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Old Hornby train set repair?

Phil.x · 2016-04-05 17:42:10

This is the set I got from Santa, I'm guessing it's 30+ years old and my son has seen it in his grandfather's shed all boxed up, but the thing is there's two wheels missing on one coache and the engine has all its wheels and motor missing! bascially its a shell, Is there anyway I can get this repaired or buy spares!! It's…

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05-04-2016 6:42pm

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Phil.x

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This is the set I got from Santa, I'm guessing it's 30+ years old and my son has seen it in his grandfather's shed all boxed up, but the thing is there's two wheels missing on one coache and the engine has all its wheels and motor missing! bascially its a shell, Is there anyway I can get this repaired or buy spares!!

It's a beauty I think.

http://www.hornbyguide.com/item_details.asp?itemid=355

Cheers

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#2 05-04-2016 6:54pm
5rtytry56

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TRY Marks Models. If Marks Models say it IS repairable, NEXT - get a QUOTE FOR REPAIR.

http://www.marksmodels.com

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#3 11-04-2016 10:36am
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If you are any way handy with small tools and Google you can get the components on line to repair it yourself.

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