I preferred you doing it this way - it was more of a documentary explaining how to restore a model as opposed to a fun challenge which, whilst having it’s place, is not as informative. Nice one, thank you for going through the process! 👍
Lovely bit of work, and I understand perfectly what you mean about how satisfying it can be to complete a project like this. Hope to see more of these restorations in the future; Salvage or Scrap is all very well, but being able to take your time and do a really good job like this is so much better IMO. Bravo!
It always brings a smile to my face with not just a steam engine, but a western steam engine gets the spot light. I’ve always adored the classic western loco’s, especially because of their beautiful and unique look!
It was good to see a restoration that did not have to be rushed. Well done also for showing your mistakes (even though there were hardly any) along the way.
Excellent work Sam, please do more restoration work on Tri-ang and Hornby-Dublo trains as there’s hundreds out there crying out for a little bit of TLC to bring them back to being pride of the Line👍
Hey Sam! A little bit of American railroad trivia for you: The front of a locomotive is called a pilot, regardless of whether or not it has a cowcatcher. And there are two types of pilots, a road pilot, commonly referred to as a cowcatcher, and a switching pilot, which just has a coupler. Keep making great videos Sam!
This rebuild was great fun to watch. I so much prefer to watch you take your time and do a careful, thorough job. I hope you will be doing more like this. The time limit repairs are difficult for me to watch.
That was very satisfying to watch. Although I enjoy Salvage or Scrap, it is nice to see you take your time and finish a project to the highest standard you can (which seems pretty high). If you aren't careful you might end up turning Sam's Trains into a serious model railway channel 😂
Davy Crockett was born on a mountain top in Tennessee. Greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods, so he knew every tree. Killled him a bear when he was only three. Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier. (a song by Walt Disney) America has some odd ideas about what makes a hero. But naming a train engine after this guy, was meant to honor the train. Your attention to detail on this restoration is also an honor for the train. Thanks for sharing, Sam.
Hey Sam, aweskme restoration! I bought a hornby fullfat Black 5 for £50 yesterday, but sadly it doesnt work very well. I suppose what can you expect for £50! 🤷
Cheers Sam, great work, i prefer these types of restoration videos because there's no rush, everything is done properly. Its like back in the day when you used to do 2 hours livestreams restoring locos during lockdown. 😊😊😊
hi Sam, great video, had one of these in 1963 when they came out, gave hours of fun as a child,also had the coaches for it [R 448], i have one now as a reminder of those good days, Triang also did a version with a smoke generator r358s, a small caboose was made at a later date, why the clowns at hornby have not re introduced this loco i do not know.. if you knock those cow catchers out you could make a small fortune, Ah childhood memories !
From what I know, at some point prior to about.... 2017 or so? It was discovered that the parent company that owned Hornby at the time had literally tossed most of the old Tri-Ang era toolings in a skip and sold them for scrap.
The scrapping of old tooling not in production in China happened around new management decided on the short lived relocation from Margate to Sandwich. Not just Triang tooling but even more recent Hornby tooling like the first APT. Same with many even 2000 era Scalextric car tooling. A BBC vid on Simon Kohler rejoining Hornby in that era has him visibly shaken when he discovers that the scrapping had happened when he was not employed by the company.
Fantastic job!! I wish you'd do more of these. I very much agree that a full restore is so much more satisfying than rushing and doing things just enough to get it going again. More please! :D
Hey Sam! So, just a heads up, I know you’ve mostly got HO and OO Gauge stuff, but if you ever decide to expand your O Gauge collection, just be warned that it is HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. It only takes one full loop of track, and you’re permanently hooked.
Hi Sam, thank you very much for the two Davy Crockett restoration videos which I really enjoyed. This was my first ever loco back in the 60's but sadly I no longer have it......
