mickoo
Western Thunderer
So, don't you just hate folks who start sentences with so 
Here's another blatant gratuitous box opening RTR feel good (for me) post, it's a bit different from most of the others with a bit of a (life) back story.
First off it's significantly smaller than my usual fair, about as small as you can get in the US I suspect; it's also generic and not Railroad specific but they did serve on the UP so it'll need some tweaks for that, similar engines worked on the SP but more works are required for those.
Second it came from that hateful Facebook that many here previously denounced, I get that, don't need it, never want it, can't be bothered with it, seriously, I really do. But Facebook is more than teenager snap chats and youf's in da hood. Nearly all of my recent SP research has been from Facebook special interest groups and the wealth of information and depth is really worth it.
Anyway, one of the SIG's is for selling toy trains and the best bit is you don't pay Ebays overpriced global shipping rates and sellers don't pay Ebays extortionate fee's, ergo, there are some very good bargains to be had. You do have to take a leap of faith but you do and can get some good bargains.
This one was a bargain, 50% of what it usually goes for on Ebay or auction houses, problem was, for some unknown reason the postal algorithm would not accept my address, luckily I knew he'd already sent items to a friend in East London so a quick exchange of words and all was good, it'd go to East London and we'd sort it from there.
Having spent all day fighting (and resolving) the Duke DCC and back EMF, the text arrived saying it's here, when do you want to pick it up....now! Said friend lives 1.5 miles inside the ULEZ, so two choices, break the barrier and pay the charge or he travels out on the tube to the next stop.
To cut a boring story short I decided to break the zone and pay the charges and I'm glad I did, you see I spent a considerable while in East London just down the road at digs doing my college courses. As I turned down Wanstead high street it was like a time warp back 30 years, the shops, people, street scenery, parks with people in, the noises and planes flying overhead.
Morale of the story, if there is even one, when your having a
day, don't assume what follows will be the same. I had a pleasant drive down the A12 in the evening sun, paid £12.50 for the ULEZ charge and do not regret one penny for the life experience I encountered, all this adds baggage to this little gem bought 3000+ miles way on Facebook.
Now the bit everyone's been waiting for, a Sunset DongJin USRA 0-6-0 switcher.
Here's another blatant gratuitous box opening RTR feel good (for me) post, it's a bit different from most of the others with a bit of a (life) back story.
First off it's significantly smaller than my usual fair, about as small as you can get in the US I suspect; it's also generic and not Railroad specific but they did serve on the UP so it'll need some tweaks for that, similar engines worked on the SP but more works are required for those.
Second it came from that hateful Facebook that many here previously denounced, I get that, don't need it, never want it, can't be bothered with it, seriously, I really do. But Facebook is more than teenager snap chats and youf's in da hood. Nearly all of my recent SP research has been from Facebook special interest groups and the wealth of information and depth is really worth it.
Anyway, one of the SIG's is for selling toy trains and the best bit is you don't pay Ebays overpriced global shipping rates and sellers don't pay Ebays extortionate fee's, ergo, there are some very good bargains to be had. You do have to take a leap of faith but you do and can get some good bargains.
This one was a bargain, 50% of what it usually goes for on Ebay or auction houses, problem was, for some unknown reason the postal algorithm would not accept my address, luckily I knew he'd already sent items to a friend in East London so a quick exchange of words and all was good, it'd go to East London and we'd sort it from there.
Having spent all day fighting (and resolving) the Duke DCC and back EMF, the text arrived saying it's here, when do you want to pick it up....now! Said friend lives 1.5 miles inside the ULEZ, so two choices, break the barrier and pay the charge or he travels out on the tube to the next stop.
To cut a boring story short I decided to break the zone and pay the charges and I'm glad I did, you see I spent a considerable while in East London just down the road at digs doing my college courses. As I turned down Wanstead high street it was like a time warp back 30 years, the shops, people, street scenery, parks with people in, the noises and planes flying overhead.
Morale of the story, if there is even one, when your having a
day, don't assume what follows will be the same. I had a pleasant drive down the A12 in the evening sun, paid £12.50 for the ULEZ charge and do not regret one penny for the life experience I encountered, all this adds baggage to this little gem bought 3000+ miles way on Facebook.Now the bit everyone's been waiting for, a Sunset DongJin USRA 0-6-0 switcher.
Also makes the buckeye at the front look like an oversize Kadee, too, as the standard ones are. 
