Opening the Cunarder Train Pack by Hornby
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- čas přidán 17. 11. 2012
- I really should run this locomotive more. The detail on this Rebuilt Battle of Britain Class locomotive from Hornby really is quite stunning. If you can, it's worth getting this pack just for the locomotive. The performance is also excellent and the three Pullman coaches it comes with aren't bad at all. She looks even better when coupled up to another four! Enjoy.
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That Mechanism genuinely brings a smile to my face.
The Cunarder was an ocean liner boat train run to connect with arrivals and departures from Southampton docks of the Queens Mary and Elizabeth. The train was mostly pullmans and was usually hauled by a Lord Nelson until withdrawal in 1962. Given that the Pullman boat trains disappeared with electrification in 1967 the timeline for the set is 1962-66
Awesome review! I love those rebuilt bulleids! I am getting this pack and the 'Heart of Midlothian' train pack as well for Christmas!
Very Nice Will! these types of locos are stunners especially at performing on the mainline! they sound great plus the whistles good too!
Beautiful locomotive. Excellent stuff Will!
Another cracking video, well done!
I am incredibly jealous. You have some absolutely beautiful locomotives.
From what I read, the driver's fatigue played the greatest part in the crash.
Thanks, it's just a little tip. As I work on the Bodmin and Wenford railway, we put our GWR head boards on the top of the smoke box and when we have our Beattie or T9 Greyhound out, we put put it in the middle, but our Beattie only has a hook on the top of the smoke box.
With all the fantastic detail on this Cunarder locomotive and the cost i think a smoke unit should be included. Thus engine with DCC and smoker and sound would be just perfect.
You know Will I am running out of words to say on your review vids! For me your still 'The King!' Best regards, John.
I love this Cunarder locomotive, I wish I could afford to purchase one just to put it on display. 😟
I watched them last time too, I was sad that they weren't long videos, but now you've changed that. :) I remember loading up some videos, ironically to watch on a train!!!! since I didn't have wifi and being sad that I had seen all your +15minute videos :D but now you've updated it. :)
thank you for the praise! I shall do my best to keep it up!
The air smoothing was actually not designed to aid performance but to allow the locos to go through carriage washers so cleaning was easier. Another reason for its removal was it was simply in the way for maintenance reasons. The reason for the removal of the chain valve gear was it just didn't work very well because the chains sometimes slipped and the valves went out of time. Other changes include removing a large oil bath which the motion sat in (it would sometimes catch fire at high speeds).
Nice review once again. :-D
thanks for the comment! Me too! I did all these years ago lol (only doing them again cos so many people kept asking me to do so)
Great video well done.
There’s a squadron locomotive at Swanage Railway as well, number 257. I’ve seen that particular one before and been on it. I’ve also seen the cab of it and that was very very cool.
she is a really nice train set and i love the old effect coaches goes perfect with coal locos
Awesome Video Will :) I have this pack and its amazing :D
Headboard is in the wrong place it is meant to be over the front of the smokebox between the 2 lamp irons because that's how they had then fitted to the Bulleid pacifics
thanks - I'll make sure it's above the buffer beam or in the middle of the smokebox for when it appears on camera again.
If only you could still arrive at Southampton docks in a train like this today :-)
I once went to the GCR, and thay had a "spam can special"! ("Spam Can" was the nickname for the air smoothed battle of britain/west country/merchant navy locos lol!)
26@:08 epic clip and epic review well done
there were other factors at Lewisham, the fact that there was heavy fog that night and the signals being on the wrong side of the line so the driver had to get the fireman to look out for them and tell him what aspect they were showing. Not exactly conducive to safe operation tbh. Then there was the misrouting of another train and the collapse of the bridge running over the line which collapsed onto the wreckage, exacerbating things. The temporary structure built by the army turned out to be so good it's still there to be seen today.
Thanks for the wonderful vids, beautiful loco. I changed my name and previously was called keikuru1 btw, I got tired of youtube bothering me to change my name, can't wait for season 4!
Awesome vid. Thanks :)
Wow thats a big shelf!
A very good video, what a lovely engine with plenty of detail and power, would like to see this and hear it if it had DCC sound etc
nice review have seen this trainpack in m local model shop quite cheap so might get it
Cant wait.
Yes, I've had literally hundreds of requests to do Lego train set vids too, which is why that's all being built alongside the OO track.
Sadly, in the 70s/80s loads of these were in Barry scrapline all rusted up but because of that loads of them were sold and restored and now thankfully there are in a immaculate state which is great
Cunard was the company that owned the ocean liners they were manufactured by companies like John Brown in Clydebank
Wow! That was LOUD!
Nice to see her running. She would have slipped out of Waterloo. I rate her as gd as the merchant navy class, you should consider either Hornby Schools class or Bachmann Lord Nelson class. Great review my gdad loved it as he helped build them. Well done Will and thank you for having a bit of southern.
Thanks!
A fab loco one of my fav ones
I think it was a charter service layed on by the ocean liner companies such as Cunard to get its passengers from London to the port at Sounthampton.
I sure can! And will do. But it'll be after Christmas now.
