tell us, post pics, and let us know how you intend to pay for these purchases....
tim
I picked up a Farish class 57 im freightliner livery and the Farish class 37 in Dutch Livery for £80. Apart from that my Credit Card stayed tucked away
ahhhh i want a dutch class 37, you got one for £40 right???
anyway...
i did get a class 58 (58 023, railfreight) and that was £50 which was a good deal
i also got a Mk1 FK, a GUV, a TEA, and an HEA... also got wires, paints, a decoder etc. etc...
i guess i should've saved up more money to blow, especially on the much reduced stock at the dapol and farish stands... there's always next year...
tim
I got them for £40 each from the Bachmann Stand :thumbsup:
Right then....
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF0240.jpg)
From left to right....
Farish BDA in EWS £16
Farish Seacow in EWS £19
NGS ready built Queen mary brake van in EWS £3
Farish Warship in Blue £40
Fleischmann BR103 in DB £30
Bachmann 2-6-6-2 H4 in W&LE Black £40
Peco code 55 r/h curve point £8
In total - MASSIVE BARGAINS !!! ;D ;D ;D Paid in cash as my bank manager will testify... :smiley-laughing:
Luck of the draw really ! That farish stand was complete chaos.... at one point i asked a nice gentleman to pass me a handfull of boxes so i could have a look, they couldn't take the money fast enough ! What made me laugh was when one guy asked to pay by card and at least a dozen people groaned (me included !) :smiley-laughing:
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Oh Boy - when your good lady finds out - there may be trouble ahead (cue Nat King Cole :music:)
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
ker ching !!! I saw their stand, some awesome stuff there - the class 89 caught my eye :Class89:, but far too expensive...
I did order a Dapol 52 in desert sand livery from osbounes though, at £106 i still feel a bit sick, just hope it's worth it !
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Which one?
Quote from: newportnobby on September 10, 2011, 10:23:34 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Oh Boy - when your good lady finds out - there may be trouble ahead (cue Nat King Cole :music:)
I must look really guilty because she has vetted my megre £30 purchase and deemed it acceptable spend BUT she keeps giving me the look of 'knowing i have done something daft with money'.............
oh well come Oct she will never remember, and I get a CJM class 60 :evil:
mm ok..
Farish Class 37 , in BR Blue (new DCC version) £40
Dapol Class 58, in Coal Sector £40
Dapol Brit Robin Hood £80
Dapol Class 156 Dummy Pair, in Regional £15
Farish Freightliner Bogie Wagon £9
Extra Containers for above £3 a pack x 2
Detailing parts for my Farish 4P (dome, chimney) from N Brass Locos £3
I had the Railfreight 58023 too but swapped it for the Coal Sector version as I have 58012 already. May well be the one bluedepot picked up later as I only saw one and was there on the dot.
R E Faust
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 10, 2011, 10:26:35 PM
I did order a Dapol 52 in desert sand livery from osbounes though, at £106 i still feel a bit sick, just hope it's worth it !
From your pic, you got an eclectic collection (or should that be electric ???) I'm too tired - left home at 6 am and the M6 home was sh**e, to say nothing of some pillock in a Freelander who tried to get into my boot. Everyone brakes apart from him, you hear the screech of tires, look in your rear view mirror and see him fishtailing towards you. I assumed the crash position i.e tucked my jeans into my socks so the car wouldn't fill up. :-[
Quote from: The Cuckoo on September 10, 2011, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Which one?
The EWS liveried one, much like the one on the extreme top right of his fine stand. I got a picture of it which i will post tomorrow when im feeling less sick. He does them in batches of five so he tells me. ive ordered the same livery and weathered as disply but numbered 60035, which i receive end of Oct. Im gonna pay him this week. I cant wait to own one of his masterpieces :beers: :music: :thumbsup:
As long as it's N gauge and I like it, i'll buy it ;D Used to follow the old ' can't have that, it won't fit in my period' thing, but now I just buy what I want...
As for the ride home... one hell of a heavy shower slowed everybody down except for the jerk in a merc (sprinter, obviously !) who decided to tail gate some poor bloke when you couldn't see 10ft in front of you... crazy >:(
Stil, it was a great show, was well worth the trip and good to put some faces to some of these strange names ! Good to see you folks :thumbsup:
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:44:40 PM
Quote from: The Cuckoo on September 10, 2011, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Which one?
The EWS liveried one, much like the one on the extreme top right of his fine stand. I got a picture of it which i will post tomorrow when im feeling less sick. He does them in batches of five so he tells me. ive ordered the same livery and weathered as disply but numbered 60035, which i receive end of Oct. Im gonna pay him this week. I cant wait to own one of his masterpieces :beers: :music: :thumbsup:
Very nice indeed! I didn't feel brave enough to take the plunge for a CJM 60 today so I opted for the new Farish 60 in petroleum livery instead :thumbsup:
The wise OWL and I were just saying today the forum would be buzzing - check out the record numbers on line today - 132 at last count (record ever).
