How're you getting on with it? Still not feeling it as an album personally. Lucky Man and Pour My Love, I've warmed to a lot, but as an album... After over six months I think I just have to give up trying to like Gaza and Montreal!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-0-6-0T-J72-Class-Locomotive-Motorised-Chassis-/170995958383?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESINDXX%3AIT&nma=true&si=uDWLpxp3YylxMEFnCgBi%252BZR6C0A%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc ... But you could get a second hand J72 for half that, and flog the body on to recoup a fiver?
"New" I can live with - in many cases it's undeniably more accurate a description than "used" for a model which hasn't been. It's the phrase "as new" which grates, personally, implying it left the factory as per its current condition. All semantics, granted, but for me an "as new" model is just that!
I once asked Hardjeff (current name escapes me!) to confirm whether one of his models was 'detailed and weathered' or 'as new in box', as the listing stated both - got a reply saying "It's both, hope this helps"... Funnily enough, it didn't!
Know that feeling! I think ALL of my saved searches now feature "-container" in the search bar. Doesn't get rid of all of them, but does improve matters.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TMC-Hornby-Britannia-Scrap-Locomotive-End-of-Steam-Expertly-Weathered-by-TMC-/261153953048?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMESINDXX%3AIT&nma=true&si=uDWLpxp3YylxMEFnCgBi%252BZR6C0A%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
Well, quite aside from why a demic loco would still have a smokebox numberplate, pipework and handrails... £155 for a dummy Brit?! Come on... £30ish for an out of the box non-runner, fiver on some paint, recoup 50p flogging off the smoke deflectors?
It's a particular shame in this case, as I've had a wagon off him before, and, though expensive, he'd actually done a very nice job!
(No connection other than a satisfied customer, and I'm not defending the listings, which hardly scream 'professionalism', just thought I'd mention it!)
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LIMA-OO-GAUGE-BR-BLACK-CLASS-94xx-0-6-0-TANK-LOCO-/130813008398?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&nma=true&si=uDWLpxp3YylxMEFnCgBi%2BZR6C0A%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
I know it's our friends in Sheffield, but, seriously, what?! If I were spending £40 on a pannier I think I'd get a Bachmann 57xx personally...