'Hornby' Shell wagon...

"kim" wrote

Generally speaking if they came in train sets they didn't have the end ladders, when sold individually they did.

From memory there were both yellow & red variations of this tank in trainsets at different times.

John.

Thanks. Mine came in a box (R132) but was still missing the end ladders. Is this one of those details which can easily be detached and become lost? I am thinking of cannibalizing the end ladders from another TTA as they are still widely available. It wasn't until I saw the picture on Steve Jones' web site I realized anything was missing from mine.

(kim)

"kim" wrote

I may be wrong then Kim, maybe R132 didn't come with ladders at all, but as they can be easily removed &/or added the ones I've seen with ladders (and there's been a few of them) maybe just had them added later.

At one time I'd a box with around 100 of the ladders for the TTA, but I'm pretty sure they've all gone know.

John.

rather than cannibalise. just buy some etched ladders of the right dimensions.

I can buy an old TTA for a couple of quid, how much would a set of etched ladders cost? Besides, it's a really crude early model to begin with, etched detail would simply draw attention to its other shortcomings :o)

(kim)

"Uncle Wobbly" wrote

Or better still, wait for the new Bachmann version which should be out shortly and is expected to be light years ahead of the old Tri-ang effort.

John.

LOL, I bought it mainly for the colour! As a kid I was jealous of the Triang model as it wouldn't couple-up to my Dublo wagons and had to buy a different coloured tank instead. If Bachmann were to do a TTA in Shell yellow I'll definitely buy it.

(kim)