RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2013 Another oddity - why pay this much (and it's still got 6 days to go) - or am I missing something, are the Maunsell liveried coaches hard to find these days?* JE *I've got some which I need to put on e-bay in that case!!!! That vehicle is unique. It is the only high-window BCK that Hornby have produced in Maunsell olive, and has only been available in the Imperial Airways set - note the Imperial Airways sticker in the destination board frame below the cantrail. Rails offered these as a separate new item relatively soon after the set was on sale, at sensible prices, so I bought a couple, as well as having bought the set. You can't have enough BCKs if modelling Southern in the far SouthWest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 26, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 26, 2013 That vehicle is unique. It is the only high-window BCK that Hornby have produced in Maunsell olive, and has only been available in the Imperial Airways set - note the Imperial Airways sticker in the destination board frame below the cantrail. Rails offered these as a separate new item relatively soon after the set was on sale, at sensible prices, so I bought a couple, as well as having bought the set. You can't have enough BCKs if modelling Southern in the far SouthWest!Most of the box shifters did the same. I got mine from Modelfair, as well as a three other Maunsell coaches from another boxset Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lee Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 I notice that Hattons have a couple of sets of the coaches from the Imperial Airways pack for not very much more than the cost of that one coach. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How much !! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360596805786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 (edited) How much !! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360596805786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Unlike some of the other auctions featured this has real bids on it, not surprising as it is the holy grail for Dublo collectors, one of the very last items made in only limited numbers before Binns Road stopped making trains. Edited February 26, 2013 by andyman7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Bit like the Buses. First one comes and costs too much http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140915829473?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 £79.99 then the next one comes cheaper http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350718520691?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 £62.99 then two come at the same time http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380585695050?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221194367353?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2013 Bit like the Buses. First one comes and costs too much http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/140915829473?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 £79.99 then the next one comes cheaper http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/350718520691?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 £62.99 then two come at the same time http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/380585695050?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 and http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221194367353?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 I sense that this is about people biding their time until another seller has generated the interest, then piling in with their example. "I didn't get that one - but I'll bloomin' well get this one!" is the mindset the unsuccessful bidders tend to adopt, and prices are raised accordingly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 How much !! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360596805786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 *splutters* Four....four hundred and fifty quid??? For that?!? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 26, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 26, 2013 How much !! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/360596805786?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 How much would it have been if it had have been complete? Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Apparently one sold for £495 from Sothebys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It is a rare and highly sought after Dublo item and this is its normal price. It's so rare that replicas have been produced (which are expensive enough in their own right). Many collectors seem to be exceedingly well heeled and pay large sums for what the rest of us would regard as junk. (The sad remains of a Marklin compound made around £30,000 not so long ago and one thinks of unmade beds and dead animals......) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 It is a rare and highly sought after Dublo item and this is its normal price. It's so rare that replicas have been produced (which are expensive enough in their own right)...... Anyone with access to resin-moulding equipment? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LNWR lives on Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Exley-Carriage-/221193736756?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33802c9234 Love it, £210 and u have to wait for a pic and details.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Anyone with access to resin-moulding equipment? AFAIK the wagon is made of mazak (they modified the mould of the mineral wagon). I did think of applying some car body filler to a poor example of this....... Replica transfers are available I believe - they certainly were at one time. Edited February 27, 2013 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 27, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 27, 2013 How to make sure your model is in the best possible condition for sale: "The Locomotive was in Mint like new condition until i dropped it while testing it and you can now see the resulting damage in the pictures it has broken the rear side steps and cracked the body also at the rear.I did eventually get to test it after cursing several times and it still runs Fantastic in both directions and the headlight works perfect" http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MODEL-RAILWAYS-HO-OO-GAUGE-UNION-PACIFIC-1500A-LOCOMOTIVE-/380588176807?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item589cd2b5a7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Another steal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-GAUGE-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SHUNTER-R-156-13012-/271161352847?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f2279e28f&_uhb=1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 28, 2013 Another steal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-GAUGE-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SHUNTER-R-156-13012-/271161352847?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f2279e28f&_uhb=1 Absolute bargain, considering a new Bachmann one can be had for not much more! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 Another steal http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-00-GAUGE-CLASS-08-DIESEL-SHUNTER-R-156-13012-/271161352847?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f2279e28f&_uhb=1 Another one where the seller's name may be a clue to aspiration? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37255 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 How to make sure your model is in the best possible condition for sale: "The Locomotive was in Mint like new condition until i dropped it while testing it and you can now see the resulting damage in the pictures it has broken the rear side steps and cracked the body also at the rear.I did eventually get to test it after cursing several times and it still runs Fantastic in both directions and the headlight works perfect" http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MODEL-RAILWAYS-HO-OO-GAUGE-UNION-PACIFIC-1500A-LOCOMOTIVE-/380588176807?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item589cd2b5a7 I believe the phrase is "one careful owner"! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Another one for the "God loves a trier" category I remember the late Nigel Downend had one of these which pitched up in his secondhand corner. It was still there a few years later when he ceased trading......! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Re6/6 Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 Another one for the "God loves a trier" category I remember the late Nigel Downend had one of these which pitched up in his secondhand corner. It was still there a few years later when he ceased trading......! A starting price of 99p would be about right. Just look at those castings! I recently 'won' an MTK 2HAL 'kit' with a brass wrapper which was quite good and compared well with the 'King' drawings, but as for the rest of it, the whitemetal castings were something that Salvador Dali would have been proud of! 'El Cr*ppo' kits have been described as 'aids to scratchbuilding'. I wouldn't go that far. At least Jidenco/Falcon Brass kits do fall into that category! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 Another one for the "God loves a trier" category I remember the late Nigel Downend had one of these which pitched up in his secondhand corner. It was still there a few years later when he ceased trading......! "So, all complete save for the motor(s) and ready for your skills to be applied." Looking at the castings these are scratchbuilding skills..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 (edited) This one I don't understand at all. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMA-00-GAUGE-COUPLING-HOOKS-X-TEN-/370765402703?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item565357124f or this one either, http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-x-Lima-Coupling-Loops-for-BR-LNER-Brake-Van-spares-/271160199883?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f22684acb More fool me for throwing all my Lima couplers away? Mike. Edited February 28, 2013 by Enterprisingwestern Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted February 28, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 28, 2013 A picture tells a thousand words, we hear. Sure does - and they may not fit with the description. "Runs quite nicely" says the seller. What? With a front coupler like that? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-0-6-0ST-Austerity-No150-in-War-Department-livery-Warrington-/221195417023?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33804635bf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1962 Posted February 28, 2013 Share Posted February 28, 2013 A picture tells a thousand words, we hear. Sure does - and they may not fit with the description. "Runs quite nicely" says the seller. What? With a front coupler like that? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Dapol-0-6-0ST-Austerity-No150-in-War-Department-livery-Warrington-/221195417023?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item33804635bf It must be worth the starting price surely.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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