It's amazing that Rapido are consistent with their new releases. Seemingly 3/4 of their models are really good, and I'm glad they seem to specialise in the pre-grouping era (my favourite era of railways, and one that's not always readily available in 00 scale).
@@SamsTrains in all seriousness, that massive error should result in Rapido exchanging the mistakenly glued part for a new one or another loco entirely. If it had happened to anyone else who is not inclined to immediately take a screwdriver to their new loco, they would have discovered that well outside the warranty period
@@MarkusGustav I had a chat with the head honcho of Rapido at Not Warley. He said these days models are practically handmade and so unfortunately there's always going to be the odd one which isn't perfect. He went on to say that once you realise that, it then comes down to what the manufacturer does about it. He said in Rapido's case their policy is to either repair or replace it as appropriate with out quibble.
@ that’s been my experience as well dealing with Rapido in Canada. Absolutely no complaints with them in that regard 😊 mind you I’ve only had a model with one number board that didn’t light up, but they fixed it for me swiftly and gave it a complete check over at the office in Markham. I think between leaving here and getting it back was maybe a week.
Indeed. A North British Glen, anyone? Triang did Caledonian 123 a long time ago, so a new version might be nice, along with the GNoSR's Gordon Highlanders
@@SamsTrains The NBR Glen would be a good choice, as many survived well into BR days. Anyone remember the Railway Roundabout TV programmes? They filmed Two Glens To Fort William, and also filmed HR 103 on scheduled trains on the Kyle of Lochalsh line.
I agree with you wholeheartedly that this is the most beautiful locomotive I've ever seen. I can't believe that they have 5 colors in some of the pin stripping. They even had the split tender plates of the original locomotive. It is truly a shame about the brake rigging being glued and the short wires, but I think I would have stopped at seeing the glued brake rigging. Please notice I spelled "color" as we do here in the states, just saying, lol. Anyway, Great review and video, Jersey Bill
Thanks Bill glad it's not just me - absolutely stunning isn't it? haha yeah that's fine - I've seen the US spelling of colour before! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Then there's bogies V trucks, sleepers V ties.. wagons V cars, and why US has no 'bullhead rail' up on 'chairs'/US only tie plates/no chairs or bullhead rail, why US steam always has had head lights and British has not (why THAT oddity ?), and why US has knuckle couplers/UK & Europe link and buffers,..shunting V switching....And since the train is a British invention, why did US railroading come to be so different all these ways, to begin with ?
103 became very well-known in the early 60s, when she was returned to working order for use on specials. I like the What If? BR livery, but only 103 (already preserved) survived into BR days. Despite your reservations, this is a splendid model of a most impressive and beautiful locomotive. Mr Jones would be pleased! (By the way, the birdcage coaches were built by the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, not the LBSCR. Tut, tut...)
Yeah absolutely - this is the 60s livery in fact! I like the what if too, should drum up some extra sales of the model too! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I've also got a work anecdote about manuals. I was asked to comment and provide updates to a user manual, and I saw at least three revisions where if the customer followed the instructions to do certain maintenance (that fortunately most people wouldn't do), they would end up pouring about a gallon of liquid more or less straight on the floor. Fortunately those versions of the manual never got out to the public.
Yes! Was looking forward to you covering this loco, and you do not disappoint (nor does Rapido). This is a beaut. Especially with your choice of livery. I see that you are a man of culture. If you can go and see the preserved Jones Goods at Glasgow Riverside Museum, do so. It is worth the sight.
Hi Sam, I have the LMS version of this and it doesn't appear to have the brake rigging glued in place. As a point of interest, the ribbing on the chimney was actually upward slots which was an early attempt to provide a means of smoke deflection by using air flow through the slots to push the smoke up higher from the chimney. Keep up the good work.
Hi Sam, now thats a work of art well worth the money, i'm so glad manufacturers are making models of never before done rtr locomotives, there are so many more wonderful locomotives like this, that can be done in the future.👍
Absolutely love it. Finally a Scottish loco from my neck of the woods and in a stunning livery. I've been waiting a long time for this and hopefully we'll see more. A fair review disappointed it wasn't in first place but with its issues I can see why you gave it that score.
Color matching on different materials can be tricky, and sometimes you think you get it right but it turns out it looks completely different under different lighting. I used to work in a building where there was one room that had a set of about 8 switches on the wall and a note explaining which ones to turn on to simulate the lighting in different conditions - full sunlight, incandescent bulbs, typical fluorescent, a couple different stores, even just blacklight. That was at a pretty big company, though, so I don't know if model train companies could replicate that, especially with the factories being so far away either requiring samples be shipped or local expertise hired and trusted at the factory.
I'm a stickler for companies making highly detailed models and this one is above whats expected for the price. Yes the boiler hand rails are crap and there are a few other issues but the liveries application is superb and what a colour as well. It runs smooth, is quiet and has a fluidity to the way it handles the points and the curves, its definitely one of the best models I have seen you review in a while. That Tango you just reviewed pales in comparison to this Jones Goods in a big way.
So glad the loco performs as well as it looks, too bad about the poor color match and serviceability though. Hope Rapido continue working on their quality for their other upcoming locos
Hi Sam, another excellent in depth review. I got mine a week ago in the same colour-blind engineer's green livery. The chap who came up with it previously worked at LB&SCR before being employed by Highland Railways hence why it's the same. Comparing it to my Hornby Terrier the Rapido model is a slightly brighter yellow and the Hornby model has slightly brighter red paint on the under-chassis, but in real life liveries weren't always 100% uniform in shade anyway so that's fine. For anyone curious it's a large loco for it's era, but small compared to 4-6-0s of those of the Big Four era with the boiler being quite slender, more like a 2-6-0 Mogul in size. In fact it's the same length as my Hornby 2-6-0 K1. The K1 is actually bulkier and more powerful looking, which with the benefit of another 50 years of locomotive development, it was. I had a similar experience with the loco-tender connection as have others. You have to line everything up exactly which is easiest to do when holding it as you ended up doing. I prefer Hornby's connection, but Rapido's is ok. Other nice touches are the box with stiff card, plenty of foam and I like the separate ice-cubes for loco and tender. I'd have happily bought another couple in other liveries if my wallet hadn't said no.🥲 N.B. I had a look at the brake rigging on mine and it wasn't glued, so I could pop it out though the brake block popped out on the other side and as you said is tricky to get back in again. Overall I'm very happy with mine, but Rapido need to improve their design for allowing access for servicing. I'm hoping there may be more Scottish legends from Rapido, perhaps something in the gorgeous Caledonian railways livery? Also some Evolution coaches to go with them.
