amdaley Posted July 4, 2019 Share Posted July 4, 2019 21 minutes ago, markneilp14 said: Ah i see. as you say we would chuck them in the bin or rob them for spares maybe. Does he ever actually sell anything then? Bizarre though how the sellers think they can ask for silly money for a junk. Mark He seems to although E Bay feedback isn't always reliable if you get what I mean There was a time when his postal charges were often more than the cost of the item of tat itself. Nowadays he seems to offer free postage although the prices being sought for the items themselves are still off the wall. Perhaps he does have items at reasonable prices if you're prepared to put yourself through the torture of finding them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 I have to admit that I've actually bought something from him a while back! It was a 'Pendon' coach kit which was around half the price of similar offerings. I can only assume that it was a typo/error in pricing! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 37 minutes ago, Re6/6 said: I have to admit that I've actually bought something from him a while back! I bought a wagon off him once when he was actually the cheapest on Ebay for it. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 5944 Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 5, 2019 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F331702136316 £89.50. For an empty box! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 I thought I was paying over the top when I spent £90 on buying that loco years ago. It came without a box but I can live with that 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) A 'collectable' box is apparently 'worth' as much as its contents. Not to me I hasten to add! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Railway-0-6-0-Jinty-Steam-Loco-Scrapyard-1072/283538213492?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3Db6a4d203ac7d4c87903ab6dd5c894a2b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D331201657044%26itm%3D283538213492&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Does anyone buy this junk? A Tri-ang Jinty might be worth a fiver, before it was bu messed up. In the unlikely event one wants a scrapyard item, you really need to start from something better (silk purse/sow's ear effect). Edited July 5, 2019 by Il Grifone 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) 7 hours ago, Il Grifone said: A 'collectable' box is apparently 'worth' as much as its contents. Not to me I hasten to add! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Railway-0-6-0-Jinty-Steam-Loco-Scrapyard-1072/283538213492?_trkparms=aid%3D555018%26algo%3DPL.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140122125356%26meid%3Db6a4d203ac7d4c87903ab6dd5c894a2b%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D331201657044%26itm%3D283538213492&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851 Does anyone buy this junk? A Tri-ang Jinty might be worth a fiver, before it was bu messed up. In the unlikely event one wants a scrapyard item, you really need to start from something better (silk purse/sow's ear effect). I’ve seen the writing on the side of the tank. I hate it when people insert an unnecessary letter ‘s’ into words... Edited July 5, 2019 by 009 micro modeller 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 Some eyewatering prices here for pre-owned stuff: https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/m.html?item=223506860712&hash=item340a0c0aa8%3Ag%3AMYIAAOSwyjZc0LAN&redirect=mobile&_ssn=thelocoshed&_sop=1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, 009 micro modeller said: I’ve seen the writing on the side of the tank. I hate it when people insert an unnecessary letter ‘s’ into words... Most of these "scrap" ( with an S) items appear to have been painted by someone who has never seen a scrap loco to see what they really looked like. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted July 5, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 5, 2019 13 hours ago, 5944 said: https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F331702136316 £89.50. For an empty box! The Hammond book only quotes £40 for the difference between Boxed and unboxed. That makes £49.50 extra for the Triang Hornby sticker added when they sold off the old stock after Meccano went bust 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 8 hours ago, Colin_McLeod said: Most of these "scrap" ( with an S) items appear to have been painted by someone who has never seen a scrap loco to see what they really looked like. I think the main thing that’s wrong with it is that the lopsided body is so obviously a one piece moulding, which of course it wouldn’t be on a real loco. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted July 6, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 6, 2019 10 hours ago, 009 micro modeller said: I’ve seen the writing on the side of the tank. I hate it when people insert an unnecessary letter ‘s’ into words... Thanks for the clarification, I thought it was a G, which actually made sense as in Geee Crap! