Gas Turbine Locomotive in Miniature! The KR Models GT3 Review - Lawrie Goes a Model Loco Episode 18

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The lovely people at KR Models sent Lawrie one of their Flagship models to review - the mighty GT3 - but just what will he think of it?
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[@petrophaga8523]

okay, we need to see Lawrie in the Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg! I just can't imagine the variety of squeaking noises Lawrie will present ...

[@Hads821]

Yes

[@lmm]

I'd love to go!

[@Zebrails]

You're smitten with DCC Sound... When I was introduced to DCC Sound, I was hooked. DCC alone is okay... but, add sound...BEAUTY! When I first had a DC/DCC Sound locomotive, I had only a DC controller... The advantage of DC control is you can hook it up to your ordinary Timer you plug into a wall. Plug in your power pack, set the timer... and you have a wonderful wake-up alarm... except it's your locomotive firing up and starting to roll around your layout! It's a treasure I will always remember! John BC, Canada

[@lmm]

Oh that's a very clever idea!

[@KPen3750]

I always love when Lawrie gets trolled by companies but in a way thats genuinely funny

[@lmm]

I enjoyed it too. They're a good bunch

[@Ollie1979]

Gotta say I think the BR Blue looks fantastic on the GT3, maybe this should be allied to a couple of steam locomotives as “never was as” .

[@lmm]

It's the yellow parts I'm not a fan of

[@BeegChonkBehr]

The email sequence, I can't 🤣🤣

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@jacksnorth4074]

When you said the 1-1 scale, my brain went "Lawries driven the gas turbine!" 😅

[@robinforrest7680]

What a great model. With age I’ve come to appreciate « corporate image » BR blue which was boring and hated when it was all there was back in the 70’s and 80’s. (I well remember how excited we all got when 40106 was turned out in BR green!). Since they originally planned that the BR standard steam locomotives would take them into the 1980’s (until the 1955 modernisation plan came), I think I quite fancy the idea of a 9F in BR blue, that will be a future projet methinks… I well remember being rather shocked that the V of R was running one of its ex GWR 2-6-2T’s in BR blue with yellow buffer beams in the 80’s. Whatever, another joyous video Mr Rose. All the best, Rob

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it! Everyone tends to forget that the VOR was still running steam way past the ban!

[@robinforrest7680]

@@lmm Yeah we went up to Aberystwyth probably about 1979 or 80 with some school mates. Blue and grey mk1´s from Birmingham with a class 40 whistler on the front. They were replacing the signaling with colour light signals at the time and all the semaphore equipment was just lying in a pile at the end of the platform. I wanted a signal arm, but didn’t realize how huge it was until I got close up😂 I did liberate a cast iron BR (W) counter weight though and smuggled it home in my rucksack. It’s still serving me as a doorstop today!

[@lmm]

@@robinforrest7680 ah that's cool! Least you got a bit of history

[@DC4260Productions]

That fictional blue livery was done in Train Simulator long before these models came along.

[@BrokenIET]

So it is historically accurate! (in a way)

[@lmm]

I didn't know there was a train sim model of it

[@AlecDenholm]

Good heavens please more of this type of content!

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@aveedub7403]

You were fortunate to enjoy the patronage and generosity of KR models!! I only wish KR models would let me have the Leader I ordered nearly a year ago, i suspect now due in 2023????

[@lmm]

The Leader is progressing well, I can't wait to get my hands on one.

[@VintageRenewed]

I could be off but I think the only railroad that actually used a turbine powered locomotive somewhat successfully was Union Pacific with the big blow turbine Although now I kind of wish I could see my Union Pacific 4014 excursion train on a layout like that haha

[@lmm]

I really enjoyed my mates layout

[@ABrit-bt6ce]

Oooh! Shiny :) I never would have thought you could ever buy one either.

[@lmm]

Very pleased to see it avaliable!

[@totalal4601]

Its very brave they sent you these, most things with wheels you get your hands on get taken apart!! XD

[@lmm]

Funny you should mention that 😂

[@wamgoc]

I've got both of these and a BR Green one on the way! Well done KR Models!

[@lmm]

I am temped by black

[@ciaranburke3243]

Brilliant lawrie, enjoyed that every bit as much as you did excellent layout lovely locos 😁👍

[@lmm]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

Really enjoyed that thank you, we used to make some awesome stuff back in the day. When I have saved up some pennies I might just have to order one of those with sound.

[@lmm]

It's worth every single one of them

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

@@lmm Still not saved enough yet

[@dalecherne5377]

Welcome to DCC! Now you see what all the fuss is about lol. This is how it all starts! Just wait until you get more DCC-Sound models. If you start really getting into this, I would advise looking into joining a model railroad club where you can go and run various models 🙂

[@lmm]

It's quite addictive isn't it!

[@dalecherne5377]

@@lmm Extremely! I've started modeling more British trains lately. (I'm American). But I absolutely LOVE some of UK's Diesels. I've upgraded my Class 37 to a sound chip that includes a cold-start of 2 & 1/2 minutes! 😍

[@lmm]

That's the way to do it!

