Unboxing the Hornby Castle Class with TTS Sound
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My review of the fantastic Hornby R3383TTS 'Earl of St Germans' Castle class with tts sound!
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Powerful things. During GWR 150 4930 and 5051 double headed an Express to the west country and on Dainton bank 4930 broke down due to bad coal so 5051 had to pull the 600 ton train AND Hagley Hall by herself. She did well, she stalled close to the summit though and a nearby class 50 came to rescue. They did try to get 7029 clun castle to come help, but she was at Bristol. Just imagine it though, a triple header of two castles and a failed hall on the mainline.... ooooohhhh....
Thanks Luke - oh wow, that's quite impressive! :O
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I must say though the Hornby tts sound castle class is lovely and the sounds are absolutely amazing. Keep up the great work Sam.
Thanks Adam - I agree, this one is really impressive!! :D
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Brilliant review, I'll have to get one of these for my layout! Also glad to hear I'm not the only one with railmaster issues, completely buggy software and when I tried to activate mine ended up spending hours on the phone to hornby to get it activated, still no luck so will be selling off my digital controller and going with a Digitrax Zephyr!
My grandpa used to live in England around the GWR region. I once asked him what his favourite locos were. Not surprising, he said the Kings and the Pannier Tanks. But I think Hornby tend to make you pay alot for TTS sound. I model the Victorian Railways in Australia, so i don’t have to worry about Hornby.
Oh superb - definitely two of the lovliest classes of GWR engine!
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Smashing Great Western running session. Its true what you say the GWR produced some fantastically beautiful engines and coaches and they look marvelous in this gauge
Thanks a lot Keith - yeah there's some lovely GWR gear out there! :D
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Sam on the intro if you have subtitles on it says: and though there's a few body sounds tracey welcome back to the railway
haha that's funny - the subtitles are always a little crazy! ;D
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Saw one of these (4073 - Caerphilly Castle) in the flesh at Steam in Swindon earlier in the year, and other than a few details on the front which were silver and not the black like they are on this model, it all looks pretty spot on as far as I can see. Great model
Glad to hear that Adam - Hornby do quite a good job with their GWR 4-6-0s - never heard any complaints about these castles!
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Castles, when fitted with the higher superheat boilers were then fitted with mechanical lubricators. Your castle represents one with the standard low superheat boiler & thus would have hydrostatic lubrication, represented by the row of sight glasses in the detailed cab.
Ahh many thanks for the handy info Paul - much appreciated!
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A stunning loco. Very nice cab details. Great sound!!!
Thanks Onno, yes the cab is fantastic on this one! :D
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The Castles are really nice. Collett did an amazing job designing them as he did with every other class.
Thanks Jacob - yes he really did - just fantastic looking things! :D
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Great job keep up the good work
Thanks mate, very much appreciated!
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Hey sam i work at Tyseley and just wanted to say the earlier castles such as clun castle did have lubricaters but the renamed later castles like earl of st german or ear of mount edgcumbe had internal lubricators. Keep up the great work
Ah very interesting! Thanks very much for the handy info on this! :D
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There was a castle locomotive called Earl Of Clancarty, or Newport Castle (5058) which my name was partly deprived from, which is a good part of my family history that name, because of it being Irish and having an Irish family background. However, it has been scrapped but the name plate still exists at Didcot Railway Centre at the Museum itself. It was a fantastic discovery.
Very cool Lewis - good to hear you have ties with that one! :D
Such a shame it was scrapped - but at least a bit of her survived!
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WOW Sam Very Nice i always Loved The TTS Sound Maybe You Should Show the BR Blue Tornado With TTS Shound that is if you want to it's up to you My Friend... Anyway Great Work
LaZeR JET does Sam watch your videos?
Lazer jet I have got a Hornby TTS sound Flyingscotsman in BR green and it is possibly the nicest locomotive I've got in my Hornby collection.
