HUSH HUSH

redtoon1892 · Post by **redtoon1892** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:19 am

Finecast exhibition standard Hush Hush for sale on E Bay.
Wish I could afford it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Finecast-LNER-W1- ... dZViewItem

Post by **richard** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:48 am

He's not going to get many bids, listing it under "Catalogues and Magazines"!

Richard

52A · Post by **52A** » Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:20 pm

He's keeping it hush hush!

Frazmataz · Post by **Frazmataz** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:20 am

£399?! For an OO model?!

Who in their right mind would pay that much for that?!

Clearly, this person has little grasp of the acceptable pricing of models.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 2:22 pm

Well, I've just paid almost £900 for a professionally-built 00 gauge BR standard 3MT 2-6-0, but I certainly wouldn't shell out on this eBay auction: the seller hasn't even bothered with pictures of the whole locomotive (though he does take up pretty much a full screen with his terms and conditions, and feedback to show what a splendid seller he is...), or details of the motor/gearbox, etc.

I'll post pictures of my new 3MT in the next couple of weeks. Although she isn't, of course, ex-LNER she did spend her life in the North-East.

redtoon1892 · Post by **redtoon1892** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 5:12 pm

Thats true, pics are very poor and the livery looks suspect. £900 that must be some loco, looking forward to the pics.
Most I have paid is £275 for a Wrenn B0fB spam can but I may break that record very soon.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 9:29 pm

Here's a picture provided by the builder - he's waiting for the 52C shedplate before sending her off to me. The slightly uneven cabside numbering will be fixed before despatch.

She is fitted with a Lenz Gold DCC decoder and USP module, and I am assured she runs as well as she looks. Anyway, once she arrives I'll take a couple of pictures of my own and post them in a separate thread.

redtoon1892 · Post by **redtoon1892** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 10:16 pm

Thats some loco, almost looks like the real thing.

I have posted this link before but its worth another look

http://www.toytrainpainter.co.uk/

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Fri Feb 15, 2008 8:11 pm

I'd go for the one on Ebay, to sit on display, but not at that starting bid, a rake of coronations went for less than that, I was bidding as I couldn't afford the 250 buy it now for a couple of days, then they went, and I was gutted!
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=001

redtoon1892 · Post by **redtoon1892** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:14 pm

Well it still has no bids. hardly suprising.
A finecast kit has come on, put a bid it but dont think I wll follow it up as obtaining the chassis may be a big problem.
The NRM are inviting suggestions for another limited edition release following the success of the prototype Deltic and I have suggested the W1.
I for one think it would be a sell out should it happen, the 3000 Deltic units went straight off

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... :IT&ih=017

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 1:18 pm

my deltic didn't sell on ebay, that comes of putting in a fake bid, and winning it yourself, so I still have one for sale, any takers.

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:14 pm

x568wcn wrote:my deltic didn't sell on ebay, that comes of putting in a fake bid.

Shill bids are against eBay rules - see http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/community/shill.html. I'm surprised you admit to it.

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:25 pm

Don't do it yourself, you can't, it won't allow you

x568wcn · Post by **x568wcn** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 3:29 pm

I did to be fair, offer a second chance, but forgot to alter the amount of days, so after one day he didn't respond, and now I can't offer him it again!

Bullhead · Post by **Bullhead** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 4:26 pm

So what I presume you mean is that you bid on your own item (using, perhaps, a second eBay account or that of a friend/colleague) so as to increase its sale price, inadvertently beating the legitimate bid of a genuine user, to whom you then (with touching generosity) offered a "second chance" offer?