[@dalecherne5377]

@@lmm If you're curious, I posted it on my main channel. You just have to imagine the smoke ;-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6GceXyki6domqc&ab_channel=adfgfds

[@andrewentwistle515]

Great video from Lawrie on the GT3 model Locomotives. I must admit that they are great models, however they are to posh for my model railway.

[@lmm]

Mine too! But I think it's fantastic none the less.

[@georgejonesthestarseeds77]

I have seen a few reviews on this model. I am really upset though that the actual real life engine was scrapped, another guy on youtube told me that, and I was gutted because I thought it was a very pretty looking engine

[@lmm]

It's a super looking machine!

[@Jordan4Ibanez]

That things only 250 pounds fully decked out?? THAT'S AMAZING!

[@lmm]

It's actually very good

[@RHTeebs]

I LOVE that BR Blue. That's just handsome.

[@lmm]

I like the blue, not so much the yellow

[@GuyChapman]

My Bachmann 9F regularly pulls over 60 diagram 100 hoppers. Bonkers on a tailchaser, even when the long side is nearly 30ft! I had to re-wheel my Mk 1 coaches to be able to pull a full protoypical 1964 express service from the marshalling sheet. A3 pacific and 13 coaches just fits in my station.

[@lmm]

You have a proper layout!

[@rainerwagner8528]

Did you see the letters on the tender bearings? S K F that means Schweinfurter Kugellager Fabriken in Germany - one of the primary targets of the Royal Airforce during WW2! But, indeed a very pretty model of this loco, the blue and yellow, but surely the brown one, too! Are they in 00 or in H0 scale? I like unusual locomitives like that ones or the Challenger and Big Boy, also the american gas turbine locos. But they are pretty expensive and not all are to get in N-scale, what I prefere! Nice VLOG about this loco type I never heard before! Thank You ! ! !

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

SKF was actually Swedish they still exist in the USA, during WW2 we used to collect our orders for ball bearings from Sweden and stow them in the bomb bays of unarmed BOAC mosquitos and fly them right past the noses of ME 109's back to blighty. RHP used to make ball bearings in Chelmsford until the Japanese bought them out and closed down the factory. The site is now East Anglia Poly. I used to have mates that worked for RHP, EEV and Marconis. Whatever happened.

[@lmm]

Interesting bits of history there lads. It's oo guage

[@tomtalk24]

Great to watch! Just pinch the sound chip out of the blue before returning it ;)

[@lmm]

I might have done that

[@bentullett6068]

I have looked at this model in the what if liveries and the BR green and black do look good and are pretty much what this loco would have worn livery wise if the project did go ahead.

[@lmm]

Yes exactly. I think the black is super smart

[@richardbrobeck2384]

Cool !

[@lmm]

I agree!

[@dustpanandthebrush5293]

You're a man after my own heart Laurie, I make the same noises whenever I play trains

[@lmm]

Sometimes it's a little too exciting 😂

[@johnlomas7398]

I didn't see/hear GT3, but I did once ride up from Bristol to Reading behind one of the other 2 18000 or 18100. It was noticeable that at Bristol it had to run from the outside platforms rather than the usual London trains platform just inside the main entrance. It appears that the noise of the jet engine echoing round the train shed would have been too much for passengers ears. I don't .know what happened on arrival in Paddington though I believe when departing Paddington it would not have been inside the train shed. Presumably the same would have been true of GT3 and indeed APT-E later. Those noise generators are great though aren't they. I keep thinking that the people who make them should develop a similar system to fit to electric cars. Just imagine an electric car sounding like a straight six or a big V8.

[@lmm]

That must have been quite the thing to travel behind!

[@paulsharpe3794]

Hi lve liked the GT3 for years and when I get my layout done I plan to get one but seeing the BR blue I need to brake the bank

[@lmm]

They're super models

[@vf.nightcore]

You may hate me for this but all the times I've watched this locomotive drive by in transport fever, every time I have preferred the blue livery, even if it never looked like that.

[@richardsweeney197]

It really make this video fun to see how much fun you are having. You are like a little kid on Christmas morning. I have seen a number of reviews of this engine before yours. THIS review really makes me want one!

[@lmm]

Pleased to hear it - I can highly recommend it

[@fetus2280]

wow........just..wow.

[@lmm]

I agree

[@lord_scrubington]

the BR Blue had me convinced, very well done

[@lmm]

It's wears it well

[@josephtucker7181]

Where do i get the blue version of it? I unironically like it enough to but it.

[@lmm]

You could try emailing them, say you saw the video and wondered if there will be any more blue ones?

[@888johnmac]

about 11:30 .. not sure what was more pleasing , the noise of the Loco , or the noise of Lawrie .. lol

[@lmm]

I was very excited

[@johnjephcote7636]

I always missed her brief appearances. I knew the warnings about the hot exhaust and leaning over a footbridge. Apparently, she was equal to a good Scot.

[@lmm]

Oh really? Must have been quite the thing to see

[@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard]

If they got the opportunity to rebuild it? The rear tender could be a bio digester? Or h202 locomotive? Awesome to see it as a model. Would be great to see it resurrected!?