Thanks a lot Lazer - yeah they are awesome! Unfortunately my BR blue Tornado doesn't have any sound on board -but maybe I should get a decoder for her! :D
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Ah castle class! My favourite steam engines I think.
I’ve always wanted to race a king class and a castle class in train sim.
Great video as always, keep up the amazing work! :)
Thanks a lot Og - you have great taste in locos!
Glad you enjoyed it mate,
Cheers,
Sam :)
Awesome model! This is the most successful engines of the GWR! It would be nice if the NRM decide to restore the first one built!
Thanks Ryno - yeah probably this or the king really was their most successful design! Yes that’s would be amazing to see! :D
Your Welcome Sam! :D
Caerphilly Castle (the first Castle built) is unlikely to ever be restored, as the last work it had done to it was from Swindon works and is in proper ex Works condition. Especially seeing as there are 2 in mainline condition with potential for another 4 in the next couple of years, it’s better to keep Caerphilly in exworks condition.
He looks really awesome, and beautifully built
Thanks Xray - yes I agree with you for sure!! :D
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I'm so glad you've done this review Sam...as the Castle was my favourite class of loco. It certainly has a great finish, and the design has been faithfully reproduced, however, the sound which I appreciate it's 00 scale, is nowhere accurate for this loco. The exhaust even when starting off has a distinctive wheeze before it's famous GWR Bark, and this had nothing near to it.....Keep up the great work Sam....Regards...Bob
Thanks a lot Robert - really glad you liked this one! Thanks very much for letting me know about the sound - I'm no expert myself, so I appreciate you pointing that out!
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Sam :)
Here's four locomotives Bachmann makes you could use in your American shunting session, the EMD GP7 & GP9, and the Alco RS-3 and S4, I thought of these since they were used as both shunting engines and mainline engines, this way they could make their own trains and pull them on the mainlines
Thanks a lot for those Robert - I’ll be looking into those for sure!!
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Nice one, Sam. I actually bought this Castle for my wife. Paid £139 for the TTS version brand new around end of March this year. I think its a very good model and I thought it was quite weighty. Some of the TTS sounds are a bit gimmicky but you can reduce the volumn via dcc if you want. Its a lovely smooth runner as well.
Thanks mate! £139 sound very good to me - fantastic for that price really! Yes that is true - it's great to have the choice to alter the levels!
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The Hornby retooled Castles and Kings are little short of superb - very smooth, quiet runners, with a decent haulage capacity and an almost excessive speed capability - permitting you to 'tone them down', effectively leaving something - quite a lot actually!! - in reserve.
Al.
Yes they certainly are - I've always been very impressed by them! :D
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In my opinion, the G.W.R. did have some of the most beautiful coaches and liveries especially in Edwardian times. Their loco's were also among the top ''lookers'' across the whole country.
Yeah I think you're probably right - some of their stuff was beautiful for sure!
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Something to be said for me Old School handheld NCE DCC WIRED Controller....
*it doesn't GLITCH!!* 😜
Absolutely beautiful Loco!!
haha yep you can't go wrong with that! ;D
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#5050 "Earl of St. Germans" was built on May 31st, 1936 at Swindon Works and was withdrawn from service on August 31st, 1963. It was cut up at Coopers Metals Scrapyard on May 31st, 1964 at the age of 28
Thanks a lot for the history on the Earl Vincent! :D
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Apparently they would use the coal shovel to fry food, they would sterilise the shovel using the cylinder drain cox and cook it in the heat of the firebox! Jeremey Clarkson tried to cook kippers on tornado (during top gear race to the north) and the kippers flew into the firebox.
A.R. Productions... Bacon
haha goodness me... that sounds hygienic, lol!
Poor Kippers/bacon ;D
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One thing to keep in mind, this model was first released in 2010 and they haven't added any additional paint detail let alone on the inside motion or anywhere else since.
I wouldn't really compare it to the king... They are two very different prototypes although they look very much similar.
