HiroNakamura Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Did anyone else watch the James May show last night? It's now in iPlayer :)http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0120z75/James_Mays_Toy_Stories_The_Great_Train_Race/Epic undertaking laying 10miles of track. There is even an appearence from "psychic simon" kohler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiroNakamura Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 It's being repeated tonight on BBC2!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 Yes I saw it and I thought that it was awesome, their so much funny parts, I cheered for Hornby to win from my seat like a crazy man and of course Hornby one a British company and James May got very emotional when his child hood model the Flying Scotsman had helped Hornby win.Personally I couldn't believe a old model like that could last long but there you go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinnerZ Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 'You can hear the realistic chuffing sounds' and 'I heard stories you stopped to talk to people about wine' were two of my favourite quotes. The BBC music people were at it agian, making the race as emotional as Dumbledore dying in Harry Potter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 The parts I liked was when the German team was using a battery powered loco and a couple of seconds of running it exploded and I thought it was very funny. The other bit I liked was that the British team was using a fake Thomas to cover up the fact that they using a hydrogen powered loco. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HiroNakamura Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share Posted June 13, 2011 FinnerZ said: Dumbledore dying in Harry Potter.What?! :'( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworth Stuart Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I thought it was excellant entertainment. For me though, the 125 [proved how reliable Hornby are. I dont think it had to be looked at once during the trek.I also met Simon Kohler at Burton DEMU on Saturday and thought how approachable and what a gentleman he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rman Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I want a mini track laying machine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFSCARBON Posted June 13, 2011 Share Posted June 13, 2011 I think i'm going to make myself a fan powered train (with some kind of brakes!)It's nice to see that the Scotsman made it, but I wonder how much of it was the same by the time it finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bocaj Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 It was a great program, it's great to see that Flying Scotsman actualy compleat the full corse instead of it failing on the first curve!I also liked that track laying machine, it reminds me of that machine that comes in dominoe sets that lays the dominoes in a streight line,Maybe that's where they got the idea from.Jacob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamworth Stuart Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 Thought it was a very entertaining programme and really enjoyed it. I too thought the explosion of the German train after 10 yards was hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbrian49 Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I agree it was a very entertaining program, however, I cringed every time James May refered to the locomotives as "Toy" trains. Come on James if you are as passionate about model railways as you say you are then call them models not toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I was wondering why they pushed the train with the ducted fan. As soon as it arrived at a curve. the train carried straight on. It would have been better to pull it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Postman Prat Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 It appeared to me as though the 'jet exhaust' was pointing slightly downwards. Therefore with the power at the head of the train it may have blasted the train off the track. Probably wrong, though! walkingthedog said:I was wondering why they pushed the train with the ducted fan. As soon as it arrived at a curve. the train carried straight on. It would have been better to pull it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingthedog Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 That's a good point PP, but you can't push model trains at high speed, they don't have enough weight. If the power had been on the front, it might have been possible to angle the 'jet exhaust' slightly up which might have kept it on the track. I guess they may have tried that but failed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NFSCARBON Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 It looked to me like they didn't really want to use the fan train because they'd already made the hydrogen one. I think the German's alcohol powered train was meant to be their runner, running a train off batteries isn't really ground breaking (in fact the normal trains were running off of batteries!) I had been wondering if it was possible to make an internal combustion engine small enough to fit in a model. Turns out it is, but for about 10 seconds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iggle-piggle Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 I was lucky enough to have the wife call me over from my research into stay alive circuits to watch it. She protests a bit about my hobby but she enjoyed it too. It was god to see the German's beaten when we hear so much about the superior quality of their models. I too was impressed with the 125 as it did a heck of a lot better than the Hitachi they used last time. The exploding train was not battery powered though from what I remember. The battery one did finish though not in time to beat the hydrogen powered one. James May is a hero and his irreverant style is a great antidote to too much seriousness. It was Also nice to see Simon Kohler. I agree with the previous comments. He is a great guy and an asset to Hornby. Give him a bigger budget and a pay rise and also a complementary iMac so he can see how much better Apple is than pc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stokefan Posted June 14, 2011 Share Posted June 14, 2011 It took over 12 hours to download this programme but it was well worth it. Just as good, if not better, than the original series. The 125 did a great job and so nice to see Simon there to enjoy it. Good work Hornby. The German train was a "blast". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MysteryFCM Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 Watched the first showing, and the repeat, it was great. Hoping it's going to be released on DVD ;o) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trainlover23 Posted June 15, 2011 Share Posted June 15, 2011 They should have used a German 01 or 03 pacific then the race would have been fair. The 58 gearing would have reflected the low speed of the prototype. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melchett Posted June 17, 2011 Share Posted June 17, 2011 It was a great show, but thinking about it, technically the germans got a train to the other end first, so you'd think that they'd gotten the record for first train to travel that far, but at one point, one of them says 1/87 scale, which is HO gauge and at the start, James May says the record was for OO gauge railway, so although they got there first, they were on a slightly different gauge, so the record for OO gauge would've gone to us anyway. Enough nitpicking, it was an awesome show and I'm glad the 1972 Flying Scotsman, "with realistic chuffing sound", made it to the end and beat its rival train so that we won. Horray. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maunsell Green Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 rman said:Yes I saw it and I thought that it was awesome, their so much funny parts, I cheered for Hornby to win from my seat like a crazy man and of course Hornby one a British company and James May got very emotional when his child hood model the Flying Scotsman had helped Hornby win.Personally I couldn't believe a old model like that could last long but there you go.To be honest, we went rather easy on the Germans. Nellie would have done the course in a couple of minutes! ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 James May only won because they changed the rules of the competition after it was over and the Germans were safely out of the country. See the Miniatur Wunderland Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6100 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Hi poliss, what rules did they change? Always think the best way to win is to change the rules.lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poliss Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 Miniatur Wunderland were told that the train that completed the course in the fastest time would be the winner. The Germans left thinking they had won. They were not told about it being a 'best of three' contest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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