What's your latest acquisition?

[sprinterguy]

A main issue with it is the body width is a touch too narrow, which made the Heljan tubby duff appear even more tubby placed alongside. The old Hornby one depsite its issues was at least dimensionally correct in its body.

I can't claim that's ever been apparent from a personal perspective. The old 1970s Hornby one seemed/seems crude by comparison when both were competing products in the market, thirty years ago, though it did look sufficiently like a class 47 to keep the childhood me happy at that time.

 

[Sun Chariot]

I can't claim that's ever been apparent from a personal perspective. The old 1970s Hornby one seemed/seems crude by comparison when both were competing products in the market, thirty years ago, though it did look sufficiently like a class 47 to keep the childhood me happy at that time.

My teenage self was similarly happy with Lima's 47, when introduced to the OO market. I'd accumulated examples in blue, large logo, GWR150 green and Railfreight.

 

[Cowley]

My teenage self was similarly happy with Lima's 47, when introduced to the OO market. I'd accumulated examples in blue, large logo, GWR150 green and Railfreight.

Yep, I had a fair few of them too. I even repainted a couple of them and detailed them up etc.

 

[Sun Chariot]

Yep, I had a fair few of them too. I even repainted a couple of them and detailed them up etc.

That was a 'rite of passage' for many model locos of the era
My parents' garage floor had a permanent tinge of monastral blue spray paint; and I'd lost count of how many home-made brass handrails, lamp-irons and pipes "pinged" to the kitchen floor, never to be found again.

 

[SCH117X]

I found out trying to put etched grilles etc on a Lima 47 - the roof was too narrow for them. Eventually passed it on to someone who wanted the chassis and wasn't bothered by a huge hole in the roof

 

[sprinterguy]

My teenage self was similarly happy with Lima's 47, when introduced to the OO market. I'd accumulated examples in blue, large logo, GWR150 green and Railfreight.

One thing I always thought Lima diesel/electric locos had going for them was that the livery detail always precisely applied (even when the liveries were occasionally fictitious!), and the colour match against the real thing was generally good.

 

[4COR]

A couple of very speculative bids on a certain auction site that came in.

A cheap Southern ex-Maunsell Pull Push set 610 - unboxed but, bar one coupler and a grab handle which are easily sorted, looks super after cleaning. Have a pair of these now.



Also, a good deal on an LNER 5 plank wagon kit from Parkside...



Definitely need some more transfers once I get round to finishing the current workbench items....

 

[GatwickDepress]

Speaking of Lima, my recent Dutch holiday introduced me to the wonderful Koploper units and I wanted one.

Unfortunately, the N gauge Minitrix ones seem to be as rare as hens teeth and fetch shocking sums, nor could I justify the €500 odd needed for the new Trix/Märklin model, but I grabbed this Lima one for a very reasonable price at auction. The basic yellow/blue NS livery no doubt helps with this, but the model really does hold up to modern standards fairly well.

 

[Cowley]

Speaking of Lima, my recent Dutch holiday introduced me to the wonderful Koploper units and I wanted one.

Unfortunately, the N gauge Minitrix ones seem to be as rare as hens teeth and fetch shocking sums, nor could I justify the €500 odd needed for the new Trix/Märklin model, but I grabbed this Lima one for a very reasonable price at auction. The basic yellow/blue NS livery no doubt helps with this, but the model really does hold up to modern standards fairly well.

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I must say, they look rather nice.

 

[61653 HTAFC]

Being a sucker for any private owner wagons with a local connection, I was pleased to receive this in the post this morning:

 

[Gloster]

I have bitten the bullet and accepted that, with deteriorating sight and fingers, I am never likely to finish my N-gauge test layout or get far with my long-term EM-gauge project; ironically, I had only recently bought my first set of EM wheels. I have therefore taken a dive up and bought a Parkside O-gauge wagon kit to see how that works. The shop only had a handful, so I had to settle for a GWR Diagram O24 High Open in the hope that if matters do get going, I can still use it: a bit of research suggests that a few lasted just long enough (mid-1970s) in Engineer’s service, so if it gets finished it will be in careworn olive green. They didn’t have any track, except for complete starter sets, which seemed a bit much at the moment, so I am going to glue two offcuts from a picture framers to a bit of stout card as a short-term substitute. I have got a suitable temporary baseboard in the shape of the old pallet that I used to sleep on, once it has been scraped down. If the whole idea works out I will probably get some baseboards professionally built.

 

[Cowley]

I have bitten the bullet and accepted that, with deteriorating sight and fingers, I am never likely to finish my N-gauge test layout or get far with my long-term EM-gauge project; ironically, I had only recently bought my first set of EM wheels. I have therefore taken a dive up and bought a Parkside O-gauge wagon kit to see how that works. The shop only had a handful, so I had to settle for a GWR Diagram O24 High Open in the hope that if matters do get going, I can still use it: a bit of research suggests that a few lasted just long enough (mid-1970s) in Engineer’s service, so if it gets finished it will be in careworn olive green. They didn’t have any track, except for complete starter sets, which seemed a bit much at the moment, so I am going to glue two offcuts from a picture framers to a bit of stout card as a short-term substitute. I have got a suitable temporary baseboard in the shape of the old pallet that I used to sleep on, once it has been scraped down. If the whole idea works out I will probably get some baseboards professionally built.

Good stuff. I don’t think there’s many of us doing O gauge on here, so I’m glad to hear about your purchase.

Mine are packed away for the time being until I’ve got the time (and money) to take the next step.

 

[4COR]

I have bitten the bullet and accepted that, with deteriorating sight and fingers, I am never likely to finish my N-gauge test layout or get far with my long-term EM-gauge project; ironically, I had only recently bought my first set of EM wheels. I have therefore taken a dive up and bought a Parkside O-gauge wagon kit to see how that works. The shop only had a handful, so I had to settle for a GWR Diagram O24 High Open in the hope that if matters do get going, I can still use it: a bit of research suggests that a few lasted just long enough (mid-1970s) in Engineer’s service, so if it gets finished it will be in careworn olive green. They didn’t have any track, except for complete starter sets, which seemed a bit much at the moment, so I am going to glue two offcuts from a picture framers to a bit of stout card as a short-term substitute. I have got a suitable temporary baseboard in the shape of the old pallet that I used to sleep on, once it has been scraped down. If the whole idea works out I will probably get some baseboards professionally built.

Sorry to hear about your plans being curtailed, but glad to hear you've decided to move to O gauge! From the few videos I've watched, it does look like the O gauge parkside kits have built in compensation on the axles so it avoids one of the banes of the 4mm (non-bogie) kits which is making sure the four wheels all sit square on the track to avoid derailments on any slight twists... Good luck - let us know how it goes!