Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 4 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Something else that is brown by the look of it. Like Piglet's friend?? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 4 hours ago, SteveyDee68 said: Is that … brown flock?! 🫢🤔🤣 Misspelt, with one too many letters! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 3 hours ago, MattR said: Rust and coral growth after being dredged out of the English Channel? That stuff they put in the sea to attract sharks - 'chum'! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I'm a diesel man myself, but, poor thing! Mike. I fear even its mummy wouldn't recognise it! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 2 hours ago, PieGuyRob said: I think this guy needs to go online and look at pictures of actual scrap locomotives and hopefully see the error of his ways...... Or another one who won't be advised? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 6 57 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: That stuff they put in the sea to attract sharks - 'chum'! I didn't realise that sharks liked dogfood! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 4 minutes ago, Hroth said: I didn't realise that sharks liked dogfood! Oh yes! Lashings of it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 19 minutes ago, Hroth said: I didn't realise that sharks liked dogfood! They're not fussy. They'll treat dogs as food given half a chance. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peterem Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 7 hours ago, montyburns56 said: I think this is a Hornby Schools Class engine with some "interesting" weathering. Yours for only £50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204764193516 Not Hornby.. The seller is at pains to point out that it's a static all-plastic model and not motorised, so probably a butchered GBL or possibly a Dapol. He is at least being honest with anyone tempted to run it (or more likely strip it in the hope of finding something usable under all the flock) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 8 hours ago, montyburns56 said: I think this is a Hornby Schools Class engine with some "interesting" weathering. Yours for only £50. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204764193516 Looks like someone has been looting the SS Thistlegorm... For some reason it appeared on my eBay page too, so I double checked here before posting it! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Looks like someone has been looting the SS Thistlegorm... For some reason it appeared on my eBay page too, so I double checked here before posting it! Because ebay knows you like a bargain! Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 (edited) 5 hours ago, Peterem said: possibly a Dapol. GBL, the rods on the Dapol model are far too thick, not to mention it has the gargantuan number plate moulded onto the smokebox door. I’d love to know how he went about throwing the quartering off on the rear driving axle though, since the driven wheels on the GBL models are a single casting, connected by a bar hidden away in the chassis. (Edit, he didn’t, I simply didn’t look at the photos correctly, still only just waking up for the day..!) Edited May 7 by Hacksworth_Sidings 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7 Before the GBL series was issued, the occasional scrapyard loco that appeared was generally a less well regarded Triang/Hornby model*, probably running, under all the dross. Once the GBL locos appeared, we've been submerged under a tidal wave of unbelievable scrappers. At least not many repairable locos have been molested since! * I bought an old tooling China made B12 as a ""scrapper" for a pittance, it looks like a neglected, heavily weathered loco just before being withdrawn. It runs perfectly! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395347961740? I mean I'm do not have a huge knowledge of steam locomotives, but, even I can tell its not an LNER 4-6-0...... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7 47 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395347961740? I mean I'm do not have a huge knowledge of steam locomotives, but, even I can tell its not an LNER 4-6-0...... But it has the same number of wheels, if not in the right order... What beats me is that its described very clearly on its plinth! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob83a Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 1 hour ago, Hroth said: But it has the same number of wheels, if not in the right order... What beats me is that its described very clearly on its plinth! But the plinth does not match the loco either, close but no exact. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 On 03/05/2024 at 10:09, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Marked as dispatched last night, currently marked as “item advised”, hopefully RM will have it sent out today. Estimated delivery date is between tomorrow or next week on Wednesday. Right, arrived not long ago, at college though so I’ll have to check it out once I get home, I think I already mentioned but this seller uses AI descriptions in his listings so I’m looking forward to seeing if these hide any flaws with the model (or am I? I’d hate if I got another zinc pest victim…) I’ll show once I get home. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7 52 minutes ago, Bob83a said: But the plinth does not match the loco either, close but no exact. But a bit closer to the mark than the ebay headline... 🤪 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deeps Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 I’ve got one of these GBL static models somewhere; a Schools Class. I cannot remember why I purchased it (some hare-brained conversion project maybe, possibly using the boiler?) but it only cost a fiver so no great loss. I suppose they are ideal for someone wanting to fill up a display cabinet, and are not too bothered by inaccuracies at close range, but it would come at a fraction of the cost of ‘proper’ models which are probable never run anyway! My main reason for posting is to ask if anybody has successfully turned one into a running model; I suspect it has been done but is the end result worth the effort? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 12 minutes ago, Deeps said: My main reason for posting is to ask if anybody has successfully turned one into a running model; I suspect it has been done but is the end result worth the effort? Why bother? Aren't there enough Hornby or whatever RTR versions around second hand? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Hroth Posted May 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 7 2 minutes ago, Deeps said: I’ve got one of these GBL static models somewhere; a Schools Class. I cannot remember why I purchased it (some hare-brained conversion project maybe, possibly using the boiler?) but it only cost a fiver so no great loss. I suppose they are ideal for someone wanting to fill up a display cabinet, and are not too bothered by inaccuracies at close range, but it would come at a fraction of the cost of ‘proper’ models which are probable never run anyway! My main reason for posting is to ask if anybody has successfully turned one into a running model; I suspect it has been done but is the end result worth the effort? The only GBL locos I've turned into running models were the Western and Class 47 models, which happened to be copies of the respective Lima models and provided an almost painless livery change for the 47 for a Hornby TTS 47. The Western was a bit odd as the chassis of the GBL model was an exact copy of the Lima chassis. As I remember, with just a bit of fettling, a spare Lima motor bogie and trailing bogie slotted into the chassis and bingo, a working Western. All in all, the Western was a bit heavier than a genuine Lima (even with its chunk of mild steel) and took some careful driving as it carried some momentum with the power off.... 1 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted May 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 7 11 hours ago, MrWolf said: Looks like someone has been looting the SS Thistlegorm... But they were 8F's on board! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 21 minutes ago, kevinlms said: But they were 8F's on board! Indeed they were, but such wild inaccuracies don't concern the "pro weathered" eBay sellers! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 8 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Because ebay knows you like a bargain! Mike. I suspect that eBay is using some kind of photo recognition programme that's spotted that the majority of things I buy are hanging red rusty! 1 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 7 Share Posted May 7 4 hours ago, PieGuyRob said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/395347961740? I mean I'm do not have a huge knowledge of steam locomotives, but, even I can tell its not an LNER 4-6-0...... Here's another one with a much more optimistic price tag and six watchers. Perhaps because it's about the price of a powered model? I seriously hope they've read the description! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204764189017? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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