MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 44 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: He does guarantee that they are duckweed-free! The Cyanobacteria kills it off... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 43 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Fogpersons?? Gawd, don't even go there... The memsahib has been applying for jobs and is wondering if there's any way of scoring enough diversity bingo points... 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 37 minutes ago, rab said: 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??? Sadly it probably isn't. In 2000 years time, archaeologists will dig up thousands of these from landfill sites and probably believe that they are some sort of religious trinket. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 In other news, is anyone else fed up with the Non D1ck Bong cryptocurrency adverts yet? (Less than subtle reference to the movie Ted 2...) 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Sadly it probably isn't. In 2000 years time, archaeologists will dig up thousands of these from landfill sites and probably believe that they are some sort of religious trinket. Votive offerings... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: In other news, is anyone else fed up with the Non D1ck Bong cryptocurrency adverts yet? (Less than subtle reference to the movie Ted 2...) I've not seen any... I'll get the laptop out, disable adblocking and not log in while viewing RMweb to see how bad it is. THEN I'll slam the blockers back on and log in.... 🤔 has a look.... Ye Gods! Didn't see any crypto ads, but everything else makes the site virtually unusable, especially that boggle-eyed dog! SHIELDS UP!!! Edited December 13, 2022 by Hroth 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
6990WitherslackHall Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 21 hours ago, MrWolf said: Definitely. Provided that it doesn't look like 90% of the offerings on eBay that are allegedly weathered. Some people don't realize there's more to weathering than just drybrushing paint on a loco or wagon. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 55 minutes ago, Hroth said: I've not seen any... I'll get the laptop out, disable adblocking and not log in while viewing RMweb to see how bad it is. THEN I'll slam the blockers back on and log in.... 🤔 has a look.... Ye Gods! Didn't see any crypto ads, but everything else makes the site virtually unusable, especially that boggle-eyed dog! SHIELDS UP!!! Don't mind the boggle eyed dog, he doesn't jump around the page and get in the way of navigation. Besides, he isn't trying to drive my pickup like the strange dog I used to have. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastglosmog Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Sadly it probably isn't. In 2000 years time, archaeologists will dig up thousands of these from landfill sites and probably believe that they are some sort of religious trinket. It would have to have "Great Western" on the tender to be that. 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 1 minute ago, eastglosmog said: It would have to have "Great Western" on the tender to be that. It'd take more than Great Western on the tender to improve Flying Scotsman! It took 30 odd years for it to beat a GWR 4-4-0..... 🤪 2 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 Good ol' Ton Up Truro... 2 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium SteveyDee68 Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 16 hours 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 Turns out the mess was soap and water he had used to clean it of dust - he provided me with photos of it dried and yes, it looks fine… Of course, if you are using soap and water to clean off dust, it hardly begs the description “immaculate” as it must have been a bit lucky to warrant a clean up!! Steve S 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 Thick end of thirty sheets for a old 1980's Hornby shorty Mk3 in a livery I am pretty sure never existed? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/195516345864 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 Don't recognise this variant of the old Polly 0-4-0T https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394347799920 Ruddy big dome and a ruddy big price tag!!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Hroth said: Votive offerings... ″‘I am the Lady of the Lake,’ she said, ‘and I am come to tell you that your locomotive Flying Scotsman awaits you yonder.‘” 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 6 hours ago, Hroth said: I've not seen any... I'll get the laptop out, disable adblocking and not log in while viewing RMweb to see how bad it is. THEN I'll slam the blockers back on and log in.... 🤔 has a look.... Ye Gods! Didn't see any crypto ads, but everything else makes the site virtually unusable, especially that boggle-eyed dog! SHIELDS UP!!! Criticise them and the 'powers that be' will swoop! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 15 minutes ago, John M Upton said: Don't recognise this variant of the old Polly 0-4-0T https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394347799920 Ruddy big dome and a ruddy big price tag!!! It might be kosher, it's about the same era as Lord Westwood... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: ″‘I am the Lady of the Lake,’ she said, ‘and I am come to tell you that your locomotive Flying Scotsman awaits you yonder.‘” I thought "Lady of the Lake" was a Saint class? Wouldn't have anything to do with the Flying Moneypit! Yep 2902! Edited December 13, 2022 by Hroth 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 7 minutes ago, Hroth said: I thought "Lady of the Lake" was a Star class? Wouldn't have anything to do with the Flying Moneypit! https://www.google.com/search?q=monty+python+lady+of+the+lake&rlz=1C1GGRV_enGB755GB757&oq=monty+python+lady&aqs=chrome.0.0i67j46i512j0i67j0i20i263i512j0i22i30l5.13547j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#fpstate=ive&vld=cid:c987f0d3,vid:KN9c2TAWMlg Replace 'sword' with the Del Prado Flying Scotsman locomotive and you have the vision! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 I see this is now half price madness https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314241141012 Still crazy money for a tiny loco. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, John M Upton said: Don't recognise this variant of the old Polly 0-4-0T https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/394347799920 Ruddy big dome and a ruddy big price tag!!! 1 hour ago, Hroth said: It might be kosher, it's about the same era as Lord Westwood... Yes. This is a fairly common model really. Like "Lord Westwood" (the district of Margate where the Tri-ang Railways Factory is.) the running number is actually one of the company phone numbers! The chrome plated plastic dome is the moulding from the Lord Of The Isles locomotive. LOTI domes are brass plated. ᚱᚢᚠᚠᚾᚢᛏ × ᛏᚼᚬᚱᛋᛏᚬᚾ🐉🙋🏼♀️ Edited December 13, 2022 by Ruffnut Thorston Typo 4 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, Bucoops said: I see this is now half price madness https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/314241141012 Still crazy money for a tiny loco. Carrot dangling? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted December 13, 2022 Share Posted December 13, 2022 The weird crypto guys just popped up! Imagine, the 00 model railway locomotive becomes the new 'bitcoin' - we could all be millionaires by the morning! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Gold Share Posted December 13, 2022 7 hours ago, 6990WitherslackHall said: Some people don't realize there's more to weathering than just drybrushing paint on a loco or wagon. You couldn't forward this to Dapol could you? Mike. 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted December 13, 2022 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 13, 2022 Not E-bay but this is a lot in a model railway auction tomorrow. However this is the description. Lot 529 GWR green Kitbuilt 00 Gauge Tank Locomotives, Class 57XX Pannier Tank 9704 with condensing pipes, 2-4-0 Autotank 3587 and 0-4-2 Autotank 1155 with semi open cab, all built and finished to a very god standard, VG (3) 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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