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508035 wrote: Wed Oct 23, 2024 3:48 pm Hi Everyone

As promised, here are some photos of some of my recent purchases, there are still more yet to be done.


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I hope you like them, the 22XX body is yet to be painted but with a few projects on the table at the moment, it's a case of who knows when they will be finally finished.
Is the 8F a Wrenn one? I've got one and although it lacks the fine detail of more modern versions it's a great runner and one of my favourites (maybe because it reminds me of the Hornby Dublo one I had as a child).
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Re: Your latest acquisition

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Hi Cheshire Lines

The 8F is a hornby tender drive locomotive which had to have a motor upgrade as the commutator / armature whichever term you prefer to call it, was not very well.

I found that a few windings had snapped and were touching the motor housing. The upgrade was by way of a cd motor kit available for hornby locomotives and now the loco runs much better even at slower speeds.
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My Father wanted a BR tank loco for his layout, he doesn't mind the older models, which I prefer to avoid TBH, so I managed to find this one for him from ebay for under £31 delivered, it in fantastic condition for a 40+ year old model, and after a few minutes running this 80's R239 was as smooth as silk and lovely and quiet.

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Thinking it was a handsome looking loco, I decided to see if I could find something similar but a little newer for myself. This early 20's R2224 popped up on my search, I loved the look of it, and ebay had a 20% off promotion with certain things, which this was one. Under £56 delivered, I didn't need it, but TBH at that price I found it too hard to resist 😄

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Doesn’t that look nice. Bargain. What do you mean you didn’t really need it, of course you did.
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Re: Your latest acquisition

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They do luck good.
I've got one in BR livery which I inherited from my dad.
Still runs well despite its age.
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This was a real bargain from Rails.


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A nice looking 14xx class if my googling is up to scratch !
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You have googled perfectly.
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Evening all,

Still ticking along sloooowly with the layout, bought this 3f jinty war department locomotive as my latest acquisition to boost my morale, it's an hornby collectors club version, brand new old stock, just tested and runs very nicely 👍

Cheers, Lee.

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Not seen that one before, nice to get something a bit different.
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