There are actually 31 Bulleid Pacifics in preservation. There's 20 Light Pacifics as you said IC82, which of course means there's 11 Merchant Navy's. Two of the most famous in preservation are Merchant Navy No. 35028 'Clan Line' and West Country No. 34046 'Braunton'. 2 of the unrebuilt survivors are West Country No. 34007 'Wadebridge' and Battle of Britain No. 34051 'Winston Churchill'.
One idea for adding weight to light coaches is to take them apart, and then blu-tac 2p coins over the bogies. This helps the rolling stock run more smoothly, and reduces the chance of derailments. :)
very nice loco, i must mention though that the headboards on bulleid go across the 2 lamp irons half way up the smokebox (like they do with clan line & tangmere etc…)
I shall check out your channel later this morning! Thanks for the comment
I will get one eventually - it's just a case of which one to go for!
That's the one! Thanks for the comment
When they were de-streamlined they also had a more conventional valve gear fitted to replace the unreliable chain driven gear they originally had.
haha well they are! Keep an eye on them!
Yup! I must have gone thru some sort of mad Hornby train pack phase haha
thanks matey!!!
Part 2 features the plans for it. Then Part 3 looks at building the baseboards, etc. That's all in Series 4 : Proper which starts in Dec.
I just found out that 213 Squadron was cut up on the 31st of March, 1968. So now we know.
No, you misunderstand me. What I mean is that inititally they were named West Country class because they were intended to run in just the West Country - that's why they were named after that area. But as it became apparent that the class was popular and ended up running all over the south of England, they made sure that they dropped that name of class and adopted the name Battle of Britain Class. They didn't want to use the same name as it wasn't true to where they ran anymore.
Thanks for the comment!
Although I can't comfirm it on the Rebuilt models, it is very easy to fit a smoke generator/DCC decoder to the un-rebuilt engines as there is plenty of room in the body casing. If the body is mounted the same way, single screw at the rear below the footplate, then it should be do able.
thanks for the comment!
cheers!
Lots more to get then! By the sounds of it haha
The gearing that you said you can't pronounce is probably the walschaerts valve gear. It is the gearing that runs near the top from the middle driving wheel to the valve chests on each side of the locomotive. A very common type of valve gear.
1:25 The locomotive of the Cunarder pack looks almost exactly like the Emerald Night LEGO train set.
Lovely loco will I enjoyed the history lessons :) I would like to if you will be getting a full diesal Pullman train when on your proper layout
She is amazing but when are we going to see your layout upstairs?
60 Locomotives of the 110 Built West Country/Battle of Britain classes where rebuilt
Maybe one day!
Ahh yes well I thought that but it was quite difficult to get it to stick to the middle of the smokebox, plus it covered up the number on the smokebox there too. I thought, just for the purposes of demonstrating the Tacky Wax, at the top would be OK.
should be done for the end of the mini-series
Thanks for the offer - do you have any photos of your previous work?
They weren't really "designed to be used in different parts of Britain", as the caption at 2:38 says. There were no design differences between the Battle of Britain and West Country locos: just two different series of names based on where each batch of locos would be used.
are you talking about the accident that happened on December 4 1957?
Showcase the Hornby Tornado Pullman Set!
how many parts are there to the mini series
it is indeed! very easy for the average person to get them confused with one another
The exact words from Wikipedia... "Once it became clear that the locomotives would be used further afield than the West Country, a decision was made to name the remainder after RAF squadrons, airfields, commanders and aircraft that had participated in the Battle of Britain over Kent, Surrey and Sussex during 1940"
want one so bad!
When do we get to see the layout up stairs :)
cool
Could I ask what the back 'thing' is connecting on the back wheel? Best seen @ 06:32
Been looking everywhere for the answer, thought you might be able to help.
Oh he'll be back - trust me (he basically kicks off Series 4 : Proper)
how much did it coast
well you put the head bored to far up on southern railway they went about half way down the smoke box
Fair enough. I think "intended" is a much better word to use than "designed".
did that engine have an exhaust system other than the funnel?
hi um may i ask of you to to the Cunarder train strength test please to see hwo much she can pull please reply thanx PS (LOVE VIDEOS)
haha yes! If only!
I have her down as being withdrawn in March '67. Is it possible she was cut up in April?
Another great video!
When they say rebuilt, can they also say bullied? i heard it on this old documentary called STEAM.
You should fit her With a sound decoder ? You should think of getting a Nswgr 32 .class 3801 or a 60.class 4.8.4+4.8.4
How Hard Do You think it is to start a Model Rail System like this?
Good tip with the tacky wax. I've only got one train with a headboard, but I didn't mind using superglue as I'll only ever be using that engine with its own coaches.
Do you have any premium Pullman coaches
Does the Rebuilt Battle of Britain come with a Fowler Tender?
a good tip!
I prefer the new packiging - it is much more secure for the loco I think
Great Video. Just a bit of Information, The headboard would not be applied to the top of the locomotive it would be centered in the middle of the smoke box door. :)
Not many engine models you see with Stephenson valve gear (think its called)
Also, I have some videos on my channel of the Severn Valley Railway's rebuilt Battle of Britain class 'Sir Keith Park'
where are all your new vids...they've stopped
When you mentioned your new layout, do you have a separate channel for it or do you not put videos of it on CZcams at all?
***** It isn't done yet