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James May explores the intricacies of various objects by putting them back together again.

James May explores the intricacies and engineering marvels of various objects by putting them back together again from a pile of hundreds of their component parts.

James May: The Christmas Reassembler

James May

Will Daws

Stuart Cabb

Dan Lewis

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James May: The Reassembler: Series 2: Episode 1: James May: The Christmas Reassembler

Christmas: Hornby Train Set

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Episode 1: James May: The Christmas Reassembler

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James reassembles his favourite childhood Christmas present - the Hornby Flying Scotsman.

James May reassembles his favourite childhood Christmas present - the Hornby Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sounds, which he received on Christmas Day 1972.

Much like Santa Claus, James May has spent the year in his workshop getting ready for Christmas, in a festive special in which he reassembles his favourite childhood Christmas present.

But this isn't just any Christmas present, this is the one that changed his life and sent him on to a path of mechanical intrigue and reassembly. This is the Hornby Flying Scotsman with realistic chuffing sounds which James ripped open on Christmas Day 1972. 

Laid out in all its 138 tiny component parts, James lovingly reassembles the train as well as his memories of Christmases and toys past. From the exhilarating remagnetising of the motor's magnets to some thrilling wheel-quartering amidst a backdrop of James's continued bafflement of electricity, we watch as James rebuilds the entire train set and hopes at the end his Christmas wish will come true and the train will start up and realistically chuff into the night.

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