Trainboy90's Purchases

This batch of Auctions are offically here. They came in the mail yesterday.


Gen 2 Percy does have some wear and tear from over the years but he does work perfectly.










The works unit coach that he came with had a corroded battery terminal, probably an easy fix and the wheelset he came with has a broken gear so I swapped the wheelset with a spare set I already have, it will be used until I can get around repalcing the gear and switch the wheelsets back again. His Serial Number is F05. The works unit coach was the only thing that wasn't working but the battery terminal fixing is mostly what it needs. UPDATE: I managed to use a Vinigar-Water Solution to remove 99% of the acid that was in the battery terminal but only works with a certain C Battery inserted at a certain angle. I'll be using the solution for battery corrosion removal





Gen 2 Talking Thomas works just like a charm. He does show signs of wear from over the years. His face is the same one as the one used on the Steam Along Thomas.




Here's Annie, one of his coaches. Her motor pulses when a high energy battery is used. I noticed he has a different rear wheelset because her orginial ones probably broke in some way and the previous owner had a spare set he/she used. She shows some wear and tear as well. The Annie body shell looks indentical to the Steam Along version but the insert for the screw is different.






Plarail Spencer works but he needs new traction tires. he also shows wear around the face, buffers, cab, and tender.






This spare Busy Bee James works perfectly (I just got the traction tires from a spare Trackmaster Luke for him) (He also has a yellowed face, not as bad as Gen 2 James as he needs some issues addressed by ripley802), also he's missing his battery cover.






Plarail 2003-2015 Gordon here looks perfectly detailed and works like a champ. He looks lie he's in like new condition. This one was made in 2011 and was T-4 orginially. He does have some wear from the course of almot 8 years.



Here's the underide of both powered coaches



This model of Doctor Yellow works pretty well. Looks kinda close to   the real Doctor Yellow T3 (In Service from 1979-2005).



Clarabel that came with the 2004 Talking Thomas is the same one that comes with the Steam Along Thomas.



I got this olive troublesome truck in the 2400 Yen lot. This normally comes with Diesel 10.

Others:
- As for the spare drive units, The Flat Type is being used in Rusty and the other is being used in one of my customs, the other two I have are being used as spare drive units for future repairs. Also the recently bought drive units work like a charm.


Also here's the Tomix set that resembles the real Doctor Yellow T3 Set





I'll get into the set the 2004 Talking Thomas came with in a later post (The tabs on the water tower are missing). It did come with extra stuff though.


My 2019 Purchases so Far:
- Busy Bee James (Although I already have him {Got my Plarail one back in 2013 in mint condition}, he might get repainted into one of James' liveries from the Season 22 Episode "Engine of Many Colors" which takes Place after the Season 21 Episode "Fastest Red Engine on Sodor". Plarail Spencer (Has a slipped Gear, I look into him when he arrives); the Holy Grail, 2nd Generation Talking Percy and works unit coach (getting a set of Battery terminals to use one of them to replace the old corroded one in the works unit coach).
- 2003-2015 Plarail Gordon (T4/TS04)
- Plarail Old style Doctor Yellow (0 Series)
- Plarail Old style Doctor Yellow middle cars (0 Series)



First Japan Auctions Batch Batch 1:
Plarail Gen 2 Talking James
Plarail Victor

This Japan Auctions Batch (Batch 2):
- C Battery Terminals (might use them as spare parts for engines with not so good battery terminals)
- Flat Type Drive unit (Currently being used in Rusty)
- Thomas Type Drive Unit (Being used in a custom)
- Talking Thomas Coal and Water Depot Set (Also came with a version of Wellsworth Staion) (Also when this whole set arrives, I'm replacing Thomas's coupling hook which I have)
- Emily's Tender Cover (I lost my orginial Trackmaster one so I'm giving my orginial Trackmaster Emily a used spare Plarail one)
- Busy Bee James (Although I already have him {Got my Plarail one back in 2013 in mint condition}, he might get repainted into one of James' liveries from the Season 22 Episode "Engine of Many Colors" which takes Place after the Season 21 Episode "Fastest Red Engine on Sodor". UPDATE: He was given new traction tires and is missing his battery cover), Plarail Spencer (Has a slipped Gear, I look into him when he arrives. UPDATE: He just needs new traction tires. His gears work fine), the Holy Grail, 2nd Generation Talking Percy and works unit coach (getting a set of Battery terminals to use one of them to replace the old corroded one in the works unit coach. UPDATE: Battery Corrision mostly removed. I had to use one of my spare Sunbeam C Batteries that I had to get hiscoach working).
- 2003-2015 Plarail Gordon (T4/TS04, UPDATE: His serial number is I11 so he is a T4 model not TS04)
- Plarail Old style Doctor Yellow (0 Series)
- Plarail Old style Doctor Yellow middle cars (0 Series)

Batch 3:
TBA


If it wasn't for this forum, I would be still stuck in circles looking on ebay and amazon (I can thank Ucwepn for creating this fantastic forum. I buy new still in productions locos and parts on ebay or Amazon. When one I'm looking for is discontinued is a Plarail, I do the Japan Auctions to snatch a good deal because it's cheaper there than on ebay (Sometimes ebay is not an option).