[@lmm]

I think it would be quite the project to build a new one

[@jasonhaymanonthedrawingboard]

@@lmm yeah, if they can build tornado this would be easy enough to build? Just one question is money?

[@Captain_Char]

I bet their weight is whats really helping them pull, you said they felt diecast in terms of weight, does make me wonder if some of the old diecast engines could haul more then the plastic modern counterpart

[@lmm]

They can indeed, though it's deceptive. A dublo three rail Loco may pull only four or 5 coaches, but the baring and weight used mean they're heavier and roll less freely.

[@SeaKing61]

That single modern EWS MFA wagon in the middle of the old freight wagons causes me more pain than I'd like to admit, and I hate myself for it!

[@lmm]

It's great isn't it

[@steampics]

There is a working 5 inch gauge version of GT3 which is well worth a few minutes if you ever see it.

[@lmm]

Oh really? Sounds fantastic!

[@physiocrat7143]

GT3 would be a good candidate for a replica. For ease of construction it could be powered by steam and based on the LNER Class B12.

[@lmm]

Steam doesn't mean it would be easier or cheaper to build. Would be an interesting thing to see.

[@jackrumseycentralrailway6764]

It sounds like a jet leaving the airport

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

It is in fact a jet engine

[@jackrumseycentralrailway6764]

​@@kymvalleygardensdesign5350 Oh right. I didn't know that. It's like sharing the same engine.

[@bentullett6068]

@@jackrumseycentralrailway6764 in the 1950's-1960's gas turbine engines were seen as a revolutionary idea, even Rover cars built some gas turbine cars one of which did compete in Le Mans.

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

@@bentullett6068 Driven by Jackie Stewart and Graham Hill, think it finished 10th overall, the throttle response was very slow.

[@lmm]

It sounds awesome

[@lloydpenfold486]

A better 'Neverwazza' would be BR loco green livery (possibly with number 18200, in series with the other two gas turbines). As for the real loco, a cab at each end might have made it more useful. As is, it would need turntables at its usual terminii.

[@lmm]

Yes but it was trying to be familiar to steam crews.

[@vickielawless]

I read somewhere that a drawing originally showed the loco in black as no. 19000 "Lord of the Isles".

[@100dampf]

the new technology, untested technology of using bogies... ohh, I would have thougth that there was a gas turbine engine in the inter war years 1961???? That must have been that british humor that went over my head

[@lmm]

Yes. It was very tongue in cheek. In reality it was trying to make it accessible to steam drivers. Looking like a machine they already understood. That said, direct drive with rods was well proven, driving bogies had not had the same widespread use at the time

[@wacky_jack]

Wow

[@lmm]

It's pretty good

[@bvr16mmv25]

Lovely channel.

[@lmm]

Thank you very much

[@timwhite4301]

I didn't buy one of these when they were announced because i have a resin cast model kit. I'm really regretting that decision

[@lmm]

It's a really, really good model

[@eze8970]

Thanks Lawrie, the GT3 is an odd sounding thing! 🙏🙏

[@lmm]

I think it sounds awesome!

[@michaelwhiles5282]

Very tasty 😎

[@lmm]

Isn't it just

[@Taggart00]

You should thank the man who told you to talk to KR Models

[@lmm]

Good call buddy

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

Real shame they scrapped this unique machine and no one had the foresight to put it in a museum. Previous generations have done a terrible job preserving our heratige.

[@lmm]

Some have yes, but then some have done an amazing job. In the UK we have so much that has survived, and should feel suitably lucky about that.

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

@@lmm True it just annoys me to no end when one off prototypes or unique and unusual vehicles are scrapped be it a train, plane, helicopter etc. I understand it can be unfeasable to save ships or huge aircraft due to their size but trains and land vehicles there no excuse.

[@thomasawl]

‘This amazing orange and brown paintwork it had’ famous last words

[@lmm]

They are now

[@Duececoupe]

....hang on!? 🤨🤔 SKF roller bearings?😳😲

[@Duececoupe]

Oh bugger....LMS livery! 🥰😍

[@lmm]

I believe so - looks smart doesn't it!

[@alexthomas637]

🚂🚂🚂🚂😎😎😎👍

[@lmm]

👍

[@andreamellors6033]

gt3 when to 90 mph speed

[@lmm]

Would have been something to see

[@solarusthelonghaulerrailfa3226]

Even the br make believe engine looks good even though not appropriate

[@lmm]

I really like the Br black one

[@Undead66679]

What a fail from the br blue

[@Hads821]

I LIKE STEAM ENGINES

[@kymvalleygardensdesign5350]

So do I

[@lmm]

Me too, but this is a gas turbine

[@Snowy1346]

hi kkk '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''

[@lmm]

Hello

[@harrypenn611]

Ordered one after this

[@lmm]

Thank you - I'm sure you'll enjoy it. What livery did you go for?

[@harrypenn611]

@@lmm only one that floats my boat , the brown , brown all the way , as I keep telling my missis haha