What's your latest acquisition?

[Iskra]

I’ve got a little permanent way train that’s mainly made up of cheap Peco wagons that I’ve weathered and added loads to. It didn’t cost too much and it’s something a bit different.

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Those loads look really good and it is an excellent little rake. Love the snow on the roofs on Howling

I think a PW rake is an easy win on a layout- as you've demonstrated they can be of any length and assembled cheaply. They also don't look out of place anywhere on the network and are a good place for any oddity wagons you have that are surplus to any other requirement and they add a little variety. They are also great for rule 1 as you can run one with pretty much any locomotive you like on it.

 

[xotGD]

That’s a very nice collection you have amassed. Have you any track and a controller

Thank you. No track or anything like that - they are just for static display on the top of the cupboard where they are photographed.

The (very nice) departmental bogie well wagon is new Bachmann

That is a nice looking wagon. There is a Weltrol at the KWVR so I am on the lookout for something similar- at the right price!

So my next purchase has been an attempt to replicate this wagon:



As it is an LNER 5-plank wagon, I went for this model:



Obviously, there is something missing, so I have had a play with scissors and glue, and come up with this effort:



I need to get hold of a bigger piece of fabric and try again!

BTW, I incorrectly identified a hooded wagon in a couple of my earlier posts as 311756. I now suspect that this is Plate Wagon B933947, with added Hybar and hood.

 

[Cowley]

Thank you. No track or anything like that - they are just for static display on the top of the cupboard where they are photographed.

That is a nice looking wagon. There is a Weltrol at the KWVR so I am on the lookout for something similar- at the right price!

So my next purchase has been an attempt to replicate this wagon:

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As it is an LNER 5-plank wagon, I went for this model:

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Obviously, there is something missing, so I have had a play with scissors and glue, and come up with this effort:

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I need to get hold of a bigger piece of fabric and try again!

BTW, I incorrectly identified a hooded wagon in a couple of my earlier posts as 311756. I now suspect that this is Plate Wagon B933947, with added Hybar and hood.

Nice. A bit like a china clay hood. I used to have a 00 rake of them.

 

[SprattyHeath]

A new purchase for me (not actually in brand new condition, second hand) paid what I consider to be quite a reasonable price for this considering the newer tooled ones are over double the amount.

Will go with some new coaching stock that I'm currently awaiting.

 

[Cowley]

A new purchase for me (not actually in brand new condition, second hand) paid what I consider to be quite a reasonable price for this considering the newer tooled ones are over double the amount.

Will go with some new coaching stock that I'm currently awaiting.


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Oh dear. Cold shower time…

 

[SprattyHeath]

Oh dear. Cold shower time…

What does that mean, enlighten me please :P

 

[hexagon789]

What does that mean, enlighten me please :P

Google it...

A new purchase for me (not actually in brand new condition, second hand) paid what I consider to be quite a reasonable price for this considering the newer tooled ones are over double the amount.

Will go with some new coaching stock that I'm currently awaiting.


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That is a beauty

 

[SprattyHeath]

Google it...


That is a beauty

I just found out what it means LOL

 

[xotGD]

A new purchase for me (not actually in brand new condition, second hand) paid what I consider to be quite a reasonable price for this considering the newer tooled ones are over double the amount.

Will go with some new coaching stock that I'm currently awaiting.


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Dreadful! That is one gorgeous model.

Once you get the coaches, can I claim the front droplight?

 

[Ted633]

Just acquired a new Hornby Mk4 DVT. Bit more than I would like to pay for what is essentially a coach with headlights, but it's a lot better than the original DVT from the 90's! Starting to build-up a rake of Mk4s to await the arrival of the Accurascale class 89 next year.
I've also managed to replace my short mk3s on my HST rake, so obviously the only answer to that was to reactivate my original Hornby HST to run with the short set (the first train I can remember unwrapping as a child, so I bit of sentimental value) with a new motor bogie from eBay. This is now the result.



Mk4 rake currently being hauled by a 76 (rule 1 and all that), as it was the only loco not with its own rake at that moment

 

[Iskra]

A new purchase for me (not actually in brand new condition, second hand) paid what I consider to be quite a reasonable price for this considering the newer tooled ones are over double the amount.

Will go with some new coaching stock that I'm currently awaiting.


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That’s very nice indeed!