Hey Sam I found the 4th one of these that I told you last time. I've complete forgot that I used the 4th one as a spares donor, right now It's just a rolling chassis. Hopefully one day I'll get it back working again. Cheers Jasper & Willow
Nice to see someone else restoring a Davy. (I've also got one, and its coaches.) A word of advice - watch the cylinder block and don't put too much pressure on it when handling the model; it can be fragile. The Dapol museum, when they were based in Llangollen, had several, and they'd all cracked across the block. The model is actually far closer to being a true scale model than many meople may have realised. The Model Railroader magazine published drawings of a Texas, New Orleans & Cincinnatti road Baldwin mogul not too long before this model appeared, and it is an almost perfect match for Davy. The carriages are also very similar to a Pennsylvania road vehicle of the civil war era
Great to see it finally finished, I imagine if you did want metal wheels to change out all the plastic ones you'd have to go to one of them kit build suppliers like markets or romford. Hope we get to see it pull some wagons or coaches next time it's out, I feel like some MK1s would just be silly but fun to run with it
When you need a macro lens to find fault, you know you did well. Nice work Sam. Perhaps it's the old man in me but i'd take this over salvage or scrap. It's great to see what you can do when not on the clock. Thank you.
Really enjoyed this mini series Sam. It reminds me of some of the restoration work you did as livestreams during lockdown. The Salvage or Scrap series isn’t personally my cup of tea due to the forced time limit, but this was really nice to see.
Beautiful restoration and the Cow catcher turned out fantastic. As you did such a wonderful job restoring that model you probably have the skills to not just restore a model but to super detail it way beyond its original design. As it required a respray you could of filed down all the plastic moldings (not the rivets) including the boiler bands pipes and hand rails and replaced with real metal parts. I know with yours abilities you could have done that. I bet you have a vast scrap bin crying out with parts to re-use!
Nice one Sam, I have one original almost mint boxed one of these with separately-boxed tender and a couple of real basket cases with the usual broken roofs, missing cab steps etc. The DC looks great with a few of the original coaches, very colourful and of course much larger than my HO Old Time Steamers even if nowhere near realistic. I love the XO-4 motors, with a controller like an H&M Clipper and resistance high you can even get a very slow smooth crawl out of them when well-serviced. Highly recommend Labelle lubricants for these, 102 gear lube for the motor bearings, 107 medium weight for the axles & motion gear & 106 grease for the worm - makes them run really smooth & cool, relatively quiet too 😊
Nicely done Sam, Davy Crocket looks great and is running well, as a kid in the 1960s I always wanted one of these but dad said they were to expensive. One thing I would love to have seen you do is the quartering, this has been a mystery to me and something I struggle with. Liked the article in this months railway modeller, take care and very well done, Eddy xx
That looks great! can't wait to see you do another one! As much as I love modern, high spec, realistic models, sometimes you just can't beat the charm of an old-fashioned toy.
Dark yellow base colour and two thin coats of quality paint. Something like citadel. White is the hardest due to the titanium oxide becoming 'hairy' or sticking up like fur. Of course, desaturation being key to realism, you can get around it by using light grey. Red is also tricky as you cannot lighten to highlight. Key is starting with the brightest red you can find with quality and knocking it back.
Hi Sam, I love seeing these kinds of videos in my feeds as this is my entry way into the hobby restoring old affordable locos. I came across your other videos' reviewing newer and modern loco's. Would you consider doing a project video on 'modernization' of old loco's like adding driving lights, bearings, DCC, sprung buffers and other parts to bring old loco's up to speed; like an old Hornby Class 20 or Class 101 DMU or Class 35. I enjoyed your video on using coreless motors and 3D printing motor housings. Thanks for sharing.
Great job Sam. A couple of things though; unless I missed them. You didn't show the method used to quarter the wheels accurately and how did you match the yellow paint to the name boards so perfectly?
7 minutes after you posted and im nowhere near the first comment. Its not just me who enjoys the content you create. Thank you for the vids, i always enjoy them.
I’d love to see how you’d tackle some Hornby Dublo. I’ve got six locos purchased on eBay for between £15-£35 over the last six months just waiting for pickup during my Uk holidays. I’m really looking forward to getting them back to the workbench! They’re nearly all a bit shabby paint wise, but mechanically they are sound models and can be pretty easily brought back to life with a bit of TLC. There’s a non running Bristol Castle, 2 0-6-2T’s, a 4MT 2-6-4T, and two Duchess of Atholl pacifics. Can’t wait 😊
Sam, an excellent restoration! I use Vallejo Model Air paints quite a bit, so I have one recommendation for you. Although excellent paints, I recommend that on the next project you apply a clear laquer or polyurethane acrylic finish on top of your paint job. (I'd guess you'd want gloss or semi-gloss.) This will help keep the paint from rubbing or scratching off due to handling. I use either Tamiya or Mr. Hobby brand spray cans (for laquer) or Vallejo Polyurethane Varnish (airbrushed) for this step. (You might want to apply the varnish to the painting subassemblies.) Lastly, your use of the 3D printer for custom masks is impressive. Cheers from Wisconsin!