I wonder what it's all about? ;D
Quote from: The Cuckoo on September 10, 2011, 11:02:26 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:44:40 PM
Quote from: The Cuckoo on September 10, 2011, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Which one?
The EWS liveried one, much like the one on the extreme top right of his fine stand. I got a picture of it which i will post tomorrow when im feeling less sick. He does them in batches of five so he tells me. ive ordered the same livery and weathered as disply but numbered 60035, which i receive end of Oct. Im gonna pay him this week. I cant wait to own one of his masterpieces :beers: :music: :thumbsup:
Very nice indeed! I didn't feel brave enough to take the plunge for a CJM 60 today so I opted for the new Farish 60 in petroleum livery instead :thumbsup:
Cool model, I love the class 60 in petroleum. Good choice :thumbsup: post some pictures soon :camera:
Quote from: newportnobby on September 10, 2011, 11:04:43 PM
The wise OWL and I were just saying today the forum would be buzzing - check out the record numbers on line today - 132 at last count (record ever).
I wonder what it's all about? ;D
Seems TINGS can only get better.......................... :-[ ;) :NGF:
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 11:12:11 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on September 10, 2011, 11:04:43 PM
The wise OWL and I were just saying today the forum would be buzzing - check out the record numbers on line today - 132 at last count (record ever).
I wonder what it's all about? ;D
Seems TINGS can only get better.......................... :-[ ;) :NGF:
Oh puhlease :'(
Quote from: newportnobby on September 10, 2011, 11:22:42 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 11:12:11 PM
Quote from: newportnobby on September 10, 2011, 11:04:43 PM
The wise OWL and I were just saying today the forum would be buzzing - check out the record numbers on line today - 132 at last count (record ever).
I wonder what it's all about? ;D
Seems TINGS can only get better.......................... :-[ ;) :NGF:
Oh puhlease :'(
Thought you'd enjoy that one :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
"Fleischmann BR103 in DB £30" What a bargain! Lucky fella. Where's the green envy smiley when you need it?
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 10, 2011, 10:05:08 PM
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF0240.jpg)
NGS ready built Queen mary brake van in EWS £3
Is this the Brass etch done up or are they out? I thought they were due at Warley and more than 3 quid!
Well BACHMANN got 4000 of my pennies for an Early crest Black five.
A&H models got £18.00 for Lyddle End east engine shed and Lyddle end Tractor plough shed as they had them on 50% off
Seen many good things on offer to help create the next module to my layout very good show. Defo for next year too.
Jon
Quote from: Sithlord75 on September 11, 2011, 03:14:21 AM
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 10, 2011, 10:05:08 PM
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF0240.jpg)
NGS ready built Queen mary brake van in EWS £3
Is this the Brass etch done up or are they out? I thought they were due at Warley and more than 3 quid!
Sorry my bad ! :-[ This was a hand painted etched kit that was bought in a grotty plastic bag buried in a pile of lima mk1's :smiley-laughing:
Should of decribed it better ::)
Quote from: poliss on September 11, 2011, 02:08:31 AM
"Fleischmann BR103 in DB £30" What a bargain! Lucky fella. Where's the green envy smiley when you need it?
I got it out of the box, put it on the track and.... Nothing ! :'( Gutted... but i took the body off in the vain hope it was a broken wire or something and again couldn't find anything wrong - put power directly to the motor and it worked ! ;D still wouldn't work on the track though >:(
Anyway, i got fed up trying to find the problem so i gave up, as i picked up the body to put it back on, i noticed contacts in the roof - i forgot, they CAN use the overhead wires (clever germans !). I switched the switch, and it worked !!! ;D It ran beautifully ! :angel:
If anyone else gets a dead electric loco, may be worth knowing about that switch ! Here is a pic of the switch (small slotted screw head)
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF0244.jpg)
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 10, 2011, 10:05:08 PM
Right then....
(http://i1228.photobucket.com/albums/ee442/djmikeymike2011/DSCF0240.jpg)
From left to right....
Farish BDA in EWS £16
Farish Seacow in EWS £19
NGS ready built Queen mary brake van in EWS £3
Farish Warship in Blue £40
Fleischmann BR103 in DB £30
Bachmann 2-6-6-2 H4 in W&LE Black £40
Peco code 55 r/h curve point £8
In total - MASSIVE BARGAINS !!! ;D ;D ;D Paid in cash as my bank manager will testify... :smiley-laughing:
yes, indeed.
just last week I paid US$60 for a Fleischmann BR103 with a lot of run time on it, and was happy with that.
that Mallet is a wonderful find !
