Fabulous model. I noticed that the trailer has a bell at the driving end but not the railmotor. I suppose a whistle was enough. Beautifully filmed, as always, and the railmotor looked just right against a background of GWR coaches and wagons in the sidings. Excellent commentary, and you deserve a medal for being brave enough to take it apart.
Hi my friend. Most kind as always, yes the bell or gong was fitted as there would be another coach or two between the trailer and loco. Thanks so much for nothing the background.
Who’d have thought we’d have a ready to run version of this! Great video Mike Sounds like it’s delicate especially those handrails, when disassembling And the wires for the front lights Can’t wait to see the running video 👍🏻
11:16 Just so you know, you have put the fireman in the coal bunker lol Also, yes, the reverser would’ve been controlled by the fireman when the unit was running with the boiler at the rear, and then for running with the boiler at the front the driver would swap ends and be able to use the reverser himself. They are basically DMUs but steam, with a cab at both ends.
Wonderful. It really is no holds barred these days for RTR. Looking at the chassis I'm surprised everything mechanical is contained in that boiler and bogie. You would think it would be like a modern dmu with a low slung chassis the length of it. Even the little C14 seems possible now! Hats off. With the EFE range largely being based off kernow research and design (at least southern items) they really are knocking it out of the park lately. Hope you are feeling better.
You are spot on there, we are seeing some unimaginable things these days. Big credit to Graham and Kernow. Thanks for the good wishes. Early days in a long journey it seems
Thanks Mike, a beautiful model , I ado really like this and would certainly suit a small layout. Always gremlins I guess, I’m sure you’ve got it covered. (Watched it yesterday too)
Just a small point your driver is in the coal bins... (and apologies the factory should not have glued in the bottom of the door handrails, it sees they managed to on a small number of the models)
Bonjour Mike, Hope you are well ! This is a stunning model but it looks very fragile and maintenance will be tricky. But it runs well and as you mention it must be a pure delight running on DCC with all the 'bells and whistles'. Thanks for sharing this well documented and excellent presentation & review. Success & happy model railroading ! Cheers, Filip
Hi Mike, That's a wonderful model, I'd considered ordering one when they were first announced in place of the similar LMS Railmotor which would be more suitable on my layout. Enjoyed seeing it running on your setup. Thanks for all the background information and I hope that you get a lot of enjoyment running her. Take it easy!
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited A rail-motor service between Bletchley and Belford was introduced on 1 December 1905. Seven new stations were opened at Bow Brickhill, Aspley Guise, Husborne Crawley, Wootton Pillinge, Wootton Broadmead, Kempston Hardwick and Kempston & Elstow. An eighth one called Brickyard Halt is shown in company records near Wootton Pillinge but this never appeared in a public timetable. Whereas the Great Western Railway named such additional unstaffed stations ‘halts’ the London & North Western Railway referred to them as ‘motor’ or ‘rail-motor’ stations, and subsequently there has been uncertainty about whether Bow Brickhill and the others should be called ‘halts’. The Ordnance Survey practice for the Bedford Railway motor stations was to identify them as halts until the London Midland Region ceased to use this suffix in 1968. The rail-motors were superseded by pull-and-push units which continued in operation until the introduction of DMUs in 1959. Copied and pasted from Disused Railway Stations web site. there's a photograph of the LNWR rail motor from 1905. I have seen one hand built one in oo, but I cannot find one off the shelf. ready to run. the closest "looking" model is the Heljan LNER, released a couple of years ago.
Hi mike I hope you are well. What I fantastic model very highly detailed some of it hiden too Love this history Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP
An excellent review of what appears to be a good model. The oversight - surely that is what it is - regarding gluing the hand rails, will annoy a lot of people. But it really comes to life with crew and passengers.
That's a really nice-looking model. Not tempting for me as I try to stick to LMS region but looks great. It looks very impressive running around the layout . Cheers!
Super review Mike, still waiting for the DCC sound version. I'll be looking carefully at all you've pointed out plus I'll either fabricate a speaker enclosure or change the speaker to aid propagation of which you know well lol.
Beautiful model mike nicely filmed the body removal is a bit of a faff but at least the base keeper plate has screws for light maintenance down the line 👍
Great video of a lovely model which will be a great help to anyone fitting a Dcc decoder. Beautiful model but who designed those handrails as part of taking off the body ? They seemed to be glued in there & a pig to work with. Here's hoping I never have to go in there again.😒 Thanks Mike.
@@ModelRailwaysUnlimited Spot on. The LSWR built the rail motors first but found them to have too many short falls. Mainly they would slip a lot and had issues with enough coal and water. So Drummond designed the C14 from the rail motor drive unit to work push pull trains. Originally they were a 2-2-0 with only one set of wheels connected to the pistons. They had the same issues with being too light and lacking coal and water capacity.
A very nice looking model and thank you for showing. If the driver is on the right, I noticed that at one end the wiper is on the left and on the other end it is on the right, is this normal?
Hi, I really don't know for sure, loco end I think he might have stood on the left or centre. I've got to move mine as I accidentally put him in the coal bin under the window lol
