Trix Flying Scotsman unboxing

Model: The locomotive has an mfx+ digital DCC decoder and extensive light and sound functions. It also has controlled, high-efficiency propulsion with a flywheel in the boiler. 3 axles powered. Traction tires. The locomotive and tender are constructed mostly of metal. The locomotive has a factory-installed smoke unit with speed-dependent, dynamic smoke exhaust and it can be controlled digitally. Dual headlights on the locomotive change over with the direction of travel and there is a lamp on the back of the tender. These lights will work in conventional operation and can be controlled digitally. The lamp on the back of the tender can be changed to a red lamp. A third headlight on the front of the locomotive can be controlled separately as an electric lamp and it can be changed to red. The cab lighting and firebox flickering can be controlled digitally. The lighting on the tender corridor can be controlled digitally. Maintenance-free warm white and red LEDs are used for the lighting. There is an adjustable close coupling with a guide mechanism between the locomotive and tender. The back of the tender has a close coupler with an NEM pocket and a guide mechanism. The buffer height on the locomotive and tender adheres to the NEM. Brake hoses, imitation prototype couplers, and closed cylinder covers are included. Length over the buffers approximately 24.5 cm / 9-5/8".
Prototype: Class A3 steam express locomotive with a tender. Version as museum locomotive 60103. The locomotive looks as it did in 1963 with a Corridor tender and smoke deflectors, thus as the locomotive currently looks operational and based at the National Railway Museum in York, England.;;The Flying ScotsmanThe Flying Scotsman, a name, which inspires imagination. ‘Flying Scotsman' was the name of the daily 10:00 AM connection between London and Edinburgh which had been running since 1862. From 1924 London and North Eastern Railway Class A1 ‘Pacific' Number 4472 also carried this name. The A1's were the most powerful locomotives used on the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) and were designed by Nigel Gresley its ‘Chief Mechanical Engineer'. On February 24, 1923, it went into operation as LNER number 1472, a year later it was given its famous name and it participated as number 4472 in the British Empire Exhibition in London, which increased its recognition enormously. It became the ‘show' locomotive of the LNER and inaugurated the non-stop ‘Flying Scotsman' (summer only) service on May 1, 1928. For the first time a steam locomotive ran the 393 miles (632 km) between London and Edinburgh on a scheduled service without stopping. How was this possible? Shortly before the first of these runs ‚Flying Scotsman' was equipped with a corridor tender, which not only offered a lot of space for coal and water, but also a corridor to the first carriage of the train. This allowed a crew change during the run. This locomotive set another milestone in 1934. During a test run the ‘Flying Scotsman' became the first steam locomotive in Great Britain to officially reach a speed of 100 mph (160.9 km/h) clear proof for the LNER directors of the suitability of steam locomotives for express train service. During World War II, the ‘Flying Scotsman' had to change its bright green for a sombre ‚Wartime Black'. After the end of the war, it was painted again in LNER ‘apple green'. In addition, it was converted to the class A3. In 1948, after the establishment of British Railways, new colours came into use and its number became 60103. For a time, this locomotive was in ‘express passenger blue' livery and then later ‘BR Green'. Under threat of being scrapped it was purchased by wealthy businessman, Alan Pegler who had it restored to LNER condition. In 1968, it once again hauled a train non-stop from London to Edinburgh. In 1969, it went to the USA and Canada for a promotional tour for British foreign trade. In 1988, it participated in the ‘Aus Steam 88 Festival' in Australia, where it claimed a new nonstop record for steam locomotives of 425 miles (680 km). Now, it was an international celebrity. Financial difficulties led several times to a change in ownership. In 2004, it finally came to the National Railway Museum in York, England thanks to a donation campaign to buy this iconic locomotive. It was completely restored between 2006 and 2016. February 25, 2016 was the big day: For the first time in years the ‘Flying Scotsman' ran again from the London ‘King's Cross' to York, as number 60103 in ‘BR Green' with double chimney and smoke deflectors looking just as it did when it last ran for BR. An emotional moment for the many enthusiasts, who watched it go by. And now, in 2023, this unique steam locomotive is celebrating its 100th anniversary. In addition, it is adorning the H0 range from Märklin and Trix.;Licensed by SCMG Enterprises Ltd. Flying Scotsman® and designs ©SCMG. Flying Scotsman is a National Railway Museum locomotive.Every purchase supports the museum.

