TheWeatheringMan

Hi, Thankyou Good Sir. Ruddy obvious now you've told me ! - especially as the advert photo clearly shows the headcodes to be missing. I really must concentrate more - I really must. Regards

Hi, Question - the advert says 'two head caps missing' Pleas can anyone tell me what 'head caps' are as i've never heard of them and its worrying me as I dont know if my Lima locos need them or not before I likely offer them for sale soon. Regards

Hi, This rubbish isn't even described correctly in his advert as he states its in lined out livery - really, I cant see any lining at all !. Regards

Hi Niel, A rather incredible coincidence has just struck me. The model you have recieved is in an Olivias Trains box. The seller is clearly a rude sort with no sence of how to deal with a customer with a genuine complaint. There is another thread that discusses problems with a cirtain retailer connected with the label on your box. Many of these complaints mention the total lack of customer service and a rude attitude. Very small world isn't it !! Regards

Hi Neil, Firstly I feel its high time this con man was publicly exposed on here. Secondly, the photograph in his advert was very clearly a different locomotive to that you actually recieved. Had he had to use that photo in his advert due to not being able to provide an actual photo of the model for sale then he should have stated clearly that the photo was a representation only. This would likely cause a prospective buyer to ask a question of the seller and in thereory no confusion should have arisen. This is how an honest seller would have operated but then this character is clearly anything but honest. I cannot see that ebay can have any other course than to find in your favour. Another point that might be worth bearing in mind is that having shown a photo of something other than what he intended to send to you, that this could be taken as criminal deception - i'm wondering out loud here and I would say speak to the right people, but it might just be. Again my friend I hope this is resolved to your satisfaction and preferably results in this rude, ignorant criminal being given a life ban from ebay. Regards

Hi, Prototype History of this wagon : Constructed as 'one off' prototype for new build at Darlingcaster soon after the arrival of K.J. Cook from Swindon. Produced by 'cutting and shutting' part of a BR Mk.1 underframe and a former GWR coach underframe. The purpose of this being to enable its use as a 'match wagon' between buckeye fitted vehicles (the BR end) and screw fitted vehicles (the GW end). The wagon was dual braked to enable its use on the Great Eastern section, had removable buffers so get round tight corners (hence the model not showing any) and was steam heated to prevent rails 'shortening' due to frosty weather. Although built after nationalisation was painted in LNER livery as Doncalington works had accidently ordered pre nationalisation colour paint and the paintshop foreman had a drawer full of L's, N's, E's and R's and couldn't spell 'British Railways' using these letters. The kit was manufactured by Wishful Thinking Models of Lundy Island. Regards All. PS: Sorry all........ but I hope that perhaps that might raise the odd smile. I've just been told the men in white coats will be here soon. All the very best of the Season.

Hi, And some fool has placed a bid on this rubbish !!. Regards

Hi, As Ivan has stated the cut off time for signed for / special delivery items is often earlier than the actual close of business. At the local post office I quoted in my earlier post this is at the same time as Ivan has given. Additionally on a weekday the cut off for special delivery items is 16.30 with the postman collecting at 17.30. I dont know but this would seem to be to allow for processing or similar. Whatever the reason may be Ivan (Horsetan) is correct - I know this because i've just missed the cut off a few times when posting including the rare occasions when i've sold bits on ebay - and even possibly when posting something to Horsetan himself !!. Regards

Hi, Thankyou for that info. Its a long time since I've sold anything on ebay (cant say the same about buying though !!) and I didn't remember that eBay's damm system does that, if fact I'm not even sure I actually noticed on the few occasions I printed out a postage label. I think between us we have covered both situations - and I agree totally that this is very wrong of ebay to do this as its likely to be the cause of friction between buyers and sellers. I think ebay will eventually realise, as they loose out to new auction sites, that their treatment of both sellers and buyers has got too greedy. I do agree however that they do indeed have some good points - especially the sorting of problems with sellers to name one. Regards

Hi, Just to maintain a fair balance and keep things straight on this 'despatched' point. Local to me is what was a Martin's newsagents (and stockist of GBL models) which contain the local sub post office. The shop has recently been fully refitted and now trades as a 'McColls' (a sister company). Part of the refit has included a small post office counter next to the shop tills - this is in addition to the 'normal' post office section at the side of the shop. Now of course the 'normal' post office counters are closed on a Sunday but two of the shop staff including the Manager have now been trained in some aspects of the post office operation - specifically to 'man' the extra counter during shop hours when the normal post office section is closed. This has resulted in greatly extended hours that one can make use of post office facilities via this extra counter including 0700 till 1900 on a Sunday - including the posting of letters and parcels - although these will not of course be collected by the postman until Monday morning. Now I do know (from chatting to the Manager, a friend) that similar has happened at other shops in the Martin McColl chain that contain a sub post office. Whilst its not possible to be sure in the case of the above, it does however make it perfectly possible that the seller has indeed handed in the parcelled item to such a post office and therefore quite correctly marked the item as 'despatched' having done so. Whilst there have been many justifiable critisisms of ebay sellers within this thread I think this point should be raised in order to keep things in balance. Regards

Hi Neil, Very sorry indeed to hear of the problem your having. Have looked at the original listing and I noted something rather interesting. His information says that ' the drivers bars and windows have been reglued' Now windows I understand and I assume that the Class 44's were fitted with a cooker for the crew to make the tea on ............. but a BAR !. Bet there was no driver shortage when a 44 was rostered !!. Just hoped that might at least give you a smile to help with the disappointment. I'm sure all of us will wish you all the best in resolving this matter to your satisfaction. Regards

