009 micro modeller Posted June 18, 2020 Share Posted June 18, 2020 (edited) 3 hours ago, Darius43 said: No luck with “pro” and “look” so I tried “scratch” and found this:- River/Coastal Scene Diorama Clearly this represents an early lockdown scene whereupon the Derbyshire Constabulary has dyed the water lurid blue to discourage lockdown breachers and someone has fly-tipped huge chunks of Thermalite blocks on the beach. Cheers Darius Oh good there’s a whole range... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Scratch-built-OO-gauge-diorama-of-a-quarry-Suit-railway-Hornby/174316756237?hash=item2896169d0d:g:2TwAAOSwWCte5jk6 https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?sid=sherriel&isRefine=true&_pgn=1 Edited June 18, 2020 by 009 micro modeller 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2020 We haven't had anything in the 'disappointment looming' category for a while. Time to remedy the situation. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trainset-layout-joblot/264764544407?hash=item3da5325597:g:S3gAAOSwl6derBy4 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 18, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 18, 2020 46 minutes ago, CuriousPeach6 said: Hello, I've just been looking through eBay at some OO gauge stuff and found this: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R9732-Rail-Over-River-Bridge/313094222833?epid=26012063089&hash=item48e5deb3f1%3Ag%3Azh0AAOSwvjVey9~X&LH_BIN=1 £2,199 for a Hornby bridge! I can only assume that the price was entered incorrectly (£2199 instead of £21.99), but it does make for quite a mad and comical listing! -Peter I hope this is the kind of thing people post on here - if it's not, please let me know. Does it come with the river? Darius 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 12 hours ago, Metr0Land said: We haven't had anything in the 'disappointment looming' category for a while. Time to remedy the situation. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Trainset-layout-joblot/264764544407?hash=item3da5325597:g:S3gAAOSwl6derBy4 Fluid decimal point perhaps?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted June 19, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 19, 2020 Loads of offences here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-lot-guagemaster/153976484072?hash=item23d9b6b0e8:g:Rg0AAOSwhkNe435w Another one who seemingly cannot spell Gauge even though it is clearly written on the items for sale. Lazy 'Job Lot' listing with naff all description. Bad photos with most of the individual labels obscured so you have no idea what they actually specifically are. Overpriced. The seller has other equally poor listings too. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, John M Upton said: Loads of offences here: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Job-lot-guagemaster/153976484072?hash=item23d9b6b0e8:g:Rg0AAOSwhkNe435w Another one who seemingly cannot spell Gauge even though it is clearly written on the items for sale. Lazy 'Job Lot' listing with naff all description. Bad photos with most of the individual labels obscured so you have no idea what they actually specifically are. Overpriced. The seller has other equally poor listings too. Wonderfully erudite descriptive there. The man is a true wordsmith, I am surprised that he hasn't yet been discovered as a novelist or playwright. Definitely missed his vocation. He really doesn't deserve a bid and no doubt when it doesn't sell he will moan that people want something for nothing. Edited June 19, 2020 by MrWolf 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter-C Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 16 hours ago, Darius43 said: Does it come with the river? Darius I should hope it comes with a river, railway, and multiple cups of tea for that! And they should build it all for you... -Peter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 4 hours ago, MrWolf said: Wonderfully erudite descriptive there. The man is a true wordsmith, I am surprised that he hasn't yet been discovered as a novelist or playwright. Definitely missed his vocation. He really doesn't deserve a bid and no doubt when it doesn't sell he will moan that people want something for nothing. With his pricing policy? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 On 17/06/2020 at 15:16, MrWolf said: My other half is waiting until the invention of what she calls the FaceChair App. If someone is really annoying, you hit the app on your phone and the app hits that person in the face with a chair Since when did Sabu make phone apps? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 14 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Since when did Sabu make phone apps? That made her laugh! Although what she had in mind was the wild west saloon brawl wooden chair in the face scenario. Typically female, she has a vicious streak. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: That made her laugh! Although what she had in mind was the wild west saloon brawl wooden chair in the face scenario. Typically female, she has a vicious streak. Aah right. I'm more a pro wrestling fan so I immediately thought of Sabu, Rob Van Dam, Mick Foley and the like doing stuff like the gif. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 19, 2020 Share Posted June 19, 2020 35 minutes ago, RedGemAlchemist said: Aah right. I'm more a pro wrestling fan so I immediately thought of Sabu, Rob Van Dam, Mick Foley and the like doing stuff like the gif. Loved it, 100% more showmanship than the Saturday afternoon wrestling they had on TV when I was a little kid. Very watchable and you don't have to get all tribal and obsessive about it like some other sports I could mention. I've always been more into actually taking part in sports than watching. I couldn't do wrestling, I would get wound up and knock someone the F out. Which I am well aware is not in the spirit of. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted June 20, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 20, 2020 Meanwhile, back on eBay... Golden Age Models Merchant Navy First one of these that I have seen, but is it O gauge or OO gauge? Perhaps someone had better get the seller to ask his uncle. Nice models but in my opinion they are display case fodder - and expensive fodder at that - as their haulage capacity is woeful. Cheers Darius 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Roughly the same price as the funeral many of us would no doubt need if we bought it.... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 2 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Roughly the same price as the funeral many of us would no doubt need if we bought it.... Well, the box is coffin sized............... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Darius43 said: Meanwhile, back on eBay... Golden Age Models Merchant Navy First one of these that I have seen, but is it O gauge or OO gauge? Perhaps someone had better get the seller to ask his uncle. Nice models but in my opinion they are display case fodder - and expensive fodder at that - as their haulage capacity is woeful. Cheers Darius Hand in last photo would tend to suggest "O" Gauge. According to the Golden Age Models website, this was produced about 8 years ago for £2,940 inc VAT http://www.goldenagemodels.net/sr-locomotives-merchant-navy-class-o-gauge.html Given that, the asking price (adding in the postage, why do they bother at this level?), is a couple of hundred more than the purchase price which for a mint example is, I suppose, not too bad. I wonder how much a similar model at todays prices would be? Edited June 20, 2020 by Hroth General editing, you know.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter-C Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 Following on from the stupidly-priced Hornby bridge I found last week, I thought I'd just put a thing here saying that the seller has changed the price; I assume they saw this thread or just noticed and changed it back to a much more realistic £21.99. eBay link -Peter 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Railfreight1998 Posted June 22, 2020 Share Posted June 22, 2020 I know it was a limited edition, but at that price... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-Bachmann-MK1-BG-RTC-coach-Laboratory-23-Modelzone-39-175Z/264649173554?epid=755617386&hash=item3d9e51ea32:g:HfIAAOSwUAVeV77W 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted June 22, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 22, 2020 (edited) 13 minutes ago, Railfreight1998 said: I know it was a limited edition, but at that price... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-gauge-Bachmann-MK1-BG-RTC-coach-Laboratory-23-Modelzone-39-175Z/264649173554?epid=755617386&hash=item3d9e51ea32:g:HfIAAOSwUAVeV77W £15 less madness than this one. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-39-175Z-RTC-Modelzone-Limited-Edition-Coach-Laboratory-23-00-Gauge-/143636650370?_trksid=p2349526.m4383.l10137.c10&nordt=true&rt=nc&orig_cvip=true Edited June 22, 2020 by newbryford 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium rab Posted June 23, 2020 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 23, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PECO-N-GAUGE-6-x-SL-336-6-WAY-GAUGES-STREAMLINE-OR-SETRACK/264773525890?hash=item3da5bb6182:g:-JQAAOSwbmxeyQkf Who would want 6. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 I never realised cheap plastic train sets were so collectable, even in less than mint condition... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224042393521 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted June 24, 2020 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, 298 said: I never realised cheap plastic train sets were so collectable, even in less than mint condition... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224042393521 Crikey. Isn't this the £1.99 set that comes out at Christmas? Mike. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 2 hours ago, 298 said: I never realised cheap plastic train sets were so collectable, even in less than mint condition... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224042393521 Good job 298, the bar for overpriced rubbish has truly been set high this morning. It's going to be tricky to top that! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 "Rocket' mania../optimism?? hits Oz! https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Hornby-OO-R3809-STEAM-LOCO-STEVENSONS-ROCKET-HRR3809/303604618173?hash=item46b03ed3bd:g:1EAAAOSwOeFe8x7f Divide by 1.8 for the GBP price! Cheers frpm Oz, Peter C. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted June 24, 2020 Share Posted June 24, 2020 4 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: Crikey. Isn't this the £1.99 set that comes out at Christmas? Mike. 3 hours ago, MrWolf said: Good job 298, the bar for overpriced rubbish has truly been set high this morning. It's going to be tricky to top that! And the seller is using Hermes, can it get any worse....? After numerous offers of less than a pound, do you think the seller will realise that it's an incomplete pile of turd, and put it in the bin. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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