Just acquired a new Hornby Mk4 DVT. Bit more than I would like to pay for what is essentially a coach with headlights, but it's a lot better than the original DVT from the 90's! Starting to build-up a rake of Mk4s to await the arrival of the Accurascale class 89 next year.
I've also managed to replace my short mk3s on my HST rake, so obviously the only answer to that was to reactivate my original Hornby HST to run with the short set (the first train I can remember unwrapping as a child, so I bit of sentimental value) with a new motor bogie from eBay. This is now the result.

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Mk4 rake currently being hauled by a 76 (rule 1 and all that), as it was the only loco not with its own rake at that moment

Love those!

 

[xotGD]

Adding to my KWVR-themed collection, a GWR 5-plank wagon:



This represents the below scruffy(!) piece of rolling stock:



92977, a 12-ton china clay tippler. Before receiving its current branding it did carry "G W", and is depicted as such in the KWVR stock book, albeit in a paler shade of gray. I'm sure someone with greater skills than me could create their own S.C.Ruffey from an unbranded 5-plank - or indeed a Tim Taylor's van to stand next to it.

I have also extended my rake of Ventilated Vans, and acquired a second Southern PMV/CCT, but as these are remarkably similar to the models shown in earlier posts, I'll spare everyone from further photos.

I have a couple of further mini-projects in the works, so watch this space for more...

 

[Cowley]

Adding to my KWVR-themed collection, a GWR 5-plank wagon:

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This represents the below scruffy(!) piece of rolling stock:

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92977, a 12-ton china clay tippler. Before receiving its current branding it did carry "G W", and is depicted as such in the KWVR stock book, albeit in a paler shade of gray. I'm sure someone with greater skills than me could create their own S.C.Ruffey from an unbranded 5-plank - or indeed a Tim Taylor's van to stand next to it.

I have also extended my rake of Ventilated Vans, and acquired a second Southern PMV/CCT, but as these are remarkably similar to the models shown in earlier posts, I'll spare everyone from further photos.

I have a couple of further mini-projects in the works, so watch this space for more...

Wasn’t that wagon one of the ‘Troublesome Trucks’ from the Thomas stories? I’ve got in my mind that it was torn in half in one of the books.

 

[Peter C]

Adding to my KWVR-themed collection, a GWR 5-plank wagon:

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This represents the below scruffy(!) piece of rolling stock:

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92977, a 12-ton china clay tippler. Before receiving its current branding it did carry "G W", and is depicted as such in the KWVR stock book, albeit in a paler shade of gray. I'm sure someone with greater skills than me could create their own S.C.Ruffey from an unbranded 5-plank - or indeed a Tim Taylor's van to stand next to it.

I have also extended my rake of Ventilated Vans, and acquired a second Southern PMV/CCT, but as these are remarkably similar to the models shown in earlier posts, I'll spare everyone from further photos.

I have a couple of further mini-projects in the works, so watch this space for more...

Now I like that - though being of a GWR persuasion I'm going to be more inclined towards it

Wasn’t that wagon one of the ‘Troublesome Trucks’ from the Thomas stories? I’ve got in my mind that it was torn in half in one of the books.

Wasn't it Oliver that committed the crime? He was hardly representative of the GWR as a whole in that, I must add

-Peter

 

[Cowley]

Wasn't it Oliver that committed the crime? He was hardly representative of the GWR as a whole in that, I must add

-Peter

Yes! Also the wagon face only had one tooth.
I just found a clip from the TV series:

 

[xotGD]

Yes! Also the wagon face only had one tooth.
I just found a clip from the TV series:

What a disturbing scene - like something from a video nasty!

Something that I will definitely not be recreating with my model!

 

[Peter C]

Yes! Also the wagon face only had one tooth.
I just found a clip from the TV series:

I don't suppose Oliver was just trying some sort of railway dentistry to remove that last tooth...

-Peter

 

[SprattyHeath]

A couple of days ago I went up to Scotland to stay in Fort William for a short holiday. On one particular day I went down to Inverness and made a small 'detour' onto a Scotrail service for a short hop to this small town called Dingwall which had a model shop named "Sports & Model Shop"

I picked up both this Intercity Swallow Mk3 DVT, and a DRS Mk1 RBR Coach (both have actually been on my wishlist for quite some time now!)

About an hour and a half after arriving home from Scotland I had a surprise knock on my door and received this little package that contained none other than my Bachmann Collectors Club model which consisted of this small 7 Plank wagon with the branding "Gloucester Direct Coal Supply LTD" as well as my BCC Members Card, a 25th Anniversary Pin Badge and a small leaflet about the upcoming Warley Exhibition at the NEC later this year (which I will be attending!)

