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this is a fascinating video Mike. Looks like a Triang BB cab on a Triang Britannia footplate/buffer beam, Triang B1 chassis / motor reversed as for the A3 . Boiler must have been a modified kit with an Airfix front bogie. Tender body also a custom kit or modified Airfix. In all , a brilliant piece of modelling.
Mike, just picked up on this most enjoyable video which brings back fond memories of my Wrenn 5 BEL set - tried hard to find a Wrenn 3051 set but this was produced in much fewer numbers and proved elusive! _There were mixed formations of Umber /Cream running with Blue /Grey 5 BEL units in early 1969._ The reference to suppliers were most useful (South Eastern Finecast also makes /made flushglazing for these units). Worthy of note is the 5 BEL trailer coaches did not have trussing which can easily be trimmed from the Wrenn coaches - Colin
Wow, I have been using motors like this and othes for many many years in slot cars, R/C model boats and lately model trains in the past 5 yrs.. I have Never seen an armature with that kind of scoring in all my years.. I would be very interested to see if you followed this up and what you found was the culprit.. I have read all of the comments below and there are some great minds out there... The only thing I can think of is that there was some impurity in the brush material and added with the excess pressure of the unaligned brush arms scored the armature plates thus causing the issue and possibly some grease in the assembly process to align things or (like in vehicle motors they put a small amount of build oil on things to aid when it first starts until the engine oil gets everywhere)... may have been added. I would very much love to know what the outcome was as my post is 2 years after the publishing of this video.... Thanks for the great informative video and investigation ... surely Hornby would see this kind of video of use and use it for future motor issue investigations.. It would be very interesting to see if Hornby did at least do anything about investigating this issue or just replaced that motor with another type or a different one completely. I will keep my eye out for these motors when I am repairing locos for others. Cheers from Melbourne Australia. Tim.
Hey Tim. Nice to meet you ☺️ this motor type has given more issues than any other. I can only imagine it is the result of a bad batch as when I replaced with an exact same type that I purchased from China for around £1.50 there is no further issue. I had a Dapol motor fail, immediately replaced by Dapol. They are more open. Basically it's pointless sending back to China as they just don't care. They make 50k motors and 1000 fail does not bother them, they only cost a few pence to make, why you making a fuss. What they don't get is the huge costs of the models they are fitted in. Maybe we just need a better motor?
I only buy second hand... it's the best of both worlds.. a great item at a totally reasonable price and usually run in. Some lovely locos there.. well done.
I had an '08' SR body for a time, maybe twenty years ago. It was very heavy! I suspect it was one of those which performed so well on the "Presson" layout, some sixty years ago.
Thanks Mike, she looks great and runs far better than previously! I think I am going to add some detail beneath the cab - will investigate how best to do it. Great to see her on the MRU layout too!
hello Mike, just as my wife is making dinner the Bisto gravy wagon comes in to sight, wonderful ! love LMS 10800. looks great. glad Sidmouth is back on the rd, looks FAB.
S.5826 is the spares number for the R374 Spitfire body. I imagine that the two L numbers are for parts for the body, presumably smoke box door and whistle.
very interesting loco Mike. Great job and looks to be running nicely now. I have a few motors which could really do with re-magnetizing but re-magnetizers are difficult to get hold of and very expensive. I keep trying to find out if I could use any neodymium magnets to do the job of re-magnetizing instead. Not sure if it's anything you have experience with? Cheers... David
Mike, my guess is that it is a Crownline conversion kit. I have a BR Clan class, and a Thompson and Peppercorn LNER pacifics by them also based on Triang / Hornby chassis, plastic / resin boilers and metal parts. You had to cut and shut parts of an existing Triang / Hornby body and blend in the Crownline mouldings. They also did various BR standards and a Crosti 9F as well. PDK took control of the Crownline range and they still offer the kit (or an updated version) if you search PDK 27. BR/SR BULLEID 'LIGHT PACIFIC'. (WC/BB) you should find it. Thanks again for sharing her with us.
My first thought was the body is from either a Triang/Hornby Std 7 or 9. Great to see the old girl working smoothly. Nice job, Mike. It would have been interesting/educational to see you solder those intricate parts!
Nicely done Mike. What a cool model. Love the wheel in the boiler! Looks like a triang Britannia chassis that's been re wheeled. A great bit of modelling and the paintjob is worth praising. Nice bit of luster to that green. Also looks like my marmite van should be arriving soon, couldn't resist that one.
At a guess you sure it isnt a tring britannia body shell, i mean irl the rebuild bullieds did look very similar to BR standards. Mabe a standard 7 at heart?
I could swear that this would've been a kitbash done in railway modeller or model railway constructor over the years, I've definitely seen the marriage of a brit and an unrebuilt done in tt3 before.....
Great to See a Smooth Running Working Model that was Actually Created with Care and Skill, and can be Maintained and Repaired when Necessary without the need of complicated expensive components, and spending hours reprogramming settings and Other Nonsense. Great Job Sir 👍🏻
Great to See a Smooth Running Working Model that was Actually Created with Care and Skill, and can be Maintained and Repaired when Necessary without the need of complicated expensive components, and spending hours reprogramming settings and Other Nonsense. Great Job Sir 👍🏻
I'm sorry, I don't know anything about your friend's model's origins so I can't help you. Fancy seeing a real GWR 57xx pannier tank engine hard at work? You and your wife Cheryl are invited to join in the chat of my new premiere video, on Kelly Ashford Trains, tomorrow at 6:30pm. Hope to see both of you there.
