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Wise words and glad the event at Sawyer Models went well. Bit far from West London where I live but always try Addlestone Model Centre first when I need something which my local shop and about five miles away. A couple of times I have gone to Kernow’s shop in Guilford and although being one of the big box shifters, they always seem friendly, helpful and have time to chat.

So true the need to keep and support our local model shops, and Sawyer's is a good one.

We met Jenny at Ally Pally being scanned for a model of herself. We met Laurie at a Railway of course. He even parked next to us. Tom Marshall sold us a house which we complete on in 10 weeks. Nice signal box. Love David and Lily. They pulled an ALNIGHTER!!! CHEATING OF COURSE.

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

Is it near Bury, Lancashire?

How is the layout Craig ❤❤

Brilliant video Iron Horse Railways

Well said Craig, local model shops are no different to any small independent retailer if you don’t use them you will lose them. Great progress on your layout it’s looking great

Sawyer models is just up the road. Unfortunately that road happens to be the M6 and it's 117 miles up it. Nonetheless, I'll endeavour to go to sn open day at some point. In the meantime I'm picking up a DCC chip from Thunderbolt models tomorrow and hopefully visiting my own local shop, Tony's Trains, who has a great selection of second hand models in at the moment.

aup pal thats a really good point about comments and not seeing the tone etc me and my Mrs have had some right good text battles usually when she doesn't realize i'm just pissing about which to be fair is weird as i'm never not pissing about! layouts coming on pal show some more of it. Its a shame Sawyer models in the wrong side of Manchester for me otherwise i'd give em a visit. Cheers

If Modeltrainstuff can come back so can Hattons. Rails of Sheffield Bought Modeltrainstuff and relaunched it. I would bet some more passionate or well to do modeler can purchase the name.

If only i had a local model shop close to me. Only ones I know of in the West Midlands now are Mikes Models, Tony's Trains or Footplate Models. Sadly the closest one to me that existed closed many years ago.

Totally agree about using or losing model shops , down here in north London we had quite a few shops now sadly all gone …..glad to see the buildings being used … well done to you sir …..

You’ve been busy lad

Was a great show....shame I couldn't make it down. I've always supported my local model shops.....I'm lucky to have 3 including sawyers that are local to me.....nuffys in Bolton and the loco shed in prestwich... Use to have hulton models but Brian has now retired a few years ago. Use them or loose them! ..I love going down for a natter and a brew and listen to all grandads stories..

Good man Craig, great event, well said. Support Local.

Well said ,Monday club is a well worth of a watch .

Yep, agreed. Online life and real life have become completely detached. More empathy and face 2 face comms needed.

You are right, Craig. There is no point being rude. We are all modellers, and it does not matter how long you have been doing it, we can still learn. Great video, and great comments. I always like your videos but then, I am biased, my son is called Craig. 😊

Excellent video and lovely interviews! I've been slowly working my way through everyone's show videos, and this one was absolutely the most entertaining 😂 It was a pleasure to meet you at the show-thank you for taking the time to talk with me!

"The Human Element" he said with soft music playing... :-)

100% true, always a good mood when collectors meet, and this mood you find all over Europe, I often go with a good friend to some Belgian, German and in the Netherlands shows as my friend is all about continental modeling, but he also joins me to a few shows I go to in the UK, what my field of intrest is, and we're both train drivers, so when we meet, it's about trains from dawn til dusk😅 But the atmosphere going up to the show, when you sit in a train or a bus and collectors find each other, the most interesting conversations pop up. Unfortunately If it comes to the hobby I'm a bit isolated from the scene, as I live in Belgium, and than the internet is a great tool, but nothing beats, going to your regular shop or train show. I've never been to the Sawyers shop, but I met them a few times on shows, and I really love there surprise bags. Anyway always love your topics, I would say " keep kalm and model on" 👍 Cheers, Danny

great vid nice work keep up the great vid on train layout

Liked.shared, and a totally meaningless comment! 🙂

Yeah I’m just west of Glasgow . We have two very small shops within 15 miles. One , if you had two people in it , that’s all that could get in , the other seems to specialise in old plastic kits. We just don’t have anything like Sawyers up here since D and F Models retired 15 years ago (?) . I can’t believe that there’s no proper model shop in a city the size of Glasgow . So use it or lose it . Have to say I buy from Rails and TMC now , great service , but really no alternative .