Hornby did specific detail differences for specific batches of the prototype, e. G. Lubricator, double chimney etc etc, this one being a fairly early example of the class (and the fact it's in br early) it won't have either of those things... The prototypes were modified slightly after the br early period here.
Thanks a lot for the comment - this is true, for a 2010 model, the detail is very impressive.... though the price is all the more bemusing, being that it's an older model. I thought the King was the most reasonable engine for comparison - given the similar size, the TTS and the similar livery!
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I understand. I do model railways as well. With no official jobs. Money always seem to be a bit tight. But there are train shows where you can get the stuff for at least a quarter of the price if not less.
Thanks for the comment mate - yeah absolutely, train fairs often have great prices, with a bit of luck! :D
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I'm not a GWR fan, however.... I can appreciate the beauty and technological superiority (at the time) of the Castles. Having said that (in reality), many crews preferred Castles to the Kings...as they regarded Kings as a "Super Castle".
In model form...in must admit, in terms of your reviews, they seem to be lacking somewhat, in comparison.
Keep up the good work Mr Sam! 👍
haha no problem Phil - glad you appreciated this anyway! I suppose these aren't quite at the level of the Hornby Kings, but there's not much in it!!
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Hi Sam nice review just got the Bachmann Paxton and it a superb looking and running model you will like it if you get one and I counted 11 engines out on your layout. By the way your Snupps feed page shows what the people you follow have added to there pages that's why you saw ones that had no relations to trains in them.
Thanks Joseph - ooh great to hear Paxton is good - I might try and get one! Well spotted - yes the correct answer was 11! :D
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I love the castle class, love the Cornish riviera set up with it, just a shame that the loco wasn’t in GWR livery ;) by the way, Devizes is pronounced Dev-eye-zes, it’s a town in Wiltshire not far from where I live. Reverend W Awdry’s son Christopher was born there. Keep the faith - Callum
Thanks a lot Callum - yeah I really love those Cornish Riviera coaches too - I will look out for one in the GWR! ;D
Thanks for the info on how to pronounce the name - I'll have to remember that one!
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Hi Sam, the ' broken' piece could well be the ATC ( automatic train control) contact plunger that was located beneath the cab. Oh, the gold lining on the cab was in fact polished brass decoration - - very Swindon. Hope this helps. G
Hey Garth - we've actually solved that one - it comes from the top of the tender apparently, and it isn't a step at all, as I thought it was! Many thanks for the info!
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Sam :)
I own one in gwr green it had different tender it was 80£ (2nd hand good condition)
Now that is amazing loco!
Thanks Justin - really glad you think so!! :D
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Nice Review Sam, I did notice a lack of a water scoop on the tender though.
By the way in real life those castles out performed the Gresley A1 / A3's in real life in terms of pulling power, accleration and economy, and could match them for speed. Wonderful locos!!
All the best
Jon
Hi Jon - that's quite interesting - I wasn't sure whether or not it should have had the scoop!
That's incredibly impressive - given how much smaller they were!
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Lovely looking engine Sam. I totally agree with you about the RRP issue, plus for that amount of money I would expect a better sound chip system. The Hornby TTS system on a steam engine model seems inferior to the old LokSound v4 system. Yes the old system was a tad more expensive but had a much better sync to the sounds in my opinion. That's probably why I keep picking those up & renaming & numbering them to other engines.
Thanks a lot for the comment! That's true - for that money, it wouldn't be unreasonable to expect full DCC sound!
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Great video Sam, I just love the Castle Class, although all GWR 4-6-0s are brilliant in their own ways. This looks like an excellent model. Shame about the price though. Lovely to see Olton Hall on the layout again, too!
Keep it up!
