1954s Hornby model train - abandoned rusty locomotive - restoration

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  • Опубликовано: 24 ноя 2024

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  • @williamharris8367
    @williamharris8367 3 года назад +91

    This was amazing work -- especially since the original was so fragile (thin metal, very rusty, etc.). I love the technique for gently removing the rust and old paint; anything more aggressive would destroy the toy.

  • @M1chael42O1
    @M1chael42O1 3 года назад +88

    not many people on RUclips doing classic toy train restorations. So its nice to see someone filling in that gap

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +7

      Some more quite soon 😃👍🏻

    • @KamA3_4310
      @KamA3_4310 2 года назад

      Model train 😁

  • @stevegrooms1142
    @stevegrooms1142 3 года назад +7

    I'm surprised that, based on the comments, other viewers don't see how radical this video is. Restoration videos, especially of old metal toys, are a category of RUclips videos that we all know well. TheFabric is doing something different. The video isn't mainly a record of a restoration; it is a work of art (ASMR and visual art) all by itself. The colors are stunning. The images command our attention. The video is the art, and I find it exhilarating.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Hey Steve thanks a lot for these kind words 🙌🙌🙌 I’m so glad to share my work with you 😌🙏

  • @Ol_Smokey
    @Ol_Smokey 3 года назад +17

    It's nice to see a restoration channel that doesn't waist time by making it look like they found the item there fixing in the middle of nowhere.

  • @thomasshaftoe461
    @thomasshaftoe461 3 года назад +21

    It would be nice to see every toy train that has been restored moving around your little railway in your garden in one video.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +5

      I will show more on a next video.... Thanks for watching !!

  • @Artezza_esk
    @Artezza_esk 3 года назад +29

    This model is similar to the electric locomotive type F, which was built in France for the Soviet railways from 1959 to 1960.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +5

      Yep thank you for the info ! 🙌

  • @yrtai72
    @yrtai72 3 года назад +6

    ШИКАРНАЯ ВЕЩЬ ! ПРЕКРАСНАЯ РАБОТА !!

  • @flibbertygibbette
    @flibbertygibbette 3 года назад +11

    I love that your restorations are true restorations, staying mostly true to the original toy and returning it to what it looked like when it was new. You do wonderful work!

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +2

      Thank you very much !! 🙌🙏

  • @CardboardSliver
    @CardboardSliver 3 года назад +1

    Imagine if that thing could talk. I bet it would have so many wonderful stories of some young lad, or lass, and all the days of joy it brought them.

  • @pierrejanots5658
    @pierrejanots5658 2 года назад +1

    Quelle patience . Mais ç a fait plaisir de retrouver cette petite locomotive Horn by que j' ai eue dans mon enfance

  • @AsadRFdivre4TNK
    @AsadRFdivre4TNK 3 года назад +2

    The video is so satisfying I want to fall asleep

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      😃😴 Thank you !!

  • @yusufbilaldegirmenci7220
    @yusufbilaldegirmenci7220 2 года назад +1

    You repaired this rusty toy train and made it nice and like new congratulations to you

  • @KairiPluck
    @KairiPluck 2 года назад +1

    Wonderful restoration!!! I wish they still made them metallic and mechanical instead it's all plastic and batteries now

  • @hersondomingo2564
    @hersondomingo2564 2 года назад +2

    Toy Train restoration episodes it's all my time favorite

  • @AnnoyingBastsardonSteam
    @AnnoyingBastsardonSteam 2 года назад +1

    My favourite decade, the 1954s

  • @ericvandomselaar8420
    @ericvandomselaar8420 Год назад +2

    Absolutely beautiful 😊.

  • @stephenpowell5912
    @stephenpowell5912 Год назад +1

    Beautiful French design and Fabulous restoration ❤

  • @Official_ThoMannySUI
    @Official_ThoMannySUI 8 месяцев назад +1

    Amazing work, better than brand new. 👍🏻 The Train looks now fantastic and you saved from garbage. 🙂

  • @SuburbaniteUrbanite
    @SuburbaniteUrbanite 3 года назад +6

    Really wish toys were made like this, even caked in rust they still stand up. With toys today that are plastic, they die out in a few years after being made, they get brittle and as soon as they break a little bit we throw them away because its cheaper to buy a new one than refurbish current ones.
    We live in a world of consumership and replaceability, not long lasting and repairable... its sad.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      I could not agree with you more... Thanks a lot for watching and commenting 👍🏻🙏🙌

  • @wescreek5666
    @wescreek5666 3 года назад +1

    You guys that Take apart abbondon model trains and restore them you are awsome!