 

[Iskra]

A couple of days ago I went up to Scotland to stay in Fort William for a short holiday. On one particular day I went down to Inverness and made a small 'detour' onto a Scotrail service for a short hop to this small town called Dingwall which had a model shop named "Sports & Model Shop"

I picked up both this Intercity Swallow Mk3 DVT, and a DRS Mk1 RBR Coach (both have actually been on my wishlist for quite some time now!)

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About an hour and a half after arriving home from Scotland I had a surprise knock on my door and received this little package that contained none other than my Bachmann Collectors Club model which consisted of this small 7 Plank wagon with the branding "Gloucester Direct Coal Supply LTD" as well as my BCC Members Card, a 25th Anniversary Pin Badge and a small leaflet about the upcoming Warley Exhibition at the NEC later this year (which I will be attending!)
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Very nice additions! I like the IC DVT. What was the DRS buffet used for?

 

[SprattyHeath]

Very nice additions! I like the IC DVT. What was the DRS buffet used for?

It would have been part of the Stobart Rail Pullman Charter Service which would have usually been sandwiched between mk3as

 

[TheEdge]

My grandad died last week and he was the one who installed his love of trains into me so I've been feeling very spendy looking for locos and models that have some relevance to him.

I've already got the Fag Packet HST we used to watch at Exeter St Davids, I'm trawling eBay, Facebook and used sales for 88 in S&DJR Blue but we spent a long time watching the 9351 Mogul project progress and when it finally completed we were quick to head over to Bishops Lydeard and get a ride behind it. While trying to convince my friend to spend £550 on an O Gauge Falcon I spotted among all the Dapol Manors this little Mogul, it may not be 9351 but it's close enough. And to be honest I'll probably just get some 9351 plates, the differences just are not enough for me to care.

 

[Iskra]

My grandad died last week and he was the one who installed his love of trains into me so I've been feeling very spendy looking for locos and models that have some relevance to him.

I've already got the Fag Packet HST we used to watch at Exeter St Davids, I'm trawling eBay, Facebook and used sales for 88 in S&DJR Blue but we spent a long time watching the 9351 Mogul project progress and when it finally completed we were quick to head over to Bishops Lydeard and get a ride behind it. While trying to convince my friend to spend £550 on an O Gauge Falcon I spotted among all the Dapol Manors this little Mogul, it may not be 9351 but it's close enough. And to be honest I'll probably just get some 9351 plates, the differences just are not enough for me to care.

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I’m sorry to hear that, I can empathise though as I lost both of mine last year and they also were the reason I’m into railways. I’m glad you found a suitably fitting loco

 

[Cowley]

My grandad died last week and he was the one who installed his love of trains into me so I've been feeling very spendy looking for locos and models that have some relevance to him.

I've already got the Fag Packet HST we used to watch at Exeter St Davids, I'm trawling eBay, Facebook and used sales for 88 in S&DJR Blue but we spent a long time watching the 9351 Mogul project progress and when it finally completed we were quick to head over to Bishops Lydeard and get a ride behind it. While trying to convince my friend to spend £550 on an O Gauge Falcon I spotted among all the Dapol Manors this little Mogul, it may not be 9351 but it's close enough. And to be honest I'll probably just get some 9351 plates, the differences just are not enough for me to care.

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I am very sorry to hear that. I’d imagine that he’d be only too pleased to know that you were thinking of him with these purchases though.

I did have a look for a model of the 7F (88) the other day when you mentioned it and you’re right they’re really hard to find. There was an LMS one for sale at a reasonably sensible price but that was it. I’ll carry on keeping an eye out though.

 

[Peter C]

A couple of days ago I went up to Scotland to stay in Fort William for a short holiday. On one particular day I went down to Inverness and made a small 'detour' onto a Scotrail service for a short hop to this small town called Dingwall which had a model shop named "Sports & Model Shop"

I picked up both this Intercity Swallow Mk3 DVT, and a DRS Mk1 RBR Coach (both have actually been on my wishlist for quite some time now!)

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About an hour and a half after arriving home from Scotland I had a surprise knock on my door and received this little package that contained none other than my Bachmann Collectors Club model which consisted of this small 7 Plank wagon with the branding "Gloucester Direct Coal Supply LTD" as well as my BCC Members Card, a 25th Anniversary Pin Badge and a small leaflet about the upcoming Warley Exhibition at the NEC later this year (which I will be attending!)
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Loving those. The DVT looks lovely - the Swallow livery has a touch of class to it, I feel.
That wagon looks really nice as well: reminds me of the sort of thing you might expect to see in the Engine House at Highley, on the Severn Valley Railway!