Thanks a lot Greg - yes the Castles are just lovely! Ooh yeah Olton Hall is gorgeous! :D
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Its midnight in Indonesia but i always wanna see your newest video Sam. And by the way very good train actually, and its very detailed
Ahh you're very kind Genta - and glad you liked the engine too! :D
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What a superb loco Sam! Ticks all the boxes apart from the Value for Money, sadly. Is well out of my price range at the moment. Passed the crawl test over the express points with flying colours. I once heard from a former engine driver who ran a model railway shop some years ago now that GWR stood for "God's Wonderful Railway"! Another model shop owner thought it stood for "Gresley Was Right"! You choose! Thanks for all you do in the world of model railways. It's good to get sound opinion in an industry where you have to spend your money wisely. Peter.
Thanks a lot Pete, yeah I agree - I couldn't have afforded this at the full price either! haha that sounds about right for the GWR, haha!
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Hi Sam, again a great review of a very beautiful steam loco. Fantastic. Cheers Norbert
Hi Norbert - thanks very much - glad you liked her! :D
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16:22 I like these whistles.
Yeah they certainly don't look too bad!
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I was thinking about getting a TTS locomotive; if I were to get this or the BR Green Flying Scotsman, what one would you choose? :)
Ooh that sounds super - have they done a tts scotsman in the green?!
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Nice video, the break rigging is so delicate i had a hornby standard class 8 and it snapped even though under very little pressure but im not sure weather its still like that
Thanks Ace - yes it is very delicate - I have to remember not to put my hands on the rigging when I lift them!
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Yay the castle class.
Yees!! :D
I do like seeing lots of wagons! :-) And yeah that's too much for that, which is a shame.
Thanks Sammy yeah I’m a sucker for lots of wagons too! Agreed mate!
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Yet another great model that I can't afford XD. You know it's a great video when you want to buy the model at the end.
Ahh sorry Chris - but it is way too expensive to be fair! Thanks for your kind words,
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Sam :)
I believe that the King and Castle, were the same, as the GWR ran out of King names and named them after Earl's better than TTS I have King. Great detail.
Nigel Carter... The king class was basically a larger castle class. A few castles were renamed after earls of the western region in the 50's
They certainly were very similar Nigel - but yes the King was a larger design! :D
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It is beautiful, I think you could get a Dcc ready one, buy the tts sound chip separately . That is probably cheaper
Thanks Marco - yes that may actually be possible - very good idea! :D
Sam'sTrains I got the p class for my birthday! It had problems with the points, the pickups were not making good contact, I bent them a little bit and she runs even better
Thanks for doing a review of the toy train castle class 👍
No problem Thomas - glad you liked it! :D
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Sam :)
Fantastic Hornby locomotives - Castle and King.
Unfortunately just reminds me why I could never get a TTS - my OCD would have me throwing them out of the window !! Chuffing useless!
There are 'sound upgrades' I suppose which can permit more prototypical running.
Al.
Thanks a lot Alan, I agree! Yes that's right - TTS is not for the perfectionist!
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That looks really nice great vid Sam I always watch your vids great work
Thanks so much for the support with the videos Marry!!
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Looks good and I would expect it to for that price! I have been having a look at pictures of the real engines of this class and can't see where that broken part would have come from either. Seems I am lucky with Railmaster as it goes fine for me. If I do have issues it is 'unable to locate a controller'. Then it is time to restart the program. I am waiting for a DCC sound gandy dancer.
Thanks Ian - absolutely, it's a good job the model lives up to expectations set by the price tag! Yes it's very strange about the step!
Since I filmed this, I've wiped the railmaster PC and reinstalled everything - it's now much much more responsive!
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Hi Sam - to me, one of the best features of DCC models is the ability to program realistically slow acceleration and deceleration speeds - it just looks fantastic, and coupled with TTS sound it's even better - that slow chuffing and a bit of wheel slip - so not sure why you never use it?
Yes that's very true - that is a wonderful feature! I don't use it usually due to cost - it'd cost me about £6k to convert all of my engines, and it's not necessary for most reviews!
