Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 At college, browsing eBay… How much!? Just tenders?! I’ve had a look and most seem to be Triangs, a few Hornby (tender drive, modified), plus what I assume to be the body from a Dublo WC? 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 45 minutes ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: At college, browsing eBay… How much!? Just tenders?! I’ve had a look and most seem to be Triangs, a few Hornby (tender drive, modified), plus what I assume to be the body from a Dublo WC? That's completely nuts. The average modeller is only likely to want one or two of those tenders and a dealer who would move them on piecemeal isn't likely to want to offer much more than 20% of that stupid price. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 3 Share Posted June 3 (edited) 17 hours ago, MrWolf said: That's completely nuts. The average modeller is only likely to want one or two of those tenders and a dealer who would move them on piecemeal isn't likely to want to offer much more than 20% of that stupid price. Agreed! On Saturday last week I paid a visit to my local train show, plenty of spare Triang bits being sold there, Princess bodies for a quid, I picked up a Nellie (complete and running!) for a fiver, amongst the lot was a lone Princess tender, couldn’t see a price but I imagine they’d want a fiver, tops. Edited June 4 by Hacksworth_Sidings 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4 (edited) Not Quite 00 Gauge Deltic A bit cheeky asking almost £50 for a static plastic loco with a less than stellar paint job. Presumably a magazine model. Also at a little over 9” long it’s a bit short for 1/76… The seller has a few of these static models for sale for similar prices. Cheers Darius Edited June 4 by Darius43 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 11 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Not Quite 00 Gauge Deltic A bit cheeky asking almost £50 for a static plastic loco with a less than stellar paint job. Presumably a magazine model. Also at a little over 9” long it’s a bit short for 1/76… The seller has a few of these static models for sale for similar prices. Cheers Darius I’ve been tempted by those static models for motorising, a lot of the magazine models were based on existing RTR models so, with some fettling, you could get them to fit an existing chassis. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 (edited) 28 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Not Quite 00 Gauge Deltic A bit cheeky asking almost £50 for a static plastic loco with a less than stellar paint job. Presumably a magazine model. Also at a little over 9” long it’s a bit short for 1/76… The seller has a few of these static models for sale for similar prices. Cheers Darius A GBL product at its finest. Its a ripoff of an old Lima, hence the shortness, the paintjob is as sold. The lack of effort is compounded by the inclusion of the fake track it was supplied with. 16 minutes ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: I’ve been tempted by those static models for motorising, a lot of the magazine models were based on existing RTR models so, with some fettling, you could get them to fit an existing chassis. Oh no.... Its Groundhog Day!!! Edited June 4 by Hroth 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 8 minutes ago, Hroth said: A GBL product at its finest. Its a ripoff of an old Lima, hence the shortness, the paintjob is as sold. The lack of effort is compounded by the inclusion of the fake track it was supplied with. I thought the GBL models came with a raised plastic display base? That track looks like Triang Super 4 to me… 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Not sure what "plastic diecast" means. And one has to scroll down to the description right at the end to find that it's a static model... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted June 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4 52 minutes ago, Darius43 said: Not Quite 00 Gauge Deltic A bit cheeky asking almost £50 for a static plastic loco with a less than stellar paint job. Presumably a magazine model. Also at a little over 9” long it’s a bit short for 1/76… The seller has a few of these static models for sale for similar prices. Cheers Darius For the price, why not throw in the track? "The rail track shown in the listing photos is not part of this sale and is used for display purposes only." 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4 43 minutes ago, kevinlms said: For the price, why not throw in the track? And a £45 refund. Cheers Darius 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Kazmierczak Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 I've got loads of display plinths for these. Only £100 plus p&p. Hurry; limited offer! 1 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 1 hour ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: I thought the GBL models came with a raised plastic display base? That track looks like Triang Super 4 to me… At first glance... Paint Super 4 black (hide the rust?) and it looks pretty similar! 1 hour ago, kevinlms said: For the price, why not throw in the track? "The rail track shown in the listing photos is not part of this sale and is used for display purposes only." But would you WANT that manky bit of track? 🤪 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4 It seems he's already sold 4, I can't believe people are so **************** Insert expletive of your choice. Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 4 2 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: It seems he's already sold 4, I can't believe people are so **************** Insert expletive of your choice. Mike. One born every minute. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 6 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: One born every minute. A busy four minutes... 🤪 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
40152 Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 Ok, tell me I’m wrong. Tell me that the seller, who earlier brought tears to the collectives’ eye with the slightly fuzzy-looking, ‘heavily weathered’ loco: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204764193516? …didn’t source / shave off that err, rust / hairy stuff from this fine item, that they’re also trying to hawk: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204772985164? TBH I can’t decide which is grossing me out the most right now. 😳 5 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 2 hours ago, 40152 said: Ok, tell me I’m wrong. Tell me that the seller, who earlier brought tears to the collectives’ eye with the slightly fuzzy-looking, ‘heavily weathered’ loco: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204764193516? …didn’t source / shave off that err, rust / hairy stuff from this fine item, that they’re also trying to hawk: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204772985164? TBH I can’t decide which is grossing me out the most right now. 😳 It's not enticing! Perhaps its moulting, and rather than waste the bits falling off... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 No thanks, It's not jumping out at me.... 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 12 minutes ago, 33C said: No thanks, It's not jumping out at me.... It says its a letter rack, not much bigger than a joey, so you should be ok. Now, if it were a MAGAZINE rack, you could have problems... 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 39 minutes ago, Hroth said: It's not enticing! Perhaps its moulting, and rather than waste the bits falling off... Sarcoptic mange?? 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 4 Share Posted June 4 8 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Sarcoptic mange?? Do you mind? It's making me itch just at the thought... 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted June 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 4 When I were in short trousers and the world was still in black and white because the Beatles hadn't discovered LSD and invented colour yet, my dad used to make a point of getting the farmers' weather forecast at Sunday lunchtime on ITV (he reckoned it was the most accurate of the week). This would be just as we were sitting down to Sunday dinner, but everything had to cease and be silent while he listened to the forecast, nothing moved until it was over and making a noise resulted in instant death. A regular feature of this ritual, as I say coinciding with sitting down to eat, was an advert for some sort of cure for Sarcoptic Mange Mites. I never really knew what they were, something to do with sheep apparently, but I was absolutely certain I didn't want to be reminded of their existence before tucking in to a leg of lamb... I have discovered since exactly what they are and that I was right not to want to hear about them, so thankfully there is no need to inform me further. Sometimes I'm glad I'm not a sheep. 4 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 (edited) We had a copy of "Sherley's Famous Dog Book*", chock full of useful info about the care of dogs. I particularly liked the cutaway diagram of a dogs interior. In the section about pests, there was a line drawing of a Sarcoptic mange mite.... * A sort of Haynes Dog manual, if you like... Edited June 6 by Hroth Decided to get the name of the book right! 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 5 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 5 13 minutes ago, Hroth said: * A sort of Haynes Dog manual, if you like... And when you put it back together you still had a leg left? Mike. 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMW Posted June 5 Share Posted June 5 25 minutes ago, Enterprisingwestern said: And when you put it back together you still had a leg left? Mike. Not quite - just a couple of nuts. 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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