andys steam dayz Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Purchased the last steam run golden arrow train pack with rebuilt West Country loco Appledore plus 3 highly detailed golden arrow pullman coaches super set highly detailed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek 19B Posted January 1, 2019 Share Posted January 1, 2019 3 Devon belle Pullman cars in excellent condition,makes up a six car train looks great just fits in the station.1 Blue box N class looks good.and my less than £60 Merchant Navy has arrived via both daughter houses and it spending Christmas and new year in Konia post office.is it a good by, time will tell it has the following faultsfront fastening broke ,over tightened, fixed with supergluewonr move striped the engine down, let's say it won't need oiling for a long long time ,I could probably oil all my locos with the oil in the loco . So dryed it and cleaned all the thick sticky no very sticky grease out tested okay without the tender. The screws fixing the motor were tightened to hold the motor in place as it was lose. Not supprised with amount of oil around the motor and gear box..With the tender connected nothing the connections seem to be shorting . The tender wheels have alsobeen over oiled so this was striped and cleaned but it's not free running ,this needs looking onto.lastly the smoke deflectors are both off,well the left side is off and the right side is off a Britania loco it's definitely not a merchant navy deflector so new deflectors will be ordered from RT models .It will be a good engine once the tender and smoke deflectors are fixedSo still some work to do ,,N to run in Clan Line to finish off and the lounge to decorate . Happy new year! Derek 19b Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 A few bargains, the N2 was bought as an Xmas treat and arrived after Xmas, but the rest are train fair finds./media/tinymce_upload/6db27de1e3c07bc30c6ed102543bd0f6.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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81F Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Lima GWR railcar in green. Imaculate external condition but stuck when put on reverse then freed itself when direction changed and changed back so I will be checking for trapped wires Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Heljan "Falcon" has just arrived from Rails. Beautifully packed, as usual. The Heljan leaflet states that this loco will pull over 15 coaches on a level track. So it is following the tradition of the original which, in 1962, from a standing start, pulled 18 coaches up the Lickey Bank, a gradient of 1 in 37. tractive efort required was70,300lbs in less than ideal conditions. An etched metal name plate is included in the box but I am not sure what to do with it.Now running t/media/tinymce_upload/803fdffb1ac5a7847688caac31f1973c.JPGhe "Falcon" in carefully. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 The N2 is a beauty. I had forgotten how nice the LNER livery suits this model. A good inexpensive purchase, another £20 loco for the fleet. /media/tinymce_upload/2af8346dcacf8e15a7f905dce84a929c.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Other nice recent buys are the following:Freightliner container wagonClass 101 centre car./media/tinymce_upload/c2ece0601f44433e207daa4b8ec8832b.jpg /media/tinymce_upload/7e35bbd73cbdf59a16f8f1b92b2e8632.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mac-70 Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 My latest acquistion has been the Sommerset Belle digital train set. Bought because i was about to switch my tracks and trains over too DCC anyway, so this train set made sense at £130. I have too say i love the Jinty loco that came with it, very pleased with the purchase. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Also found an empty box for a 1974 issue dock shunter. The box isn't empty now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 x1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9297 Gordon's Composite Coach (2016) x2 Bachmann Trains Thomas & Friends 77009 Water Tanker's (2018) x1 Bachmann Trains Thomas & Friends 77019 Green Mail Car (2015) GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmb Posted January 8, 2019 Share Posted January 8, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/f4ab20c2a3905a23178305584078b21f.jpgI recently received my grandads old trains, been in his attic since the late 70s.. the list includesThe flying scotsman (hornby)Winston Churchill (hornby)A red jinty(hornbyA small diesel shutter (hornby)A class 25 diesel (hornby)A tender driven evening star (hornby)A devizes castle (wrenn)A stoke on trent (wrenn) Also 9 coaches, 3 southern, 3 team and 3 short red ones. And a bunch of shirt freight cars (hornby)I went online and added to it withAn Intercity 125 and 4 coaches (hornby)And a stephensons rocket with 5 coaches (triang)Now I just need to bolt something to run them on... :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmb Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I also just won an auction for a few more freight wagons in the same theme as in the pic above, also found a source for the 2018 Christmas wagon, so that's coming too.. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Heljan "Falcon" has just arrived from Rails. Beautifully packed, as usual. The Heljan leaflet states that this loco will pull over 15 coaches on a level track.Hi JP - I love my Kestrel - mine needed a little TLC - one side's cab steps weren't underneath the cab, and the bogie frame cover wasn't upside down, and all others were correct ... Spares are readily available from Howes I'm sure you know and the sprue with the steps arrived and all is well.I took the opportunity to remove all bogie frame sides and sprayed them satin black - seems 'more realistic' - stock just looked too 'plasticky'. One member mentioned Class 25 due to come out. If it's half as good as the revised 33 it'll be brilliant!! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted January 9, 2019 Author Share Posted January 9, 2019 Have they been serviced Darrenmb? If they have been sat a long time the chances are they will need a good clean of the motors, electrical systems, bodies etc and lubrication before they can be run otherwise damage could result and/or the models could run poorly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo1707820979 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Have just received 5 x 3mm LED flickering orange lights comlpete with 470R resistors from Express Models. Thankyou, Gents, for your help in finding this supplier. They give a good impression of firelight in buildings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howbi Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 3 no. X9084 8-pin sockets with blank......only recently aware Hornby made these.......only £2.99 each, they have good sized solder pads for ease of installation.......HB/media/tinymce_upload/f65564603c021fa7dd7f6dac80e57a6a.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmb Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Have they been serviced Darrenmb? If they have been sat a long time the chances are they will need a good clean of the motors, electrical systems, bodies etc and lubrication before they can be run otherwise damage could result and/or the models could run poorly.Yes I went through each one, cleaned and lubed, I had one non runner, (the blue class 25 diesel) found the magnet around the ringfield motor was broken in 3 places, so I did the cd motor conversion.. also the stephensons rocket I bought was also a non runner, it had a broken wire at the resistor on the chimney.I like to tinker with stuff, so I have a good grip on what to do with stuff like this.. On a side note, I would like to start collecting the Christmas wagons ( moving forward as past year ones are priced ridiculously on evilbay) does anyone know about what time of year they get released?Thanks in advance.Darren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Darrenmb, welcome to the Hornby Forum. 😀 The Chrismas Wagons have been released ever since 2005 and you will you cost you a lot of money to buy all of them, these days. This year's is due for release in August. This an estimate. It could before, it could be after. GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmb Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 Some pics of what's not shown in my upper post.../media/tinymce_upload/fa4ecda95e64b49d07e57708fe12a4de.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/4842cecb5aca9f63625af7e148370963.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/9748be6415a901111efa2898e400faf4.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/bbd45ee3caf78aaa8e7c2daeed6a65d7.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted January 10, 2019 Share Posted January 10, 2019 x1 Hornby R8157 Hornby Edition Sixty Five - 2019: OO Gauge Model Railways & Accessories Catalogue GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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