Captain Slough Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 On 16/04/2024 at 12:52, Hacksworth_Sidings said: Aye, knew that already, the rollers apparently didn’t perform too well, hence the change to plungers, with the rollers being on the very first version from 1950, I just don’t remember when they changed, thought it was 51 but I heard, on my last trip to Severn Valley, it was 52 they made the swap (I also heard from them that, allegedly, only two roller examples survive today!). I also referred to it as “original” in the sense it was before the Triang buyout, when it was still made for M&S, and therefore the upgrade to a metal chassis and pickup through the wheels. Kicking myself now as in 1996 I decided not to buy a roller pickup Princess from Hemel Hempstead antique market due to the deformed Cellulose acetate body It was marked as about £18 from memory and my logic was that i could get a more modern one for that much... 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 26 minutes ago, Captain Slough said: Kicking myself now as in 1996 I decided not to buy a roller pickup Princess from Hemel Hempstead antique market due to the deformed Cellulose acetate body It was marked as about £18 from memory and my logic was that i could get a more modern one for that much... I think we could all do with Doc Emmet Brown's Delorean for times like this. Failing that, what you know now, as your younger self.. 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156166243218? I don’t remember the Deltics wearing red… Certainly an interesting repaint, could defo do with being reverted to BR green though… 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 (edited) Well.... 🤔 It's different! But a quick visit to the paint shop would help! 🙂 Whoever bought it would also have to do something about the fuel tanks that have been cut off. Edited April 18 by Hroth extra 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellino Rail Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 On 17/04/2024 at 19:02, ted633 said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/126430717767? KMRC were struggling to flog these for less than £30 about a year ago (I eventually bought one). Already at £45 now with over 3 days to go! I'd love to buy one for £30 now!! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 1 hour ago, Kellino Rail said: I'd love to buy one for £30 now!! Mr G will probably snap these up. Next time we see these locos, they'll be listed for £100s apiece! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieGuyRob Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 13 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156166243218? I don’t remember the Deltics wearing red… Certainly an interesting repaint, could defo do with being reverted to BR green though… The question is:- does it wobble going backwards? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 (edited) 13 hours ago, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156166243218? I don’t remember the Deltics wearing red… Certainly an interesting repaint, could defo do with being reverted to BR green though… authentic livery from about 2002 when Porterbrook bought it out of preservation and put it into their active fleet Edited April 19 by Captain Slough 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hacksworth_Sidings Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 1 minute ago, Captain Slough said: authentic livery I forgot that thing existed… The livery the painter chose for the Dublo one seems more red than purple to me though! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 6 minutes ago, Captain Slough said: authentic livery from about 2002 when Porterbrook bought it out of preservation and put it into their active fleet More an approximation of an authentic livery. Going by the above, the bogies should have been black*... * And the cab quarterlights filled in! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 ~its a Dublo deltic. There are limits to whats achievable in terms of accurate representation.... 1 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Radford Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 On 17/04/2024 at 09:42, Enterprisingwestern said: Lamp irons? Mike. Ah yes - they were too small for me to even think about fixing!! 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimberValleyRailway Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234799177220? Not sure it's worth the £545 postage... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kellino Rail Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 41 minutes ago, TimberValleyRailway said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/234799177220? Not sure it's worth the £545 postage... I would expect Jeeves to deliver that to me on a silver plate for that money!! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatB Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 On 19/04/2024 at 01:12, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156166243218? I don’t remember the Deltics wearing red… Certainly an interesting repaint, could defo do with being reverted to BR green though… Currently 22 quid. Doesn't actually seem too bad for a Dublo Deltic. It's not like the original Dublo paintjob was particularly complex to reproduce, so it could be a nice piece for someone not totally obsessed with originality. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted April 20 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 20 On 19/04/2024 at 03:12, Hacksworth_Sidings said: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/156166243218? I don’t remember the Deltics wearing red… Certainly an interesting repaint, could defo do with being reverted to BR green though… Must be from LMR trial days! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 20 Share Posted April 20 (edited) 12 hours ago, PatB said: Currently 22 quid. Doesn't actually seem too bad for a Dublo Deltic. It's not like the original Dublo paintjob was particularly complex to reproduce, so it could be a nice piece for someone not totally obsessed with originality. Its been "interfered with", the fuel tanks have been cut off, no one with an interest in originality would want it. But you can't second-guess ebay bidders! It went for 30 quid. Spares or repairs? Edited April 20 by Hroth 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 Quite clean and tidy apparently!! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/176343919066 It's been trashed!!! Numerous issues, missing cab glazing, some strange blue ooze around the nose end, damage to the paint work all over and I suspect the chassis may not be the original as the coupling area under the oozing end looks suspiciously bodged. Trouble is, it is a GF Large Logo 37 and people are paying daft money for them... 1 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 It looks rather unhappy! Not a livery I'd be looking for, if I did model in N... 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted April 21 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 21 22 minutes ago, John M Upton said: Trouble is, it is a GF Large Logo 37 and people are paying daft money for them... As in, you’d be daft paying money for that… 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrWolf Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 It looks like it's been off the edge of the layout and another nose panel bodged on. Might also explain the dodgy chassis? 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted April 21 RMweb Premium Share Posted April 21 There also seems to be lots of hairy grot between the bogies and the tumblehome. Definitely used and abused!! 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 47 minutes ago, John M Upton said: There also seems to be lots of hairy grot between the bogies and the tumblehome. Definitely used and abused!! It's never good to get lots of hairy grot between one's bogies and tumblehome. Gives the neighbours something else to talk about! 1 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted April 22 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 22 8 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: It's never good to get lots of hairy grot between one's bogies and tumblehome. Gives the neighbours something else to talk about! I believe there is an ointment for it nowadays. Mike. 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom82 Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 Some guy selling 30 of the same loco, not sure if it's madness or just strange? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/335356510561 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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