RMweb Gold Accurascale Fran Posted July 10, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 10, 2012 BR Caboose? http://www.ebay.ie/itm/LIFE-LIKE-TRAINS-AMERICAN-ROLLING-STOCK-BR-GUARD-WAGON-HO-ORIGINAL-BOX-/261037705177?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cc70f47d9#ht_2227wt_1037 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
squeaky Posted July 10, 2012 Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) Am i being a grumpy old git or should this NOT be described as new. It may well be new unused but it cannot be described as in new condition.?? http://www.ebay.co.u...=item1e6ffd2549 It states "Comes in a good box" surely new means well new!! Edited July 10, 2012 by squeaky 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 10, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 10, 2012 (edited) BR Caboose? http://www.ebay.ie/i...#ht_2227wt_1037 Looks like it has old Triang bogies complete with couplings! Keith EDIT: correction Triang couplings but maybe not Triang bogies Edited July 10, 2012 by melmerby Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2012 No longer available! Is this because the seller took the 20k bid or perhaps the contents leaked out? Withdrawn because he didn't think it was the appropriate time, after the death of the concert go-er. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RedgateModels Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2012 you've got to admire the optimism .... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/r2370-duchess-of-sutherland-/280918805164?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item416810caac Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2012 BR Caboose? http://www.ebay.ie/i...#ht_2227wt_1037 I have one of these, IIRC they were made by Lima. There is no manufacturers name but it looks very Lima-ish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
coachmann Posted July 11, 2012 Share Posted July 11, 2012 The big problem recently is deleting something I have submitted if I think it adds nothing to a debate or if I decide I cannot be assed afterall. RMweb goes into treacle or an SQL pink page appears, then by the time I have got back on RMweb to delete it, someone has read my entry and decided to respond. Browsing is the best option at the minute. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2012 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LOCOMOTIVE-TELEPHONE-4-6-2-SIMILAR-FLYING-SCOTSMAN-/230820056337?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item35bdf28d11 Note the "similar to Flying Scotsman" claim. I leave it up to you to judge, natch...... IMHO, any similarity in appearance is limited to the method of propulsion, wheel arrangement and gauge. As far as I am aware, Flying Scotsman was not built by The American Locomotive Company, either. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold BoD Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2012 I don't think it could be used as a telephone either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 11, 2012 And equivalent to O gauge in size? Looks distinctly HO to me .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted July 11, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 11, 2012 Simliar to the Flying Scotsman in the same way that I am simliar to Tom Cruise, we both have two legs but that is about it (Oh and I am just tall enough to be USAF fighter pilot unlike him!! ) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 (edited) I have actually seen one of these on sale a few years back.in this country, at about £65 IIRC. I can confirm it's about 0 gauge/scale and would appear to be a scaled up copy of the Rivarossi USRA heavy pacific (which was also available in this livery -US Southern Railway - based on the UK Southern livery I understand. I understand that only part of the boiler is the actual handset*. I suggested buying it, but SWMBO said no.... Can't imagine why! I suppose to those who have little no interest in trains ( strange ), it looks like the Scotsman - green and roughly (very) the same same shape. EDIT I didn't notice the second picture that shows this to be the case. Edited July 12, 2012 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2012 Similar to the Flying Scotsman in the same way that I am similar to Tom Cruise, we both have two legs but that is about it (Oh and I am just tall enough to be USAF fighter pilot unlike him!! ) When Flying Scotsman was here in Australia, Mrs Kevinlms and I went for a ride on it. With parallel running with a Victorian Railways R Class on the 5'3" gauge, in this colour scheme. http://www.victorianrailways.net/motive%20power/rsteam.html When we got the photos back, she asked, how could I tell the difference between them! Speechless and women are supposedly more observant! Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 12, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 12, 2012 I don't think it could be used as a telephone either. It would be 'different' to work looking at the keypad, with 2 rows of buttons. Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 SWMBO says all wagons look the same! Almost as absurd as the claim that all Great Western locomotives look the same! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2012 Don't all shoes look the same? Don't all soaps have similar plots? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold 96701 Posted July 12, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 12, 2012 Don't all soaps have similar plots? My soap doesn't plot, it just sits there on the sink................................ 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RhBBob Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 I bought a presentation case with fifteen of these little blighters - all different, of course - for £9.99 http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Expo-77051-Flat-Blade-Screwdriver-2-0-x-40mm-New-Pack-/170608799362?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item27b913ae82 I must fit an alarm on the workshop...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm surprised anyone thinks this is worth £46 + p&p http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Dublo-R1-Tank-Loco-Body-BR-Green-/251102577984?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3a76e14540 It's not badly done, but these should be plain black and 31339 looked like this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/phil-seaford/5374109926/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozzyo Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 It looks pretty in that livery!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Oldddudders Posted July 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2012 I'm surprised anyone thinks this is worth £46 + p&p http://www.ebay.co.u...=item3a76e14540 It's not badly done, but these should be plain black and 31339 looked like this: http://www.flickr.co...ord/5374109926/ A bit puzzled by this "31339 was one of 4 introduced in 1938" when in fact all 13 R1s had been rebuilt in SECR days, i.e. before 1923. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Colin_McLeod Posted July 13, 2012 RMweb Gold Share Posted July 13, 2012 It is a well done relivery job. I have a Hornby Dublo 2-6-4T in a similar scheme and whether or not the prototype ran in that colour, it does look good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium kevinlms Posted July 13, 2012 RMweb Premium Share Posted July 13, 2012 SWMBO says all wagons look the same! Almost as absurd as the claim that all Great Western locomotives look the same! It's the boring green that does it! Inflicted on many non GWR locos too in BR days, an example being the R1 linked to later. I thought the only variation of GWR locos were the number/type/size of wheels. One thing that never changed, was the endless string of loco names, named after various buildings, located within a set radius of one of their railway lines. Don't get too upset guys, I'm only joking. Kevin Martin Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted July 13, 2012 Share Posted July 13, 2012 A bit puzzled by this "31339 was one of 4 introduced in 1938" when in fact all 13 R1s had been rebuilt in SECR days, i.e. before 1923. I was too! I thought perhaps he was referring to modifications for the Canterbury and Whitstable line, but the numbers quoted don't tally. There were also 13 rebuilds not 12. I seem to recall when checking that 31337 is correct* for the HD/Wrenn model, but 31340 is not (ignoring the bilious green and the smokebox number being 31337 for both versions (later corrected by omission). Why they couldn't get the wheelbase right considering it was an all new chassis, I can't imagine. Surely new coupling rod stampings weren't all that expensive. *Sandboxes - several locos had these below the running plate. Everything looks good in GWR livery* - even the LMS biased early BR management knew that, though they did inflict CR livery on the class 8P and LNWR livery on the mixed traffic locos. Boring green?? *I will concede that black and silver suits diesels (as on 10000/1 originally) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordhinton Posted July 14, 2012 Share Posted July 14, 2012 (edited) AHEM http://www.ebay.co.u...b#ht_500wt_1287 this cant be worth 1100 http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_1838wt_1270 neither this for 740 http://www.ebay.co.u...#ht_4501wt_1270 can anyone tell me where you can get 5 pairs of blue rapier driving coaches and standards inbetween to sell at that price? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Collection-Locos-Euro-Star-And-Blue-Rapier-Sets-Large-Amount-Railway-/140795646888?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item20c81313a8#ht_500wt_1287 thanks dan Edited July 14, 2012 by lordhinton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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