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Thanks Mark, I’ve really enjoyed watching your journey so far. Good luck with the house move and I look forward to seeing the next instalment it whatever form you can manage and when it fits in with your lifestyle / plans. In the meantime all the best.

Perfect job with the receding road, nice one. Gary

Hello, I think your hedges look great. It's something I've been thinking about. Thank you. Gary

All the best , good luck with the move and the new layout..look forward to your rolling stock videos, great idea

Thanks for this. I too have newby regrets. And have a growing list of things i’d do differently if starting over again. But my layout is too far progressed to make tearing it all up again a practical option. But i may build a new one for taking to shows etc. and try and get it right this time.

I am so glad for youtube I have learnt so much from all the model railway channels on ways to biuld a layout I have made mine properly over killed the layout is on 4 sections and are all individually powered on dcc and the lay out board are all screwed on to the frame and can be disconnected from the frame work with the ues of 26pin connectors the base bored is 5 mm ply on top of a 12 interlocking sub frame lightweight and incredibly durable

I know you're rebuilding, but hell, it's not nice to watch this. :)

This is excellent, and really like the way your layout evolved, as your interest evolved. I could add something though, not as a disagreement, but more an alternative, you mentioned the adding bits of baseboard, and just adding track without preplanning the track. I mention this as what are arguably the greatest home layouts ever, Rev Denny's EM scale Buckingham branch probably had the most planning, but even then there was so many additions that were added over the years. That most magnificent of scenic grandeur that made model railways fit in a spectacular landscape, John Allens H0 scale Gorre & Daphetid with its floor to ceiling mountains began life as a 4' x 8' solid baseboard in the '40's. The first bigtime big railroad transportation system; I am, of course, referring to Frank Ellisons legendary O gauge delta lines, again, completely evolved from a concept of running ideals and evolved from there. And the grandaddy of them all, Warren Reinhardts standard gauge line, so old that standard gauge was actually the modellers scale and yet survived until the mid '90's, again just grew and evolved as ideas and interests evolved. The lesser known Sherwood section could put forward a case as well. What I'm saying is that don't be mistaken to mistake a mistake. Whay you think may be a mistake may just be a different way of doing things. Sometimes, careful planning and building ahead can be a mistake for some: learning on the way that some operations which initially appeared to be a necessity and of extreme interest, may lose flavour over a short period of time. Sometimes one can find oneself very limited due to too much adherence to preplanning. One rather good youtuber incorporated into his layout a must-have inglenook shunting puzzle. He since stated that it actually now gets no use, and just takes up space. I personally think a lot of energy gets used up with careful planning and adherence to what others are doing, whereas it may be of more note to have a list or concepts of what you'd like to see in your layout, and the planning is more how to incorporate these into a reasonable whole. Good work though, it's a new dawn.

Some other tips 1. Build track with insulated sections / blocks. Even if you don't plan to use them, you might want to later. Just wire them all up to start and divide them if you want to use the sections. Regardless, it makes it easier to trouble shoot where a power error is located. 2. Try and have as much wiring come to the front. Easier access when needed. 3. Have as many main lines as you can. Makes multi-train running easier. 4. If a bogie / truck doesn't like a curve, check if it's a manufacturing restriction on how far they can turn and consider making a change to allow more turning. 5. Wifi and Bluetooth control is worth considering. Can use cheaper (already have?) DC power and still have individual engine control like DCC. I love my DC/DCC engines which have radio remotes. Work on either power. Downside is no universal controls for any of the three options. It's all proprietary.

I hope the new one goes up as quick as the old one came down , good luck with the move

Really enjoyed following your journey with Chappel Station over the years, hope all goes well with the move and look forward to the new Chappel Station.

Congratulations on your upcoming move and saving your river scene and chapel station board, looking forwards to seeing them in their new home in your new layout. To have your memories ( on "video"!) and you can now build back better. Good luck and see you back on line soon.

Such a shame to see you dismantle Chappel station but looking forward to the new Chappel.

good see you keep some of the old layout thanks four the vlog thanks lee

At least theres not to much lost to the wheelie bin.

It's such a bitter sweet feeling, pulling it all down. But I am excited for the next chapter in the journey of Chappel Station Mark, well done on bringing it all done with so little damage :) Looking forward to the next one. Keep well and enjoy that cold bev!

The river scene is great but if required i'm sure you have done it again. Baseboards are the key and building 4 leg modules mean it can be sold or moved to another location. As a teenage modeller i had to disassemble two layouts so I feel your pain.

Thats interestng my Bachmann Class 20 also has the same coasting feature once turning the power down. Just found your videos and starting rebuild of a new layout soon. DCC is the way forward in my opinion

great see you put vid up and take you layout down and build new layout will good see new layout thanks for the update on you channel thanks lee

Grand news indeed! Like you I had to dismantle my layout for a house move and like you I have vowed to learn from my mistakes when I build the new layout. One lesson I have already learned is that when you move house it always takes longer than you planned to get to starting the new layout. One piece of advice...... take as long as it takes to prepare the room properly before starting the layout. Cheers, John

Wow Mark, best wishes on your move, great footage of what looks like a fabulous holiday.