Actually, William Stroudley was at the Highland Railway before he moved to the Brighton line, and he took the golden ochre livery with him. And I don't think that the Jones Goods ever carried it in service, only in preservation.
@@johncunningham6928 that was my understanding of the livery too - HR used this livery but probably not on the Jones Goods. For whatever reason they decided to use this livery anyway when they restored her in the late 1950s. Good job they did as it looks great and is now an accurate part of her history!
I’ve got a recent Dapol Terrier and found the same as you; the Rapido model is more yellow, the Dapol a touch darker, heading towards orange. An observation rather than a complaint, they still look good together on my layout and as you say differences in shade were probably quite common.
I love this locomotive. It’s really beautiful. I also love your channel. I started watching videos on RUclips to familiarize myself with model railroads to help my step father with his. I was trying to understand things like DCC, manufacturers and scenery. Your videos ended up being ubiquitous in my recommendations. The thumbnails got my attention. Once I started watching I binged a lot of videos because your style is unparalleled on RUclips. I can tell you put in a ton of work and you’re the most fair reviewer I’ve ever seen. It’s good that you go into every model with an open mind even if the manufacturer has produced sub par models in the past. That’s a rare thing today to take each item as its own thing instead of giving lower scores based on past performance. I’m American and I don’t have a train set of my own other than Lego trains. I’m not really interested in OO scale or HO but watching your channel has made me consider getting into it. For now I’m going to focus on my step fathers N scale trains but I’m certainly going to continue watching your channel. Keep doing what you’re doing.
Beautiful Loco! Minor couture issue might be caused by your lighting, daylight, warm white fluorescent tubes do affect the colour rendition, as does LED lighting. ...A great improvement by Rapido, let's hope that they will improve the manual, base plate contacts and minor finishing issues. On my must purchase list following your great review.
Thanks Duncan - yes true it's dependant on lighting, but I film/review all my locos under the same lighting, so it's a fair comparison. For sure a huge improvement by Rapido! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I just knew you’d go for the Yellow Jones Goods Sam! Also, can you please do a 3 Best & Worst Rolling Stock video for the year? You can combine it into one video like a list.
Its so surreal being a North American (USA) model train enthusiast, knowing of Rapido's fantastic model quality here for NA locomotives and rolling stock, and then seeing them totally wipe the floor with the domestic British model train manufacturers at their own game! A fantastic model, will have to look into getting one shipped over to the states!
Although this may have been the first 4-6-0 to run on a British Railway in 1894, the 4-6-0 was built by several British engineering companies at least as early as 1880. But all for export. The Loco Profile publication on the topic pointed out that the success of the 4-6-0 built for the Indian Mail locomotives and then the New South Wales Railways Beyer Peacock P class ( later C32) then flowed through to the Highland Railway design. Other British railways took some time to get good results out of their own divergent designs of 4-6-0, with some early designs very short lived.
Another good all round report on the Jones Goods. I have had mine fo0r just over a week and the sound version is excellent. My only problem is the joining of the loco to tender. I have problems with my finger joints and found the pushing together on the track impossible had to ask a railway modeling friend to connect it together.
@@SamsTrains I complained on RM web about that connector, on the main thread - its really the worst part of an excellent model, even Hornbys is better designed. Cheers
That’s one of the most unusual and beautifully decorated locos I have ever seen Sam, I hope it works as good as it looks . I wonder if there were ever a real one in that colour
I was crossing my fingers hoping you didn’t get a duff one and you didn’t. All the other videos I’ve watched of this loco were stunning and glowingly positive. Glad you had the same experience. I don’t need this loco but I’m so tempted. Happy Christmas Sam! 🎄
I just so happen to have this loco as well, in this exact same livery. I absolutely love it, especially as it’s my first DCC loco. Excellent video as always.
Lol, I was looking at all of those ones too, but Mr Wallet said no😪, so I've just got the colour-blind engineers green livery. Can't have everything I'm afraid, so it was pick the one I liked best. The problem is there are so many other nice locos in the pipeline especially from Rapido and Accurascale. I'm waiting to get my Accurascale Deltic, I've already got two of Rapido's upcoming O1s on pre-order and there are several other locos I'd like, plus some Evolution coaches and... it's not a cheap hobby is it?
Hi Sam, great review. You spotted the same issue i did straight out the box on the colour matching. I had hoped after the Hornby Ruston review that this would've been avoided but alas no. Still the best model i own and well worth the price. I would hope however by now that rapido would have standardised thinks like base keeper playes to make them servicable, maybe they need to in their design or slow their releases down to get them right.
actually stoping before coupling to passenger stock is prototypicaly correct. coupling without stopping was considered a collision thanks for another great review
Excellent review - no punches pulled but so great this is a product which in so many aspects you can whole-heartedly commend. I had known about the Jones Goods early in life; there was a lovely book of detailed drawings of important historical locos which I had back in the 1960s - the Jones Goods was there, along with Gladstone and Hardwicke and several others. I've always loved the character of this loco. Perhaps you were a little dismissive of the Highland Railway, which was one of the important railways in Scotland, connecting Inverness with the lowland cities; per Wikipedia it had 494 miles of line, much through rough and hilly terrain - maybe the comparison would be to America's Wild West railroads. Your complaint about the manual reminded me of Robert M Persig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', where he suggests that the job of writing the manual for anything appears always to be given to the person in the factory who can best be spared from doing anything actually useful ... As always, looking forward to your next video
This is the first new OO/HO locomotive I've ever purchased and am very pleased with mine. In fact the livery is so nice, I bought it in yellow and Drummond green. The sound features are out of this world. I only got one fitted with dcc as I'll just swap the chip between locomotives.
Great loco and great review, as always. My 103 arrived a couple of days ago. I don't have a layout at present, so I put a 9v battery to the loco. Nothing happened but apparently the loco and tender need to be connected for it to work. Therefore, I got out my rolling road and tried to connect loco to tender per the manual. No joy there despite using mavimum force to put them together. I contacted Rapido, and they recommend that I try to connect them in mid air. So far, I haven't had the courage to try that. Like the manual servicing instructions, the connection instructions are pretty useless. Why do manufacturers produce such an amazing loco, then spoil the experience by not putting the same effort into their manual. With that extra bit of consideration for the customer, and plunger pickups on the base keeper plate, they would probably have got a 10/10 from you, no bother. One of your best and fairest reviews which I enjoyed immensely.