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Oh thank you!! 😌🙏

  • @PaulRestorer
    @PaulRestorer 3 года назад +2

    Excellent chemical treatment of corroded metal. Very high attention to detail. An incredible amount of work has gone into this beautiful vintage train model. Simply ingeniously made

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you so much Paul !!!🙌🙏👍🏻

  • @arlenmoralesrios.5812
    @arlenmoralesrios.5812 3 года назад +2

    It is beautiful electric train revived like the phoenix

  • @JasonHazell-v3e
    @JasonHazell-v3e 6 месяцев назад +1

    Wow that was a amazing great job I could watch this again and again love the restoration on these trains thank you 😊😊

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you ! 🙌

  • @graemehansell7642
    @graemehansell7642 2 года назад +1

    So much more complicated than the Tonka toys you see refurbished. Splendid job,

  • @felix25ize
    @felix25ize 3 года назад +1

    I had the same when I was a little boy, sixty years ago, she had been stolen by burglars when we were gone to holidays, maybe was it this one ? I did not thought I'll see her again, and working ! Thank you, that is supremely zen ... One blue thumb!

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      You must have been very sad :( So glad you enjoyed seeing your locomotive ! 😃👍🏻

    • @felix25ize
      @felix25ize 3 года назад

      @@TheFabrik Thanks :)

  • @BladeLigerV
    @BladeLigerV 3 года назад +3

    Looks great! I'm happy you could find replacement stickers!

  • @billalr4463
    @billalr4463 3 года назад +1

    OMG I love his fixing.

  • @birdie399
    @birdie399 3 года назад +1

    Great that you restore these trains and refrain from customising. This electric, clockwork model looks fantastic. Thanks for the video.

  • @patrickmurphy6775
    @patrickmurphy6775 9 месяцев назад +1

    What a gorgeous transformation! Incredible work! I got discouraged by the time you got to the windows!! Fantatic!

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  9 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you !!!

  • @medwaymodelrailway7129
    @medwaymodelrailway7129 3 года назад +3

    Hi great update today like it very much.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thank you !! 🙌🙏

  • @napkincape4946
    @napkincape4946 3 года назад +1

    Very nice train 10/10

  • @chrissharp5073
    @chrissharp5073 3 года назад +3

    What an absolutely outstanding restoration. Saved from the scrap yard and lovingly restored. Enjoyed every minute of your video, thank you for sharing.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      🙏Thank you very much !!! Glad you enjoyed 🙌👍🏻👌🏻

  • @waltbellamy9739
    @waltbellamy9739 19 дней назад +1

    well done !!!! thanks for sharing !!

  • @JulioCesar-vd6em
    @JulioCesar-vd6em 2 года назад +1

    Woooou explendid work.I liked to much
    .Thanks for your job!!

  • @hannub
    @hannub 3 года назад +2

    Amazing, I thought the second class coach was way beyond restauration. But you did.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      😃👍🏻 Thank you !! 😌🙏

  • @maruja8751
    @maruja8751 3 года назад +2

    Quelle belle rénovation, le résultat est bluffant ! C'est un vrai régal et c'est très bien filmé. En plus, un train de la SNCF. COCORICO !!!

  • @sergeiorlov01
    @sergeiorlov01 3 года назад +2

    Is it you, Sheldon?

  • @mohdfakarudin6678
    @mohdfakarudin6678 2 года назад +1

    Wow I guess you Kinda Like trainsBecause that video was great

  • @bow-tiedengineer4453
    @bow-tiedengineer4453 3 года назад +2

    does anyone else find it amusing that this model of an electric train is mechanically driven?

  • @madscout1969
    @madscout1969 3 года назад +1

    Hell of a job

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      😀👍🏻 Thanks !!!

  • @michaelchristopher4931
    @michaelchristopher4931 Год назад +1

    Awesome job 👏

  • @petertate5741
    @petertate5741 3 года назад +2

    Meticulous workmanship. Fascinating to watch.Well done.👍

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      🙏 Thank you !! 🙌

  • @agenttexx
    @agenttexx 3 года назад +3

    My father had some Hornby and Dorfan tin trains similar to this in his collection. They had been well cared for and stored in a dry closet. He had classic Marx, American Flyer, and Lionel, as well. My favorite was a pair of Unique Lines Rock Island Diesel Engines.

  • @badkittynomilktonight3334
    @badkittynomilktonight3334 3 года назад +1

    Nice, I would add a gloss coat to make it nice and shiny.

  • @DrFrankensteam
    @DrFrankensteam 3 года назад +2

    As a toy trains enthusiast you have my deepest respect! Simply brilliant!

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      🙌 Thank you very much !! 🙏

  • @Fiji-Aviation
    @Fiji-Aviation 2 года назад +1

    VERY NEAT GOOD JOB AMAZING

  • @bigsparky65
    @bigsparky65 2 года назад +2

    Amazing restoration, excellent workmanship

  • @paulocolosimo5014
    @paulocolosimo5014 3 года назад +3

    Parabens por restaurar mais trenzinho . Muito bom .