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Ah - I think we may have got our lines crossed, because I'm not sure what that means - I just meant when reviewing a DCC fitted / TTS loco, like the one in this video, all you have to do is push 2 buttons on the digital controller to program slower acceleration and declaration for that loco - as you know - it doesn't cost anything...
I'm not sure that step (fallen off part) belongs to this loco! The Castles doesn't have extra steps on their front (or buffer beam), my ("new") A1 for example; had an extra loose cab door in the box that doesn't even matched to the loco (only in color), and both of its doors was on, so an unknown extra...
That's very interesting Tom - because I couldn't find where it went either... what a mystery!
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Nice castle loco Sam!
Thanks a lot Marco! :D
Nice one Sam. In my opinion all locos should be able to pull a realistic number of vehicles . Geoff. W.
Thanks Geoff - I agree - and these certainly do! :D
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Always liked the castle class, great vid mate
Thanks for the comment mate! I can recommend them, but only at a good price!
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Love the train Sam! I’m also still waiting for Train Tycoon 3
Thanks Drifter - it's filmed and coming soon! :D
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Great video Sam. You can alter the sound levels on your Locos to suit your taste by altering one of the CV's. You probably know this. I think the TTS is not too bad a sound for the money and thought that all Locos fitted with it are automatically digital.ie they have a chip fitted as a matter of course. Am I right in this? If so then I suppose once you factor in a chip and sound decoder plus speaker the price climbs. Really enjoy your videos mate!😎🇦🇺😀
Thanks Stephen - yes that's very true, I should have mentioned that - although on this Castle, the adjustments were pretty much spot on already! Yes the sound comes from the digital decoder - but we know that the retail price of the decoder and speaker is only about £30 - so it's not as much as we all first thought!
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Hey Sam just a little question im planning to make my own model review series and was wondering if i could add a link to your channel when reviewing certain locos?
Hi Aaron - that'd be awesome, thanks very much! :D
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Sam :)
I kinda want to see a "reverse job" run. Where shunting/goods engines pull coaches and vice versa for the express engines.
haha very cool idea Matthew - I'll do that one day! :D
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Also 80th year anniversary for Mallard's speed record I'm in fact going to get one from hornby just don't know what 1 PS it might be mallard and Pullman
Absolutely - I might have to do a Mallard video soon too! :D
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Hi Sam I love your reviews on locos etc very fair . do you ever sell your locos as I am after Earl of St Germans with tts sound or Pendennis castle both with GWR or early BR crests I’m 78 years old and have just started to get back into model railways after 45 years and buying new gear phew very expensive, but a great hobby. as a boy in the school holidays I use to sneak in to Truro engine sheds and help to polish the nameplates etc and get a tanner {sixpence} , so I’m after either of these locos as at one time or other I have cleaned these . I have tried every place that I can but have not been able to get one as yet, please can you help .many thanks Roy
Sorry for being away for so long had a project to make a live steam train in gauge 1.26 scale
Tony;)
haha that's okay Tony - that sounds like an awesome project! :D
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Hi Sam. I'm not sure how much it'll be but there's a group on Facebook planning a 00 model of GT3 (Google the loco, it's great).
Oh that would be awesome - it's such an unusual looking thing!! :D
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Awesome review sam! I love the castle calss, its on of ym top 3 :) specifically 7029 clun castle which is preserved :)
great review thanks so much! - julian:)
Thanks Julian - I can see why she's in your top 3, they really are superb! :D
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I think the GWR 60XX King class is the best locomotive Hornby made
It may well be! It's definitely a wonderful model! :D
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Wow! Another TTS loco! Nice choice Sam!
Thanks James, really glad you liked it! :D
My favorite sound for the TTS locomotives is Fireman's breakfast which is pretty sweet. Some fireman would start the morning off by cooking breakfast in the cab or smoke box door and eat some eggs, bacon, bread, etc. :)
Me too! I love that one - such a cool idea that one! :D
Cheers,
Sam :)
If you were to review the super detailed Hornby King class in BR blue this year, do you think it would take the number 1 ranking spot.