Hi, Sorry but you are wrong about the self adhesive labels. There are a number of photos in Pat Hammonds Vol.2 that clearly show such labels in use on former Triang boxes. It was looking at a photo of the very same in Vol.2 that caused me to offer that comment. I made a slip when typing the release date and had already corrected my error in a previous post following another Member questioning the original date. Regards

Hi, 23 1/2 hours I think you will find. Still impressive and excelent service all round though. I too am only too pleased to say i've recieved similar superb service from Chris and the team on many occasions. Regards

Hi John, Nice idea but sanding the tooth faces could very easily alter the profile randomly so that smooth meshing became a problem. I'm actually quite looking forward to hearing how well printed gears work out when someone tries them under normal model running conditions unlike the tests in the USA. The results will be interesting (after a period of time to properly test them) as a potential way forward. It wont be me i'm afraid as the several Bachmann locos i've had the 'loose wheel' problem with have been fixed by using a moulded gear on new turned muffs. I await the longer term results of printed gears with interest. Regards

Your reply is noticeable in that it fails to mention the very thing that was found to cause problems in the USA namely the slighty rough surface that is unsuitable for gears with the material being used. When it is proved, if it can be, that these items will last the course, then i'll believe the technology is suitable for such a thing. Until then I will continue to hold the view that this product has stretched the technology too far. Late this afternoon I have spoken to the Technical Development Engineer of a large gear manufacturer and asked him to take a look at the product. To save offence I wont post exactly what he said about printed plastic gears as oppossed to proper tooled moulded gears and their likely life except to say the former idea caused some amusement.

Hi, It was me who mentioned the potential problem with printed gears not being able to take the wearing forces - this was based on my knowledge of events in the USA. Another problem is actually mentioned in the advert for these gears/muffs. This is the well known 'grainy' surface of printed parts. If you think about it a gear with such a surface will be like a motorised file and the effect is perfectly predictable. Obviously two gears exhibiting this surface will offer considerable resistance to smooth operation until they wear each other down - at which point the 'grain' of the plastic will be opened such that the material splits due to lublicant absorbtion or simple mechanical stress. I think we are seeing here technology being used outside its intended limits at this point - as has happened before in our hobby. Time will tell and the technology will improve but for now many will say at this point its not the answer for the above reasons. Regards

Hi, My comments were based on several things i'm aware of concerning what has been done by modellers in the USA. I dont think for a minute that printed gears will last but its up to anyone to try them and see if they want to. The frictional forces impossed on gears are totally different to those on a universal joint - fairly obvious really as a gear has sliding forces imposed on it whether its a worm gear or a spur gear. I'd certainly be interested to know just how long printed gears would last in use. Regards

Hi, Can anyone help me please - how do you insert a link into a post. I've found a couple of other things on the sellers listing that I think might give several of you a laugh but I have never learnt how to add a link into a post. Many Thanks, Regards

Hi, Just looked again at his advert and this time something hit me that didnt before. In his description he says 'Gem Model Railways Isle of Man made in North Wales 1930' !!!. What exactly has that got to do with a Triang Hornby coach?. Not only is this totally irrelevent but GEM Model Railways didnt start manufacture until much later. His spelling of 'wear' ,'worn' and 'tears' is good too. And again the item 'will benefit from a clean' - where have all these things been kept I wonder. The mind boggles. Regards

Hi, If these items are being produced by 3D printing then its very likely that the plastic used for this will not take the mechanical wear and stress impossed on gears for any length of time. Several others have tried making gears this way and have run into such problems. Regards

Hi, I have the remains of a dismantled Mainline J72 (belonging to one of my sons) in my workshop cupboard and having had a quick look I can confirm that the axles are indeed round on the Mainline chassis. The material that these gears are made of (nylon or delrin, it varies) is what is called a 'self lubricating' plastic and cannot be glued. The other problem with the gear splitting - and this applies to Hornby locos as well - is that once split the tooth spacing of the gear will widen at the point of split and thus destroy the mesh. Unfortuatly even if the gear could be glued the original 'size' cannot be restored due to the material 'springing' across the split. Regards

Hi, The clerestory coach is R379 of which 6000 were made in 1966 according to factory records. As Grifone II corectly says it was produced exclusevly for 'The Railway Children' set along with the old 'Davy Crocket' car in a teak livery. There does not appear to be any record of the coaches having been sold separatley so as Grifone II says the box is very likely to be non original. Another point regarding the box is that at the time most old 'Triang' boxes left the factory with 'Triang Hornby' self adhesive labels stuck over the 'Triang' as an interim measure until new 'Triang Hornby' branded boxes arrived from the printers - this I feel makes the box even more likely to be non original for the coach although without seeing the box in the flesh and what is stamped on the end flap its difficult to know for sure, although the doubt about separate sales does seem to confirm the attempt by this seller to make the item look what its not. Regards

Hi All, Just had another thought. I wonder what he would make of the Great British Locomotives models if he had one to sell - more worrying is what price would he put on one. Lets hope he has'nt got any to sell. Regards

Hi, This idiot dealer has at last been honest. In this advert he actually mentions 'we are not experts'. Oh how very true - but nice to see a sensible comment in one of his adverts !!. Regards

Hi, Notice that the idiot has used basically the same advert as the previous rubbish. Just in case he reads this, for his information, the rubbish is an early Rovex Plastics coach that lasted for aprox 2 years into the Triang era. The moulding was in Cellulose Acetate, hence the warping and cracking. A 'fantastic' addition to a collection ?. I think not - even the most avid 'collector' would pass on this example as its degrading to the point where it will fall apart within a few years. Nothing like an opportunist though is there. Regards