Mehano $38 High-Speed HO Train Set - Unboxing & Running
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- I purchased a Mehano TGV train set a year ago and was pretty pleased with it so I've been on the market for another. Amazon had a flash sale and I was able to pick one up for the incredibly low price of $38! ($48 Canadian currency). This train set certainly isn't flawless, it's lightweight causes derailing issues and the locomotive didn't work well out of the box however I will cut it some slack because of the price.
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Very cool train set Harrison, $38 is a pretty good buy!
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Two things to comment on.
1) I'm happy that there was not another Acela incident.
2) I think that you could get the controller to work with any 18v or less wall-wart. You would just need to connect the DC output from a usable wall-wart to the input of the controller.
Good luck with the set and I'm looking forward to your modifications.
Nice looking train too
Thanks Harrison for your comments about mehano trains. Over the past year of watching I've come across a few that I wouldn't have bought had you not shown how to work on them and point out there strengths.
Nice to see you wearing the SMT Mainline swag. 👍 The shipping and customs will get you everytime, Harrison, basically doubling the cost. Best to purchase something in country. In typical Harrison fashion, right away you go tearing it apart to investigate the issue. 😁
Thanks for sharing. 👍👍👍
I wish mehano was still around in the us and Canada.
Mehano I just looked up wasnt ever in the US technically only sold stuff through International Hobby Corp. Which made presidents choice train sets for Loblaws in Canada. I know IHC is only around til all stock in texas is sold off . other then that ihc is gone and mehano is just in competition with fleischmann,roco, hornby/rivarossi as well as Dapol etc. Only way id go for a mehano is the president choice ones or maybe see what is available but thats all id say about that.
"Well Folks, in todays video" never gets old, haha.
Thanks!
Harrison's under investigation for smuggling trains! "I want all his boxes checked, that kid is up to something!" Really cool train.
really cool to se a young guy into trains.
For $38 it seems pretty good. All you would need is some track with bedding and some extra oil.
i like the ceiling shots
Sweet little set
Looks right at home on your main layout. Like the different camera angles at the end. Have a great weekend ✌️
Love the new hair cut 👏
As a person who lives in Europe, the first mehano I saw was a Thalys. And it was gloss plastic, meaning it’s cheap and not greatly detailed to expected levels in the world of today. (From my experience with modern model trains)
And yes, I do have a lot of old stuff but they are, well old… and details were less back in the old days.
So I don’t recommend buying modern day mehano trains but for starters it’s great!
I’ve also heard that some are better than others so plz check before committing to a purchase.
They seem to pretty mixed these days. Their stuff from the 2000s was awesome!
Some can and are real gems amongst others.
$38 holy cow. I dont think you would see that anywhere. The fact they didnt oil it is not good But then again it is $38 train set. I never understood what them resistors for since ive never seen them on my locomotives except my proto 1000 because it has a LED. I think the wobble is from as you pointed out the screw studs that are rubbing against the drive system or the fact its not a good balance. I agree needs to be heavier.
For $38, it’s not bad. I would maybe pick one up if I saw one. Also it’s 11:46PM and my feet hurt bad, banged my foot on a car door. But that won’t stop me from watching You!
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Amazed at the price. I see these listed for $200-$300!!! Been looking at Mehano stuff after watching this video. Never heard of them before. I just ordered a Thalys TGV on eBay for $80. That was the best deal I could find here in the US.
Again Harrison ,, I'd say its planned obscellance where id say that you and only a handful of peopie would be the only ones to pull a brand new set down and add some lubricant to them bits that are dry and will ware out quickly..Good to see you got it running good and they do bed in quite good after running them in.
I once bought a Flying Scotsman brand new in the box and to my horror it was a tender driven loco and no where on the box said it was a tender driven loco. It did go like the clappers but every now and then the loco wheels would stop and be a tad hesitant but i was certainly dissapointed with hornby the makers and sold a year later and got $50 more than i paid for it.
Again an awesome video so thanks heaps for sharing your knowledge with us. So thankyou.
Cheers from John in Australia.
Looks good on large layout. Thanks for sharing
Pretty cool to watch running the tracks. Thanks for sharing. 😊💕🇺🇸
Looks pretty running on your layout! I love those HST’s. I have four for n scale.
As per some comments below - the power pack (wall wart) from other manufactures should work. I think the controller from your Bachmann train set should work. The Mehano controllers are quite good.
I love your Passenger Train set!
Bought the same one at the same price - the lack of gearing between the drive worm and the wheels seems to result in a bit of binding for me and it is noisy too.
The locomotive doesn't start smoothly and roars off suddenly as you increase the power - again gearing would help. Okay for £40 in the UK but this set has since peaked at over £110 on Amazon!
Apparently the derailing issue is also caused by third car body end fouling on tight curves -, check out the Sam's Trains review for details...
Another great find. Very interesting. Even my wife was intrigued. She’s impressed you had 11K views in one day.
Its 11:40pm, maybe i can wait a little longer to sleep. Nice haircut btw.
Sleep is for the weak anyway
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Wow! what a great deal for a nice looking tgv loco.
After the cursed acela express, here is the wobbling french tgv!
Can't hit the same speeds though lol
wow really nice buy i love these videos i can't wait for your next video
Bravo pour le dépoussiérage du tgv !😃👍🏼
Merci beaucoup!
great train set
Nice video Scrumptious!
5:20 how did he throw that, I swear it just magically started flying
I like this more then the other you have or the other style one in this color
Very cool!!!
nice video
you should have the Union Jack behind you and the photo of your queen lol
💙 looks like it leans out on curves. 😳
reminds me of one I did a while back
Abracadabra instinct train nice job cool train. Do keep up the good work my friend. 😀👍
Cute set!
Its midnight... SMT is on? Sleep can wait a bit...! EL GATO NERFF!!!!!
It's good within your other set and make it a little bigger train
After bwing away from train models for long enough, my Father decided to re-entry the hobby with some mehano gear. One of the controller (exactly like the one you shown) blow, just under normal use. It is just a poorly heatsinked LM317 !!!. Here train hobby shops have almost disseared and you have few option online with prices that make no sense at all making this crap an horrible choice because it is overpriced and less-than-a-toy quality. When he got some DCC targeted stuff and moved into DCC, the quality got a bit better (the bucks did too). On the other hand we had many troubles with DCC on the same layout we had no issued under normal DC use. In a second area we had dedicated cabling every 30cm or so to satisfy controller requirements, still pretty glitchy. Im not teling DCC is bad ... but we couldnt get used to it. Yes we clean the track, loco pickpups, wheels etc. It did improve and after short start to fail again.
Here comes Mehano with their awesome Slovenian tech.
I have a Mehano train, and you actually fixed one that is the same to mine. Aythirin blue box EMD GP 40? Anyway my train was broken, we checked the control box where the speed is Controled. The problem was in the BOX. We fixed it and I'll be testing it in a few days.
You inspered me to start fixing the old Yugoslavian Mehano train.
Good looking train 👍 Too bad you had to perform surgery after the first run.
Awsome.
Sams trains reviewed one awhile back he to had issues with the set he had
I guess for the price QC issues are common.
The power supply would usually be 220V/110V.
So you watch Sam's Trains, too.
No, the Mehano power supply only accepts 230v/50Hz.
Oh, with that controller, you actually don't need to use the included wall wart. Any 16v 500mA AC output transformer with a compatible plug will work. Wall warts aren't proprietary.
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Goof the coaches missing wheel when un boxing lol
The old president choice train sets came with a controller that looked like that (I believe mehano made them)
Looks like mehano has gone down hill in the last 10 years
Yeah, the Mehano starter sets are pretty rough, but I think they are mostly aimed at children. Many of their starter sets also contains a layout printed on paper with some accessories like carton buildings. Sam's Trains reviewed a couple of them. Mehano also has a hobby-line of mostly European diesel engines which are pretty decent from what I've heard.
It’s 30quid what we’re you expecting for that price 🙄
It’s 30quid what we’re you expecting for that price 🙄
For 38 bucks though? This thing is a good value even with its flaws. Sure, it would be better if it ran out of the box without needing a bit of work and the gearing is pretty tall (though that's to be expected of a high speed train), but does everything have to be a super-precise rivet counter's wet dream?
@@VestedUTuber I’m just saying because mehano in the early 2000s made budget Train sets for presidents choice and they were way better in terms of quality I’m not in any means a rivet counter at all either
12:03, that was a sick flyby!
I’m Jealous that you managed to get that train set for so cheap, the cheapest thing I could find is for 125 dollars on Amazon but overall, that is a nice looking high speed train
It's pretty good for the cash.
Coool video. Sam's trains unboxed this set too
Been looking for a cheap n scale bi level TGV
Great set. I just wonder if you can buy more coaches for it, that would be great!
Regarding cross-compatibility for HO scale, pretty sure that Marklin is _the only_ exception to that since their equipment is 3-rail. But even then it's not too hard to convert an older analog Marklin model to 2-rail since they run DC anyway (you're out of luck for the new stuff, though, since they pretty much went 100% digital for their main brand).
Actually, Märklin runs on AC, with the outer tracks not being insulated. I think you're referring to the old Trix Express which used 3-rail DC.
That’s so cool!
Cool!
Hello Harrison, I have seen a few Videos from other German Railroaders and they hat also some Issues with Mehano. So it looks that you're not the only one. Greetings Bruno
I didn't even know they sold these in Germany
Great train, wondering if it's possible to buy additional wagons tho🤔
For $38 not a bad train set. That would be perfect for beginners.
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I so want one 😃
SMT - With all those electric locomotives, you have Ontario's equivalent of the Northeast Corridor! The " wall wart " was made for 220 volts A.C. input, so connecting 120 volts A.C. to the European power plug would probably produce half the rated D.C. voltage output to the set's controller. Does the locomotive have a working headlight? Maybe you should consider making a short video of how you weighted the dummy locomotive, for others who own this set, so they can make that same modification and get better operation!
I might see if I can upgrade the motor, add DCC, lighting and show how to add weight.
To Bad they dont Sell extension for there startsets. Ist quit strange to have a 4 cars train on your layout when the Real one has like 12-14 cars... Anyways..
Nice Video as allways! Greetings from germany :)
They actually do in the Hobby Line, but those are Mehano Website Exclusives (and website is kinda hard to navigate), and super difficult to find on eBay.
That's good to know, I wasn't aware of that ether.
@@hoscalerailfan oh realy? Thanks for letting US know ^^
@@hoscalerailfan Do you have a link to said Page? Earlier today I went there but didnt found anything :(
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Small disclaimer before you go searching: These sets aren't as cheap as the starter sets. Usually going for 199-220 euros (294-325cad/236-261usd), but reasonably so because they're built so much better; they're DCC Ready, have directional lighting and coach interiors.
And now your search methods.
www.mehano.si/en/products/mehano-hobby
Click on Mehano Hobby and then scroll down until you find the TGV based sets (unfortunately, as I was typing and copying links, I noticed they sold out, AGAIN!). A small disclaimer, the Expansion packs say AC, but to my knowledge, they don't have any ceter rail pads that AC trains have, so they're presumably DC compatible.
Your other option is to go on ebay and search "Ho scale Mehano TGV."
The way to differentiate between train line and hobby line is the box style. The Train line has a much bigger box with track, the Hobby Line only has the 4 unit train.
*J'Adore Les TGVs!!!! UwU*
It seems like most of the Ouigo sets have problems straight out of the box, especially since you're the 2nd TH-camr to get one of these sets and have trouble with it immediately.
HO scale high speed train set.
I wanna a Kato N scale japanes high speed train set.
How close to real life speed " in scale" does that thing reach you think?
Very lightweight and toy like.
All of that for 38 dollars? Wow!
Someone got a new hair cut
9.Jul.2021, First Comment:
Pretty cool train set so far
Not first
Is it me or did they not shrink the tubing inside? Kinda helps keep everything down and tight...
Hi, Mr, SMT mainline. i do enjoy watching your videos. Would you mind recommending me the cheapest and the best resembling looking of modern street car HO scale ?
If you do put it on the rug, then simply put some paper underneath the track.
For the price...not that bad.
maybe find some cars for it sold separately to make it longer and cooler
Have you tested some Frateschi locomotives manufactured in Brazil?
Cool
Where can one get this train set, and is it still being made?
Brand new, out of box, like all motors and gears, needs running in, 30 mins in both directions. Tgen give it a trial at a low speed crawl.
Saldy the newish mehano sets plastic axles are often wobling a lot, i have old sets that are ok, but now bought 2 new sets last year (ouigo and Inoui) and both locos are shaking a lot
I think they have stopped production. I can't seem to find sets for sale. The ones that are appear to be NOS
@@SMTMainline i think you are right and prices are on the rise :/
@@lowkiller62 It's sad. Between 1996 to 2008 they sold train sets under "Presidents choice" they had excellent locomotives and the entire set cost $100 which was an amazing value. After new years day they would sell the sets for $50. I haven't ever seen such a value for your money since.
Bedtime, dude...the time difference can't be that much 'tween here and there...
Good price but is that hornby track
I just checked Amazon they are 274.99
$87USD currently. The prices always seem to be shifting in these sets but it's important to look through Amazon UK.
How do you rate MEHANO ?
The main reason why it is running so bad is that Mehano use ti made it's train sets for running a simple short circle, also power pack is not that capable...
if you look closely at 10:30 the whole trucks look to be shaky...perhaps the rear truck is poorly made?
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I hope he Restoration NYC 20th limited rivarossi I would like it!
Are u a canadian model railroader
Early in the morning, I’d say haha
I like ya cut
weird these sets never include a straight track. it just kinda mundane watchingit twirl in circles