You could build a pannier tank engine on a pannier tank chassis which it has to fit onto so step one: design a pannier tank engine body with separate parts, step two: put the parts together, step three: pick a colour and number of your choice and step five: make sure it runs all right (if not make some modifications to the design)
Great work , looks very well done. For future projects you might want to look into a Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen or paint pens in general , raised lines such as the hand rail along the boiler could be undertaken with a paint pen.the molotow brand really does produce a shiny chrome finish on small details.
Hi Sam. An excellent restoration job. Well done! It's just a pity you can't get metal wheels of the correct diameter for the tender but, having said that, they wouldn't be part of the original model's construction. Also, it would have been more realistic if Triang Railways had installed a bulb or LED in the light housing at the front, just as the prototype had. All in all, Casey Jones would have been proud of what you have done so don't ever sell her as she is a good advert for what can be achieved if you put your mind to something. Paul. 👍❤️
Thanks a lot Paul! I'm sure I will be able to find some, I've got my eyes peeled now anyway! Yeah a bulb would be a great addition wouldn't it?? Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Sam, I'm not sure what you mean by "Old Church." Mine was completed in 1877. A few years back, I was luck to go to Rome. I was walking around and found a church called "Chiesa Nuova" or "The New Church" dedicated in 1599 on the site of a 12 th Century church. 😀 Saint Peter's Basilica is the new St. Peter's from the 16th century. And the Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls dates back to the original built in the 4th century but rebuilt in the 800's due to a fire and again in the 19th century. And you have churches dating back to the Anglo Saxon, then Norman periods still in use.
I would binned it, but then I wouldn't have it in the first place. Just thought that for the roof, when I cover existing paint to make all one colour, I would sand down the roof just a little - not back to plastic, but just level up the surface. Well made as always.
The smell is solder lead fume v the lead used for roofing churches to keep the rain out. (see Only fools and horses show where they steal the lead). Just an observation, the yellow used for the cab and wheels was the same paint. The wheels however where metal and the cab plastic so the final colour is different. Like the real thing the primer or base coats affect the final colour of the top coats. To equal out the colour a base or primer colour layer should be added to both before adding the final paint layers. This can also happen with chrome plating where the final colour depends on whether the base layer is clean base metal only, pre-nickel (slight blue) or copper plating (slight yellow). This is because the chrome layer is porous, the nickel and copper is not.
Nice job Sam. Well done. I remember these Triang Davy Crockets from when I was a young boy. I've always admired the lines & colour of the old 4-4-0 American locos. Guessing by their big wide smoke stacks, the real things were wood-burners rather than coal, as much of the western half of the US gets tinder dry in the summer months. Maybe you could try renovating an old Shay or Climax logging loco next time. I often see them advertised as non-runners & in bits on Ebay requiring attention but never have had the technical know-how to attempt restoring one myself. They are probably the most complex & most beautiful of all the steam locomotives. A real challenge, methinks. Cheers.
I really enjoyed watching you restore Davy Crockett. You did a fabulous job. Also, I wonder if you can review the Wild West Adventure Train Set by Airfix?
Well Sam can you review some narrow gauge locos plz. Because you didn't focused on the narrow gauge so similar to your lionel train set review that you tried something new. the narrow gauge locomotives are maybe the next thing for you to review Sam.
Sam, the slow methodical repair is much more informative than the rush job! Keep up the good work
I preferred you doing it this way - it was more of a documentary explaining how to restore a model as opposed to a fun challenge which, whilst having it’s place, is not as informative. Nice one, thank you for going through the process! 👍
ME Too !
Definetly hope to see more restoration videos like this in the near future! Such a big difference in the before and after!
Thank you! It's crazy isn't it? So happy with the results!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains you're welcome and yes, it really is! You did a grand job on the loco!
Lovely bit of work, and I understand perfectly what you mean about how satisfying it can be to complete a project like this. Hope to see more of these restorations in the future; Salvage or Scrap is all very well, but being able to take your time and do a really good job like this is so much better IMO. Bravo!
