Rana Temporia Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 MR, please can you post a picture of the rear pony truck? I have one of these locos with one missing and a tender for it. The standard princess type rear pony doesn’t connect to the flying Scotsman tender and I want to ‘bodge’ something that’s near enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 x1 Bachmann Trains 2004 Cataloguex1 Bachmann Trains 2005 Catalogue GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troublesome Truck Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Managed to get my hands on a supposedly rare Bachmann InterCity restaurant coach. I now have enough coaches for a full rake which is nice. I also managed to pick up 3 HEA hoppers in EWS livery. Just need to get something decent to pull them now. I would quite like another shunter or other diesel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrenmb Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 As always, it's new to me stuff, Ebay in the states pays off once in a whileGot myself a class 37 to.go along with my 25 and 55/media/tinymce_upload/12081df7c7451e316a4b1e12c13c1919.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/3e5b5c1dc2089c7bdf4739a70abf55da.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/d8e9134c9b5fff9f2eb280dbb775a4b5.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGWR Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi Andy, I think I used Patriot / Royal Scot draincocks - some Dremel micro holes carefully drilled, trial a few times, then glue into place. Crew - I think that applied to UK built locos - I've not had any in the accessory packs of 'newer' Chinese-built locos. Vacuum pipes are in most accessory packs - check which design is most appropriate. Aftermarket brass ones are available as well. The socket - again, should find suitable examples on a certain auction site. Hope this helps. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyGWR Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 Hi AlThanks very much for taking the time to reply, I've only just seen. This is very helpful.Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDS Posted March 4, 2019 Share Posted March 4, 2019 @DarrenmbThey all seem to be in very good condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjb1961 Posted March 5, 2019 Share Posted March 5, 2019 Bought yesterday,,,,,R2146 Flying Scotsman 18ct gold millenium edition ,,,,,just to display ,,,,,mjb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 X1 Hornby Thomas & Friends R9287 Thomas the Tank Engine (2015). GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Mennell Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 Bought a Liebherr excavator from Morrisons. I'm sure it's the correct scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rana Temporia Posted March 9, 2019 Share Posted March 9, 2019 I just managed to get this for not very much at all! I suspect some people will wonder what the shapeless casting is. It is a Gaiety Pannier tank from the 1950s, probably 10 years or so older than I am and it works perfectly without me having done enything to it. I would expect it to be running long after 90%+ of the locos on sale today have given up and although it doesn’t have th modern detail refinements it will fit in better with the rest of my stock! It must be one of the heavist locos I own. I need to tidy up the paintwork and add some couplings but that is about it. /media/tinymce_upload/4a1432546f58b21d26e214f44650a9a4.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/81a3bf3139f6a523e06d671f1382cfa3.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/dcf20af7e5ba7000109e10bd21f4480e.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 x1 Oxford Diecast February - May 2018 Release Programme Cataloguex1 Oxford Diecast June - Sept 2018 Release Programme Cataloguex1 Oxford Diecast Oct 2018 - Jan 2019 Release Programme Catalogue GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulleidboy Posted March 13, 2019 Share Posted March 13, 2019 BR, Lord Nelson Class, 4-6-0, 30863 'Lord Rodney' - Era 4R3635 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 18, 2019 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Long time coming .... Original order didn't materialise, so cancelled - another story. 6229 has FINALLY arrived!! There is a minor paint issue, but this wasn't a proprietary shop, so I'll live with it - part of the central gold lining, above the valvegear .../media/tinymce_upload/0ce5cabea8b2ffadd0862dfbf47825fc.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/2459aedb47a230fb448f0f54c0d2ab76.jpgSeems like Hornby's QC isn't what it could be - 'blistering' on the buffer coating as well - only there if you're really looking.I think it's a keeper anyway.Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted March 19, 2019 Author Share Posted March 19, 2019 This came my way. /media/tinymce_upload/88f58e57e632582d2c8a095c8ce9ddfc.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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atom3624 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 So if someone's after a track plan, you just tell them to buy a t-shirt? !! In comparison to some of the t-shirts out there, they look decent ... Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 /media/tinymce_upload/b9dbedbbf00e49e2841541c2ed2b3f59.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NWR-Gordon-4 Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 I see you have piccked up the 2019 tooling of the Terrier Class, Brian. Nice purchase, well done. 😀 It's a shame that Hornby no longer have the Thomas & Friends license, as Hornby could release a really nice third generation Stepney, with this tooling. Then again, it would probably be too delicate for the Thomas & Friends range. Bother! 🤔 😆 😉 😀 GNR-Gordon-4 (HF) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 I REALLY wanted to like my recently purchased R3677, and have always been a huge fan of 'anything Stanier' since I was 10 years old, this model being perhaps the pinnacle, or one of for Hornby, thus far ... but ... There's a story coming ... once 'moderated' as I 'quoted' my last post, with photos. To pre-empt, I assumed all was well and didn't test the locomotive before I opened it up ... WRONG!!! Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 AlI was puzzled as to how you could test a loco before opening it up (i.e. taking it out of the box) but you mean taking the body off.Makes sense now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 That's right.NEVER had remotely the problems I've had with this ...Once 'cleared / moderated', all will become clear ... !!Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Hornby have now expressed an interest in seeing the locomotive. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
96RAF Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 Large reel of triple plaited heavy gauge electric string for points motor wiring, a couple of packs of breadboard jumper wires, a 0-300vAC voltmeter and a gear puller. Still waiting for my 20 pack of led street lights for a tenner from China. Voltmeter was spot on with mains voltage and a couple of wall wart AC outputs, but didn’t like DCC at all, started to smell hence rapidly disconnected, which is a pity as I wanted it to show track voltage even if not the true value. May have to pull it apart to see what components are in there and why they would fry. Gear puller has 3 interchangeable mandrils but I may have to make up an even smaller diameter one. The larger diameter ones will make pressing gears on again very easy. /media/tinymce_upload/bfdcc8dd81257124ddb6b2ad35b92df0.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atom3624 Posted March 21, 2019 Share Posted March 21, 2019 It appears my full explanation may have been a little graphic, and has been 'moderated'. Basically, it is shorting in the locomotive chassis.LONG process of elimination ... the pickup fingers are somehow shorting - against chassis, screw onto sanders / fingers? Don't know. Hornby have agreed to look at the locomotive, so I will keep you posted, hopefully within the next months, of the outcome. I've not read of any other instances, and to be honest, the construction appears much more straightforward than other locomotives - I found it quite easy to work on. Al. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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