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Oh bless I hope the dogs ok now

I like how Bob says being on the floor is not the place for model railway as they pickup dirt an carpet fibers, well these days model locos pick up bits of static grass where people put in static grass but don't give it good vacuum afterwards.Watching people repair model locos which are full of static grass and bits of polystyrene and fluff which coats the pick ups.

As a professional triang dublo restoration tec You shouldn't use polar based solvents to clean any loco.. there are two parts of a wheel to clean the tread and the contact suface , please research the difference between polar and non Polar based cleaning solvents there only two products on planet earth. Nice video though

Just seen your video i know it's been on for over a year but if you replace the controller their would be less buzzing and crackling on ce again nice learning curve keep it up cheers Patrick Quinn IRL

Audio is very quiet, hard to hear even on full volume 🤷🏻‍♂️

Was thinking will get my first starter bundle with some older OO Hornby - this is fantastic starter video for a beginner for ebay finds. New sub today

Is this channel dead or something

❤hello over there🚂🌟👍

Beautiful locomotive! Are these difficult to give them a clean up?

The noise on the 37 is the motor struggling to turn

Fleischmann N Profi-track back in its heyday and a lot of Hornby Minitrix and Graham Farish stock

Just got one of these and an Airfix Royal Scot at a show. Just needed a warm up.

Thanks for sharing these videos, I'm always messing with this Triang stuff, J

Where are you at man?

Thank you for this video it was really informative as I have this exact model train

Thank you I enjoyed your video I find them great inspiration as I recover from my brain tumour A suggestion for your cattle market how about a barn for a cattle auction Goole york livestock centre for more ideas

Is this channel dead?

I would have bought the set and then keep it in the box.

most of these locos are not too old. for christmas 1953 i got a shop window display layout with the the green version of the Princess Elizabeth locomotive. Good old Triang before they merged with Hornby.

Great stuff, another vote for the H&M Clipper, makes it easy with resistance on high with the XO-4s, but never run any can motors on half-wave, they'll burn up.

The late, great Bob Symes in his element, as ever.

Ah, the R8250? I had a couple of them myself and I would say that I cannot recommend them as they make the motors buzz loudly and popped one of my tank engines. So I bought a 1986 Hornby R914 controller and all my trains are happier for it. Also I do recommend the Hornby R921/R965 as well. Your video is welcoming me hack to OO gauge fully and although I do have N scale. My sight isn't what it was and I will have to upscale to OO and HO if I am to enjoy the model trains 🚂😊.

Great video. My advice to any newcomers is to check out the 1980's and the 1990's Hornby Train Sets. They are bargains and you get more track and things with them unlike the new 2023 train sets which I find very poor value for money. I am more into British Rail myself so it doesn't matter to me. But for those that want newer present day trains. You can be creative and repaint them to modernise them up. Not 100% accurate but its a model railway and I like to have fun with my trains. My favourite freight set from Hornby has to be the Midnight Freight. I got that one back in 1988 for my 8th birthday and it was one of the best train sets I had back them. Here is a like from me. Peter.

watched this VHS loads as a child, pretty sure they’re still kicking around somewhere

Good to see that you're getting nice slow running with that controller. I've looked into more expensive controllers, but actually the R8250 is doing fine! Enjoying your vids. Like your style....

It needs converting to the correct video ratio, probably 4:3

'PromoSM' 🤩

Pretty good crawl I would say. Great low angle shots by the way.

Model Railroading is Like An Oversized Art Project But it’s Worth Doin.

Always Take Pride In model Railroading and Yes You Are the Biggest Crittic of the Layout And That is The Truth.

That Looked Like the Proper Height.👍😊

Always Remember this. measure 2 cut 1.

Building A RailRoad is Exciting passionately Fun And Should Never Be Rushed.slow And Easy.

Hey. You really have to be careful when saying something is rare or lost. I for one have a copy of this film. I recorded it on VHS long ago when I had cable TV. I still watch it occasionally. Robert Symes-Schutzmann to give him his full title, made many films right up until near his death. the last film I saw was made for the Ger]man market. He was after all an Austrian Count.

A 9F, eh? You little tinker...

First one I ever got you had to strap two 6v lantern battries to it. That one and the one before it were both pritty poor typical hornby it`s cheap lets make it cheaper not better. I built my own but now it`s as easy to buy a cheap pmw power controller and use that, but if you can pick up an old H & M or clipper gaugemaster they take some beating. shame I had a duo unit and sepperate power pack thing the other year you could of had it but it was before you`d started, still holding on to my gaugemaster sim units, 8509 alway was good runner

I think people forget how cheap this controller is, and for the price it's excellent value. Sure a guagemaster is better, but look at the price difference

Very good sean even if I am your uncle 👍🏻😉

This was filmed during the early 1980's, judging by the woman controlling a layout using a Hornby Zero One 1st generation DCC system, right at the beginning. Hornby's Zero One DCC system was produced between 1979 & 1986, with many modeller, like myself, still running this pioneering DCC system globally

Great programme. I remember watching some of Bob Symes' other programmes on television. This is later than the 70s though. Going by the BR sector liveries on some of the locos and stock puts it around the mid 80s. Thanks for sharing.

I love this, It's almost a Harry Enfield Mr Cholmondley-Warner and Greyson and skit :)

Which year is this from? He seems like the sort of guy you'd want to lead you into battle.

Thanks you for sharing this lost video

Bob Symes was a real Gentleman . I believe He was of Aristocracy , perhaps Austrian ? He knew his stuff and was a very clear communicator . Sadly and badly missed.

it took me ages but this must be N or maybe TT gauge.

Where'd you find this at

That Castle is an old Airfix one and the airfix locos are very reliable. I bought an LMS 4F loco nearly 3 years ago and she runs beautifully. So much so she's the pride of my fleet. That Hall is rather quick off the mark 😂😂

Hornby have Lbcr Sasha E2