Hornby Gwr hst train set review

[@SDR702]

For anyone wishing to add pick ups on the dummy power car. I purchased 2 Hornby spares X7891 bogie for power car. They come complete with wheels, the all important pick ups, bogie frame etc. The front bogie is a direct swap, but the rear needs to be stripped as well as the other spare bogie and the pick ups from the spare bogie salvaged. They are a straight fit in to the existing rear bogie without any modifications as there are provisions for pick ups just not fitted. I fitted an 8 -pin DCC socket with directional lighting. It cost me £11 plus p&p for both bogies.

[@Themodelrailer]

Thats fantastic thanks for sharing! Will definitely give this a go!

[@SDR702]

@@Themodelrailer Glad to share! I got mine from Lendons of Cardiff.

[@user-os6dj3cg7o]

I have this set, which my bought for Christmas in 2022. That’s what started railway modelling. Thanks for your videos

[@Themodelrailer]

Amazing hope you have many years enjoying the hobby and thank you for the kind words made up you enjoy the videos! Thanks for watching😊

[@somax1259]

i remember Christmas 2019 i went to a shop with model trains in it with my dad and uncle (who i had never previously met) and i saw this set on the shelf and was like wow this is cool and my uncle just bought it for me. no fuss

[@Themodelrailer]

Thats so awesome enjoy and wont be long till you have a full set up going!!

[@mastersjoke]

Thanks. Great video. I’ve just got back into my old Hornby trains. The HST is my favourite train of all time as I used to travel on it all the time as a kid in the 80’s. This set is currently selling for £100. You’ve sold it to me. 😉👍👍

[@Themodelrailer]

Thats awesome to hear you getting back into the hobby. Made up my video has helped you thats all i wish for from this channel and thank you so much for your more than kind comment! Thanks for watching😊

[@mangleytown]

I always love the shinyness of an HST in GWR green 😍😍

[@Themodelrailer]

The livery and colour scheme really does look good especially on this one will definitely be adding 2-3 coaches eventually! Thanks for watching😊

[@mangleytown]

@@Themodelrailer one good thing, Hornby have made a lot of the coaches over the last few years, so makes them easier to find 😀

[@Themodelrailer]

Haha yes a lot easier than the old virgin pendolino coaches!

[@mangleytown]

@@Themodelrailer yes, even a few years ago it was tricky finding the full rakes

[@philipstokes2824]

The lack of lights is a shame seeing as 40 years ago the Hornby HST set had directional lighting!

[@Themodelrailer]

A huge shame especially as with promoting lighting on the box would have been a great touch to really finish it off. Thanks for watching!😊

[@leokimvideo]

I thought Hornby dumped traction tyres years ago. They are nothing but a nightmare

[@Themodelrailer]

No they still use them think they can do more damage than good if a loco gets stuck the wheels can still turnnto help protect the motor a little but if not ot can be forcing trying to turn burn the motor out or worse! aaaaand if i remember rightly if you check the class37 review i did that has them too and thats supposed to be a new model! Thanks for watching!😊

[@davidgardiner5534]

Love this set so much so that i have 2 and bought another 4 extra carriages.

[@Themodelrailer]

Wow thats amazing are they the plain matt matching coaches to match the one with the set am after some extras to add to it too! Thanks for watching😊

[@davidgardiner5534]

@@Themodelrailer yeah all the coaches are the same colour to match the engine.

[@Themodelrailer]

Amazing where did you find them please?

[@davidgardiner5534]

@Themodelrailer, if you're talking about the coaches, i got them from the model railway shop that i use in linlithgow and ordered them. They took about a week to come.

[@Themodelrailer]

@davidgardiner5534 yes the coaches and amazing you found some more was struggling to find matching ones to go with the set

[@1tsme4g41n]

thank you for your video, considering buying one, I can get it from the Houghton Hall Garden Centre near Carlisle for £132, pity about the rear lights, also would have liked to see 3 coaches instead of just the one

[@Themodelrailer]

Glad you liked the video! It is a shame about the lights and extra coach as older starter sets had at least lights front and back sometimes directional and 4 cars minimum but at that price that does sound more worth the money at that price! Really glad the video is helping you out thanks for watching😊

[@chuckmaddison2924]

We have it here Western Australia at $ 319.99 about £ 166... I'm looking around for something simple, average. I'm finding model trains are like hifi. In terms of price, quality and target market. Stores here seem to have a lot of sets on order which is business as usual. Still try to get my head around 1,2 3 radius thing and how it relates to my space. And if I wanted double tracks. Then with TT you seem to pay more and get less , bit like hifi.. The hum might be due to type of rectification used . If half- wave would be very noisy. Years ago ( many) i had Hornby and the control was a heavy grey metal box. Yes the free roll test is a good test . Dad did same test with real cars for university course .

