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Richard Higgins
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This is my model railways channel. My work channel is Chemistry with Dr H.
Budget LNER running session on the East Anglian Model Railway
This video features many of the secondhand locos I have bought over the past few years, either from toy fairs, off ebay or online sites that sell secondhand (e.g. Classic Rail, Clark Railworks). Each loco in the video cost less than £50, each coach less than £15, and each wagon less than £5. Locos featured include J72s by Mainline and Bachmann, and J52, J94, D49 and Flying Scotsman by Hornby, V2 and J39 by Bachmann and an O6 (LMS 8F) by Hornby Dublo.
Coaches are a mix of kitbuilt (Ian Kirk and Ratio) and Hornby, and wagons are all sorts from all the older manufacturers and kitbuilt. Rolling stock was all bought in job lots where you can make big savings.
Coaches are a mix of kitbuilt (Ian Kirk and Ratio) and Hornby, and wagons are all sorts from all the older manufacturers and kitbuilt. Rolling stock was all bought in job lots where you can make big savings.
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A short LNER Running Session
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Featuring: 1) an Oxford N7 with 2 Ian Kirk Quad Art sets 2) a Hornby J15 on a short coal train 3) a Bachmann J39 on a mixed freight 4) an etched brass kit of an F4 2-4-2 haulling a local passenger train. 5) a Hornby A1 Knight of the Thistle on a passenger train. 6) a Bachmann J72 hauling two Hornby LNER Clerestory coaches.
Tractive Effort and Power - what's the difference? Part 1
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This is the first of two videos that tries to explain in simple terms the difference between the two terms tractive effort and power, when used in the context of steam locomotives. I have included a few of my model locomotives to illustrate what I am trying to explain. I hope you enjoy it. A summary: Tractive effort is a force that is at its maximum just as the locomotive begins to move, and de...
Tractive effort and Power - What's the difference - Part 2
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Tractive effort and Power - What's the difference - Part 2
LNER Quad Art suburban sets on the East Anglian Model Railway
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A recent purchase was two sets of Ian Kirk "Quad Art" coaches, each set being four (hence "Quad") short suburban coaches riding on 5 bogies between them (hence "articulated"). They were bought ready made but need a bit of work to get them running on my layout with its tight curves. Apologies for my narration being rather hesitant in places - I am currently suffering from Covid - symptoms are mi...
LNER Running Session on the East Anglian Model Railway
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A few trains in (mostly) LNER livery running on my layout, including Hornby P2 Lord President, a Bachmann V1, a kitbuilt J17, LIma J50 and a Hornby J83. The last two were bought very cheap off ebay, in contrast to the P2 which was a pre-order direct from Hornby, and my most expensive locomotive.
The Hornby P2 - a comparison of the new model with the older Railroad version of Cock o' the North.
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I've wanted a streamlined P2 model for as long as I can remember, but have never dared attempt a kit-built version, so the recent Hornby model is like a dream come true. This is a short comparison of LNER 2002 Lord President with the older Railroad version of Cock o' the North. In terms of detail there is no comparison - the newer model is in a different league - but from normal viewing distanc...
Hornby tender driven LNER A3 in wartime black
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I adapted a "sunlight-damaged" Hornby A3 Flying Scotsman into the simplest possible livery - LNER wartime black. It's worth noting how good many of these models are - smooth runners and powerful, though not for the perfectionists as the tender is too wide and they have the dreaded traction tyres. If you are looking for a tender drive loco, I recommend the later models that Hornby produced in Ch...
My Collection of A4 Pacific Locomotives
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My Collection of A4 Pacific Locomotives
Bargain Rolling Stock Running Session
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This video features my most recent rolling stock purchases off ebay. In several lots I bought at total of 38 wagons for just over £130. A mixture of kitbuilt and ready to run from the likes of Hornby, Lima, Mainline, Airfix and Bachmann. There are also four Hornby ex LNER maroon gresley coaches from the superdetail range. Buying kitbuilt wagons can be a bit risky, as they might not run very wel...
