The short of the 102.4 litre Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 coming to life has passed seven and a half million views, with the full revival video …
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Chosen for "Five creators worth discovering", week of October 11, 2026
Mr Hewes has 565,000 subscribers and 211,249,042 views in all, as of October 24, 2026. In the last 7 days it gained 8,000 subscribers and 5,772,307 views. Its most watched video of the last 30 days is "Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts ", with 14,235,082 views. By subscribers it is No. 3,153 of the 5,387 channels on Trari, and No. 18 of 35 in category "Aviation and machines".
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The short of the 102.4 litre Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 coming to life has passed seven and a half million views, with the full revival video …
A September clip of the crew winding a German assault gun to life is busy again, on a channel still riding its 102.4 litre engine.
Built for an RAF generator set and silent for years, the Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 needed stuck valves freed and seized injectors cleared bef…
Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts 
| Among all channels on Trari | In the category Aviation and machines | |
|---|---|---|
| By subscribers | 3,153 of 5,387 | 18 of 35 |
| By views gained this week | 1,080 of 5,295 | 5 of 35 |
The ranking by views counts only channels whose weekly number is available.
September 26, 2026: 518,000 subscribers → October 24, 2026: 565,000 subscribers
September 26, 2026: 183,090,410 views → October 24, 2026: 211,249,042 views · average: 1,005,665 views a day
The last 15 videos uploaded to the channel, with today's numbers. Click a video to play it here.
| Video | Uploaded | Length | Views | Per day | First day | Likes | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WE NEED THIS ABANDONED RECOVERY TRUCK FOR OUR BIGGEST JOB Y… | October 18, 2026 | 1:12:48 | 751,794 | 33,237 | 424,993 | 24,877 | 1,346 |
RESTORING A RARE WW2 TANK RESCUED FROM A SCRAPYARD! | October 11, 2026 | 47:52 | 686,272 | 6,509 | 376,403 | 24,566 | 929 |
THIS 102.4 LITRE ENGINE HASN’T RUN IN YEARS… | October 5, 2026 | 57:05 | 3,179,379 | 40,037 | 602,504 | 52,852 | 3,304 |
Starting a 102.4 litre engine #fyp #reels #shorts  | October 4, 2026 | 0:46 short | 14,235,082 | 550,387 | 2,042,052 | 228,181 | 7,403 |
RESCUING AN ABANDONED FODEN RECOVERY TRUCK AFTER 10 YEARS! | September 27, 2026 | 54:37 | 1,776,423 | 13,706 | 348,595 | 35,334 | 1,407 |
AMERICA'S ULTIMATE TANK TRANSPORTER! THE OSHKOSH M1070 | September 20, 2026 | 55:22 | 1,002,954 | 7,523 | - | 24,292 | 1,660 |
We Were Trusted With £30 MILLION of WWII History! | September 6, 2026 | 1:31:21 | 860,809 | 2,353 | - | 17,903 | 916 |
German StuG III inertia start up #fyp #reels #shorts | September 5, 2026 | 0:34 short | 325,813 | 2,644 | - | 5,236 | 149 |
A Belgian Museum Asked Us to Get Their Chieftain Tank Runni… | August 30, 2026 | 1:09:26 | 1,792,943 | 6,608 | - | 27,999 | 1,112 |
WE MADE A 50-TON TANK FASTER... THEN RACED IT | August 23, 2026 | 1:02:40 | 310,160 | 1,318 | - | 14,227 | 1,044 |
CROP GEAR | August 16, 2026 | 1:01:42 | 245,501 | 586 | - | 14,371 | 1,024 |
WE SECRETLY BROUGHT HOME A CHALLENGER TANK! | August 9, 2026 | 43:54 | 697,612 | 1,975 | - | 30,986 | 1,730 |
We Remapped a Tank Engine! #fyp #shorts #reels | July 22, 2026 | 1:17 short | 124,503 | 963 | - | 5,544 | 209 |
The Museum Asked Us to Rescue This Armoured Vehicle… It Was… | July 19, 2026 | 1:04:37 | 445,848 | 1,732 | - | 20,372 | 1,171 |
A HUGE Week in the Workshop! 4 Military Vehicles Finally Ma… | July 12, 2026 | 56:41 | 554,818 | 1,384 | - | 17,945 | 526 |
The days when the channel's numbers left the ordinary.
The short of the 102.4 litre Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 coming to life has passed seven and a half million views, with the full revival video …
A September clip of the crew winding a German assault gun to life is busy again, on a channel still riding its 102.4 litre engine.
Built for an RAF generator set and silent for years, the Mirrlees Blackstone JS8 needed stuck valves freed and seized injectors cleared bef…