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Muito obrigado 😃🙌

  • @sheep1ewe
    @sheep1ewe 3 года назад +4

    Nice, personaly i love those SNCF French made serie.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much !!! 🙌 I like them too !

  • @English_Gunner
    @English_Gunner 2 года назад +1

    Amazing just amazing I'd love to do this

  • @nyceyes
    @nyceyes Год назад +2

    Another excellent restoration, filming, story telling and result. Marvelous! 🎉😊

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  Год назад

      Thank you very much ! 😛

  • @J_BH005
    @J_BH005 3 года назад +1

    Watching the video every time, I think your resilience is the best. I hope to show you more videos in the future.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you so much for these nice words !!! 🙌 More videos quite soon... Greetings from France 🙏

  • @pt477
    @pt477 3 года назад +1

    Another great monument got a second life. Congratulations:! :)

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      🙌 Thank you !!! 🙏

  • @drosselvonflugel4886
    @drosselvonflugel4886 3 года назад +1

    That train is realy cute

  • @cynthiacooper8288
    @cynthiacooper8288 3 года назад +1

    I think taking things are as much fun as putting things back together in preset events order!

  • @restorationconstantines7731
    @restorationconstantines7731 3 года назад +3

    Great👍like real

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thanks a lot mate !! 🙌

  • @shawnataylor7998
    @shawnataylor7998 3 года назад +1

    Very nice! Thanks for sharing.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      🙌 Thank you !! 🙏

  • @joallawestervelt6918
    @joallawestervelt6918 3 года назад +1

    That is so cute running the tracks. You did an awesome job on the restoration.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you !! 👍🏻🙌🙏

  • @BR45723
    @BR45723 3 года назад +5

    I love seeing you bring new life into these forgotten models, keep it up!
    I’d like to see how you’d repair a busted Triang model at some point

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you !!! 🙌 Some more restorations will come soon

  • @БивачокАлександраВикторовича

    Привет! Отличная работа. Я просмотрел много ваших роликов, и везде превосходный результат. У нас в России, про таких как вы говорят - золотые руки))

  • @dr.skipkazarian5556
    @dr.skipkazarian5556 3 года назад +1

    Incredibly fine skills in restoration....a beautiful project! Now....can you bring about world peace in our time?

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Hmm well yes I’ll do my best 😆 Thanks a lot for watching ! 🙌

  • @rlm98253
    @rlm98253 3 года назад +1

    Well done, sir.

  • @mishka554
    @mishka554 2 года назад +1

    Super!
    I think pantographs should red color 🙂
    Thank`s!

  • @Иван-к7ю9ж
    @Иван-к7ю9ж 3 года назад +2

    Cool, come on now the train station if it needs to be restored please)

  • @valmonta3647
    @valmonta3647 3 года назад +1

    Can't wait until the whole bunch is restored, great job

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thank you !! More restorations will come soon. Thanks for watching 🙌

  • @ronnykretzschmar809
    @ronnykretzschmar809 3 года назад +1

    I understand the dislikes not! You make this so fantastic! I say only wow, that's great! Greetings from Dresden

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Danke !!! 😃🙌

  • @mikemayer4303
    @mikemayer4303 3 года назад +2

    Very nice restoration , would like to see more of this with classic railway equipment . In a word, Superb !, thanks for sharing .

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thank you very much !! Someone told me it’s a rare set that was sold as is, with only one railway car... I bought it 12 euros. Thanks a lot for watching !! 🙌

  • @charitybrown4274
    @charitybrown4274 3 года назад +1

    Great Work!! 👍😁

  • @talldog9135
    @talldog9135 3 года назад +1

    Can you imagine what Hornby would say if they saw this video? One of their battered plate metal toys from decades gone by being restored?

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thanks a lot for watching and commenting !!! 😆🙏🙏 Well I’m not sure they would really enjoy the painting work... 😕 Could have been better... thanks again !!! 👍🏻

  • @wodekw6862
    @wodekw6862 3 года назад +1

    I love the intro

  • @davidcann4329
    @davidcann4329 3 года назад +3

    Stunning work, what an amazing restoration job, well done you, that was a lot of work.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Yep such a lot of work 😥 Glad you enjoyed 🙌

  • @gothicblood2061
    @gothicblood2061 3 года назад +1

    very nice work

  • @jurgenlauterbach7226
    @jurgenlauterbach7226 3 года назад +1

    Muy bien. Saludos desde Mexico

  • @Tivadar26
    @Tivadar26 3 года назад +1

    This video is very nostalgically. I played with it. I have a big collection with mechanical train's.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you very much !!! I’m always looking for some antique rusty model train...