Quote from: 4x2ybecauseican on September 11, 2011, 08:31:22 AM
Sorry my bad ! :-[ This was a hand painted etched kit that was bought in a grotty plastic bag buried in a pile of lima mk1's :smiley-laughing:
Should of decribed it better ::)
Nice win there then :thumbsup: :beers:
Yep, there were many bargains - but you had to keep visiting the same stalls over and over as they brought out more boxes of goodies ;D, i reckon i walked a few miles in that hall ! :smiley-laughing:
Shopping aside, the layouts were great and i got loads of great ideas to try out on mine...
I'm even considering making my layout 'exibition ready' ;D
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:44:40 PM
Quote from: The Cuckoo on September 10, 2011, 10:27:58 PM
Quote from: owl729 on September 10, 2011, 10:19:38 PM
I pre ordered a class 60 from CJM for £450. I feel really sick now :thumbsdown:
On the bright side I get the 'Rolls Royce' of British N to my spec in little more than 5 weeks :thumbsup:
Good things in life dont come cheap! (just dont tell my wife :smiley-laughing:)
Which one?
The EWS liveried one, much like the one on the extreme top right of his fine stand. I got a picture of it which i will post tomorrow when im feeling less sick. He does them in batches of five so he tells me. ive ordered the same livery and weathered as disply but numbered 60035, which i receive end of Oct. Im gonna pay him this week. I cant wait to own one of his masterpieces :beers: :music: :thumbsup:
(http://i869.photobucket.com/albums/ab256/OWL729/NGaugeshow2011002.jpg)
She's a beauty, Dave, but I still think you'll be in the dogbox for the rest of your days ;D
Quote from: newportnobby on September 11, 2011, 11:44:19 AM
She's a beauty, Dave, but I still think you'll be in the dogbox for the rest of your days ;D
Only if she ever finds out! When it arrives, she will assume it's just a regular diesel rrp £85 like all the other ones she has bought me in the past at christmas etc. I personally wont burst her bubble, if that's what she believes then why tell her other wise? sometimes ignorance is bliss :smiley-laughing:
Quote from: owl729 on September 11, 2011, 11:50:41 AM
Quote from: newportnobby on September 11, 2011, 11:44:19 AM
She's a beauty, Dave, but I still think you'll be in the dogbox for the rest of your days ;D
Only if she ever finds out! When it arrives, she will assume it's just a regular diesel rrp £85 like all the other ones she has bought me in the past at christmas etc. I personally wont burst her bubble, if that's what she believes then why tell her other wise? sometimes ignorance is bliss :smiley-laughing:
You like living dangerously don't you Owl.....
Personally i wouldn't have been able to keep it a secret from my ex missus.
She would have Known in five minutes flat from the guilty look on my face...... :o
Enjoy your loco when it arrives.....Hope you get to the postman before your missus does.. ;D
Hello,
Has anyone bought a Farish Tornado? Has anyone seen one for sale? And what did they think of it?
I have one on order and am in England for two weeks from next week. I'm really hoping to get mine while I'm here otherwise it will have to be airfreighted to me to avoid having to use the dreaded South African postal system. It's all a matter of timing.
Regards,
Veronica. :A1Tornado:
i'm not eating this week to save some money....
tim
Quote from: bluedepot on September 11, 2011, 01:46:28 PM
i'm not eating this week to save some money....
tim
:smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing: :smiley-laughing:
I'm glad I didn't go, as I would have spent a fortune that I don't have! Sounds like a LOT of bargains though. :'(
Quote from: Zunnan on September 10, 2011, 10:07:38 PM
Quote from: cookiescrumble on September 10, 2011, 09:51:44 PM
I got them for £40 each from the Bachmann Stand :thumbsup:
Thats the first place I went to when I walked in! You can guess where my BR Blue pair came from... :thumbsup:
I only went over to see what all the fuss was about :smiley-laughing:.
Quote from: silly moo on September 11, 2011, 01:38:37 PM
Hello,
Has anyone bought a Farish Tornado? Has anyone seen one for sale? And what did they think of it?
I have one on order and am in England for two weeks from next week. I'm really hoping to get mine while I'm here otherwise it will have to be airfreighted to me to avoid having to use the dreaded South African postal system. It's all a matter of timing.
Regards,
Veronica. :A1Tornado:
It's not looking good to be honest Veronica, it might be worth searching for model shops in the area you are visiting to see if they can order one for you, most of the online retailers are showing it as pre-order I'm afraid
Here are my purchases from TINGS. I got the first 6 for £55 as I kocked him down a bit for cash. On a later wander round I found he'd got another one so I took that as well. Hope there was some left for other folks (I couldn't believe what price people were asking for MK1's and the difference between stands)
(http://i1086.photobucket.com/albums/j454/nobbynewport/TINGSpurchase001.jpg)
Lessee ...
