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Well said.

@@malcolmmyatt9092 Thanks for watching! I'll have a look at the spring after the festive break

Thanks for watching! That's equally annoying, I heard the Hornby one wasn't as strong as the Dapol one which swayed me towards this one. With such a long wheelbase you'd think there'd be one variation out there that's worked out that issue.

Thanks for watching! I didn't file off any of the bulge on the bottom as I wasn't sure what the consequences might be, but if some thinning of the bulge is possible that might be enough to do the trick.

Thanks for watching! A Stay Alive would definitely help. Interesting about the rear bogie on yours, I wonder how much these vary between models and whether there's a dependency on how/who fitted them at the factory.

Thanks for watching! Just a little bit... But the laps are a good way of benchmarking all the models in a standard way I think, and hopefully entertaining!

Thanks for watching! I'll keep giving it spins round the layout and see where that gets it. It's a lovely model so if the running improves it'll be well worth the money.

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it, and happy birthday!

@@TheKnightTrain88 Thank you!

Thanks for watching! In that time we have had some fantastic RTR 009 models that have only made the shortcomings of this one far more obvious. I really wanted to enjoy this one but it didn't live up to the excitement for me personally.

Thanks for watching! Yes please check them out, and there's plenty more in the works!

@@2DIttyBitty Thanks for watching! Vinnie's tender has been very useful for gauging clearance with the rails, platforms etc., being so big and wide. His main body is currently on my workbench for repairs after an unfortunate incident last year, but thankfully all he needs now is a repaint and then he should be good as new.

@@karenfan010 Thanks for watching! I think Bachmann's plan is to use the Bachmann Thomas toolings as the basis for their Talyllyn engine releases rather than vice versa, so Duncan's lack of direct transferability into Douglas is why Duncan was cancelled. As such they couldn't get as much back on what the tooling investment would cost. The same issue persists even if they tooled Douglas up as it wouldn't look enough like Duncan for a straight forward alternative release.

@@TheKnightTrain88 the blame for that is mostly duncan’s cgi design as it looks awfully inaccurate to douglas, and mattel won’t allow them to use anything but the cgi series for reference. although if they released douglas first that would give them an excuse to use its rolling for duncan.

Thank you! I'd scheduled for this to come out several weeks ago, but then got my AB and Talyllyn delivered which I reviewed instead. The yard looks vastly different now which I'll show in upcoming vids.

@@epicmoon8874 oh no! So it's not just mine. I wonder if the Peco 009 track isn't widely available in the US, so the tooling was developed to run on N gauge track which is more widely available and has smaller scale point moulding. That would explain a fair bit if that's the case.

@TheKnightTrain88 interestingly is that my roco h0e points still r not a problem but luckily at a bit more then the slowest speed possible peco isn't a problem for my skarloey either

But yeah that might actually be the reason most videos that dont use 009 track use kato n gauge track so this might be actually the reason

And when going in a straight line peco points r not a problem at any speed

@@RG-Models86 thanks for watching! That's good to hear. Yeah the standardised box size thing sounds sensible but it's still perplexing. I'd be interested to know if it's a cost saving or material saving decision. I was happy the original Hattons packaging was smaller than the norm so this box being so huge was a bit disappointing.

Thanks for watching! The grey one looked pretty good. Fingers crossed the P classes don't suffer from the same motor and cab damage issues.

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed seeing this one in action.

Thanks for watching! Both engines may not have all the modern bells and whistles but they're solid and dependable. The start of the year was shockingly horrible but thankfully things seem to have swung back around to a more happy note.

Hattons get an undue amount of praise for a company that really did a lot to destroy many smaller model shops. It's a little on the nose to see them praised in one breath then see their biggest advocates, youtubers who have taken affiliate deals with hattons, suddenly lament the closure of small model shops and say how they can't afford to shop locally for models for their reviews. It's just kinda sad that some people will cause damage then play sad about the outcome while running into the distance with their gains.

Hattons was my introduction and foundation for this hobby, and was effectively my local shop growing up besides a small second-hand market stall. I've got great memories of in-person browsing and customer service there so in my eyes and experience the praise is warranted. I do go out of my way to seek out what I want in smaller model shops - all my trackwork was bought from them in-person and I've already made a list of what to get in a visit next week. But nine times out of ten they never have the engines or rolling stock I want in the right livery/variety and can't get it in from manufacturers, so I have to put in pre-orders with bigger website stores or wherever exclusive runs are being done. My nearest local shop is now over an hour away, as both owners of the two nearest me retired and closed up. But Hattons will always be the gold standard for me and nowhere else I've come across has matched it's service.