@@SamsTrains it's well worth a visit, as the museum has examples from all the main pre-grouping Scottish railways, as well as a massive South African loco built in Glasgow during it's industrial heyday.
Obscure Railway Sam ? The HR was the main route north Perth to Inverness then onward to Kyle of Lochalsh and wick/ Thurso . Loco of the year……..I think so
So frustrating, Sam, when they get the painted detail so spot on, and then let themselve down with the handrail finish!?🤦🏻♂ Those wheels though - each spoke, decorated to pefection. Another fair and balanced review, my friend. And good shout out to Rails.👏🏻
Hi sam. Enjoy this video been waiting for a proper look at the yellow one, love the colour scheme, don't like the issue you ran into to service it, really want but it the one word Money! I might have to wait a few years and hope I can get a good condition one second hand .
I love tenders! The Pennsy had a ridiculous number of various tenders that served from about 1910 til 1957. There were some "standard" tenders, like the 110P75 or 130P75 used behind the legendary K4s passenger pacific, but the Pennsy also experimented with a ridiculous amount of one off or very small production run tenders. Pennsy tenders use the following classification system. Example 110P75: 110 = 11,000 gallon water capacity, P = Passenger, 75 = deck height, meant to match the locomotive cab deck. My favourite tender was the enormous 250P75 tender experimented with in 1927. This extremely long tender carried 25,000 gallons of water for use behind K4 passenger locomotives for long distance use. Although the tender allowed for long distance running, the Pennsy found these tenders, when fully loaded, often outweighed the locomotive, and required the removal of one or more cars from the consist. The experiment lasted about 12 years in total, with most tenders being recycled for use behind the big freight engines of the period, specifically the I1 class 2-10-0 and M1 class 4-8-2. The Pennsy experimented with various fuel oil fired locomotives and matching oil tenders throughout the years as well which also resulted in a large number of individual tenders for certain usage. On top of that, the Lines West shops turned out their own style of tender, the Crawford Hooded tender. The subsidiary Long Island Railroad also had its own tender types as locomotives were handed down to the line. So yes there are some of us do like tenders just as much as the locomotives! I currently have 3 custom brass made tenders in production for my HO gauge collection
Such a handsome little loco! And I say little loco because my brain keeps insisting this is small and cute for some reason, even though it's quite a lengthy tender engine. Not sure why!
I’m still waiting for mine since I’m in Canada and deliveries have been slow. This looks amazing though and I cannot wait as this is the version I ordered!
Fabulous looking loco, but it seems odd to fit metal handrails and then paint them to look like plastic. The lining on the other hand is beyond amazing; amusingly, the striped buffer housings look like electrical resistors. We have a saying in motorsport that "assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups": it's a guess, but maybe Rapido's spec is for the brake rigging to be non-glued but the factory did the opposite off their own bat. If so, all it would have taken would have been to spend a few hours with one of the first production line models to ensure all was as expected; after all the actual paperwork and manual seem to have been very well produced so I doubt that they were being sloppy there. As for the crawl, we always expect it to be be good on DCC, but for DC that was truly outstanding. Overall this loco seems to be in the same bracket as Accurscale's offerings. By the way, you are correct that David Jones is not the same as the guy from DJ models, but I believe that fancying a career change he instead joined the Monkees in the 1960s.
Historical note:Stroudley was the Locomotive Superintendent,before Jones,and that LB&SC paint job,was a homage to him! Also the design was based on an Indian Class,it was the Class L,and one of the first 4-6-0's in India! Basically,the long way round,to get the short way,there! Also note,the 4-6-0's,started in the 1850's,as freight engines,and later became high speed passengers! Bit of a complicated history,but I'll keep it short! Really nice loco,that Rapido put out,the photos,I saw,really don't do justice,on the paint job! Thank you 😇 😊!
Whew! My Jones Goods is paid for and on the way, and I was terrified that you're anxiously awaited review would review a real pig. I feel like I pushed my luck buying before a Sam's review. (See the Fell and any Heljan). BTW, could you let us in on how your individual rating areas are weighted?
I actually got in contact with the Highland Railway since my very first day with OO scale models. I bought the Highland Rambler set in 2018 back during a school trip and I love it nowadays. Back then I wished I got the Caledonian version, but the Highland one is quite unusual and not very common I think. This locomotive looks absolutely stunning too. I love the Drummond Green from Rails. I didn't know they have a blind axle and a metal boiler. The latter, justifying the price adequately, I think. It looks grand and very well put together on a whole. The mechanism is a bit of a red flag to me. Having to effectively break the brake shoe/pad to remove the base keeper which isn't removable anyway is a bit of a shock for me, especially as a new tooling. Recently I came across the reason why I appreciate removable base keepers. It makes cleaning and servicing so much faster and more convenient. I had a Bachmann loco where the base keeper was wired in. I didn't know that and broke the wires, so a 10 minute job turned into a 1.5 hour nightmare. Besides, stunning loco and I wouldn't be surprised if this would make it to the top 5 locos of this year. Well done Rapido, truly stunning and a great in-dept look, Sam. Almost 50 minutes for a review is bonkers, though the Tango almost made it to an hour. It just shows how much you care for the small details, which other reviewers often miss.
The livery is just plain lovely it reminds me of the lbsc improved green, anyways can't wait to watch the video!(this comment was made before watching the video)
The funny thing is Rapido here in Canada has a similar problem that this model has on our CPR 4-6-0, for some reason the brake rigging specifically at the rear is either glued or such a tight fit its almost impossible to access the axles without breaking something, although it is a much more compact and detail dense engine than the one you reviewed, and the body removal on it is equally as painful if not more than the base keeper
Oh aye the Jones Goods is a real looker, alas the non-DCC models of 103 appear to be sold out from Rails of Sheffield now so I’ll have to settle for 113 in Drummond Green, but still looking forward to getting one just the same 🤩
Nice to see Rapido putting great efforts on manufacturing quality, it's nice to see that. Pity they have botched the design on the disassembly side. Or the manufacturing... By the way, superb drivetrain and performances on par. Worth a buy if this model interest you. Looks promising for their forthcoming J83. Their Y7 is already a nice little kettle...