Let SMBO pick up a GraFar Jubilee (Rodney ?) from the scrum there (she got an extra fiver off too :o ;D) after she considered a couple of Black 5s and another one (can't recall now), as well as 3 wagons ... a bunch of NGS kits (I think about 10 wagons worth); the NGS Stove R (crimson & cream); and a lighting-bar kit from DCC Supplies (for a non-lit OO Hornby Pullman).
Was surprised the place was so busy ! Things were quieter around lunchtime though; managed to get to see the layouts then, as well as chat to some of the stallholders. Dread to think how bad it must have been at opening time ... !
Had a look @ Tornado on the GraFar stand ... looks about the same as the OO release ? Dont thing anyone had it for sale (but could be wrong; wasn't paying attention for that loco).
Mike
Well decided to take advice from here and go with my savings.. only managed to get 3 hours in at the show (which wasn't enough!) but so thoroughly enjoyed it.
As for purchases, I'll take photo's ina bit, but scored a bunch of European freight cars (as I don't have any yet!) including 2 four packs of minitrix side unloading hoppers :)
I spoiled myself with a Minitrix ES64 Dispolok liveried for Bosphorous Sprinter which is just beautiful
and the total steal of the show (given that I expected nothing from it) was an old Rivarossi FS e444 that not only is actually molded quite nicely, but also runs really well for
35 quid!! I'll take pics. I'm so happy with it, of course, now I have to find some FS coaches *sigh*
Graham
Im glad you made it to the show despite it being a terrible week or two for you, Carnt wait to see your euro purchases :camera:
All the best mate
Dave :thumbsup:
Quote from: grumbeast on September 11, 2011, 08:01:23 PM
Well decided to take advice from here and go with my savings.. only managed to get 3 hours in at the show (which wasn't enough!) but so thoroughly enjoyed it.
As for purchases, I'll take photo's ina bit, but scored a bunch of European freight cars (as I don't have any yet!) including 2 four packs of minitrix side unloading hoppers :)
I spoiled myself with a Minitrix ES64 Dispolok liveried for Bosphorous Sprinter which is just beautiful
and the total steal of the show (given that I expected nothing from it) was an old Rivarossi FS e444 that not only is actually molded quite nicely, but also runs really well for
35 quid!! I'll take pics. I'm so happy with it, of course, now I have to find some FS coaches *sigh*
Graham
Great to hear you managed to enjoy the show Graham...... :thumbsup:
:A1Tornado:
Dad bought a Tornado from Penkeith models £122.00.
Really nice model and runs a treat to. Puts Hornbys 00 naff offerings to shame just like the BACHMANN 00 version does.
Just run her in and have now fitted the DCC chip to it.
Osborne had them for sale at £135 ish and think the signal box had them too.
I bought:
A Bachmann Spectrum articulated loco for 35 quid
A Royal Scot (Air Force) in green for £50
A Dapol Evening Star for £50 - On ebay now as they make me nervous and it derails on some points.
Some wagons for £3 and £3.50
Nspirations 5 for 2 quid
A Dapol Stove R in Pullman livery
I went on sunday and was beaten to a lot of the good bargains so did'nt spend anything like I expected to.
Here's what I bought:
Farish class 47 "Geordie"
Peco lh and rh curved points(one of each)
N'spirations 2 through to 5
3 Herpa n gauge lorries
Pack of 2 Herpa Opel Manta's
3 bags of grey ballast
Mk3 br blue inter city 125 overlay vinyls from Electra.These are TSO's and TRFB.
I took a good selection of photo's as well and got to speak to Dapol Dave,mostly about the sound chipped HST which I was drooling all over.Amazing,although he told me if I wanted one it would cost me £600.None available in br blue so I passed on that one and kept my money in my pocket.
OK,
finally got some pictures of my purchases including my beautiful FS e444 (which I now have to find stock for!!!)
Also the bosporous sprinter which is delightful, and all of the wagons the e444 is pulling :) I did well, especially with the e444 which was only 35 quid.
Graham
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-lEQpqBev3n0/TnogQ8AqV4I/AAAAAAAAAbI/0WAF2fdxSns/s1024/IMG_2123.jpg)
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-oI4LWhaYQ2o/TnogQ5ZXSaI/AAAAAAAAAbA/JGI3nt5R75E/s1024/IMG_2122.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-a4OwDXrhEmI/TnogSckkR-I/AAAAAAAAAbM/lR70xt5XuCU/s1024/IMG_2110.jpg)
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZLgEBl5ixM0/TnogTnA7NgI/AAAAAAAAAbQ/6CG3s9-tuEQ/s1024/IMG_2107.jpg)
(https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-HL2oW2TbYDE/TnogT658W3I/AAAAAAAAAbU/KiZ-IcgwMVE/s1024/IMG_2105.jpg)
Nice pics, Graham :camera: Looks like you got yourself a cracking purchase :thumbsup: