Bought but will never use

[Wellwhynot]

I have only recently started on this hobby but i am beginning to amass a collection of things which I thought were a good idea at the time and will probably not get used. How much stuff have you all got that you don't think you will use 

[Chrissaf]

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[NWR-Gordon-4]

If I ever come across something that I don't use, then I sell it. Generally I do't buy things I won't use, as that's a waste of money. The items I have sold that I didn't use, where given to me from a friend who has packed model railways in.

 

GNR-Gordon-4

[Dazzler down under]

I've bought heaps of stuff that seemed like a good idea at the time but will never use.

 

hornby suspension bridge. Looks unrealistic and is far to big, takes up too much space

 

hornby turntable. Cheap and nasty, non DCC without butchery skills. doesn't align properly every time. Looks unrealistic with the incline onto TT where 2/3 locos derail. Recently replaced with the walthers  DCC version.

 

metcalfe buildings. Bought almost the entire catalog when I started out, don't have room for most of them and have decided to go with plastic buildings as I think they look better and I can paint them ect to my own specifications.

 

flying Scotsman set/royal scot set. Have converted to DCC so have no use for analogue gear. Can chip 1 loco but 1 needs to be hard wired so will likely never use it.

 

a royal scot. Has mazak. 

 

A Britannia. Fell off the table and shattered. 

 

50 odd setrack points. bought loads of these at the start, but I've decided to go with code 83 track so likely will never use them.

 

curved points. They are just a disaster.

 

diamond crossings. Have 10 of these I was gonna use on a plan that was totally out of touch with reality, code 100 so will never use.

 

ive wasted so much money over the years. It's starting to get depressing so I'm gonna stop right there.

[Buz]

Hi wellwhynot

The truth is I don't know I have quite a lot packed in its boxes then into crates in the shed where the dream once in a life time layout is to be built.

Some of it goes back to my child hood Oh! that was a very long time ago now.

There is also a lot of junk that has been kept in case I find I need spare parts for some of the older trains I have.

You can guarantee there will be some stuff that won't be used well at least not by me that will as it always does go to some who can use it so its not wasted.

regards John

[Bulleidboy]

Like many I started as a "collector", in my case in about 2000. With the flagship ModelZone a five minute walk from my office the collection has grown over the years. Now retired I do have a layout, but of my one hundred and thirty loco's, I probably use just ten. The others remain in their boxes and will not be sold. Interestingly on ebay, someone has been selling his late fathers huge collection of loco's and rolling stock. He says in the ads. most of the items are still in the un-opened cardboard boxes the suppliers posted the items to his late father. 

This may be my case in years to come -although the collection is growing at a slower rate. So about ninety five percent of my collection will never be used. A sad case! 

[81F]

 I have a few BR items that are currently likely to be out of period. Although I could extend my operations I would need more  stock for it to be worth running (very little freight and not enough coaches to make up a coherant train).

 

And the n there is the "Museum". A mix of Hornby Doublo and Triang that is not DCC fitted so is unlikely to run and neither will the tree rail as I have no track set up.

[LCDR]

With a collection of  over 400 locomotives and a similar number of carriages and wagons there are bound to be a few items I haven't yet used.

At last count -

133 modern OO  Hornby/Bachmann etc South Eastern post war steam types

40 modern OO Hornby/Bachmann etc other post war Southern steam types

58 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war non-Southern steam types

38 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war SR/BR electric / diesel electric multiple units

27 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war electric / diesel electric locos

18 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc pre war SR and constituents steam locomotives

102 early OO Triang locomotives (30 are static models in display cases) a few are 'spares & repairs' items, to keep the others going.

10 early Triang TT locomotives

31 OO Hornby Dublo locos

35 O gauge Hornby locos

6 O gauge Bassett Lowke locos

9 various fine scale gauge O locomotives

6 OO9 locos

5 N gauge locos

1 Z gauge loco

I have enough track in each scale/gauge to build a layout in O (fine 2 rail and course 3 rail / clockwork), OO fine, OO Triang, OO Dublo 3 rail, Triang TT, OO9, N, and Z. but at present only have two permanent running layouts  a OO fine indoors, and O coarse three rail outdoors. 

I can 'loose lay' layouts in Triang Standard,  Series 3 and Super 4, and in modern OO finescale set track, Hornby Dublo 3 rail, TT type A & Type B, Hornby O clockwork, and 3 rail electric (including some compatible  Lionel track) and on OO9 setrack . I have 2  x 5 feet lengths of standard gauge bullhead rail but nothing (yet) to run on it!

[LCDR]

 The thing is, everything was bought with the intention of using it at some time, the Triang OO has been used at exhibitions at the NRM, NYMR Pickering and Sledmere Hall, at various times, and I did once exhibit a loose laid Hornby Clockwork gauge O set up in Knaresborough. The Z gauge was bought to convert to a miniature railway in 4mm scale and most of the N gauge is earmarked for use as the basis for OO9. The finescale O will probably guest at meetings of the local Gauge O guild Group, where a new test track is being introduced.

