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Thank you - it’s a commission build for a customer in Australia

Thanks, yes, not bad really. I’m planning to add wires between both ends when it’s finished.

Tom sorry to hear about your layout, that must be upsetting. Beaverbrook is just 8ft by about 1ft although the depth of the scene varies along its length.

Thanks David, perhaps under-rated, certainly characterful.

Thank you, look forward to irregular but heartfelt videos of this layout, my British layouts and modelling from the bench with a few mindful and prototype videos thrown in too….

Thank you Steve, that’s very kind. Imagine when the structures are closer to completion too!

It’s a Loksound5 with the GP7 two stack soundtrack IIRC. Speaker is a RailExclusive sugar cube. , the biggest that would fit was actually quite small but I keep my volumes down so it works fine.

@ awesome, thank you! Nice to see someone modeling Bay Colony, in one form or another. I’m looking forward to more videos with the 1701!

Steven thank you, glad you enjoyed it.

You’d loose the feeling of mass if you went in a smaller scale in the same space. I’d reduce the lot and do it in N in half the space. For me it’s about telling a story, and extra scenery wouldn’t add to that… thanks for watching thought Mike!

Thanks, I sort of agree… but I do love the sound of a Class 37 or 26 - just in N it’s all too tinny!

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I only use enamels and what I mean, I think, because I can’t remember the exact quote, I mean I use Humbrol enamels to paint and weather everything - similar shades to tie the scene together. Washes as well as normal painting, dry brushing occasionally too…

There aren’t any on the prototype!

Thank you, it’s a wonderful distraction and feels very indulgent to give 8ft of my tiny workshop to one layout but it continues to entertain and delight me - and you all too!

Thank you Thomas, I wish you good luck with the weathering too!

Thanks Peter, yes well worth the effort for hands free (mostly!) operation and massively improved appearance!

Thank you, glad you enjoy the layout as much as I do! It should feature in February Railway Modeller I am told, and of course in the first Model Railway Companion.

Ian, my pleasure!

Yes Shawn, end to end layouts can be rewarding and we don't need basement empires to enjoy the hobby. I'm glad you've enjoyed my videos - and they give you ideas! Keep enjoying it.

Thanks Shawn!

Thanks Bernie - glad you enjoyed it and hope you find your own project rewarding! Best of luck!

Indeed - it reduces the controlled output from 0-12v DC to something like 0-8v, but it works well with the small Farish models.

Thanks, I use DG couplings, several videos about making and fitting these on my channel.

Thank you, Scaletrains did a great job and I hope my weathering and back story have brought it to life!

No, I came to the conclusion that Paxton Road 2 was already 'the ideal'. I did build Gerald Road instead - but sold that as a track laid baseboard as it felt too big - retaining the buildings to have a go at Gerald Road 2 one day... the current musings have been smaller but I do intend to re-visit the 'space' again for a coal project next year.

Thank you Peter, yes one of my favourites even today.

Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you Michel, I do love this layout too!

Thanks James, and Seasons Greetings and all… yes a lovely kit, not too bad to assemble - airbrush certainly helped with the painting! The beauty of a scene like this is its open nature I guess, this met the brief for the layout but wouldn’t suit everyone.

It is an old model, I’ve had since I was a teenager!

Thanks James, I’ve just done another one the same way yesterday. You might need to trim the bottom edge from the windows inside about half way along the body too, but it was just 5 minutes work now I know what to do… Using 1mm styrene on the fuel tank gets the height just right! And level.

Yes, but only from the UK, if that makes sense! I know for example that the Titfield Thunderbolt will price for US delivery.

Thank you Michael - yes, only my aging iPhone SE2

Well that would make this one no less valuable. I do appreciate the desire for box opening modelling, but there is something special about building yourself something not available.

Absolutely!

Yes our older English Electric (these ones) and Sulzer powered diesels sound very different - he majority of our railway now sings to the EMD710s used in the a class 66 though.

Thank you, sure is!

It was incredible! The most amazing thing I’ve seen this year for sure!

Thank you! I had a great time.

Thank you Dirk, incredible - I was so happy I saw it!

Glad you enjoyed it - and have found the channel to encourage your introduction to the hobby too…

In which case, I'm glad to be of service, I hope you enjoy the re-read as much as I did!

Thank you Jonathan, and for the continued support as always, best James

That’s superb! I do hope you’re enjoying them.

@ I am and your reference to the Boothtown Tippler and plan idea took me to Gandy Dancer Productions videos. After getting lost in time there for a while I started researching similar systems closer to me… And now I have got a Lambton Accurascale Austerity on pre-order and a few live threads on RMWeb about the Lambton system and its wagons. So the inspiration from your media, physical and digital is far reaching indeed!

Thanks Chris, still a lot to write for it, if I ever find the time to sit down and make a start it should be out towards Easter.

Great stuff! You might enjoy my first book… to help with ideas and design?

​@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways I do have that book and look through it frequently! Baseboard construction is my main difficulty.

You could well be over thinking it - if the model will be supported by a shelf, this needn't be over complicated. Simple track plans don't need point motors or wiring space under the track bed - just surface mount everything. Don't be afraid of making mistakes, it's the only way any of us learn. Enjoy it - and set yourself realistic expectations... or if you have deep pockets, pay someone else to build you a model railway! There are plenty of us out there who can help. Best of luck!

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Glad you are enjoying the videos, and good choice on the Christmas present! I won’t do a video on that, but it will be a chapter in my next book in the new year, Small Layout Design - Construction.

Thank you, will that be released in the new year or is it still in production. Same format? I like the way they are made.

Easter at the earliest.

I shall take a look!

Loved stuff! You will like the track on my latest project then, Coalbridge Street!

Glad you enjoyed the book - and the video too!

Sorry Gary, though if you’re like me a good book is as much of a treat as a new item of rolling stock. Thanks for the support.

the West Highland line is just so modellable, i have an EM gauge layout called Glenuig, its been around a bit, it was built to re live days of ridding behind diesels on the line. i am now building, i say now, been 12 years and counting on it, an N gauge finscale layout of Bridge of Orchy set in the mid 1980's

Thank you, I hope you enjoy it when you get your hands on your own copy. It should certainly get you inspired for your project - Lochdubh incidentally is more fully featured in the Model Railway Companion, also published by Wild Swan.

Sadly many magazines aren't interested in that level of detail or format. The likes of the late Jack Ray did, in his bookzine publication "Model Railways and Their Builders". Model railways are multifaceted and works of art that reflect their builders.

Definitely try and track down my Companion, it is cover to cover this sort of thing.