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26 minutes ago, leopardml2341 said:

 

Whoo! Ultra RARE! 

 

Nobody, but NOBODY ever bought those models, kept them in the unopened boxes and hid them in a display case in the belief that one day they would be valuable...

 

Someone grab them as a sure fire investment, quick!

 

 Ok. I may have been a little sarcastic there.

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1 hour ago, mozzer models said:

 

It's either a very old trainset that has been digitised, or something that has been put together from the £1 boxes at a swapmeet. 

You never know your luck Mozzer, you might be able to dismantle it and get back your £50...

 

Eventually.

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1 hour ago, MrWolf said:

 

It's either a very old trainset that has been digitised, or something that has been put together from the £1 boxes at a swapmeet. 

You never know your luck Mozzer, you might be able to dismantle it and get back your £50...

 

Eventually.

More like thrown together.....

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11 hours ago, Bill Radford said:

60 years ago.

 

And where's the coach?


Standard track (previously known as Universal Track) was superseded by Series 3 Track in 1958, though it was still made in smaller quantities for some time afterwards...

 

The coach is in picture 4, wrapped in tissue paper...I assume that the mail bags are in the smaller bit of tissue paper...

 

There is a cover piece over the coach in picture 3.

 

Later cover pieces have a hole in them to allow the coach to be seen, while still holding it down in transit.

 

Now I can’t say that the description is correct or not, and that Tri-ang Railways may not always have used yellow tissue paper packing, but the transfers on the poster boards are a bit worn around the edges...

 

Also...Tri-ang Railways did NOT usually ship track with a wood screw in one of the fixing holes!  See top pick up track section in the photos, right hand end!

 

I do tend to notice these things. ;)

 

 

Caveat Emptor indeed....

 

Edit...to add that the other holes shew signs, such as threads cut in, and possibly rust, from being screwed down.

 

So, in balance, possibly a Very Good Condition set.....but “ New Old Stock”? 
 

Edit 2...Possibly Lot 1 has actually sold? Not in the listings...

 

 

 

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Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 

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5 hours ago, Andy WD said:

Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 

 

I'm sure Ron Heggs would be interested in this, although the build quality may not quite be up to his standard!

 

Mike.

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12 hours ago, Andy WD said:

Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 

Well someone has opened the bidding.

 

I wonder if they post to Australia? Hmm, apparently that's OK. I'll have to remember to bid tomorrow, but I'm hopeless at doing so.

Saves me from buying carp, I suppose.

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13 hours ago, Andy WD said:

Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 

 

He's also got this in Stroudley's very much improved engine green

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRFIX-54153-0-GWR-14XX-CLASS-0-4-2T-Locomotive-1438-BR-Green-00-Gauge-BOXED/224163803625?hash=item34313431e9:g:d9AAAOSwuShfZ3wA

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On 22/09/2020 at 00:53, Andy WD said:

Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 


I like the “possibly home made” statement - more of a certainty that one.

 

There are some disturbingly large cracks in the large plate glass window and the levers made from snips of coloured electrical wire are a nice touch - as long as nobody pulls on them.

 

I wonder what motivated someone to bid on this.


Cheers

 

Darius

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13 hours ago, Sarahagain said:

Possibly after the conical top from a Ratio water tower kit? ;)

 

 

 

I couldn't work out what it was. I thought maybe a brand of well known building block, but the Ratio part sounds more plausible.

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13 hours ago, Sarahagain said:

Possibly after the conical top from a Ratio water tower kit? ;)

 

 

 

 

It’s the snapped-off piece of rail sticking out of the cone and the black painted expanded polystyrene roof that makes it art.

 

Cheers

 

 

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On 21/09/2020 at 21:23, Andy WD said:

Another one for the 'hopeful' bin...and I think I mean bin.

 

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/00-GAUGE-GROUND-PLATFORM-SIGNAL-BOX-READY-MADE-AND-PAINTED-Internal-Workings-VGC/224159338012?hash=item3430f00e1c:g:BOIAAOSwk3lfYkww

 

'Bought at Auction From a Large Private Collection.'

'Possibly home made.

VERY RUSTIC IN APPEARANCE.

A GREAT ADDITION TO ANY LAYOUT.

No Box.'

 

:rolleyes:

 

There are some true "visionary" craftsman in this hobby whose dedication to prototype fidelity take some beating.

The idiot that made that horror is not one of them and needs to take a beating :mocking_mini:

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35 minutes ago, rab said:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/EFE-N-Gauge-Class-17-Clayton-BR-Blue/233724447775?hash=item366b100c1f:g:nDwAAOSwTyxfbPTq

 

Not sure if this qualifies as madness,

but seems a bit strange to be selling

what must have been a brand new model

after only one hour's running

 

Maybe his significant other found out what he actually paid for it, or that he bought three, one for running, one for the display case and one to put away unopened?

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