It always brings a smile to my face with not just a steam engine, but a western steam engine gets the spot light. I’ve always adored the classic western loco’s, especially because of their beautiful and unique look!
It was good to see a restoration that did not have to be rushed. Well done also for showing your mistakes (even though there were hardly any) along the way.
I;m glad this restoration turned out well. You should do more thorough restorations once you're done with the current season of Salvage Or Scrap
Great project - definitely would love to see more of these!
Glad to see that it’s working again! It really does look brand new!
Thank you so much! I'm very pleased with it! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Excellent work Sam, please do more restoration work on Tri-ang and Hornby-Dublo trains as there’s hundreds out there crying out for a little bit of TLC to bring them back to being pride of the Line👍
Hey Sam! A little bit of American railroad trivia for you: The front of a locomotive is called a pilot, regardless of whether or not it has a cowcatcher. And there are two types of pilots, a road pilot, commonly referred to as a cowcatcher, and a switching pilot, which just has a coupler. Keep making great videos Sam!
There is something really satisfying fixing these old triang locomotive Sam.
Cheers Jasper & Willow
That's very true!! :D
SAM - PERFECT O ! Beatuiful restooration with NO time crunch ! Made Davey proud.
This rebuild was great fun to watch. I so much prefer to watch you take your time and do a careful, thorough job. I hope you will be doing more like this. The time limit repairs are difficult for me to watch.
That was very satisfying to watch. Although I enjoy Salvage or Scrap, it is nice to see you take your time and finish a project to the highest standard you can (which seems pretty high). If you aren't careful you might end up turning Sam's Trains into a serious model railway channel 😂
Great to see more work on this restoration here Sam, it is looking really good.
Well done, you should do more restorations like this.
Davy Crockett was born on a mountain top in Tennessee. Greenest state in the land of the free. Raised in the woods, so he knew every tree. Killled him a bear when he was only three. Davy, Davy Crockett, king of the wild frontier. (a song by Walt Disney)
America has some odd ideas about what makes a hero. But naming a train engine after this guy, was meant to honor the train. Your attention to detail on this restoration is also an honor for the train. Thanks for sharing, Sam.
Well done!!! I prefer this to the timed will it run videos. Looking forward to more restorations from you.
Hey Sam, aweskme restoration! I bought a hornby fullfat Black 5 for £50 yesterday, but sadly it doesnt work very well. I suppose what can you expect for £50! 🤷
Thank you!! Oh well that's still a good price - hope you can fix it up!!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Cheers Sam, great work, i prefer these types of restoration videos because there's no rush, everything is done properly.
Its like back in the day when you used to do 2 hours livestreams restoring locos during lockdown. 😊😊😊
That was very interesting, your resroration jobs on vintage locos are always entertaining and educational.
Fantastic job restoring old Davy Crockett, engine looks superb, can’t wait to see more of these projects in the future
Excellent work , loved this mini series, hope you do more . Take care and thanks for the videos
hi Sam, great video, had one of these in 1963 when they came out, gave hours of fun as a child,also had the coaches for it [R 448], i have one now as a reminder of those good days, Triang also did a version with a smoke generator r358s, a small caboose was made at a later date, why the clowns at hornby have not re introduced this loco i do not know.. if you knock those cow catchers out you could make a small fortune, Ah childhood memories !
From what I know, at some point prior to about.... 2017 or so? It was discovered that the parent company that owned Hornby at the time had literally tossed most of the old Tri-Ang era toolings in a skip and sold them for scrap.
The scrapping of old tooling not in production in China happened around new management decided on the short lived relocation from Margate to Sandwich.
Not just Triang tooling but even more recent Hornby tooling like the first APT. Same with many even 2000 era Scalextric car tooling.
A BBC vid on Simon Kohler rejoining Hornby in that era has him visibly shaken when he discovers that the scrapping had happened when he was not employed by the company.
Fantastic job!! I wish you'd do more of these. I very much agree that a full restore is so much more satisfying than rushing and doing things just enough to get it going again. More please! :D
It does look lovely in it's vibrant colours. Well rescued! 😊👍
Well done Sam, that’s another proud American based steam locomotive to your ever growing collection.
Another tip is to use some thin wood between the metal jaws of the vice and whatever you are clamping in it, to help prevent any accidental damage
Loved this more in-depth restoration. The Scrap Challenges are great too but there's room in the world for both IMO.
