RFS

And there's another following behind - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R3216-Diamond-Jubilee-class-67-67026-limited-edition-of-500/181268611236?_trksid=p2047675.m1850&_trkparms=aid%3D222002%26algo%3DSIC.FIT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D18836%26meid%3D3028753387968453470%26pid%3D100011%26prg%3D8556%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D5%26sd%3D321256039549%26. At least the postage is free ....

I have a pair of 2-BILs fitted with Lenz Standard+ decoders and they run beautifully with these. There's plenty of space for a decoder providing you're not expecting to shoe-horn it into the cab at the end! On mine the decoders sit on top of the partitions of the first couple of compartments. The tops of these are above the window line but do not reach the ceiling so the decoders fit in the gap and are not visible. Must have been about the easiest unit to fit decoders to.

He doesn't mention 14 of them until the detailed description, so I suspect many people will see the title and the price and move on thinking it's for one.

If you look at his completed listings everything he lists has upside down pictures! Perhaps it's his way of attracting more interest - eg by getting a mention on this thread!

I simply don't understand this seller - he does this repeatedly. Perhaps his objective is to get his wares visible to a wider audience, such as us via this thread!

This was highlighted a couple of days ago - see post #9161 onwards. All the high-price items are "out of stock".

I don't understand how this works - it says "this item is out of stock". He has dozens more mundane books at the same price! In fact he has 256,308 items listed, but only 6 completed listings.

And saying "email for more info, timewasters will not be tolerated" is a real turn off ...

The description said it was weathered by TMC. Really? I don't recall them doing Hornby-Dublo stuff. And what TMC do weather is to a better standard than this.

Well it's free postage for UK bidders, so if you do decide to splash the cash you could save a fortune by collecting in person!

I can heartily recommend the NCE Switch-8 for Tortoises. The outputs easily cope with 2 turnouts forming a crossover - in fact I have one Switch-8 on my main station throat that has 15 Tortoises connected and there's never been a problem in 2 years. I've got 65 motors using a Lenz system, and (as Suzie said) power draw is minimal with one motor drawing much less power than a coach with lights.

It's probably no accident that all of these dodgy storage roads don't have any stock. With all the boards being 8ftx4ft it's most unlikely the layout is portable: any buyer will probably have to strip the layout in which case it's worth the second-hand value of its components which is going to be nowhere near the asking price.

Not as much as this guy! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bachmann-Williams-BAC25479-On30-Baldwin-Forney-DCC-Pntd-Unlet-/321088682489?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4ac26079f9

Within Maunsell sets I use the Roco coupling - similar to the Hornby one, but shorter, and means the ends touch on straight track. On the ends of the sets I use Kadees. The close-couplings supplied by Hornby with the Maunsells are longer than the Roco ones but work extremely well with the Bachmann MK1s.

He probably did have a BIN of £325 as well as a start price for an auction. However, once someone bids, the BIN option is removed automatically.

A bit steep indeed! Even our friend "Gostude" is undercutting him by half! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AIRFIX-GMR-54347-SHELL-20-Ton-PETROL-TANKER-WAGON-2373-MINT-BOXED-py-/330893343095?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4d0ac7b977

You don't even need to waste 10p - all the Meccano Magazines are freely available online - http://meccano.magazines.free.fr/

I did fancy employing a large amount of modeller's licence and using a CEP trailer to make a 3-car unit, as some class 207s were so configured for a while - eg http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/class207_2.html and also http://www.semgonline.com/gallery/class207_4.html However these units were never anywhere close to being green in this configuration! I must say the extra coach made such a difference to the unit but I've not pursued it. Incidentally, the CEP's lighting circuit is slightly different as its interior lights only worked in one direction, but all the 2H's lights (headcode and interior) displayed correctly through the CEP trailer.

He also has a "pannifer" tank too, and it's even got 1 bid even though it's invisible ....http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-G-W-R-loco-pannifer-tank-/231071069882?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item35cce8b6ba

Words fail me! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Lima-/281182676517?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item4177cb2625

Best decoder to use for these is the NCE Switch-8 which costs around £40 for 8 ports and each port can drive two motors forming a crossover if required. I've got 60+ Tortoises on my layout driven by Switch-8s and all have worked faultlessly for the last couple of years. Once you've used slow-action motors you never want to go back to point bangers again!

A bargain from our friend Gostude? Surely not! But £10 for a Tortoise point motor + connector tab is well below RRP! Grab some if you need them .... http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CIRCUITRON-800-6000-O-GAUGE-ELECTRIC-POINT-MOTOR-SLOW-MOTION-SWITCH-MACHINE-mv-/360748865896?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item53fe4ed968

I think it's a typo. He previously had the item for sale at £39 with no takers so looks like a bit of finger trouble when he relisted it! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hornby-R354-Class-08-D3010-in-BR-green-MINT-BOXED-/221282246631?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item3385731fe7

Registered as a business seller so you would have thought a bit more professional if he's to succeed? But only has 5 feedbacks as a seller in the last 12 months and 2 of those are negative!

Another hugely optimistic seller - http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/OO-Gauge-Model-Railway-Station-Building-Damaged-Card-Built-Kit-/200960559722?pt=UK_Trains_Railway_Models&hash=item2eca2eca6a "This is a OO Gauge station building, built from my father from a card kit. To my untrained eye he has made a good job of it!" I beg to differ....