Phil Clarke 1980 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 my bargan was a lima class 59 foster yeomans there is a alight paint blemish on the name plates on one side and as my layout is end to end you never see the other side bit of a cop out haha unless I can get some nice etched name plates it was £18 and it was boxed and had the detailing parts unopened in box still Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 Hornby Magazine/Dapol ex LMS Stove in BR maroon. Described as 'Hornby authentic OO scale model' with a couple of indistinct photos. Absolutely mint/boxed £17 + p/p. Was doubly surprised (I don't use a sniping prog) so had to put my bid in a couple of hours before it finished, as I was out at the time of auction end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crosland Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Was doubly surprised (I don't use a sniping prog) Why? Snipe bidding only works if you bid more than anyone else has bid. Obviously no one did. Had they done so it would not have made a jot of difference if you had made a last minute snipe bid at the same level As an further example, my last 5 bids, all made at the start of the auction, were all successful. There were a few bids at the very end but none higher than I was prepared to pay (i.e. my week old max. bid) and I won all 5 for less than my max bids (50% less for two of them). Andrew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Andrew, That's fine, but if you bid in the last few seconds you deprive those who are also bidding the chance to increase their bids thus pushing up the price. But still its your money just do what ever way you are happy with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Enterprisingwestern Posted September 2, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 2, 2014 Pretty happy with these; http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ULTRASCALE-3-034-1-EM-GAUGE-DISC-WHEELS-/231316941018?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEWNX%3AIT&_trksid=p2047675.l2557&nma=true&si=H%252FMDkJ27jOupLDibIuKjOi5is7Q%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Mike. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted September 6, 2014 Share Posted September 6, 2014 (edited) Really like these, and won them as a set for 20USD or about 4 quid EACH - they're brand new and seem never to have been out of the boxes! The "later" versions too, with metal wheels rather than the plastic ones, so probably won't even need to re-wheel them... Edited September 6, 2014 by Ian Abel 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 7, 2014 Share Posted September 7, 2014 Hopefully I have had both a good buy and a good sale on Ebay this weekend The Buy is a packet of 12 brass 1/8ths hornblocks for b£1.99 + £1.50, I won't, but I could sell a packet of 6 for much more and have a free packet and a bit of change The sale was an Airfix/MRRC slimline model slot car motor for £16.01 + £2 postage, it had a crown gear on it plus connecting wires. No idea when I got it, would have either discounted it within the lot or just factored in a couple of quid within the bid. Would never have bought it on its own though. It was only when I spoke with someone else when I was arranging a motor swap that I not only noticed it in my motor box and decided to sell it. Still well pleased with the result 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
knobhead Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 (edited) 'The Caledonian Dunalastairs' by O.S. Nock, 99p and £3,54 postage. Edited September 10, 2014 by knobhead Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 Bachmann Hall Class - Brand New - £49 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Oi, what's going on here? I thought you were under strict instructions to reduce the collection from SWMBO, pending a house move? Has there been a change of plan? Kevin I must confess to a couple of Lapses, I have as requested by the authorities 4 locos for sale and have refrained from buying anything for 6+ weeks. Last weekend I bought 12 brass hornblocks for £3.50. and earlier this week 6 Romford wheels and what I hope is an Eames brass chassis for a BR Mogul £10.41. But just as my wife cannot resist a shoe shop during the sales I gave in to Ebay last night Lapse 1 A ready built Magna models 3F (tender loco), it needs a motor and pickups, but reportedly well built. According to my W&H catalogue needs a D11, but has a boxed Romford Bulldog. All for £29.80 It will be interesting to see how it differs from the Wills kit, it does have an earlier tender. If I wish could recoup a third of the price by selling the Bulldog. Reason I don't have any locos from Magna Models. I also have an etched loco chassis spare which could be used Lapse 2 A lot harder to justify, a Western Precision Casting/ Cotswold un-built LMS 3F loco body kit with the Cotswold Brass chassis, reason for buying was no one else was bidding and it was £19.95 + £2.80. I have 2 built models, one with what looks to have Hornby wheels so I could let this one go and perhaps use one of the spare etched chassis I have. I will pay the appropriate penance, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 12, 2014 Share Posted September 12, 2014 Loads of Exactoscale 3-links and drawhooks for a fiver. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted September 12, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 12, 2014 Kevin I must confess to a couple of Lapses, But just as my wife cannot resist a shoe shop during the sales I gave in to Ebay last night I will pay the appropriate penance, As long as the shoes don't pinch you should be in the clear. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 13, 2014 Share Posted September 13, 2014 Hopefully I have had both a good buy and a good sale on Ebay this weekend The Buy is a packet of 12 brass 1/8ths hornblocks for b£1.99 + £1.50, I won't, but I could sell a packet of 6 for much more and have a free packet and a bit of change The sale was an Airfix/MRRC slimline model slot car motor for £16.01 + £2 postage, it had a crown gear on it plus connecting wires. No idea when I got it, would have either discounted it within the lot or just factored in a couple of quid within the bid. Would never have bought it on its own though. It was only when I spoke with someone else when I was arranging a motor swap that I not only noticed it in my motor box and decided to sell it. Still well pleased with the result Hornblocks arrived yesterday, look fine and are my preferred square type rather than round, just looked at Markits £6.30 per 6. Also arrived is a chassis for a BR Class 2, a nice set of 6 Romford/Markits 21 mm wheels, what I now think is a heavily adapted Bristol Models chassis, might be usable a Hornbl Dublo Cylinders and motion which has been adapted, and a few parts (bin fodder) of the Airfix Class 2 body. All for £10.41 inc postage 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Metr0Land Posted September 17, 2014 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 17, 2014 (edited) OK it's not exactly a steal but this seller seems to have quite a few locos listed (and others sold recently) which are listed as used. However they seem to be either remaindered stock or stock with small imperfections like detail packs missing. Am very pleased to get a Hornby L1 for £79.99 with free courier p/p delivered within 48 hours. Am not an expert on some of the DE stuff sold recently but it looks to me like 'last year's prices'? Usual disclaimers, this is my 1st buy from this seller. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131290528708?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649 Edit: Forgot to add that bizarrely all his locos are listed under Hornby > Coaches Edited September 17, 2014 by Metr0Land Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 17, 2014 Share Posted September 17, 2014 Just got a Dapol Terrier for £40 on an offer. Not a rock-bottom price, but I'd totted up how much it was going to cost me to put an Alan Gibson chassis and wheels under a spare body and when that hit £50 the r-t-r looked like very good value! Generally these are going for £60-70 as Rails seem to have decided that that's their price level and everyone else copies. They've got one at £99.50 for some reason. It'll be renumbered to become a Hayling Billy as I remembered them in 1957-61. I know, Southern Region cliché... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Another old Crownline "Princess" conversion/detailing kit which will be a useful source of parts to help complete those wonderful etches by "The Edge". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiffy2 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Ooh. After the 'Saint' body for £7.99 I got an M7 body, detailed, for £4.99. Cool. By the way, if you are after a Midland Single - goes for £70 on ebay UK - there's one on ebay France for €1! (may go higher...) http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/201173162132?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Kevin I must confess to a couple of Lapses, I have as requested by the authorities 4 locos for sale and have refrained from buying anything for 6+ weeks. Last weekend I bought 12 brass hornblocks for £3.50. and earlier this week 6 Romford wheels and what I hope is an Eames brass chassis for a BR Mogul £10.41. But just as my wife cannot resist a shoe shop during the sales I gave in to Ebay last night Lapse 1 A ready built Magna models 3F (tender loco), it needs a motor and pickups, but reportedly well built. According to my W&H catalogue needs a D11, but has a boxed Romford Bulldog. All for £29.80 It will be interesting to see how it differs from the Wills kit, it does have an earlier tender. If I wish could recoup a third of the price by selling the Bulldog. Reason I don't