Fantastic work Sam. I recommend you give the loco a coat of gloss or satin varnish. The vallejo paint can rub off with handling.
Thanks Tiddles - I could do that, thank you!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hey Sam! So, just a heads up, I know you’ve mostly got HO and OO Gauge stuff, but if you ever decide to expand your O Gauge collection, just be warned that it is HIGHLY ADDICTIVE. It only takes one full loop of track, and you’re permanently hooked.
Hi Sam, thank you very much for the two Davy Crockett restoration videos which I really enjoyed. This was my first ever loco back in the 60's but sadly I no longer have it......
Hey Sam I found the 4th one of these that I told you last time. I've complete forgot that I used the 4th one as a spares donor, right now It's just a rolling chassis. Hopefully one day I'll get it back working again.
Cheers Jasper & Willow
Ahh very nice - good luck!! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Nice to see someone else restoring a Davy. (I've also got one, and its coaches.) A word of advice - watch the cylinder block and don't put too much pressure on it when handling the model; it can be fragile. The Dapol museum, when they were based in Llangollen, had several, and they'd all cracked across the block.
The model is actually far closer to being a true scale model than many meople may have realised. The Model Railroader magazine published drawings of a Texas, New Orleans & Cincinnatti road Baldwin mogul not too long before this model appeared, and it is an almost perfect match for Davy. The carriages are also very similar to a Pennsylvania road vehicle of the civil war era
Great to see it finally finished, I imagine if you did want metal wheels to change out all the plastic ones you'd have to go to one of them kit build suppliers like markets or romford. Hope we get to see it pull some wagons or coaches next time it's out, I feel like some MK1s would just be silly but fun to run with it
When you need a macro lens to find fault, you know you did well. Nice work Sam.
Perhaps it's the old man in me but i'd take this over salvage or scrap. It's great to see what you can do when not on the clock.
Thank you.
Really enjoyed this mini series Sam. It reminds me of some of the restoration work you did as livestreams during lockdown. The Salvage or Scrap series isn’t personally my cup of tea due to the forced time limit, but this was really nice to see.
Superb work you've done here ! I'm in for other restoration projects, you are good at that.
great to see , I've had this model since a child and its the only one i have kept . great video
You did an excellent awesome superb outstanding terrific great wonderful job with the model train engine and the tender.
I bar far, prefer this sort of video over Salvage or Scrap as it's informative and as satisfying for us as it is for you. Lovely job!
Beautiful restoration and the Cow catcher turned out fantastic. As you did such a wonderful job restoring that model you probably have the skills to not just restore a model but to super detail it way beyond its original design. As it required a respray you could of filed down all the plastic moldings (not the rivets) including the boiler bands pipes and hand rails and replaced with real metal parts. I know with yours abilities you could have done that.
I bet you have a vast scrap bin crying out with parts to re-use!
Nice one Sam, I have one original almost mint boxed one of these with separately-boxed tender and a couple of real basket cases with the usual broken roofs, missing cab steps etc. The DC looks great with a few of the original coaches, very colourful and of course much larger than my HO Old Time Steamers even if nowhere near realistic. I love the XO-4 motors, with a controller like an H&M Clipper and resistance high you can even get a very slow smooth crawl out of them when well-serviced. Highly recommend Labelle lubricants for these, 102 gear lube for the motor bearings, 107 medium weight for the axles & motion gear & 106 grease for the worm - makes them run really smooth & cool, relatively quiet too 😊
I love these videos 😍 chilling in bed and watching this. Thanks Sam ! Brilliant restoration
Fantastic job, the color matching with the yellow you sprayed on versus the yellow that was around the word "DAVY CROCKETT"
Thank you! Yes it's very fortunate isn't it?!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Little tip for painting put a base colour on first I use grey myself, then you’ll get a nice solid colour and it will look the same shade.
Nicely done Sam, Davy Crocket looks great and is running well, as a kid in the 1960s I always wanted one of these but dad said they were to expensive. One thing I would love to have seen you do is the quartering, this has been a mystery to me and something I struggle with. Liked the article in this months railway modeller, take care and very well done, Eddy xx
That looks great! can't wait to see you do another one!
As much as I love modern, high spec, realistic models, sometimes you just can't beat the charm of an old-fashioned toy.
