Nice engine. Any Santa Special train ideas up your sleeves? Christmas is on the horizon. Merry Christmas to you and your model steamies, especially Hook Norton Manor who is music to my ears.
Great review. Lovely locomotive. I don't mind the Ringfield tender drive as they are easily serviced and repaired. They will be running for years to come. I have R 059 Pretty Polly which has the smoke deflectors which is also tender driven. Enjoyed watching. Regards Paul.
Hi Paul I hope you are well Am glad you like review and model I was trying to be like Sam's trains but it was recorded about 2/3 years ago Yes ice heard that Keep safe ARP
Nice loco, I have the Flying Scotsman from the same ilk though I'm not a big fan of the Hornby tender drive so I striped out the motor and changed the loco chassis to a motor drive.
Hi Robin I hope you are well Yes i dont blame you for moving the motor Sorry for the bad review It was recorded over 2 years. I was trying to be like Sam's trains Yes am not a fan of tender driven loco This loco has now sold Thank you for the kind words and watching and commenting Keep safe ARP
Hi Adi, many thanks for your interesting review on this Hornby A3. I have no objection to tender drive as they work very well, some might say that it is nice to see some wheel spin on the drivers. I think that you paid a good price for this set, why didn’t you run it with coaches ? Just curious as you don’t often see A3’s hauling goods wagons. All the best to you, regards from Ron 🚂👍😃✔️🚂
Hi Ron I hope you are well If am honest am a fan of tender driven loco. They not as bad as split chassis locos. As for the review this was recorded a long time ago I was try to be like Sam's trains but it not me. And ive since sold the loco Sorry for everything Keep safe ARP
@ Hi Adi, thanks for your reply, I think that the split chassis system is terrible. So much so that I have even gone to the trouble to make my own chassis from strips of Brass, I also had to purchase Romford Wheels to complete it. The model still works well today. Regards from Ron. 🚂👍
@AdiPullen Not sure. I seem to recall seeing one a while ago, before I decided I really wanted one, but not recently. If push comes to shove, I'll buy a recent version of an alternatively named A3 & get it professionally re-numbered. Or if it's an older model, I'll do it myself. My favourite A3 used to be the Express Blue livered Prince Palatine, but now it's my wartime black Lemberg. Mind you, I do have a soft spot for my A1 FS, as that was the configuration it was in when it broke the 100mph barrier.
A great loco for the time of hornby, can't beat the ringfield motor, much better than today's motors.
Hi h
I hope you are well
Yes and no
Sold now
But it was smooth runner
Nice engine. Any Santa Special train ideas up your sleeves? Christmas is on the horizon. Merry Christmas to you and your model steamies, especially Hook Norton Manor who is music to my ears.
Thank you
It now sold
All scheduled and recorded it a 2 parter
Great review. Lovely locomotive. I don't mind the Ringfield tender drive as they are easily serviced and repaired. They will be running for years to come. I have R 059 Pretty Polly which has the smoke deflectors which is also tender driven. Enjoyed watching. Regards Paul.
Hi Paul
I hope you are well
Am glad you like review and model
I was trying to be like Sam's trains but it was recorded about 2/3 years ago
Yes ice heard that
Keep safe ARP
Nice loco, I have the Flying Scotsman from the same ilk though I'm not a big fan of the Hornby tender drive so I striped out the motor and changed the loco chassis to a motor drive.
Hi Robin
I hope you are well
Yes i dont blame you for moving the motor
Sorry for the bad review
It was recorded over 2 years.
I was trying to be like Sam's trains
Yes am not a fan of tender driven loco
This loco has now sold
Thank you for the kind words and watching and commenting
Keep safe ARP
Hi Adi, many thanks for your interesting review on this Hornby A3. I have no objection to tender drive as they work very well, some might say that it is nice to see some wheel spin on the drivers. I think that you paid a good price for this set, why didn’t you run it with coaches ? Just curious as you don’t often see A3’s hauling goods wagons. All the best to you, regards from Ron 🚂👍😃✔️🚂
Hi Ron
I hope you are well
If am honest am a fan of tender driven loco. They not as bad as split chassis locos.
As for the review this was recorded a long time ago
I was try to be like Sam's trains but it not me.
And ive since sold the loco
Sorry for everything
Keep safe ARP
@ Hi Adi, thanks for your reply, I think that the split chassis system is terrible. So much so that I have even gone to the trouble to make my own chassis from strips of Brass, I also had to purchase Romford Wheels to complete it. The model still works well today. Regards from Ron. 🚂👍
One can never own too many A3s. Or A4s.
I want to get hold of Papyrus, which, of course, is another famous record holder.
Hi Stephen
I hope you are well
Is that model easy to get hold of?
Keep safe ARP
@AdiPullen Not sure. I seem to recall seeing one a while ago, before I decided I really wanted one, but not recently.
If push comes to shove, I'll buy a recent version of an alternatively named A3 & get it professionally re-numbered. Or if it's an older model, I'll do it myself. My favourite A3 used to be the Express Blue livered Prince Palatine, but now it's my wartime black Lemberg. Mind you, I do have a soft spot for my A1 FS, as that was the configuration it was in when it broke the 100mph barrier.