Sjcm Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Invaluable info for the professional burglar as well. Not only do you know when they're out, but also that there's nothing worth knicking. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 22 hours ago, Hroth said: Or, at least use the right sort of matches! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-68226509 Apparently, the matchsticks used have now been allowed... Nice replica of Blackpool Tower there! 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 57 minutes ago, PieGuyRob said: Nice replica of Blackpool Tower there! Doesn't look like a 37? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted February 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10 9 hours ago, Hroth said: At least we know where to go and complain. If we could be bothered! And were near Tavistock... rumbles on and on and on and... https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325886664456?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=WSf3swO_R5S&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mAE25Fz1QpK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Didn't know the GWR used telephone pole cable insulators for rail as well... I've got three of them at home complete with a length of copper phone wire attached 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John Besley Posted February 10 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 10 23 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Zinc oxide? Is that what was on my Hornby School? There was some white powder on the front bogie and the main chassis, dad mistook it for zinc pest when we viewed it in the antique store (after the scare we got from my first attempt at getting a GraFar black five), but a nylon brush and the white powder slid right off. They had obviously been snorting illicit medication at that private school... 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted February 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 11 minutes ago, John Besley said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/325886664456?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=WSf3swO_R5S&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=mAE25Fz1QpK&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Didn't know the GWR used telephone pole cable insulators for rail as well... I've got three of them at home complete with a length of copper phone wire attached Quote ALL IN GOOD CONDITION WITH NO CRACKS. SOME HAVE BLACK STAINAGE. PLEASE STATE WHICH ONE YOUR PREFER. WITH BLACK STAINAGE OR WITH OUT. IN MY OPINION THE ONES WITH BLACK STAINAGE, LOOK BEST, AS THEY LOOKED USED. Or, we want you to buy the manky ones so we can finally get rid of them? 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Why 1950? I understand that they would have been in use by BR(W), but if they're stamped GWR then they're pre-nationalisation... Anyhow, I don't need a GWR telegraph insulator, I already have a GPO telephone insulator. At normal viewing distance, they look identical! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted February 10 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 10 (edited) To be fair, and I hate being fair to these mendacious chisellers, the GWR was a Bristish Railway, that is, a railway situated in Britain. The description headline states that the items are of British Railway GWR, not British Railways Western Region. The description is incorrect in that they are S&T insulators, nothing to do with track or conductor rails. It is possible that the seller does not know what they are. Edited February 10 by The Johnster 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 Perhaps the descriptive titles are now AI generated too... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11 21 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: I mean… It has a box! A bit tatty, but it has one! 😂 If I were to sell it, I don’t think I’d sell it for anything over a tenner, the box could certainly be of use to someone, but the carriage is heavily damaged, underframe could likely be salvaged, maybe the wheels too… But would the box be of use to anyone?, I would imagine all the models suitable for it are in the same state as this coach. Mike. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Now, this isn’t “madness” per se, but I am wondering if anyone can tell me if this is an actual Bachmann model or whether it has been adapted from a Bachmann model? Tellingly, the seller shows the box but not the end panel (which would give all the manufacturer provided model description details on a label). Also, is this a flight of fancy or did BR really paint up one of their Mk1 brake coaches to match Pullman coaches to provide ‘visual integrity’ to an all-Pullman train? If so, I imagine it might be for the later Mk1 Pullman coaches in use on the Eastern Region? Steve S 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted February 11 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 11 1 hour ago, SteveyDee68 said: Now, this isn’t “madness” per se, but I am wondering if anyone can tell me if this is an actual Bachmann model or whether it has been adapted from a Bachmann model? Tellingly, the seller shows the box but not the end panel (which would give all the manufacturer provided model description details on a label). Also, is this a flight of fancy or did BR really paint up one of their Mk1 brake coaches to match Pullman coaches to provide ‘visual integrity’ to an all-Pullman train? If so, I imagine it might be for the later Mk1 Pullman coaches in use on the Eastern Region? Steve S A Pullman car with a corridor? Doesn't look right to me! Amy chance you could post the URL of the item so we can have a look? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 11 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 11 Bachmann 39-225K BR Mk1 BCK Coach Pullman Livery 'Car No. 355' was a Collectors' Club limited edition but the car number is different. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 8 hours ago, RFS said: A Pullman car with a corridor? Doesn't look right to me! Amy chance you could post the URL of the item so we can have a look? If you click on the underlined this in the original post, it took you to the original eBay item. I normally also put the link text in bold, but somehow missed doing so in my last post. Meanwhile, this has now caught my attention. Is it just me, or does the seller studiously avoid showing the ends of the carriage (given the somewhat ‘melted’ appearance of the corridor connection). Description = “in good order” Hmmmm 🤔 Steve S PS Thanks to @petethemole for clarifying about the “Pullman” mk1 brake coach being a Bachmann Collector’s Club item - I guess that it must have been modelled on a real vehicle, then? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 9 hours ago, RFS said: A Pullman car with a corridor? Doesn't look right to me! Amy chance you could post the URL of the item so we can have a look? https://www.emgauge70s.co.uk/proto_pullman.html 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tofufi Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 (edited) Another Gostude bargain... £2500 for a Tri-ang NSW Sydney Red Rattler 4 car set. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/364725878845 Of course, if you knew he paid £900 plus buyers premium (total £1143) you'd appreciate just how much of a profit he's aiming to make... Vectis Auctions | Triang R450/R451 NSW Suburban 4-Car EMU Set I'm pretty sure if paying £2500 for some vintage Tri-ang, I'd not want it damaged by stacking it on top of itself, pantographs and all. Edited February 12 by Tofufi 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Hal Nail Posted February 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12 (edited) 16 hours ago, petethemole said: Bachmann 39-225K BR Mk1 BCK Coach Pullman Livery 'Car No. 355' was a Collectors' Club limited edition but the car number is different. Here's the collectors version - enough differences that I think the eBay one is a home repaint. Apparently it worked with the SLOA pullman set in the 80s. There were two BCKs so presumably someone has modelled the other one. As ever, Google gets there quicker! Edited February 12 by Hal Nail 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 Another sort of eBay madness... i filed - a few days ago - an unpowered scratchbuilt LT battery locomotive locomotive that I made when I was about 15 out of thick cardboard on RTR bogies for sale. in my opinion its a terrible model entirely lacking in detail and not even fully square, wearing a livery the prototype never saw. I pointed this out in the advert and optimistically filed it with a starting price of £10. Currently at £31 after numerous bids. I'm not pleased to make far more than I expected, as much as worried they aren't reading the advert and will complain on receiving it... Hope the fact of my own slating of it's quality in the advert text protects me... 1 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 6 hours ago, Hal Nail said: Apparently it worked with the SLOA pullman set in the 80s. Glad I didn’t bid, then - well outside my timeframe of interest! Steve S 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted February 12 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 12 6 hours ago, Captain Slough said: Another sort of eBay madness... i filed - a few days ago - an unpowered scratchbuilt LT battery locomotive locomotive that I made when I was about 15 out of thick cardboard on RTR bogies for sale. in my opinion its a terrible model entirely lacking in detail and not even fully square, wearing a livery the prototype never saw. I pointed this out in the advert and optimistically filed it with a starting price of £10. Currently at £31 after numerous bids. I'm not pleased to make far more than I expected, as much as worried they aren't reading the advert and will complain on receiving it... Hope the fact of my own slating of it's quality in the advert text protects me... It appeared on the Underground modelling group on Farcebook so I had a look, not tempted afterwards. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted February 12 Share Posted February 12 3 hours ago, PhilJ W said: It appeared on the Underground modelling group on Farcebook so I had a look, not tempted afterwards. 10 hours ago, Captain Slough said: Another sort of eBay madness... i filed - a few days ago - an unpowered scratchbuilt LT battery locomotive locomotive that I made when I was about 15 out of thick cardboard on RTR bogies for sale. in my opinion its a terrible model entirely lacking in detail and not even fully square, wearing a livery the prototype never saw. I pointed this out in the advert and optimistically filed it with a starting price of £10. Currently at £31 after numerous bids. I'm not pleased to make far more than I expected, as much as worried they aren't reading the advert and will complain on receiving it... Hope the fact of my own slating of it's quality in the advert text protects me... 'I came. I saw. ...' 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 (edited) 9 hours ago, PhilJ W said: It appeared on the Underground modelling group on Farcebook so I had a look, not tempted afterwards. that explains why the battery loco and my scratchbuiilt 1938 stock motor car got more views in the last 7 days than my other 30-odd open items have received in their entirety. I assume the comments on the FB group were well-earned.. would be curious to see them... Edited February 13 by Captain Slough 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 13 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 13 7 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: 'I came. I saw. ...' I concurred? Mike. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 18 hours ago, Captain Slough said: Another sort of eBay madness... i filed - a few days ago - an unpowered scratchbuilt LT battery locomotive locomotive that I made when I was about 15 out of thick cardboard on RTR bogies for sale. in my opinion its a terrible model entirely lacking in detail and not even fully square, wearing a livery the prototype never saw. I pointed this out in the advert and optimistically filed it with a starting price of £10. Currently at £31 after numerous bids. I'm not pleased to make far more than I expected, as much as worried they aren't reading the advert and will complain on receiving it... Hope the fact of my own slating of it's quality in the advert text protects me... I tracked it down... Unusual, and an interesting attempt. I must say that with something like that, if I wanted one I'd have a bash at it myself! I don't expect it would be much different in appearance... The front does remind me of the face of Marvin the Paranoid Android (TV not film) Perhaps the diodes down the locos left side were giving it gyp... 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 diodes.. in 1905? this was probably valve controlled.... i really thought it wouldn't sell or would go for a tenner to someone who wanted the bogies. Pretty certain I'm going to end up being asked for a refund now from some buyer who hasnt realised it really is as bad an attempt as I described it as. eBay really is weird. surely whoever linked it from that facebook page that I haven't been able to find must have said "look at this its terrible, don't buy it". if they didn't they should have 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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