Hroth Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 (edited) Browsing Hattons pre-owned list this morning and they had a nice looking R2915 28xx on offer for £76 inc delivery. To get a price comparison, I always run them through ebay. https://www.hattons.co.uk/538990/hornby_r2915_po08_28xx_class_2_8_0_2818_in_gwr_green_as_preserved_at_nrm_pre_owned_detached_pipe/stockdetail.aspx https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R2915-SD-28xx-Class-2-8-0-2818-in-GWR-Green-As-preserved-at-NRM-Bnib/164176630131?epid=2129622193&hash=item2639b09173:g:9aUAAOSwdGpcs5bX Gulp! I didn't get the Hattons one, perhaps I should have! Edited May 19, 2020 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 Not so much eBay madness as unintentional (I assume) eBay humour: Ladies and Gentlemen, I present Stanier's little known Duchess-GWR Flower Class hybrid, the lesser striped Princess Carnation class https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R3639-LMS-KING-GEORGE-VI-PRINCESS-CARNATION-CLASS-BRAND-NEW-DCC-READY/224012799898?hash=item3428340f9a:g:4wAAAOSwS0pesnIy 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 17 minutes ago, wombatofludham said: I present Stanier's little known Duchess-GWR Flower Class hybrid, the lesser striped Princess Carnation class Evap or condensed? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Hroth said: Evap or condensed? More like soured! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Hroth said: Evap or condensed? 30 minutes ago, MartinWales said: More like soured! Yoghurt? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 45 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Yoghurt? Cheese, I think!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted May 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 19, 2020 9 hours ago, boxbrownie said: And our other halves say WE spend too much on our hobby Whenever I have an eBay item delivered I get asked How much did you spend on that. I try to be honest, but follow it up with how much it would have cost new, but for some reason it still comes over as I'm spending too much. 1 2 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 4 hours ago, rab said: Whenever I have an eBay item delivered I get asked How much did you spend on that. I try to be honest, but follow it up with how much it would have cost new, but for some reason it still comes over as I'm spending too much. But we all know that turning the tables and having the cheek to ask what she spent on something non essential will result in a night sleeping on the couch, right? 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 19, 2020 Share Posted May 19, 2020 6 hours ago, rab said: Whenever I have an eBay item delivered I get asked How much did you spend on that. I try to be honest, but follow it up with how much it would have cost new, but for some reason it still comes over as I'm spending too much. We lives in fear! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Well, I just got sniped by an eBay trader Another potential project put on hold. These guys take great delight in - if they can get their hands on our models - selling them on, sometimes for hundreds of pounds, and yet they deny us the materials we need to complete our models, so they can make a quick buck? I suspect that eBay traders would (had eBay been invented at the time!) have attempted to outbid Pablo Picasso for a piece of blank canvas! 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Sorry I can't get the link up here (as it's still 1963 in our house) but if you go on eBay and type in 333191003215, you will find your idol Gostude has for sale a KIT BUILT Oliver... Actually a poor old Airfix 14XX painted shed green with a face stuck on it... For the bargain price of £99.50! Hurry up and L@@K chaps, it's KIT BUILT and probably RARE!!!!! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted May 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 20, 2020 Link here https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-BUILT-Hornby-THOMAS-the-TANK-ENGINE-GREEN-0-4-2-LOCO-OLIVER-11-ns/333191003215?hash=item4d93bb3c4f:g:NKIAAOSw-9Nc1U2R 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 9 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: We lives in fear! Absolutely not!! Everything I buy on ebay is balanced by a sale, so one in one out! Also I am completely honest and transparent about every item sold (possibly to the point of boredom according to my wife!) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 13 minutes ago, MartinWales said: Also I am completely honest and transparent about every item sold Yeah sure. (Stifled laugh) 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just now, Damo666 said: Yeah sure. (Stifled laugh) I see you cut the complete quote with the justification!!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damo666 Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 4 minutes ago, MartinWales said: I see you cut the complete quote with the justification!!! Purely for comedic effect, hope you didn't mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Just now, Damo666 said: Purely for comedic effect, hope you didn't mind. So long as the end justifies the means??!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
