RMweb Premium petethemole Posted August 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 20, 2023 14 hours ago, Sjcm said: Another oddity coming up to finishing and no takers. Not sure the Longmoor military railway ever had one of these but if he knocks it down to twenty I'll have a punt😉 Possibly actually unique I don't think the Royal Engineers would have named a locomotive after an IRA general and Sinn Fein politician, even if it was Italian. More suitable would be General "Electric Whiskers" Bergonzoli, thoroughly defeated in the first phase of WW2 in North Africa. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2023 4 hours ago, PhilJ W said: I wonder why the surprised look on the pigs face. I’d say it looks more worried, Perhaps It’s just seen David Cameron’s put a bid in! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 12 hours ago, John M Upton said: What the.....?!? https://www.hattons.co.uk/1375182/marklin_88642_po01_mini_club_good_luck_pig_locomotive_tin_boxed_pre_owned_missing_connecting/stockdetail?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=staticretargetingemaildatabase&hsa_acc=156860675186364&hsa_cam=23851147410200746&hsa_grp=23851216061040746&hsa_ad=23851216061030746&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&fbclid=IwAR23apMU-GtvoV2zYUTZen_dY1Hcy1JCBDKzGgp4r3SWlXZrM_V1xEdmrAE_aem_AR9ZsJ22SQticuiDiFttaG092VWadAaDwDoZEihOn2M_840FUpk6gxCmGUkQl7e0STsV9IwpL72RMDKSDEFR4APg No I've been out drinking since six on Sunday, but I'm starting to think that someone spiked my drink. Definitely bedtime 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2023 14 hours ago, John M Upton said: What the.....?!? https://www.hattons.co.uk/1375182/marklin_88642_po01_mini_club_good_luck_pig_locomotive_tin_boxed_pre_owned_missing_connecting/stockdetail?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=paidsocial&utm_campaign=staticretargetingemaildatabase&hsa_acc=156860675186364&hsa_cam=23851147410200746&hsa_grp=23851216061040746&hsa_ad=23851216061030746&hsa_src=fb&hsa_net=facebook&hsa_ver=3&fbclid=IwAR23apMU-GtvoV2zYUTZen_dY1Hcy1JCBDKzGgp4r3SWlXZrM_V1xEdmrAE_aem_AR9ZsJ22SQticuiDiFttaG092VWadAaDwDoZEihOn2M_840FUpk6gxCmGUkQl7e0STsV9IwpL72RMDKSDEFR4APg Do you feel lucky, pig? Cheers Darius 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Darius43 Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2023 (edited) Apparently it’s a German tradition to give marzipan pigs as good luck charm gifts so this is an actual Marklin product. Cheers Darius Edited August 21, 2023 by Darius43 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 8 hours ago, petethemole said: I don't think the Royal Engineers would have named a locomotive after an IRA general and Sinn Fein politician, even if it was Italian. More suitable would be General "Electric Whiskers" Bergonzoli, thoroughly defeated in the first phase of WW2 in North Africa. Hah, I totally missed that. That is bizarre on so many levels.😲 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 21, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 21, 2023 10 hours ago, PhilJ W said: I wonder why the surprised look on the pigs face. Have you seen where the keyhole is? Mike. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 17 hours ago, PhilJ W said: Not on eBay but madness? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66563807 Brutal inspiration for some 'scrapyard' Oxford Diecast models? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducking Giraffe Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 Look, I tried to be as honest as possible but still someone bought it! Ebay madness or what? DESCRIPTION: We all like a challenge although to be fair long ago I got sick of people trying to get me to do a god awful job by saying "Look at it as a challenge", No, life's too short mate to be doing rubbish jobs for no more money. So now I pick and choose and if it looks too difficult I say I know just the company that loves this work. Two birds with one stone, I don't have to do it and it messes up my competitors with hassley work that they'll regret doing and wont make any money. Seems to have worked I think one of them has given up. Having said that.... This is just what you should take on now that the winter nights are drawing in, to either get going by the cunning addition of a bit of wiring and a motor, or something to practice your weathering skills on. And you'll need a tender. Good luck with that, we're all counting on you. PS just looked at the photos again and realised its missing a smoke deflector. I never said it was going to be easy. 4 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 21, 2023 Share Posted August 21, 2023 8 minutes ago, Ducking Giraffe said: Look, I tried to be as honest as possible but still someone bought it! Ebay madness or what? DESCRIPTION: We all like a challenge although to be fair long ago I got sick of people trying to get me to do a god awful job by saying "Look at it as a challenge", No, life's too short mate to be doing rubbish jobs for no more money. So now I pick and choose and if it looks too difficult I say I know just the company that loves this work. Two birds with one stone, I don't have to do it and it messes up my competitors with hassley work that they'll regret doing and wont make any money. Seems to have worked I think one of them has given up. Having said that.... This is just what you should take on now that the winter nights are drawing in, to either get going by the cunning addition of a bit of wiring and a motor, or something to practice your weathering skills on. And you'll need a tender. Good luck with that, we're all counting on you. PS just looked at the photos again and realised its missing a smoke deflector. I never said it was going to be easy. I get that, I've turned away several people who have have brought motorcycles round that want the bare minimum doing and try to set the price themselves, because they think that they're then going to sell it for a fortune. Case in point was a chap who spent ages telling me that the owners club knew of only two others and how the last person he had make a wiring loom had given up. But I couldn't convince him that the "new" headlight and ignition switch he'd paid a lot for was the wrong one, (But it fits!) that he had a mishmash of electrical parts from bikes with direct lighting and those with battery lighting and most importantly that I wasn't going to be using the box full of random secondhand wire from God alone knows where. Yes there is a vintage motorcycle eBay madness thread out there! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talltim Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 Someoneis getting a different sort of lime to me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266379171326?hash=item3e056f95fe:g:aJkAAOSwJsNk4LTz&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMpKWqNMHGh6W44iFQS9zYeDoy9CeRfI%2B4t2NOXR6VwawtIxUzKcsDmVihGYR4kyYBM5VyU%2BOs4eFuZb%2BP9YnDAPUFK0DGm%2BV7KLSU4OqwjVoZ0rr0W0%2F5Lj84W0Rns4a6t4%2BdHDSIs6UGq%2BXY5jAPJRv0fr5BVHAxUTQCfIfCtWkeX7udcuMB1rVO4q7QA2ZKB0AjoNCYagAYVmzbBsZ80mRy2fcjCJbl13UT0nt0xLB%2FUql1m6VqN0R2GXZhcm%2Bw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_qWsqfEYg 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Talltim said: Someoneis getting a different sort of lime to me https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/266379171326?hash=item3e056f95fe:g:aJkAAOSwJsNk4LTz&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwMpKWqNMHGh6W44iFQS9zYeDoy9CeRfI%2B4t2NOXR6VwawtIxUzKcsDmVihGYR4kyYBM5VyU%2BOs4eFuZb%2BP9YnDAPUFK0DGm%2BV7KLSU4OqwjVoZ0rr0W0%2F5Lj84W0Rns4a6t4%2BdHDSIs6UGq%2BXY5jAPJRv0fr5BVHAxUTQCfIfCtWkeX7udcuMB1rVO4q7QA2ZKB0AjoNCYagAYVmzbBsZ80mRy2fcjCJbl13UT0nt0xLB%2FUql1m6VqN0R2GXZhcm%2Bw%3D%3D|tkp%3ABk9SR_qWsqfEYg A "lime green" livery is the least of its problems. It also apparently runs on AC... Though if the vendor was trying to indicate that it was DCC fitted, then they were going the wrong way about it! Edited August 23, 2023 by Hroth 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 2 hours ago, Hroth said: A "lime green" livery is the least of its problems. It also apparently runs on AC... Though if the vendor was trying to indicate that it was DCC fitted, then they were going the wrong way about it! 'Amaze and astound your family and friends! Plug loco into the mains and watch it melt down before your eyes!' 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 1 hour ago, Paul H Vigor said: 'Amaze and astound your family and friends! Plug loco into the mains and watch it melt down before your eyes!' To be fair, a voltage wasn't specified. My old H&M Clipper has a 16v AC output on the back, not that I'd want to feed that to a defenceless loco either! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
friscopete Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 I always describe exactly what you get warts n all .I sold some Team Lotus shirts ,Good ones with embroidered Camel logos ,some JPS .etc .I just put unwashed ,unironed, all dirt and sweat original .One I put "unless you are Japanese or a girl age 12 this isnt going to fit you .dont ask ."sold em all no complaints.same with all train stuff .I have always had 100% rating 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 23, 2023 Share Posted August 23, 2023 One of the old stagers never fails to impress. Okay, it's an interesting idea, nail an old pantograph to a brake van kit, no motor of course. That's fine, But to ask nearly £60 for it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372980883903? 1 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 24, 2023 There's things about the brakevan loco that bother me, such as why are there roof ventilators over the outside balconies, and what is going on underneath with those wheels! I'm just not getting into the spirit of things, am I? 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 22 minutes ago, The Johnster said: There's things about the brakevan loco that bother me, such as why are there roof ventilators over the outside balconies, and what is going on underneath with those wheels! I'm just not getting into the spirit of things, am I? No, I think you are actually. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 Slap some cogs on it and call it steampunk! Oh wait.... 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted August 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 24, 2023 10 minutes ago, Hroth said: Slap some cogs on it and call it steampunk! Oh wait.... I assume that's a typo for slap some clogs on it and put it out of it's misery? MIke. 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 (edited) 8 hours ago, MrWolf said: One of the old stagers never fails to impress. Okay, it's an interesting idea, nail an old pantograph to a brake van kit, no motor of course. That's fine, But to ask nearly £60 for it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372980883903? I've said it before, but he's so far ahead in the chiseling game, he makes the rest look like amateurs. A thing of beauty that. Edited August 24, 2023 by Sjcm 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 3 hours ago, Enterprisingwestern said: I assume that's a typo for slap some clogs on it and put it out of it's misery? MIke. I refer my esteemed colleague to one of Hornbys recent* Bassett Lowke Steampunk models, a Time Travel Holiday Home Neat, eh? * Indeed, discontinued! 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 9 minutes ago, Hroth said: I refer my esteemed colleague to one of Hornbys recent* Bassett Lowke Steampunk models, a Time Travel Holiday Home Neat, eh? * Indeed, discontinued! Reminds me there was a S**'s train's video that appeared on my YouTube feed recently with the title "Why did Steampunk fail? " which I'm guessing is shorthand for "Why did the nichiest niche railway product in history fail?" 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted August 24, 2023 Share Posted August 24, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sjcm said: Reminds me there was a S**'s train's video that appeared on my YouTube feed recently with the title "Why did Steampunk fail? " which I'm guessing is shorthand for "Why did the nichiest niche railway product in history fail?" Or, why have imitation Victorian "engineering" when you could model the real thing? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted August 24, 2023 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 24, 2023 11 hours ago, MrWolf said: One of the old stagers never fails to impress. Okay, it's an interesting idea, nail an old pantograph to a brake van kit, no motor of course. That's fine, But to ask nearly £60 for it? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/372980883903? Surprised it's taken so long to appear in these pages. It was first listed in March 2020. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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