I agree and lovely looking loco. I have had to do without many Sunday dinners to get the sound version. There is a firebox glow its two small holes at the bottom of the cab. It was able to pull three early Hornby Clerestory Coaches with ease. This period of locos so elegant looking. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into keeping your channel so great.
The 21 pin DCC decoder plug standard has DC positive and ground pins. If the prefitted stay-alive is connected to these pins (as it should be), it should work with any 21 pin decoder. Same is true for Next18. And I think they deserve a higher score for innovation for including the stay-alive.
I find the thing missing in all open cab locos is a weather/ blackout cover for the crew and cab. Now this is going to be difficult because of the models greater articulation then real locos But I think a silk like material may be the answer, if it can be made to clip onto the model. The cover would be folded and carried either on the cab roof or on the tender when not in use ( as a printed resin piece). Military models have add on covers both packed and placed to cover vehicles.
Hi yhere Jenny, just to ket you know it has got a firebox glow, just visible through the sides of the fire box door, I've got the SF and does have the stayalives working
It's certainly an interesting looking loco and something a bit different. I did consider getting one, but there have been such a lot of new releases recently, especially from Rapido and Accurascale and sadly my budget doesn't stretch as far as I'd like. When I spoke to New Junction at Not Warley he said Accurascale were holding back a few releases for just that reason. Nice as it is it doesn't really fit with my layout and there were others higher on my list like the Jones Goods, O1s and evolution coaches. And that's just from Rapido! There have almost been too many new releases, although I shouldn't complain. Much better to have a wide selection of excellent models to pick from than too few.
Im lucky enough to have one of the first batch,,it can pull 3 of the Hornby Triang Clerestory LNER coaches ok,,and/ or 4 Hornby 4 wheel GNR .. which looks great..also has firebox flicker, but that has failed on mine, so I had to rewire LEDs on , that are a bit brighter then the originals . Im a lucky bugger coz I got it 2nd hand for £150 about 2 years ago via an antique auction..👍Its a great model..love it...
Great review, great model! I fitted the front splashers - it was quite fiddly! You can slightly splay the splashers out towards the front to allow the pony truck to go round sharp curves although that position is probably not prototypical. As @mavikchen says below, there is a firebox glow on DCC but it is largely obscured by the firebox door which seems not to open - this rather negates the value of that feature. It's a very smooth runner but I agree that it won't haul very much.
@@mikep-1824 It will go round 2nd radius curves and short Hornby points when the splasher position is outermost and or the front ends point slightly outwards. This position might not look right to everyone.
Hi Jenny I hope you and zoe are all good? For me this the Holy Grail of 00 locomotives Ive got the original release Would love more single wheeler by rapido UK Kings of pre grouping Keep safe ARP
Similar experience but not really? I found that my example was quite happy to pull 7 Hornby 4-wheeled GNR coaches (including a brake) at a decent speed, and while it did slip on the steepest gradients on the layout, getting it closer to an express speed did mostly mitigate that. Also am I the only one who didn't get any screws for fitting the splashers?
I agree and lovely looking loco. I have had to do without many Sunday dinners to get the sound version. There is a firebox glow its two small holes at the bottom of the cab. It was able to pull three early Hornby Clerestory Coaches with ease. This period of locos so elegant looking. Thanks for all the time and effort you put into keeping your channel so great.
The 21 pin DCC decoder plug standard has DC positive and ground pins. If the prefitted stay-alive is connected to these pins (as it should be), it should work with any 21 pin decoder. Same is true for Next18. And I think they deserve a higher score for innovation for including the stay-alive.
I find the thing missing in all open cab locos is a weather/ blackout cover for the crew and cab. Now this is going to be difficult because of the models greater articulation then real locos But I think a silk like material may be the answer, if it can be made to clip onto the model. The cover would be folded and carried either on the cab roof or on the tender when not in use ( as a printed resin piece). Military models have add on covers both packed and placed to cover vehicles.
Hi yhere Jenny, just to ket you know it has got a firebox glow, just visible through the sides of the fire box door, I've got the SF and does have the stayalives working
Seconded. It's faint but it is there, and on non-sound DCC F1 turns it on/off.
Thanks for that 👍 I wondered why I couldn't see it😂
It's certainly an interesting looking loco and something a bit different.
I did consider getting one, but there have been such a lot of new releases recently, especially from Rapido and Accurascale and sadly my budget doesn't stretch as far as I'd like. When I spoke to New Junction at Not Warley he said Accurascale were holding back a few releases for just that reason.
Nice as it is it doesn't really fit with my layout and there were others higher on my list like the Jones Goods, O1s and evolution coaches. And that's just from Rapido!
There have almost been too many new releases, although I shouldn't complain. Much better to have a wide selection of excellent models to pick from than too few.
This is definitely one of Rapido's best models. An absolute stunner 👍.
The GNR evolution coaches are going to look amazing behind this loco 😀.
I approve of Rapido; and pre-grouping.
Im lucky enough to have one of the first batch,,it can pull 3 of the Hornby Triang Clerestory LNER coaches ok,,and/ or 4 Hornby 4 wheel GNR .. which looks great..also has firebox flicker, but that has failed on mine, so I had to rewire LEDs on , that are a bit brighter then the originals . Im a lucky bugger coz I got it 2nd hand for £150 about 2 years ago via an antique auction..👍Its a great model..love it...
Great review, great model! I fitted the front splashers - it was quite fiddly! You can slightly splay the splashers out towards the front to allow the pony truck to go round sharp curves although that position is probably not prototypical. As @mavikchen says below, there is a firebox glow on DCC but it is largely obscured by the firebox door which seems not to open - this rather negates the value of that feature. It's a very smooth runner but I agree that it won't haul very much.
How sharp a curve is that ?
@@mikep-1824 It will go round 2nd radius curves and short Hornby points when the splasher position is outermost and or the front ends point slightly outwards. This position might not look right to everyone.
@@jamesgilbart2672 Thanks for the info
I have the first run Locomotion Models/NRM issue. I find it pulls pretty well but I'm only using the Hornby 6 wheel GNR/LNER coaches,
Here's a revolutionary idea: mount the motor in the tender.
Nice layout.
Is the tender a pretender?
A what?
can someone ban this bloke?
Nice pun :)
@@DaveRowledge Ho ho ho!
@@DaveRowledge 😄
Re the holes in the cab front - have a look at the photo on page 5 of the owners manual and you will see that review model has lost a part
It’s Emily
Hi Jenny
I hope you and zoe are all good?
For me this the Holy Grail of 00 locomotives
Ive got the original release
Would love more single wheeler by rapido UK
Kings of pre grouping
Keep safe ARP
Similar experience but not really?
I found that my example was quite happy to pull 7 Hornby 4-wheeled GNR coaches (including a brake) at a decent speed, and while it did slip on the steepest gradients on the layout, getting it closer to an express speed did mostly mitigate that.
Also am I the only one who didn't get any screws for fitting the splashers?
On the original batch one I got 2nd hand the screws are prefitted on the underside where they belong, and not in extras packet.....
So the British Stirling single is a American (4-4-0) in disguise? Great post on a beaut of a locomotive.
If I was tempted to go back to O'rribly O'versized, it would be for this early era , such a pretty loco and stock.
What I dont understand is the ones that still sell for £250/300/350 or more at auction when you can buy a new one for £250 or less.....
oh aye, I think its fallen off somewhere near Peterborough