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

96RAF

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Posted at 09:36:52 Sun 2 Nov 2014

[quote]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![/quote] Yes - read it and knew quite a few of the 'names'. All that effort to say nothing of the risks for 1 iron bomb to make a small hole in the runway.

http://www.halton96th.org.uk/robs_rails.html

Posted 09:36:52 Sun 2 Nov 2014

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 11:23:40 Sun 2 Nov 2014

Latest purchase a pile of Hornby and Tri-ang empty boxes, big lot of 20 N gauge points for £20 off ebay inc postage, some minic motorways bits, a few tender bodies and some N gauge buffer stops and platform bits.

Posted 11:23:40 Sun 2 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 16:01:15 Thu 6 Nov 2014

At last my Duke of Gloucester TTS Sound loco has arrived. It looks good ;o) I bet no one can guess what I will be doing after my tea. PJ

Posted 16:01:15 Thu 6 Nov 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 19:45:50 Thu 6 Nov 2014

[quote]At last my Duke of Gloucester TTS Sound loco has arrived. It looks good ;o) I bet no one can guess what I will be doing after my tea. PJ[/quote] Curling up with a good book??

Posted 19:45:50 Thu 6 Nov 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 20:02:28 Thu 6 Nov 2014

Having a nap?

Posted 20:02:28 Thu 6 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 20:05:36 Thu 6 Nov 2014

[quote] [quote]At last my Duke of Gloucester TTS Sound loco has arrived. It looks good ;o) I bet no one can guess what I will be doing after my tea. PJ[/quote] Curling up with a good book??[/quote] You mean the manual ;o)

Posted 20:05:36 Thu 6 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 20:06:58 Thu 6 Nov 2014

[quote]Having a nap?[/quote] Come on Graskie, what do you call that? Sound advice? TTS of course ;o)

Posted 20:06:58 Thu 6 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 20:09:10 Thu 6 Nov 2014

I have put some comments in the DCC Forum for 'Duke of Gloucester TTS' You way want to have a read (while I have a nap)

Posted 20:09:10 Thu 6 Nov 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 20:09:58 Thu 6 Nov 2014

But there again, you might not.

Posted 20:09:58 Thu 6 Nov 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 20:41:41 Thu 6 Nov 2014

Talk about naps, I set a new record today by getting up at 5.30pm! It was actually dark outside and I was really puzzled when I woke up in the end. I had been to a pretty strenuous and very enjoyable wedding yesterday. At least you all had a break from me then, but I'm very lively now.

Posted 20:41:41 Thu 6 Nov 2014

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