RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted January 3, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2013 This sounds a bit silly but I won a bid today that I didn't actually think I'd win. Got a Hornby GWR 2884 Class '3803' for under 50 quid... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold gwrrob Posted January 3, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thats a good price and its a popular engine as I think Fatadder won one earlier in the week.I have one but would like another. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted January 3, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thats a good price and its a popular engine as I think Fatadder won one earlier in the week.I have one but would like another. Saved about 40 pounds over Ebay compared to the local shop. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidR Posted January 3, 2013 Share Posted January 3, 2013 About this time last year, I bid on a Hornby GWR liveried Hawksworth brake 3rd, BNIB. Offered 19.95GBP for it, as a try on. Guess what? No other bidders! Previous to that, some 12 months before, I bid 5.00 GBP for a mini drill with about 14 attachments. Again, no other bidders. Having crowed about my successes, it's only fair to point out that there's been a lot of failures, too! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium OnTheBranchline Posted January 3, 2013 Author RMweb Premium Share Posted January 3, 2013 Thats a good price and its a popular engine as I think Fatadder won one earlier in the week.I have one but would like another. It's used though, so we'll see how it holds up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edge Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I bid £35 for an N Gauge Dapol Terrier in BR Black and amazed myself by winning! Trouble was, I then had to go and buy an N gauge trainset to actually test the damn thing! So another £100 down the drain the get the farish DP1 set. And I model in 'oo' too. To quote Homer (Simpson, not the Greek Philosopher): "Doh!" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 4, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 4, 2013 I managed to snap up a Bachmann Ltd Edition DRS Class 37 for about £80 some weeks back. The auction ended on Saturday morning when most of the modelling world was at Warley which might have helped... Normally DRS 37's go for outrageous prices and why are they constantly restricted to over priced limited editions?!? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
c2c Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 A job lot consisting of a large box with assorted code 80 Peco track, to my amazement on opening the package all of it in exellent unused new condition, there was miles of it! All for only 42 quid, the bidding ended on a Tuesday morning at around 10.30. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold RFS Posted January 4, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted January 4, 2013 Recently bid on a job lot of 6 DCC decoders, 5 of which "were believed to be Lenz". From the picture I could identify these as 5 Lenz silver minis which retail at £32 each. The 6th was a standard Hornby. I was amazed to win the auction for only £37! I didn't want the Hornby and that went straight back on Ebay and sold for £10. But the seller had cut the decoders out of his locos very crudely leaving some wires very short and unusable which no doubt put everyone else off. But DCC Supplies charged me only £17 to rewire them leaving me still with an absolute bargain! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Bradwell 9F chassis kit for £56, and Ultrascale "Jinty" wheelsets for £30, are a couple of the better eBay acquisitions I've made.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 I had a good Christmass wit a couple of bids 1500 C&L 3 bolt chairs £10 + £3 p&p. Described as C7l track parts, no photo, poor description and finishing at 8:15am. Southeasterm Finecast Mogul chassis + Romford/Markits wheels, axles and crankpins + one of the DS motors. £19.57 + £2.50 p&p. Needs a new set of instructions and 1 slide bar replacing. I did have 2 or 3 other lots which I got quite cheaply, having said that I saw somethings get very expensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted January 4, 2013 Share Posted January 4, 2013 Old (original release) but unused Bachmann Class 25/2 - 33 quid - not bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 German "O"-gauge loco kit for the Br.55 0-8-0. First experiment in "O"....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZ Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 I have in the past popped in a bid on the odd item finishing at stupid times. Best bargains were Bachmann class 20 for £19, described as used, but still in tissue and no signs of wear. Bachmann Jinty, brand new for £24 and a brand new Hornby Q1 for under £30. Best recently was a Hornby Gresley suburban (R4521) for around £16. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Cram Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I got a Dave Bradwell J27 for £95 recently. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I got a Dave Bradwell J27 for £95 recently. Yes, I know who sold that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
37255 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Couple of Bachmann 25s for under £30 - usually with helpful titles such as 'model train' and ending at stupid o'clock. Also had some good bargains by taking a risk on listings with poor descriptions and/or photos - I find that bidding well below the going rate for such items can get you an absolute bargain now and then, and when you get a bag of nails instead it's not too hard to recover most of the cost by selling spares! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penrhos1920 Posted January 18, 2013 Share Posted January 18, 2013 Won a Redcraft Barry E for under £50, other went for £56, £78 and £102 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium John M Upton Posted January 22, 2013 RMweb Premium Share Posted January 22, 2013 Just picked up a Bachmann NSE Class 166 for about seventy notes all in. It was ending at half nine in the morning and normally they have been going for a ton plus and more of late. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45059 Posted May 17, 2013 Share Posted May 17, 2013 I think my most recent coup was back in March, when I picked up a still shrink wrapped Regional Railways 3 car 159 for £60.. Happy with that! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 The current craze for the flawed Hornby 42xx and 72xx tanks appears to mean that kits may be going cheaply. In front of me is a PDK 72xx kit, secured for £69. Particularly cheap given that I've long had wheelsets and motor in the drawer, waiting for just such an opportunity. Currently on eBay, a NuCast 72xx with wheels is struggling to reach £50, whilst a completed 42xx body is hanging around a tenner - whoever built it did a very good job of the basic structure, and you should be able to get a chassis for it from Worsley Works. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold big jim Posted May 18, 2013 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 18, 2013 Not railway related but we won a leather 3 seater sofa for our conservatory for £6.30 last week and it looks spot on!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl1962 Posted May 18, 2013 Share Posted May 18, 2013 Recently got a pair of Airfix BR suburban B-set coaches for £2.50! Listed as having "a few play marks"...must've scared everyone off cos when they arrived, all that was needed was a quick touch up on one corner where paint was rubbed. Otherwise very good and the boxes were almost mint. Bargain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 Been finding a few Mashima can motersquite cheap in the past few weeks 1620 with an X03 and ECM X03 replacement for £3.02 postage was nearly as dear at £2.99 Then a long 16 series with a K's HMP motor (needed to replace one I burnt out) and 2 4F etched chassis £13.00 and £2.50 P&P I bought a Mainline Scott with an incomplete etched chassis, kept the Mashima and Comet 2 stage gearbox (and I forgot an incomplete pair of CT 4 wheeled bolster wagons) and sold the rest including a set of Markits wheels and what I got after the selling fees were paid what the loco cost me. Last night bought another lot which included another Mashima and gears, plus loads of other bits, some of which I can't make out. Splashed out at £16.01 + £5.00. But there is 3 packs opf Maygib parts, a Gibson packet and 15 other packs including a Alex Jackson starter set. I also got another 16 series but cant find what I paid for it Needless to say, none of these 3 had the word Mashima or in fact any decent descriptions of what was for sale. Still a bit like buying a lucky dip at the fair sometimes. Who said Ebay is too dear and bland !!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hayfield Posted May 19, 2013 Share Posted May 19, 2013 The same chap I bought the Mainline Scot from a week earlier I bought a Mainline ? GWR Mogul with a finescale loco and tender chassis, all ready to run. I have a K's Mogul with the latter type of rubbish chassis, wheels and motor. So I thought I would take a gamble as I could see it had Romford/Markits wheels So I won it with a £30.00 + £3.00 P&P bid Well it did have Romfords, plus Comet Loco & tender chassis and a 2 stage gearbox along with a Mashima flat can motor. Runs fine and with the best part of £58 worth of Comet products, motor and wheels another £50 and ready built as well to boot. Not the cheapest buy, but excellent value Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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