RMweb Premium 5944 Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2021 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Roads-and-pavements-for-model-train-Scale-N-/324642425456?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286 Not so much the product itself, though it seems a lot of money for what it is. But it's the best part of $50,000 postage to the UK! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 On 24/05/2021 at 01:26, Paul H Vigor said: I've seen some 3D prints which actually suit Kato tram chassis. I am not convinced that Hunslet loco 'Crackler' 'works' on such a chassis? There's a fair few outline bodies available for that chassis which look okay as long as you don't actually look at what is below the footplate! If you were modelling a "theme park" or "safari park" such steam outline bodies on diesel underpinnings would not look quite so out of place, although I think more likely to be a miniature railway rather than a (nominally) two foot gauge line. Thank God I already have an obsession with dock and shunting locos, else I might be tempted with a diesel outline body myself... Steve S 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mossdp Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Not eBay and probably a little overpriced but it is the gushing description of it - "crafted by master artisans"! https://www.bradford.co.uk/cleaningtankertrain.html I have to say the way the track cleaning pad is steered by the bogies to stay over the track looks good. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jol Wilkinson Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 19 minutes ago, mossdp said: Not eBay and probably a little overpriced but it is the gushing description of it - "crafted by master artisans"! https://www.bradford.co.uk/cleaningtankertrain.html I have to say the way the track cleaning pad is steered by the bogies to stay over the track looks good. The description includes "Meticulously detailed and crafted by master artisans to blend seamlessly with the rest of your HO-scale heirloom-quality train collection". I am not sure whether that is a piece of brilliant marketing or the words of an outright liar. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, Jol Wilkinson said: The description includes "Meticulously detailed and crafted by master artisans to blend seamlessly with the rest of your HO-scale heirloom-quality train collection". I am not sure whether that is a piece of brilliant marketing or the words of an outright liar. A bullsh!t bingo masterclass IMHO. Mike. 3 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2021 1 hour ago, mossdp said: Not eBay and probably a little overpriced but it is the gushing description of it - "crafted by master artisans"! https://www.bradford.co.uk/cleaningtankertrain.html I have to say the way the track cleaning pad is steered by the bogies to stay over the track looks good. Our famous 365 day guarantee? So the legal minimum then? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 As noted above Quote Meticulously detailed and crafted by master artisans to blend seamlessly with the rest of your HO-scale heirloom-quality train collection is a masterpiece of meaningless guff. Sadly as my model railway is neither "heirloom-quality" OR "HO-scale", I'm not in the market for such a monstrosity. If you wanted a track cleaner, it would be cheaper to go to ebay and bid on a Hornby track cleaning coach, which would probably be just as effective https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/254988059568?hash=item3b5e7903b0:g:13wAAOSwSldgn4Ac When I saw it, I thought it might be one of those brass monstrosities which actually contain IPA* in the tank and feed the cleaning pad underneath, but its not, though its almost as expensive... * NOT India Pale Ale... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 25, 2021 ... and ten quid postage on top!!! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 20 minutes ago, John M Upton said: ... and ten quid postage on top!!! I didn't get as far as to look at the postage, it must reflect the "heirloom-quality" of the merchandise! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esmedune Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 Today, I've been mainly open jawed at this sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R3261-CLASS-08-417-NETWORK-RAIL-DETAILING-PACK-SUPER-RARE-/294186925169 Remember, it is SUPER RARE!!!!! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartynJPearson Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 43 minutes ago, Esmedune said: Today, I've been mainly open jawed at this sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R3261-CLASS-08-417-NETWORK-RAIL-DETAILING-PACK-SUPER-RARE-/294186925169 Remember, it is SUPER RARE!!!!! Give them their dues, it is super rare to see someone try it on to such an extent. 2 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 25, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 25, 2021 2 hours ago, Esmedune said: Today, I've been mainly open jawed at this sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R3261-CLASS-08-417-NETWORK-RAIL-DETAILING-PACK-SUPER-RARE-/294186925169 Remember, it is SUPER RARE!!!!! 1 hour ago, MartynJPearson said: Give them their dues, it is super rare to see someone try it on to such an extent. Alcester Trains and models alter ego it would seem. Don't know why he's not trading under the shop name, it comes up when you click on visit shop. Mike. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 5 hours ago, Esmedune said: Today, I've been mainly open jawed at this sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R3261-CLASS-08-417-NETWORK-RAIL-DETAILING-PACK-SUPER-RARE-/294186925169 Remember, it is SUPER RARE!!!!! "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER EMPTY BOX LISTINGS, POSTAGE DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 36 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: "!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT MY OTHER EMPTY BOX LISTINGS, POSTAGE DISCOUNTS ARE AVAILABLE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Why bother with old locos that may or may not run and generate too much hassle. Just follow the following three-step program. Remove loco from box List box at inflated price PROFIT!!! Its the ebay way!!! 2 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparky66 Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 This guy must be making a killing selling car wheel balance weights as "Wagon and Coach Weights for Hornby, Lima, Bachman in Adhesive Strips": https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402641955396? Think £3.40 for three strips isn't bad? Well here is a box of 50 identical strips £8.95: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294054011834?hash=item4476fc23ba:g:bUQAAOSwt8NfX2Wj Granted it's not the worst rip off on ebay by a long shot but these strips are, based on that box of 50 I linked, worth just under 18p each so he's making a decent profit on them by advertising them as if they are a specialist model railway product. 