RedGemAlchemist Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 (edited) I'm back with another selection of eBay goodies I've discovered. Pictures as always are linked, and as always let me know if you end up with any of these as I love to hear the ongoing adventures of the stuff I find to show on here. This is an interesting beast, sold by judith1951-2009. Got to love a freelance goods engine. I am very tempted to buy this myself, it is a lovely looking 2-8-0. Also from Judith is this lovely Crystal Palace tank which I am very, VERY tempted by. I mean it's me with Great Eastern stuff, of course I am. And another by Judith. This 0-4-0T is adorable, though that tiny wheelbase worries me somewhat. And time for a HETCi rather than a LETCI. These motorised ERTL Peter Sam and Rusty in RWS livery by aisgillbox are absolutely gorgeous. Just a shame the Sir Handel and Duncan in the background already seem to be gone so I can't also put them up. Edited January 30 by RedGemAlchemist 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcm@gwr Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 2 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Probably should've asked sooner. Tenshodo motor bogies? Or are they off something else? I used the original motors, which had cardean shafts to power the bogies, but it now has 1 motor per bogie. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355421774097 German Hiawatha, anyone? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Or how about a Britannia, or a 3MT... ...In Garter Blue! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 1 hour ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/355421774097 German Hiawatha, anyone? 1 hour ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Or how about a Britannia, or a 3MT... ...In Garter Blue! Well those are interesting. Great finds, Hackworth! That Germanised Hiawatha is particularly interesting. Wonder what inspired its creator to do that. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I can’t even lie, the Garter Blue Brit actually looks somewhat appetising… Now I can’t help but imagine what actual LNER Pacifics would look like in that livery, Scotsman and Tornado in Garter Blue, anyone? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 On 14/06/2022 at 09:50, Johnson044 said: This is on Ebay at the mo. Maybe a combination of Airfix / Kitmaster Evening Star and a Tri-ang Brit chassis? It's been rather well done. Very much a product of the late '60's or early '70's and very refreshing. Decided to scroll through the thread out of curiosity and found this… The number 73012 belonged to a standard 5, possibly an amalgamation of the 9F and 4MT kits? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 9 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Decided to scroll through the thread out of curiosity and found this… The number 73012 belonged to a standard 5, possibly an amalgamation of the 9F and 4MT kits? It's entirely possible that was what they were going for. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/256394715515 Someone wanted a heavier version of the Triang Engineer's carriage! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 3 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 3 On 01/02/2024 at 13:11, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Decided to scroll through the thread out of curiosity and found this… The number 73012 belonged to a standard 5, possibly an amalgamation of the 9F and 4MT kits? Can't see much evidence of the 4MT tbh; that loco had very different (double, with a hefty motion bracket) slide bars & motion. I'm wondering if it's a Trix mechanism (they did a 5MT and a Britannia for 16.5mm gauge to 3.8mm/foot scale), though the bogie is definitely Triang or Triang-Hornby. ISTR that very tight clearances between the driving wheels were a feature of those mechs, and would not have been possible with flanged centre drivers. I think the wheels have been replaced, though; the flanges look too fine for either Triang/T-H or Trix. Difficult to say whether the boiler is part of a Trix Brit. bodyshell or a KM/Airfix kit, but there is no sign of Evening Star's double chimney being replaced. The more you look at it the less sense it makes. Presumably anyone wanting a 5MT in those days would have gone for the Trix RTR 5MTj rather than this rather strange kitbash, as surely if your objecton to the Trix was the odd scale (I had a TRIX Western, tall enough to not be obviously underscale), the fat boiler would stop you producing this. That said there was no RTR or kit provision for a Standard 5MT for the 60s and a good bit of the 70s, and an experienced kitbasher with the right components might well have produced this. I certainly could not in all conscience criticise it, given some of the credulity-stretching I indulged in myself in those days (56xx consisting of a Jinty chassis that had become overfamiliar with an Airfix 61xx and a 43xx from a Black Princess, another 61xx, and an Airfix CoT were perhaps not my proudest moments, nor was the Triang Standard 3MT mech beneath an Airfix 4MT mogul with the motor so proudly on display for all the world to see from almost any angle; we all did foolish things when we were young. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Johnster said: we all did foolish things when we were young. Still proudly doing 'em now! Edited February 3 by 33C added photo. 