A very brief running session to try out new camera settings
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I only just realised that the video camera settings on my digital camera had been set by default to a fairly low quality. Having fiddled around with it for a while I hope to achieve much better image quality. One viewer rightly criticised the quality of a recent video so I hope this is an improvement. The two trains featured are a rake of Gresley teaks (Ian Kirk and Hornby Railroad) pulled by L...
Improved Hornby Railroad Gresley Teaks in action
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A short video showing my Hornby Railroad "improved Gresley teaks, as described in my previous video, in action on my layout. No talking on this video, to make up for all the waffle in the last one.
Improving Hornby Railroad Gresley Teaks
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This video shows you the steps involved if you want to improve the appearance of the Hornby Railroad Gresley teak coaches. Some people will say, "Why bother, when Hornby have made much more acurate superdetailed teaks since then?". However, the superdetailed versions are very expensive, and a bit too perfect for many peoples' liking. If you are working on a budget, you can often pick up the che...
A Procession of Pacifics part 2 - 1950 to the Present Day
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A Procession of Pacifics part 2 - 1950 to the Present Day
A Procession of Pacifics Part 1 - 1930 to 1950
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This is part 1 of a video of showing my collection of LNER Pacifics. Part 2 to follow.
Some more Lima Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway
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Some more Lima Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway
Older Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway Part 2
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Older Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway Part 2
Older Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway Part 1
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Older Diesels on the East Anglian Model Railway Part 1
Hornby Britannia tender drive locomotives in action
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Hornby Britannia tender drive locomotives in action
Running session with some Hornby tender drive Models
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Running session with some Hornby tender drive Models
Bachmann V1/V3 Review + other LNER Tank Engines
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Bachmann V1/V3 Review other LNER Tank Engines
A look at some Ian Kirk LNER Coaches
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A look at some Ian Kirk LNER Coaches
LNER Running Session and Thoughts Part 3
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LNER Running Session and Thoughts Part 3
LNER Running Session and Thoughts Part 2
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LNER Running Session and Thoughts Part 2
LNER Running Session and some thoughts Part 1
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LNER Running Session and some thoughts Part 1
January running session and shunting the goods yard - East Anglian Model Railway.
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January running session and shunting the goods yard - East Anglian Model Railway.
Well well, I had no idea that an A3 was fitted with Peppercorn smoke deflectors. Every day's a school day. Your closing remarks were spot on: if your enjoyment stems from watching reasonably detailed steam locos hauling trains around at speed, then these are for you. Some of my favourite locos are from this era, too.
Nice video. Lack of lining was a wartime measure, as were grey-painted roofs (less visible to enemy aircraft). 'LNER' was also abbreviated to 'NE' on ex-works coaches during wartime; many of these measures were still in place into the BR era.
Thank you - I didn't know about the LNER being abbreviated to NE on coaches (though I've seen it on locos). Painting over white roofs certainly sounded like a good wartime move!
Sorry I pressed the thumbs down button by mistake, l really enjoyed this video and l can feel a 4x2 version coming into my head so as l can do some running in our flat as my 8x4 layout is in my sons garage. Did this layout progress further? All the best Andy Humphreys.
Slow progress, as it has relied upon keen school pupils to work on it, and they have tended to prefer doing their own little projects (which is fine by me). I really must post another video, since there's quite a bit more scenic work completed (including backscenes), and we have gradually acquired more rolling stock and locos that can cope with 9" radius curve.
Enjoyed the session. Whilst my Lima diesels work pretty well and seem to be able to haul exceptionally heavy loads, my two Lima steam locos (a J50 & a 94xx) are hopeless. I've had both from new and stripped them down & serviced them on several occasions, but they disappoint me as much now, 3 years back into the hobby, as they did when I left it 40+ years ago. Your J50 just flies around the track!
