheapo part work magazine Mk1's.

The Britannia was on a model shops

"graveyard" shelf in Sheringham, and I took pity on it. It's slowly coming back to life, I airbrushed a spare set of smoke deflectors gloss black yesterday as one of the oiginal gloss black ones had been bodge repaired at sometime and looked terrible. New

nameplates and a full paintwork overhaul await, along with a full chassis and motor rebuild. It had one side of broken valve gear and the cylinders were tired, the motor is in good fettle but will be fully overhauled, still have to hunt out from the stock

of parts I keep a tneder ladder. Going to be a nice loco.

Posted 06:32:01 Sun 6 Oct 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 07:07:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

I rather like these 'sad' restoration jobs myself. The advantage with Triang / Hornby is many of the interior parts were interchangeable or could be modified. Local toy fairs still have those wonderful stalls that have crates containing packets of 'bits'

for very little, always worth a rummage. I am gathering up the Triang SR EMU which seems to be coming down in price since the 2Bil appeared. The Triang motor bogie is a wonderfully solid bit of design.

The son of Triangman said:

Latest

personal aquistions are a tired 1974 Margate made Hornby Britannia, bought as a rainy day restoration project along with 6 Maroon MK1's and an LMS brake Van, and two of those cheapo part work magazine Mk1's.

The Britannia was on a model shops "graveyard"

shelf in Sheringham, and I took pity on it. It's slowly coming back to life, I airbrushed a spare set of smoke deflectors gloss black yesterday as one of the oiginal gloss black ones had been bodge repaired at sometime and looked terrible. New nameplates and

a full paintwork overhaul await, along with a full chassis and motor rebuild. It had one side of broken valve gear and the cylinders were tired, the motor is in good fettle but will be fully overhauled, still have to hunt out from the stock of parts I keep

a tneder ladder. Going to be a nice loco.

Posted 07:07:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:19:35 Sun 6 Oct 2013

Totally agree LC&DR. It's so rewarding to see a former wreck come back to life, the loco looked so sad sitting in a pile of locos and dross on the chaps shelf and I was there on holiday with some spare cash so I bought it, it just had to be saved, it will

be a beauty when it's done. I found a box last week at Holt toy and train fair, we had a small stall there selling new and s/h loco bodies and new Hornby and D.pol and whilst we were setting up I went rummaging on another traders stall and found a good box

with sleeve. Just need a box plastic liner tray now.

Posted 10:19:35 Sun 6 Oct 2013

VESPA

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Posted at 10:29:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

Well i treated myself to a Baby Deltic and a class 16, just because I liked them and to get my interest back. (they are still in their boxes)

VESPA

Posted 10:29:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:31:08 Sun 6 Oct 2013

Yes there are still some boxes to be had. However I did invest in a load of Triang Society repro boxes for rolling stock, well worth helping to keep my stuff from getting dirty again once I have taken the trouble to clean them up! The little cardboard

tubes to protect the couplings were harder to find, but the centres from rolls of cling film and cooking foil etc. cut into slices do service.

By the way there is another 'Triangman' doing the shows round the North East, well I am presuming he isn't

you. Were you aware? He gets a nice selection of collectables.

Posted 10:31:08 Sun 6 Oct 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:32:43 Sun 6 Oct 2013

I'm very tempted by the Class 16 myself, a chunky little loco.

Vespa said:

Well i treated myself to a Baby Deltic and a class 16, just because I liked them and to get my interest back. (they are still in their boxes)

Posted 10:32:43 Sun 6 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:32:55 Sun 6 Oct 2013

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCN0271_zps635cdaf0.jpg.html?filters[user]=43692067&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0
http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCN0272_zpsd60142bc.jpg.html?filters[user]=43692067&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2

Here's

the loco, just got to top coat the other deflector and fit it's nameplate and then detail up the deflector handrails. The loco body is coming along nicely with just touching in and minor varnish issues to sort.

The loco chassis is a different proposition

and needs two new driving wheels which of course I have in my stocks.

Posted 10:32:55 Sun 6 Oct 2013

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:34:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

The link didn't work for me I am afraid.

The son of Triangman said:

http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCN0271_zps635cdaf0.jpg.html?filters[user]=43692067&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=0
http://s157.photobucket.com/user/thetriangman/media/DSCN0272_zpsd60142bc.jpg.html?filters[user]=43692067&filters[recent]=1&sort=1&o=2

Here's

the loco, just got to top coat the other deflector and fit it's nameplate and then detail up the deflector handrails. The loco body is coming along nicely with just touching in and minor varnish issues to sort.

The loco chassis is a different proposition

and needs two new driving wheels which of course I have in my stocks.

Posted 10:34:46 Sun 6 Oct 2013

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 10:50:48 Sun 6 Oct 2013

Hope these links work LC&DR

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0270_zps1e651661.jpg
Loco showing broken deflector sitting next to loco and replacement sprayed and fitted.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0272_zpsd60142bc.jpg

Posted 10:50:48 Sun 6 Oct 2013

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