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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81F

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Posted at 20:45:35 Sat 13 Dec 2014

1. Three Triang Trestrols in a "played with condition" Two grey (one with transfers and anther green with NATO on the site all have some damage but I've heard these models were too short so I intend to cut and shut these into one or two proper length models as soon as I can fing a drawing to see how long they need to be.

2. Triang (green) bogie well wagon, again for detailing once I can idenmtify the type it is based on.

3. The Hornby R6004 Maintenance crane (basically the old Trian version!) which I hope to detail.

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

Posted 20:45:35 Sat 13 Dec 2014

PJ_model_trains

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Posted at 21:01:05 Sat 13 Dec 2014

Evening Star, what a fantastic train ; o)

Posted 21:01:05 Sat 13 Dec 2014

Fishmanoz

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Posted at 21:05:15 Sat 13 Dec 2014

Well so far this week, a box for a Tri-ang "Nellie", a box for a Tri-ang-Hornby Evening Star, almost complete perfect Tri-ang short TPO set just needs mail bags, pony truck for Tri-ang-Hornby BR A3, boxed perfect Tri-ang-Hornby MK1 Full Brake in BR Maroon, 2x mint CKD Tri-ang-Hornby MK1 Composites, 1973 Hornby catalouge, Blue Pullman dummy car in BR Blue and Grey, Early Tri-ang Br Black 3MT body. Bit of a BR theme going on here.

That body takes me back SoT - was part of my first train set back in the 50s, if I'm not mistaken.

And thanks for all the fish …

Last Edited 21:06:12 Sat 13 Dec 2014
Posted 21:05:15 Sat 13 Dec 2014

walkingthedog

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Posted at 21:13:27 Sat 13 Dec 2014

Three bogie bolster wagons. Black Friday specials.

Posted 21:13:27 Sat 13 Dec 2014

The son of Triangman

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Posted at 06:00:43 Sun 14 Dec 2014

They were indeed decent bargains, the mail coach set cost me 99p as no one bid!

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Posted 06:00:43 Sun 14 Dec 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 22:20:20 Sun 14 Dec 2014

Sorry, PJ, but "Evening Star" was a loco, not a train.

Posted 22:20:20 Sun 14 Dec 2014

Buz

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Posted at 10:36:27 Mon 15 Dec 2014

Hi all

A BR and an LNER extra long CCT

So thats the train spending with the exeption of picking up flight of the mallard

when I get home concluded for 2014

regards John

Posted 10:36:27 Mon 15 Dec 2014

LC&DR

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Posted at 06:16:18 Tue 16 Dec 2014

Now I have a Mainline 'Patriot' and a 'Jubilee' I intend to do a bit of re-naming, so Modelmaster have just provided me with Jackson Evans plates for 45521 'Rhyl', and 45617 'Mauritius', two places I have a strong attachment to.

Posted 06:16:18 Tue 16 Dec 2014

Graskie

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Posted at 17:06:09 Tue 16 Dec 2014

Funnily enough, LC, one of my neighbours over the road is an Indian from Mauritious where he owns a family property. Bit of an expensive place to go there, isn't it, though? My chances of ever going there in my state of health are about as dead as a dodo!

I have been to Rhyl a few times as well. I even went round their steam loco shed 6K just over 50 years ago.

Last Edited 17:07:27 Tue 16 Dec 2014
Posted 17:06:09 Tue 16 Dec 2014

96RAF

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Posted at 17:14:28 Tue 16 Dec 2014

A couple of Oxford die casts - Post Office Morry Minor van and a 3-wheeler van.

and a Train Tech rail power tester (could have made one but couldn't be bothered so I bought one).

and a diesel crane wagon kit.

and some Humbrol paint for my Class 37 bodywork.

and some sticky stripes from a craft shop also for my Class 37. I can't paint straight so I cheat with these.

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

Posted 17:14:28 Tue 16 Dec 2014

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