I share your liking for A4s, and have at least one example in the various liveries in which they were outshopped, apart from the Garter Blue livery with "British Railways" written on the tender. I think Jenny Kirk has more A4s than the two of our collections combined... I have a Doublo City of London, which OOBill got back up & running for me last year, and it is my most powerful loco too. I've had it hauling 14 Doublo tinplate coaches with hi-friction plastic wheels at a reasonable pace. One of my future projects is to create an adaptor coach so it can haul tension lock stock. Thanks for sharing.
Soms really nice locos there, running very well indeed in my opinion. Thanks for sharing 👍🚂
I'm hoping for a release of Blue Peter in its current "real life" livery of Express Blue. Trouble is, if Bachmann do offer it, they'll probably want £300 for it! Clever people, those CME's in the steam era, developing "horses (or locos) for courses". Great to see a few of my favourite locos running (9F, A1, A2). Regarding my comment on Part 1, I think we're on the same page!
A very interesting video. From what I gather, it is widely accepted that Gresley's P2 had the most tractive effort, and Stanier's Princess Coronation/Duchess class had most HP (excluding the Garret's etc). Mind you, an original GWR King had more tractive effort than a 9F, buy as you say, the 9F's wheels were much smaller but due to the sum of Its parts was able to match the top speed of a King. At the cost of wearing out the track more quickly, of course! I like the use of the A1 & A2 examples. Which one do you think was the better loco?
The Peppercorn A1s were clearly very good express locomotives, but I suspect that by the end of the steam era, the A2s with their slightly smaller wheels were more useful. I've seen photos of A4s (in the early sixties, I think) hauling fitted freight trains over the Waverley route to/from Edinburgh, not something they would have been well suited for. An A2 would have been a much better choice for that job. In terms of models, both of the ones shown are by Bachmann, and are excellent. A1s go for quite a bit less money on ebay, possibly because some of the earlier ones had a faulty motor. Both locos are certainly more handsome than Edward Thompson's A1 and A2s.
@richardhiggins6471 Couldn't agree more regarding the Thompson locos, although his tenure as LNER CME is - as you no doubt know - a hot topic in rail circles. I think Peppercorn was the "spiritual successor" of Gresley, although he did steer clear of some of his more "innovative" ideas. Thompson's B1s were reasonable machines, both aesthetically and performance-wise. There's a chap on YT called Flying Scott, who is a Thompson fan and puts up a very spirited defence of Mr T. To be fair, he was thrust into the role very unexpectedly and had to carry out an overhaul of stock with minimal resources, not just for the sake of his employer, but also his country. Yes, I've seen photos of A4s hauling freight trains in Scotland, too. I guess once the Deltics had taken over their primary duties, the A3s - whilst very capable machines right to the end - were not up to the task, and 9Fs couldn't do everything, so BR used their talents for that inglorious job. I have 2 Hornby Tornado's, which are both superb runners, and can haul immense loads. Then"flywheel effect" is astounding. I also have a Bachmann A1 that - touch wood - is currently running well, but doesn't have the pulling power of my mighty Hornby models. My A2 is a reasonable performer, and looks great pulling a rake of teaks (it's wears LNER green livery). I bought both the Bachmann's from Clark Railworks, who I've found to be an extremely good supplier of pre-owned locos, although they have very few for sale for under £100. Great to "chat". Looking forward to watching more of your videos. PS: I realised that I'd watched your tutorial regarding upgrading LNER teaks some time ago: excellent job!
@@stephendavies6949 My blue A1 was also from Clark Railworks - and I agree 100% about their pre-owned range, having bought a few others over the past few years.
@richardhiggins6471 Yes, I'm sure I'll invest in an Express Blue example at some point in future. The livery may have caused serviceability & maintenance difficulties on the "real" railway, but it looks superb on OO Gauge railways.