I think so too Oliver - again, can't help feeling a little more care on the assembly side would've gone a long way... otherwise great improvement! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hows Highland railway an obscure railway ? It ran a large network, and must of which still exists ... And "from many years ago ...". It was pre-grouping , so it vanished in 1923 asking with most companies of the time. It's"from many years ago" as the lnwr or the GNR
The glue thing is interesting, I don't know if Hornby and Rapdio used the same factory, but this puts me in mind of the incident where the Black Five lamps were being glued in when they were not supposed to be. I don't know, maybe there is one employee causing havoc on purpose, or maybe a dodgy translator. You'd think the designers would have included detailed instructions on assembly during the prototype stage.
I have to say its pretty rare to see British locomotives with that configuration, its strangely more common in the United States Beautiful model by the way 😻
At least you can oil the worm gear and thus hopefully the gears below by removing the body. Nonetheless, I would be a little nervous over very long-term performance with access being so difficult. I suspect I am being stupid but how is the brake rigging held on now that you have unglued the pads ?
40:06 Forgetting about the Great Western Kings lol which were specifically designed to take back the title of most powerful British 4-6-0. But in all seriousness an excellent loco and detailed review as always. The serviceability of the model is just yeah.... I would never want to try and service that thing. And it I feel like it's almost a dealbreaker which is a shame because it really is a top notch model otherwise.
Ahh yeah the King would have been a good option actually! Glad you liked the loco and the review... pity about the serviceability for sure! Thanks for watching, Sam :)
That's a really nice model. Agreed, the highly detailed livery is amazing for a mass produced model. The only thing I would disagree with you, was that you said it was 'underpowered'? A loco of that type would very likely not be hauling upto 18 coaches during it's real working life. Probably more often than not, it would be hauling 10 or less coaches. So prototypically there is more than a fair margin of error as far as it's coach hauling capabilities.
Excellent review of a top quality product, do you have a list of your review rankings, if not it would be great to have one especially with links to your reviews 😊
Rapido's new Jones Goods locomotive model looks amazing and its performance is outstanding. Plus, the decoration of its livery is pretty good. Shame that your example has its brake rigging is glued to the bottom of its brake pads and its pick-ups are hardwired which makes it very difficult to remove to get it cleaned properly. Also, the instructions of the model are very confusing. Still, it is a fantastic model from Rapido, Sam.
Nice engine, I thought surely she might be worthy of 20 out of 10 here. Please stop rating the engines so, they don't like it. Just love the engine for what she is and leave it at that. Also, if I see Bullman magically appearing in any more of your reviews, I shall scream in rage. I'm sick and tired of seeing him try to trip your engines up, and ruining the video.😡
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It's amazing that Rapido are consistent with their new releases. Seemingly 3/4 of their models are really good, and I'm glad they seem to specialise in the pre-grouping era (my favourite era of railways, and one that's not always readily available in 00 scale).
Yep - they do produce amazing looking models! So glad to see someone give pre-grouping models some love!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Rapido: please leave non-visible glue marks on separate parts
Some factory worker: glue separate non-visible parts, got it
haha I know!!
@@SamsTrains in all seriousness, that massive error should result in Rapido exchanging the mistakenly glued part for a new one or another loco entirely. If it had happened to anyone else who is not inclined to immediately take a screwdriver to their new loco, they would have discovered that well outside the warranty period
@@NextEevolutionI wouldn’t be surprised if they did. Rapido has been outstanding with their customer service so far.
@@MarkusGustav I had a chat with the head honcho of Rapido at Not Warley.
He said these days models are practically handmade and so unfortunately there's always going to be the odd one which isn't perfect. He went on to say that once you realise that, it then comes down to what the manufacturer does about it. He said in Rapido's case their policy is to either repair or replace it as appropriate with out quibble.
@ that’s been my experience as well dealing with Rapido in Canada. Absolutely no complaints with them in that regard 😊 mind you I’ve only had a model with one number board that didn’t light up, but they fixed it for me swiftly and gave it a complete check over at the office in Markham. I think between leaving here and getting it back was maybe a week.
Your camera work and presentations are second to none. By far the best model railway channel. Always enjoy each video.
Thank you so much - really appreciate that!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
What’s exciting is that “Scottish Legends” hints that we might get more preserved Scottish locos from Rapido!
Indeed. A North British Glen, anyone? Triang did Caledonian 123 a long time ago, so a new version might be nice, along with the GNoSR's Gordon Highlanders
If we got Caley 123 from Rapido, I would be beyond glad!
That's a very good point actually - wonder what else is cooking!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains The NBR Glen would be a good choice, as many survived well into BR days. Anyone remember the Railway Roundabout TV programmes? They filmed Two Glens To Fort William, and also filmed HR 103 on scheduled trains on the Kyle of Lochalsh line.
I’m praying they do a 812 considering how hard they are to find from bachmann
I agree with you wholeheartedly that this is the most beautiful locomotive I've ever seen. I can't believe that they have 5 colors in some of the pin stripping. They even had the split tender plates of the original locomotive. It is truly a shame about the brake rigging being glued and the short wires, but I think I would have stopped at seeing the glued brake rigging. Please notice I spelled "color" as we do here in the states, just saying, lol. Anyway, Great review and video, Jersey Bill
Thanks Bill glad it's not just me - absolutely stunning isn't it? haha yeah that's fine - I've seen the US spelling of colour before!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
and did you spell Stripping as you do in the States? Apologies for the sarcasm.
Then there's bogies V trucks, sleepers V ties.. wagons V cars, and why US has no 'bullhead rail' up on 'chairs'/US only tie plates/no chairs or bullhead rail, why US steam always has had head lights and British has not (why THAT oddity ?), and why US has knuckle couplers/UK & Europe link and buffers,..shunting V switching....And since the train is a British invention, why did US railroading come to be so different all these ways, to begin with ?
103 became very well-known in the early 60s, when she was returned to working order for use on specials. I like the What If? BR livery, but only 103 (already preserved) survived into BR days. Despite your reservations, this is a splendid model of a most impressive and beautiful locomotive. Mr Jones would be pleased! (By the way, the birdcage coaches were built by the South Eastern & Chatham Railway, not the LBSCR. Tut, tut...)
