Great idea and inspiration as to how to productively use my Dapol Class 73, that looks fine, but which is a real pain to run on track due to design faults and bad assembly. As such it had been relegated to it's box, awaiting a scrap Hornby Class 73 to donate it's running gear and maybe the chassis too. However, having seen your video, it would make a great candidate for putting in a display case, either as it is, in it's 'new' condition, or in a weathered state, like you did. Keep on the good work and keep on making your excellent videos.
The Dapol class 73 could be converted ono an excellent runner with a new 5 pile skewed motor wirh flywheel and some gear replacement. All in all 30 minutes of work and app 35 £.
This is a change of pace from your usual model kit projects. Loved how you were able to make an old, broken and no longer model train & turn it into a stunning static model. Great work Matt also great work on the mini diorama for it too !
A great idea that can alsobe pushed further... I did this kind of "display" for my train display shelves at home and in my club in Liege we have a display box of four shelves-dioramas to showcase some of our models and also depict several places on the Belgian Railway network both in service and now disused. Your way of making it a display case for one model only gives me ideas to create a display too for older models from Lima or Airfix I keep by nostalgia of my beginnings in UK Railway modelling as well as the few continental models I kept too from my youth.
@@oscarosullivan4513 there's no use as they are too old tech to be converted to DCC, and I have better detailed versions with recent motor that are quieter and have better running performance. Airfix wagons though are always modified be it original kits or dapol reruns. Also older locos won't run on code 75 track and replacing wheels on steamers is to difficult for me.
"I'm sure it brought a number of people a lot of joy..." I think that whenever I see an old bike or toy or anything, really, that is being thrown out or neglected. I think about how happy someone was to have bought or received it. It kind of breaks my heart.
Being disabled in a wheelchair much of my youth in trains of the 1970s was in the guard's van with the bikes, prams, and luggage. The Queen's Silver Jubilee when we went as a family to London was my first experience of actually traveling with other passengers. That was on an Intercity 125 :)
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 many model railway models have zinc alloy chassis parts. Due to lead impurities in this alloy it can cause “mazak rot” which ultimately results in the metal crumbling over time. I believe it’s some kind of chemical reaction but it can destroy older models like this one. It’s only a matter of time before the metal chassis blocks effectively turn to dust on this model
Thank you, he's a photographer and always taking pictures of it. When 4014 came through where he lives, being somewhat immunocompromised he couldn't risk being in the Hugh crowds it attracted.
As a diehard Thomas the tank engine fan I can not express just how much I want to turn that class 43 into a model of either Pip of Emma from the Christopher Awdry Railway Series books.
Very nice job. If only rougher condition 2nd hand model railway stuff like this was always so lucky. Wouldn't have thought of using Cork Trivets for diorama basing. The internal refit's also given me a few ideas for modifying some of my damaged 00 stock :D . Does make me all the more certain though that a Class 43 - among other famous trains - need a model kit thereof. After all as I've found over the years, getting certain iterations of Hornby 00 stock is both difficult and expensive. A model kit alternative where we can buy one to build, and chose any livery we like, would be a viable seller for a kit company IMO. (other classes like the Class 37's would also be a likely hit)
I have had the suggestion that Hornby sell their models as kits (just give me all the bits in a box and I will assemble and paint it myself). They already have cartograph decals for Airfix so it wouldn't be too difficult to get some emblems and numbers etc included to add to the model, and if they were half the price of the RTR models it could do really well
@@ModelMinutes I agree. There's definitely a gap in the market for it. After all: Having the option to paint and nameplate trains ourselves would be awesome, a bit like Airfix's former railway range, albeit with the more running layout suitable, durable shell and running gear of Hornby. Would also mean more obscure but interesting locomotives and stock could be done, such as the LNER A4 which was destroyed in a Luftwaffe raid.
@@jimtaylor294 plus, why do I have to buy a £150+ locomotive and then detail it further still - adding lights, crew, weathering etc . . . If i'm building a model from start I can do those things straight away without having the fear of "ruining" an expensive model
@@ModelMinutes Precisely. Being marketable at a much lower price point would also likely lead to Hornby selling more of them too, and not just because completionists would suddenly have the ability to field entire classes of locomotive. Would also mean perhaps having more R&D capital for Hornby to get their prebuilt Loco's to a higher standard, or at least eliminate the mazak rust issue that seems to be endemic with the PRC made zinc alloy components. (though as this Class 43 shows, TriAng-Hornby wasn't getting that right all the time back in the '70's & '80's either)
You've done a really top-notch job there, only thing I would add to keep it less busy is perhaps a 3 or 4 aspect signal for that more "Real life-like" approach, cracking job non-the less!
