Excellent work on the tunnel skeleton. It’s coming along great, as usual. I learn so much from your channel. Thank you for sharing. Cheers to you Gregg.
Thank you Bob! i'm learning as I go , but it is turning out better than I expected. Building the scenery with cardboard and plaster cloth has helped a lot , and building the small one ironed a few bugs out. I'm glad you learn some tips Bob , as do I from others. Cheers Gregg.
Looks great, Gregg! I guess I missed this video at first, but I'm looking out for part 2. I'm really interested to see how the plaster works out. Should make it quite sturdy and smooth. -Cam
Thanks Cam! The "sculpt it" looks like rough concrete , or shot crete and has turned out better than I thought ? Giving it a wash of grey and I will finish and upload the video. It is quite sturdy and the loco noises almost fade away as the train goes through!! Thanks again for the inspiration. Cheers Gregg.
As always Gregg, magnificent intro. Love the way you’ve shown your iteration of the how to build of tunnel liners. Great use of otherwise discarded materials. For ease of construction you could also nip the entire tunnel liner into two length wise parts. Which will accordingly allow for width adjusted on curved tunnels, or even will ease the way a removable access hatch can still be made. Curious to where you are now on your layout. Cheerio Vince
Great video Gregg, so glad you didn’t get tunnel vision! Lol. Plaster cloth is better than tape, tape will eventually fall off. I like this spine system, I usually use old scrape wood. With your system you could use a hot glue gun to speed up the process (gluing the cardboard to cardboard).
Thanks Terry! I did use a hot glue gun to make it , but didn't show the construction to keep the video shorter. I did think of using scrap ply but found this thick cardboard and it's pretty good. The finished one is looking pretty good so far? Cheers Gregg.
Hi Gregg I have done something similar the main difference is I used crumpled brown paper as the liner stick it in place spray with a mid brown and a black along the top of the tunnel cover the surface with white glue and scatter coarse sand over the surface. it gives that more crumpled cut rock feel to it. The big problem I found is making sure you have enough clearance on the curves. watching with interest from starting to lift lockdown Neil
Another great video Gregg,well thought out and executed. Its a genuine pleasure to watch you in action as a lot of people in our hobby take things far to seriously, to me your a gem to be watched at any time...thanks for this video and look forward to Part 2 all the best mate !
Thank you Paul , but some credit has to go to Cam! I'm glad you enjoy watching the videos and thank you for the kind words..cheque's in the mail..LOL. I do think the hobby needs a facelift in the PR department?? Thanks for the support. Cheers Gregg.
Thanks Bob! Yes Cam is doing some great work on his layout! Part 2 coming up next week ..looking good so far , just working out paint colours? Cheers Gregg.
I crumpled up aluminum foil and then opened it up and glued it on the tunnel lining. Then "painted" on thinned plaster, let it dry and painted. The aluminum foil added a realistic look of rock walls lining the tunnel.
Morning Gregg. Hope your keeping safe and well matey 😄 Just got up at 07.30 and saw a RUclips notification and it was FishplateFilms 🤣 So I made a brew and got it on. Fantastic idea for building a tunnels 👍🏻 Love your tutorial videos Gregg as there really put together well and easy too follow if your interested in doing the or just watching and learning like me lol 😂 Keep the excellent work up looking forward to seeing part two 😁 Cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧
Good morning Stevie! &.30 pm here and I'm watching a docco on the history of London...one of dozens I have seen:-). I did steal the basic idea from Cam , but put a twist or two on it ! For years I have thought about tunnel linings , and seeing Cam's inspired me to work on my ideas. i'm glad you enjoy watching the videos and I appreciate the kind words. Part 2 is on the way next week and I think you'll like the results! All the best and thanks for watching. Cheers Gregg.
That is a really neat idea. Have you thought of using paper with a stone pattern printed on it. Once installed you could seal it and harden the paper with some watered down PBA glue or something like that. I also know they make paper that has stone patterns embossed on it which should also work for what you are doing. I love watching your videos and can't wait to see how this ends up.
Thanks Bill! I can't take all the credit, as Cam gave me the original idea. I am already thinking of how to create a stone wall liner , possibly by pushing a rock mould into the plaster wall ? Watch this space sir! Glad you enjoy the videos and I appreciate the support. Cheers Gregg.
neat! Looks fine, it should be strong, plus with a great deal of the construction going on at the work bench the result should be better, faster, and stronger than the old way of building a tunnel on the layout itself.
