Il Grifone Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) In truth, what did we expect from a man with an absurdly large American car collection to support? See bottom of this page (omis) Remember: know your enemy I thought American cars only came in "absurdly large!" (The Mondeo was described as "Dinky" over there....) EDIT removed picture - once is quite enough! Edited February 7, 2014 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 (edited) Then there's this bargain http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ELECTROTREN-50-EKO-SPAIN-10-CAR-PACK-MORRIS-MINI-VOLVO-FIAT-SEAT-1-87-HO-SCALE-m-/331013992019 EKO vehicles can best be described as crude, but were quite cheap, The Electrotren packet states "wagon loads" - presumably as scrap? Info if anyone is interested http://www.87thscale.info/eko.htm Edited February 7, 2014 by Il Grifone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 7, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 7, 2014 Credit where it's due. I've berated this guy before for some dubious weathering. Looks like he's actually starting to observe how real fire damage might look. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Fire-damaged-coach-Weathered-/151222628338?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2335922ff2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 7, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 7, 2014 Warning - Hornby 67026 alert. If at first you don't sell it at an inflated price. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-LIMITED-EDITION-CLASS-67-026-QUEENS-DIAMOND-JUBILEE-NEW-/111260824001?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&nma=true&si=EANc1CYMAIRr0TQ4bJQjiaFDGx8%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Try again and make the inflated price higher...... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/111271153550?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649 Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleefy Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 I never thought that putting my Lima 9006 up on the 'bay would be worth the effort. Now I can see where I've been missing a trick. Simply stick the wrong nameplate on (taking care to botch the job), paint the undercarriage green and *boom* suddenly it's worth £35! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith George Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 In truth, what did we expect from a man with an absurdly large American car collection to support? See bottom of this page Meet Gosturde himself: Remember: know your enemy Is that really Gosturde, are you sure.? Keith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 7, 2014 Share Posted February 7, 2014 Is that really Gosturde, are you sure.? Keith. His real name is Greg Diffen, and he's a big noise in the UK Studebaker Club. Click the link I posted above and scroll to the bottom of the Club page. He's got something like eight or nine cars in his collection and I'm betting a fair bit of it is subsidised by his notorious eBay prices.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 No train content, but this made me fall off my chair: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Rover-800-86-to-99-Tansy-Daisy-Alloy-Wheels-Tyres-104427-/390710719767?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item5af82c7517 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazmanjack Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I never thought that putting my Lima 9006 up on the 'bay would be worth the effort. Now I can see where I've been missing a trick. Simply stick the wrong nameplate on (taking care to botch the job), paint the undercarriage green and *boom* suddenly it's worth £35! I like this sales pitch - 'The Royal Fusiliers sticker has been stuck on by previous owner and some of the undercarraige painted.' It is as if the seller won't put his/her name to their own efforts... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2014 Just a bit of whimsy and prob no worse than some things on here. He has a few other 'vintage style' bits and bobs. Not sure I recognise any 1915 locos from the description and the pic...... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Theme-Cardboard-29cm-Long-Model-Loco-No-8-/161220322868?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item25897ae634 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rail-Online Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Just a bit of whimsy and prob no worse than some things on here. He has a few other 'vintage style' bits and bobs. Not sure I recognise any 1915 locos from the description and the pic...... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Vintage-Theme-Cardboard-29cm-Long-Model-Loco-No-8-/161220322868?pt=UK_ToysGames_ModelKits_ModelKits_JN&hash=item25897ae634 I like this bit : Time to complete: One person, approximately 72 hours. WOW! somebody is actually honest on the web! Seriously though surely it would not take that long to make a cardboard kit??? Topny Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2014 No train content, but this made me fall off my chair: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/16-Rover-800-86-to-99-Tansy-Daisy-Alloy-Wheels-Tyres-104427-/390710719767?pt=UK_CarParts_Acc_Wheels_tyres_Rims_Car_Wheels_ET&hash=item5af82c7517 Makes you wonder at the sanity of the person that would even think of putting them on their car! Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatofludham Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Makes you wonder at the sanity of the person that would even think of putting them on their car! Keith Oh I don't know, I know a couple of women drivers who live in a perpetual fluffy, kitten infested world of loveliness (in their own minds of course) who would find a set of flower themed alloys a must have accessory to fit to their fairymobiles. There are always some for whom the real world simply doesn't exist. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePipersSon Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Has this come up before http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/O-GAUGE-KIT-SCRATCH-BUILT-GW-GWR-0-4-4-PANIER-TANK-LOCO-na-/371001731067?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item56616d27fb from you-know-who Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium petethemole Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2014 Yes. I find it profoundly disturbing. Still, if it keeps the Studebakers in the style to which they are accustomed.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weaselfish Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Lost for words to describe this one... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-GWR-CLASS-0-6-0-00-GAUGE-OPEN-CAB-No-2744-CAB-CONVERSION-/261388655161?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cdbfa5a39 But we are assured that "IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS BY BEING SERVICED REGULARLY USING THE FINEST LUBRICANTS". The photos illustrating his other items for sale are a little unusual too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 The photos illustrating his other items for sale are a little unusual too. You get this rather worrying feeling that the further down the page you scroll, the cheesier the photos will get. But she does have rather a lot of skirts...... Tony Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2014 Lost for words to describe this one... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-GWR-CLASS-0-6-0-00-GAUGE-OPEN-CAB-No-2744-CAB-CONVERSION-/261388655161?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cdbfa5a39 But we are assured that "IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS BY BEING SERVICED REGULARLY USING THE FINEST LUBRICANTS". The photos illustrating his other items for sale are a little unusual too. Seems to be "stocking" up on helicopters. Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Do glimpses of stocking tops really help to sell things as mundane as batteries? Maybe that's where I've been going wrong ! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Lost for words to describe this one... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-GWR-CLASS-0-6-0-00-GAUGE-OPEN-CAB-No-2744-CAB-CONVERSION-/261388655161?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3cdbfa5a39 But we are assured that "IT HAS BEEN CARED FOR OVER THE YEARS BY BEING SERVICED REGULARLY USING THE FINEST LUBRICANTS". The photos illustrating his other items for sale are a little unusual too. Would these, errm, "lubricants" carry the letters "K" and "Y" on the packaging? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Lamb Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Would these, errm, "lubricants" carry the letters "K" and "Y" on the packaging? When I was working I used to buy tubes of that for use when doing ultrasonic weld tests. Cheaper than the official product and any left over could always be used at home. Bernard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium newbryford Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted February 8, 2014 When I was working I used to buy tubes of that for use when doing ultrasonic weld tests. Cheaper than the official product and any left over could always be used at home. Bernard What for? Lubricating pistons and cylinders......? Cheers, Mick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted February 8, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted February 8, 2014 The photos illustrating his other items for sale are a little unusual too. He's got this Beginners Pack amongst those other items. They were never like that when I were a lad http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/9053-VOLITATION-BEGINNERS-PACK-THE-PARTS-THAT-ARE-MOST-NEEDED-GREAT-VALUE-/251316584545?pt=UK_ToysGames_RadioControlled_JN&hash=item3a83a2c061 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
'CHARD Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 'Pope's Advisor' has this unusually described 'tractor and trailer unit' for sale. Hope he's better at advising the pontiff http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-Britannia-Locomotive-Coal-unit-old-stock-/271390727088?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3f3025dbb0 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Il Grifone Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 His real name is Greg Diffen, and he's a big noise in the UK Studebaker Club. Click the link I posted above and scroll to the bottom of the Club page. He's got something like eight or nine cars in his collection and I'm betting a fair bit of it is subsidised by his notorious eBay prices.... These must be classic examples of the old joke about a tankful of fuel in an American car being enough to reach the next petrol station! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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