009 micro modeller Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 13 hours ago, MrWolf said: Sorry I can't get the link up here (as it's still 1963 in our house) but if you go on eBay and type in 333191003215, you will find your idol Gostude has for sale a KIT BUILT Oliver... Actually a poor old Airfix 14XX painted shed green with a face stuck on it... For the bargain price of £99.50! Hurry up and L@@K chaps, it's KIT BUILT and probably RARE!!!!! I’m sure it’s ‘rare’ in the sense of ‘not well done’... 1 2 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 It will certainly go faster than a standard Airfix 14xx. Having been lightening for speed by the removal of the autotrain gear, handrails, tank fillers etc etc. A true hotrod. I'm still laughing about Rare' probably meaning 'not well done '. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Gary H Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2020 Ooooh, descisions, decsions! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Heljan-O-Gauge-Diesel-Locomotive-class-50-50032-Courageous-Network-Southeast/224014179980?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225113%26meid%3Dbad31f8a10794c7b84ed057a5f0c4ddf%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dpp%26sd%3D392806543202%26itm%3D224014179980%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057%26brand%3DHeljan&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A9684be89-9b67-11ea-8a4c-52fb6c93a2ee|parentrq%3A376fe5b31720aaeece0afbd5ffc84390|iid%3A1&autorefresh=true or.... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/KIT-BUILT-O-7MM-GAUGE-CLASS-50-DIESEL-NETWORK-SOUTHEAST-LIVERY-INVINCIBLE-50025/372186907113?_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225113%26meid%3Dbad31f8a10794c7b84ed057a5f0c4ddf%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D15%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D392806543202%26itm%3D372186907113%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A9684be89-9b67-11ea-8a4c-52fb6c93a2ee|parentrq%3A376fe5b31720aaeece0afbd5ffc84390|iid%3A1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I'd like to know what type of black paint was used on the roof of the kit built loco. I can't get my vintage motorcycles that shiny!!! Rather like the Heljan one and that's coming from a dyed in the wool steam fan! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 (edited) Hornby Train Railroad 40 BR Blue Split Headcode 40152 OO Gauge Bobo Deltic Anyone? https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/224016683787?ul_noapp=true Surely this is a troll? Note: "Resisted due to someone one pointing out it was not a Bachman," Edited May 21, 2020 by 'CHARD Smugness 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted May 21, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2020 On 20/05/2020 at 02:20, MrWolf said: Sorry I can't get the link up here (as it's still 1963 in our house) but if you go on eBay and type in 333191003215, you will find your idol Gostude has for sale a KIT BUILT Oliver... Actually a poor old Airfix 14XX painted shed green with a face stuck on it... For the bargain price of £99.50! Hurry up and L@@K chaps, it's KIT BUILT and probably RARE!!!!! Quote from the description: "EXCELLENT This locomotive has been kit built /modified from an Airfix Locomotive base. Nicely assembled, painted and lined. The roof is loose on the body." How the blazes can it be excellent if the roof is loose? And on top of that, it is described as Thomas, and any fule no that Thomas is not green. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 33 minutes ago, 96701 said: How the blazes can it be excellent if the roof is loose? And on top of that, it is described as Thomas, and any fule no that Thomas is not green! Indeed young Molesworth. Any fule kno that it is ment to be Oliver the western engine and skool taught us he went arse first into the turntable well for being a little too enchanted with hymself! (With apologies to the late Jeffrey Willans and Ronald Searle) Perhaps that's how he lost all his detail parts and ended up with a loose roof? In which case it's an EXCELLENT &HISTORICALLY ACCURATE kit built P.O.S. ! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Also "Nicely assembled painted and lined? Assembled with a lot of parts missing Painted yes, but by no stretch of the imagination nicely. Lined. Er, no, it's not lined. It's an old Airfix (and I do love them) does it waddle? Are the tyres loose? Does it sound like a Stuka dive bomber / washing machine full of nails? Does it glow (and smell) like an old valve radio? These are all pertinent questions at half the price! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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