Roundhouse Bertie

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:43 pm

The is a blue (yay) bertie up for sale at my model engineering club, it has R/C, a chimney cap, bits more on the valve gear, water top up and is in as new condition for £390.
I recan I could get it for £350 or lower. Is it worth it? What are your views? Shoyuld I save for a loco at Stonleigh or sumut??
Thanks

mhlr · Post by **mhlr** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:01 pm

Like I said via Skype, I reckon you should save for Stoneleigh for something with reversable valve gear as you have an end-to-end line... and you already have Millie with has similar design.

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:17 pm

Sounds like a good deal, but what Pete says makes much more sense.

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:19 pm

humm, I wonder if it will still be up for sail in April, that way would be a win win situation!

laalratty · Post by **laalratty** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:23 pm

Mr. Bond of the DVLR wrote:humm, I wonder if it will still be up for sail in April, that way would be a win win situation!

My guess is probably not, locos tend to go quickly, and £390 isn't a bad price for something that costs £530 new. I'd wait to see if you can get something different, a Bertie will be a very similar running experiance to a Millie (inadvertently I have 4 steam locos with 4 different types of valve gear, and they are all different to run!)

Dr. Bond of the DVLR · Post by **Dr. Bond of the DVLR** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 10:35 pm

well me too, one slip, one sim stevensons, on ossy, so next logicly is walsharts, hmm...

SillyBilly · Post by **SillyBilly** » Thu Nov 05, 2009 11:47 pm

That's the attitude I try to take, if you've got an Edrig and a Caradoc, they are the same to run, and thus it's only worth having one of them, depends whether you go for looks or running really.

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