6:36 A tip for weathering, always streak down the sides, if doing something like this, drag the glue down the side of the model to give the impression of rain having atreaked the coal dust dosn the side of the wagon
12:04 Another tip, try pinching the coal if you dont mind getting your hands dirty, it will give you more control and a more accurate coating as a result.
2:34 Hornbys Holden tanks no longer have that motor, they instead have the 'High performance' can motor of other 0-4-0s, and if memory serves me correctly, the pickups are thick copper, sticking out the side of the plastic like most other 0-4-0s.
That's correct, I should've said something like "more modern 0-4-0s" instead of talking about the saddle tank versions directly. I'm too used to mine having the old Scalextric motor! The pickups on both versions do just stick outside of the plastic, but with the newer ones being a lot thicker copper than the old ones. The connections to the motor for new / old models are just copper strips that sit against the motor contacts when it is clipped in place. Hornby's "actual" 101 looks almost identical to me, just some vacuum pipes have been added and the handrailing has been picked out in a yellowy gold. uk.hornby.com/products/gwr-101-class-101-era-3-r30053 As for the others, it seems like these uk.hornby.com/products/railroad-mgnjr-0-4-0t-100-era-2-r30317 are more of just a generic design rather than based on the 101 directly. Certainly there is a big difference between my / the new "actual" 101 and these models.
Interesting (?) Fact, there was only ever one 101 class built by the gwr, as an experimental oil burning engine, which then was converted to coal firing. There are very few photos kf the real thing for Hornby to base their model off, and it was designed initially to fit the chassis of 'Smokey Joe' etc, hence spme parts such as the coal bunker are under scale.
The photos I've seen of the real are very weird, not used to seeing the extra valve gear on the outside! There was some jiggery faffery as you say with testing it burning oil rather than coal and then converting it back etc. I suppose it's just an excuse to make lots of starter models cheaply with a couple of different liveries for people to pick and choose from relatively cheaply at the start of the hobby. I'd recommend going on eBay for your 0-4-0s though, getting to nearly £60 on Hornby's website.
6:36 A tip for weathering, always streak down the sides, if doing something like this, drag the glue down the side of the model to give the impression of rain having atreaked the coal dust dosn the side of the wagon
Noted, thank you!
Looking good keep up up the good work thanks lee
Thank you Lee. :)
This looks fantastic, youve done a brilliant job! Well presented as well, better than some of my tutorials...
Thank you! Hopefully it all doesn't just drop out when I turn it upside down.......
Nice work enjoyed your video look forward to seeing video two 🚂🤗👍 cheers al
Thanks Al, it'll be here soon!
12:04 Another tip, try pinching the coal if you dont mind getting your hands dirty, it will give you more control and a more accurate coating as a result.
Thank you!
2:34 Hornbys Holden tanks no longer have that motor, they instead have the 'High performance' can motor of other 0-4-0s, and if memory serves me correctly, the pickups are thick copper, sticking out the side of the plastic like most other 0-4-0s.
Also that 101 body looks very different to the 101 bodies Hornby do now... I wonder if they changed something? The coal bunker looks weird as well
That's correct, I should've said something like "more modern 0-4-0s" instead of talking about the saddle tank versions directly. I'm too used to mine having the old Scalextric motor! The pickups on both versions do just stick outside of the plastic, but with the newer ones being a lot thicker copper than the old ones. The connections to the motor for new / old models are just copper strips that sit against the motor contacts when it is clipped in place.
Hornby's "actual" 101 looks almost identical to me, just some vacuum pipes have been added and the handrailing has been picked out in a yellowy gold. uk.hornby.com/products/gwr-101-class-101-era-3-r30053
As for the others, it seems like these uk.hornby.com/products/railroad-mgnjr-0-4-0t-100-era-2-r30317 are more of just a generic design rather than based on the 101 directly. Certainly there is a big difference between my / the new "actual" 101 and these models.
Interesting (?) Fact, there was only ever one 101 class built by the gwr, as an experimental oil burning engine, which then was converted to coal firing. There are very few photos kf the real thing for Hornby to base their model off, and it was designed initially to fit the chassis of 'Smokey Joe' etc, hence spme parts such as the coal bunker are under scale.
The photos I've seen of the real are very weird, not used to seeing the extra valve gear on the outside! There was some jiggery faffery as you say with testing it burning oil rather than coal and then converting it back etc. I suppose it's just an excuse to make lots of starter models cheaply with a couple of different liveries for people to pick and choose from relatively cheaply at the start of the hobby. I'd recommend going on eBay for your 0-4-0s though, getting to nearly £60 on Hornby's website.
This is the locomotive I imagine "Ivor the Engine" to be:-)
Small and green, I'll give you that!