Hello. I was directed to your channel by Adi Pullen, after sharing with him my interest in the GER/BR(E). Glad he did & I've now subscribed. My J52 & J72s look great, but as you say, are not great runners. My B1s are pretty ancient too, although I did resist the tempation to snap up a new example at Rails of Sheffield beung offered for £99 plus a 5% bank holiday discount. There was also a new Q6 for sale somewhere for well under £100. I have several tender driven A3s, which still run extremely well, as does an early loco driven Flying Scotsman (the one that made a chufding sound via a piecw of sandpaper under the tender). I also picked up a loco drive Prince Palatine a while ago for not much more than £50. She runs fine too. Personally, I like the Hornby B17s, but have - despite Adi's excllent review - decided not to buy the new stramlined version. Thanks for sharing.
I can receommend both the Hornby B1 and the B17 - really good runners. I've got an older B12 and one of the newer versions, and although the newer one costs way more, is more accurate, has 12 wheel pick-up and is DCC ready, it doesn't really run much better (in my experience).
@richardhiggins6471 I'll keep a look out for a Hornby B1. Not seen one in a while. I have several B17s (Inc 2 Norwich City's/Cities - I plan to rename/ renumber one to Hull City). I replaced the original traction tyres with Marklin items and they seem to have made a big improvement in performance. I also have a couple of split chassis V2s, but they're not great runners, although the LNER livered version is better now I've changed the tender wheels from the awful original plastic items to metal examples.
Hi Richard, I thought I would take a look at your channel after your kind comments on mine. I totally agree with your views on saving money when buying Locos and rolling stock within a budget. You have some very nice Trains running in this video which proves you can get a lot of pleasure from these older models at reasonable cost. Cheers, Paul.👍👍🙏
Thanks for a really nice video Richard. Very relaxing after a long day. Keep up the good work of showing that you can model effectively on a tight budget.
Considering that the LNER was always impoverished, yet succeeded at innovating and constantly improving in spite of such, makes this little budget running session quite the appropriate event! with a little attention, I doubt many would even comprehend that the budget was tight.
Hi Richard I hope you are well Yes it nice to have a budget You have some fantastic locos there. My lner budget loco i say is gnr j13 and j94 Stock is grafar coaches. Sorry to ask did you like my lner wheel arrangement video i did Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP
Hi Adi, I've been very busy with work until recently (which is why I haven't posted any videos for ages), but now that I've got a bit of free time I will have a nice relaxing watch of your video. Best wishes, Richard
Well done
A great idea.. maybe you should do this to the tender and it will then make it look similar as the plastic imitation on the tenders does look tacky from the ones I have....
Wow! I've had to make sure a minimum of 12"....... I model in n gauge!
A wonderful layout, well done. I am 68 years old now and I've seen many layouts over the years and I would put your layout up at the top with the best of the best. It's a great tribute to the mighty L.N.E.R. There is so much detail to see and I can see you have put a lot of time and effort and thought into planning your layout, well done sir. I spent most of my working life on our railway system in many different jobs over the years and although I only vaguely remember the very last few years of steam working on BR, your layout still brings back memories of items from the time of the L. N.E.R. like wagons, coaches, ect. I live in the East Riding of Yorkshire where the L.N.E.R. was the dominant railway company. Once again, you've done a great job. 👍 Sorry for sending this comment very late but if I don't do it now I shall only forget. It's just turned midnight and it's now 10th of March. 👍
Thank you for your very kind comments - I'm pleased you enjoyed watching the layout. Still lots to work on (and too little time!). I grew up in LMS country but have lived in East Anglia for 26 years so now I'm well and truly an LNER fan.
Look it's a J70 with a face!
Nice close-ups, loved watching it. Cheers Jef
These old coaches are great for repainting into a camping coaches , or making a train breakers diarama in a far corner on your layout, A bit of imagination and the sky the limit.
Ive got 9" radius curves on "00" track using black beetle motor bogies
25 coaches unassisted out of King's Cross during the war.
Very impressive - you've got to love an A4!