@TheKnightTrain88 I completely understand that they were many people's local, Liverpool is not a sparsely populated place(well mostly lol) however there were many for who it was not, it was just a bit cheaper, it made the pounds go further, it meant more models. This greed destroyed other businesses. We talk about greed from manufacturers around pricing, we fail to see our own greed and the impact it has had on people's exposure to the hobby. Less shops means less places people might stumble upon the hobby, less places to go to ask for in person advice, less of all the things we talk about when we see youtubers lament the lack of models in shops on the high street and lack of customer service, those shops were the customer service, we destroyed it by shopping with the likes of hattons. We shouldn't mourn it so hard, it ruined our hobby a lot.

@@Samanthasrailadventures I don't think people opting for to purchase from the cheapest place is necessarily down to greed. Modelling is an expensive hobby and some people may not have been able to take it up unless they went for the absolute cheapest option they could find; higher prices elsewhere could've proved inhibitive. I couldn't properly begin to take it up until I got higher paying work and whatever I had to put towards it was budgeted and had to be stretched. Thankfully I'm now more fortunate, but that's not the case for many others.

Thanks for watching! Yes that's true, but a lot of models have come out over the decades engineered slightly differently/tactfully compared to their true-to-life counterparts in order to aid negotiation of miniature-scale trackwork, so it's not outside the realms of possibility and would've been useful here.

@ that’s totally valid. I’m honestly surprised they didn’t attempt to incorporate a Peter sam style gearbox where the pony truck is powered as well to help with pulling power. They missed an opportunity to update the model. That and the cab interior. You were spot on that it’s lacking detail big time.

Thanks for watching! Glad you enjoyed it! I thought the lap times would be a fun way of judging locomotive scale speed and gearing (and to race trains)!

Thanks for watching! It is, but better than nothing for £110-150 is a steep ask. For that money I'd expect something that's decent and reliable in all departments, not just how it looks

Thanks for watching! That's how the Talyllyn railway themselves pronounce it on their videos and media so I went with that. It seems to be how the double L in Welsh words is pronounced but I'm not a Welsh speaker so happy to be corrected on that!

Thanks for watching! My Bachmann Skarloey arrived just after this model and that is a better runner. The gauging on Skarloey came in at 7.6/7.7mm so I might try and re-gauge Talyllyn's wheels to see if that improves the running at all.

Thanks for watching! I'm not sure what you mean by your question.

@TheKnightTrain88 didn't Bachmann already make a tayllyn?

@Kenstonprodutions nope, they announced this model in August 2022, but it is now only just being released.

@TheKnightTrain88 oh.

Thanks for watching! Duncan and Sir Handel are meant to be the rough riders, not Skarloey's own brethren!

railway community: but your not!

Thanks for watching! Yes definitely, way too fast and faster than the box says it should go!

Thanks for watching! These have only been released in the US so far, they aren't due to be released more generally in the UK until early next year. I got mine via a US import of some stock.

Thanks for watching! Glad you found it useful. Yeah I agree, this doesn't hold a candle to Bachmann Europe's 009 offerings which is unfortunate given Talyllyn's significance and appeal. Hopefully they rectify this if they do the rest of the Talyllyn fleet and up their standards.

Check out my review of the Statfold Barn open wagon and brake van. I borrowed my dad's double fairlie for that test, but as it was pre-owned I can't give it a true review. That model is stated to need minimum second radius curves to run but went smoother round my track than Talyllyn!

Thanks for watching! The Peco Englands are alright but they are plastic in body and tender construction and have traction tyres to make up for a lack of weight. If you find one on the cheaper side it won't hurt to pick on up and give it a go - they are one of the cheaper pre-owned 009 gauge locos going, mine was £90 from Hattons. Peco also do alternative couplings to the standard hook and loop, so you could give their rolling stock a try. most Bachmann 009 stock is the same with couplings that can be changed, but the exception is anything from the Bachmann Thomas range with the same couplings as Talyllyn. Hope that helps!

Having measured mine, I reckon it is 4mm rather than 3.5.

Thanks for watching! Yeah this model feels like an attempt at a passable model of the real engine rather than a carefully crafted miniature. The tooling is less than 10 years old!

@@TheKnightTrain88 I have done a mini review which will be live in about half an hour on my channel.

Thanks for watching! I did wonder whether they would add the blue one when the engine returned to steam, potentially as a Talyllyn railway exclusive release. But alas nothing happened.

They have different design teams working in different countries mate

Thanks for watching! Gotte keep it where you can I guess 😂 or (god forbid) change the tooling!