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As suggested elsewhere here, Hornby's Super Detailed versions are a big step up from these Railroad products in terms of valve gear sophistication and separately-fitted parts and they can still be found for decent prices. And, if you're comfortable adding even more realism, you can buy excellent exterior detail upgrade kits from the likes of Brassmasters and Comet.

I have one of these that belonged to my late uncle who passed in the mid 80's, looking forward to being able to run it with the coaches it came with once I finally build my layout

Ay, second hand club special owner here too! Super happy that I managed to get one even if it is very light on it's wheels but it is gorgeous to look at!

You're right, the random wire will need to be re-soldered on to one of the copper plates on the tender draw-bar. The wires are very thin and after time break due to metal fatigue as they are connected to a moving part. I have had to repair this on a few of my locos.

As mentioned above, the release inbetween these and the new one was a great model. Smooth running and well detailed.

Hornby super detailed steam locos from early 2000s are excellent and new models not worth the hype and the money

There are photetch kits that can upgrade your basic locos available for a few ££££ to a standard not far of the £220 loco

Yes, it's a good approach to consider older models, as Hornby have been making Black 5s for decades. I'd suggest buying something slightly newer from the Super Detailed era. One of mine is R2257, running # 5055 and really looks the part. I paid £70-odd for mine. The next iteration after mine is probably the best, and can be bought for under £100. I also have an example where those pesky wires have detached: it'll be my lunchtime activity today to re-attach them.

It is good to hear a positive Hornby review for they are a great company, and I hope they continue to operate. Jersey Bill

is very nice

Lovely engine you showed us here. Thanks

What an absolute gem!

Of all the Terriers, it was Hornby's nicest of that batch. It is one of the most beautiful models in my collection. I remember lots of people saying that this is what Stepney should have been, because the quality was so much higher. It's a nice throwback to when Hornby's Collector Club was worth joining. As this was not only a little cheaper than the rest of the Terriers, but also included the Collector Club discount. Long gone have those days ever since Mike Ashley got involved. There's literally no incentive to pay the £30 a year anymore. Not for exclusive models, club shunters, discounts, or boosts to the Hobby Rewards scheme. Same with GAME and their membership rewards scheme.

I've bought several of these and repainted/renumbered them. Fantastic runners and running in barely made a difference to them.

They are brilliant models. I own DS680 Waddon in its BR departmental livery

The row of shops is one of the best builds I have ever seen and at a price to die for. No locomotive in a bottle for me thank you. Nice update, Jersey Bill

I wish the manufacturing would have stayed in Italy, but this is the reality of the hobby now days. What will the future bring? Jersey Bill

Poland? Off to Wolstyn? I lived in Poznan for some years and remember seeing the regular steam-hauled service quite often as it passed by a suburb I lived in. Polish narrow guage was of more intersted to me, and Poznan has the Cegielski steel works on the Number 9 Tram with a small NG loco plinthed outside.

Good to see the KR Leaders at the NEC today loaned to several layouts. Would have been even nicer if any of them actually sat straight or ran. The usual mess but hey, they’re never wrong.

Might be too late by the time you come back from Poland but have you seen the Hornby Black Friday sale including the BL steampunk rubbish?

How about bigger scales such as 32mm and 45mm gauge? Accucraft have announced they are doing a live-steam Corris / Talyllyn Falcon locomotive. 👍

Only problem with the Accurascale 31 is the door handles are in the open position, Check actual photo's of 31s The bachmanns version is correct.

thanks for the review. Caroline.

It amazes me that Hornby paid so much for the old Lima group companies ( Lima, Rivarossi, Jouef, Electrotren and Arnold) Then they made zero effort to promote them in the UK - Passing them first to an external distributor for several years. Since Brexit most of it is directly delivered to Europe and a small quantity is released to UK dealers with another stock held for Hornby's direct sales system. The Jouef 140C is a masterpiece of what Hornby could do if they engineer first then price second - All metal loco and tender, a decent motor and highly detailed -unfortunately (or inevitably) the price is in line with similar European makes.

If you come across any freight wagons or carriages made by Exact-Trains NS I would suggest a comparison with this wagon.

Pretty good price for a European-prototype wagon. I've got a recent Rivarossi E646 electric loco and it's a stunning model. I can't remember the exact price but I seem to remember it being in line with Hornby UK OO scale electrics.

Those are the ones used in the Mini Wunderland!

Have you tried to open it? I don't know how but I need to solder a wire.

Just a reminder… Marklin wagons have an option from the model shop to exchange wheel sets foc from AC to DC operation.

Can You add an icon to show if the model has a metal body ??? Thanks in advance. Really appreciate the info You provide :)))

I enjoyed the article but, it would be better if you could 'time line' it so that people who are not interested in items can easily find a section they do like.

Great review but, for clarity, Märklin is not 3 rail; it operates on stud contact AC. Just one other comment epoch 3 and 4 German models are Deutsches Bundesbahn not Deutsche Bahn. The latter came later after reunification.

Nice video as always. One point though re German loco numbers. There's no need to quote the dash and the following number, as it is only a computer check digit.

No Marklin it is just too expensive, USA outline on HO scale is outstanding value with many more features.

I like how Marklin/Trix models have so many features but they cost a bloody fortune

Typical Italian gabled roof wagon, some were sold to the Reichsbahn to replace damaged stock after WII, several still exist today as maintenance vehicles or even still as extra wagons on occasions where additional wagons are needed.

Carri chiusi

Locomotion Motion I thinks noooo more duplicate Accurascale UK as keep making the same train. Been nice if we got a new steam train never done before like want Rapido Tdo most of the time. And Bachmann with T3. As all ready got a model from Hornby plus EFE rail. Miss on great change to do this livery we got it in N gauge would sell well in OO scale. Only thinks want is good that we are getting this livery. ( ACC3101 Austerity - LNER - HE3151 - 8008,ACC3106 Austerity - NCB South Wales - HE3810 - Glendower).

I always felt that late 80s and 90s models from Roco were at the top of the game. I own several of them, they still run smoothly and well.

There’s only two ways to review a model like this: The Great Western way or the wrong way

So did Hornby sell Oxford Diecast and Oxford Rail? Or did they keep Oxford Rail?

Hey Locomotion Motion. Just saying that recently we got news about the release of new models of CFR Ava 200 coaches from AF models and HGD hobby center, as well as a new tooled LEMA electric locomotive coming in 3 liveries: DB cargo romania, West trans rail and Green cargo. It would be nice if you would cover these!

Fun fact: the circular ports above the headlights are its horns. When it horn, those ports open up slightly.

4:14: The two RE421 arent SBB locos, but private machines: Widmer Rails Services, and it is highly likely that they will be used permanently or often in double traction.

From the price of the Re 421 both are powered (as are most of the double packs of the Re 420 classes). One of the NightJet loco options has power transfer couplings for the future new NightJet train. Beware some PIKO coaches they are shorter and not to scale caused by design for R1 curves.

I don't understand why HO stuff is so expensive in comparison to the OO gauge stuff. I figured out though its cheaper to save up for what you want, fly to Poland go visit a few model shops and take it back to the UK in your luggage and save about £80 per loco...

The Swiss Re421 are often worked in pairs with multi-traction being common on the gradients - Some workings use 4 locos - I believe that both locos are motorised and can be used paired or individually. At least Roco have not cheaped out with an empty loco

No such thing as a hinda integra for one...ya acura and honda....thats an acura rsx...so dumb

The grey version is a maintenance car used by the FS, whereas the brown one is just a standard box car. Both examples were produce over several years, and are available with many different running numbers both in era III, and era IV. Cheers!