Hogwarts Castle

chris m01

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Somehow I got talked into buying this yesterday. Its not anywhere near a scale model, its battery powered and has a remote control. It also has some sound.

It works although the range of the remote control needs to be more.
 
Hello Chris, where did you get it? Do you know if it will do R1s? and any chance of a few more piccys. Thanks.
 
The coaches apart, the engine dosen't look too bad and I'm interest to hear if it will negotiate R1's
 
I got it from Tennents Trains at Halesowen - £140. It comes with a plastic track oval which is just over 4 foot across - I guess that would be the equivilent of R1. It will pull the two coaches up my 1 in 20 incline. The speed control has three speeds and gives a delayed start up and slow down.

The pity about this is that they have made the loco and tender too short. The loco is about the right length for a Churchward 2-6-0. I might build a new chassis some day but having seen the price of gauge one wheels not for a while.

Although the coach bogies aren't great in detail I plan to use them as a base for scratch building a couple of British outline mainline coaches over the winter. Don't think the coach bodies can be used for much.
 
Although all the best locos were painted maroon (Duchesses and Westerns) I expect this loco to turn green over the winter
 
Is it me, or do those coaches look as if they are copied from 1950's tri-ang ones?????
 
The loco certainly isn't a Castle,it's supposed to be a Hall.
 
How about making it a Manor or grange ! have a look at GRS they do a set of manor wheels for g64 which G scale axles and their motor gearbox combo might something half decent and green of course Am thinking of getting one myself !
 
Gareth - 8/11/2009 6:57 PM

How about making it a Manor or grange ! have a look at GRS they do a set of manor wheels for g64 which G scale axles and their motor gearbox combo might something half decent and green of course Am thinking of getting one myself !
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Might as well go the whole hog(wart) and get the Manor kit too.
 
What I like about this loco having seen the Vid is that the wheels and motion look very much like the real thing. I would be tempted to convert it to a 2-6-0 on the lines of the one at the West Somerset. Also you could perhaps but in an electric hand controller that was in the cab as a regulator. A reverser could be done by a proper skrew jobby mving a DPDT. With a better battery setup in the tender and repaint to GWR or BR Green you would have a nice loco. The sound is not too bad either. Thanks for popsting the vid.
JonD
 
Back in the summer when i went to Hamleys in London i came across a very nice model of Hogwarts Castle all metal made by Noble collections for under £100 looked like it was O gauge. :D
 
Chris how does it compare in size to LGB locos and other G scale rolling stock ?
 
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