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  1. Yet another mandacious chiseller. He has broken down a number of perfectly good models to sell for parts at inflated prices. If you add the prices for all the bits of this model he has for sale (including the box) it comes to £124.80. You can buy a whole model for far less. And that will include the electrical DCC gubbings that's missing from his. I assume that the broken con rods etc. are as a result of his rush to dismantle the thing.
  2. I was instantly reminded of Lesley Philips! Ding ..
  3. Another fine offering from our old friend Gosturd: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334811248267? "BOXED EXCELLENT Two un used 5 pole motors with many uses." Yes, I can think of a few uses for a couple of ancient motors.
  4. If you look at his completed/sold items he sells quite a lot. If only we knew who buys this stuff we could ask them why, and please stop!
  5. Our friend is at it again: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334793626708? You can buy it at that price, or buy the kits from Brassmasters for £100 cheaper. He's got a whole load of Finney kits for sale. Or this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304838235272? You can buy this, or phone Squires (the present owners of SEFinecast) and buy 10 for the same price 🙄
  6. No, it's not small, just far away... (I'll get me coat)
  7. I guess I've bought kits over the years, that still await construction, in the belief (alas too often confirmed) that if not bought now, they will disappear from the market, never to be seen again. It seems that niche kit manufacturers have an unfortunate tendency to get fed up and move on to other things, go bust or die in harness. I shall always regret not buying a couple of ABS AA16 GWR Toad kits when I had the chance! I have to admit to doing the same, but I'm not a good judge of the market. I've bought kits in the belief that I'll never see another one, only to find a much better example for sale the following week.
  8. That's the front offside wing of a dawg! It's a dawg that's pi**ed off at having its bed used as a background to model all that tat. All that doggie hair presumably comes free with the collection. You can understand why the camera is shaking and the poor use of English. The dog probably has his teeth firmly embedded in the guy's backside! At least he didn't say "from a pet free home".
  9. A friend of mine collected model aircraft kits with the intention of building them when he retired. When he eventually retired and went to inspect his kits he realised to his horror that he had become SABLE'd and there was no way he was going to live long enough to build them all!
  10. The Games master at my school couldn't understand why I gave up cricket for the summer term to play tennis instead (I was rather good at cricket at the time). Well as the school had ripped up it's own tennis courts to build a sports hall the nearest tennis courts were at the all girls school down the road.... Happy days!
  11. I was at the auction but wasn't tempted by this. It was a non-runner when I tested it and looked to have been in a display cabinet for years. The brake rigging was all bent so wouldn't have run anyway. Had I known how much it would sell for on the 'Bay I would have taken a punt. The guy took the pictures straight off the auction catalogue. There was a similar one went straight after this sold for £120 plus fees and commission. Sorry for the late post but very behind on my RMweb lurking at the moment!
  12. Well I got mine today. Looks beautiful but already one of the lamp irons has pinged off to make friends with the floor. It runs fine in DC but in DCC no lights or sounds apart from the brake squeal. Anyone else have the same problem? It came with the factory fitted sound card.
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