[@johnoneill5661]

It does look good doesn’t it 👍😮👍 and those coaches are going to fit right in too👍 I’m surprised that they didn’t put it in a wooden box like they did with the big boy locos, I think that it would have been really nice and make it more special, but then you have to find somewhere to store the huge box. 🤨 (I remember when my big boy arrived in the post thinking that they had sent me an O gauge loco by mistake).😳😳😳

[@hovermotion]

😂 I know that big boy box is huge..it's a shame the flying Scotsman is shaped in a very simple cheap box...

[@johnoneill5661]

@@hovermotion Yes it really would have set it off really well, nice well made varnished box with a nice green or maybe even a red felt lining. It would have really looked the mutts nuts. 🤔🤩🤩🤩👍

[@hovermotion]

@@johnoneill5661Too right...I may even make my own box out of some hardwood and stain it green then lacquer it...

[@ModelRailwayShed]

Hello Jim, The flying Scotsman is a very sharp model. Wow very nice coaches never seen them before. Take care all the best

[@hovermotion]

Thanks for watching but.. Have a good break away...

[@AdiPullen]

I through rapido UK gnr Stirling single was a holy Grail of model railway but this looks amazing Thank you for sharing your models with us Keep safe ARP

[@hovermotion]

Hi Adi, I hope you're doing good. Yeah I was nearly cancleing this model as it got some flack in the uk, I am glad I did not as its a utterly stunning model.. Tons of tech inside including a coreless motor and battery backup.

[@BrakeCoach]

We need more HO scale british models, to put the UK in the global market of model trains

[@DangerAngelous]

They already are if you ask me, in slightly oversized OO but still

[@BrakeCoach]

@@DangerAngelous yeah the overscale part is what irritates me. Alongside a HO model these are gigantic.

[@Hacksworth_Sidings]

Definitely agree, however OO has been the standard here for almost 90 years, a sudden increase in HO scale British prototypes wouldn’t sell well with modellers who’ve been doing OO for the majority of their time in the hobby, and I’m unsure how well it’d sell with an overseas market

[@stormbowman7148]

@@Hacksworth_Sidings The Flying Scotsman sold out very fast. So I think there is room to try the market out. Märklin, especially, have had succes with exotic foreign models in the past. They might be able to pull off starting a UK line of models in H0. There will be people buying them, simply because they are Märklin and people are collectors.

[@Hacksworth_Sidings]

@@stormbowman7148 the Germans do know how to make a good model train, I won’t deny that, and I have seen modellers looking to model UK prototypes in 1:87, would definitely be interesting to see how it fairs in the long run

[@PompeyGamesRoom]

Love this mate, great addition to the collection.

[@mhomburger]

Beautiful model, can't wait to get mine.

[@hovermotion]

Once you see it in person it makes it worth the buy.. It has a lot of features .

[@ben222b]

Nice to see the Southern Region coaches being given an airing. We chatted about them a while ago as I was looking for some to match my Fleischmann Warship loco. I managed to source a 5146 and a 5147 from an eBay seller in the Netherlands. I am still looking out for a 5148 brake carriage. The Trix Flying Scotsman looks great!

[@hovermotion]

Hi Ben , Yeah I remember, I will keep a lookout for that coach , They are very rare coaches to find now. Thanks for watching. Jim.

[@hovermotion]

I have a spare brake coach if you want it ?

[@eddyvanvijfeijken6365]

Stunning locomotive Jim 😊

[@hovermotion]

Many thanks!

[@hotdogpilot6319]

Fabulous bit of kit and as it's in BR late crest, if it had run to the south coast it would have had a rake of green MK1's.

[@hovermotion]

Yeah it's a very silky runner , runs superbly over the fleischmann track. Those coaches look very nice got nine hooked up to it now seems to pull them fine.

[@pascualcontiniello2881]

Very good.

[@kevinblakeman8858]

Looks a lovely model and would be nice if they made some Mk1 coaches to go with it

[@hovermotion]

It would, its a rock solid model very well made.. I might hook the Orient Express coaches next..

[@buijs1967]

The quality is great and it is reflected in the price. It is really easy to get the boiler/cab of (only 4 screws) Makes the extra detailing and placing a crew much easier. I do think the color of the oil pipes at the smokebox end could be better and they are a bit bulky. It looks like one of your safety valves need to be pressed down a bit more. Some easy improvements you can do is paint the axels of the drivers black, the cover of crankbearing should be brass color, same goes for the whistle. I also think they cut down the leafsprings of the trailing truck/bogie a bit much.

[@hovermotion]

Thanks for the tips and info. 👍🏻😄

[@shnorth888]

Beautiful model. One of the few HO scale British railway models to made. I remember reading of an Australian company which made or imported a brass HO model many years ago. I can't remember wher i read this too and cant find any info on it.