Great idea! i'll be sure to do this if one of my locos become broken beyond repair. Had some for from childhood and one from a grandparent which has passed on so this is a great way of keeping them. Thank you!
Fun fact: the British rail class 43 HST is the fastest diesel locomotive hitting 235 Kilometres Per Hour making HST the fastest diesel locomotive since 1978. It's my favourite loco 🤣🤣 I've got 43063 and 43093 in Virgin Rail or Virgin Trains. Nice model love it lots from Zeke.😁😚☺️
Hmm what a great idea and a good way of making a great static display. I have a couple of those original Hornby HSTs which aren't good enough for a layout today. Thanks for sharing 👍
Love this build! It inspired me to make something similar myself using a Trumpeter case that I think is intended for small ship models. Mine is more of an industrial railway theme, which is just an excuse to practice additional weathering techniques 😅 I'm really enjoying the mix of scale model kits and railway modelling on your channel - not many other people seem to share those interests, which seens a little strange to me
Thanks! Yes, I do have model railways as one of my passions, sadly don't really have space for it - I'd like to make more railway related content but that will take time I think
@@ModelMinutes yep, same here - I'm working on a 2m long shunting layout but I don't even have room to keep that set up day-to-day. I'm planning a smaller shelf layout after the current project, just an inglenook shunting puzzle really, but a lot of focus on scenery. After reading James Hilton's book it became clear that building a small layout means that you can really focus on the quality of the scenic details. I'll look forward to more model railway stuff whenever it arrives - there's only so much time in the day and space on the workbench 😉
I note you said the driver wouldn't be well seen - but you could have used the pickups from the wheels to run 5v or whatever through the rails (through the base of the box where a battery, or DC hookup could live) and popped a LED or something within the cab, as well as the headlights :) In the dark on a wall that would look extra special!
I did consider adding lights and other things, but sadly i was against a time constraint which prevented me from both sourcing the parts and undertaking the necessary modifications
that display case looks amazing.in the us that would be extremely clean compared to some of the locomotives i've seen.usually the fuel tanks on the bottom are usally a light brown to dark brown and the sides of the locs sometimes have a burn mark
Absolutely fantastic, I’ll definitely be doing something like this for my childhood locomotives which have sadly ran out of steam so to speak, conveniently I had the Intercity 125 set, though it didn’t last too long
I remember a similar model being used for Virign Trains, and I just loved the look and aesthetic of them. It's a shame they go scrapped and we have these ugly South-Western Railway models that just are so depressing to look at lol I wonder if a lot of the popular French TGV model trains have been scrapped and we get these new replacements that look so bland.
I have an underground post apocalypses train station shadow box diorama depicting some adventurers being attacked by a hoard of zombie like mutants. 25mm miniatures that are close to 1/64 to 1/72 scale positioned around HO scale models of 1/87 scale. Yes, that is just over 25% scale disparity but I made it visually work. Some of the rolling stock is buried as wreckage in a partly collapsed underground station. Some of the trains were also partly hidden behind sunken platforms all to better hide the scale disparity.
Excellent video showing what can be done with old railway models. You're quite correct in not making the model too busy and setting a point where you stop adding detail and extras such as lights and even sound! Even when we're building a full layout certainly from the 60s or earlier were asking ourselves the same questions do I rig out the telegraph poles and signals with wire especially if I have an accident and a derailing train takes a whole row out?
I have an old rare twin tender Flying Scotsman with the early crest on the cab, I'm looking to get a decent display case for it and add a back scene and make the baseboards from wood. I've already got a bit of track for the steam locomotive to sit on.
