The first to feature is this Hornby Railways Hymek, product code R758, first released in 1966! This model is much older than myself but I have distinct memories of getting a 'bargain' of eBay at the time.
I seem to remember been sat with my Dad, who was looking for something non train related on eBay at the time, when this little locomotive came up as ending soon. He put a bid in for it (and paid too!) and I believe we paid something along the lines of around £7 Inc Post!
I remember been very excited when it turned up as it had 'proper' hooks for 3 link couplings fitted, although that prevented me running it with anything I owned coupled too it! I think a couple of wagons with 3 link couplings arrived not long after for it to run with.
In reality it's a very basic model, with rather chunky wheels, but it was perfect for running on my train set laid on the bedroom floor!
The body is simply unclipped revealing the simple internals, although I always remeber it running fine, if even throwing a few sparks out sometimes. Clearly it was also BR Blue originally!
So what to do with it now? It's pointless selling it on, as its pretty worthless, but I wouldn't anyway as it holds sentimental value. It is tempting to tart it up, maybe repaint it plus a little detailing. Whether this involves going the whole hog and putting finescale wheels in it! Whatever happens I think it will make a reappearance on the bench again...
Till next time.
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