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 18:18:46 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Went to Wycombe Model Railway Show today, thought I might buy a wagon and I did......but..... I bought the Duke Of Gloucester, split from a train pack.

Posted 18:18:46 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 18:22:29 Sat 1 Nov 2014

I don't seem to have aquistioned much at all just lately. Perhaps I have everything now. All this wealth and nowhere to spend it.......

Last Edited 18:23:30 Sat 1 Nov 2014
Posted 18:22:29 Sat 1 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 18:31:32 Sat 1 Nov 2014

[quote]I don't seem to have aquistioned much at all just lately. Perhaps I have everything now. All this wealth and nowhere to spend it.......[/quote] Health before wealth Graskie Enjoy what you have (for now) PJ

Posted 18:31:32 Sat 1 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 18:35:43 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Yesterday a bottle of A bottle of isopropyl alcohol... Aye oh and round my head will go. Window open and I only cleaned one loop, it it strong stuff. Today I got a PEEC-o Servicing cradle, this will be great for keeping the train free from marks and scratches whilst I clean its wheel. PJ

Last Edited 18:36:14 Sat 1 Nov 2014
Posted 18:35:43 Sat 1 Nov 2014

2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 19:50:46 Sat 1 Nov 2014

The tiny windows in the Vulcan, Valiant, and Victor was intentional, it was to hopefully reduce or prevent flash-blindness, when the nuke that had just been dropped 'cooked off'. Luckily it never happened. If I recall correctly, the only time a Vulcan was used in anger was to bomb our own territory, on a small island which was being held by another country who thought the island was theirs. No nukes, of course, just plain old iron bombs.

Posted 19:50:46 Sat 1 Nov 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 19:59:15 Sat 1 Nov 2014

At the time the longest range bomb run ever. Not any more alas.

Posted 19:59:15 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Postman Prat

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Posted at 20:03:36 Sat 1 Nov 2014

[quote]The tiny windows in the Vulcan, Valiant, and Victor was intentional, it was to hopefully reduce or prevent flash-blindness, when the nuke that had just been dropped 'cooked off'. Luckily it never happened. If I recall correctly, the only time a Vulcan was used in anger was to bomb our own territory, on a small island which was being held by another country who thought the island was theirs. No nukes, of course, just plain old iron bombs.[/quote] And most of them missed the target

Posted 20:03:36 Sat 1 Nov 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 20:13:05 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Still an amazing sortie though.

Posted 20:13:05 Sat 1 Nov 2014

2e0dtoeric

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Posted at 22:23:26 Sat 1 Nov 2014

Have you read Rowland White's book 'Vulcan 607' about how the crews had to jump through hoops and borrow bits to make the flights happen? If not, and you have the slightest interest, you should do. Now we're so totally derailed from the track with this thread, I'm surprised the Moderators haven't pounced!

Posted 22:23:26 Sat 1 Nov 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 07:21:03 Sun 2 Nov 2014

I have.

Posted 07:21:03 Sun 2 Nov 2014

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