Yeah absolutely - this is the 60s livery in fact! I like the what if too, should drum up some extra sales of the model too!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I've also got a work anecdote about manuals. I was asked to comment and provide updates to a user manual, and I saw at least three revisions where if the customer followed the instructions to do certain maintenance (that fortunately most people wouldn't do), they would end up pouring about a gallon of liquid more or less straight on the floor. Fortunately those versions of the manual never got out to the public.
haha blimey - very lucky they had you to catch that... maybe you should apply for a job at Rapido haha!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Yes! Was looking forward to you covering this loco, and you do not disappoint (nor does Rapido). This is a beaut.
Especially with your choice of livery. I see that you are a man of culture.
If you can go and see the preserved Jones Goods at Glasgow Riverside Museum, do so. It is worth the sight.
Ahha thanks very much! I'd love to go and see her actually - bet she's an impressive sight indeed!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
So glad to know this has Sam’s seal of approval! I’ve ordered this loco in the exact same livery. It’s incredibly beautiful isn’t it!
Yeah absolutely - can highly recommend it - hope you enjoy her!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam,
I have the LMS version of this and it doesn't appear to have the brake rigging glued in place. As a point of interest, the ribbing on the chimney was actually upward slots which was an early attempt to provide a means of smoke deflection by using air flow through the slots to push the smoke up higher from the chimney. Keep up the good work.
Good to know some were likely made without glued in brake rigging.
I hope the glued in idea was a one off mistake.
Hi Sam, now thats a work of art well worth the money, i'm so glad manufacturers are making models of never before done rtr locomotives, there are so many more wonderful locomotives like this, that can be done in the future.👍
It sure is a work of art - and agreed, lovely to see something never done before!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Absolutely love it. Finally a Scottish loco from my neck of the woods and in a stunning livery. I've been waiting a long time for this and hopefully we'll see more. A fair review disappointed it wasn't in first place but with its issues I can see why you gave it that score.
Color matching on different materials can be tricky, and sometimes you think you get it right but it turns out it looks completely different under different lighting.
I used to work in a building where there was one room that had a set of about 8 switches on the wall and a note explaining which ones to turn on to simulate the lighting in different conditions - full sunlight, incandescent bulbs, typical fluorescent, a couple different stores, even just blacklight. That was at a pretty big company, though, so I don't know if model train companies could replicate that, especially with the factories being so far away either requiring samples be shipped or local expertise hired and trusted at the factory.
Yeah absolutely - seen it butchered before - and much worse than this too! That's fascinating - such an interesting topic!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Absolutely lovely even with the hard wire issues. If things were different for me I'd probably be buying one. Top work Sam.
I'm a stickler for companies making highly detailed models and this one is above whats expected for the price. Yes the boiler hand rails are crap and there are a few other issues but the liveries application is superb and what a colour as well. It runs smooth, is quiet and has a fluidity to the way it handles the points and the curves, its definitely one of the best models I have seen you review in a while. That Tango you just reviewed pales in comparison to this Jones Goods in a big way.
So glad the loco performs as well as it looks, too bad about the poor color match and serviceability though. Hope Rapido continue working on their quality for their other upcoming locos
I'm really glad too - not perfect, but much closer than I've seen from Rapido before!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Hi Sam, another excellent in depth review.
I got mine a week ago in the same colour-blind engineer's green livery. The chap who came up with it previously worked at LB&SCR before being employed by Highland Railways hence why it's the same.
Comparing it to my Hornby Terrier the Rapido model is a slightly brighter yellow and the Hornby model has slightly brighter red paint on the under-chassis, but in real life liveries weren't always 100% uniform in shade anyway so that's fine.
For anyone curious it's a large loco for it's era, but small compared to 4-6-0s of those of the Big Four era with the boiler being quite slender, more like a 2-6-0 Mogul in size. In fact it's the same length as my Hornby 2-6-0 K1. The K1 is actually bulkier and more powerful looking, which with the benefit of another 50 years of locomotive development, it was.
I had a similar experience with the loco-tender connection as have others. You have to line everything up exactly which is easiest to do when holding it as you ended up doing. I prefer Hornby's connection, but Rapido's is ok.
Other nice touches are the box with stiff card, plenty of foam and I like the separate ice-cubes for loco and tender.
I'd have happily bought another couple in other liveries if my wallet hadn't said no.🥲
N.B. I had a look at the brake rigging on mine and it wasn't glued, so I could pop it out though the brake block popped out on the other side and as you said is tricky to get back in again.
Overall I'm very happy with mine, but Rapido need to improve their design for allowing access for servicing.
I'm hoping there may be more Scottish legends from Rapido, perhaps something in the gorgeous Caledonian railways livery? Also some Evolution coaches to go with them.
Actually, William Stroudley was at the Highland Railway before he moved to the Brighton line, and he took the golden ochre livery with him. And I don't think that the Jones Goods ever carried it in service, only in preservation.
@@johncunningham6928 that was my understanding of the livery too - HR used this livery but probably not on the Jones Goods. For whatever reason they decided to use this livery anyway when they restored her in the late 1950s. Good job they did as it looks great and is now an accurate part of her history!
I’ve got a recent Dapol Terrier and found the same as you; the Rapido model is more yellow, the Dapol a touch darker, heading towards orange. An observation rather than a complaint, they still look good together on my layout and as you say differences in shade were probably quite common.
@@johncunningham6928 My mistake. I remembered reading somewhere he worked for both but couldn't remember which he was at first.
The detail and paintwork on this legit had my jaw drop. Might have to save up for one of these!
I love this locomotive. It’s really beautiful. I also love your channel. I started watching videos on RUclips to familiarize myself with model railroads to help my step father with his. I was trying to understand things like DCC, manufacturers and scenery. Your videos ended up being ubiquitous in my recommendations. The thumbnails got my attention. Once I started watching I binged a lot of videos because your style is unparalleled on RUclips. I can tell you put in a ton of work and you’re the most fair reviewer I’ve ever seen. It’s good that you go into every model with an open mind even if the manufacturer has produced sub par models in the past. That’s a rare thing today to take each item as its own thing instead of giving lower scores based on past performance. I’m American and I don’t have a train set of my own other than Lego trains. I’m not really interested in OO scale or HO but watching your channel has made me consider getting into it. For now I’m going to focus on my step fathers N scale trains but I’m certainly going to continue watching your channel. Keep doing what you’re doing.
I love 4-6-0, my absolute favorite wheel configuration other than the 0-6-0 but a really great locomotiv
Beautiful Loco! Minor couture issue might be caused by your lighting, daylight, warm white fluorescent tubes do affect the colour rendition, as does LED lighting. ...A great improvement by Rapido, let's hope that they will improve the manual, base plate contacts and minor finishing issues. On my must purchase list following your great review.