have any locos from Magna Models. I also have an etched loco chassis spare which could be used Lapse 2 A lot harder to justify, a Western Precision Casting/ Cotswold un-built LMS 3F loco body kit with the Cotswold Brass chassis, reason for buying was no one else was bidding and it was £19.95 + £2.80. I have 2 built models, one with what looks to have Hornby wheels so I could let this one go and perhaps use one of the spare etched chassis I have. I will pay the appropriate penance, Both items arrived, the 3F (tender version)seems quite well made, just a few areas on handrail knobs where the paint has worn. The tender is very basic. I have a motor and gears which just need fitting. It cost me £29.80 inc a Romford Bulldog motor, this was not needed so it was sold for a net £8.70. very pleased with my £21 tender loco The 3F tank also arrived, all still in its wrapping. Included the brass chassis. I do have both an Airfix 5 pole motor with gear set and Romford wheels. As I said I have 2 of these locos already, one on a Hornby chassis without steps and another one still with the Hornby chassis block but with Romfords. I think the former will go on Ebay as the latter is in a bit better condition and also has a 5 pole motor Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyman7 Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 (edited) Had a very satisfying buy today - one of my fringe interests is continental N gauge, and I spotted a listing on the Spanish ebay site for a fairly early Minitrix DB class 184 quad-voltage electric loco. It looked cosmetically fine, boxed with paperwork but putting the description through google translate revealed that it was dead apart from the lights. Anyhow I bid and won it for just under £17. I spent a couple of hours dismantling the (beautifully engineered, German made) mechanism, and basically it just needed a few dulled connections polished and off it went! This is the flip side of the fear ebay engenders because you cannot handle or test the goods - if you're willing to be a bit fearless in my experience you will win more often than lose. Edited September 23, 2014 by andyman7 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Kris Posted September 24, 2014 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 24, 2014 Today's steals have included a n gauge Dapol 14xx, auto coach and 2 new version MK1 coaches for less that £40 all because of a very poor photo and even worse description. This arrived through the door with a parcel from France containing lots of Kato track including a scissors crossing that was only just about £15 inc postage. Some what better that the £40 that they normally go for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Abel Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Rake of 4 BR/WR Chocolate/Cream Bachmann MK1s - new, never run but no original boxes, stored in plastic containers. (Same seller as earlier crimson/cream ones!!) 1 x BG, 2 x SK, 1 x CK, 1 x RU, 1 x FK and 1 x BCK Came with extras again, and box ends for identification. This lot only cost me 11 quid apiece! Feels like a good buy to me 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Think both of us are trying to corner the market in used Mk.1s, Ian! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted September 25, 2014 Share Posted September 25, 2014 At the moment I don't need anything but everything I fancy goes for more than I think its worth let alone at bargain prices Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted October 6, 2014 Share Posted October 6, 2014 Not necssary a bargain but I could not resist this N C Keyser GWR Low Syphon Built to EM gauge and not only looks well built but the underframe arrangement caught my eye Pin point bearings and axles at both ends and a super sprung centre wheel arrangement, not totally free running, but that may be due to not being used for sometime, repairs needed once I remove the Sprat & Winkle couplings. What was a good buy was not from Ebay but the bring and buy stand at Folkstone show. A N.C.Keyser GWR Railcar, boxed and still in wrappings and stapled up bags instructions etc. The older version with a Mk 1 motor and decent wheels all for £10. There was a trader selling a Mk 1 motor with gears for £15 !! but had full loco kits from £55 Also bought a pair of Keyser SR/ LSWR 8' Fox light coach bogies for £2, plus a D&S LNWR 4 wheeled van 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 (edited) Twelve quid for a Hornby Maunsell composite coach. Only needs changing of one digit to represent the sole survivor of its type on the Bluebell. ....and another Brassmasters 4F and Fowler tender, with all the trimmings, including Ultrascale wheels. £156.All I need to do is get rid of the motor and gear set, and shove in one of my RG4s.... Edited October 9, 2014 by Horsetan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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