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On 22/01/2024 at 21:23, JCL said:

I was looking for photos of my local station when I saw these gems

 

I have for you here a pile-o-dirt photo as regularly used by children

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/235260990446
 

And also available , mound-o-soil

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234161411328

I have spent my working life around spoil heaps and similar things.  Must have thousands of such pictures.  At £2 a go, could retire easily!

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Such wagons are £5-£10 each at exhibitions, usually the higher end, so he's not being too greedy if it's a missed decimal point. 

Hopefully he'll notice eventually.

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Just now, MrWolf said:

 

Looks more like a sheep wagon. 

 

I thought sheep wagons had higher sides to stop the silly bu@@ers finding the new way to commit suicide?

 

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36 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

I thought sheep wagons had higher sides to stop the silly bu@@ers finding the new way to commit suicide?

 

 

Quite possibly, but I've only seen Victorian drawings of such things, with drovers crammed in as well. 

For horses I was thinking more like the cattle truck without a roof type of vehicle, as used by the military, plus of course horses tend to be less suicidal than sheep.

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2 minutes ago, eastglosmog said:

Assuming (and that may be a rather optimistic assumption) that it really is 00 gauge, then it looks more like a Talyllyn slate wagon in 7mm/ft.

 

It certainly has the look of a slate wagon, I'd say that is a good bet.

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12 minutes ago, Sjcm said:

I suppose you could use the chassis, but.....how do you accidentally melt a loco to this extent? Housefire? Store in a greenhouse? 

 

Gas mark 7 for 2 hours

 

 

 

 

 

Early Triang locos and rolling stock tend to look like that, but in their case its due to the rubbish plastic used back then...

 

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4 minutes ago, Hroth said:

 

Early Triang locos and rolling stock tend to look like that, but in their case its due to the rubbish plastic used back then...

 

Even then, I don’t think Acetate Triang locos warped that bad!

 

Well… Maybe except the original 1950 Rovex Princess, with roller pickups & acetate chassis (not to be confused with the ‘51 Princess, with the sheet metal chassis and plunger pickups).

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6 hours ago, Sjcm said:

I suppose you could use the chassis, but.....how do you accidentally melt a loco to this extent? Housefire? Store in a greenhouse? 

 

Gas mark 7 for 2 hours

 

 

 

 

 

I'd guess it's been left in that clear plastic box on a sunny windowsill for quite a while.

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