Thank you!! You're right - they really have a charm all to themselves!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Excellent job she looks and runs beautifully and considering it dates from the late 50's early 60'sstill looks good
Love it. Scale modellers hate working with yellow as it's notoriously difficult to get a good finish with but those wheels are excellent.
Dark yellow base colour and two thin coats of quality paint. Something like citadel.
White is the hardest due to the titanium oxide becoming 'hairy' or sticking up like fur. Of course, desaturation being key to realism, you can get around it by using light grey.
Red is also tricky as you cannot lighten to highlight. Key is starting with the brightest red you can find with quality and knocking it back.
More restoration videos please. They are more satisfying than the salvage or scrap series.
Love the slow restoration style of video!
Would love to see more like it!(not to replace salvage or scrap, more to just run along side it)
Extraordinary skill. Hats off to you. Well done.😊
Thank you so much David! :D
You did a great job Sam, The loco looks great. 👍
Thanks a lot Sean! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Excellent work what a great result.
Awesome video Sam's trains
Hi Sam, I love seeing these kinds of videos in my feeds as this is my entry way into the hobby restoring old affordable locos. I came across your other videos' reviewing newer and modern loco's. Would you consider doing a project video on 'modernization' of old loco's like adding driving lights, bearings, DCC, sprung buffers and other parts to bring old loco's up to speed; like an old Hornby Class 20 or Class 101 DMU or Class 35. I enjoyed your video on using coreless motors and 3D printing motor housings. Thanks for sharing.
Great job Sam. A couple of things though; unless I missed them. You didn't show the method used to quarter the wheels accurately and how did you match the yellow paint to the name boards so perfectly?
It's crazy to think this loco and the Hornby James are connected, thanks for the video Sam
Yeah absolutely - very loosely I suppose - but they originally had the same basic chassis!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Tamiya Masking Tape............... An absolute must Sam!
It certainly is - that's what was used!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam, Glad to see another one saved, back on the rails, very good,( like the nail varnish 😂) Next. All the best Brian 😃
Thanks Brian - very glad to have this one back on the rails!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Another *fine* loco, my broski!
Thank you so much! :D
Nobody restores model trains as well as Sam. Okay maybe that’s not entirely true, but he still always does a great job.
7 minutes after you posted and im nowhere near the first comment. Its not just me who enjoys the content you create. Thank you for the vids, i always enjoy them.
Thank you so much Sam, that's lovely to hear!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Which one are you going to do next? Another steam loco perhaps. Just love your restoration series.
Nice work Sam. Back to its former glory if not better. You make it look easy, even though it’s not.
Would be nice to see one of these, a rocket or even one of your homemade old style locos working with the smoke box. 🙂
I see every loco you feature run past that signal box with the broken window! Isn't it about time you mended it? Thanks for uploading.
hahaha yeah maybe you're right!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Very good. More of this type, please.
I’d love to see how you’d tackle some Hornby Dublo. I’ve got six locos purchased on eBay for between £15-£35 over the last six months just waiting for pickup during my Uk holidays. I’m really looking forward to getting them back to the workbench! They’re nearly all a bit shabby paint wise, but mechanically they are sound models and can be pretty easily brought back to life with a bit of TLC. There’s a non running Bristol Castle, 2 0-6-2T’s, a 4MT 2-6-4T, and two Duchess of Atholl pacifics. Can’t wait 😊
I think I prefer this format over the Salvage or Scrap series, to be honest. Very nice work.
Great work, Sam!! Love it!!
Sam, an excellent restoration! I use Vallejo Model Air paints quite a bit, so I have one recommendation for you. Although excellent paints, I recommend that on the next project you apply a clear laquer or polyurethane acrylic finish on top of your paint job. (I'd guess you'd want gloss or semi-gloss.) This will help keep the paint from rubbing or scratching off due to handling. I use either Tamiya or Mr. Hobby brand spray cans (for laquer) or Vallejo Polyurethane Varnish (airbrushed) for this step. (You might want to apply the varnish to the painting subassemblies.) Lastly, your use of the 3D printer for custom masks is impressive. Cheers from Wisconsin!
You could build a pannier tank engine on a pannier tank chassis which it has to fit onto so step one: design a pannier tank engine body with separate parts, step two: put the parts together, step three: pick a colour and number of your choice and step five: make sure it runs all right (if not make some modifications to the design)
That's a cool idea - thanks David!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrainsno worries and you can use the pictures to do some research if you want to
Great work , looks very well done. For future projects you might want to look into a Molotow Liquid Chrome Pen or paint pens in general , raised lines such as the hand rail along the boiler could be undertaken with a paint pen.the molotow brand really does produce a shiny chrome finish on small details.