I have 2 of these currently. 1 squeaking (Hornby) in both directions and the other (Lima) is slow as hell. Both just sat on the shelf while the carriages run on the garden line. I'll be watching for aure
Hi there again, I have watched recently a video where Charlie on Chadwick model railway fits a modified motor to one of these old Hornby trains, runs good too. But you have done a nice job I want to do something similar for any new kits I make, they soon get covered in dust if you don't. Chris.
i have a old bachmann union pacific prairie steam locomotive that i think could be fixed but if not ill be doing this for it. it was also my first steam locomotive for my model train layout so if it can be fixed ill be this
Thank you for a very interesting video. Even though aircraft and tanks are my thing most of your techniques are suitable for my interests so thank you from Australia and hope your festive season went well
A bit tardy to the party here but loved this vid. I have an HO scale Union Pacific Big Boy that I've retired and want to do the same. The Big Boy needs a few parts replaced back to stock and then a proper weathering (snow, I think) before it will be displayed anywhere like this. Found you in the comments over on a vid by Modelkit Stuff (following his QM2 build). Liked and sub'd for more!
Assuming the Class 43 is a diesel-electric locomotive, it already has most of the components an electric engine needs, especially the traction motors. All that would have to be added is a voltage-regulation system to control the train's speed, and a means of picking up power (pantograph or third rail pickups). The only limiting factors would be the time and cost of such a conversion...
Is there anything that can be used as a substitute for the grass spreading tool, or does just shaking the bag over the scene to spread it work well enough? I love the work you've done
The tool I used is effectively a plastic pot with a shaker lid (like those used for seasonings) to create a static charge has the fibres fall to the model. You could just sprinkle the scatter material in, but depending on what you’re using, if it’s static scatter it will lie flat and not stand in end
this is a really cool video and everything but I was just wondering, if you were to find replacement parts for the rotting metal would you come back to this and make it running again?
I dunno, if a model train had run out of "steam" and seemingly was broken. I would rather have it on the "fix it" to run it again than getting rid of it, unlike real life where money is a factor, when it comes to model railroading it is a hobby and you do not consider the dollars spent usually. As such even if you lose the original internals, to have it run and work again would have been my goal though, even if you could get a new one, it has history with you though.
Whilst i would prefer to make models "like new" and have them working, this wasn't really the point of this one - it was a model that was bought off eBay and was a single item, it was alway meant to be a display piece
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the Inter City 125 was always my favourite as a kid :D
😊 it really is a cool loco
like me
This guy is here???
Sameee it feels so nostalgic when I see a video about it, i even had my own model of it as a kid (i still do but i dunno where it went)
@@bedlessman1169 I wish I had a n gauge version, but I have a severe lack of space to justify one
Fantastic, looks a great display and great technique!
Thanks very much!
This is brilliant, I have boxes of trains but no room for a layout, I’m going to do this and interchange the loco’s. Thanks for the idea!
I hope it works for you!
Great idea and inspiration as to how to productively use my Dapol Class 73, that looks fine, but which is a real pain to run on track due to design faults and bad assembly. As such it had been relegated to it's box, awaiting a scrap Hornby Class 73 to donate it's running gear and maybe the chassis too. However, having seen your video, it would make a great candidate for putting in a display case, either as it is, in it's 'new' condition, or in a weathered state, like you did. Keep on the good work and keep on making your excellent videos.
Thanks! Glad you may have found this helpful :D
The Dapol class 73 could be converted ono an excellent runner with a new 5 pile skewed motor wirh flywheel and some gear replacement. All in all 30 minutes of work and app 35 £.
This is a change of pace from your usual model kit projects. Loved how you were able to make an old, broken and no longer model train & turn it into a stunning static model. Great work Matt also great work on the mini diorama for it too !
Thanks so much 😊
As a Model Railroader and scale modeler in Wisconsin. I say... Bravo!!! I love what you have done and I would love to see more.
Thank you very much! I hope to do some more scenery related elements in the future
for a second I thought I was on Sam's Trains. Great job on giving and old train new life
lol, not quite :P
A great idea that can alsobe pushed further... I did this kind of "display" for my train display shelves at home and in my club in Liege we have a display box of four shelves-dioramas to showcase some of our models and also depict several places on the Belgian Railway network both in service and now disused. Your way of making it a display case for one model only gives me ideas to create a display too for older models from Lima or Airfix I keep by nostalgia of my beginnings in UK Railway modelling as well as the few continental models I kept too from my youth.
Sounds really cool!