  • @theblocksmith645
    @theblocksmith645 3 года назад +1

    You really need to make a full scale railroad

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      I will !!! 🙌👍🏻🙏

  • @grahampickering1560
    @grahampickering1560 3 года назад +1

    I hope you will restore all your railway carriages and locomotives 😊👍

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Yes be sure I will !!! 😲

  • @DANYMITERESTORATION
    @DANYMITERESTORATION 3 года назад +7

    I just love your work, so meticulous and such an attention to detail and the outcome is always worth the wait:) Great work mate.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thank you my friend !!

  • @thevinylcollector3472
    @thevinylcollector3472 3 года назад +1

    awesome video

  • @myrestorations
    @myrestorations 3 года назад +1

    Amazing 👏🤝👍👏

  • @ModelMinutes
    @ModelMinutes 3 года назад +1

    Really cool!

  • @RestorationAustralia
    @RestorationAustralia 3 года назад +1

    Very cool toy, well done.

  • @gavindavis6035
    @gavindavis6035 3 года назад +4

    I collect antique toy trains for a living, and the way in which these have deteriorated is strange. I haven't seen any models in my years of collecting that have surfaced like this. It's almost as if the models were purposefully damaged and soaked in a chemical to force them to rust

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      I collect antique toys too. But only the rustiest ones :) I can tell you it’s real rust. I’m not doing anything to force these toys to rust.. Many video makers are doing it on YT but I do not. I’m always buying toys that have been forgotten for years...Thanks for watching tho 🙌

    • @wintersbattleofbands1144
      @wintersbattleofbands1144 3 года назад +1

      Perhaps you're finding yours in collectors circles, not in damp basements or garages where they've been left for 50+ years.

  • @PADADDIE
    @PADADDIE 3 года назад +1

    Now, that's a happy toy!

  • @Catsarefluffy1
    @Catsarefluffy1 Год назад

    A ton of work goes into these videos amazing work

  • @rlk67
    @rlk67 3 года назад +1

    Awesome reastauration, stunning result !

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you !!😌.🙌

  • @rongoodwin4053
    @rongoodwin4053 3 года назад +1

    Wonderful restorations, thanks for sharing.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you Ron ! 😌🙏

  • @jimcrickmore1347
    @jimcrickmore1347 Год назад +1

    Amazing mind blowing gave me another insight on some of my restorations maybe i can do as well as yours now I've seen your video will help me a lot will keep watching well done

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  Год назад

      Glad you enjoyed it ! Keep up the good work !👍

  • @agustinrangel7226
    @agustinrangel7226 3 года назад +1

    Beatifull beatifull!!

  • @derreth
    @derreth 3 года назад

    Brilliant restoration love the way you repaired the window frames and added stickers as per the original well done

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thank you very much !! 👍🏻🙌🙏

  • @weldorman8495
    @weldorman8495 3 года назад +1

    The other day I answered your request to vote on which model train to restore. I chose the Marklin, thinking it was rough enough to test your skill and knowledge. Looks like it may not be such a challenge after all. Excellent work! Look forward to the Marklin.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад +1

      Thanks a lot ! It seems like the JEP is gonna win but I’ll restore both... 🙂

  • @goclunker
    @goclunker 2 года назад +3

    The chemicals after derusting look like the toxic water in half life 2

  • @joseemidiolima3219
    @joseemidiolima3219 2 года назад +1

    Grande profissional, Congratulations.

  • @raymondleggs5508
    @raymondleggs5508 3 года назад +1

    impeccable restoration!

  • @CogentConsult
    @CogentConsult 3 года назад +1

    Nice. Wish you had restored the spring motor.

  • @paulvozman842
    @paulvozman842 3 года назад +1

    Hi, Amazing. Cheers, Paul.

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Hi Paul, thank you very much 😌🙏

  • @martyclack8782
    @martyclack8782 3 года назад +1

    Awsome job

  • @edisoneladiosanchezluarte633
    @edisoneladiosanchezluarte633 3 года назад +1

    Que lindo que trabajo minucioso saludos

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Muchas gracias !! 🙏🙏🙏

  • @mt.trainrestorations5931
    @mt.trainrestorations5931 3 года назад +1

    Great Stuff....I to restore old trains...I like your techniques and methods of restoring these old trains back to what they were.
    MT

    • @TheFabrik
      @TheFabrik  3 года назад

      Thanks a lot my friend ! 🙌

  • @garysprandel1817
    @garysprandel1817 3 года назад +3

    Well that went from rusty and crusty to fine

  • @jeanmariedu5914
    @jeanmariedu5914 3 года назад +1

    Bien joué c'est un très beau boulot.