Thanks Duncan - yes true it's dependant on lighting, but I film/review all my locos under the same lighting, so it's a fair comparison. For sure a huge improvement by Rapido!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I just knew you’d go for the Yellow Jones Goods Sam!
Also, can you please do a 3 Best & Worst Rolling Stock video for the year? You can combine it into one video like a list.
haha easy choice for me - and that could be an interesting idea, thanks for that!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
There is something beautiful about Ochre coloured locomotives, like this, LBSCR terriers and the North British Ruston.
Its so surreal being a North American (USA) model train enthusiast, knowing of Rapido's fantastic model quality here for NA locomotives and rolling stock, and then seeing them totally wipe the floor with the domestic British model train manufacturers at their own game! A fantastic model, will have to look into getting one shipped over to the states!
that is mighty impressive for rtr! I did see a bit of cogging when crawling, but otherwise its very good all around. Thanks as always Sam!
Absolutely - one of the best tender locos I've seen this year!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Although this may have been the first 4-6-0 to run on a British Railway in 1894, the 4-6-0 was built by several British engineering companies at least as early as 1880. But all for export.
The Loco Profile publication on the topic pointed out that the success of the 4-6-0 built for the Indian Mail locomotives and then the New South Wales Railways Beyer Peacock P class ( later C32) then flowed through to the Highland Railway design.
Other British railways took some time to get good results out of their own divergent designs of 4-6-0, with some early designs very short lived.
Another good all round report on the Jones Goods. I have had mine fo0r just over a week and the sound version is excellent. My only problem is the joining of the loco to tender. I have problems with my finger joints and found the pushing together on the track impossible had to ask a railway modeling friend to connect it together.
Yes I found it impossible to connect them on track too - not the best connector on this one!
@@SamsTrains I complained on RM web about that connector, on the main thread - its really the worst part of an excellent model, even Hornbys is better designed. Cheers
@@Shauniboy1984 I also had trouble with it. My most recent loco to compare it with was a Dapol manor, that had a very slick connection.
@gregbristow5135 I think Dapols is by far the best, even bachmanns v2 is not that clever really.
Fun fact: Yellow Scottish engines like this one were called "Jocks" for being powerful and reliable
I knew this fact from the railway siries
haha love that - perfect name for them too!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
That’s one of the most unusual and beautifully decorated locos I have ever seen Sam, I hope it works as good as it looks . I wonder if there were ever a real one in that colour
Beautiful! Did you see Hilton's review of his sound fitted version on his channel "Proper Chuffed"? The sound suite is incredible.
Wow Rapido really have done a good job with this model. Im sure there will be more fantastic releases like this from them next year.
Yeah they have - makes me look forward to what's next from them!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I was crossing my fingers hoping you didn’t get a duff one and you didn’t. All the other videos I’ve watched of this loco were stunning and glowingly positive. Glad you had the same experience. I don’t need this loco but I’m so tempted. Happy Christmas Sam! 🎄
Oh, do Rails know you by name now?
haha yeah!!
I just so happen to have this loco as well, in this exact same livery. I absolutely love it, especially as it’s my first DCC loco. Excellent video as always.
I bought this and the early LMS. Both fab. I wouldn't mind the two green models too
Ahh fantastic - yeah the greens do look lovely!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Lol, I was looking at all of those ones too, but Mr Wallet said no😪, so I've just got the colour-blind engineers green livery. Can't have everything I'm afraid, so it was pick the one I liked best.
The problem is there are so many other nice locos in the pipeline especially from Rapido and Accurascale. I'm waiting to get my Accurascale Deltic, I've already got two of Rapido's upcoming O1s on pre-order and there are several other locos I'd like, plus some Evolution coaches and... it's not a cheap hobby is it?
@@speleokeir Same for me. I thought about selling a kidney
Amazing video like always Sam❤
Thank you so much!! :D
Great Video Sam, That paint work is 1st class
Hi Sam, great review.
You spotted the same issue i did straight out the box on the colour matching. I had hoped after the Hornby Ruston review that this would've been avoided but alas no.
Still the best model i own and well worth the price.
I would hope however by now that rapido would have standardised thinks like base keeper playes to make them servicable, maybe they need to in their design or slow their releases down to get them right.
The Jones Goods is one of my favorite looking locos thanks to Rapido, they have done a fantastic job!
actually stoping before coupling to passenger stock is prototypicaly correct. coupling without stopping was considered a collision thanks for another great review
Awesome video Sam
Cheers Brian!
@SamsTrains you're welcome Sam 😊
This engine is quite Stroudley-looking, and for all its quirks, It is simply gorgeous.
This might be the most beautiful and complex livery ever on a model steam loco. Absolutely fantastic!
There's always a terrier or two in Stroudley's original golden ochre livery for the Brighton line...
I have this image in my head of a designer at Rapido banging his fists on the table because he was trying to get an A ranking from Sams Trains 😂
haha yeah probably!! Just a few things still to improve then I reckon they'll be there!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Excellent review - no punches pulled but so great this is a product which in so many aspects you can whole-heartedly commend. I had known about the Jones Goods early in life; there was a lovely book of detailed drawings of important historical locos which I had back in the 1960s - the Jones Goods was there, along with Gladstone and Hardwicke and several others. I've always loved the character of this loco. Perhaps you were a little dismissive of the Highland Railway, which was one of the important railways in Scotland, connecting Inverness with the lowland cities; per Wikipedia it had 494 miles of line, much through rough and hilly terrain - maybe the comparison would be to America's Wild West railroads.
Your complaint about the manual reminded me of Robert M Persig's 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', where he suggests that the job of writing the manual for anything appears always to be given to the person in the factory who can best be spared from doing anything actually useful ...
As always, looking forward to your next video
This is the first new OO/HO locomotive I've ever purchased and am very pleased with mine. In fact the livery is so nice, I bought it in yellow and Drummond green. The sound features are out of this world. I only got one fitted with dcc as I'll just swap the chip between locomotives.
