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Metr0Land

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Well guys, we've seen Larry Goddard's name used as a selling tool recently so why not go the whole hog and drag that well known modeller Cuneo into it!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tri-ang-Triang-R355-O-4-O-Tank-Locomotive-Nellie-Cuneo-Weathered-C-W-Crew-/290929122049?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item43bcba1b01

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Now that, I am not bidding on :)

 

For those who are interested, I have been outbid on the engineers Pullman, and I'll be damned if I pay more than £10 for it :)

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Well guys, we've seen Larry Goddard's name used as a selling tool recently so why not go the whole hog and drag that well known modeller Cuneo into it!

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Tri-ang-Triang-R355-O-4-O-Tank-Locomotive-Nellie-Cuneo-Weathered-C-W-Crew-/290929122049?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item43bcba1b01

 

Funny enough, the blurb is true. Cuneo "weathered" a Nellie and some wagons (An ex GWT Toad Brakevan I think. The book is elsewhere.) for the 1962 Tri-ang Book "Tri-ang Railways the first 10 Years", and wrote a piece about the process as well. (It involves a candle, not very H & S!)

 

The model is close to the colour photo in the book.

 

It is thought that this lead to the first Tri-ang "Factory Weathered" model, a 3f 0-6-0 tender loco (the old R.251) in the "Old Smokey" train set.

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Why? Why?! If they'd just painted it grey, that weathering would actually have made a good looking brake van that could have been passed off for 70's engineering trains!

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Metr0Land

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I love that Mercedes ad.  Meanwhile back at Rails-vault.  I hasten to add there's nothing at all amiss with the seller in these 2, just a couple of 2nd hand items from the 'what WERE they thinking of?' file.

 

First up a blue class 56.  Nothing wrong in that?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-Mainline-Class-56-Diesel-Locomotive-/161041377134?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item257ed0676e

 

A now a class 207 Thumper/Oxted Unit in olive green.  Maybe olddudders remembers these with his knowledge of things SR

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-DC-Kits-Kit-Built-Class-207-DEMU-Oxted-Diesel-Electric-Multiple-Unit-/151062550719?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item232c0798bf

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A now a class 207 Thumper/Oxted Unit in olive green.  Maybe olddudders remembers these with his knowledge of things SR

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-DC-Kits-Kit-Built-Class-207-DEMU-Oxted-Diesel-Electric-Multiple-Unit-/151062550719?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item232c0798bf

Ah, olive green. Now I think that stopped being applied about 1938, when Bulleid introduced the rather brighter malachite shade. The Oxted units were introduced about 1962, so probably wore BR(S) green from then on. This looks more olive than BR green as claimed by Rails. And every Oxted unit I saw - and 40 years ago the chap on the next desk was the controller for the Oxted lines and its units - had 3 coaches. Mere details, of course.

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Ah, olive green. Now I think that stopped being applied about 1938, when Bulleid introduced the rather brighter malachite shade. The Oxted units were introduced about 1962, so probably wore BR(S) green from then on. This looks more olive than BR green as claimed by Rails. And every Oxted unit I saw - and 40 years ago the chap on the next desk was the controller for the Oxted lines and its units - had 3 coaches. Mere details, of course.

They came out in the very bright 'malachite green' the Region was rather fond of at that time - the first one I came across was in St Leonards depot for artisan training and the helpful Fitter (or whatever he was) who took dad and i round when we turned up there one evening gave me the pleasure of starting it up and driving it about one coach length - set 1300 according to my ABC.

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I wonder how the seller is still living, having written about his 'more to love' wife?

I was amused to note that the "wife" has retained her maiden name rather than take the seller's surname, so maybe they are not married in the conventional sense.

 

As for the E-class Merc, that W201 generation were prone to rust almost anywhere from the word "go". Avoid them like the plague. The merger with Chrysler was marked by plummeting build quality that would have embarrassed the Italians.

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Maybe i'm missing something?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LNER-8920-Locomotive-for-Hornby-00-Gauge-Train-Sets-/310685760110?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4856507a6e

 

I think even Mr Gostude himself would be happy with that price!

Caveat emptor and all that...but at least it's the correct owning company, unlike this offering from Cartmel...

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TRI-ANG-RAILWAYS-R-52-NER-EX-LMS-3F-0-6-0T-JINTY-TANK-LOCO-CODE-3/300875501474?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D8385146587746454426%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D3%26sd%3D161043719056%26

 

:O

 

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Ruffnut Thorston

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Maybe i'm missing something?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LNER-8920-Locomotive-for-Hornby-00-Gauge-Train-Sets-/310685760110?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4856507a6e

 

I think even Mr Gostude himself would be happy with that price!

 

Lima OO Gauge .

 

Not the best model, the centre drivers are not connected to the coupling rods...it was made that way! :O

 

But, it is the only RTR model of that particular class I think? :scratchhead:

 

Anyhow, the seller must be happy, as it started at £0.99!

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I love that Mercedes ad.  Meanwhile back at Rails-vault.  I hasten to add there's nothing at all amiss with the seller in these 2, just a couple of 2nd hand items from the 'what WERE they thinking of?' file.

 

First up a blue class 56.  Nothing wrong in that?

 

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-Mainline-Class-56-Diesel-Locomotive-/161041377134?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item257ed0676e

 

>SNIPPED

 

Is that a Romanian colour scheme? :scratchhead:

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That Jinty has a later (after 1961, with the side fixing screw hole, and after 1962 by the safety valves...) body on an early (1959-1960) chassis. (Plain coupling rods and those solid wheels.) They must have put a screw down the chimney to hold the body on?

 

Good condition? there is a coupling hook missing from the back...

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