Horsetan Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 CIE Sulzer kit turned up. £59. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pitbull1845 Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 With all the talk of the Dapol 73's I thought I'd see if I could get a cheap Hornby one in GBRF livery. I bid on one at £50 with a limited description on the opening title. To my surprise I was the only bidder and won it. Now there was a little bonus, it was fitted with a Howes sound chip and express models lighting. This was included in the description but thought it too good to be true. Postie delivered it today and sure enough. Sound and lights fitted. Result. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kintbury jon Posted December 17, 2015 Share Posted December 17, 2015 With all the talk of the Dapol 73's I thought I'd see if I could get a cheap Hornby one in GBRF livery. I bid on one at £50 with a limited description on the opening title. To my surprise I was the only bidder and won it. Now there was a little bonus, it was fitted with a Howes sound chip and express models lighting. This was included in the description but thought it too good to be true. Postie delivered it today and sure enough. Sound and lights fitted. Result. I was watching it too. Forgot to bid on it and was surprised to see that it had gone for such a cheap price. Enjoy it! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 27, 2016 Share Posted January 27, 2016 £48 for another RG4. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
great central Posted January 31, 2016 Share Posted January 31, 2016 Meant to have a look at something finishing luchtime today, it had stood at £60 for the last couple of days. This morning it was still only just over £100. Forgot about it at the crucial time and on looking 10 minutes after it had finished found it had sold for just over £160. It's not really my scale or period....................but what looked like a nicely built and painted RJH O gauge 37 for that money Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted February 1, 2016 Share Posted February 1, 2016 Just because it ends at that price does not mean that had someone else had bid they would have got it for a few £'s extra, as the person who won it may have had a maximum bid far higher or would have bid much more. Several times I have bid far more than the starting amount only to either be the only bidder or had little competition for an item, usually a poorly listed item or one ending at an obscure time Not had much luck lately, though my focus has been elsewhere lately Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 8, 2016 Share Posted February 8, 2016 Finally got hold of a PCB stripped from a Bachmann NRM ProtoDeltic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted February 17, 2016 Share Posted February 17, 2016 With the house move getting nearer I am supposed to be reducing my collection, but can never resist an upgrade. I love the little SR P class locos and have a Wills one waiting to be built, I also sourced a Wills cast chassis with Romford wheels on, anyway a lot came up on eBay for a Southeastern Finecast loco, with a Branchlines chassis, a Branchlines etched detail set, cast backhead and a set of Romford wheels, just over £61 inc postage. Not bad when the SEF kit is £80 inc chassis and I have £30 worth of wheels and added detail set (I doubt if all the Branchlines etches come with the kit (if any) Also I won a railcar powered single axle drive, etched chassis, gearbox and what looks like a set of P4 or perhaps EM wheels, DS12 type motor, just what my MTK Bristol railcar needs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 I don't often have cause to post in this topic, partly because the term "good buy" is really very subjective. For something really wanted most folk will pay more than the odds for it as we see so often in eBay Madness. On that basis some may not agree with me that this really was a "good buy". But in this case it was not really a burning desire to "must have" but more of a total surprise that I was not out bid. Recently I have seen AG hornblocks going for £19 ! A set of 6 OO/EM AG wheels going for £25! A set of AG sprung buffers for £12.00 not to mention a number of AG kits where the asking price has been on the very wrong side of £150. So I am quite pleased to have had delivered an AG kit (unstarted and complete) for a MR S or U 0-6-0T complete with a set of P4 wheels, buffers, hornblocks, and a few extras, all for under £70 - a more than fair price IMO. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold ikks Posted February 18, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 18, 2016 Finally got hold of a PCB stripped from a Bachmann NRM ProtoDeltic Does this mean we will see the hybrid prototype Deltic on the the tracks?.......serious question ,I am really interested. Rgds.....Mike Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 18, 2016 Share Posted February 18, 2016 Does this mean we will see the hybrid prototype Deltic on the the tracks?.......serious question ,I am really interested. Rgds.....Mike I wouldn't have started this bloody project if I didn't think it was going to work! My one gripe is with Bachmann's spares department which has been singularly unhelpful in failing to answer any queries about availability of NRM ProtoDeltic spare parts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N15class Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I don't often have cause to post in this topic, partly because the term "good buy" is really very subjective. For something really wanted most folk will pay more than the odds for it as we see so often in eBay Madness. On that basis some may not agree with me that this really was a "good buy". But in this case it was not really a burning desire to "must have" but more of a total surprise that I was not out bid. Recently I have seen AG hornblocks going for £19 ! A set of 6 OO/EM AG wheels going for £25! A set of AG sprung buffers for £12.00 not to mention a number of AG kits where the asking price has been on the very wrong side of £150. So I am quite pleased to have had delivered an AG kit (unstarted and complete) for a MR S or U 0-6-0T complete with a set of P4 wheels, buffers, hornblocks, and a few extras, all for under £70 - a more than fair price IMO. I used to find anything with P4 in the title/description put the punters off. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I used to find anything with P4 in the title/description put the punters off. Not so now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 19, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 19, 2016 I used to find anything with P4 in the title/description put the punters off. I have been unable to find anything for P4 on e-bay. I need some P4 track for displaying some static models in a diorama. The models are from the 'World of Stobart' series from Atlas who have produced them to exact 1/76 scale including the rail wheel gauge on the road/rail vehicles and it is not possible to 'narrow' the gauge without a lot of effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenton Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 I have been unable to find anything for P4 on e-bay. I need some P4 track for displaying some static models in a diorama. The models are from the 'World of Stobart' series from Atlas who have produced them to exact 1/76 scale including the rail wheel gauge on the road/rail vehicles and it is not possible to 'narrow' the gauge without a lot of effort.The problem is that P4 is still seen as somewhat specialist and comparatively a very small market. Probably the items are too "new" to be sold on on ebay. Track vary rarely comes up and when it does it is usually in kit form. Wheels are fairly regular but when the usual "characters" identify them correctly the asking prices are eye-watering (Ultrascale especially so) just like RG4 motors most sellers seem to have got the idea that they are gold. Loco kits sold specifically as P4 is a nonsense unless they come as this did with everything you require to build one (wheels, hornblocks, etc) Built P4 locos simply do not seem to sell very well. I guess it is because the select group of P4 modellers either build their own or are prepared to have them built. It is along way from the more typical train-set/RTR that is the bulk of eBay fodder. If you require P4 track the simplest thing is to commission a certain RMWeb member to build it or to DIY. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 19, 2016 Share Posted February 19, 2016 ....Wheels are fairly regular but when the usual "characters" identify them correctly the asking prices are eye-watering (Ultrascale especially so) just like RG4 motors most sellers seem to have got the idea that they are gold. .... It's not just in P4. EM Ultrascales also get offered at near top-end as well. You'll probably have seen two EM wheel packs floating around eBay for some months now - one is for the 28xx which the seller has always wanted £90 for, and the other is a pack for the Stanier Black 5 which was touted at £85 (including once instance when it popped up in the secondhand stalls at RailEx) before recently dropping down to a measly £80..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 What arrived with a Southeasterm Finecast P Class (Body only) kit Branchlines chassis kit Branchlines detail set Markit wheels Pair of brake standard & reversing handles and a cast brass back head Just need a very small motor, a gearbox and a set of L&Y buffers (do have a L&Y sprung buffers but the wrong ones) Well with the kit and an etched chassis being £79.95, wheels and axles being £35, no idea of how much the Branchlines detail set + back head and brake standards are, but my £61 seems well spent Suggestions of motor & gearbox would be handy, kit says DS 10, Branchlines motor mount and Romford 40-1 gears, things have moved on since then 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
micklner Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 272.JPG What arrived with a Southeasterm Finecast P Class (Body only) kit Branchlines chassis kit Branchlines detail set Markit wheels Pair of brake standard & reversing handles and a cast brass back head Just need a very small motor, a gearbox and a set of L&Y buffers (do have a L&Y sprung buffers but the wrong ones) Well with the kit and an etched chassis being £79.95, wheels and axles being £35, no idea of how much the Branchlines detail set + back head and brake standards are, but my £61 seems well spent Suggestions of motor & gearbox would be handy, kit says DS 10, Branchlines motor mount and Romford 40-1 gears, things have moved on since then High Level have a Gearbox planner on their webpage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AireValley1962 Posted February 20, 2016 Share Posted February 20, 2016 This looks pretty good: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361494024307?_trksid=p2060353.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted February 21, 2016 Share Posted February 21, 2016 This looks pretty good: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/361494024307?_trksid=p2060353.m1431.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT There is something going wrong with the jackshaft drive - look at the angle of the rear portion of the coupling rods! Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Downendian Posted February 29, 2016 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 29, 2016 I've been quietly accruing Hornby Hawksworth BGs that are in the process of being sprayed blue, gangways and rains strips removed etc. Picked one up earlier for £21, the cheapest I've had so far. Neil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Sixteen 14BA brass crankpins, bushes, nuts (MGW - remember them?) for £2.91 plus post. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 Brand new Heljan 33 (3416 green with yellow panels) £92.95 post free from a registered trader with 386 nectar points which is equivalent to it being £87.02 if you take into account the compulsory £4 p&p applied by box shifters and collected from Argos on the way home tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 3 or four years ago my Antex 25 watt iron stopped working, as I needed a replacement quickly I bought a new one. I kept the iron so I could replace the element, but never did Last week I saw the tip I was using started to bend, so looking at eBay I found suppliers selling tips for £4.35 inc postage also an element for £11.80, given a new iron is the best part of £30 I now have a spare iron with a 5 mm tip where as I use 3 mm tips for track building (I now have 3 spare 3 mm tips). The bigger tip is much better where more heat is required 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed a/c Posted March 11, 2016 Share Posted March 11, 2016 Picked up a brand new Hornby Princess Margaret Rose DCC ready for £62. Well chuffed 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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