Nice review. I placed my order paid the £10 haven't had a email or been connected. Didnt even know these was out until this poped up on youtube. Ill be connecting them tomorrow.
Hi, that’s a very nice set you have there, at least this set has the roof fans unlike the original yellow/blue/grey intercity set that came out a few months ago, Hornby want big money for that set which according to specifications it has roof fans but in reality they are not fitted, I hope you get your fans working correctly, removal of the thick grease and applying the correct grease will make the quiet or very noisy like a set I have, the fan units are very cheap and underdeveloped and unavailable as a spare unfortunately. Apparently I read somewhere that Hornby have moved factory so this might be older stock, wishing you and your family a happy new year and thanks for sharing videos of the models you’ve collected.
Hi bud, thanks for watching. I have seen a few of the latest tooling HSTs don’t have the working fans. Think it depends on the cooler group that they have but I could be wrong. A friend of mine had the FGW fag packet set and that doesn’t have the working fans cause due to the grill arrangement on top you can’t actually see them so Hornby didn’t bother fitting them which I kinda understand. Realistically though you’d expect models without the fans to be slightly cheaper but each to their own i suppose. I have now got the fans on these working properly and the lubricant didn’t actually turn to out to be that much of an issue although there was far too much of it. Definitely not as bad compared to previous releases. Happy new year my friend and hopefully 2025 will be another fantastic year for new models
Very informative video , thank you! I just purchased this set for 333.33 GBP and there are plenty more in stock , another production run? You will get two decoders so pretty reasonable priced. They also offer well priced postage to Australia via Royal Mail, not very fast but cheap. Warm regards from Western Australia jack
Thanks for watching bud. Glad you managed to get one. Was very surprised when they announced that left over stock had gone up on the website. I’m guessing they temporarily took them down to avoid them selling too many whilst preorders were Being sent out then once all preorders were done they stuck the leftovers up for sale. Still surprised they haven’t fully gone yet despite being a very limited edition model. Hope you have lots of enjoyment with yours. Best wishes 👍
That is a very good video mate, 👍great review. I thought you could recreate the farewell tour. I have actually got the cross country HST and the BR Blue Original HST dating back to 1984. Great video 😁
I know this will be a random and strange request but since I love your content and watching your videos for a year and a half. I was wondering if I could have one of your models since my family is not a fortunate as yours and my family can not afford any train models😢😢 anyway I understand if not but loving your vids ❤❤❤❤
I appreciate the request my friend but unfortunately I’m not looking to give any of my models away. Sorry to hear that models are out of your reach which is a real shame and likely getting more and more common given how ridiculous prices are getting these days. I really do appreciate you watching the videos, it means a lot as I’m certainly not the best at making them. Best wishes my friend 👍
Hi mate. These were an exclusive release from key publishing which is part of Hornby magazine. They were only available to order from the key publishing website. Only 350 produced, 200 DCC ready and 150 DCC sound fitted with Bluetooth decoders. They are fully sold out now unfortunately. Would be nice if they had done more of them.
This was an exclusive release from key publishing which is part of Hornby Magazine. They were only available via the key publishing website. Fully sold out now unfortunately with only 350 made, 200 DCC ready and 150 TXS sound fitted. Fingers crossed we’ll see another run but I’d say it’s unlikely.
Prices in general from a few manufacturers are mad these days. When these were announced though they were actually slightly cheaper than a regular release which isn’t bad as normally exclusive models end up costing more.
Nice review. I placed my order paid the £10 haven't had a email or been connected. Didnt even know these was out until this poped up on youtube. Ill be connecting them tomorrow.
Fingers crossed you manage to get it sorted. Best of luck 👍
Hi, that’s a very nice set you have there, at least this set has the roof fans unlike the original yellow/blue/grey intercity set that came out a few months ago, Hornby want big money for that set which according to specifications it has roof fans but in reality they are not fitted, I hope you get your fans working correctly, removal of the thick grease and applying the correct grease will make the quiet or very noisy like a set I have, the fan units are very cheap and underdeveloped and unavailable as a spare unfortunately. Apparently I read somewhere that Hornby have moved factory so this might be older stock, wishing you and your family a happy new year and thanks for sharing videos of the models you’ve collected.
Hi bud, thanks for watching. I have seen a few of the latest tooling HSTs don’t have the working fans. Think it depends on the cooler group that they have but I could be wrong. A friend of mine had the FGW fag packet set and that doesn’t have the working fans cause due to the grill arrangement on top you can’t actually see them so Hornby didn’t bother fitting them which I kinda understand. Realistically though you’d expect models without the fans to be slightly cheaper but each to their own i suppose. I have now got the fans on these working properly and the lubricant didn’t actually turn to out to be that much of an issue although there was far too much of it. Definitely not as bad compared to previous releases. Happy new year my friend and hopefully 2025 will be another fantastic year for new models
Very informative video , thank you!
I just purchased this set for 333.33 GBP and there are plenty more in stock , another production run?
You will get two decoders so pretty reasonable priced.
They also offer well priced postage to Australia via Royal Mail, not very fast but cheap.
Warm regards from Western Australia
jack
Thanks for watching bud. Glad you managed to get one. Was very surprised when they announced that left over stock had gone up on the website. I’m guessing they temporarily took them down to avoid them selling too many whilst preorders were Being sent out then once all preorders were done they stuck the leftovers up for sale. Still surprised they haven’t fully gone yet despite being a very limited edition model. Hope you have lots of enjoyment with yours. Best wishes 👍
That is a very good video mate, 👍great review. I thought you could recreate the farewell tour. I have actually got the cross country HST and the BR Blue Original HST dating back to 1984. Great video 😁
Thanks for watching bud. Hope your HSTs are serving you well 👍
I know this will be a random and strange request but since I love your content and watching your videos for a year and a half. I was wondering if I could have one of your models since my family is not a fortunate as yours and my family can not afford any train models😢😢 anyway I understand if not but loving your vids ❤❤❤❤
I appreciate the request my friend but unfortunately I’m not looking to give any of my models away. Sorry to hear that models are out of your reach which is a real shame and likely getting more and more common given how ridiculous prices are getting these days. I really do appreciate you watching the videos, it means a lot as I’m certainly not the best at making them. Best wishes my friend 👍
@ no problem
My certificate was in a white envelope amongst the packaging in the outer box
Didn’t have anything like that with mine unfortunately
Thats goregous mate, the livery and finish on both of the units is amazing too - where did you get it from?
Hi mate. These were an exclusive release from key publishing which is part of Hornby magazine. They were only available to order from the key publishing website. Only 350 produced, 200 DCC ready and 150 DCC sound fitted with Bluetooth decoders. They are fully sold out now unfortunately. Would be nice if they had done more of them.
Looks so cool, where did you get it?
This was an exclusive release from key publishing which is part of Hornby Magazine. They were only available via the key publishing website. Fully sold out now unfortunately with only 350 made, 200 DCC ready and 150 TXS sound fitted. Fingers crossed we’ll see another run but I’d say it’s unlikely.
look at the price of them i went to a local model shop wanted 400.00 for a pair i said to him you on drugs give me some lol
Prices in general from a few manufacturers are mad these days. When these were announced though they were actually slightly cheaper than a regular release which isn’t bad as normally exclusive models end up costing more.