3 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted May 25, 2021 Share Posted May 25, 2021 I suspect the insanity of Raleigh Chopper prices in recent years is yet another manifestation of "unfulfilled childhood dreams syndrome". For examples of "unfulfilled adolescent dreams syndrome", has anyone seen what ghastly 1980s small motorcycles are going for these days? 1 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 My generation ended up with second hand Raleigh Choppers / Grifters etc. There's a good reason why so many have ended up as mint condition man cave wall art. They were bloody awful unrideable junk, designed solely for posing outside the corner shop. They were impossible to ride uphill. We were busy converting old upright bicycles into the forerunner of mountain bikes. Ditto 50cc "Sixteener" motorcycles. By the time I was sixteen, there were hundreds of worn out, bodged, gutless and dangerous heaps for sale, they held their money solely because you couldn't ride anything else. They were terrible, that's coming from someone who has a laugh riding any motorcycle, even owned a Phillips Panda at one point! On the upside, I bought several big old British bikes for not a lot and took my test (If only I could buy a 650cc BSA restoration project now for £60!) It also spurred me to pass my car test two weeks after my 17th birthday. I've got a similar attitude to the 'must have' toys of the 70s and 80s. I think that because I had no desire to own them then, I still feel the same. I was more interested in buying 50s and 60s Dinky toys at jumble sales, or trying to emulate what I had seen in model railway magazines. I think that most of these things are driven solely by fashion, media and antique dealers. Collecting anything is entertaining until you find that your interest has suddenly been deemed an "investment". Then the people who saved all this old stuff in the first place can't afford it anymore. 6 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, sparky66 said: This guy must be making a killing selling car wheel balance weights as "Wagon and Coach Weights for Hornby, Lima, Bachman in Adhesive Strips": https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/402641955396? Think £3.40 for three strips isn't bad? Well here is a box of 50 identical strips £8.95: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/294054011834?hash=item4476fc23ba:g:bUQAAOSwt8NfX2Wj Granted it's not the worst rip off on ebay by a long shot but these strips are, based on that box of 50 I linked, worth just under 18p each so he's making a decent profit on them by advertising them as if they are a specialist model railway product. You have to applaud him for a spot of "Out of the box" thinking, realising that the weights are suitable for adding extra weight to rolling stock. Compared with the full box, it IS expensive, but at least you aren't being hammered for postage too! Perhaps he bought a box and decided to sell the surplus off? BTW wallgatemotorfactorsltd, who sell the full box for £8.95, also sell 5x60g strips for £3.95, stating that they're suitable for model railways. I wonder who thought of it first! It's attractive to go for the volume-priced listing, but do you really have enough stock to need 3 kilos of added weight? Edited May 26, 2021 by Hroth 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted May 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2021 30 minutes ago, Hroth said: It's attractive to go for the volume-priced listing, but do you really have enough stock to need 3 kilos of added weight? Depends what scale you model? Mike. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffnut Thorston Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 Then, you can always sell off the surplus. And so the circle is completed... 3 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andytrains Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Hroth said: You have to applaud him for a spot of "Out of the box" thinking, realising that the weights are suitable for adding extra weight to rolling stock. Compared with the full box, it IS expensive, but at least you aren't being hammered for postage too! Perhaps he bought a box and decided to sell the surplus off? BTW wallgatemotorfactorsltd, who sell the full box for £8.95, also sell 5x60g strips for £3.95, stating that they're suitable for model railways. I wonder who thought of it first! It's attractive to go for the volume-priced listing, but do you really have enough stock to need 3 kilos of added weight? I have been using car balance weights for years. Never paid for any as when I need a new tyre I ask the fitter some of the old ones. They need washing, but heyho they are free. And proper good old fashioned toxic lead! 7 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted May 26, 2021 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 26, 2021 I pick wheel weights up in the street, mostly the curved clip-on variety but I do get some of the flat ones. Certain locations are good for them, due to bumps, pot-holes or frequently clipped kerbs. 4 1 2 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinWales Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 23 hours ago, Esmedune said: Today, I've been mainly open jawed at this sale... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-OO-GAUGE-R3261-CLASS-08-417-NETWORK-RAIL-DETAILING-PACK-SUPER-RARE-/294186925169 Remember, it is SUPER RARE!!!!! Don't you mean SUPER R@RE? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted May 26, 2021 Share Posted May 26, 2021 1 hour ago, MartinWales said: Don't you mean SUPER R@RE? To be canonical ebay, it should be L@@K!!!! SUPER R@RE!!! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted May 26, 2021 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2021 20 hours ago, MrWolf said: My generation ended up with second hand Raleigh Choppers / Grifters etc. There's a good reason why so many have ended up as mint condition man cave wall art. They were bloody awful unrideable junk, designed solely for posing outside the corner shop. They were impossible to ride uphill. We were busy converting old upright bicycles into the forerunner of mountain bikes. Ditto 50cc "Sixteener" motorcycles. By the time I was sixteen, there were hundreds of worn out, bodged, gutless and dangerous heaps for sale, they held their money solely because you couldn't ride anything else. They were terrible, that's coming from someone who has a laugh riding any motorcycle, even owned a Phillips Panda at one point! On the upside, I bought several big old British bikes for not a lot and took my test (If only I could buy a 650cc BSA restoration project now for £60!) It also spurred me to pass my car test two weeks after my 17th birthday. I've got a similar attitude to the 'must have' toys of the 70s and 80s. I think that because I had no desire to own them then, I still feel the same. I was more interested in buying 50s and 60s Dinky toys at jumble sales, or trying to emulate what I had seen in model railway magazines. I think that most of these things are driven solely by fashion, media and antique dealers. Collecting anything is entertaining until you find that your interest has suddenly been deemed an "investment". Then the people who saved all this old stuff in the first place can't afford it anymore. I had a second hand grifter, ruddy awful thing. Weighed as much as a battleship. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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