RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I refer you to my comment of the eleventh of this month... What do you expect? It's the EBAY MADNESS!!! The best that can be done is strict quarantine and ruthless culling... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 13 minutes ago, Hroth said: What do you expect? It's the EBAY MADNESS!!! The best that can be done is strict quarantine and ruthless culling... An Ebay Madness/count-down to Christmas combo can be a challenging dish! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 17 minutes ago, Hroth said: What do you expect? It's the EBAY MADNESS!!! The best that can be done is strict quarantine and ruthless culling... Or, though it's probably just the pipe dream of a romantic idealist, people could stop putting overpriced cr@p on eBay? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 33 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I refer you to my comment of the eleventh of this month... "You don't scare me with your knees bend, bent over, advancing behavior!" 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 47 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Or, though it's probably just the pipe dream of a romantic idealist, people could stop putting overpriced cr@p on eBay? It's NEVER going to happen! And we'll just get madder, and madder and madder! The silver lining: we have an excellent support network! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 41 minutes ago, 33C said: "You don't scare me with your knees bend, bent over, advancing behavior!" That's a frightening image! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 4 hours ago, Coppercap said: "as restored on Sam's Trains, Salvage or Scrap" Tri-ang Hornby GWR 57xx sold for......... £130.99 and it wasn't even boxed! 😂 (hardly "restored" either, just got working again...but you did get a signed thank you card!) I saw the Youtube video earlier today! The poor thing got a wash, a remag, a relube, and a clean up/adjustment of the contacts (including the commutator and wheel treads - with a rotary wire brush!). Strictly she is an 8750, so not quite the same as Duck (from the comments). I bought one not so long ago for about a fiver - working (It might have been the later 2721, but that would have been worth more as a newer and better model). 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 12, 2022 36 minutes ago, Il Grifone said: I saw the Youtube video earlier today! The poor thing got a wash, a remag, a relube, and a clean up/adjustment of the contacts (including the commutator and wheel treads - with a rotary wire brush!). Strictly she is an 8750, so not quite the same as Duck (from the comments). I bought one not so long ago for about a fiver - working (It might have been the later 2721, but that would have been worth more as a newer and better model). Sam seems to think that scouring/scoring an X04 commutator with a rotary wire brush is a Good Idea. I suppose that if the loco works for a short while for testing and when the new owner gets it, that's fine. Until the commutator slots fill up with the detritus from the shredded brushes and shorts the power supply... Lots of blue magic smoke! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 I've never found that polishing the commutator really makes any difference. It's sufficient to clean any crud from the commutator slots. 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 If a commutator is badly worn, it is acceptable to skim the segments, but it really needs to be done in a lathe and the slots between the segments carefully cleaned out. Hardly worth the bother (and often not possible with modern motors) to strip it down and skim it. Cleaning up with a rotary wire brush is the kiss of death, damaging the contact surfaces and subsequently the brushes. I wouldn't wire brush wheels any more than I'd clean track with a brick. 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 58 minutes ago, MrWolf said: If a commutator is badly worn, it is acceptable to skim the segments, but it really needs to be done in a lathe and the slots between the segments carefully cleaned out. Hardly worth the bother (and often not possible with modern motors) to strip it down and skim it. Cleaning up with a rotary wire brush is the kiss of death, damaging the contact surfaces and subsequently the brushes. I wouldn't wire brush wheels any more than I'd clean track with a brick. "I love my briiiick!" (Father Jack) 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Spot the flaw in the title... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125467431892?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3sXBpMRZTiS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 15 hours ago, 40152 said: A day without some cheeky overpricing from these folk is like a day without sunshine: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115504620829? I sent Rocket Railways a quick message via eBay’s messaging … It started with a line of 🤣 And words to the effect of “You’re having a LAUGH! Good luck selling at that price - you’re gonna need it, 1% reduction or not!” My only excuse is that it has been one of those days… To give RR their due, they immediately responded with “Lol….. That is actually an error should be 9.99 Thanks!” Hmmmm 🤔 Surely they meant £9.90 if the decimal point was in the wrong place?! 🤨 Wonder if they will actually update the price, or leave it there in the hopes that some uninformed unfortunate actually coughs up £89.01 more than they purport to wish to sell it for? HOURS OF FUN!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Interesting … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195513619910 Check out photos 5 and 6 … Seller’s description - “immaculate” I beg to differ! Steve S Edited December 23, 2022 by SteveyDee68 Learnt to shorten links 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted December 12, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) Another one… https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/185692505615 Check out photo 5 … Seller’s description “basically brand new” Do those wheels look brand new to anyone here?! HOURS OF FUN!* * Has been had previously with this loco, methinks!! Edited December 23, 2022 by SteveyDee68 Learnt how to shorten links! 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 Here's another train stripper: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225156116672?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=EzsG9aSFQEW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY That's madness enough because you can buy a mint boxed Airfix GWR B Set coach for a tenner anywhere, but when you look through the other items you find: Chassis £6.99 Bogies £7.99 each Interior £7.99 Body £8.99 Build your own for just £39.95. Or perhaps not. It's quite amusing going through the listings and putting models back together though. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 52 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Spot the flaw in the title... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125467431892?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3sXBpMRZTiS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Look more like a pair of privys! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Here's another train stripper: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/225156116672?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=EzsG9aSFQEW&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY That's madness enough because you can buy a mint boxed Airfix GWR B Set coach for a tenner anywhere, but when you look through the other items you find: Chassis £6.99 Bogies £7.99 each Interior £7.99 Body £8.99 Build your own for just £39.95. Or perhaps not. It's quite amusing going through the listings and putting models back together though. 'Cor, Mr! Look at the solebars on that!' 🤓 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 42 minutes ago, SteveyDee68 said: Interesting … https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195513619910?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=icyljh-criy&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=e--l92_9TXi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Check out photos 5 and 6 … Seller’s description - “immaculate” I beg to differ! Steve S Perhaps the loco prefers RC devotions? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Spot the flaw in the title... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125467431892?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3sXBpMRZTiS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Glos-Warks Railway? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
odlyprincess Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) I have a 3d printer like this you can print any models. If not count the actual 3d printer cost, you can spend 3-5p. per gram to plastic model. My friend has one. There are lots of sites with free 3d models. There are also paid models. Or you can hire a 3d modeler to design it for you. Think about it. Edited December 18, 2022 by odlyprincess 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold papagolfjuliet Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 Not railway related, but incredible for its brass neck: a thousand pounds for a small quantity of ineradicable aquarium pests. And he's sold two already. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234073989394?hash=item367fe5a112:g:EIkAAOSwKQhg4Fbn 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 hour ago, papagolfjuliet said: Not railway related, but incredible for its brass neck: a thousand pounds for a small quantity of ineradicable aquarium pests. And he's sold two already. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234073989394?hash=item367fe5a112:g:EIkAAOSwKQhg4Fbn He does guarantee that they are duckweed-free! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 10 hours ago, MrWolf said: Spot the flaw in the title... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/125467431892?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=3sXBpMRZTiS&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=3qkTzGg7QRS&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Fogpersons?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 Is this a record for a Del Prado model: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/165830120298?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=aF9dKf7mRw2&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=zGBHSdYdRyy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY £1 for the model, £19 for the name??? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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