Great video as always. With regards the text and not getting the "volume" or if it's a fun comment or sarcastic reply etc etc, I do hate that in this modern day it's all about text chats online or via email. I prefer a lot of the time to speak directly to an actual human. It's easier than text to describe the full issue as U can relate it to something else as a visual aid where as you always feel you have to hold back and restrict what you write cos you feel the person reading it will get bored and not read fully and as such fully grasp what your saying. But even sometimes the human element has, as you say, it's issues like a thump to the chops if U disagree with someone or argue to that point. The human element even in some clubs can be toxic in some instances purely based on if one person prefers a particular era. But overall for me I would always prefer the human touch and element rather than text. Ironic really since I'm having to comment via text lol

More sense spoken by Craig. Excellent! We ARE all on the same side. My local is Great Eastern & a visit there is always a treat.

Hi Craig, it was a pleasure to meet you on Monday evening at Sawyer Models ‘lock in’. As you may be aware, I came into the hobby during Covid lock down as I wasn’t able to work on my ‘12 inches to the foot’ scale locomotive, being the finance director for Stanier Black 5 No 45337 now based at the East Lancs Rly. Your videos (along with other You Tubers) helped me to get started in the hobby and I fully support your theme of helping and supporting the local retailers, as I’ve received some great advice and help from Sawyer Models over the last three years. In addition, I joined my local model railway group in Leigh where there are a group of guys willing to help with any issues that I have come across. Keep up the good work of promoting the hobby and providing tips and help into the future.

I agree with you, there is a place for both local shops like Sawyers and the larger retailers, sometimes they serve different customers and sometimes both. I'm lucky that in Guildford we have Kernow's model who are great. Important to support your local shop otherwise we may well lose them.

Great video as always and was great to watch on Monday too. Keep up the good work 👍

Fantastic video @IronHorseRailways speaking of model shops the closest is rainbow Railways in linthgow as where I live falkirk had 2 back in day mclaren models and leisure time but are no longer there

Get involved!❤

What I liked about this is I watched the TMC one then Jenny Kirk and then yours purely in the order of release. It was kind of like Deja vu same but not the same - unlucky to get robbed in such style but hopefully you went to Whitby and scoffed some fish and chips from the magpie chippy 👍👍

Good video, and speaking from experience, it certainly is EASIER to ADD the circuit board that controls the signals to the point motor BEFORE you install the point motor under the layout. I know you probably did this later as you hadn't been able from a money perspective been able to buy the circuit boards until later... I get that. The concept (adding the signals to the turnouts) is fabulous and does make your layout so much better.

Having watched everyone's videos, this looked amazing. Everyone seemed to have a lot of fun and a laugh 😀.

Could it be that Hornby have tried to make things easy for the modeller and expectations have been set too high as a result?

No mention of hairspray-gate, eh?

Devious competition! Superb Craig and Dark Blue Team. We need a re-match please and much more rule breaking (and a bit less history😉)

The biggest injustice since the 'hand of God' goal v Argentina.

Thanks for sharing. Stay safe.

Both layouts were excellent. I thought it was a great competition. Already, ideas have been placed to TMC for the next competition. I may have placed an idea for it that may involve a starter trainset.

Looks like you've had fun, shame you've not won due to the lack of history lesson though. The models certainly all look good. :)

Nearly spat my drink out at the "emptied his sack all over my work area" 🙈🤣🤣🤣

Superb effort by all of you! I want to see a rematch 😆. I’m really enjoying seeing all of the videos from different viewpoints. I loved the competitiveness and deviousness of both teams too. Did you manage to bring back a souvenir?

Well, as they say, if you can't beat em, join em (and build a module 😂 ). I think everyone can be proud of what was modelled, it's a shame the completed dioramas weren't on show at the NEC

Both dioramas were fantastic, but the other team kind of did cheat/didn't quite follow the spirit of the rules! 😂 Great sets of videos across your channels. Very enjoyable 😊

It was great fun to watch and I saw the TMC video release first, so I catch a little lie in this video… You did have a history lesson by the conductor on your train travel, but you have good pupils who listen well and you got playful birds🤣 But look at it this way, you had great fun at TMC's expense, in good playful company, and a customized T-shirt as a bonus what more do you want… Oh yah winning the competition, it's survival of the fittest mate, but look at it this way, you at least came in second…😜

The North Morkshire yaws! 🙂 - - Try WD40 on your teeth, Jen! 🙂

Just catching up on videos. Great interviews Craig. A well deserved award to "Taff" at Oxford rail. Just a pity i missed the presentation. I was on the stand immediately next door and didn't know anything about it.

Good fun to watch Craig. And two fantastic models produced as well!!! Hope you all enjoyed it as much as you appeared to have done.