Hi Richard, I think you’ve misidentified a couple of your Kirk End Vestibule (EV) coaches. 4:40 onwards, the first coach is a corridor 3rd, not a 1st - EV Firsts had only six compartments, thirds seven. The next coach is a Composite, not a Third - although it has seven compartments, the three at the right hand end (Firsts) are wider than the other four (Thirds). The “First” at 15:04 is also a Third. Michael Harris in his book “LNER Carriages” says the reason for 52ft 6in stock being built for the Great Eastern section was the short platforms at certain stations, particularly at London Liverpool Street. As many trains in those days included through coaches for various destinations that were detached en route, trains of standard 61ft 6in stock would have been too long to be accommodated. This was less of a problem in later years when through coaches were increasingly replaced by connecting trains at junction stations, and the short Gresley coaches were used more widely around the network, often indiscriminately with the longer vehicles. I’ve always liked the Kirk kits, despite some problems like the roofs being slightly too wide and not always fitting up properly, and I’m really pleased that Phoenix are reintroducing them. Some I’ve fitted with brass sides to produce more unusual types.
Hi, Thanks for that information. Yes, the composite is very obviously a composite - as it has the different width of compartments. I hadn't realised about my firsts actually being thirds. I cannot remember where I read it, but I seem to recall that the thirds originally had 8 compartments, but then the LNER reduced it to 7 to give more legroom. I hadn't realised that the firsts only had 6 compartments. Thanks for that feedback.
Awesome layout. Thanks for uploading!
We enjoyed your video very much and enjoyed the detail on your layout!
Thanks - glad you enjoyed it.
Great selection there - Nicely Presented “Teaks”- many thanks 🙏🏻
Ellis Clark are going to produce RTR quads, no good for me im an 0 gauger butcam building the 0 gauge Kirk Quads. A full 8 car GN set will cot over £700 . Imbine how much an 0 gauge set ould cost I do have an O gaugexN7 and and N2 although for the GE i would need quints and not quads
I know that the Quints weren't the same as the quads (with just another coach added) but I don't know what the precise differences were. I have one spare all third coach body which I may add to a quad set to use as a standalone quint, but I'm not too bothered if it isn't 100% accurate. I guess as an O gauge modeller you are used to the extra cost you have to pay!
@richardhiggins6471 I'm not a 100% accurate modeller either, as.far as cost is concerned I tend to have less. Most 00 modellers have way to many locos simply because they can and the rate they push them out is beyond belief. I remember both the Quadarts and Quints. ThexQuads eran out of Kings Cross and Moorgate the last set going in 1966. Originally pulled by N1 and then N2s, also outer suburban services had a Thompson L1. By the time I travelled on them whilst steam was still mainstream in KX the suburban services were class 105s but the quads and BR mark1 suburban were pulped by either classx24s, Class 31s or the short lived baby deltics class 23. Being a Tottenham boy I do remember steam on the Jazz, ie Liverpool St to Enfield town, it finished in November 1960 and were pulled by N7s with two sets of quints. The quints were a bit different and the brake end were recessed in slightly. The big difference was that Quints were airbraked as all GE services used air brakes. Both the GN and GE used Thompson L1s and also the GN had some N7 but not to many, but the GN locos were not fitted with Westinghouse pumps.
@@Steven_Rowe Thanks - that's really interesting information, and I always like to hear from people who experienced the real things, being a decade too young to remember the steam era properly. I have an N2 (in BR livery) but it's not a great runner, and also a Hornby L1. The latter has its rear coupling attached to the very light rear bogie, and I've found that mine derails too easily if I am pulling a moderately heavy load around my trainset curves. I sometimes wonder if Hornby only ever test these things on 3 coach trains!
