Hroth Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 22 minutes ago, TinTracks said: I've noticed that spare tenders for the old Dublo A4s ( and other locos) are sometimes fetching what can only be called bonkers prices. I suspect that this creation was born from desperation. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305435066509? Even though it's a LWB wagon chassis, I wouldn't trust it at normal A4 speeds! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TinTracks Posted March 6 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 6 13 minutes ago, Hroth said: I wouldn't trust it at normal A4 speeds! Your right there. Certainly would need the grandbairns stood at the corners as 'catchers' ☺️ Cheers, Rich 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Bucoops Posted March 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6 26 minutes ago, TinTracks said: Your right there. Certainly would need the grandbairns stood at the corners as 'catchers' ☺️ Cheers, Rich As a grandbairn (not yours obviously!) those were the days. Dual loop of Hornby tinplate 3 rail with flying scotsman hurtling round one way, Royal Scot the other, and crossover points randomly thrown made for some spectacular events! 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, 33C said: That's Ollie. C'mon, you know who!, Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard?? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 4 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard?? Nope, or Hardy... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted March 6 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 6 4 hours ago, TinTracks said: I've noticed that spare tenders for the old Dublo A4s ( and other locos) are sometimes fetching what can only be called bonkers prices. I suspect that this creation was born from desperation. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/305435066509? Seamless and indistinguishable! Mike. 1 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 2 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard?? Try "Taskmaster"! 1 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 27 minutes ago, 33C said: Try "Taskmaster"! https://taskmaster.fandom.com/wiki/Ollie_the_Knight 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveyDee68 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Rule #1 of Mendacious Chiselling Ensure your photographs have a contrasting background busier than Kings Cross Station Junk for sale 🙄 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, SteveyDee68 said: Rule #1 of Mendacious Chiselling Ensure your photographs have a contrasting background busier than Kings Cross Station Junk for sale 🙄 Rule 1a. Make sure your photo is at least slightly out of focus. Reminds me of the good old days of the Rocket Railways bargain boxes! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 I think I've finally cracked up. Browsing through the newly listed/ending soonest on my searches this morning, I realised I'd saved my own listing to my watch list. May try a sneaky bid near the end 😎 1 1 12 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 7 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 7 Dunno whether to put this in eBay madness or good buy thread but an interesting item for someone in the Norwich area with room and not a ridiculous price! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204683929624?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vVYiqDAURm2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=TJORlFVXTTy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 7 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 7 1 hour ago, big jim said: Dunno whether to put this in eBay madness or good buy thread but an interesting item for someone in the Norwich area with room and not a ridiculous price! https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/204683929624?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=vVYiqDAURm2&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=TJORlFVXTTy&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY Doesn't say what scale it is, at first I thought N scale but it might be 00. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 (edited) 40 minutes ago, PhilJ W said: Doesn't say what scale it is, at first I thought N scale but it might be 00. Trying to work out how may layouts are involved in the sale 2? 3? British and/or North American?? Edited March 7 by Paul H Vigor to add information 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8 (edited) 14 hours ago, Paul H Vigor said: Trying to work out how may layouts are involved in the sale 2? 3? British and/or North American?? im counting 3 big American n gauge smaller triangular n gauge, possibly British as that has a red telephone box on it, I wonder if that’s the one the seller thinks might be Norwich (crown point triangle area) a British oo branch line terminal the strange thing is the more i look at the pictures the more i can smell the room Edited March 8 by big jim 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul H Vigor Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 34 minutes ago, big jim said: im counting 3 big American n gauge smaller triangular n gauge, possibly British as that has a red telephone box on it, I wonder if that’s the one the seller thinks might be Norwich (crown point triangle area) a British oo branch line terminal the strange thing is the more i look at the pictures the more i can smell the room Layouts abandoned after house sale? Sellers just want rid of them? 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hodgson Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 16 minutes ago, Paul H Vigor said: Layouts abandoned after house sale? Sellers just want rid of them? Looks very much that way. Deceased estate perhaps. The old problem of designed to fit a particular room and won't fit somewhere else. Looks rather interesting, it would be a shame if it fails to sell and ends up being scrapped into to achieve a house sale. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted March 8 RMweb Gold Share Posted March 8 50 minutes ago, Michael Hodgson said: Looks very much that way. Deceased estate perhaps. The old problem of designed to fit a particular room and won't fit somewhere else. Looks rather interesting, it would be a shame if it fails to sell and ends up being scrapped into to achieve a house sale. the description does say it’s in a house they have bought and they need em gone , bet they end up in a skip 1 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
33C Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 If they want them gone, just say FREE to collector, or donate to youth centre, community group etc. May spark an interest in someone then... 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted March 8 RMweb Premium Share Posted March 8 The N scale layouts appear to be complete but the 00 one appears to be only a single baseboard from a larger layout. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 I'm undecided if this is an exercise in putting far too much work into something that wasn't much cop in the first place, or something a HD collector would kill for. Ever-ready Tube train 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Looks like Rails of Sheffield are letting their ebay intern loose on their main listings! https://railsofsheffield.com/products/Hornby-r30031-class-87-87009-city-of-birmingham-bo-bo-intercity-executive-livery-diesel-locomotive Its not often you hear a Class 87 25kv loco called a diesel loco!" 20 minutes ago, Sjcm said: I'm undecided if this is an exercise in putting far too much work into something that wasn't much cop in the first place, or something a HD collector would kill for. Ever-ready Tube train Given that the original mazak running gear tended to collapse in a pile of rot and it looks like the bodies are made from bendy plastic, one that will run on HD 3-rail may have an attraction. But it was a cheap (50/-!) battery operated toy in its day and is more a curiosity than anything else. I'll give it a miss. 4 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjcm Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 yes I think it would appeal to someone with a big terminus layout having a tube line running by the side of it and maybe disappearing into a tunnel as long as you don't look too closely at it. 21 watchers currently. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) Last year I sold 5 Ever-Ready tube train vehicles in far worse condition than those,and unpowered and with partial repaint restoration and crumbling wheels, for a total of £63 - I started the auction at £50. Thats a really good deal and a working one with box is hens teeth nowadays Bodies are stamped aluminium and are banana shaped from new. Design is clearly based on Bulleid 1940 Waterloo&City Line stock and shouldnt be in LT Red Edited March 9 by Captain Slough 2 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Slough Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 (edited) I should dig out my FEVA/Street Scenes 1992-stock diecast tube train and put that on sale... its about the only LT themed thing I havent sold yet and everything else really sold easily Edited March 9 by Captain Slough 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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