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 (edited) 6 hours ago, The Johnster said: Can't see much evidence of the 4MT tbh; that loco had very different (double, with a hefty motion bracket) slide bars & motion. I'm wondering if it's a Trix mechanism (they did a 5MT and a Britannia for 16.5mm gauge to 3.8mm/foot scale), though the bogie is definitely Triang or Triang-Hornby. ISTR that very tight clearances between the driving wheels were a feature of those mechs, and would not have been possible with flanged centre drivers. I think the wheels have been replaced, though; the flanges look too fine for either Triang/T-H or Trix. Difficult to say whether the boiler is part of a Trix Brit. bodyshell or a KM/Airfix kit, but there is no sign of Evening Star's double chimney being replaced. Triang Brit chassis, not a Trix (Trix would’ve had that massive gear on the inside of the centre drivers, akin to the GraFar black five, alongside more complex valve gear). Main reason I suggested the 4MT kit was the smokebox and it’s taller, single chimney, though that could easily be a white metal cast on the 9F boiler. Edited February 3 by Hacksworth_Sidings 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted February 3 Share Posted February 3 21 hours ago, The Johnster said: Presumably anyone wanting a 5MT in those days would have gone for the Trix RTR 5MTj rather than this rather strange kitbash, as surely if your objecton to the Trix was the odd scale, the fat boiler would stop you producing this. That said there was no RTR or kit provision for a Standard 5MT for the 60s and a good bit of the 70s, and an experienced kitbasher with the right components might well have produced this. There was an article on building a Class 5 from an Airfix Evening Star mounted on a Brit. chassis in RM Oct. '67. Of course it wasn't entirely accurate 😁 3 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4 (edited) Sounds about the same dap as the Black Princess-Black 5 conversion in MRC around the same time, maybe a year or so earlier. Another one of MRC’’s slightly dodgy bashes was a 2884 using an HD Stanier 8F chassis with a an equally HD Castle bodyshell that had been cut about a bit. Can’t recall what were used for cylinders on this but it didn’t cut the mustard for me, and I had a 43xx out of a Black Princess with Airfix 61xx kit running plate & motion and a CoT on top; it used the CoT tender. Edited February 4 by The Johnster 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted February 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4 5 hours ago, The Johnster said: Sounds about the same dap as the Black Princess-Black 5 conversion in MRC around the same time, maybe a year or so earlier. I remember that article, - and (cough) I even had a go at it myself. Some sawn off bits from a Kitmaster 'Coronation' Pacific were thrown into the mix as well. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 4 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 4 A Jubilee might have been easier; you wouldn’t have to cut away the splashers and the inside cylinder cover. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Annie Posted February 4 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 4 6 hours ago, The Johnster said: A Jubilee might have been easier; you wouldn’t have to cut away the splashers and the inside cylinder cover. Something tells me the final result was an LMS 4-6-0 of indeterminate origins. BUT I was only young back then and still learning what was one end of a locomotive from the other. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 5 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 5 It wasn't quite as daft as it sounds; the later Triang Princesses had Walcheart's, and the boiler was proportioned down to match the shortening of the model from scale length, so it wasn't ridiculously fat for a Black 5 or Jubilee, though it still needed shortening. Smokebox was about right. What was arguably more remarkable to me (and I argued it at the time, 1963-5) was that there was no RTR model of the most numerous classes in the country in those days, the Black 5 and the 57xx/8750 (I was unaware of the existence of the Graham Farish Black 5 for some time to come). HD, to their credit, had produced a Stanier 8F and a Castle, both large classes, but there were no Halls, 37s, no 47s, 25s, LMS 4Fs, or many of the other really numerous and commonplace engines, not just yet. Triang made chocolate and cream mk1s but no WR engine to pull them except arguably a renumbered Brit, and all the WR's Brits had been xfer to the LMR by then... The situation began to improve a bit not long after; Triang Hall and Hymek, Trix Warship, Western, and 56xx, and more, and more, and more... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Unsure if this counts as a “kitbash” per-say, but I think the craftsmanship seen in wallsrail’s two videos on saving Hornby 31s from mazak rot deserves some credit. Most people I used to talk to would’ve thrown in the towel the moment a fault arises, but this… I feel like skills such as this are severely lacking nowadays. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doctor quinn Posted February 7 Share Posted February 7 (edited) For anyone that likes their wild kitbashes with a European flavour, you may wish to check out this modeller on Instagram. https://www.instagram.com/dikranmikaelian?igsh=dzE4MTMzOXhjNXdo Edited February 7 by doctor quinn Additional info 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 8 Author Share Posted February 8 On 03/02/2024 at 03:29, 33C said: Still proudly doing 'em now! A K3 and a Class 4? Nice. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145598504520 No words, just another run of the mill Thomas & friends custom! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedGemAlchemist Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 (edited) On 09/02/2024 at 18:41, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/145598504520 No words, just another run of the mill Thomas & friends custom! Yep. Just the par for the course around here. The thing that annoys me more is that the numbers don't match on the side tank and the bufferbeam. Edited February 14 by RedGemAlchemist 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 14 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 14 The thing's got a face and no brakes, and you're bothered by the numbers!!! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 Unsure of the origin, friend only shared this screenshot with me, but it’s an E2 bash which actually looks good for a reasonable price!? Why Hornby can’t put this much effort into starter grade locos is beyond me… 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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