@richardhiggins6471 The last steam hauled service on the London GE area was the North Woolwich to Palace Gates line, the line closed to passenger on January 7th 1963 but goods lingered on until 0ctober 64. Steam ran until September 1962 then was replace by class 31s and DMUs as Stratford shed close to steam . Here is a video taken in 1960s just before the new suburban service were electrified. This video will interest you ua-cam.com/video/27259L4WT-o/v-deo.htmlsi=VEwIXCpWU9M91EZD
@@Steven_Rowe Thanks, Steven, for that link - what a brilliant video clip. There's so much in it for a modeller to learn from. I've also got a few maroon Gresley and Thompson suburban coaches so I could model the train that featured in the video, and I've also got a complete Quint-art set yet to build. Plenty of evenings of modelling to help me through the darkest days of winter!
Great video 👍
Very interesting, thank you for explaining.
Hi Richard I hope you are well As for me am thick I don't truly understand it sorry But I like to learn Thank you for the video Sorry I don't truly it Keep safe ARP
Thanks, Adi. Think of it like this: high tractive effort is like saying someone is strong. High power is like saying they are strong and really fit as well.
An imaginative layout with effective use of card kits and an unusual selection of rolling stock. A thoughtful and informative commentary with good video photography. Thanks for uploading.
Thanks for your kind comments.😀
Nice - I like unusual rolling Stock, and you deffo have something to be proud of there. Prices for New Items are ridiculous, all my stock is preowned/modified/renovated, and that’s the way I like it, uh-huh uh-huh! 😁👍🏻
Hi Richard, an interesting look back at older models. I remember having one of those Airfix N2's and they were for the time brilliant, way better detail than Hornby's offerings of the day, when Hornby was all you had available as a kid at that time. Same with your V1/V3 the early Bachmann model was again amazingly well detailed for the time, and the split chassis was ok because DCC wasn't round! Bachmann later upgraded the chassis in order to make the model more DCC friendly. I remember when the newer model came out they, Bachmann, did say it was only a chassis upgrade to enable DCC operation. The problem with the Hornby L1 front pony truck is the two point pivot underneath, if the pony truck isn't perfectly inline when the loco is going forward it gets pushed to one side or the other, resulting in the behaviour you described. I've never been sure why Hornby designed them this way. Anyway a great review of your locomotives. All the best Dave.
Hi, that was a really interesting look at some quite unusual coaching stock. A huge saving on the forthcoming ready to run models, although as you said, not to the same level of detail. However seeing them running on your layout who's going to see all the detail. I might have to start looking for some of those myself. Great looking layout by the way, I'll check out some of your other videos. Happy Christmas, for yesterday, all the best Dave.
Cheers, Dave, I'm glad you found it intersting. I shall have a look at some of your videos too. All the best, Richard.
I managed to get several types of Ian Kirk when still possible and they were really cheap then. I am EM gauge. I used a matt yellow base with a top coat of varying shades of wood stain as teak can weather to almost a chocolate before being restored. Some sections gave a rather patchy appearance and all the coaches have a somewhat non-uniform look.
I think you are spot on about the variation in colour. I have used a Railmatch teak as my basecoat, then either a Citadel (Warhammer) "seraphim sepia" or, more often, a thin wash or two of GWR coach brown. I also use the latter over the decals to tone them down a bit. However, I've left these quad-arts as I bought them so far. They look a bit too uniform at present so I think they need a little GWR brown.
Hi Richard I hope you are well Merry Christmas Yes Ellie Clark price is high but it £80 a coach it works out as I think The n7 is fantastic so is j27 Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP
Thanks, Adi. The J27 looks good and I quite fancy one. I saw a review where someone said their's didn't run very well and needed the pick-ups adjusting, but hop[efully that was a one-off.
@@richardhiggins6471 yes tender pick up but it ok when warmed up
Lovely Coaches, I would settle for one set for now and hopefully a second hand set sometime in the future. Martin (Thailand)
Off peak one set. Rush hours two sets coupled together.
Thanks - useful information!
@@richardhiggins6471 They were more comfortable than you might think. Very upright seats, but good back support. The idea was to provide as many seats as possible. They didn't expect people to have to stand like nowadays. Mind you if people did have to stand, there wasn't much room.
