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 12:17:33 Thu 18 Dec 2014

I have an R066 that I bought secondhand some years ago with an almost new box.

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Posted 12:17:33 Thu 18 Dec 2014

ucwepn

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Posted at 12:20:01 Mon 22 Dec 2014

Hi all started collecting early Triang locos a couple of weeks ago and have already found several nice units and I am learning how to service and fix them up some.

First one I got was this lovely early R50 that runs very nicely

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second one is this early R52 that also runs very nicely

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The rest below I am yet to receive but the excitement is building very happy with all of them and yes there is a black BR theme going on, x2 R153, R251 + R33 & R359 Primary industries (can make ot the cycling lion)

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Last Edited 12:22:20 Mon 22 Dec 2014
Posted 12:20:01 Mon 22 Dec 2014

choralc

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Posted at 08:33:51 Mon 29 Dec 2014

Arrived today in a huge Royal Mail sorting bag!

Akins, Beard & Tourret: GWR Goods Wagons - A Historical Survey, 3rd ed., 1998.

FNQ, Australia

Posted 08:33:51 Mon 29 Dec 2014

choralc

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Posted at 05:07:47 Tue 6 Jan 2015

R3285TTS LNER 4-6-2 A4 'Gadwall 4469' with TTS Sound.

I'm lucky to have gotten one that is free of issues that other TTS owners have reported on receipt of their's. I know it's not a Loksound and does not have the synchronicity of that chip but I'm a happy camper.

What has also impressed me is the perfect slow running at the very first test found out by accident as I had not returned the controller to zero and saw the model crawling off down the track as I played with the sounds.

Very happy. Bought for my lady as she liked the Royal Scot Train Pack after our visit to the UK in 2012. It will get her more involved in building 'the big(ger)' layout.

FNQ, Australia

Posted 05:07:47 Tue 6 Jan 2015

walkingthedog

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Posted at 07:28:59 Tue 6 Jan 2015

50 narrow coupling to fit to some of my wagons. More coming later then everything will have similar couplings.

Posted 07:28:59 Tue 6 Jan 2015

LC&DR

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Posted at 10:50:50 Tue 6 Jan 2015

Today I purchased an R3143 Class 423 4Vep in blue & grey. Hornby have excelled themselves, having sorted out the nonsense of the solid corridor wall in the First class, you can now see all the way through! Looks good, runs well. Blue and Grey is too late for my main interest BUT as I already have a blue and grey Bachmann 4Cep, a blue Lima 33 and a blue Hornby 73 I have a nucleus of a post steam era alternative fleet.

Posted 10:50:50 Tue 6 Jan 2015