Hmmm, I don't think so actually - because the rankings have changed now! I'm also a lot more harsh on the value for money, and now that the prices have gone up, I don't think it'd get a perfect value score!
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Hey Sam this is an old video, but I have a Hornby Castle from 2017 I think? And I have a problem where coming out of a right hand 3rd radius curve (i dont have any other sizes) the front pony truck will always derail. It catches on something on the loco and I cant figure out what.
It does not derail on left hand curves though, only right hand.
Have you had this problem at all? And do you know a way to fix it? Thanks!
Great job nice vid sam
Great TTS sound for a GWR Castle engine. I couldn't tell which engine was the odd one out, but altogether on the layout (I'm sure I spotted six in the sidings plus on the turntable), there were 10 GWR engines. Please tell me what the odd engine out was.
Thanks a lot Kelly - yeah the sound is pretty good on these! And well done, there were indeed ten! :D
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Hey sam I have an idea at the end of the year you line up all of the locomotives you reviewed I think it would be interesting to see how price and quality can overcome the detail
That's a brilliant idea - I will absolutely do that!!! Remind me! :D
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I think it’s has a higher price tag as it has tts sound which makes the loco around £30 more
Agreed, that definitely contributes to the price!
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Great job Sam the castle class is awesome only the prices is too much
Thanks Daniel - yes it's very pricey - but the DC version can be bought for much much less!
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The castle class is my 2nd favourite locomotive
Ooh good choice! What’s your very favourite??
My favourite is the pannier tank engine 64xx
Nice castle class
Thank y ou! :D
Ahh that tender always gets me, it my favourite type you know...
Or you don’t know,
I don’t know.....
Lol
Oh very nice - yes the tenders on these are very lovely - especially in the right livery! :D
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Hi Sam nice video. I thought that the locomotive was a Black 5 locomotive cause the design is similar.
Thank you! Yes I suppose the Black 5 is quite similar - actually the Halls were almost identical to them, or so I'm told!
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Very nice locomotibe
Thank you! :D
Great job
Thank you! :D
I like Castle Classes I don't know why but I just think they look nice
I agree Matthew - they do look lovely! :D
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Fabulous video! I didnt know you had a dcc controller.Whats your next video?Could you review something modern soon
Thanks a lot mate - yes I've had DCC for a while, but I must admit I prefer DC!
Yes I'll see which modern locos I can show next! :D
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I love your work! Also very cool loco!❤❤❤
Thanks so much mate!!
Cheers,
Sam :)
Hi Sam I have just recently got back into the hobby again after watching your channel. I have taken a punt on an Airfix castle class how do you rate them ? It was £20 posted boxed in good condition.
That's great to hear mate! I'm not absolutely familiar with the Airfix Castles, but at £20 you surely can't go wrong! Do let me know how you get on! :D
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Sam :)
Is it my eyes - or is that early BR emblem slightly on the large side and a tad overscale ?
Nice review Sam. I agree, with your views on pricing. I think the price reflects the pricing policy industry wide. In Hornby’s case, I think it is in many respects to its expensive management and the use of equally expensive advisors. An £18 million loan, indicated a failing organisation that lives in a self imposed bubble! Pity really!
Thanks a lot Gary - yes I agree it does - and I take issue with that too, haha! Yes it's a real shame... but lower prices would help to make the hobby less niche... if locos went back towards pocket money levels, I'm certain the level of interest from younger people would rise, and more units would sell!
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Hey Sam
I was wondering if you had a loco that was dcc fitted as new, could you just unplug the decoder inside it and turn it into a normal dc loco?
Mainly because there is a loco I've been looking at that i can only find dcc fitted and we only have dc.
