Il Grifone Posted January 3, 2023 Share Posted January 3, 2023 (edited) Ebay seemed to think I'd be interested in this load of old tat: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304737811120?_ No prizes for identifying the Items The best least bad appears to be the K's kit. followed up by the Ratio kits and the Airfix/Dapol mineral. The van in the middle would be rated higher if it were not broken. Angle strapping is very hard to repair.... £1 each maximum IMHO! The seller has a load of Trix locos at £14.99 if anyone is interested - probably not! The first Cadet 0-4-0T is even more warped than usual (acetate strikes again!) Sorry - it's 3 rail and missing the centre rail pickup. The wheels are insulated, of course, so 2 rail is a possible (though pointless - pun intended unless you use Trix track) conversion. Am I being cynical in assuming "Untested" to mean "Tested, but didn't work"? Edited January 4, 2023 by Il Grifone 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 This is an expensive carriage https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115647249601? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 Not one of these "kit built" GWR wagons is kit built, unless you count the boxes of parts on Bachmann or Oxford's production line? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304737855561? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 The photos and description here really aren't going to help sell this for probably £20 more than it's worth. Might have been an idea to clean it too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354456697462? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 minute ago, MrWolf said: The photos and description here really aren't going to help sell this for probably £20 more than it's worth. Might have been an idea to clean it too. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/354456697462? Seems reluctant to show photos of anything other than a top view… 🤔 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 If I was asking over £40 including postage for something that looks like it's worth about £10-15 I think that I would put in some effort rather than just dumping it on eBay with the equivalent of a grunt. Lazy? Chancer? Both? Answers on a postcard to the usual address... 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 hours ago, PieGuyRob said: This is an expensive carriage https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115647249601? Tis most rare though sir, a serious and discerning collector such as yourself would know that of course.... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 30 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Not one of these "kit built" GWR wagons is kit built, unless you count the boxes of parts on Bachmann or Oxford's production line? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304737855561? Wouldn't trust a conchie, ever..... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 19 hours ago, ianmacc said: I’m actually glad TT is succeeding though as I’m not one of the anti-Hornby brigade. Thought you may appreciate my new listing, inspired by this thread 😊 I'm not anti Hornby at all, I definitely don't want to see them fall, but I just don't get the revival of the TT idea. Probably a good thing I can't read the record labels, it might create a cringeworthy ear worm that won't go away. I used to turn rusty old circular saw blades into clocks, they sold rather well! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 2 minutes ago, Hroth said: Wouldn't trust a conchie, ever..... You got me there, please do explain? I know what a conchie is in my book, and no, I wouldn't. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 4 minutes ago, MrWolf said: I'm not anti Hornby at all, I definitely don't want to see them fall, but I just don't get the revival of the TT idea. It's all a game of "Simon Says".... 4 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Probably a good thing I can't read the record labels, it might create a cringeworthy ear worm that won't go away. So we meet again Mr Bond. Would you like to hear the records I collect on eBay??? 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: You got me there, please do explain? The vendor declares himself to be a "barrie conchie", so naturally, given his offering, an old expression came to mind... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: It's all a game of "Simon Says".... Not unlike the world of contemporary art then. 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: So we meet again Mr Bond. Would you like to hear the records I collect on eBay??? I suppose you expect me to listen to Builder's Radio FM? No Mr Bond, I expect you to get one of the double glazing adverts as an ear worm! Argh! Shoot me now you ba****d! 6 minutes ago, Hroth said: The vendor declares himself to be a "barrie conchie", so naturally, given his offering, an old expression came to mind... IME, "Conchie" generally translates as "Closet Ivan", so not to be trusted! I have though, bought a number of very nice items from this seller, even though he does have some impressive tat, usually worth a trawl. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 21 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Have to say, TT:120 as 'the next big thing' does nothing for me. I still remember the way TT3 changed from "Taking over as primary scale!" to "What the heck is TT3?" seemingly almost overnight.... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, MrWolf said: Not one of these "kit built" GWR wagons is kit built, unless you count the boxes of parts on Bachmann or Oxford's production line? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/304737855561? Thirty five quid can't be bad though (or didn't I look hard enough?). I would have brushed the dust off the 2251 before taking the pics though. Edited January 4, 2023 by Il Grifone 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, Il Grifone said: Thirty five quid can't be bad though (or didn't I look hard enough?). I would have brushed the dust off the 2251 before taking the pics though. Not bad at all, the Oxford six wheeler isn't exactly old hat and they're about £20 a go, the rest are Bachmann and not exactly worthless either, despite the old Mainline body tooling that dates back to General Gordon's last stand at Khartoum... 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 7 hours ago, MrWolf said: I'm not anti Hornby at all, I definitely don't want to see them fall, but I just don't get the revival of the TT idea. Probably a good thing I can't read the record labels, it might create a cringeworthy ear worm that won't go away. I used to turn rusty old circular saw blades into clocks, they sold rather well! Hi. Not aimed at you or anyone specifically. Wanting Hornby to thrive and thinking TT is a good idea is not intertwined! I bought a small record player from Argos out of curiosity. A nice retro briefcase design from Bush for about £30! Went through a huge pile of dusty records and picked out some gems to keep as a novelty and the rest will probably go to a charity shop rather than bother with eBay. They were mostly soul funk disco reggae and pop. I’ll give you an earworm free of charge! “ooh I’m going to Barbados” (the inspiration for the Ibiza song a few years ago…) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianmacc Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 5 hours ago, Il Grifone said: Thirty five quid can't be bad though (or didn't I look hard enough?). I would have brushed the dust off the 2251 before taking the pics though. A fiver a wagon plus postage is not ridiculous I agree, and is the going rate at model shops. The madness is they are mostly brake vans and this is in the same category as the job lot of rerailers a few posts back! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 22 minutes ago, ianmacc said: A fiver a wagon plus postage is not ridiculous I agree, and is the going rate at model shops. The madness is they are mostly brake vans and this is in the same category as the job lot of rerailers a few posts back! My only problem with the listing was that it was titled "kit built" and they're blatantly not. If I didn't already have 3 Oxford toads, 2 Mainline, 2 Bachmann and a couple of genuine kit built items from D&S and Ratio, I'd almost certainly be buying that little lot, weathering them, changing the depot branding and the couplings and putting them on the layout. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Rowsley17D Posted January 4, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2023 9 minutes ago, MrWolf said: My only problem with the listing was that it was titled "kit built" and they're blatantly not. If I didn't already have 3 Oxford toads, 2 Mainline, 2 Bachmann and a couple of genuine kit built items from D&S and Ratio, I'd almost certainly be buying that little lot, weathering them, changing the depot branding and the couplings and putting them on the layout. I contacted him via eBay and he's removed the "Kit-Built" description. 2 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, ianmacc said: Hi. Not aimed at you or anyone specifically. Wanting Hornby to thrive and thinking TT is a good idea is not intertwined! I bought a small record player from Argos out of curiosity. A nice retro briefcase design from Bush for about £30! Went through a huge pile of dusty records and picked out some gems to keep as a novelty and the rest will probably go to a charity shop rather than bother with eBay. They were mostly soul funk disco reggae and pop. I’ll give you an earworm free of charge! “ooh I’m going to Barbados” (the inspiration for the Ibiza song a few years ago…) Get yourself some Argo Transacord LP's and e.p's, some headphones and an armchair. Close your eyes...... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, 33C said: Get yourself some Argo Transacord LP's and e.p's, some headphones and an armchair. Close your eyes...... Just like ASMR. Lps are good, but eps don't last long enough. sigh....... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 20 minutes ago, Hroth said: Just like ASMR. Lps are good, but eps don't last long enough. sigh....... Start with "SHAP", keep your eyes closed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 1 hour ago, 33C said: Get yourself some Argo Transacord LP's and e.p's, some headphones and an armchair. Close your eyes...... Had to Google that, a bit before my time but one of my friends has the Shap recordings. I had a feeling that's what it was. Didn't want to say anything daft just in case it was some sort of new age ambient whale song drivel type thing man... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted January 4, 2023 Share Posted January 4, 2023 3 minutes ago, MrWolf said: Had to Google that, a bit before my time but one of my friends has the Shap recordings. I had a feeling that's what it was. Didn't want to say anything daft just in case it was some sort of new age ambient whale song drivel type thing man... No way, but don't put on the Gallopers music! " Trains in Trouble" is a good un'. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted January 4, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2023 (edited) If only they where available on a CD... I had a fantastic cassette from the early days of the 80064 fund of SR steam the best was the station announcement of 'the train arriving at the platform is the 9:00 from Waterloo, this train is divided here...' and so it went on finalising in the sound of a MN drifting into Exeter Central.. Ahh bliss! If only I could find these again on a CD Edited January 4, 2023 by John Besley Correction 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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