I would try and fix them
@@oscarosullivan4513 there's no use as they are too old tech to be converted to DCC, and I have better detailed versions with recent motor that are quieter and have better running performance. Airfix wagons though are always modified be it original kits or dapol reruns. Also older locos won't run on code 75 track and replacing wheels on steamers is to difficult for me.
@@ericsainte290 I disagree not everyones into DCC or high detail. The pancakes and ringfields are supposed to be easy to keep going
"I'm sure it brought a number of people a lot of joy..." I think that whenever I see an old bike or toy or anything, really, that is being thrown out or neglected. I think about how happy someone was to have bought or received it. It kind of breaks my heart.
yeah, it is sad
That turned out great, given another life to it, instead of being destined for a box in a cupboard, well done
Thanks, hopefully it will last many years like this 😊
I used to have that train set, got it in 1983. I can remember the smell it made when it was powered.
I can imagine - i've got an old Hornby Albert Hall and it has that metallic smell when it runs
Great idea for an otherwise unusable loco. Very well done !
Many thanks!
That's pretty creative
thanks!
Being disabled in a wheelchair much of my youth in trains of the 1970s was in the guard's van with the bikes, prams, and luggage. The Queen's Silver Jubilee when we went as a family to London was my first experience of actually traveling with other passengers. That was on an Intercity 125 :)
how interesting! It's fascinating how times have changed, the fact that disabled people were not catered for in the past is kind of crazy
Love this - the Intercity 125 is part of my childhood, it should never be thrown in the bin!!
😊
@@ModelMinutes how does the chassis of a model corrode?
@@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24 many model railway models have zinc alloy chassis parts. Due to lead impurities in this alloy it can cause “mazak rot” which ultimately results in the metal crumbling over time. I believe it’s some kind of chemical reaction but it can destroy older models like this one. It’s only a matter of time before the metal chassis blocks effectively turn to dust on this model
I'm currently doing the same thing for a model of a Union Pacific Big Boy 1406 for a friend who lives near the real one. Great presentation!
Sounds like a great project 😊
Nice thing to do
Thank you, he's a photographer and always taking pictures of it. When 4014 came through where he lives, being somewhat immunocompromised he couldn't risk being in the Hugh crowds it attracted.
@@richardsweeney197 I hope more older models are saved
Me too!
Memories! I had that Hornby Inter City 125 train set when I was a child.
wow! Sounds fun!
I like how you took an old model and made it better and put in a display frame
Thanks 😊
As a diehard Thomas the tank engine fan I can not express just how much I want to turn that class 43 into a model of either Pip of Emma from the Christopher Awdry Railway Series books.
very cool!
Very nice job. If only rougher condition 2nd hand model railway stuff like this was always so lucky.
Wouldn't have thought of using Cork Trivets for diorama basing. The internal refit's also given me a few ideas for modifying some of my damaged 00 stock :D .
Does make me all the more certain though that a Class 43 - among other famous trains - need a model kit thereof. After all as I've found over the years, getting certain iterations of Hornby 00 stock is both difficult and expensive. A model kit alternative where we can buy one to build, and chose any livery we like, would be a viable seller for a kit company IMO.
(other classes like the Class 37's would also be a likely hit)
I have had the suggestion that Hornby sell their models as kits (just give me all the bits in a box and I will assemble and paint it myself). They already have cartograph decals for Airfix so it wouldn't be too difficult to get some emblems and numbers etc included to add to the model, and if they were half the price of the RTR models it could do really well
@@ModelMinutes I agree. There's definitely a gap in the market for it.
After all: Having the option to paint and nameplate trains ourselves would be awesome, a bit like Airfix's former railway range, albeit with the more running layout suitable, durable shell and running gear of Hornby.
Would also mean more obscure but interesting locomotives and stock could be done, such as the LNER A4 which was destroyed in a Luftwaffe raid.
@@jimtaylor294 plus, why do I have to buy a £150+ locomotive and then detail it further still - adding lights, crew, weathering etc . . . If i'm building a model from start I can do those things straight away without having the fear of "ruining" an expensive model
@@ModelMinutes Precisely. Being marketable at a much lower price point would also likely lead to Hornby selling more of them too, and not just because completionists would suddenly have the ability to field entire classes of locomotive.
