Here is a can of worms I should not have opened. I acquired these Hornby bugatti railcars a couple of years ago. From what
I learned then, it appears the two car sncf set is postwar, while the blue plm car is part of a prewar set. I had the windup
motor pictured laying around, I think it is from a cheap hornby hachette loco, so I thought I would see if it could be
adapted to the prewar frame. If fit perfectly, however the winding shaft did not line up with the holes in the prewar body.
Nor was there a place for the brake lever. If you notice on the postwar set the first three windows on the side are cut out
which accomodates the brake lever, not so on the prewar. I could not find any pics of a three car prewar set online.
Part two of the can of worms is while searching online, I came across another postwar set and a prewar single car,
both from the same seller. I made reasonable offers on both and they were accepted. I asked the seller to combine shipping
which he would not do. My total for the transaction was 154.22 euros which at the exchange rate at the time of the
sale was $172.18usd. Paypal charged me 189.04 for the 154.22eur transaction or $16.86 for a fee. I think this is
a bit excessive. I am probably going to start a return on the items immediately. Also am going to rethink using Paypal for
my ebay transactions.
In the meantime, I am looking for electric motors that fit these, also dummy trucks, and a center car for a red sncf
prewar three car set.
Please save your "you should have done this or that" comments for another time.
John
