7mm **** Parkinson's - Occasional 7mm Workbench

Set my maximum bid, just frustrating!

C'est la vie, as B*Witched sang.

I love watching snipers, particularly when they miss…

That said, I just went and had a look. The prices are absurd. There are either some very gullible buyers, or some very optimistic sellers, or both, I suppose.

As the dragon famously said, “I’m out.”

simond said:

Set your maximum bid, and wait and see. EBay will bid automatically for you, up to that amount. And earliest bid wins if they’re the same.

Sometimes the snipers win, sometimes they don’t, but if you don’t win, it went for more than your maximum, so that’s ok.

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But don’t bid a round figure. If your maximum is £20, then bid, say, £20.06 to beat someone else’s £20.

Prices realised in e-Bay auctions can be very unpredictable. I’ve seen vintage items sell for far more than ‘the going rate’. I have also picked up a few rare and interesting pieces which were mis-described and very cheap because there were hardly any or no other bids.

It does make a difference where something is being sold. I sometimes used to attend a local auction which included toys and models, from time to time even the entirety of the equipment from a dismantled layout. I also occasionally went to the specialist vintage train auctions held in Rugby. It was possible to get rare items cheaply in the local sale as other bidders generally did not realise the model’s significance, nor did the cataloguer. Not so at Rugby with a room full of experts and dealers. Conversely, a nice Bassett-Lowke lithographed Royal Scot, for example, would sell at a top price (or more) in the local sale. It would go for far less at Rugby because, as a fairly common model, all the attendees already had one.

I buy quite a bit off eBay and the variation in price of many items defies explanation!

I collect Playmobil trains/railways and range of prices and auction prices is huge for similar items. One rarer wagon I picked up for £35, boxed - there's one currently buy it now for £99 plus £12 postage!

What always baffles me is bids exceed the retail price - only takes two people desperate to win though!

There’s a thread on that subject…

The van has, on side at least, a new brake lever and lever guard courtesy of Ambis. The latter is cleverly designed to fold up while still on the etch. Removing it is tricky though.

Worth the effort? Certainly more durable than the plastic mouldings.

Cruel close up of the next lever guard before removal from its fret.

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Cruel close up of the next lever guard before removal from its fret.

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Ooh! Origami in brass

This wasn't my fault, my wife actually told me to buy it!



With Rails' huge discounts this was £320 instead of £650 I really like the class and within my eventual GC London Extension plans it just fits. Whilst rarely photographer the type were noted on freight on the GC around Leicester - those from Leicester Midland shed being the most likely. This page mentions the type and has photos at Leicester Central station.


How far they got along the London Extension is less clear though but trips to Nottingham, for example, are not beyond the realms of possibilities

Getting there!

Brake gear is now complete the replacement brake lever and guide is worth pursuing despite the extra work over what the kit provides

Back to the class 27, I've spent time looking at Leicester based machines, such as D5407...


This sort of condition -


Quite typical condition of an LMR based BRCW type 2, though some were in a shocking state within a a relatively short amount of time.


The Heljan model captures the prototype really well and runs beautifully but. There are a few areas where improvements can be made.



When suggesting an RRP of £650, should detail be printed on?



The sand pipes are aimed at the wheel faces, brake cylinders at funny angles, steps not on straight...



Quality control seems a little off.

Then it's grilles, buffer beams, pipes, buffers, etc, etc...

Still recovering from a run of nights so a little job - chains made from twisted, fine fuse wire.



The roof is the final major part to sort - the fit is awful.

However a full day on West Halton tomorrow!

Slightly trying day - my Saab has a £1,000 bill. New shock absorbers all round and a new exhaust

So a light relief.



The van's roof wouldn't sit properly so I added 20thou strips to help things.



The result is a much better fit than would otherwise be possible even just temporarily placed on the model.

The packing strips have been trimmed and dressed before adding a layer of tissue over the whole roof. Rainstrips were added using Evergreen 20 x 40 thou strip with a basic representation of the door catch.

I've added some of the brackets between the body stanchions and chassis whilst realising I should have done it at an earlier stage to make life easier for myself!

Just about ready for painting now

How do you stick the tissue down? Liquid poly/mek/email weld or something else?
Cheers
Tony

76043 said:

How do you stick the tissue down? Liquid poly/mek/email weld or something else?
Cheers
Tony

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Plastic solvent, I use butanone, holds tissue in place perfectly.