Thanks in advance
Hi Connor - yes you can absolutely do that - what you will need is a DC blanking plug, which plugs into the socket rather than the decoder. You can pick them up cheap on ebay. If you don't want to spend the money, you can hardwire the motor straight to the pickups!
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Great video
Thank you! :D
I’ve been waiting for my E2 class for 3 weeks, I know it’s from Britain but is it that far? By the way a very beautiful locomotive I’ve always loved watching your videos
haha I guess it depends on the shipping service - good luck mate, hope you like her! :D
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Hi sam train I remember you got yourself a king class
Thanks Jack, yes indeed - back in 2017 that was! :D
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Not bad! Really do like the castles, would love one of the more modern hornby ones, but they are a little pricy!
Thanks mate! I completely agree - they’re a little pricy to say the very least!
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They look good but don't last long. Had mine 6 months and it now runs terribly. Now on display only.
Oh dear, when did you get it?
I got it last Christmas. Mine is R3454 Dryswyllyn Castle. I don't have many locos but it's strange that I have had problems with 4 or 5 Hornby Railways locos and yet the Railroad locos soldier on with no problems at all.
Yeah that is strange?
14:14 Oh dear oh dear, the middle wheel is not on the track...
That's not the Great Western Way of doing thing's. ;)
haha well spotted - the GWR railwaymen would have had me for that ;D
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@@SamsTrains "There are two ways of doing things. The Great Western way, or the wrong way!" :D
Btw sam I tested my 14xx with all the trucks and coaches since mine does not have track shun tyers
And he did cheat
Yours doesn't?! Is there a space for them?? Maybe they were just removed?
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When I took it out I didn't see any
That locomotive looks like the one use in Harry Potter but in green
Thanks Randy - yeah the Hogwarts engine is a Hall as Mark said, but very similar looking to the castle! :D
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The whistles on the Hornby Castle class look metal to me ,because they have a metallic shine to them.
Yeah that's true - they're definitely painted to look like metal! :D
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Wow, that is an impressive model. In the challenge does the ones that are running count
KOOTPGB
Thanks a lot mate! Yes those count - so it's basically every loco you see! :D
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Not a fan of sound
Same with the king you keep missing out the streamlined versions of both
But it a nice model
Nice name too
Keep safe ARP
That's okay Adi - these are much cheaper on DC!
I didn't think the streamlining was worth mentioning - only one Castle ever had it, and it didn't prove successful!
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7:50 Most powerfull Class of Passenger locomotive.
Absolutely!! :D
I admit I don't have the King (yet), but have seen several in the flesh. I cannot agree that the Castle is less detailed. As you rightly point out the king might appear to have more surface 'detail' (like cab vents and bogie spring), but in reality Hornby have compromised in some areas. A key example is that some of the ATC pipework in front of the cab is moulded on the king (hangover from 'design clever'), whereas it is a curved 'loop' of wire on the Castle. For me a retrograde step on the King having shown it 'can be done' on the castle. Also Hornby have at least two cab front tools for the castle, one with the windscreen wipers (and slightly larger windows) and one without. Ironically for 5050, the windows should the larger/wiper fitted ones; Hornby have used the wrong tooling for this diagram (not the first time someone has failed to pay due attention in selecting tooling). Having performed major surgery on the castle I can confirm the number of individual parts is vast - check out the ATC conduit on the running plate - the conduit itself is metal, with each of the little brackets being separately fitted parts. I would suspect that the castle probably has more individual components than the King, being designed during the Sanda Kan era; the price doubtless reflects the fact that the model was not designed in the current economic conditions.
Finally, in terms of value for money, the RRP of the Castle R3383TTS is £200.99, while the King R3384TTS RRP is £209.99, so the castle IS actually a little cheaper.
Thanks very much for your comment - that makes for very interesting reading! That's interesting regarding the price - when I bought my kind, the RRP was much less than this - Hornby must have put the prices up again!!
Thanks for watching - Sam :)