An expensive day for me:

2 Farish B1's and a 3MT all purchased as nearly new at a much reduced price! 

All these locomotives are due to have some drastic things done to them over the next year or so.

Also I purchased one of the 2mm Society's starter packs. Some Easitrack and a wagon kit to play with.

Overall I've got a lot to keep me busy over the coming months! 

didn't quite have the budget i'd hoped for... So only bought a few things.



An Atlas Western Maryland SD35 for £40 and a 1/144 F16 fighter for £3, plus a few tools.... Total spend £65.

My bank manager will be pleased...

I managed to get a 4CEP for £70. It had been weathered but I put my own spin on this.

An A1 for £70. When test run at home the mechanism was locking - needed one bearing securing to the chassis block, and now runs great.

The bargain of the show was the Manors at £55. I bought a couple but upon inspection one was falling apart - changed for a Brit at the Cheltenham Models stall. The other is the best one I have.

I caved in and bought a black Hall which will need much weathering etc to make it look less toy-like.

Well I went with £100 and came back with £15! Despite this I came home with a Dapol Britannia - at £60 it was impossible to turn down - even if it has the wrong crest for my era! A couple of Fox transfers will soon sort that out.



My other purchase was an FNA to go with my DRS 37s - well timed as the lights have packed up on 37218, making it the ideal candidate for the second loco.



Somehow methinks the FNA might need a bit of weathering!

Hi,

My wife managed to pick up the last two original liveried green Dapol Class 26s from The Signal Box. Dapol stand also had them but £30 more per loco. Bring on the green 27s!

Andy Hoskins
Falkirk

Got a London midland livery 170 from the farish
Stand for £49 what I thought was a good price but
When I got home and put it on the track it's bouncing off the and sound
Well rough is this gears ? 

Hi Dave,

Could be a variety of problems, ranging from bits of glue to split gears to broken/slipped driveshaft.  Might be worth a going over at some stage...

Later,
Stu in KOQU.

I was a good boy

Just 2 dapol LMS signals
Dapol gunpowder van ( well got two bought one got one free as it was missing a set of wheels of which I had spares at home )

N gauge society Stove R



Society Trestrol kit




Excellent show though

Jon

I came looking for a Class 121 in BR Green and a Mk1 'Hadrian Bar' Pullman, couldn't find either unfortunately, so joined the NGS, bought £65 worth of yard lights, two Southern Lorries, a couple of cars, some Transfers to finish off my 5 BEL driving Cars and about 10 Kestrel Kits to get the scenery moving

Way over Budget, but who cares its my hobby 

I am amazed at how many "dodgy" items were bought, we're these new or where they heavily reduced because they were classed as seconds. Does not look good for the manufacturer! Or we're they from second hand stalls.
At the model show last month there was a second hand dealer and he wanted $35 each for the old mk1 farish coaches, damaged and with no boxes, reduced to 30 if i bought all sixeven at Australian prices in hobby shops a new blue ribbon only cost around $40ish.
Bart

Both GraFar and Dapol have a 'returns' area of their stands; that's where the scrum usually is.  You do take a bit of a risk as, while the units are all supposed to have been checked, repaired and tested, there is no guarantee that they will run cleanly ... But they're usually on a good discount, and peeps can normally sort them out if they need to !

And they do actually have new items at discount too; tend to be end-of-runs I think.  Got a Dapol LNER teak buffet car @ £15   Beats the hell out of the £25 one of the stalls was trying to shift 'em at !!!

Well,I exercised a little restraint,just as well really.
At TINGS I bought:
A Farish class 20 in br blue,
A Dapol class 156 Sprinter dmu,
A DCC Concepts rolling road,
N'spirations 8,
2 VW vans,
A Dapol catalogue,
A rather lovely lunch as well.
The class 20 runs like a dream as does the sprinter dmu,so all is good.
As for the exercising restraint,I went with the idea of buying what I liked and this was all that I saw at a good price so that was that.
Then on wednesday lunchtime,I'm sat at work when my phone rang in my pocket.I had a sneaky look at the screen and it said Rails of Sheffield.
Once convenient,I listened to the voice mail which Ollie had sent,stating my Dapol class 56's had arrived in stock and were ready for collection.As I stated earlier,its just as well I didn't spend all my money because today I dropped another £170 on these two delightful little chaps.They are now being run in and are absolutely spot on.

Pete

Quote from: Pete Mc on September 14, 2012, 08:29:57 PM

A DCC Concepts rolling road,

Pete

Bu**er I knew there was something I forgot to look for. 

I've been meaning to buy one of these for ages. I'd better start trawling t'internet for one.

Thanks for reminding me.

Regards

Neal.

Quote from: Calnefoxile on September 14, 2012, 10:37:35 PM

Quote from: Pete Mc on September 14, 2012, 08:29:57 PM

A DCC Concepts rolling road,

Pete

Bu**er I knew there was something I forgot to look for. 

I've been meaning to buy one of these for ages. I'd better start trawling t'internet for one.

Thanks for reminding me.

Regards

Neal.

There a great piece of kit those rolling roads!

Late crest Q1, and a little DCC brain to go inside it (or rather the tender)...  lovely little mover, been driving it slowly forwards and backwards and watching how well it compares...


The Bulleid Q1 Class.