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 1 minute ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Thanks for the clarification, I thought it was a G, which actually made sense as in Geee Crap! Mike. Well I assume it’s supposed to say ‘scrap’. Not sure what this one’s supposed to say though: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Railway-0-6-0-Jinty-Steam-Loco-Scrapyard-1070/283538211891?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20180213162448%26meid%3D7c588b16fdc14c83a9ad82e527bd0265%26pid%3D100930%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D283538213492%26itm%3D283538211891&_trksid=p2349624.c100930.m5375 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 I will have a guess at "SOLD" and "MRPS" - Midland Railway Preservation Society perhaps? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 It's actually very difficult to make a convincing model of a scrap item. It's not sufficient just to take an ancient model and weather it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted July 6, 2019 Share Posted July 6, 2019 4 hours ago, Il Grifone said: It's actually very difficult to make a convincing model of a scrap item. It's not sufficient just to take an ancient model and weather it. I suppose it also depends on how scrap/derelict you want it to look. I saw a layout once where some old models had been weathered, rods removed etc to create a line of recently withdrawn locos. But on the other hand, there was a very good scrapyard layout featured in one of the magazines a few years ago where Dapol kits had been very carefully painted, rusted and in some cases quite heavily modified to create the full ‘Barry wreck’ effect. I had a go a couple of years ago with a Dapol pug kit, and everything sort of looked OK except when I took the smoke box door off, because the inside of the boiler doesn’t look quite right, even for a loco where the tubes have been removed. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 (edited) Thing is, there's actually quite a lot of "stuff" inside the average smokebox. It's far from being just a cylindrical void ahead of the tube plate. Even if one isn't familiar with what all the bits do, anyone who's seen a loco with the front door open knows there's supposed to be something there and, if only unconsciously, recognises that. Edited July 7, 2019 by PatB 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 7, 2019 Share Posted July 7, 2019 This photo is rather dark but it gives some idea. https://www.flickr.com/photos/86020500@N06/8157313231 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted July 10, 2019 Share Posted July 10, 2019 Hornby are making EM track! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EM-Gauge-Hornby-Train-Track/303218569527?hash=item46993c3137:g:xxwAAOSw5p5dJOGJ Not! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Holliday Posted July 11, 2019 Share Posted July 11, 2019 And Triang made EM gauge wagons! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-x-EM-gauge-Triang-Wagons/303212713528?hash=item4698e2d638:g:bywAAOSwWgZdAmXk 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markneilp14 Posted July 12, 2019 Share Posted July 12, 2019 On 11/07/2019 at 08:03, Nick Holliday said: And Triang made EM gauge wagons! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/6-x-EM-gauge-Triang-Wagons/303212713528?hash=item4698e2d638:g:bywAAOSwWgZdAmXk Should that not be ERM gauge 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 20, 2019 If £1,995 is too much for you, he's willing to split https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-MODEL-RAILWAY-VERY-LARGE-LAYOUT-PLUS-EXTRAS-WILLING-TO-SPLIT/273886378100?hash=item3fc4e67874:g:ajQAAOSwlTBdAOlm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 17 minutes ago, Metr0Land said: If £1,995 is too much for you, he's willing to split https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-MODEL-RAILWAY-VERY-LARGE-LAYOUT-PLUS-EXTRAS-WILLING-TO-SPLIT/273886378100?hash=item3fc4e67874:g:ajQAAOSwlTBdAOlm I note that most (all?) the complete "model railways" that appear on Ebay seem to be trakmat specials, but mostly with owner "improvements" which make them less interesting. Oh, and a wheelbarrow load of broken Triang things. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
centraltrains Posted July 20, 2019 Share Posted July 20, 2019 Gumtree is owned by eBay sooo.... https://www.gumtree.com/p/hobbies-collectibles/Hornby-train-set/1346826573 Reasonable price, but the description is kinda sad: "Only used once as my son found it too difficult to control". Not too sure how it could be made easier to control? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted July 20, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 20, 2019 I think that might translate as "Despite my guidance, he ran it so fast it came off the track, at which point I lost my rag and took it off him." 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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