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Finally a 303203W Sundries wagon, I knew I had another one somewhere

Anyone recognise the shop?

 

The Green CIE Coach is priced at £2.16 & the Sundries wagon @ £3.10 so I reckon the coach is early 70's while whe wagon is early to mid 80's

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Sell anything to make a buck, man!

Speaking of Banana box's Pat

I used to store my stuff in large plastic box's but I found that the plastic was wearing away at the boxes contained in them and after

a while they became quite worn looking so now I store them in Banana boxes as they seem not to damage the items stored in them

And they are a lot cheaper!

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Sell anything to make a buck, man!

Speaking of Banana box's Pat

I used to store my stuff in large plastic box's but I found that the plastic was wearing away at the boxes contained in them and after

a while they became quite worn looking so now I store them in Banana boxes as they seem not to damage the items stored in them

And they are a lot cheaper!

 

Top tip from the storage master... nice one, Dave! :) Never would have guessed plastic boxes would do that.

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Hi Wrenneire when i was talking to you in bray last sunday about the Jouef made in ireland trains, i think i said to you "yeh a guy on irish railway forum put up lots of pics and info about them" i didnt realise it was actually you haha. You should of said something like it was me you plank ;)

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Speaking of Bray John I managed to pick up a few bits myself

 

Hornby Mk 2A's, absolutely mint, bought in 1977!

Possibly the ugliest RTR coach around, and the rarest,

 

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Also a couple of Sealink coaches, made in 1987 only, and a very short run produced

These have a few miles on the clock

 

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So I reckon its always worth going to any show thats available, you never know what will turn up.

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Another different version of a Lima "Irish" wagon

 

303203W Sundries wagon

This is the older style box, with a picture of the contents on the side

The ones in my collection are in the later box with reference number only on the side

There are also some differences with the Lima logo on the front of the box

 

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Newer style Box in the centre

 

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Speaking of Bray John I managed to pick up a few bits myself

 

Hornby Mk 2A's, absolutely mint, bought in 1977!

Possibly the ugliest RTR coach around, and the rarest,

 

Hi Dave. I have two of them. Agree rare, but ugly is not harsh enough. And the CIE Hymek is as bad. Cheers. Noel

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We've come a long way. In the mid 1970s, I had paper overlays on BR Mk 1's - and VERY crude they were. A BR "Hymek" class 35 was passed off as an NIR Hunslet!

 

Yes, I had a GOOD imagination...

 

In fairness the Hymek looks a bit more like a Hunslet than any CIE loco of the time. Mind you it also looked nothing like a hunslet!

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In fairness the Hymek looks a bit more like a Hunslet than any CIE loco of the time. Mind you it also looked nothing like a hunslet!

 

Hornby's horrible hymek doesn't get uglier than this piece of plastic junk, not to mention the plastic day-glo orange mk2s

 

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PS: Might try hack modify some of the 70s Lima mk1 rake behind into something vaguely resembling mk1 GSVs

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Hornby's horrible hymek doesn't get uglier than this piece of plastic junk, not to mention the plastic day-glo

 

PS: Might try hack modify some of the 70s Lima mk1 rake behind into something vaguely resembling mk1 GSVs

 

Noel, don't forget they were the bee's nee's when they came out, for whoever was lucky enough to get them, I for one never did even though I worked in Sweetmans Avenue, Blackrock where the distributors "Toys International " were based & I never knew, saw or heard anything about them, such is life !!

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Noel, don't forget they were the bee's nee's when they came out, for whoever was lucky enough to get them, I for one never did even though I worked in Sweetmans Avenue, Blackrock where the distributors "Toys International " were based & I never knew, saw or heard anything about them, such is life !!

 

Hi Paul. Sorry the Hornby hymek horror show didn't appeal to me at the time, but within a year or so back then in the 70s I was over the moon with the Lima Mk1s in black and tan and the Lima class 33 which was a quality mould with a good paint job that at least very vaguely resembled a CIE A class. The Lima felt like the bees knees then alright. But I accept 'beauty was in the eye of the 70s beholder', etc. :) Cheers. Noel

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It sure did-I bought the Lima class 37 (37012) and class 73-(73108) around that time in that shop.

The Lima catalogue for 1985/1986 features the above locos plus steam locos and "N" gauge items. I'm rereading it now. From the items featured in that catalogue I bought the following locos.

205108MG 0-6-0 Class 09 shunter. Green

205158MG Class 20. Blue

205174MG Class 33. The Burma Star

205173 Class 37. Green

205169 Class 73.Broadlands

205128MG class 42/43 Warship. Rapid

205142MG Class 50 Eagle

205122MG Class 52. Western Renown

205105mg Class 55 The Green Howards

All were still in use here until I got the Murphy Models 071 locos. Whatever is said about the much maligned Lima locos, they give years of service.

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The Lima catalogue for 1985/1986 features the above locos plus steam locos and "N" gauge items. I'm rereading it now. From the items featured in that catalogue I bought the following locos.

205108MG 0-6-0 Class 09 shunter. Green

205158MG Class 20. Blue

205174MG Class 33. The Burma Star

205173 Class 37. Green

205169 Class 73.Broadlands

205128MG class 42/43 Warship. Rapid

205142MG Class 50 Eagle

205122MG Class 52. Western Renown

205105mg Class 55 The Green Howards

All were still in use here until I got the Murphy Models 071 locos. Whatever is said about the much maligned Lima locos, they give years of service.

 

I still have The Burma Star, the green 37 (D6755 I think) and Broadlands in a drawer at home!

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