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Not on eB*y, but spotted by my partner today in an "antique" shop in Bakewell.

40 quid?
This guy makes Gostude look cheap...

I have quite a few of these in my wagon fleet. Yes, they aren't the most accurate models, or the most free-rolling, but I kinda like 'em, and, despite their faults, they do look good in a train. Some of mine have been fitted with Maygib bearings and pinpoint axles (not by myself, I might add). They ...

Lancastrian, all your images display for me perfectly.

...model bicycles which tend to look nothing like bicycles you see today. Model bicycles are some of the worst offenders as I have seen crank arms no where near the bottom bracket and while I can sympathise with the wheels, at least get the frames and style of bicycle right with forks that look lik...

The only weathered item I have, lightly or otherwise...
A Lima GUV.



The next photo will have something ready for scrap, or being scrapped.

That is why I have modelled a "what if" - It is unlikely I'll ever get some rivet counter saying "Loco xxxx never ran on the GCR..." Only silly comments like "the points in your fiddle yard are too sharp," or "your building that you built from actual drawings looks...

Great photos. The first locomotive is definitely 71000 'Duke of Gloucester' - She was instantly recognisable, not least because of her missing cylinders and motion on both sides, plus she was the only BR Standard Pacific in the yard. The unidentified 'Crab' is almost certainly 42859. I took a simila...

I had the Hornby clockwork set similar to the one mentioned by Ken Shabby a few posts back; it would have been either a Christmas or 3rd birthday present, c.1973. My first electric train set was a Hymek and 3 Mk.2 coaches for my 4th birthday (or Christmas - My birthday falls just after Christmas). I...

I was taken to task by a member of this very forum for the type of points I had used; this person said that the radius looked too sharp. The points in question were in my fiddle yard . The same individual then went on to question the dimensional accuracy of one of my scratchbuilt buildings, which we...

I can't really add much else to what has already been said, but you could say that you run on the IBISI-RAIL principle (I Built It So I'll Run Anything I Like). Much like my layout, which is modelled as a what-if preserved railway. I do try and avoid obvious errors though, such as running vacuum-onl...

It's actually a fiddle yard, but never mind...
Flashback to my 2008 open day:

U is for Unique.

71000 'Duke of Gloucester'



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S is for siding.



T

L for Lion.



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I have the parts to restore that bus, but pay £20 for the privilege? Nah. I'll pass.
Having checked my MIB version, I see that it is the slightly less-common variant with yellow seats...