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So it’s basically a diffuser. That is freaking awesome!!

Why dont I like Flying Scotsman? I 've never owned one and don't want to. I have an A4 and love running it and wouldn't mind a few LNER A1/2/3's but not that one. So odd.

I love the direction that Hornby is going now I really want that locomotive

Great review, I’m waiting for the black 5 to try it for myself, but happy there’s a lot of positives with it, the oils have put me off trying the current generators, not sure why anyone would like the plug socket tender connections, I can’t think of a single redeeming feature for those

Love the W1 😊

10:08 He said the thing! The loco is a gorgeous example of what Hornby are capable of and that smoke unit is definitely something that should see more widespread use not just with Hornby and OO gauge, but all others too! Nicely done, mate!

The trailing truck is so wrong - for such an expensive model it is a lazy solution and looks too toy like

It's a huge leap forward, Hylton. The ability to sync the exhaust with the cylinder stroke / sound and the fact that flammable oil isn't involved are very welcome innovations. FL is a magnificent ambassador for both the heritage railway industry and the railway modelling hobby. And I agree with you regarding the purity of Gresley's A1/A3 stylish design. It's a great shame only 1 example has survived into preservation. A very comprehensive review.

Tomy made a battery powered Thomas toy with this same steam generation system. It was my favorite toy when I was a kid!

I do enjoy sprung buffers, they trigger happy parts of my brain when fiddling with them

Thanks for the review Hylton but a couple of comments that I have found with some usage. The plug for the water filer is problematic - it is hard to get off and will fly in all directions once it comes out - I have already lost mine on the layout - you need to be very careful with it. Secondly, the smoke unit will invariably stop working when water blocks the unit - you have to insert a cotton bud into the chimney to unblock the water before the steam starts again. Annoying, but not a big issue. Otherwise a lovely engine.

What Hornby should put that steam generator in a tank engine like a j50 for something along those lines or even a peckett

While I know Hornby have made this class in it's later form. I would really like to see an early production Holden 'Claud Hamilton' Class D14, in GER Blue.

I’d like one of those, bit out of my price bracket at the moment. But give it a year or two, I might get lucky like I have been with my sound fitted turbomotive and get it at a reasonable-ish price

Hello from Nova Scotia 😊 I have this new model and it's definitely very nice. Unfortunately my steam does not always work even with the trouble shooting. Still a nice model.

I'd 100% support the Paddlebox, La France, and Highland castle in ready to run form! I am aware that there's a kit out there for the engine (tho pretty hard to make as it doesn't look to come with a motor) but I'd love to see Midland & South West Junction railway's no.14 and 16 (the latter dubbed Galloping Alice) in RTR. Especially if both M&SWJR and later GWR variants of 16 are made (plus maybe the Galloping Alice's Australian cousin the NSWGR Z25) I'd also love to see an RTR version of the Metropolitan railway's F, H, and K class tank engines, given the fact there's only the E in RTR model form to my knowledge.

have you seen the Trix ho scale version of the Scotsman? Beautiful loco. $600.00 US

Hopefully the price will come down on these smoke generator equipped engines

I should try this when I try recording my own Thomas episode someday.

Fantastic model. I am also glad to see Hornby is still doing innovative things.

the lack of exhaust has always put me off DCC sound steam locos, he generator looks like it adds so much

Oh so manufacturers have actually started using the humidifier method much like TRS Trains? Sweet. Hopefully we Americans finally get wise to this and realize the horrific damage the oil based ones cause to our models. I want to finally get out of the era of oil based smoke fluid and smoke units.

Great review Hylton, a nicely detailed model and that steam generator looks to be a winning option.

Great video as always. Love the length of review. Detailed but straight to the point. Totally agree around Hornby sometimes they make it easy to bash them but when they get it right they are hard to beat. The matt smoke box is great and I look forward seeing this become more standard. I’m waiting for the black five with steam and sound to come out for my first experience of this new tech alongside Earl Marishal with the double deflectors. The black is getting slightly smaller lamps based on viewing it at the NEC.

I have this model and love it. I won a competition through hornby to have a morning with Flying Scotsman at Shildon. Definitely the best railway day I have ever done. Brilliant video.

I don't dislike FS. its a beautiful thing and personally think looks great I the br/deflector guise, looking more powerful/purposeful than in apple green. what i do object to is the transformation of the national railway museum into the national flying Scotsman museum. this isn't just 'cringe', although the obsessive 'It's fame fame fame famous' Kardashian-isation of the nrm definitely is, the nrm used to have several of its locos on the mainline notably 46229/60800/30777 but now its all Scotsman, and only Scotsman, all the time, forever...