[@Themodelrailer]

Awesome go good to hear from someone from a different country and how you find them! Yeah the radius can be a pain basically unless you have one of the tiny locos always go minimum 2nd radius that way any loco you have will will run on it! And thanks the free roll test wasnt really meant to be a thing but since it started with one of my bullet tankers thought a good thing to see how well they move on their own to help with train drag so glad you enjoy that bit! And thanks for watching!😊

[@brianfearn4246]

Good review. I bought the virgin HST a number of years ago and it came with 2 mk3 s and lights on both power cars . It looks like hornby have modified the power cars with screws rather than clips and more authentic looking lights but cut costs on the dummy car lights.

[@Themodelrailer]

Thank you it does look good but at the same time feels loke its gone backwards with what you get compared to what you used to get in older sets. Thanks for watching😊

[@SDR702]

They have not modified these hst's. These are the old Lima hst units and not the orignal Hornby ones. Despite the picture on the box depicting the original Hornby version.

[@Themodelrailer]

Ahhhhh that does explain a lot then shame as this could have been a really top notch set even with just the one coach. Thanks for watching!😊

[@brianfearn4246]

@helpful_hobbies8985 I also believe that hornby no longer manufacture traction tyers for HSTs manufactured in China. You can seemingly only purchase traction tyers for HSTs manufacturerd in the UK 🤔is this true?

[@Themodelrailer]

As i currently believe all the manufacturing is now done over in china but these sets do still have traction tyres that im aware of to date would have to do some research on this though to be sure ill see what i can find

[@juniusvindex769]

Great review, pity, just bought a vintage hornby hst off eBay......... great starter set 👍🏻

[@Themodelrailer]

Definatley not a bad one to start with and agree some great vintage sets you cam get for a good price still have the intercity 225 set i first had from being a kid and runs better than some modern locos!! Thanks for watching!😊

[@BritishRail60062]

Nice set and if this helps. The power cars are ex-Lima. Illuminated models make head/tail lighting kits for these HST's as long as you won't mind retro fitting them mate. I will be reviewing the 1990's Hornby Train sets once a month. I am starting off with a freight set and it will be up this Sunday :). Here is a like from me and I have subbed as well mate :). Peter.

[@Themodelrailer]

Thats fantastic ive made a note of them and will look into getting a kit for a future. Thank you so much for subscribing have returned the favour too! Will look forward to your 1990 train sets reviews as have a couple of them myself still from being a kid and they still run amazing today again thank you and thanks for watching!😊

[@BritishRail60062]

@@Themodelrailer Anytime man. If you need any help in the hobby or some tips. Just let me know here or reach out on my channel and I will be help to lend a hand. That HST should be able to handle a 2-8 formation if you wish to lengthen it in the future. Being ex-Lima, it should be 100g heavier than the original Hornby power cars of the 1970's. Tomorrow and as long as it arrived to me, I will be reviewing a 1986 Lima HST Train Set that started it all off for me in that year and this time. I am going to add lights into it this time because although Lima had lights on the standalone models. They never added these into the train set version and the same with the cab interiors back in the 1980's. All the best Peter.

[@Themodelrailer]

@@BritishRail60062 thank you again and will look forward to the review i have a intercity 225 which was my first set and it still runs amazing today and also have the original night mail express. I was thinking about reviewing them at some point but wasn’t sure with them being older sets if there would be much interest but if other channels like yours do them too may be worth a look as you can get some amazing running now vintage sets for really good prices!

[@BritishRail60062]

@@Themodelrailer I think it would be great if you covered the older train sets that you have mate. I for one would watch and like them! They are more popular than you might think mate. I forget to mention that this chassis on this GWR model will fit on all Lima bodyshells as well, so if you wanted to modernise any of the Lima HST's, just buy the power car loose, and then use the Hornby chassis in the Lima model and add a sound decoder with a bass speaker of the Valenta sounds. Prepare to be amazed from this simple mod. It's way cheaper than paying £362 for the Hornby premium model as well. Also you can add a driver into the cab of the GWR HST as well as Kato make the HO scale driver figure packs and I buy mine from Plaza Japan. I had fitted many over the years. Anyway, I look forward to seeing your older train sets. Trust me, these videos will be more popular than anticipated ;). All the best Peter.

[@Themodelrailer]

@@BritishRail60062 fantastic and thank you again for the help and advice will definitely check out what you have said for the hst and see what i can do with them!