My grandad died last week and he was the one who installed his love of trains into me so I've been feeling very spendy looking for locos and models that have some relevance to him.

I've already got the Fag Packet HST we used to watch at Exeter St Davids, I'm trawling eBay, Facebook and used sales for 88 in S&DJR Blue but we spent a long time watching the 9351 Mogul project progress and when it finally completed we were quick to head over to Bishops Lydeard and get a ride behind it. While trying to convince my friend to spend £550 on an O Gauge Falcon I spotted among all the Dapol Manors this little Mogul, it may not be 9351 but it's close enough. And to be honest I'll probably just get some 9351 plates, the differences just are not enough for me to care.

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I'm sorry to hear that - trains, and model railways in particular, I've found, make for quite a good 'constant' and it's lovely to hear of your collecting those more special models. That 'Mogul' looks very nice - the livery looks particularly good, doesn't it? Not to mention you can see the Technical Bits (TM) between the frames.

-Peter

 

[xotGD]

May I add my condolences to @TheEdge - that model looks like a fitting tribute to your Grandad.

For my KWVR collection I have now branched out into coaching stock. One of the features of the line is the Mark 1 suburban stock that is often in service, such as this example seen at Keighley:



I have therefore acquired a short rake. All Bachmann models, but sporting two slightly different shades of maroon:



The older models are on the left, and are a duller colour. This is actually a decent representation of the real thing, as there is a clear difference between newly painted and weathered on the real stock.

I now have a problem, as I don't have a space long enough to accommodate a 4-coach set. (They are not allowed to stay on the mantlepiece, where the photo was taken!)

 

[Iskra]

May I add my condolences to @TheEdge - that model looks like a fitting tribute to your Grandad.

For my KWVR collection I have now branched out into coaching stock. One of the features of the line is the Mark 1 suburban stock that is often in service, such as this example seen at Keighley:

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I have therefore acquired a short rake. All Bachmann models, but sporting two slightly different shades of maroon:

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The older models are on the left, and are a duller colour. This is actually a decent representation of the real thing, as there is a clear difference between newly painted and weathered on the real stock.

I now have a problem, as I don't have a space long enough to accommodate a 4-coach set. (They are not allowed to stay on the mantlepiece, where the photo was taken!)

Very nice! I've always had a soft spot for that type of coach due to their appearance on the KWVR which I visited a lot as a child. They are a nice coach and I acquired a very similar 4 coach rake for my own railway in homage to the KWVR. They can also be found quite cheaply. I always enjoy travelling in them too due to the high number of droplights

 

[TheEdge]

Thanks all for the comments.

@Cowley thanks for keeping an eye out. In your corner of the country you might be more likely to come across one. I'm not optimistic of finding one soon.

 

[RichJF]

May I add my condolences to @TheEdge - that model looks like a fitting tribute to your Grandad.

For my KWVR collection I have now branched out into coaching stock. One of the features of the line is the Mark 1 suburban stock that is often in service, such as this example seen at Keighley:

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I have therefore acquired a short rake. All Bachmann models, but sporting two slightly different shades of maroon:

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The older models are on the left, and are a duller colour. This is actually a decent representation of the real thing, as there is a clear difference between newly painted and weathered on the real stock.

I now have a problem, as I don't have a space long enough to accommodate a 4-coach set. (They are not allowed to stay on the mantlepiece, where the photo was taken!)

Begging for a model of Moorgate Widened Lines now hauled by a class 31

 

[xotGD]

My latest mini-project is to recreate the tea room at Oxenhope station. This is a Mark 1 buffer car (E1824) painted in 'blood & custard', with a maroon CCT/PMV (S1517S) stood next to it acting as a store. Seen here from the 'public' side:



And here is the view from round the back, which isn't quite so pretty, but shows the van more clearly:



So here is my effort in OO scale:



The buffet car is an old Triang model, while the van is Dapol. Just pretend that the buffet car is a different colour on the back!

 

[Cowley]

My latest mini-project is to recreate the tea room at Oxenhope station. This is a Mark 1 buffer car (E1824) painted in 'blood & custard', with a maroon CCT/PMV (S1517S) stood next to it acting as a store. Seen here from the 'public' side:

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And here is the view from round the back, which isn't quite so pretty, but shows the van more clearly:

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So here is my effort in OO scale:

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The buffet car is an old Triang model, while the van is Dapol. Just pretend that the buffet car is a different colour on the back!

I think you need a load of these and a pot of grey paint.

Wheelie bins commercial OO

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