Show your Latest GB Loco and Rolling Stock Purchase.

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scottishlocos

Quote from: railsquid on July 31, 2017, 05:07:32 PM
My favourite Tokyo basement purveyor of overseas 2nd hand N gauge has recently re-evaluated some of its overpriced stock, and this very battered pantograph-less and immobile Dapol 86 was had for a tenner or so...

dapol-86606 by Rail Squid, on Flickr
It will serve as a test bed for Dapol loco restoration techniques, or at worst as a parts donor.

Could you use it as a dummy 86's still run in pair on FLT trains

oreamnos

This Class 55 from Hatton's pre-owned, just arrived here in California:

Sorry for the bad picture.  Here's the picture Hatton's took of it before I bought it:
https://www.hattons.co.uk/302073/Graham_Farish_371_287_LN03_Class_55_Deltic_55005_The_Prince_of_Wales_Own_Regiment_of_Yorkshire_in_BR_Blue_/StockDetail.aspx

For a discount price of £83.  And even though "like new" it did require a little sorting out!  But then again, I've bought a few of these in the past over the years and unfortunately every one of them went back.  One had lights that didn't work, another just sat on the track and smoked, a couple others had glaring paint or other finish flaws - my luck with these locos has been the worst of any model I have ever tried to buy.

This one is a little noisy but it runs well, the lights all work, and it doesn't have scratch marks on the body side.  Did anyone else notice that Hatton's raised the price of their remaining blue ones from £93 to £106 Tuesday night?  They even raised their green Pinza's sale price from £69 to £75!  I'm glad to have finally gotten one that's right at a price I was willing to pay.

£106?  Supply and demand, I know.  But £106?  Really?  They are the same new old stock models that have been in the Barwell warehouse for the past 3 or 4 years.  Nothing has changed except the price!

Matt

Chris Morris

Having recently declared that my layout is set in the summer of '63 I have just moved forwards about four years. This is s bit of a mix and match purchase. I bought a rake of blue and grey coaches (still need two more) and then bought a  fully decorated cat B blue Western body from DCC supplies. As I had three Martin Western I decided to repaint one of them blue to go with this body. As the chassis is weathered any difference in the shade of blue is hidden.
I then cane across a secondhand maroon Warship at a price I couldn't refuse so bought that as well. This has a small yellow panel and is a duplicate of one I already had but I had a spare maroon with full yellow end Warship body. Thus I have two new locos which are not quite totally new. It all ends to the variety of my hydraulic collection.
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dannyboy

Nice looking engines but -
Quote from: Chris Morris on August 17, 2017, 09:06:23 PM
at a price I couldn't refuse so bought that as well

c'mon, the oldest excuse in the book!  :)
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RailGooner

Quote from: dannyboy on August 17, 2017, 09:22:21 PM
Nice looking engines but -
Quote from: Chris Morris on August 17, 2017, 09:06:23 PM
at a price I couldn't refuse so bought that as well

c'mon, the oldest excuse in the book!  :)

If I had a new item of stock for every time I've used that one... :doh:

Chris Morris

Quote from: dannyboy on August 17, 2017, 09:22:21 PM
Nice looking engines but -
Quote from: Chris Morris on August 17, 2017, 09:06:23 PM
at a price I couldn't refuse so bought that as well

c'mon, the oldest excuse in the book!  :)

Well £45 and by the look of the wheels and underside she is very low mileage, if any.

The Western body was cat C because one of the nameplates was hanging off - not exactly a difficult repair. I'm so glad people return locos for such issues.
Working doesn't seem to be the perfect thing for me so I'll continue to play.
Steve Marriott / Ronnie Lane

mickster04

Got a load through today! Wickness models sent me a DCC fitted 90 that I'd bought on Ebay and had sent straight to him, I also got my society purchase, 2 BR Black snowploughs, and the royal pair.

also 10 of the new tanker wagons by peco for NGS!








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mickster04

I don't think so. I think i bought this one nearly a year ago. Unfortunately Douglas has been super busy and I had some delays of my own in getting this sorted.

Railwaygun

Quote from: mickster04 on August 18, 2017, 12:12:04 AM
Got a load through today! Wickness models sent me a DCC fitted 90 that I'd bought on Ebay and had sent straight to him, I also got my society purchase, 2 BR Black snowploughs, and the royal pair.


Royal pair of snowploughs??

as in "I declare this snowplough open"??
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For once I was actually in the house when postman arrived and could happily take delivery of my first new tooling class 47.

No prices for guessing my choice of livery...

https://www.dropbox.com/s/6ulddcjldn4727h/Photo%2018-08-2017%2C%2014%2047%2028.jpg?dl=0

https://www.dropbox.com/s/a34r7a72e08ycr2/Photo%2018-08-2017%2C%2014%2047%2005.jpg?dl=0

Running in is going well (though showing up my dirty track), but couldn't resist a posed photo with my new MK2s. Bonus marks for Bachfar colour matching.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/ytfsjkma4v6yfio/Photo%2018-08-2017%2C%2014%2049%2001.jpg?dl=0

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railsquid

'Tis my craven desire to run first generation DMUs...


A kit-or-scratchbuilt attempt at a Class 105 by person or persons unknown, looks pretty good to me, albeit unmotorised so if at all will be hauled by a loco simulating a failed unit.

Newportnobby

Interesting.
The rearmost coach looks slightly higher than the leading one. Is that the case or just the camera being cruel?

railsquid

Quote from: newportnobby on August 24, 2017, 04:29:44 PM
Interesting.
The rearmost coach looks slightly higher than the leading one. Is that the case or just the camera being cruel?

You notice correctly, the body of the leading coach sits a little loose on the rear bogie, need to prop it up a little.

johnlambert

Quote from: railsquid on August 24, 2017, 03:19:48 PM
'Tis my craven desire to run first generation DMUs...


A kit-or-scratchbuilt attempt at a Class 105 by person or persons unknown, looks pretty good to me, albeit unmotorised so if at all will be hauled by a loco simulating a failed unit.

Looks good.  You could also run it in multiple with another DMU. Or just the power car from a Class 101 or 108 if you have one.

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