[@BAA.GARDENS]

Hi, under the front 4 wheels there's a red and black wire, mine came off the track and not sure what to do with it now, they just look loose

[@Themodelrailer]

Hi there ok so i have just taken the body off it to check those wires go to the pickups underneath that get power from the track! They can sometimes be a little looser depending how much extra there is on the wires! if the loco just came off but is running fine with no problems then will be ok to use as normal if you wish you can take the body off and see if the wires will pull up slightly if they appear to be catching on anything if you are unsure i will do a video showing this but again if they just look a little loose but attached and the loco is running fine then it should be ok! Hope this helps you anything else let me know see if i can help further if there are any more or other problems with it! Thanks for watching😊

[@paulpalmer1450]

Great review, shame about no lights on the dummy car, is there anyway you can add lights? Or perhaps use an older dummy car with lights and use the gwr dummy body?

[@Themodelrailer]

Thanks glad you liked the review surely there must be some form of a kit you can get to convert but omg what a amazing idea if the body/tooling isn’t too much different then sounds great may try that and look for a old hst set to try!!!

[@kevingray633]

Cool

[@Themodelrailer]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching😊!

[@davidgardiner5534]

Hi, model railer. How do you change the traction tyres on the model?

[@Themodelrailer]

I havent had to change mine yet but it would require a small pick and simply flicking the old ones off you may need to remove the outer part of the bogie or drop the axle through the frame so nothing blocks the tyre coming off either that or a more favourable option would be to replace the driven axles with wheels that dont require tyres as can help save the motor etc if it gets stuck for any reason. Hope this helps😊

[@stobie123]

Where did u get the train station and how much was it

[@Themodelrailer]

I got the station from my local shop its the hornby station terminus usually around £60-70 i have added a couple of curves which were ebay finds about £7 each hope this helps and thanks for watching!😊

[@MysteryHouse-iu9df]

Does it have sound

[@Themodelrailer]

Unfortunatly no i have yet to see a starter set like this that does but it does have lights on the power car and a decoder socket inside so would be easy to install hope this helps! Thanks for watching😊

[@MysteryHouse-iu9df]

@@Themodelrailer ok thank you

[@stobie123]

Where did u get the table and how much

[@Themodelrailer]

The table for the layout was custom built by myself using 3x3 timber for the legs 3x2 for the frame then loft boards for the base cost will vary on the size of layout you choose to do but i would say this one cost me about £150 to build. Thanks for watching😊

[@stobie123]

@@Themodelrailer thanks for the help

[@Themodelrailer]

No problems anything else ask away 😊

[@NZRailCaptures]

My Gwr Hst i have had for a year now but it's been running much slower than it used to would you know why and how to fix it

[@Themodelrailer]

Oh wow ok will look out for this issue with mine if your other locos seem to run ok check there is nothing wrapped around the wheels or cogs that can cause resistance also see if the motor gets too warm or hot as it could be the motor that is failing (running slower is usually a sign of this) give it all a thorough clean and oil to see if that helps and let me know how you get on! Hope this helps you and thanks for watching😊

[@NZRailCaptures]

@@Themodelrailer tried that earlier today still wont and all my other models run fine

[@Themodelrailer]

It sounds unfortunately then like the motor may be on its way out or one of the commutators has possibly burned out on it i know they are relatively cheap to buy online however a motor swap is something i have never had to do yet i guess ive been lucky in that way but apart from the main driving cog on the motor arm i think they are relatively easy to swap out.

[@NZRailCaptures]

@@Themodelrailer ok thanks

[@RailroudHobby]

wana buy thad set to wondering if i can buy extra coaches for thad set ?

[@Themodelrailer]

I struggled with finding extra coaches ebay and model shops were the best place to find the exact same ones hope this helps and Thanks for watching!😊

[@RailroudHobby]

@@Themodelrailer thanx for info and u welcome pleese can u setup the train with extra coaches love to se ehow long it ghets when its compleet set thank u 😀

[@Themodelrailer]

Any time i only have two coaches for this loco so a little longer than the starter set i can certainly do a running session like i do for saturdays if that sounds good!

[@RailroudHobby]

@@Themodelrailer sure sounds good i put the ketle with thea on for watching it ofcourse english thea not dutch ☺

[@Themodelrailer]

Haha i usually do have a cup of tea with me when recording i usually do a running session for a saturday so i will use it for todays one!

[@seeanda1]

Hornby offer at £119.99 as of Oct 21st

[@Themodelrailer]

Wow thats a really good price! Definitely worth looking at getting for someone new starting shame they cant be a similar to that price all the time😂 thanks for watching😊

[@thesimulatorguy4248]

I got the virgin trains 125. Year ago. Think it come with 2 carriages. Hornby is going downhill

[@Themodelrailer]

Do agree with this a 3 car starter set is really small same with some of the steam packs they have done with 2 coaches in stead of 3. Thanks for watching😊