Have you been trying to get a New York Central streamliner I'll tell you you can it's so cool
Hi Sam.
An excellent restoration job. Well done! It's just a pity you can't get metal wheels of the correct diameter for the tender but, having said that, they wouldn't be part of the original model's construction.
Also, it would have been more realistic if Triang Railways had installed a bulb or LED in the light housing at the front, just as the prototype had.
All in all, Casey Jones would have been proud of what you have done so don't ever sell her as she is a good advert for what can be achieved if you put your mind to something.
Paul. 👍❤️
Thanks a lot Paul! I'm sure I will be able to find some, I've got my eyes peeled now anyway! Yeah a bulb would be a great addition wouldn't it??
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Sam, I'm not sure what you mean by "Old Church." Mine was completed in 1877. A few years back, I was luck to go to Rome. I was walking around and found a church called "Chiesa Nuova" or "The New Church" dedicated in 1599 on the site of a 12 th Century church. 😀 Saint Peter's Basilica is the new St. Peter's from the 16th century. And the Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside the Walls dates back to the original built in the 4th century but rebuilt in the 800's due to a fire and again in the 19th century.
And you have churches dating back to the Anglo Saxon, then Norman periods still in use.
This is a great restoration Sam good work
Thanks very much Kenny! :D
I would binned it, but then I wouldn't have it in the first place. Just thought that for the roof, when I cover existing paint to make all one colour, I would sand down the roof just a little - not back to plastic, but just level up the surface. Well made as always.
The smell is solder lead fume v the lead used for roofing churches to keep the rain out. (see Only fools and horses show where they steal the lead). Just an observation, the yellow used for the cab and wheels was the same paint. The wheels however where metal and the cab plastic so the final colour is different. Like the real thing the primer or base coats affect the final colour of the top coats. To equal out the colour a base or primer colour layer should be added to both before adding the final paint layers. This can also happen with chrome plating where the final colour depends on whether the base layer is clean base metal only, pre-nickel (slight blue) or copper plating (slight yellow). This is because the chrome layer is porous, the nickel and copper is not.
Well done!!
Nice job Sam. Well done. I remember these Triang Davy Crockets from when I was a young boy. I've always admired the lines & colour of the old 4-4-0 American locos. Guessing by their big wide smoke stacks, the real things were wood-burners rather than coal, as much of the western half of the US gets tinder dry in the summer months. Maybe you could try renovating an old Shay or Climax logging loco next time. I often see them advertised as non-runners & in bits on Ebay requiring attention but never have had the technical know-how to attempt restoring one myself. They are probably the most complex & most beautiful of all the steam locomotives. A real challenge, methinks. Cheers.
I really enjoyed watching you restore Davy Crockett. You did a fabulous job.
Also, I wonder if you can review the Wild West Adventure Train Set by Airfix?
Nice loco, I'd love to see more.
That's so amazing
Awesome video today Sam beautiful locomotive so glad to see it running might have to get one
Thanks very much James, appreciate it my friend!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Thanks Sam!
Well done Sam. I hope you will do more restoration works on older models.
Thanks very much Bryan! :D
Nice work Sam!
I thought that was a very fun project. I was a bit worried when you first tested the motor after reassembly but everything was fine! 😓
Been a great restoration project sam loved every minute only thing is I get impatient waiting for part 2 more please
haha thanks Peter - I'll see if I can find something else to restore! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I always loved them. My dad thought they were a bit Cheesy.
Just a sucker for red.
Well Sam can you review some narrow gauge locos plz.
Because you didn't focused on the narrow gauge so similar to your lionel train set review that you tried something new.
the narrow gauge locomotives are maybe the next thing for you to review Sam.
I would love one of those locos
Very good job Sam
Good show! Needs rolling stock behind it. John
I really enjoyed this Sam, you should do more videos like this in the future.
Cheers Jasper & Willow
Thank you! I certainly will do :D
Great video Sam, winder if you could get that lamp working?
Many thanks
Harry
Thanks Harry! The laps are just dummies, though it might be fun to try and retrofit one!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)