Plain and simple folks, this is unadulterated railway naughtiness, all the goodies I've bought over time. Obviously I'm only a few months into this glorious hobby, so this section will grow and grow. I was just reading on FaceBook that somebody had forgotten that they hadn't sold off one of their locos and they'd found it in a box!!! Suffice to say I am quite jealous of the extent of some people's loco stock... I don't think I ever want to get to that extent and just having locos in boxes doesn't really appeal to me, maybe with time (and money!) that will change.....So my current goodies:
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£170 - I got mine from Olivia's Trains, I think they have a few left. Can also get them from Peter's Spares on Amazon for the same price, I like his shop. | Accurascale Class 37 | Peter's Spares on Amazon *AL |
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~£60 - Delivered (if you are on Prime - direct from Hornby). If you are an amazon Prime member and are buying one thing, get it from Amazon, if you have a few things to buy get it from Hornby, better still head to your local model shop, I can recommend Lendon's and Lord and Butler's in Cardiff. | Hornby TXS Chip | Hornby Shop on Amazon *AL |
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First look at my new Accurascale Class 37 and trying out Hornby's new Bluetooth Chip. Any good? If you would like the Class 37 manual please click below: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 |
| £3.95 for 2, unbelievable value, there's alot of detail on these laser cut products. Fair play. | Catenary | Link | ||
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£29 - Delivered (for 10, prepainted!!!). I cannot give a bigger shout out for this guy if I tried. Of all my eBay purchases to date, this is my BEST. Seriously go check out his site on the right, check out my review of his walls here. His customer service is honestly second to none. | Retaining Walls | eBay *AL |
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Booking Hall |
£43!!! Bargain £90+ elsewhere! |
44-0095 Bachmann Scenecraft Stone Booking Hall (kernowmodelrailcentre.com) <-- Click here https://ebay.us/8a0If0 <-- But for comparison, here are the £90+ ones!!! |
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Various OO Vehicles | ~7 quid | Lots of options on Kernow's, plus great customer service (I am not in any way affiliated with them... unfortunately!!) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class 153 | £101 | Hornby R2932 Class 153 single car DMU in Arriva Trains Wales livery (hattons.co.uk) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wago Connectors - 8 Way!!! Wish I knew about these a year ago! |
£7.50 Bargain! |
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Curved Arched Bridge Construction Video: |
£23.75 (per quarter circle) | https://ebay.us/fGV99j (*AL) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Class 08 | £201 |
Where I got mine, direct from Hornby: https://prf.hn/l/xO9pl55 From the Model Centre on eBay*AL £195: https://ebay.us/CF4nxo More than 10 left... Quick Shunter Comparison, will expand on this over time:
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Clamps | £13.50 | https://amzn.to/3Nr4EUy *AL Very rare that I am impressed with "basic" equipment, but the weight and mechanism seems bullet proof, even holding up my backscene, robust! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wheel Loader | £6!!! Bargain! | https://www.hattons.co.uk/211136/atlas_editions_4664103_doosan_daewoo_mega_300_v_wo54_excavator_stobart_rail_/stockdetail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dock scenery materials | £40 | https://www.anyscalemodels.com/shop/railways/boats.html | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Gantry Crane | £30 | Some alternatives here: eBay *AL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Various figures from Mike Pett's Supercast Models. Includes "normal" figures and a few marquee examples. |
Various. £5.50 painted. |
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Double Tunnel Entrance, Superb and Cheap | £10.00 | eBay *AL Free P&P | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hornby R3828 British Railways, 60163 Tornado The Aberdonian Train Pack - Era 11 Locomotive - Steam |
£155.20 | Amazon*AL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hornby R8102 TTS Sound Decoder - Class 37 Rail Accessory, Multi |
£37.98 |
Amazon*AL |
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Dapol Class 121, Dragon Emblem Majority of reviews are very complimentary. My review video will follow shortly, once I have a reblow. But it is very very impressive, lots of detail. |
On Hattons website - £79 - an absolute bargain! |