Would also mean perhaps having more R&D capital for Hornby to get their prebuilt Loco's to a higher standard, or at least eliminate the mazak rust issue that seems to be endemic with the PRC made zinc alloy components.
(though as this Class 43 shows, TriAng-Hornby wasn't getting that right all the time back in the '70's & '80's either)
@@jimtaylor294 very good points
I think you made the right decision regarding keeping the diorama uncluttered. Great result 👍🏼
Happy New Year to all, Ian
Thanks, you too!
Nice work and you have certainly given me some ideas for my older model trains.
Awesome! Thanks 😊
An excellent idea and perfectly executed. Even with my relatively limited modelling skills I might try this!
Go for it 😊
You've done a really top-notch job there, only thing I would add to keep it less busy is perhaps a 3 or 4 aspect signal for that more "Real life-like" approach, cracking job non-the less!
thanks for the idea!
Great idea! i'll be sure to do this if one of my locos become broken beyond repair. Had some for from childhood and one from a grandparent which has passed on so this is a great way of keeping them. Thank you!
Thanks for watching 😊
Me and my Dad fixed up an intercity 125 from about 35 years go and it still works
awesome!
Gonna do this to honour my dads old train from when he was little
sounds great!
Great idea save the classic trains 🚂 Adding the driver is a good idea.
Yes indeed!
I can’t wait to make a display case for Mallard when I model the National Railway Museum
sounds awesome!
Fun fact: the British rail class 43 HST is the fastest diesel locomotive hitting 235 Kilometres Per Hour making HST the fastest diesel locomotive since 1978. It's my favourite loco 🤣🤣 I've got 43063 and 43093 in Virgin Rail or Virgin Trains. Nice model love it lots from Zeke.😁😚☺️
sounds amazing!
Thing is it shares the same number of the 43 warship the loco who broke down alot
Thanks Matt, thats really lovely. As always, be safe from South Africa
thanks, you too!
Brilliant video. I have loads of old Hornby models and love the idea of building this and displaying it. Well done. !
Thanks! 😊
E ( one of the best models I have ever seen )
:D
Fantastic idea Matt! I might well have a go at this myself!
You should!
Hmm what a great idea and a good way of making a great static display. I have a couple of those original Hornby HSTs which aren't good enough for a layout today.
Thanks for sharing 👍
thanks for watching :D
I had that intercity train. But It had problems so I gave it to my friend who loves trains 🚂 😊
fair enough
*Easy work for a very good result, your Dapol now is safe and in a good place, your diorama is very nice!*
Cheers 😊
Really enjoyed this; great work.
Yeah, defo gonna try something similar with one of my redundant diesel loco’s.
Go for it!
Looks terrific. I had this loco as my first train set. Really interesting video. Many thanks.
Glad you enjoyed it
Amazing result and video!!😁
Got a new subscriber👍
Awesome! Thank you!
Love this build! It inspired me to make something similar myself using a Trumpeter case that I think is intended for small ship models. Mine is more of an industrial railway theme, which is just an excuse to practice additional weathering techniques 😅
I'm really enjoying the mix of scale model kits and railway modelling on your channel - not many other people seem to share those interests, which seens a little strange to me
Thanks! Yes, I do have model railways as one of my passions, sadly don't really have space for it - I'd like to make more railway related content but that will take time I think
@@ModelMinutes yep, same here - I'm working on a 2m long shunting layout but I don't even have room to keep that set up day-to-day. I'm planning a smaller shelf layout after the current project, just an inglenook shunting puzzle really, but a lot of focus on scenery. After reading James Hilton's book it became clear that building a small layout means that you can really focus on the quality of the scenic details. I'll look forward to more model railway stuff whenever it arrives - there's only so much time in the day and space on the workbench 😉
@@jamfjord yeah I’ll have to probably do some small ones
That’s a great idea! Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching 😊
That looks super cool. I'm tempted to make one now.
Go for it!
Very good I have put my broken locos in a wooden wall hung display cabinets x2 my 43 still runs regards Gary Adelaide
sounds good!
I note you said the driver wouldn't be well seen - but you could have used the pickups from the wheels to run 5v or whatever through the rails (through the base of the box where a battery, or DC hookup could live) and popped a LED or something within the cab, as well as the headlights :) In the dark on a wall that would look extra special!
