Trash To Track Episode 24. Hornby HST 3 car set. 

Great video again Dan, thanks for sharing, I've got an HST in Swallow logo, Nice to put face to a name well I think that's right lol 🤣😆 reaching 3K is great, keep it going as its always helpful to me as with so many others so for now Ktf J

Thank you for doing the channel myself and husband dave watch regularly keep up the great work thanks

Another brilliant restoration, I collected up a HST rake of my own in Swallow livery so it can go with my police livery Class 37 but I've stuck buffers and metal wheels on all the coaches so they can double as loco hauled stock - not accurate at all but doesn't matter, I really enjoy watching these restorations

The component you refer to as a capacitor is actually a diode. a diode allows the electricity to flow in one direction only, in this circuit it provides the directional lighting. Without the diode the head lights will work in both directions. Instead of the 'grain of wheat' bulb try fitting a white light emitting diode (led) with suitable resistor to limit the current flow, an led will have a longer life span than a bulb can give brighter light at lower voltages and does not get hot. If you take this one stage further you can also fit a red led and resistor in the opposite polarity to the white one and achieve red tail lights and white headlights at both ends which change with direction of travel.

Hi Dan. Yet another brilliant vlog. Wish I had the confidence and know how that you have. 40 years old, didn't look like it after you got your mits on it. Thanks mucker really enjoyed it. DELPH JUNCTION ,

Nice job Dan Nick Australia

Great video Dan. Very informative. Thanks very much!

Hey Dan thanks for another great looking restoration! I've never had the chance to own a HST in OO so I'd live to add my comment with a chance of winning! Congratulations on 4000! Roll on 5000 subscribers!

Awesome resto, " This is the age of the train " im a bad singing voice lol

Cheers Dan learnt a lot, thanks for the battery trick

Nice to put a face to the voice,glad to see the channel doing well.

Great to see another HST running again great job, I have the very early grey version.

Excellent video Dan, great to see these models getting a new lease of life, I recently did my HST and replaced the Ringfield with a cd motor, but I am not 100% happy with it and am planning fully servicing the Ringfield and using your video for guidance reinstating it.

Watched you tonight brilliant also I liked the aldi and liddle tools best buys good stuff. keep the good workup

As a newbie to model railways, just came across your channel and great content. I have a few videos to catch up on so a weekend of viewing ahead 😱

You seem to do a good job. I use you r videos to service some of my locos we will support your channel

I've always liked the HSTs, whether Hornby or Lima. And in giving it a new lease of life your also preventing yet more plastic going to landfill :) I also didn't know the window panels of those HST coaches came off so easily....I'm off to try removing mine now...just can't resist trying that! :)

Love the channel and the sustainable and respectful approach to older models. Great work and nice to finally see the man behnind the camera.

great restoration got another few years use enjoy the restorations espesially the steam unfortunatly im an oo steam modeller but im sure someone is deserving of an hst thanks for sharing

No need to say thanks dan you deserve all the the subscribers you have and more hopefully, very interesting rebuilds 👍

I don't want to win the 43s & carriage but still would like to thank you for the vid, thanks☺

There is a quick trick to fixing 90% of running problems with this sort of hornby loco, just with wheel cleaning and a drop of light oil on the axles. This is because dry axles cause corrosion against the die-cast chassis. The oil helps clean and prevents it returning. I think I'll pass on using baby wipes after seeing the paint removal. I guess they contain some alcohol.

Just a comment to *like*. NIce to see the face behind the voice. I dont need to win buddy - have a blue/great and Executive sets from my youth, and now Ive come back to the hobby after many years, Ive decided my time period is 1960s steam/diesel changeover period so they now dont quite fit in anymore

raypay-uk. Dan the Man. You have given me the confidence to tackle my Grandsons HST set for which I thank you. Look forward to the next interesting and informative video!

Very good video all my hst’s all seem to break I need to get mine working again this video has helped thanks again 😁👍

Wasn’t expecting the jump scare at the end Dan. 🤣 Another excellent video and I’m enjoying watching your channel grow. I don’t want the HST btw 😀👍

Thanks Dan good information

Nice fixing old trains, don't need to buy expensive new models, all mine are less than £40 and decades old. Still running my class 37 from 1970's 😀

love your channel, many thanks.

Hi Dan what a job you have done to all the trash to track trains I am new to this pastime I have been given some train sets that have not been used for a number of years some trug round and some don’t your tutorials are a great inspiration and I will give it a go and try to service them thanks again Dan and happy new year to you

I really love your videos I would love to have that and am happy to be subscribed to your channel I learn so much

@dansmodelrailways lovely hst restoration. I'm just getting into 00 trains .

Great episode 👍🏻

Great video again Dan. Could you please show more of how the electrics are wired on some of these models

Hello Dan ,I`m impressed with your modeling work. I also renew the rolling stock. Sometimes i even do impossible modifications for a friend. I ike repairing trains. In my channel there are salvages locomotives made of scrap metal and a few new ones.Greetings.

Thanks @Dan's model railways for another first-class sympathetic revival of an unloved old model, hoping it gets relocated to a deserving MTMD. I'm sure your little apprentice will come to appreciate all the practical skills you are passing on to him, It was only later in my life that I fully realized how valuable the teaching of my father and grandfather were, when I was a child helping make things, whether it was in the shed, on the kitchen table or at the building site. Knowing how to fix things might become a rare gift as manufacturing becomes more automated and globalised. Nice to see the face that goes with the hands we've seen so much of! I've already bought my shares in the cotton-buds factory, so thanks for that hot investment tip!

Great video Dan. Many thanks.

Nice one bringing another back to a useable level.

Nice to see you in person

Lovely to see an old model train, restored and rescued. And a very nice job too.

I've got one of these, which isn't in bad shape, but I'll probably give it a bit of a spruce up. It's fun making old stuff usable again isn't it?... 👍

Great job. Very informative and enjoyable viewing that I actually find quite relaxing to watch. Keep up the good work. Cheers Simon 🚂👍

Another superb job, Dan. Your transformations are wonderful to watch. You can count me out of your Christmas giveaway though - I already have Hornby HST sets in Grand Central and Cross Country liveries so I hope the winner is someone who’ll be able to enjoy an HST for the first time.

Hi Dan i.think your rebuilds of the models are fantastic keep them coming.

Great video Dan, never knew the Mk3's windows were removeable like that !

Man, seeing the process from something in that state, to running and looking as good as that is awesome, I can only image how satisfying the whole process is. Nice job

Another great episode Dan, I do enjoy watching especially your voice overs.

GREAT JOB BUT YOU MISSED THE OPPERTUNITY TO UPGRADE THE LIGHTS TO LEDs AN UPGRADE IS AVAILABLE ON EBAY THAT PLUGS IN LIKE THE BULBS

Enjoyed that, did you think about putting the dummy car body on the power car chassis as it was in better nick?

When I was a little my first model railway train set was a hst had many hours of enjoyment running it I have sent a email and parcel of to you I have got some spare pieces of straight track if you wanted to extend your test track

Great job. How do you know all the detail of what goes where on reassembly? Is it just experience, or do you have some reference book(s)?

Might be teaching my mother to suck eggs but shop like Wilko & Poundland are quite a bit cheaper on cotton buds