[@hovermotion]

Wow yeah it's quite rare to see uk locos from Germany. The other two locos are the fleischmann warship classes in blue and green liverys. Thanks for watching.

[@shnorth888]

@@hovermotion Precision Scale Models of Austrailia did the brass “Flying Scotsman” in HO scale. They offered several versions both in the as delivered LNER livery plus later BR versions including the versio nwhen it was on a tour of Australia. They are worth some major coin too.

[@johnd8892]

PSM had all its models made by Samhongsa of South Korea. The owner lives just around the corner from me and I see him at social events unrelated to trains. Own a few of the PSM Victorian Railways models. The BR versions of the A3 were made in limited numbers with other class members names. I heard elsewhere that the main buyers of the very rare BR versions were very rich collectors in Japan. The Australian visit means that an HO LNER livery 4472 would be an exact match for certain HO NSW railways coaches it pulled in Australia and are available as models.

[@StormmyStormmy]

Hi, great loco you have there, it looks amazing to be fair the details are on the loco not the packaging, Hornby knock out their gold plated Flying Scotsman for £500, no sound and no smoking features and a plastic tender, I would never buy one because in my opinion it’s an overpriced ripoff. Bachmann retail their top of the range class 37 locomotives for nearly £400 and you don’t get a driver in them, I guess if you want an item bad enough you will buy it, you can’t please everyone these days because fault will be found regardless of what it is, even though it’s an H0 scale model it’s a serious piece of engineering, I believe Accurascale would produce something like it in the future and the price wouldn’t break the bank through greed, I hope you enjoy this model to the max, I hope you fit ESU lighting into the rake of coaches you have, that would be something to see, thanks for sharing.

[@hovermotion]

Thanks bud, It's a stunning model quite pricey at £525 but considering my Roco br 10 was not that much less 10 years ago.

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Great presentation, Jim! Nice look at the 2-rail version! Now... onto those coaches- were those Fleischmann? Fleischmann made UK HO models? Those are amazing and sharp. I am jealous... again... sigh! lol

[@hovermotion]

Yeah fleischmann made two warship classes one in br green and one in blue along with the green br coaches.. Took me years to track down the coaches as the are now rare. Thanks Anthony.

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

@@hovermotion Ah-ha! These are the ones Ivo Van Zon was telling me about. He said that either Trix or Fleischmann had made so UK stock a long ways back. Very cool!

[@trainstrainsmoretrains8988]

Looks amazing. Unfortunately I cancelled my preorder could y justify it at this moment in time but hopefully I’ll get one one day, I still reckon next year or two they’ll go the USA tour version,

[@hovermotion]

Hi Yeah it is a lot of money, I was close to cancelling mine too but when it finally arrived I just went to the shop to pick it up. Rrp is about £585 got this one a fair bit less... The last model last year was the Albertross trix 25498 stunning loco. It's ultra rare for marklin trix to do UK locos in the last decades..

[@trainstrainsmoretrains8988]

@@hovermotion that albatross is absolutely stunning. Such a unique looking loco , Trix know how to pull it out the hat. Hopefully doing this British model is a success and they might start doing others or even a few mk1 for the Scotsman. I’ve seen they’re releasing BR18 201 double tender DR. That’s one the list also

[@Irk66]

Lovely are u braking it in on that track

[@hovermotion]

Probably not the best idea on this rolling Road . I am running it on the main line now..

[@MrVorpalsword]

they spell Flying 'Flyinc' because its how Germans say it. Like Countess Marklin ...... 'I love Flyinc Scotsman - Darlinc x' - here to help.

[@hovermotion]

Many

[@derekcastagnetti8631]

How much dose it cost

[@hovermotion]

About £ 520

[@tacfoley4443]

🙄@@hovermotion

[@jhiv3945]

It's a pity they have not installed a three-cylinder exhaust beat - as per the prototype. It sort of spoils the whole thing as well as being un-professional!

[@hovermotion]

I agree ,Yeah you think Marklin would of got it correct, prob one of their euro sound files as Marklin have never done a uk loco as far as I an rember since 1997 when Marklin bought the Trix company. I still love this model saying that..

[@mikeblatzheim2797]

​@@hovermotion According to the Märklin catalogue the sounds were provided by Dovetail Games, which is responsible for the Train Simulator and Train Sim World games. And they're not exactly known for high quality, or even accurate sounds. Although, I guess, neither is Märklin.

[@bluebear6570]

Wrong shade of green and wrong finish! Why Trix/Maerklin has chosen to go for a semi-gloss finish, I don´t understand.

[@hovermotion]

That's what I thought also.. But I still ended up buying it.