As I mentioned in a post earlier this week there were a number of items purchased at the Sleaford Model Railway Show that Mrs. Woody never knew she needed but if she doesn't want them then I know someone who does! Me!
Anyway, I am building up a rake of ironstone hoppers as although I volunteer at the Rocks By Rail Museum, shunt ironstone hoppers on quarry event days and have a Hornby model of the Sentinel locomotive Graham I don't actually have any model hoppers! That's changing, I got one at the Stamford show and by rummaging through the boxes under a traders stand at Sleaford I found another four plus a few other bits!
Now the two Dapol wagons in the blue boxes date from around 2010.
This Mainline one is from around the early to mid 1980s.
Finally this Dapol one is from around the mid 90s.
Now what is interesting is that the box still has the original price of 95 pence on it and the now second hand price of £7.50. Using the delights of the internet, 95 pence in 1995 is now, taking inflation into account, worth £2.33 which means that the current value of the wagon has out stripped inflation by over 300%. Now that is a good investment! However, Mrs. W fails to see sense in my foolproof plan to invest all our money in model railways! Oh well!
Whilst rummaging in the boxes I also found some DVDs which at a £1 each were a bargain!
All in all, with a discount from the trader - thanks Chris, I walked away with all these items for £35! Now that is a good investment in my mind!
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