Fun video. I have a West Country with the air smoothed casing. The chassis is Triang but with fine scale wheels and the body is from an Airfix static kit with added white metal parts. It would have been a step up from the Triang Winston Churchill when it was made. Not sure if Airfix did a rebuilt west country but could well be where the body shell originated!
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Thanks fella! I remember the late 70s and early 80s being the zenith of customised locos, my grandfather would often add white metal parts to his models in an effort to make them as accurate as possible. A lot of Hornby's locos didn't get proper retools till the early 2000s and once they did, a lot of these custom projects fell into obscurity but pop up fairly frequently these days, often very cheap as no one knows what they are. Lovely to see Rowland's rebuild, a far better job than my air smoothed version which has always run poorly. One day I'll get it out again and try to improve it. Thanks again for the video, very interesting as always!
Hi Mike, S5826 is listed on Hornby service sheet 132 (R374 - Spitfire, unrebuilt Battle of Britain) as the loco body. I’d guess that explains the origins of at least the cab!
No, Airfix didn't make a rebuilt West Country - their BoB (inherited from Kitmaster) was an original 'spam can'. Whoever made her did a very, very good job. That's a lovely model.
An intriguing and delightful model Mike - well done on the overhaul and getting it outshopped with such apparent ease - I’m most impressed! _Can remember my father’s magnetizer he made as an apprentice before the war. It comprised of a robust coil and two terminals across which a piece of fusewire was attached. Magnet in place, it was plugged into the mains with the fusewire blowing immediately. However, in that millisecond the magnet was re-magnetised._
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Not quite a Mercury Arc Rectifier but yes - quite substantial with parts being bought from the RS Compenents shop in Soho - all on a three round-pin plug as well. _I do not recomment modellers replicate this today as standards have changed over the last ninety years and houses now have trip switches!_
A while back I ordered what I thought were some Carts, Hand carts and Traps, a nice selection all in one box(according to the picture), imagine my Joy on its delivery to find it was all tiny bits that needed assembling 😵💫 Needless to say they they are still in said box 😉🥴
Hadn't realised you'd been ill Mike. Very glad you're on the road to recovery and looking forward to more of your excellent, informative and captivating content!
Well done Mike - they look excellent. 👍 Can remember when Langley Miniature Models started in Langley Homes Stores (the rear was a model railway shop) in Langley Green, Crawley. As the model casting flourished, Tony sold Langley Home Stores and relocated his model casting to more suitable premises in nearby Three Bridges. The former Home Stores (and its model shop) closed a few years later - I believe the premises are now a clothing store.
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Langley Miniature Models still has its premises on Three Bridges Road (Crawley). Langley Home Stores (with its model railway shop in the rear) has long gone (in the 1980s).
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Langley Miniature Models (trading as Langley Models) shop is at 166 Three Bridges Road and quite close to Three Bridges station. Their website states 9-4 opening weekdays. It also confirms they started in 1968 which makes me feel old as I remember it started with (then shopkeepers) Tony & Pam bringing out their first locomotive kit - a LBSCR Baltic tank designed to fit on a Triang A3 chassis.... However, they quickly realised the future was not with locomotive kits but figures, road vehicles and other models.
You made a great job of your kits, love the finish that you achieved. They look great. Admire your detailed methods for the construction and I'd agree with you on the Hansom cab, I made 3 attempts with mine, When cutting through rubber with a blade, try wetting the blade with water. I didn't even know to clean up the area before soldering, I'll give it a try next time. Very courageous, soldering on camera....
A very nice workmanlike job. Anyone who solders in front of a camera deserves a medal. The finished models are absolutely charming. A magnificent achievement altogether.
Superb first attempt ,Mike it's all in the preparation,would you have ago at building a loco in the future ?,I am sure your dad would be proud if he new what your doing!
The only 'hite metal' kit I ever assembled, I had to use araldite, balance/wedge/prop the parts up, and wait for hours for it to cure! (nightmare on a ship at sea!) - - Quite why those cleaning devices are called 'ultra-sonic' I don't know, because they aren't. If you disregard the timer and display electronics, they are just an electric motor with an off-centre weight to shake the casing. If they really were ultra - you wouldn't hear anything, as the sound would be beyond the frequency range of the human ear.
Genuine Ultra-Sonic baths do still make a buzzing noise, I have used many in my line of work some small and some large ones. What you describe here is a cheap and nasty Chinese knockoff usually sold on well known market places as jewellery cleaners.
Now I'm looking forward to seeing them on a layout. I'm going to use your idea of mounting small pieces on clear plastic. My milkman keeps falling over.
Excellent, that must be a confidence booster! And probably trickier than most white metal locomotive kits. If I could offer one bit of advice, you are still being a bit mean with the flux. A touch more flux will really help the solder flow and flash in tight. Great job my friend 🙂
