Colin_McLeod

Horsetan! were you thinking of putting in a bid

So that's what a "tower bogie" looks like. (with the pick up wires "INTACK")

Cause and effect?

A quick Google produced this: Link to advertisment Of course if there is already a pile of litter on the station, who needs a bin to hide the bomb? Just put it in a paper bag and set it on the ground.

Ah but Andy, the postage is 40p dearer for the cheaper set!!

May be cheap Bernard, but look at the postage. Try estimating the cost of building a three bed semi!!

I asked the seller. It is an O gauge Swedish mustard hopper, from a Lima flat bed wagon sold as a spare part, or a scenic item. Now I know.

What is it? What does it do?

And it comes with a free story (A4 sheet)!!

As far as I can tell, the low wagon with parsnip has not yet become a cliché. But perhaps some day every layout will have one.

It would look good on a scrap siding, but not at that price!!!

Check the number of cancelled bids on that one!

I typed the word "rare" into the E bay search box. It came up with 212,453 items of which 386 are in the trains/railways models category

The inside slip is the same as Peco, in that the two slip roads are contained inside the frogs and overlap "inside" each other thus: In the outside slip (also know as a Baeseler Slip) the two slip roads start outside the frogs and are "outside" each other. They can have completely separate rails, or as in the Tillig example share a common central rail component. Note there is not clearance for both slips to be used at the same time. The main advantage of the outside slip is a much greater radius (see Tillig geomoetry details at International Models link ) The outside slip was uncommon in the UK but is more prevelant in continental Europe.

Good joke, but an interesting example of a geometric progression. If he stuck to the apple business and tripled his money at the end of each day, he would have earned the £2 2s 6d on day six and pass the four million pounds mark on day nineteen. OK, I know. There's always one. I'll get my coat.

Its available in hattons for £62. About halfway down This Link

Interesting paint job. HD paint link

I was at a model railway exhibition today with all the layouts set among the 12" to the foot exhibits of the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum. One of the layouts is an excellent model by Tony Ragg. Stanfording is a 7mm finescale model representing a heritage line's base and is inspired by the Railway Preservation Society of Ireland's base at Whitehead.

We've been here before. The item is obviously not "second hand", "used" or "played with". If you quote the FULL E Bay definition of "New" it also says "See the seller's listing for full details" So something that is brand new and has had some modification such as weathering, renumbering etc, is IMO still worthy of the description "New" so long as the seller clearly states what he/she has done to the item. Perhaps E Bay could consider another option such as "New but modified" or "Unused but modified" or some such wording to cover items such as this.

Some sellers get over optimistic with their asking price. Some buyers get carried away with their bidding wars. Now I notice an increasing number of examples of "Hey look at this mad item on E bay!" only for it to be pointed out by another poster that the item is not so mad after all.

Thanks for the advice guys.

I have a number of Heljan diesel locomotives purchased over a number of years. Is there any guidance on how to tell which locomotive have the old wheels, and which have the new (other than running them for ages to see which gets dirty)?

Hi Martin A bit of imagination is needed. One option is to have the coal truck raise, no coal fall out, then the full truck lower again. Another option is to have coal in the truck actually emptying into the tender. However, gravity won't scale. If in the prototype coaling tower the coal has to fall 80ft, then it will take the coal 2.2 seconds to fall. ( Remember s = ut + 1/2 a t2 ) In a 4mm scale model the coal will fall in 0.26 seconds which is a lot faster than the prototype, and it is unlikely that the protypical cloud of dust will properly materialise. However, despite the above, as the falling coal is hidden for most of its journey, and if the truck itself is behind the coaling tower one might get away with it. A coaling operation would certainly make an interesting application of DCC sound, with appropriate sound effects of machinery, coal falling, then crashing into the empty tender, etc and a reasonable sized speaker inside the tower.

Since the minimum reserve is £50, I don't understand buyers who, when they see "reserve not met", then proceed to bid less than £50.

It might reduce but I doubt it would end. Just browse back through this very thread to see lots of "ebay madness" examples that do not involve limited editions.