Wow .. its been a couple of months since I last had any suprises show up !
Today isnt a surprise however , more a plan coming together ... A couple of months ago I would have posted some Hornby loco bodies I picked up ( to refresh your memories here they are again 
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I grabbed these simply because they were in quite a nice condition ( and yes there is a boiler front for the one missing it ) with the plan one day to hopefully find a couple of mechanisms for them ... Well this week those mechs will be coming to be courtesy of a fellow Aussie ( Nick) who when cleaning out his closet found some pre-war Hornby manual reversing mechs in need of some love ...
So out of those four we should get both units up and running with a little luck ... The good news is , the one body unit without the steam chests at the front (#5508) is a factory omission and quite a bit rarer than the normal unit with siderods and steam chest , assuming it was a special order made to sell at a cheaper price point thru a retailer .
So two more pre-war Hornby's to live again !