All change at chappel station, looks like it`s gone well so far, good luck with the move.

Hello Mark. I cannot tell you how great it is to see your channel pop up again on my feed 🎉 congratulations on the sale of the house, it sounds like you guys have found a smashing new spot to call your forever home! Your trip looked really impressive, what a wonderful experience 😊 I am so excited to see how the next layout comes to life, we’re both in the same boat really now, new layout builds! I think preserving the original station is a great idea, however I would maybe suggest that you go with new point work if you have the space, try the PECO streamline mediums or longs, they look much better (having made this decision myself on the new layout) a far more prototypical look and less of an issue for longer wheelbase engines. Keep well, good luck with the move and I am eagerly awaiting the next installment. Hylt

Hello Mark, when are you coming back? Miss the content 😂

Good comments. Despite the mistakes - enjoy!

There are track powered train rerailers. Just put the train on the unit with no track. Lay it on the track and drive it off. Auto aligns to track. eg DCC CONCEPTS Motive Power Depot Drive On/Off Storage 360mm. eg Proses PRLR-01 Powered Railer - HO/OO Scale 48cm HO. Can make your own. There is of course the cheap plastic one (Eg Peco) for carriages only. The above solve the multi-wheeled steam engine issues!

Sound by ipods is OK. It's the room that's not! Echoing. Sorry. I wear hearing aids! The UK voice is OK too. I'm married to one of them. Cheers from down under.

I really like how you made the road dissappear into the back scene, very effective

I think that set track is good for very small layouts, for instance a 6' by 4' continuous layout, but otherwise flexible track is much better.

OH wow, I just came in and found this video and see it's your first. I'm looking forward to seeing how you got on now :)

extra output for lights or aux devices is what the purple wire

Thank you. Considering Faller or Magnorail currently, and this was very informative.

Hi Mark. Just come across your video whilst trawling RUclips. Very honest but we’ve all made mistakes whilst building layouts. I think that’s half the fun! Concerning your 4% inclines, have you thought about installing DCC Concepts Powerbase? Might not solve the problem fully but would certainly help!

Bellissimo bravo 👍

Wow looking good! I’m cheating for my current « vintage style » Hornby Dublo 3-rail layout. I’ve taken their cue and am building my retaining walls in the same style as the Dublo « concrete » buildings. So no brick detail to worry about and I managed to find a Dulux aerosol which is pretty much an exact colour match to their 1930’s style station buildings and signal box. I’ll see how it turns out tonight. If I can live with the 3-rail track I just can’t abide the horrendous standard 15’’ curves on the return loops I have at each end of my « double track » mainline. So their primary purpose is to hide those!

You can get a cheap airbrush online as these paints are generally used for airbrushing,I have used them on my track and it’s done hell of a lot quicker brushing👍🏼 it will need a couple of coats,

Hi there ,I had a nightmare with this , the connection with Bluetooth kept cutting out but got there eventually doing exactly what you have done. 👍🏼 great video

Thanks for the advice. Btw the sound is fine.

send it back Mark

Looks like your Deltic was just a dud. Motor sounded terrible and chip blew.. didn't see you try it with blanking plate on dc to confirm it was blown decoder tho. I got 4 locos on hm7000, they sound and run great. Track is powered by a 2nd hand Hornby select and no blown chips for me. This system really is a change changer for home users like myself.. we all like to grumble about Hornby but personally i think this is a great system

To help you get i out of the box next time, that’s what the finger holes in the back are for.

Great to see this in your model railway, just makes it more real. I served in the fire service for 26 years. Old habits die hard believe me 😅

Looks quality mate

Good honest video mate new to the channel and the hobby...great tips on layout building

Your mistake was buying something with "Hornby" printed on the box and expecting it to work.

Really enjoyed watching all this come together the whole valley and bridge/viaduct has coming together amazing. Only gutted I never thought to add a little water fall mine.

Hi Mark. Should you keep it or not: My knee-jerk reaction is that should should have received a (near?) perfect model as it's brand new and so you should send it back. However, they don't have one in stock! Well, just how much does the noise irritate you? Option 1: I would contact the retailer again and try(!) to get an idea of when they are likely to get another. If quite quickly, ask them to replace it (bear in mind what horrors might come with a new one!). Option 2: Send it back for a full refund and try to get one from another retailer (see Option 1 for a warning). Option 3: Keep it and put up with the noise. If you have time before your trip, take it apart and slowly but thoroughly inspect it and try to see why it's making the noise. If you work out why, try to fix it. Good luck with the loco and you and your wife have a trip of a lifetime.

The noise on the loco is not right it needs to go back and stop running it in the place with all the people playing air table hockey lol That’s what the rain sounds like to me In all seriousness I would send that back it’s not right

Definitely needs sending back just to noise enjoy your holiday cheers Al

What do you expect for £100 the chip itself is worth more than half of the price. It is still a budget entry level model if you want better quality pay the price.