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Re: Engines on e-bay

Alan,

Depends on your view I suppose. A scratch built GNR Atlantic with
some basic bits missing and sold unseen for £400 sounds on the high
side, but an A3 for £360 complete but in need of a rebuild seems
quite good to me. La Fayette was bought by a trader who now
advertises it for more, so perhaps he knows more then we do. There
are some other bits still on there which seem quite cheap. Maybe the
mortal and very incomplete remains of a Carson LNWR Experiment was a
bit expensive, but there was a reason for that - I bought it!

I do notice that 2 1/2in models don't seem to hang around on dealers'
lists as long as the larger models.

Mike
www.williamsmodels.co.uk


--- In halfinchlivesteamforum@..., bigsteamer
<no_reply@y...> wrote:
> Yes.
> But they all seem to be coming from a few people.I have noticed
that
> they go for a lot of money. It seems to indicate to me that thre is
a
> lot of interest in 'our' scale.
> Alan




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Anyone else noticed the large number of unfinished 2.5in gauge engines on e-bay at the moment? Everything from Bassett-Lowke and Bonds to scratchbuilt models...
Mike Williamns
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Apr 8, 2004
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Yes. But they all seem to be coming from a few people.I have noticed that they go for a lot of money. It seems to indicate to me that thre is a lot of interest...
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Alan, Depends on your view I suppose. A scratch built GNR Atlantic with some basic bits missing and sold unseen for £400 sounds on the high side, but an A3...
Mike Williamns
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My own observations on ebay are that ANY part built chassis goes for silly money, usually the more complete the better the value for money. What amazes me is...
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Apr 10, 2004
5:15 pm

I agree completely David, but then they are probably all cheap compared to the true cost of making a new one. I bought parts for a Carson LNWR Experiment from...
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