Graskie Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 I think cooped should be cooped up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooped Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Perhaps it was being cooped up for too long that drove me to it? Uh oh, cue the chicken jokes, oh no that's on another thread right now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 That thread's not at all what it's cracked up to be, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooped Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 This one's getting a little scrambled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 If I were you I'd quit while you're ahead cooped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 Where did you poach that one from, cooped (not giving up). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SprinterDriver Posted April 24, 2014 Share Posted April 24, 2014 My latest model is a Triang clockwork ocean liner.The Pretoria Castle.Got it for an excellent price, almost mint condition still in its original box and it runs perfectly.Just wish i had a pond to sail this surprisingly large model in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooped Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Graskie said: Where did you poach that one from, cooped (not giving up). My momelette me use it. Sorry WTD! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike70 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 walkingthedog said: It'll be fine. Just tested it... and it was. Very well packed as well. Box was in better condition than new items bought from local model shops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 cooped said: My momelette me use it. Sorry WTD! Good one cooped. Let go, use the force, they're all in there waiting to come out. Graskie came out long ago but that's another story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graskie Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Yes, I came out from my coop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooped Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Perhaps it's time to shellve this madness and lay the egg thing to rest. Sorry that's all I've got. Anyhoo... back to latest acquisition, signed the contract on a new house yesterday. Seeing as we haven't sold the old one yet this may put a damper on the train stuff buying for a while, two mortgages and all that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fazy Posted April 26, 2014 Share Posted April 26, 2014 Maybe not quite Hornby but have just got some more railway negatives including royal welch fusilier and colwyn bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idlemarvel Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 A more modest acquisition was a couple of Hornby remote uncouplers (R8244) and surface mounted points (R8243). They replaced some static uncouplers which had the habit of uncoupling trains "in flight"! They took a bit of time to adjust the fit, and as per the instructions I had to sandpaper down the plastic fins that stick up as they were catching on some locos, but otherwise they work just fine, well pleased. I use Railmaster to control them which raises the uncoupler then lowers it again automatically after a defined number of seconds. They seem to work with all sizes of tension couplers including some old Lima plastic bars and metal hooks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingfox4475 Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 During the last few week I spent a lot of money on the railway. The Great Goodbye collection[ I only wanted Dominion of Canada and Bittern] [now I have extra loco's that I will sell] Also I have started to upgrade my Stations by buying some skaledale stations and new Platforms. Skaledale East [super building] North Eastern Stations [2 buildings] [both different]. Then after going to Allay Pally at end of March and coming away have spent a good £300.00 on Great Snipe and Commonweath of Austrial plus the new Blue box L&y Tank 2-4-2, and finally I bought Butler Henderson in GCR Green. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 A load of IC555 timers, DIL sockets some resistors, capacitors, LED's, a voltage regulator rectifier diodes, and a box of mixed transistors this week, building some level crossing light flashing units. Hoping to pick up some cheap Hornby level crossings and fit the dummy lights with LED's for a future ;layout I'm planning. Bought a lovely boxed early BR livery N2 the other day, 24 more new railroad 0-4-0's and railroad jinites, some brand new bargain blue box Mk1's and 402 1/2 cylinder blocks mostly unused vintage. Keeps me busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 You have an eye for a bargain SOT ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VESPA Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 Do nearly boughts count??? I went to see 3 Britannia's but decided against them. They were advertised as new unrun but weren't. That would have made 29 in my collection. Oh dear, what a shame, never mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Certainly have PJ, I am always looking for bargains. A friend of the family was clearing his barn. of all places to have model railway bits! He said "do you need any cylinder blocks" so I told him I was always looking for parts. He handed down from his junk shelves in his storage barn a big dirty dusty old cardboard box, inside all wrapped up and protected were piles of old Tri-ang and 1970's Hornby cylinder blocks, all still in perfect condition perfect, a few are secondhamd but the rest are new old stock. Cost me £20 and a few pints at his local. The Mk1's were being cleared from another friends shop as they are running stocks down so five quid a coach trade secured some new blue box mk1's at way less than what the blue box outfit wants for them. The 555 timers were an ebay bargain got a pile of them for five quid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PJ_model_trains Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The son of Triangman said: Certainly have PJ, I am always looking for bargains. A friend of the family was clearing his barn. of all places to have model railway bits! He said "do you need any cylinder blocks" so I told him I was always looking for parts. He handed down from his junk shelves in his storage barn a big dirty dusty old cardboard box, inside all wrapped up and protected were piles of old Tri-ang and 1970's Hornby cylinder blocks, all still in perfect condition perfect, a few are secondhamd but the rest are new old stock. Cost me £20 and a few pints at his local. The Mk1's were being cleared from another friends shop as they are running stocks down so five quid a coach trade secured some new blue box mk1's at way less than what the blue box outfit wants for them. The 555 timers were an ebay bargain got a pile of them for five quid. Parting with £20 was hard but, the pints at the local went down well I bet ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idlemarvel Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 The son of Triangman said: A load of IC555 timers, DIL sockets some resistors, capacitors, LED's, a voltage regulator rectifier diodes, and a box of mixed transistors this week, building some level crossing light flashing units. Hoping to pick up some cheap Hornby level crossings and fit the dummy lights with LED's for a future ;layout I'm planning. FYI unless you like building circuits Heathcote do a crossing light flashing unit with IR or other detector input and servo motor trigger output for £15.80 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LCDR Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 My latest acquisition is an SECR 'H' 0-4-4T kit from SE Finecast. I have recently scratch built two of this class using Airfix chassis under a heavily butchered Hornby Dublo R1 body plus loads of plastic card and some whitemetal fittings, but I fancied having a proper kit too as I shall need about half a dozen for my layout. This will undoubtedly encourage one or other of the RTR manufacturers to make one in the very near future. This has been a dead cert in the past! I ordered it Thursday and it arrived Saturday, how is that for service! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 These were a good recent buy, thousands of Tri-ang and Hornby wheels some of them quite rare, I'm slowly catalouging, barcoding them and putting them into the database. I've barcoded some of them but heaps to go. Keeps me busy on winter nights when there's nowt on tv. These were a cracking find, the bogie wheels Tri-ang/Tri-ang-Hornby Battle of Britains, piles pf em. Most are unused. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1028_zpsb8433131.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1032_zps1b974d82.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1031_zps12892539.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 These were a good recent buy, thousands of Tri-ang and Hornby wheels some of them quite rare, I'm slowly catalouging, barcoding them and putting them into the database. I've barcoded some of them but heaps to go. Keeps me busy on winter nights when there's nowt on tv. These were a cracking find, the bogie wheels Tri-ang/Tri-ang-Hornby Battle of Britains, piles pf em. Most are unused. http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1028_zpsb8433131.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1032_zps1b974d82.jpg http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t43/thetriangman/DSCN1031_zps12892539.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The son of Triangman Posted April 28, 2014 Author Share Posted April 28, 2014 The pints down at the local were indeed good PJ, a drop of the local micro brewery stuff made in a shed where steam traction engines were once kept and maintained. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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