Triang RDC

"David Bromage"

I'd say zero to nothing.

There is a far superior Budd car on the market these days in the Life-Like P1K range. It comes in two versions, RDC1 and RDC2 IIRC, and is scale length and runs like a dream. I own two of them

-- Happy Holidays Roger T.

=3D>I have seen powered Triang RDCs advertised for around =9C50.

You're kidding, right? That's about $120Can - you can get a brand new , true-to-scale, Proto1000 RDC for less than $100Can - sometimes much less= . Postage included, too.

=3D>rush off to eBay, does anybody know whether an unpowered one has muc= h of =3D>a resale value? =3D>

=3D>Cheers =3D>David

I doubt it very much, unless there are fanatical Triang colletcors out t= here.

Wolf Kirchmeir ................................. If you didn't want to go to Chicago, why did you get on this train? (Garrison Keillor)

"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote

There are indeed some fanatical Tri-ang collectors. I wouldn't want to put a bet on the value of that particular Budd RDC, but it's the only variant of those manufactured which I've not actually had through my hands. I'd suggest a rock-bottom minimum of GBP50. If it's in a nice original box it could be significantly higher

John.

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=>"Wolf Kirchmeir" wrote =>

=>> I doubt it very much, unless there are fanatical Triang colletcors out =>there. =>

=>There are indeed some fanatical Tri-ang collectors. I wouldn't want to put =>a bet on the value of that particular Budd RDC, but it's the only variant of =>those manufactured which I've not actually had through my hands. I'd =>suggest a rock-bottom minimum of GBP50. If it's in a nice original box it =>could be significantly higher =>

=>John.

That's very interesting. Ta!

Wolf Kirchmeir ................................. If you didn't want to go to Chicago, why did you get on this train? (Garrison Keillor)

John Turner wrote: > There are indeed some fanatical Tri-ang collectors. I wouldn't want to put > a bet on the value of that particular Budd RDC, but it's the only variant of > those manufactured which I've not actually had through my hands. I'd > suggest a rock-bottom minimum of GBP50.

I had seen powered versions selling for up to GPB120. If the unpowered version is indeed worth at least 50, then I think I've had a win. :)

Cheers David

Tri-ang did the Budd RDC in seven different liveries of which the Australian one is the rarest. The Transcontinental ones also fetch a high price but don't assume that the non-powered one is worth much less than the powered ones. They seem to be harder to find.

Pat