https://www.hattons.co.uk/409797/dapol_4d_009_007_class_121_single_car_dmu_bubblecar_55032 |
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ESU LokSound V5.0 The daddy of sound decoders |
£115 - buy it with the fitting service though, otherwise it will be supplied with a generic sound file. Lovely bit of kit though. If you make the same mistake that I made, Howes offer a reblow service for the Class 121 at very reasonable rates. |
https://www.hattons.co.uk/458245/esu_58_419_loksound_v5_21_pin_sound_decoder/stockdetail.aspx |
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Peco Code 100 Track A mix of standard track and streamline Enough for a Second Radius oval of track and several sidings. All PECO (electrofrog):
6 long and 6 short straights 8 2nd radius double curves |
£125 - From Lendons Model Shop, a great little family run model shop in Cardiff. Absolutely superb customer service. I bought the points (turnouts) in packs of 2, saved some money. |
http://www.lendonsmodelshop.co.uk/?button=button1 |
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Hornby Select DCC Controller |
£121.99 - direct from the manufacturer (Hornby), updated firmware model. Really nice, takes me back. Solid construction. If you want to see how to program a loco address, check it out here. |
From the Hornby Store on Amazon - which will save you on P&P if you have Prime here Or direct from Hornby here: https://prf.hn/l/mAQXkam |
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Gaugemaster GM55. Buffer stop with lights |
£7.50 - From Lendons. I cannot rave enough about these, they are a steal. Check out my YouTube video. Includes the buffer and the light!! Simple to install in 6 seconds. No soldering. Buy some!!! I bought 3 and I'm very happy. |
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Retaining Walls | £29 - Delivered. I cannot give a bigger shout out for this guy if I tried. Of all my eBay purchases to date, this is my BEST. Seriously go check out his site on the right, check out my review of his walls here. His customer service is honestly second to none. | eBay *AL |
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Class 37 |
£80.50 - from eBay. "Caerphilly Castle". This is a beauty of a loco, it came installed with a Hornby Saphirre DCC chip. I'm going to give automated control a go, video to follow shortly. Hasn't been run yet, will let you know! |
http://www.ebay.co.uk |
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Tunnels |
£6.00!!!! For 2!!! These are ready to run, painted everything, as you see here, just stick the sides on (or leave them off as I am) and that's it, unbelievable for 3 pound, cheap plastic non-painted ones can be more expensive (unbelievable), these are stunning. Check out my review above on the retaining walls, he has brought the same level of robust construction (heavy duty plaster) to these beauties. Check out his shop for more. Won't be the last purchase I make from him. |
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!!!!Intercity 125!!!! |
£125.00 I've got to admit to an embarrassing confession. Twice since taking up this hobby I have giggled like a schoolgirl (embarrassing for a 40 year old man). Once when I managed to get the decoder into my Dapol Class 121 and it actually powered up. And secondly today when I walked back in after my lunch break and saw these bad boys. This has got TTS sound, is a good runner and even has passengers!!! Check back here on Saturday for a YouTube video of a running session. I'm so excited, I hope I'm not disappointed. I think 150 quid is an absolute steal for such a classic especially considering new versions can cost upwards of 300 quid. There were several versions available on eBay between 110 and 200 quid when I looked today, I know I'm slightly biased since I had one of these as a kid, but look at it, they are iconic. Plus I think their values will only go up. I hope you enjoy the running video as much as me. Ever since starting the layout I knew I needed a 125 and now I have one I'm content. Please tweet me with your must have locos as I always like hearing other people's must haves. Feel really sorry for the Oxford Rail Janus that I got yesterday (Birthday Treats) I don't think it's going to get a look in for a while!!! |
I hope you enjoy your visit around my website, I hope you find it is an improvement on my last incarnation. If you have something which puzzled you for ages and then you managed to fix, please feel free to share it with me, I'm sure you won't be the only person who has the issue. Please feel free to drop me an email, sign my guestbook (very 80's I know) or tweet me with any recommendations that you may have, I'm always learning.
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