Ahh that's very good to hear - glad the Drummond green is nice too!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Great loco and great review, as always. My 103 arrived a couple of days ago. I don't have a layout at present, so I put a 9v battery to the loco. Nothing happened but apparently the loco and tender need to be connected for it to work. Therefore, I got out my rolling road and tried to connect loco to tender per the manual. No joy there despite using mavimum force to put them together. I contacted Rapido, and they recommend that I try to connect them in mid air. So far, I haven't had the courage to try that. Like the manual servicing instructions, the connection instructions are pretty useless. Why do manufacturers produce such an amazing loco, then spoil the experience by not putting the same effort into their manual. With that extra bit of consideration for the customer, and plunger pickups on the base keeper plate, they would probably have got a 10/10 from you, no bother. One of your best and fairest reviews which I enjoyed immensely.
It’s at Glasgow museum of transport by the Clyde
So I hear - would love to go and see her!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@@SamsTrains it's well worth a visit, as the museum has examples from all the main pre-grouping Scottish railways, as well as a massive South African loco built in Glasgow during it's industrial heyday.
Obscure Railway Sam ? The HR was the main route north Perth to Inverness then onward to Kyle of Lochalsh and wick/ Thurso . Loco of the year……..I think so
The Jones Goods is one of my favorite locomotives ever, I’m definitely getting the What If BR Black for my birthday
Ooh exciting - happy birthday for whenever that is! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Thank you for reviewing this Sam do you think this livery is one of your favourite?
I think it definitely is yeah! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
So frustrating, Sam, when they get the painted detail so spot on, and then let themselve down with the handrail finish!?🤦🏻♂ Those wheels though - each spoke, decorated to pefection. Another fair and balanced review, my friend. And good shout out to Rails.👏🏻
Hi sam. Enjoy this video been waiting for a proper look at the yellow one, love the colour scheme, don't like the issue you ran into to service it, really want but it the one word Money! I might have to wait a few years and hope I can get a good condition one second hand .
Thanks very much Glenn - yeah they're not cheap are they? Maybe some versions will end up in a sale? Not sure!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Fantastic ratings Sam and amazing review by the way ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 42:21
Thanks so much Dennis!
@SamsTrains You're welcome Sam
This engine is probably one of my favorites. I'm looking at getting one. 😄
I love tenders! The Pennsy had a ridiculous number of various tenders that served from about 1910 til 1957. There were some "standard" tenders, like the 110P75 or 130P75 used behind the legendary K4s passenger pacific, but the Pennsy also experimented with a ridiculous amount of one off or very small production run tenders.
Pennsy tenders use the following classification system. Example 110P75: 110 = 11,000 gallon water capacity, P = Passenger, 75 = deck height, meant to match the locomotive cab deck.
My favourite tender was the enormous 250P75 tender experimented with in 1927. This extremely long tender carried 25,000 gallons of water for use behind K4 passenger locomotives for long distance use. Although the tender allowed for long distance running, the Pennsy found these tenders, when fully loaded, often outweighed the locomotive, and required the removal of one or more cars from the consist. The experiment lasted about 12 years in total, with most tenders being recycled for use behind the big freight engines of the period, specifically the I1 class 2-10-0 and M1 class 4-8-2.
The Pennsy experimented with various fuel oil fired locomotives and matching oil tenders throughout the years as well which also resulted in a large number of individual tenders for certain usage. On top of that, the Lines West shops turned out their own style of tender, the Crawford Hooded tender. The subsidiary Long Island Railroad also had its own tender types as locomotives were handed down to the line.
So yes there are some of us do like tenders just as much as the locomotives! I currently have 3 custom brass made tenders in production for my HO gauge collection
WOW, you guys have some sweet looking Locos!
I know - this one is one of the best too!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
What a coincidence I just got the same version like yours today 😃. Thankfully the tender connection the model shop happily fit it on for me
Such a handsome little loco!
And I say little loco because my brain keeps insisting this is small and cute for some reason, even though it's quite a lengthy tender engine. Not sure why!
I’m still waiting for mine since I’m in Canada and deliveries have been slow. This looks amazing though and I cannot wait as this is the version I ordered!
Fabulous looking loco, but it seems odd to fit metal handrails and then paint them to look like plastic. The lining on the other hand is beyond amazing; amusingly, the striped buffer housings look like electrical resistors. We have a saying in motorsport that "assumption is the mother of all f**k-ups": it's a guess, but maybe Rapido's spec is for the brake rigging to be non-glued but the factory did the opposite off their own bat. If so, all it would have taken would have been to spend a few hours with one of the first production line models to ensure all was as expected; after all the actual paperwork and manual seem to have been very well produced so I doubt that they were being sloppy there. As for the crawl, we always expect it to be be good on DCC, but for DC that was truly outstanding. Overall this loco seems to be in the same bracket as Accurscale's offerings. By the way, you are correct that David Jones is not the same as the guy from DJ models, but I believe that fancying a career change he instead joined the Monkees in the 1960s.
I feel like everyone wants Rapido UK to do well. I bought one of their Y7’s with Sound and absolutely loved it
Historical note:Stroudley was the Locomotive Superintendent,before Jones,and that LB&SC paint job,was a homage to him! Also the design was based on an Indian Class,it was the Class L,and one of the first 4-6-0's in India! Basically,the long way round,to get the short way,there! Also note,the 4-6-0's,started in the 1850's,as freight engines,and later became high speed passengers! Bit of a complicated history,but I'll keep it short! Really nice loco,that Rapido put out,the photos,I saw,really don't do justice,on the paint job! Thank you 😇 😊!
Nice Box 📦 😅😊
Despite its flaws, it is fantastic, I hope this thing gets an honorable mention in the best model trains of 2024.
It wouldn't have made the top 5 unfortunately, but it certainly is wonderful!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
It's the BUMBLE BEE # 103❤
Oh my bloody god, Jock has grown up into Jockey Chan!
hahaha!!
If Hornby made a model this fine, they’d slap Ringo Stars face on the smoke box 😂😂😂
i love the yellow!
Me too! :D
This is an amazing video greetings from México
The steam banana is pretty good😅
Whew! My Jones Goods is paid for and on the way, and I was terrified that you're anxiously awaited review would review a real pig. I feel like I pushed my luck buying before a Sam's review. (See the Fell and any Heljan).
BTW, could you let us in on how your individual rating areas are weighted?
I actually got in contact with the Highland Railway since my very first day with OO scale models. I bought the Highland Rambler set in 2018 back during a school trip and I love it nowadays. Back then I wished I got the Caledonian version, but the Highland one is quite unusual and not very common I think. This locomotive looks absolutely stunning too. I love the Drummond Green from Rails. I didn't know they have a blind axle and a metal boiler. The latter, justifying the price adequately, I think. It looks grand and very well put together on a whole. The mechanism is a bit of a red flag to me. Having to effectively break the brake shoe/pad to remove the base keeper which isn't removable anyway is a bit of a shock for me, especially as a new tooling. Recently I came across the reason why I appreciate removable base keepers. It makes cleaning and servicing so much faster and more convenient. I had a Bachmann loco where the base keeper was wired in. I didn't know that and broke the wires, so a 10 minute job turned into a 1.5 hour nightmare. Besides, stunning loco and I wouldn't be surprised if this would make it to the top 5 locos of this year. Well done Rapido, truly stunning and a great in-dept look, Sam. Almost 50 minutes for a review is bonkers, though the Tango almost made it to an hour. It just shows how much you care for the small details, which other reviewers often miss.
Sam she is a beauty,both the jones goods and the sterling single are definitely on my list
11 out of 10 for that livery.
heres one ive been excited to see
Oh me too!! :D
1:20 And hopefully not the same lineage as Davy Jones of the Monkees! I needed a laugh.
John
Beautiful loco sam hopefully rapido will take not of your findings and improve future builds, great review as always 👍
Yeah hopefully - they've made big strides already!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
The livery is just plain lovely it reminds me of the lbsc improved green, anyways can't wait to watch the video!(this comment was made before watching the video)
Stroudley actually worked for the Highland Railway before going to the Brighton line.
@@johncunningham6928 oh didn't know that
Yeah it reminded me of the improved engine green too - seems very similar!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
The funny thing is Rapido here in Canada has a similar problem that this model has on our CPR 4-6-0, for some reason the brake rigging specifically at the rear is either glued or such a tight fit its almost impossible to access the axles without breaking something, although it is a much more compact and detail dense engine than the one you reviewed, and the body removal on it is equally as painful if not more than the base keeper
Some boxings of Accurascale's Class 37 have a box which matches the livery. I feel this shows just how much the design team care about their subject.
Gonna waur till Friday when I get my locomotive to watch the video, super excited for mine, gonna be my first British locomotive
Ahh very exciting - hopefully you really like yours too! :D
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@SamsTrains couldn't wait to watch the review. Just started. Too excited!
Oh aye the Jones Goods is a real looker, alas the non-DCC models of 103 appear to be sold out from Rails of Sheffield now so I’ll have to settle for 113 in Drummond Green, but still looking forward to getting one just the same 🤩
Nice to see Rapido putting great efforts on manufacturing quality, it's nice to see that. Pity they have botched the design on the disassembly side. Or the manufacturing...
By the way, superb drivetrain and performances on par. Worth a buy if this model interest you.
Looks promising for their forthcoming J83. Their Y7 is already a nice little kettle...
I think so too Oliver - again, can't help feeling a little more care on the assembly side would've gone a long way... otherwise great improvement!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
It will look good on my railway come New Year !!
Oh for sure!!
Hows Highland railway an obscure railway ? It ran a large network, and must of which still exists ...
And "from many years ago ...". It was pre-grouping , so it vanished in 1923 asking with most companies of the time. It's"from many years ago" as the lnwr or the GNR
I really want this model either in the Drummnd Green or the Highland Yellow
I don't blame you! This is one I can highly recommend!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Awesome video today Sam what a beautiful locomotive I really wanna get one
Thanks James - can highly recommend these!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@ gonna go for the sound one
That thing looks amazing!!!
It really does! :D
The glue thing is interesting, I don't know if Hornby and Rapdio used the same factory, but this puts me in mind of the incident where the Black Five lamps were being glued in when they were not supposed to be.
I don't know, maybe there is one employee causing havoc on purpose, or maybe a dodgy translator. You'd think the designers would have included detailed instructions on assembly during the prototype stage.
I have to say its pretty rare to see British locomotives with that configuration, its strangely more common in the United States
Beautiful model by the way 😻
At least you can oil the worm gear and thus hopefully the gears below by removing the body. Nonetheless, I would be a little nervous over very long-term performance with access being so difficult.
I suspect I am being stupid but how is the brake rigging held on now that you have unglued the pads ?
40:06 Forgetting about the Great Western Kings lol which were specifically designed to take back the title of most powerful British 4-6-0.
But in all seriousness an excellent loco and detailed review as always. The serviceability of the model is just yeah....
I would never want to try and service that thing. And it I feel like it's almost a dealbreaker which is a shame because it really is a top notch model otherwise.
Ahh yeah the King would have been a good option actually! Glad you liked the loco and the review... pity about the serviceability for sure!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Love this, I’m interested in this but struggling to justify it around the Christmas period and having kids… shame the AB review hasn’t dropped yet
Can't blame you Luke - it certainly takes some affording unfortunately!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
That's a really nice model. Agreed, the highly detailed livery is amazing for a mass produced model.
The only thing I would disagree with you, was that you said it was 'underpowered'?
A loco of that type would very likely not be hauling upto 18 coaches during it's real working life.
Probably more often than not, it would be hauling 10 or less coaches.
So prototypically there is more than a fair margin of error as far as it's coach hauling capabilities.
Excellent review of a top quality product, do you have a list of your review rankings, if not it would be great to have one especially with links to your reviews 😊
I wish we had some Scottish coaches as well perhaps GNoSR or highland or Caledonian or GSWR or NBR
That would be brilliant to see wouldn't it!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
I wouldn't be surprised if Rapido launched some evolution coaches in Scottish liveries at some point.
Rapido's new Jones Goods locomotive model looks amazing and its performance is outstanding. Plus, the decoration of its livery is pretty good. Shame that your example has its brake rigging is glued to the bottom of its brake pads and its pick-ups are hardwired which makes it very difficult to remove to get it cleaned properly. Also, the instructions of the model are very confusing. Still, it is a fantastic model from Rapido, Sam.
Nice engine, I thought surely she might be worthy of 20 out of 10 here. Please stop rating the engines so, they don't like it. Just love the engine for what she is and leave it at that. Also, if I see Bullman magically appearing in any more of your reviews, I shall scream in rage. I'm sick and tired of seeing him try to trip your engines up, and ruining the video.😡
Thanks Kelly - she is indeed - just an amazing model! It got a very good rating too!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
Sam, those Birdcages are South Eastern and Chatham Railway coaches, not LBSCR.
haha yeah you're right - silly me!
Thanks for watching, Sam :)
@ No problem at all.