Bernard Lamb Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Is it April 1st then? EBAY Shoulda gone to Specsavers? You win the prize for the finder of the weirdest item on ebay contest. Seen it all now. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
edcayton Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Can't hardly see the join! Ed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 29, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 29, 2010 Ah wait, it has competition in the WTF stakes: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/TRIANG-Hornby-EMU-CONVERSION-SET-/280581901602?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4153fc0d22 Dear oh dear... What is even more extraordinary is that someone has actually bid on it!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baby Deltic Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Ah wait, it has competition in the WTF stakes: http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item4153fc0d22 Dear oh dear... What is even more extraordinary is that someone has actually bid on it!!!! What a waste of Tenshodo 'Spud's. Mind you, someone will probably be prepared to part with a lot of dosh for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold griffgriff Posted October 29, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 29, 2010 Can't hardly see the join! Ed I'd like to know what filler he would recommend on cut and shuts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny Emily Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 Is it April 1st then? EBAY Shoulda gone to Specsavers? Throw the switch, Igor; Frankenstein prepares to wake. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinWalsh Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I'd rather drive a cut and shut ford cortina than admit to owning/creating those ab*&$%*^s. My skills in the modelling world are fairly none existant but even I know they are massively overdue for the bin Kev Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
70022Tornado Posted October 30, 2010 Share Posted October 30, 2010 An interesting way to aquire two "Spuds" - And the remains could be part of a "Bill the BEP meets Gerty the Gas Axe !" diorama. 70022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted October 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2010 Is it April 1st then? EBAY Shoulda gone to Specsavers? Good grief - someone's actually bought it! Only 99p so far but add on £3.50 postage? Just goes to show you can sell anything on Ebay! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I would assume that someone wants the bits???? £40 is not too bad for two SPUDs, but I can't think what anyone would want two Airfix bogies for, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 'Stunning' reads the text description... 'Stung' might be more appropriate.. Stunning - Ebay Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Stationmaster Posted October 31, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted October 31, 2010 Looks like time to get out the 'mint boxed' Airfix - if there are folk around daft enough to pay that sort of money for it I think I should get in my Christmas hotel booking now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted October 31, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted October 31, 2010 Okay then, 'Brand new in original box' yet it has been heavily weathered?!? Something contradictory here. Also my pet hates of unnecessary colour of description text (pale grey for some reason) and all in BLOCK CAPITALS!! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VITRAINS-CLASS-37-SUPER-DETAILED-WEATHERED-/260685837906?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cb2163652 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmnp Posted November 1, 2010 Share Posted November 1, 2010 it has been heavily weathered?!? http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item3cb2163652 and completely over the top weathering too. I've never seen 97302 looking like that, last time I saw it the paint work was immaculate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold TheSignalEngineer Posted November 1, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 1, 2010 and completely over the top weathering too. I've never seen 97302 looking like that, last time I saw it the paint work was immaculate. Looked at his website, should have used the stuff that other beers don't reach. Nice clean areas where the most dirt collects. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 'Stunning' reads the text description... 'Stung' might be more appropriate.. Stunning - Ebay Very rare item! NOT. And as a rare collectible, it would not be suitable for layout use anyway. Love the bit about the seller being away until 26/02/11 and there may be a delay in processing your order. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Blandford1969 Posted November 2, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 2, 2010 While there is alot of madness there are some amazing deals you can get. I bought a Crownline West Country, brand new and unstarted for £59 including postage. When i got the kit it also had a full Markits wheel set with it, so the kit in real terms was £3 - I am over the moon! If you want real madness at the moment have a look at what some negatives are going for. A neg of Monsal Dale in 1968 that just show the platforms, no buildings and not that special for £102 ! one of Millers Dale went for £46 and a slide of Winchester with a SR DMU went again for over £100. Who says there's a recession. Finally for full madness how about this one a finescale B1 that in the 1970s would have been excellent but at £160 has not sold in 2 years http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HAND-BUILT-FINE-SCALE-00-BRASS-KIT-LNER-B1-4-6-0-LOCO-/310251025498?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item483c66f45a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest baldrick25 Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 This looks familiar:- Hornby 1 Hornby 2 Hornby 3 Maybe blue/grey with full yellow ends appeals? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M Graff Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Looked at his website, should have used the stuff that other beers don't reach. Nice clean areas where the most dirt collects. Just another unfortunate case of: "to call it weathered it has to look like it´s been on the bottom of the ocean for 6 months followed by a 6 month stint in the desert!" As a custom painter myself; I can only say that it is much more difficult to make a convincing subtle/medium weathering that looks "real". I´ve been teaching myself self restraint for the last 20 years, but it´s hard to resist, as it is so much fun to do "rustbuckets" . I have found a nice way to express myself in the "to much" department, and that is to weather wartime shipmodels (WW2)..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 4MT tank anyone? http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item483d5ebbc2 I know it's a rare limited edition, but..... And here's another bargain! http://cgi.ebay.co.u...=item2eb0d7b7c6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted November 3, 2010 RMweb Gold Share Posted November 3, 2010 You have a choice of Wrenn Standard 4MT locos. This one at a "buy-it-now" for £500 ... Tank 1 Or you can bid on this one - 0.99p and no takers yet. At least it has its instructions which you don't get for the £500 version. And if it has been repainted, as the seller says, it's been extremely well done! tank 2 The seller of the first uses descriptions with flashing titles which I find extremely irritating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chertsey chopper Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Have a look in the Mainline Wagons...there's a few which have been on buy-it-now for some time. Perhaps someone should tell the seller the price AIN'T right! Even if he thinks they are mint boxed! £24.95 for a Crossfields Tank wagon!!! Perhaps he doesn't want to sell them...must have cost more than the asking price in re-listing? and they've been round several times in the past few months. You can pick them up at train fairs for £6.50 max. I've sold loads of mint boxed Mainline Tank Wagons and never got more than six or seven quid for any of them. As for the Autocoach....I sold a Mint Boxed example earlier this year and I thought I'd done well to get around a tenner for it. Jules Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Or you can bid on this one - 0.99p and no takers yet. At least it has its instructions which you don't get for the £500 version. And if it has been repainted, as the seller says, it's been extremely well done! tank 2 I think the clue to the repaint lies in the different numbers on each side! She certainly seems nicely done though, but the cycling lions are a bit ropey. I might be tempted myself, but I don't really need yet another Dublo/Wrenn 2-6-4T. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Chris116 Posted November 3, 2010 RMweb Premium Share Posted November 3, 2010 I think the clue to the repaint lies in the different numbers on each side! She certainly seems nicely done though, but the cycling lions are a bit ropey. I might be tempted myself, but I don't really need yet another Dublo/Wrenn 2-6-4T. Having an end to end layout the different numbers are a bonus to me! Put in a bid which I hope will see a new locomotive on the layout in the near future. Chris Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplex Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 Blinking eck "that's the strongest language I can use on here", I was watching this item as well, I might have thrown £70/£80 at it, but then that's still a lot of work to do, ah well I'll go back to my DC kits converted 303 cabs and keep chopping up them Bachmann MK1's, and yes I know the Swindon built units didn't have as deeper windows than the Mk1's, but who sees them when they are bobbing along at a scale 60/70 mph, and its my layout anyway. Truly though I bet the seller is chuffed with that, I emailed the seller about the kit, and he told me he has yet to put the Buffet coach kit on ebay more dosh !!! Going slightly off subject here but i've read somewhere the old Mainline MK1 coach windows are about the right size for a Trans-Pennine DMU. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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