Was going to say just this!
I did consider adding lights and other things, but sadly i was against a time constraint which prevented me from both sourcing the parts and undertaking the necessary modifications
@@ModelMinutes Ah - that's a shame, would have really added to the display! Plus maybe a signal in there lit up!
@@cyberprog perhaps I’ll be able to do something like that in the future
that display case looks amazing.in the us that would be extremely clean compared to some of the locomotives i've seen.usually the fuel tanks on the bottom are usally a light brown to dark brown and the sides of the locs sometimes have a burn mark
I'm sure there are some simliar examples here in the UK, but I can't imagine the locos avoiding being cleaned too often here
excellent idea to showcase an iconic loco like the 43... wow super job...😎🚂👍🏻Neil
Thanks 😊
Fantastic idea l love it I would love to have a few of them myself.
:D
Absolutely fantastic, I’ll definitely be doing something like this for my childhood locomotives which have sadly ran out of steam so to speak, conveniently I had the Intercity 125 set, though it didn’t last too long
sad times
I remember a similar model being used for Virign Trains, and I just loved the look and aesthetic of them. It's a shame they go scrapped and we have these ugly South-Western Railway models that just are so depressing to look at lol
I wonder if a lot of the popular French TGV model trains have been scrapped and we get these new replacements that look so bland.
hmm, dunno . .
Wow! Just wow! Really great video Matt the model and diorama look absolutely Amazing!
Thanks 😊
Great project! Now I know how to display the BR41 loco I'm building.
awesome!
I actually put mine on a wall shelf, might actually try doing something like this.
Perhaps your shelf could be converted into some sort of display?
Hi there!
Great idea to display it that way as static model. Well done…
All the best - greetings from Austria - Uwe
Thank you! Cheers!
A neat addon can be a short vertical wall on one end with a tunnel-portal, suggesting it's more than a single loco/car.
yeah, i have thought about something like that for future projects
Really nice result, well done!!
Thanks 😊
I have an underground post apocalypses train station shadow box diorama depicting some adventurers being attacked by a hoard of zombie like mutants. 25mm miniatures that are close to 1/64 to 1/72 scale positioned around HO scale models of 1/87 scale. Yes, that is just over 25% scale disparity but I made it visually work. Some of the rolling stock is buried as wreckage in a partly collapsed underground station. Some of the trains were also partly hidden behind sunken platforms all to better hide the scale disparity.
sounds interesting!
That was epic.. will try this myself. A completely modelling noob
Good luck 😊
Great idea, I might just give it a go myself.
Go for it 😃
Congrats. I'm impressed with this great work.
Thank you very much!
Very well done, sir! Looks amazing!
Thanks 😊
Im going to be using this with my old Mehano locomotive.
awesome!
Ooh, this looks interesting. I don't know if I'll be able to watch the premier, but I'll be sure to watch it at some point
I hope you enjoy!
Same with me, my friend. I was watching a little at work, but I’ll watch the whole thing when I get home
Excellent video showing what can be done with old railway models. You're quite correct in not making the model too busy and setting a point where you stop adding detail and extras such as lights and even sound!
Even when we're building a full layout certainly from the 60s or earlier were asking ourselves the same questions do I rig out the telegraph poles and signals with wire especially if I have an accident and a derailing train takes a whole row out?
Yeah, sometimes less is more and helps direct the eye to the focal point
I have an old rare twin tender Flying Scotsman with the early crest on the cab, I'm looking to get a decent display case for it and add a back scene and make the baseboards from wood. I've already got a bit of track for the steam locomotive to sit on.
awesome!
Very nice. Not something that I would have thought about. … maybe a tunnel mouth at the rear end of the “Loco”?
nice idea!
I may try this with my wife's American Flyer steam engine and tender from the 1950's.
Good idea!
This is really good.
thanks!
I have 2 of these currently. 1 squeaking (Hornby) in both directions and the other (Lima) is slow as hell. Both just sat on the shelf while the carriages run on the garden line. I'll be watching for aure
:)
Also 001 is at the National Railway Museum in York.
Thanks for the info!
Agreed I’ve got this particular train intercity 125
nice :D
Looks amazing pal
thanks!
Looks cool
Thanks 😊
My favourite train is called the Zaamurets Armoured Train.
nice!
