Upgrading a Hornby GWR Class 101 - Part #1 - Adding a real coal load to the tender

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Welcome to the first, actual hands-on railway video that I've made in quite some time - today we're at the workbench with part #1 of #2, where I am upgrading my GWR Class 101 to give it extra pickups and a realistic coal load in its tender.
Part #2 will involve wiring up and adding new connections and pickups to the wagon, assessing the coal load and regluing if necessary, and giving it a test run on the layout to see if this hasn't been a complete waste of time.

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13 сен 2024

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@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204 10 месяцев назад

Looking good keep up up the good work thanks lee

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

Thank you Lee. :)

@LaytonJunction 10 месяцев назад

Nice work enjoyed your video look forward to seeing video two 🚂🤗👍 cheers al

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

Thanks Al, it'll be here soon!

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

This looks fantastic, youve done a brilliant job! Well presented as well, better than some of my tutorials...

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

Thank you! Hopefully it all doesn't just drop out when I turn it upside down.......

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

6:36 A tip for weathering, always streak down the sides, if doing something like this, drag the glue down the side of the model to give the impression of rain having atreaked the coal dust dosn the side of the wagon

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

Noted, thank you!

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

12:04 Another tip, try pinching the coal if you dont mind getting your hands dirty, it will give you more control and a more accurate coating as a result.

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

Thank you!

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

2:34 Hornbys Holden tanks no longer have that motor, they instead have the 'High performance' can motor of other 0-4-0s, and if memory serves me correctly, the pickups are thick copper, sticking out the side of the plastic like most other 0-4-0s.

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

Also that 101 body looks very different to the 101 bodies Hornby do now... I wonder if they changed something? The coal bunker looks weird as well

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

That's correct, I should've said something like "more modern 0-4-0s" instead of talking about the saddle tank versions directly. I'm too used to mine having the old Scalextric motor! The pickups on both versions do just stick outside of the plastic, but with the newer ones being a lot thicker copper than the old ones. The connections to the motor for new / old models are just copper strips that sit against the motor contacts when it is clipped in place. Hornby's "actual" 101 looks almost identical to me, just some vacuum pipes have been added and the handrailing has been picked out in a yellowy gold. uk.hornby.com/products/gwr-101-class-101-era-3-r30053 As for the others, it seems like these uk.hornby.com/products/railroad-mgnjr-0-4-0t-100-era-2-r30317 are more of just a generic design rather than based on the 101 directly. Certainly there is a big difference between my / the new "actual" 101 and these models.

@timbervalleyproductions 10 месяцев назад

Interesting (?) Fact, there was only ever one 101 class built by the gwr, as an experimental oil burning engine, which then was converted to coal firing. There are very few photos kf the real thing for Hornby to base their model off, and it was designed initially to fit the chassis of 'Smokey Joe' etc, hence spme parts such as the coal bunker are under scale.

@highbrookendmodelrailway 10 месяцев назад

The photos I've seen of the real are very weird, not used to seeing the extra valve gear on the outside! There was some jiggery faffery as you say with testing it burning oil rather than coal and then converting it back etc. I suppose it's just an excuse to make lots of starter models cheaply with a couple of different liveries for people to pick and choose from relatively cheaply at the start of the hobby. I'd recommend going on eBay for your 0-4-0s though, getting to nearly £60 on Hornby's website.