More things to put on the shelves

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After pre-ordering a SE&CR P class I've been on the hunt for some coaches. The Hattons coaches are Beautiful but You can't find them and so only one option remained... The Bachmann SE&CR Birdcage coaches.

In real life they would usually be run In sets of three, as only three types of coaches were ever made (BT | CL (1st/2nd) | BCL (2nd/3rd) ). Now like usual with Bachmann these coaches are significantly overpriced expensive at a ripoff price of nearly £90 at RRP, however because these obviously didn't sell I was able to get 2 for about the price of one.

The coaches are absolutely superb detailed except for metal/ sprung buffers and a decent close coupling or any lighting (even though they have pick-ups and so you could fit lights yourself) for £90 they are terrible for abut £45 they are absolutely worth the money! And if I'm lucky I might be able to pick up some more in the future!

BT:

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BCL:

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The magic of the GWR
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Love those details and all the window glazing especially those near the roof on the ends.
Nice coaches, but as you say the price like most from Bachmann and Hornby for that matter are far too high. I find it difficult to justify the sort of prices they sell rolling stock for these days, its not just the coaches its the wagons as well. Even a nice private owner wagon seems to around the £30+ mark which is outrageous in my opinion as I recall not so long ago they were pocket money prices (<£10) but even then I thought they were getting pricey. Mind you that is possibly the 'sad old git' factor kicking in as I remember how outraged I was when coaches hit the £20 mark as most around that time were only £10 or just under. But now those £20 pullman cars with lit table lamps look like they were positively cheap and the truly sad thing is that it wasn't that long ago either!

Generally though I do think the prices of HO/OO items are getting a bit silly lately, to the point that they are now beginning to make O gauge look 'reasonable' whereas at one point they appeared massively overpriced in comparison to HO/OO. Makes you wonder where it will end...
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It's definitely been a while since I bought a plarail lot and that's probably because of the lack of anything interesting or affordable, but I've finally found something! This lot probably won't be too exciting for a lot of people here as it mainly serves as a filler for a lot of the larger gaps in my collection.
I would also like to apologies for all the blurry photos as I was simply too excited!

Starting off with the engines and rolling stock: (I've opted to group these into sets were possible)

The closest thing we have to a standard tomy thomas is this Annie which is not in that great of a condition

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for our first actual plarail thomas we have something quite special... The 60th anniversary metallic Thomas with Annie and Clarabel, It has a cracked gear and both tabs are broken but some glue should fix the gear problem!

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Additionally we also have this plarail (presumably JP) Talk 'n' Action Thomas, another cracked gear,  corroded battery terminal and what I believe to be a failed transistor will need attention but hopefully I'll be able to fix him! As you'll also see this lot contains all the Items included in the Talking Thomas set

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Our only other main character is a 2003 transitional variant James. weirdly the drawbar arrived disconnected and the tender underframe was mounted on wrong however the wires were intact. Like all transitional models he's easily faded and the face is slightly yellowed but I don't mind as otherwise he's in mint condition, although I'd much rather get a 2004-2012 James with the black drawbar, but definitely will NOT be paying anything close to $50 for him. I'm also really happy to finally own a tar tanker. The tanker didn't originally have a front hook but I added one so now it's also in mint condition. The van also brings my total to 6 (so far)

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A plarail Lady with cracked gear that will also be fixed 

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Splatter and Dodge... sadly no works unit coach 

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and a few more trucks

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There were also 3 plarail shinkansen models although and even though I've never really been interested in getting any of these I do find all of these really interesting.... Also I could not be bothered to look any f these up so if anyone could give me more information I'd definitely appreciate it!

This one has a partially cracked gear but I will be fixing it!

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This one had a misaligned coupling mechanism, but I've fixed it already

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Out of the 3 this one is the only one to not be complete! Weirdly it's also fitted with the original tomy hooks and axels even though it was produced in 1998 long after 1994

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In terms of destinations we finally have Ffarquhar station X2. I've had a platform for about 7-8 years now and finally I have the complete station. The faded one is the older one, with the original tomy logo

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A wash that is VERY faded and is also missing one roller

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One tunnel

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One crossing

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2 bridge trusses

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Accessories

2 complete trees, one base and 3 tops. The 3 basses are the older stile ones with a smaller footprint 

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2 red buffers

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2 bridge supports

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2 4 tall rail girders

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Track

1 Loop

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6 Talk 'n' action rails

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The pack of 3 1/4 straights and adaptors (really exciting)

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2 stop and go rails

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 1 ramp

My first bits of proper double track:

1 double straight

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4 double curves

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1 manual and 1 automatic double rail point

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and some more track

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The magic of the GWR
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This haul takes me back when I had large Lots delivered to Super's house. Great pick ups D9D 👍👍👍
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Super’s house????
Aren’t you Super? lol
Anyways jokes aside, Great lot!!
My opinion on James

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Hi! you can call me D-Real, I’ve Been A collector since 2011, and Remember: Anything’s Possible when you have Dedication!! Smile
I was unfortunate enough to not get any batch 1 Genesis coaches upon release and never even pre-ordered any from batch 2, as I was hopping that we would get a re-run of batch 1 eventually, however after Hattons closed down those dreams were crushed.... Last year I managed to get a pair of unlit LMS coaches(a six wheel brake third and a 4 wheel ex 6 wheel composite lavatory(1st/3rd)) plus a set of 5 much sought after SECR maroon coaches, lit!(a 6 wheel full brake and the pack of four(including the 4 wheel brake third, 4 wheel composite(1st/2nd), 6 wheel third and the 6 wheel brake third)), these SECR coaches needed some repairs, but I am happy to have them! Anyway today's topic is related to batch 2. From batch 2 I was especially interested in the GER brown, and when Rails of Sheffield, who now not only own the Hattons brand, but also fulfilled the Genesis batch 2 pre-orders, had listed the remaining stock of batch 2, I and many others were eager to buy them and did I get any GER coaches? No... absolutely not .... They sold out in like 8 hours.... Oh well I'm SuRe I'll Have JuSt SOOOOOOOOO much fun paying like 100 pounds each second hand! Rolleyes

Anyway I wasn't about to let that stop me getting any, and so I went for my second favorite set, the LSWR wartime lined salmon and brown and I didn't just get one or two coaches, I got 5 6 wheel coaches, perfect for recreating one of the later LSWR suburban sets!
   

The LSWR set is well known for having some mistakes in the final release and as you can see the coach livery is said to be brown and umber which it just isn't! also A MASIVE issue with the final release was the complete mix-up of the first class and second class coaches as the factory put these coaches in the boxes by the product codes, however the descriptions, used by Rails to distribute the coaches were swapped, as such H4-6F-1301 was labeled as being the 2nd and H4-6S-1301 was labeled as being the first.

There are also 2 more mistakes, as on one side of the brakes the smoking sign is correctly placed on the end compartment, while on the other it's depicted on the center compartment and as per the concept art, the center compartment of the 6 wheel second is labeled as being a luggage compartment which it quite obviously isn't!

I also have an issue with one the footboards on the luggage first as it on of the holders wasn't secured properly at the factory and has now come loose causing the sled to jam up. This is something I am planning to fix tomorrow with a bit of glue, like I did n my SECR full third!

                       

Now all I need is a suitable LSWR locomotive....
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