Hi there again, I have watched recently a video where Charlie on Chadwick model railway fits a modified motor to one of these old Hornby trains, runs good too. But you have done a nice job I want to do something similar for any new kits I make, they soon get covered in dust if you don't. Chris.
I think, to get this working again, it would need lots of replacement parts
well done chap
Thanks!
Great job 🙂👍🏼
Thanks 😊
Was just thinking about this!
:D Great minds!
very well done mate!! Nice job!
Thanks 😊
Lovely cabinet where did you buy this great memorial for your best
Link should be in the description
i have a old bachmann union pacific prairie steam locomotive that i think could be fixed but if not ill be doing this for it. it was also my first steam locomotive for my model train layout so if it can be fixed ill be this
Hopefully you can fix it though
Thank you for a very interesting video. Even though aircraft and tanks are my thing most of your techniques are suitable for my interests so thank you from Australia and hope your festive season went well
Thanks! yes, it went well - hope you had a good one too!
Nice work
Thanks for the visit
A bit tardy to the party here but loved this vid. I have an HO scale Union Pacific Big Boy that I've retired and want to do the same.
The Big Boy needs a few parts replaced back to stock and then a proper weathering (snow, I think) before it will be displayed anywhere like this.
Found you in the comments over on a vid by Modelkit Stuff (following his QM2 build).
Liked and sub'd for more!
Thanks! Glad my video has helped inspire you
Very nice!
Thanks!
I've just took the last part of my layout down today as its been sat there for 2years.
sad times :(
i have an old bobo still running so I might do this.
Nice
I've done this by making dioramas depicting qld train stations
nice!
The conductor was looking like someone else for a second XD.
:S
I hope they find a way to convert the class 43 into an electric locomotive in the future without a complete remodel like they did with the class 365
Assuming the Class 43 is a diesel-electric locomotive, it already has most of the components an electric engine needs, especially the traction motors. All that would have to be added is a voltage-regulation system to control the train's speed, and a means of picking up power (pantograph or third rail pickups). The only limiting factors would be the time and cost of such a conversion...
@@InventorZahran agreed
interesting idea
I got a 1977 model of an hst and it still runs strong but this would be a great way to put it to rest after it as given up
:D
I Just Got a new workshop and i had the possibility to play with my trains after 3years of sitting in the box
Awesome! I cant wait until i have the real space to do some proper train modelling
@@ModelMinutes i have a huge room for my hobby its Just so Nice
Brilliant idea, could have made the lights work too!
Yeah, my original plan was to have internal lights, with a custom display case with lights in that too, but sadly time was against me
Is there anything that can be used as a substitute for the grass spreading tool, or does just shaking the bag over the scene to spread it work well enough? I love the work you've done
The tool I used is effectively a plastic pot with a shaker lid (like those used for seasonings) to create a static charge has the fibres fall to the model. You could just sprinkle the scatter material in, but depending on what you’re using, if it’s static scatter it will lie flat and not stand in end
@@ModelMinutes ah brilliant thank you. I'm very inexperienced at modelling but want to get into it more, do you have any top tips for beginners?
@@jasperherridge3168 most of my tips are in my videos, depending on what you’re specifically wanting to know those would be a good place to start
@@ModelMinutes ah thank you!
That's beautiful. All the other things would have been a bit much.
Yeah, i'm glad i didnt clutter it too much
I have the exact same train!
nice!
this is a really cool video and everything but I was just wondering, if you were to find replacement parts for the rotting metal would you come back to this and make it running again?
You could if you wanted to, but I no longer have this model, as mentioned it was a gift
@@ModelMinutes ah yeah I sorta jumped the gun lol :-)
Beutifull 😊
Very nice 😙
thanks!
I dunno, if a model train had run out of "steam" and seemingly was broken.
I would rather have it on the "fix it" to run it again than getting rid of it, unlike real life where money is a factor, when it comes to model railroading it is a hobby and you do not consider the dollars spent usually.
As such even if you lose the original internals, to have it run and work again would have been my goal though, even if you could get a new one, it has history with you though.
Whilst i would prefer to make models "like new" and have them working, this wasn't really the point of this one - it was a model that was bought off eBay and was a single item, it was alway meant to be a display piece