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Il Grifone

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Here we go again with the orange paint! (Rails getting in on the act.)

 

aka 'How to bu&&er up a perfectly good Hornby Coronation!'

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUSTOM-FINISHED-OO-GAUGE-BARRY-ISLAND-SCRAPYARD-4-6-2-DUCHESS-LOCOMOTIVE-T7/201691803440?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D6fcc96dfd7dc4b5aaf33aeff3ecdae28%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D302131714746

 

(Leaving aside the paint, wouldn't a real scrap locomotive have some valvegear missing? Surely it was removed to allow the locomotive to be hauled dead.)

 

What have all these poor models done to deserve this? :scratchhead: :O

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Il Grifone

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Now its the "N" Gauge partwork models turn to be "Heavily Rusted"! :O

 

Not forgetting the Tri-ang Clerestory Coach....Rusty Wood! :scratchhead:

 

Seeing it's one of the first Tri-ang clerestories with the open axleboxes, it might just have been worth £14.99, if it had been left alone.

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Here we go again with the orange paint! (Rails getting in on the act.)

 

aka 'How to bu&&er up a perfectly good Hornby Coronation!'

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUSTOM-FINISHED-OO-GAUGE-BARRY-ISLAND-SCRAPYARD-4-6-2-DUCHESS-LOCOMOTIVE-T7/201691803440?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D6fcc96dfd7dc4b5aaf33aeff3ecdae28%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D302131714746

 

(Leaving aside the paint, wouldn't a real scrap locomotive have some valvegear missing? Surely it was removed to allow the locomotive to be hauled dead.)

 

What have all these poor models done to deserve this? :scratchhead: :O

Didn't think any got to Barry. 

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Ruffnut Thorston

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Here we go again with the orange paint! (Rails getting in on the act.)

 

aka 'How to bu&&er up a perfectly good Hornby Coronation!'

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CUSTOM-FINISHED-OO-GAUGE-BARRY-ISLAND-SCRAPYARD-4-6-2-DUCHESS-LOCOMOTIVE-T7/201691803440?_trksid=p2047675.c100011.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3D6fcc96dfd7dc4b5aaf33aeff3ecdae28%26pid%3D100011%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D7%26sd%3D302131714746

 

(Leaving aside the paint, wouldn't a real scrap locomotive have some valvegear missing? Surely it was removed to allow the locomotive to be hauled dead.)

 

What have all these poor models done to deserve this? :scratchhead: :O

 

My giddy aunt! :O

 

That price would be high for a "Sutherland" in good working condituion! (IMHO) :O

 

And there are others as well!   :scratchhead: 

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Il Grifone

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Didn't think any got to Barry. 

 

Neither did I - mainly ex GWR and BR standards which is why so many have survived

 

More rusty wood:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scrapyard-N-GAUGE-USA-The-General-loco-heavily-rusted-weathered-ref-1-/291943875841

 

I thought the standard "American" 4-4-0 had a wooden cab?

 

Keith

 

It did!  and the General has been preserved. She only stood idle for a year or so and would never have been in this condition, though probably somewhat bent.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(locomotive)

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Il Grifone

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I think I've got one of these somewhere (unless I threw it out). (I've got an SAR 4F (part of a job lot....)

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/lima-SAR/222288997747?_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D38661%26meid%3Dd9acd2a1e63a49efa5d400d911997195%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D6%26sd%3D262714296683

 

Is the reason they are hard to find that no one is looking - above all at the ridiculous price of £35?

 

Not the best model of a Plymouth MDT but there are quite a few just as bad. The real thing is quite small by U.S. standards.

 

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(Leaving aside the paint, wouldn't a real scrap locomotive have some valvegear missing? Surely it was removed to allow the locomotive to be hauled dead.)

 

 

 

I thought the con rods were removed for dead transit - a lot easier to get at...

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Il Grifone

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I thought the con rods were removed for dead transit - a lot easier to get at...

 

By 'valvegear' I really included the connecting rods (I should have put 'motion'), but it is necessary to remove the gear first to remove the rods. A reason that has been suggested for the GWR putting most of theirs between the frames - big ends need attention more frequently.

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Too many lamps!

 

A pity that the loco lamp isn't on the lower centre bracket, and a combined white/ red LED....so it could be used for head and tail lamp....

 

The same goes for the coach driving end....

 

But does such an LED exist????

 

Otherwise, a Good Idea for fitting sound to a tiny loco.....and quite "correct" as well.

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Too many lamps!

 

A pity that the loco lamp isn't on the lower centre bracket, and a combined white/ red LED....so it could be used for head and tail lamp....

 

The same goes for the coach driving end....

 

But does such an LED exist????

 

Otherwise, a Good Idea for fitting sound to a tiny loco.....and quite "correct" as well.

There is a way to drill into the plastic LED dome and attach a length of fibre to give the impression of a tiny LED.  Something I might try adding to a model one day.

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Too many lamps!

 

A pity that the loco lamp isn't on the lower centre bracket, and a combined white/ red LED....so it could be used for head and tail lamp....

 

The same goes for the coach driving end....

 

But does such an LED exist????

 

Otherwise, a Good Idea for fitting sound to a tiny loco.....and quite "correct" as well.

I was more concerned about the asking price!

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Too many lamps!

 

A pity that the loco lamp isn't on the lower centre bracket, and a combined white/ red LED....so it could be used for head and tail lamp....

 

The same goes for the coach driving end....

 

But does such an LED exist????

 

Otherwise, a Good Idea for fitting sound to a tiny loco.....and quite "correct" as well.

 

DCC Concepts shunting lamps are red/white led's, though for OO gauge, not sure about N gauge.

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I am struggling to understand Rails of Sheffield's Ebay pricing policy sometimes.  I know that Hornby M7's, even broken ones have started to attract some silly prices lately but this one, clearly described as a non-runner has actually increased in price from a well OTT £59 ish to an even more OTT £69.50!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/162165758680?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

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Now I am not a DCC Expert, but this looks like a Blanking Plug to my inexperienced eyes! :scratchhead:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaugemaster-DCC-decoder-/232149672523?hash=item360d32e24b:g:iRcAAOSwB09YMc5M

 

Can anyone confirm / deny this conclusion?

 

EDIT:

 

"New" and unused....2nd photo shews the package open.....

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Not exactly madness? However it probably qualifies for a WTF rating. 'Pick up' only. Is it a layout, or some large lump of metal? No it's 3 Mikes Models kits.

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/mikes-models-white-metal-kits-coal-state-buffers-loading-gauge-new-ho-oo-railway/291950680915?_trksid=p2060778.c100276.m3476&_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIC.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140725133651%26meid%3Ddb7aec6153d34f28b71f362afbb82832%26pid%3D100276%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D381850226294

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Maybe from a gingerbread house?

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Now I am not a DCC Expert, but this looks like a Blanking Plug to my inexperienced eyes! :scratchhead:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaugemaster-DCC-decoder-/232149672523?hash=item360d32e24b:g:iRcAAOSwB09YMc5M

 

Can anyone confirm / deny this conclusion?

 

EDIT:

 

"New" and unused....2nd photo shews the package open.....

 

Seller has now replied to my message to say thanks and has taken the auction down

 

Gary

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Now I am not a DCC Expert, but this looks like a Blanking Plug to my inexperienced eyes! :scratchhead:

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Gaugemaster-DCC-decoder-/232149672523?hash=item360d32e24b:g:iRcAAOSwB09YMc5M

 

Can anyone confirm / deny this conclusion?

 

EDIT:

 

"New" and unused....2nd photo shews the package open.....

Withdrawn due to 'An error in the listing.' you don't say.

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