Wonderful set! Is the cream and blue rake of coaches on the shelf in the background the Fliegender Hamburger from either Liliput or Kato? Happy Christmas, Joachim
Wow, you have excellent eyesight! Yes, it is indeed the Flying Hamburger, though my set was, I think, made by Gutzold (were they an East German company pre 1991?). It runs noisily and a bit slowly, but quite smoothly for its age. I plan to get it running in a video soon.
Great for round the Christmas tree.
Those 90s models are really stunning, but the tender starting first has been a sort of turn off for me. Is there a way to solve this?
The problem you mention is very noticeable when running tender first. With the Hornby models that I have there is a spring in the linkage between the loco and tender. I guess that if that linkage was made more rigid (in the manner that Airfix and Lima did with their tender drive locos which were permanently coupled together) then the tender and loco would move off at exactly the same time.
Hi Richard, hope your doing well, I love the j50 model! Reminds me of when I was on it with my parents. Recently been watching your videos more often, Chris Choo Choo!
Hi Richard, Good to watch a new video. Incidentally with such a large layout, how do you keep your track clean ? If you will excuse my inquisitiveness. Kind regards
Hi, I use a mix of the good old track rubber and a lubricant called INOX MX3 - used by slot car racers. It apparently forms a thin film on the rail that is thin enough to allow electricity through but repels water, so prevents any oxidation of the rail surface. It works a treat on DCC, improving running no end, but reduces the grip of traction tyres, so old tender drive locos and Lima/Hornby Railroad diesels don't pull so well with it.
Hi Richard I hope you are well Love the p2 fantastic model Runs wonderful on your railway Great mixture of locos and stock. In you video you said the j50 was hornby it Lima great model from the time Always look for to school break to see your videos Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP
Thanks, Adi. yes, I love the P2 as well - always been a favourite of mine, and I was really pleased when Hornby announced they were going to make it. And the model has turned out great. You're correct - the J50 is definitely Lima - I was probably thinking of the J83 which is Hornby.
Nice to see some LNER trains running!
Always been a huge fan of Ian Kirk kits. It's amazing what you can do with them if you're prepared to add a little detailing. I did a Dia 62 conversion a couple of years back and I'm proud to say it's the pride of my fleet. (There's a video of it on my channel). After some lengthy absence from the market, they are slowly being reintroduced by Phoenix under the ExKirk banner. Thats' going to put a huge dent in wallet at some point! Great video BTW.
Thanks for your comments. Yes, I've been keeping an eye on the Phoenix website too. Mind you, I've just bought a complete rake of Kirk Silver Jubilee coaches and some quad-art sets, all ready made to a good standard, and they just need a bit of modification to run on my train set curves. That was a hell of a dent in my wallet, so I may have to ease off any new purchases in the near future!
Subscribed, only just found your channel and this is the 3rd watched, really like your videos so far, the talking style, layout n models etc. I made a video not far from latest upload list partly calked 'modern RTR Nope-outs' etc where I do a similar thing n show wgat 2nd hand loco's you can get online and it's a similer vein as your video's. Dunno if it'd interest you but think it might. Like yourself I like the modern and older loco's for different reasons and with modern new prices going nuts I've been buying lots of childhood 'wants' in recent years too. Loads you can get for £30-50 if you keep the eyeballs out!
Thanks for you kind comments, and yes, I have viewed and enjoyed some of your videos too. Keep up the good work!
Hello Richard, I typed "smallest OO radius" into Google and found your video. I'm very grateful, I intend to have a go with some old Triang/Hornby stuff. I am appalled at the prices for new OO stuff approaching that of O gauge! Fair play to you.
Did some research and Triang series 3 “small radius” (first radius) is 13.5 inches
There is a couple videos on youtube of an oval which fits on a 45 x 30 cm board and the guy runs HO locos on it