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Where do you start with this monstrosity?
An expensive O gauge model destroyed with terrible paint job and varnish.Simply painting over the skirts with black paint in the hope that nobody notices. Cardboard nameplates cut out with blunt scissors. Sealed beam headlight made from what looks like a Scrabble tile. And no effort at all in changing the nose-side grilles and part to a refurbished loco. Just seems such a waste of an amazing loco.....
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If you look underneath the body where the boiler water tank is you'll spot the engine bay drain pipework that was fitted to the Haymarket 40's.. yet another bit to add
Cheers
Lee
......and don't forget to remove the inner sandboxes.....
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As we're talking about camouflage....the roof of this looks like the wing of a Spitfire. Most terrible job, which the seller is describing as "...a fantastic realistic job." (and 'Expertly Weathered', of course)
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Sorry to deviate away from the subject, but I have found something that looks REALLY DANGEROUS.
One wrong foot and you've got one ton of prime beef cascading out of the wagon as the train pelts through Grantham at 75 mph....
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here's a great conversion. Love the paint job. Can't notice the varnish on the overhead wire notices on the front ends!!!! Were the Scottie dogs and names really mounted on 6 inch thick boards?
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Why is this wagon covered in splattered custard???!?!?!?!?
I once had the misfortune of buying a 'weathered' wagon from this guy and it was, without a doubt, the worst bit of weathering I had ever seen.
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Hi Steve. I was going to message you via Ebay but here we are! I have messaged all 12 of the sellers this character purchased from and eveeyone has had the same experience. I spoke to PayPal and as long as you can show them proof of tracked postage they will cover you.
Hi Steve
I've had the misfortune to be scammed by this guy. His username on eBay is shau_cour, not shau.cour. He has also operated under the ebay username abbervilles_2014. Same guy, two eBay accounts and two different delivery addresses. Anyhow, it transpires that his girlfriend has cancelled all the payments ever made on her credit card via PayPal, which go back many many months, saying that her boyfriend made them without her authorisation. A terrible attempt at fraud, made even worse because they are so easy to track down! I ended up calling her at work, and after a while I managed to get my goods back (though still out of pocket for postage costs and auction/PayPal fees). She was very blasé about it and really wasn't interested...but I kept phoning....and got a result. Hope any other sellers affected here get their goods or cash back. If you need help or want to know what else I did to get my goods back, please email me....I'm not going to give their full names and phone numbers out on this public site.
Shame eBay has people like that.....
Mike
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Here's an interesting one....lovely paint job, and such skilful lining !.......
I like the quote from Rails, "NOT THE BEST PAINT JOB".
And the price? £79.50. Well, you can actually buy a brand new green Bachmann 2-car class 108 DMU for just £72,50 from .....wait for it....Rails themselves!!!
https://railsofsheffield.com/class-108-2-car-dmu-br-green-half-yellow-ends-JJJA18924.aspx
Those guy are just genius.....
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This would make a most welcome addition to any Far North layout.....
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Another eBay seller trying to fob off a cheap coach which came free with a £1.99 magazine as something else.....
Good luck to him, especially when Bachmann 'conversions' go for £40 (it's a very good 'conversion' - you can hardly see the film around the numbers and other decals!!!...unless that's just a paper sticker?).
Actually, he's already sold one for £27....
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This is interesting....forget the ridiculous price, I just love the fact that it hangs from his ceiling in his front room. Do you think anybody notices it when they come in to visit? That's a serious piece of engineering - like something you'd find at a dockyard! But that's not all...it has an ELECTRIC motor! AWESOME!!! I'd like to see the expression on my wife's face if I suggested such a structure in our living room.
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Prepare to pay good money for professional repaints......
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Here's an interesting one.....looks like it was painted by somebody while travelling in the back of a Land Rover, doing 60 mph along a cobbled road......
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Hi,
Two thoughts here:
(1) It says its from 'Rusty Rails' -i'd rather have a length of rusty rail - at least it would look more realistic.
(2) It says its been given a 'professional coat of varnish' - what is an 'amateur coat of varnish' - one that you dont pay for perhaps.
Regards
Mystery solved.....looks like "Rusty Rails" is a brewery in Pennsylvania (see link below). Now that answers a lot of our questions!
www.rustyrailbrewing.com
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I have so many questions to ask, but don't know where to start......
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Is it just chance that this seller from the Wirral has these five items listed:
And they just happen to be the same as the ones Hattons are selling for £69.99
Every single item he is selling is (or has been recently been) on special offer at the main mail order outlets. Oh, and most of it is listed in this forum. But then, why not? ....he sells about 25 items a week, each of which has a nice mark-up. Good little business. Actually, I'm surprised a lot of model railway clubs don't do this, to help pay for their costs.
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Quite a realistic looking loco for £100....
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Nicely weathered, to depict typical mainline use....
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But it is from smoke and pet free home!!
...and he's willing to combine postage. A good deal if you are also looking for this:
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Here's an interesting diorama.....
So, bearing in mind this livery was being phased out in the 1980s, when the HSTs were barely 10 years old, I guess this scene depicts a typical HST in the early to mid 1980s? Personally, I can't recall seeing withdrawn HST cars hanging round Donny works with the Deltics....
P.S. The listing power car looks like it has flat tyres on the front bogie (well, I guess it could be possible?)
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Just come across this:http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/351187116581?_trksid=p2060778.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
Now according to the Bachmann page it's not due until October/November, nor is it in stock at any of the major online retailers, yet going by the photos it appears to be a genuine production set.
Curious?
Yes, I am see them popping up on websites as sets and now on eBay in parts (i.e. split sets).
I recall 37417 DCC Sound sold for about £150, if you looked around. Today, just a year later, sellers are trying to sell these for £300...
...and selling the new 37418 DCC Sound for £155....
Yes, the former is seriously overpriced at £300, but isn't this particular 37418 a bit of a bargain? Unless the new 'cheap' sound fitted to this loco is far inferior (I've not heard one or examined one yet).
Mike
Shirebrook - N Gauge 1980's era layout.
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Inspirational stuff. So much so that I am embarking on my first attempt on a Dapol 56.
A few silly questions, hope you can help me please....
Any help much appreciated. And keep up the work - it's brilliant!
By the way....any guidance on weathering the HAAs would be great...I've got just over 40 of them so far and I have no idea where to start....
Thanks
Mike