LCDR Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 Well done old chap. And you were on topic too, unlike many of the posters recently (LC hangs head in shame!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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doglane Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 The son of Triangman said: 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 LC&DR said: Latest acquisitions - yet another R156 ............... I have an R156 but it is larger, both in height and length than my Bluebox Class 08. Could you confirm please that this model is 00 scale. It doesn't look right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooped Posted December 15, 2013 Share Posted December 15, 2013 I turned 40 today, officially a member of the old you know what's club now. There just happened to be a train show on locally so took the little boy along, had nice time and, in keeping with the theme of the thread treated make to a nice five coach New York Central 21st Century Limited set to go behind the Dreyfus Hudson I bought a few weeks ago. Happy birthday to me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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rustonhornsby Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hello one and all,on sunday just gone,i ordered the Southern Railway version of the 2 bil from the Hornby on line shop.Well it arrived today and what a top rate model it is.Well done to all at Hornby for designing and producing a work of art.Thankyou. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 RDS said: I have an R156 but it is larger, both in height and length than my Bluebox Class 08. Could you confirm please that this model is 00 scale. It doesn't look right! The old 08's are wrong. They use a general 0-6-0 chassis not a scale one for a start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishmanoz Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 But still supposed to be OO. Take a look at http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_year_details.asp?itemyearid=38 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Old Tri-ang stuff had a number of dimensional inaccuracies when compared to contemporary models from other manufacturers and with modern day models. The most significant was that the buffers were at least 2mm (= 6") too high. And to accommodate a standard mechanism the bodies were stretched in all directions. As toys this didn't matter too much, but as people began to demand closer to scale models this did become an issue. I noticed this first a long time ago when I built my first Kitmaster diesel shunter and then compared it to the Triang one. Recent Hornby models are much closer to scale, but even fairly modern models have had liberties taken. I have fitted a Kitmaster / Airfix Schools body with a Hornby tender drive Schools chassis, and I had to adapt the body significantly to get the it to fit. When checking against a scale drawing the Hornby version was not dimensionally correct. I guess this has been done so that the chassis fits both the Schools and the D49. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted December 17, 2013 Share Posted December 17, 2013 Hi LC&DR Old habits die hard!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Quite happy with this loco, it's a new arrival and has been rebuilt. It just needs paintwork attention. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0564_zpsc7f53935.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 The round mark at the front of the tank is the camera lens reflection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's not to scale and the body is now used as duck in the Thomas range, but it's a nice runner and looks like a 57xx. It also has syncrosmoke which is pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 Don't get me wrong, I love my old Triang stuff, as much as my old Hornby and Bassett Lowke tinplate trains, but I recognise them as toys and not scale models. Very good toys at that. The son of Triangman said: It's not to scale and the body is now used as duck in the Thomas range, but it's a nice runner and looks like a 57xx. It also has syncrosmoke which is pretty cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 I agree LC&DR, they are good and very robust which is handy. I like the superdetail stuff too but it's too fragile for my taste and build quality a few years back wasn't that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 It's horses for courses, I like the old stuff for it's robustness and ease of repair as you can still get all if not most spares for the old locos and they can pull well. The new superdetail ones are beautiful, but are very fragile and spares availablity especially spare bodies is a major issue. The superdetail stuff hasn't been as well made in the past as it could have been and they do tend to drop bits in the four foot as they run, but if you are into reasonably close to scale models they are the way to go. Each to their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 18, 2013 Share Posted December 18, 2013 I have just ordered a special track voltage tester. I recently bought a cheap digital multimeter but can't understand the instructions, so haven't used it. I asked about model railway testing and all the salesman said, "Well, every household should have one anyway!" Let's see! I loved the old Tri-ang stuff and still have strong fond affections for it. At the time, even though I perhaps should have thought it bore no resemblance at times to the real thing, eg red, yellow, green wagons for a start, my years with it were great and very memorable. Station building yellow window frames? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lorry DSB Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Just got-but not received-the Hornby goods master set Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 Just bought a very good condition 1976 issue Hornby R.152 BR Green 08 with the then new Hornby body and chassis which replaced the former Triang one(Hornby make the Tri-ang body still as Devious Diesel in the Thomas range and the 1976- issue body in the Railroad range). I put the loco through the works yesterday, runs a treat! http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0569_zps94ccac48.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0568_zpsbc04ad37.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0566_zpse8fab8a1.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN0565_zps5c89b3fa.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 I doubt if it has seen the track more than three times since new. The lack of wear is amazing. Bargain for £3.50 in a junk shop, only needed a new capacitor and a good clean after resting in a box of stuff in the shop for 25 years, peace of cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted December 19, 2013 Author Share Posted December 19, 2013 The instructions are interesting as they are marked Tri-ang-Hornby three years after Tri-ang had gone. Factory prototype perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twintop Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Being out of work I have cut out the loco purchases. I have too many anyway really - but here are so many good ones out there now - I do crave for more !!. Instead with birthday money I bought 4 metres of track, a point motor and 2 buffer stops to make 2 carriage sidings - I already have a point fitted off the main line and spare points. I have loads of time on my hands, but am not modelling as it seems best to look for work ! However, I should do an hour or day - the recent SoT posts on doing up locos has made me want to sort out 3 old triang locos - 2 of which I have had from 1967/68 and a Bac one that "wobbles" . My Lima Crab though I think is well past it - last time I tried it the loco wheels would not run freely and I have no idea why, so the tender drive just tries to push locked up wheels around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Looks like a splendid bargain, SoT. I suppose you'll now sell it for about a hundred quid........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 That is absolutely mint SOT. Bet they don't come like that very often. What a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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