Stamford Haul

 

I stuck gold at Stamford. Rooting around a box where the second-hand stall were just looking for a few pence donations, there were some plastic trees in a bag. I didn't want the trees, but the bag is a flimsy, small Beatties carrier - properly rare as viturally all of them will have been thrown away. OK, you can say they are probably still all in landfill, and will be for thousands of years, but that's too depressing a thought, and anyway, I'm not going to dig through a rubbish dump looking...

As well as the bag, I also scored a couple of the branded Hornby wagons for less than a fiver each. Not bad for Sunday morning, when the locusts had already enjoyed picking through it for a day...

While digging, I found a few packets of plastic details - tools, pallets, sacks and barrels, that are worth grabbing for pennies as they are always useful. The Gem kit cost a pound - and reminded me of the days when these were marketed as "Pound Packs"

The Kibri bufferstop is a buried type that offers a variety from the Peco version. A couple of Monty's Models figures came from Rich Wilson's charity clearout, and I'll always add these to the people pot, as they are superb models.

Finally, a little box too cheap to warrant opening. I know of the old Graham Farish buildings made up of plastic boxes, covered with stickers, but I don't think I've ever had a go. Well, now I can. I wonder if our N gaugers want a couple of houses?