A really nicely finished looking loco Mc Hylton..all the attributes of a Scotsman a heavy smoker and water for the whiskey. The very first loco I got as a kid……back in the day!! Still love it …..it’s way ahead of my original…..it’s going to look great pulling your distillery tours train.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Hats off to Hornby especially for the water only steam generator. The other steam units used oil as you pointed out and you could set off a smoke detector on startup and if they went awry. The Flying Scotsman with its classical look and 4-6-2 configuration has only one contender for most famous and that is the Big Boy but that's here in the States. Great review and demo, Jersey Bill

Great video on this one here Hilton, I bought the P2 Prince of Wales earlier this year with the steam generator, originally I wasn’t going to get one but after seeing the Scotsman on someone else’s layout I had a look to see if there was any of the P2s left as I already have a couple of flying Scotsman’s and luckily managed to find a place that had one P2 2007 Prince of Wales left and bought it, overall my experience of it has been very good, I really do like it and it has been my first experience of a OO gauge locomotive having a smoke/steam feature, another great thing about it is how hornby have managed to synchronise it with the sound, it’s also good that all you have to use is tap water which I have used and haven’t had any issues with up to now, some have said it might be better to use distilled water but personally I’m using tap water as that is how hornby have designed it, overall great video here Hilton, the Scotsman model looks great with the steam generator, keep up the great work.

Hi, very good review of a great train, I’ve had about 5 flying Scotsman locomotives over the years, I still have 2 in my collection, I do like the steam features the latest models have but I’m not a fan of the HM7000 system, regarding Hornby bashing I’m not sure you realise how many modellers Hornby have let down and abandoned over the years, you have been very lucky with them so far, over the years they given the hobby some great models but with no real backup and even less spares you will see how negative they can be once you have a real issue with one of their products, I don’t buy their locomotives anymore due to a situation a few years ago, hopefully this won’t happen to you and you have a great experience with them. This loco is an iconic piece of history that will be one of the greats, when Hornby up their game in the customer service department they will flourish as good company that care about their models and the modellers whom buy them, thanks for sharing.

Now that looks a nice model 👍

Hi mate I hope you are well Yes analogue so the smoke generator is not my cup of tea But it a stunning model You now need dapol black label a4 to do a comparison. Seem to be an honest review Thank you for the sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP

If it didn't cost half a thousand dollars, I'd love to even consider seeing what Marklin's HO Flying Scotsman model has to offer too

One thing I'm not a fan of with all hornby factory steam sound files is all have a 2-cylinder exhaust beat which is wrong in several cases including Flying Scotsman, Bulleid Pacifics, Duke of Gloucester and the Southern Lord Nelsons to name a few.

Great video have a check on trs trains 😮 for the c same I think you wood I think you will find it’s a lot dearer I run oo gauge in the 😢 have a look Paul barnard Daws 😢Heath garden 😢 railway oogauge 😢. I run mostly hornby. Just check the 😢price on trs trains kind regards Paul

I love Flying Scotsman too. I got mine on the week they came out before Hornby put the prices up. Its a wonderful model I've got 10 Scotsmans in various liveries and weathering now in 00 gauge, one is Tri-ang. And 1 in TT120

As much as it pains me to compliment the Flying Teapot.... Hornby have done good with this one. The smoke generator is a class bit of innovation and can't wait to see more model *Cough* Castle *Cough* coming out in the future! Great vid as always Hylt! - James

You cannot have too many Flying Scotsman as long as they have LNER on the Tender and 4472 on the cab sides. When anything is restored it should be the same as it was when first made. Martin. (Thailand)

This looks amazing, I have a Black 5 with steam generator pre ordered from Rails of Sheffield. Despite the criticisms the first release of models had. I pray that it performs just as good as this when it arrives.

could the moisture from the water potentially degrade card kits?

I had thought about a steam generator fitted to Dinmore Manor, may be I should.

hell yeah finally a smoke generator that doesnt get the room smelling like chemicals

Great selection on the Scottish locos👍 The CR 0-4-4 439 is crying out to be made in RTR. Scottish locos have strangely never been well covered in RTR despite some beautiful prototypes!

Wow. T14? I'm going to blame my long-standing indifference to the Southern Railway and it's pre-Grouping constituent parts - as opposed to my general ignorance - for being totally oblivious of the existence of this class. The K4 would be a fine loco for an RTR manufacturer to tackle. Hornby would be my preferred choice. The D34s are fine looking locos. 4-4-0s always look well proportioned machines. Again, I'd go for Hornby, as they do have a decent track record in the 4-4-0 space. I'm not capable of making rational comments regarding Thompson's rebuild of Great Northern, so I'll move quickly on... I'm sure the 439 would be snapped up by Flying Scott, OOBill and yourself if it were brought to market. Dapol would do it justice, I think. Highland Railway's Castle Class is better looking than its GWR namesake?? Sacrilege!! Rapido is a sound call for it. I'm hoping for a blue livered A2 Blue Peter. And Bachmann, please keep the price reasonable! Another fine video, Hylton.

I’d love a Raven A2 for the LNER or an LNER C9 as I think it’s gresleys only attempt at an Atlantic (ish)

Did you have much trouble fitting the decoder? I found pipe work clashed with the chassis block on the underside, when the body has gone back on, it now has abit of a strange wobble, have you experienced/fixed these issues?

Heljan indeed need a successful steam engine. They look good as display models but need attention to quality and mechanism. I think all the models you suggest are great but heljan need a quick easy win to get up to standard. Maybe a 4-6-0. A patriot maybe.

southern railway Z class!!!!

Good

Looking at the BR Standards - we're missing the Class 6P Clan, also designed for the Scottish routes. It would also be nice to see GWR "metro" tanks, 2-4-0T arrangement for light suburban traffic. Or maybe some of the Welsh valleys 0-6-2Ts (not the 5600s, we have them already!!).