The 3 rail Hornby Dublo comes out when the grand kids come to visit.

[Postman Prat]

I think it must be obvious to most people that LC&DR can resist anything apart from temptation       😉

[LCDR]

True!  If it worked in South East London or in deepest Kent and it is modelled in 4mm scale I find it irresistable.

This includes narrow gauge (OO9) and so far there are kits for Bowaters Railway locos and rolling stock  and the Gillingham Cement Works had a Baldwin 4-6-0T which is like the loco that Bachmann are making.

[Postman Prat]

 Hi Rule 1

 

The OP asked a question, whiich, as usual wandered slightly off topic - LC&DR answered it. What is wrong with that? That's what the forum is about.

 

I must point out that I've contributed to this forum for about 8-9 years (LC&DR has been longer than that) and it's only now that I'm aware of the extent of LC&DRs 'fleet'. Sure, I knew he had a large collection but his collection is only mentioned when relevant.

 

LC&DR is a knowledgable contributor to this and other forums and his posts should be looked at accordingly.

[Howbi]

@Rule1..........what an utterly unecessary an unwelcome comment especially aimed at one of the most knowledgeable members of the Forum........most of us are already aware of LC's large collection and, I for one, find his catalogue most interesting.........and another thing, why can't you follow Forum protocol and not use the Blue button.......... the Reply Box, as has been mentioned dozens of times, is at the bottom of this page or are you too important to bother?............. 😀............HB

[RB51]

@ Rule 1

 

Your post, as referenced by Postman Prat and howbiman has been removed from view as it contravenes forum rule 1 (ironically). Please keep your comments civil and useful.

 

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[LCDR]

 Thank you chaps. My listing was intended as a light hearted contribution to the OP and not as boastful, or with any intention to say I was better than anybody else.  In many ways my collection is somewhat obsessive and therefore could be seen an object of humour (ridicule even) especially as I know there are others on the forum who have equally  impressive stock lists (or greater) and larger layouts which are far more balanced and complete.

[LCDR]

 I promised myself a garden railway when I was still a schoolboy (in prehistoric times) and despite a couple of false starts including a bizarre arrangement of wooden Conductor Rail protection boarding bought on a firewood ticket supported on a framework of steel conduit tube purchased as scrap when they re-wired Whitstable & Tankerton station, laid round my garden at Herne Bay, which on the end never got any track laid on it because I was promoted to a job on the Eastern Region and had to move. It therefore wasn't until I retired that I got the time or the space (once again) to build one. So I suppose the boarding and conduit do come into the category of 'Bought but never used'!

[Venky]

With a collection of  over 400 locomotives and a similar number of carriages and wagons there are bound to be a few items I haven't yet used.

At last count -

133 modern OO  Hornby/Bachmann etc South Eastern post war steam types

40 modern OO Hornby/Bachmann etc other post war Southern steam types

58 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war non-Southern steam types

38 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war SR/BR electric / diesel electric multiple units

27 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc post war electric / diesel electric locos

18 modern OO Hornby / Bachmann etc pre war SR and constituents steam locomotives

102 early OO Triang locomotives (30 are static models in display cases) a few are 'spares & repairs' items, to keep the others going.

10 early Triang TT locomotives

31 OO Hornby Dublo locos

35 O gauge Hornby locos

6 O gauge Bassett Lowke locos

9 various fine scale gauge O locomotives

6 OO9 locos

5 N gauge locos

1 Z gauge loco

I have enough track in each scale/gauge to build a layout in O (fine 2 rail and course 3 rail / clockwork), OO fine, OO Triang, OO Dublo 3 rail, Triang TT, OO9, N, and Z. but at present only have two permanent running layouts  a OO fine indoors, and O coarse three rail outdoors. 

I can 'loose lay' layouts in Triang Standard,  Series 3 and Super 4, and in modern OO finescale set track, Hornby Dublo 3 rail, TT type A & Type B, Hornby O clockwork, and 3 rail electric (including some compatible  Lionel track) and on OO9 setrack . I have 2  x 5 feet lengths of standard gauge bullhead rail but nothing (yet) to run on it!

Wow! Impressive collection. Hats off sir! :-)

 

 

[Notanyware]

I had a collection of Atlas and Kato American N gauge diesels and rolling stock that I lost interest in, not wanting to mess around with eBay I decided to bag the models up and chuck them in a street rubbish bin, that way I would not be tempted to mess around with the stuff again, I swapped the track with a mate for some points motors because he is thinking of building a narrow gauge layout, for me its out of sight out of mind as I lost interest in American railways in a big way, British N gauge is way out of my price range so I will stick to my OO gear.