pH Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 So if I understand this correctly, and correct me if I am wrong here, this guy is selling a very crummy (being generous) photograph/negative of a D10xx Western which he thinks is actually a secret 'strategic reserve' type conspiracy as it contains parts of D0260? Yes, all that plus describing the Western as a Class 47! That was the bit I took so long to get. I saw the picture of the Western, and 'Lion' and 'Class 47' mentioned in the auction title. At first I thought there were at least 3 pictures in the auction - the Western, 'Lion' and a Class 47. I opened the auction, saw that there were only two, including 'Lion' and thought someone had been putting up several different pictures in separate auctions, and had left the description of a Class 47 from an earlier auction with the picture of the Western (things like that do happen!). I started reading the blurb, and got to about 6 lines from the end before I realised that he was describing the Western as a Class 47! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Easy mistake to make. Class47s and Westerns are so similar in appearance . OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Maybe he did it just to get a mention on this thread...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Maybe he did it just to get a mention on this thread...... Hows it go? In for me or is it informe, is that how famous that RMweb has become? OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hows it go? In for me or is it informe, is that how famous that RMweb has become? "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in fa' me!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 "Infamy! Infamy! They've all got it in fa' me!" Thank for that HT. I couldn't remember the full quote, but you got it . OzzyO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Neil Posted May 21, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 21, 2011 I see that Gostude is pulling our collective plonkers again with this over ambitious offering. .... and this ..... and this I could list lots more but there's no sport in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
muddys-blues Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I see that Gostude is pulling our collective plonkers again with this over ambitious offering. .... and this ..... and this I could list lots more but there's no sport in it. Wow he really must catch some real suckers out there.... he has got more neck than a giraffe with some of these prices for what is tat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted May 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2011 Gostude's Hymek is in a crisp box, but doesn't say whether it is Smiths or Seabrooks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 21, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 21, 2011 Wow he really must catch some real suckers out there.... he has got more neck than a giraffe with some of these prices for what is tat. Overpriced? YES. Tat? NO. Please be fair; if the items are as described, then they certainly are not tat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted May 22, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2011 Tat? NO. Please be fair; if the items are as described, then they certainly are not tat. Point taken, but I think we each have a different definition of "tat". A 30-year old Tri-ang diesel would be tat for some even if it had never been out of the box, because they would regard it as inferior to state-of-the-art C21 Chinese models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave47549 Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 (edited) . Edited September 29, 2021 by Dave47549 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 22, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 22, 2011 how about a chunk of genuine early GWR flat bottom rail?: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2310ba0049 I'd best be looking out my piece of 'genuine GWR flat bottom rail' if that's the sort of money it might make (and I hope the seller has checked to make sure it's a piece without the rolling date or manufacturers name showing in any way) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butler Henderson Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Point taken, but I think we each have a different definition of "tat". A 30-year old Tri-ang diesel would be tat for some Time moves on, its 40 years old since Triang collapsed. If only we still had the model shops we had then with the huge range of bits and pieces that they all seemed to stock. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
industrial Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 This was a good buy for somebody after adding on P&P still £10.00 cheaper than buying new. http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&_trksid=p4340.l2565&item=160588777130 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 how about a chunk of genuine early GWR flat bottom rail?: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2310ba0049 The GWR indeed used flatbottom rail in the 19th century, but this isn't it (too heavy section). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45568 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Total Lunacy, lucky seller!!! 220788321255 Can I have some ??? Please? Cheers, Peter C. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 how about a chunk of genuine early GWR flat bottom rail?: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2310ba0049 I must raid my Father's workshop if that sells. He has a foot long section of rail that has been used for a great many years as an anvil. The bloke who gave it to him got it many years earlier whilst working at Horwich loco works. With a gas axe I'm sure I could get six or seven slices out of that foot length Total Lunacy, lucky seller!!! 220788321255 Can I have some ??? Please? Cheers, Peter C. Call me paranoid, but the bids by the person who came second look a little suspicious to me. Who bids £49, unless they are anxious to not actually win the item? Given that a complete new Pannier can't be much more, it is a very odd final price that would leave me suspecting shilling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
298 Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Time moves on, its 40 years old since Triang collapsed. If only we still had the model shops we had then with the huge range of bits and pieces that they all seemed to stock. Something I don't understand is why were most of the layouts from this era so crap, when materials were so plentiful...? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 Something I don't understand is why were most of the layouts from this era so crap, when materials were so plentiful...? Because a lot of the materials that were so plentiful and readily available weren't actually all that good? Gone are the days when there was a massive choice of layout trees that all looked suspiciously like assorted sizes of bog brushes dipped in varnish and scatter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted May 26, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 26, 2011 Call me paranoid, but the bids by the person who came second look a little suspicious to me. Who bids £49, unless they are anxious to not actually win the item? Given that a complete new Pannier can't be much more, it is a very odd final price that would leave me suspecting shilling. Sometimes bids will be for 'odd' amounts for very simple reasons but usually because a careful buyer will tot up the total amount he can afford to spend including the P&P and knock that off to arrive at how much he/she can bid - there is always a difference between 'hammer price' and the total cost of a bid in most sorts of auction. And also you get the 'chancer' who will push so far in the hope that going just under a readily recognisable amount might work - a very common practice with auction commission bids and surprising (in some categories) just how often it pays off (e.g. who else collects Pre-Grouping railway company excursion handbills.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 26, 2011 Share Posted May 26, 2011 ...foot long section of rail .... I believe Subway sell the foot-long as a sandwich nowadays. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted May 28, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm no expert on diesel hydraulics, but aren't these bogies a bit wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted May 28, 2011 RMweb Premium Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm no expert on diesel hydraulics, but aren't these bogies a bit wrong? Very... The location of the cab access steps is a bit of a give away for a starter.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted May 28, 2011 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 28, 2011 I'm no expert on diesel hydraulics, but aren't these bogies a bit wrong? The bogies are explained in the listing: The Power Bogie has been replaced with a heavy metal unit, probably adapted from a Hornby Loco. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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