Hey, thanks for the update on the ringfield replacement - yours seems to run amazingly well! Great to see the other mods as well - very nice work.

Great update mate. I need to catch up on your vids..I've not been around much and I like to watch everything all the way through. That CD motor is an inspired idea and it works really well, as you say. I think I'd like to try one in my old Class 37 :) Nice bodywork mods, too. and yes...I have some 'brutally disposed' items somewhere down the end of the garden (via window....lol) Those lights are a great idea...I think I need something like that myself. The pictures, certs and posters are a good idea to decorate a 'Railway Room'. ....Love the boxes!!..lol. My HM 2000 controller has always done the power drop after half way. Interesting to know that it seems to be endemic. Keep up the good work mate. All the best...Tom

nice video sam keep up the good work mate

12:15 look closely at the wheel. You may notice the number '35005'. That engine is Canadian Pacific, of which you have a model of along with 35020 Bibby Line.

Hi again Sam......really enjoyable vides, even my wife stopped reading to look at the tenders......I have a similar problem, at first would store trains in their boxes but doing that one tends to forget, so like you I have them on display. Thanks again 😀

Interesting video! Very nice to see the layout from another angle.

I have many boxes I just hide them in places and I might try the intercity CD drive motor looks like a good mod. brilliant video once again. thanks allot

good video again Sam...

Forget Garry's Mod, now you have Sam's Mod!

Wow! cd tray motors to replace ringfields. Pity I didn't watch this before I threw out all my old computer stuff. But no worries I still have my computer graveyard. :) I must try that one if I find a dead ringfield in my collection when I test them again. Great video as always

Those lighting diffusers are super

Hi Sam, storage is an on going puzzle for many I would guess. Like yourself I have some locos and stock loose but in larger boxes, but as time goes by, I find I am buying generic boxes for used locos. These boxes then sit in larger plastic boxes with lids, for strength, which can then stack. The detailed locos stay in their original boxes, probably the safest place for them. : ) Hope this helps. : ) Regards, Cliff.

good video as well by the way

Oh I understand now. Thanks for the response

Hi Sam, just a couple of questions. I have a 125 from the 70s-80s same problem with the ringfield motor, very slow. Have a number of CD, motors run well tested hooked up to the gaugemaster controller, what sort of glue did you use on the small cog and on the drive spindal. If possible would you be able to do a complete video on a conversion if time permits. Thanking you, John from Oz.

Hi Sam, you have some excellent skills my friend. I am very impressed with the room you have for your layout, I wish I had a room like yours. I have been relegated to the attic, which can be a bit of a pain, literally, getting to my layout. Have you ever thought of building a baseboard and have your layout off the ground?...Simon

hi sam the mod looks great your top secret locos are interesting wish i had a DeLorean to see what they are anyway good vid mate hope uni ok too tar muchly for sharing ade

Hi Sam, have you done a review of the Sheffield Pullman set? I would be interested in knowing what the build quality is like....as always great upload & keep up the good work. Cheers kev.

Ok a couple of suggestions. 1. More shelving. 2. Why not store locos in their boxes, storing employ boxes in your chest is a bit of wasted space. I store most of my locos in their original boxes. Why do you store the tenders separate from the locos. If you attached them wouldn't they fit on your shelf?

Great video! the CD motor looks very interesting.i have an HST which only runs when its in the mood. cheers dave

8:17 you've made my day, week, month and life.,

I have a CD motor on my ICS 91. I got really worried when I got it for Christmas as when I put it on the track, it put up no resistance 😧. But it is sooooooo smooth!

Great video. I recently bought a second hand HM2000. Being new to me I checked the voltage terminals and as the dial was turned the voltage increased to 12 volts up the the halfway mark then dropped to 6 volts before increasing again to 12 volts with the dial turned fully. Do you think this is a fault or something to do with the feedback system. Locos seem to run fine. Would appreciate your advice.

Is there any chance you had a video showing the mounting process for the CD motor into the 125 chassis? Has anyone modified a 125 chassis to have both bogies with powered wheels? Either with motors on both wheels or sharing the motor between two bogies like American diesels do?

great video sam I had the same problem with my one do you find it with the Triang locos ?

I'm a horder like you. I can't let go of Thomas and his friends, I can't let go of Sonic the Hedgehog. There are lots of things I can't bear to let go of, and I'm sure you're the same. Hope you find better space for your model engines; you should have kept them in their boxes. I need a second bookcase, slightly bigger would do. So you see, I'm in the same position as you.

I've always wanted to ask , who got the job of laying the carpet in your loft. They or you , did a good job with all the rafters around.

It's interesting how you can gut a CD player and put the insides to good use!

Sam, get yourself a small multi tool drill set, they have sanding disc, that should do the trick for cutting into plastic.

don't mean to be rude but i think you ought to think about raising the tracks above ground level thus having storage room underneath all around the room

Hey Sam I got a class d Hudson 4-6-4 type used and im not sure what brand cuz I bought it used from Charles Ro Supply co running number is 702 and my brother has kicked it over 3 times now it wobbles a ton how can I fix this?

9:48 put a makeshift buffer and a sign saying under renovation that would be great!

Storage - you are going to have to sleep in a cupboard or a hammock. Problem solved. Seriously ,"Tender Tower" - place your empty loco boxes UNDER the tenders (should make a flat surface) - you might even get two layers of empty loco boxes supporting the tenders. (You may only want to preserve the box, not the moulded polystyrene, obviously you could discard the polystyrene, then carefully fold the emptied cardboard box flat (maybe yoy wish to preserve both)). Hornby HM2000 - had same problem when connected to auxiliary (HM2000x?). Bought another HM2000, worked well. Seems the problem was the auxiliary 9 pin connection, not the old HM2000. I seem to learn more from my mistakes as I get older, not benefit from experience!

Yh it's a 09 from South Devon railway in Br green

Man I want one of those intercity trains

Hi Sam I don't know if anybody else has tried it but I use the motors from PS4 controllers type it in on EBay they are easy to get and work perfectly OK

How many trains have you got

Hi Sam. I find your enthusiasm and your collection of locos a real treat. But...I can't understand why don't you stop using the carpet as a baseboard. Why you don't turn that nursery into a layout room and put up a real model railway. None of my business and of course you live your life as you please. But if I were you I would use that loft for a proper layout. Storage for trains....sidings. thanks for all the videos

Where did u get the motor from that u put inside the hat Sam I'm interstices in getting it cheats

How to make a ringfield motor work; replace it.

14:52 I wouldnt have killed myself...I would have fallen asleep 😆😆😉😜😜

5:32 when in doubt, stab your problems with a soldering Iron. ;)

6:59 smokebox!!!!

How do you open a class 47

SATA? IDE? Is there a BIOS in there XDDD

17:22 rip it open and find out.

I would LOVE a boxes video, I know, make one just for me and once you've made it, I'll give you my E-mail address and you can send it to me! :D

Was anyone else screaming "Not on the carpet!!!" ?