Paul.Uni Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 9pm, May the December, is BBC4 Reassembler, 28th James Info from https://twitter.com/MrJamesMay/status/805737309769441280 I think I've got the topic title correct. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 So long as the loco he's reassembling is not "Flying Scotsman"... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
two tone green Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 I think this is a repeat and yes, its the Flying Scotsman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caradoc Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 Oh no, here we go again...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 6, 2016 Share Posted December 6, 2016 (edited) This is a new series. The first series of three "Reassemblers" were the Suffolk Colt lawnmower, the Electric Guitar and the GPO telephone. Evidently more than 400,000 viewers watched the first series! Series two will address a Hornby toy train (thats what the BBC say!), a monkey bike and a 1960s electric food mixer.... There are said to be 4 episodes in the second series but I don't know what the fourth is going to tackle. A bit more research revealed that its going to be a Dansette record player. Its evidently all part of the BBC "Slow Tv" output. Actually, I don't mind that the loco is Flying Scotsman, its just a Hornby loco, there's nothing precious about it! Edited December 6, 2016 by Hroth 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators Phil Parker Posted December 11, 2016 Administrators Share Posted December 11, 2016 Actually, I don't mind that the loco is Flying Scotsman, its just a Hornby loco, there's nothing precious about it! According to the Radio Times interview, it's James May's first loco from the 1970s so it's certainly precious to him! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 According to the Radio Times interview, it's James May's first loco from the 1970s so it's certainly precious to him! You know what I mean....... Personally, I'd have got the production company to source an equivalent from a well known auction site, althought going by the last series, Mr May does take care as he reassembles. The Radio Times? Have you seen how much they want for their Christmas Special??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwich station Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 From what I can see, it is a Flying Scotsman and a couple of the Mk1 based Thompson teaks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sb67 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Watched it this eve and got to say I quite enjoyed it :-) 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 (edited) I really enjoyed this show presented by a man who has true affection for his treasured train set. A lovely half hour bringing back nostalgic memories of a more gentle age. Nice to see something that didn't make fun of our great hobby. Edited December 28, 2016 by cravensdmufan 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2016 Jealous of his screwdriver ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopardml2341 Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I really enjoyed this show presented by a man who has true affection for his treasured train set. I went to sixth form school with said man and can confirm his true affection for his trainset 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cravensdmufan Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 Jealous of his screwdriver ... See separate thread about his screwdriver - apparantly he used it in the last series which i never saw. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/110111-james-mays-split-tip-screwdriver/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackRat Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 What was it he was using for quartering? I've not seen anything like it before??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kernowtim Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 I had a similar set for Christmas 1973, didn't have the chuff effect or the triang track of James may's example, only one brake coach too, although I'm not sure the coaches on tv were reassembled correctly 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hroth Posted December 28, 2016 Share Posted December 28, 2016 An excellent programme - I've got one of those Scotsman AND the M7 with the genuine flickering firebox too...... And I was glad to see it was on Super 4 track - no hurdling over the railchairs! ChuffChuffChuffChuffChuffChuff............. 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2016 The 1 thing I will say is that in a programme james did about modrl trains he raced his Scotsman loco against several more modern locos and granted 1st time none of the locos made it from Bideford to Barnstaple or the other way round but a year or so later when he tried again he full dismantled his loco as far as possible including the XO4 motor and did everything necessary to it to ensure good running and aside from a pit stop for a quick brush change and oiling of necessary parts the loco ran very well and fully completed the entire distance bearing in mind that the 2nd time james and co were competing against a model train team from Germany and to be confirmed as the winner ALL the trains had to complete the distance and I am happy to report that us brits won the race as the German team lost 1 of their trains. Can we have some punctuation please? That sentence is almost impossible to read. Cheers Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium melmerby Posted December 28, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 28, 2016 Jealous of his screwdriver ... It's correctly called a screw placer and beats blu-tac for the job I've got one left over from my work days (GPO) The one he used for the telephone looked like the one I have, the "Scotsman" one was shorter. Keith Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 29, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2016 See separate thread about his screwdriver - apparantly he used it in the last series which i never saw. http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/110111-james-mays-split-tip-screwdriver/ Thank you, hadn't seen that one. I use blu-tac but it isn't always successful! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon H Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 And I was glad to see it was on Super 4 track - no hurdling over the railchairs! One question is why did his set have Super 4 track? He claimed it he got it for Christmas 1972, yet my almost identical set from 1970 came with System 6 track, which would had taken over by the time his was produced. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Turpin Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 The remagnetiser bit was quite interesting, but as first4magnets do drop in neodymium replacements, anyone similarly trying to breathe new life into their childhood hairloom might want to try one of those? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted December 29, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 29, 2016 One question is why did his set have Super 4 track? He claimed it he got it for Christmas 1972, yet my almost identical set from 1970 came with System 6 track, which would had taken over by the time his was produced. Absolutely . Flying Scotsman trainsets only ever came with "system 6 " track. I suppose he could have got the set and run it on existing track he may have had. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesg Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Good programme. I'm still confused as to whether the parts on my desk are bolts or screws; all hinges on whether a threaded spacer is a type of nut or a component. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGR Hooper! Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 Watched it...Enjoyed it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Tomlinson Posted December 29, 2016 Share Posted December 29, 2016 (edited) My wife and I both enjoyed this, what a delight to see someone renovating something rather than chucking it away and buying something else! I didn't however reckon much to his idea of cleaning the motor commutator, and the brushes, with what looked like a glass fibre pen. Far too likely to scratch or cause damage to the wires from the windings, and I'd sooner he'd gone for a small soft brush and some liquid mechanism cleaner such as Slaters. The magic quartering was a bit of a mystery too, but hey it worked, so good on him! Look forward to more of this, he seems very much to have his heart in the right place. John. PS A big plus mark from me about his definition of screws, which should pass through the first object and fasten into the second, not be fastened into both as seems to be modern practice. Edited December 29, 2016 by John Tomlinson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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