You're welcome Andrew! It's bigger than it looks and the double stacks have heaps of room! The main thing is the camera fits through! Thanks for watching. Gregg.
@@FishplateFilms for now I guess the mountains the tunnels go through will have to remain cut up cardboard boxes with an N scale loop out top for a sense of depth
Well done mate not a bad job ,but just a quick one on the track cleaning item ,I’ve always used a product called servisol 10 for cleaning track seems to be ok but I live in uk and have trouble getting what you use ,so was wondering if you are familiar with servisol 10 and would it be a suitable alternative, many thanks ,regards john
Thank you John..coming along nicer than I thought! Many guys also like CRC 2-26 , but I hear you can get Innox from "Pendle Slot car racing " in Lancashire ? according to a UK viewer:-). Either of these will be fine sir. Cheers Gregg.
Visually it appears to do much improvement to the looks. The aspect of a derailment inside and access gives me concern. Is there a prototypical sound reduction? [thumbs up]
It does look good Colin, even without a portal at this stage! I can just reach in each end, but normally you would not go as crazy as this...but it will look cool on camera! Hopefully I will get some nice sounds and a bit of reverb?? Cheers Gregg.
Just how many SD40-2 's do you have? I recognise the 2 Katos (I have those as well - Kato's almost fall apart when you take the screws out. No wonder you managed to replace the motors in 10 minutes!!!) It's about time you fessed up and told us what's in your fleet...... there's another one for the FAQ. The only Altases I haven't seen on your layout are the B23-7 and C30-7 (never seen the C30 for sale either). It's not that we have a lot of choice if we decide to stick to Kato and Atlas :) . Kato make a Dash-9 which I haven't spotted yet either but that might be indistinguishable to the AC4400's to my untrained eye.
Hi Steve, I have over a dozen SD40-2's....there are 7 on the layout, with another 5 or six waiting to be renumbered or have decoders fitted. There are 2 Dash 9's and quiet a few AC4400's, plus the Dash8 units. I have 3 Gevos which are early Intermountain , which all run like crap ! I would like more Gevo's , but I don't like Scaletrains that much , and I'm still wary of the Genesis motors, though I did hear they have fixed the issues with them...so I may get some Athearn Gevos in the future? I do love the Athearn RTR SD39-2's that I got recently and I love running them. Cheers Gregg.
Hi Ethan, I guess it could , but it would be hard to hold the bits in place as it dries? You can get cheap hot glue guns but give the glue a try first? Thanks for watching and let me know how it goes! Cheers Gregg.
great video Gregg,I could make a joke about ,not touching the sides of the tunnel,but I think it best to keep my jokes to myself,some of your viewers my not appreciate my humor. Cheers.
That would be harder Frank , as the cloth would move while you wet it. It ia actually pretty easy once you get going , and was easier than I thought. Cheers Gregg.
I’d like to think we all aspire to a tight well formed tunnel. Great work Gregg 👍🏻
This is true:-)..LOL
LOL ... I just spit out my whiskey reading this ...
@@billtimmons7071 Now that's funny right there!
THANK YOU...for sharing. Nice idea Gregg, good tip with the spoon too. Thanks, Gary
Thanks Gary! Learning as we go , but it's going well so far!
Cheers, GRegg.
Excellent work on the tunnel skeleton. It’s coming along great, as usual. I learn so much from your channel. Thank you for sharing. Cheers to you Gregg.
Thank you Bob! i'm learning as I go , but it is turning out better than I expected. Building the scenery with cardboard and plaster cloth has helped a lot , and building the small one ironed a few bugs out. I'm glad you learn some tips Bob , as do I from others.
Cheers Gregg.
Me gustó tu técnica para construir el túnel. La voy a seguir para construir el túnel de mi maqueta.
Saludos desde Chile 🇨🇱, Sudamérica.
Rafael.
Looks great, Gregg! I guess I missed this video at first, but I'm looking out for part 2. I'm really interested to see how the plaster works out. Should make it quite sturdy and smooth.
-Cam
Thanks Cam! The "sculpt it" looks like rough concrete , or shot crete and has turned out better than I thought ? Giving it a wash of grey and I will finish and upload the video. It is quite sturdy and the loco noises almost fade away as the train goes through!! Thanks again for the inspiration.
Cheers Gregg.
What an excellent idea for tunnel lining. I will definitely be using that trick on my Nelson AZ tunnel in the coming months!
Yes John, I just needed Cam to inspire me to give this a go! Plus all you need is scrap cardboard and some plaster cloth!
Thanks for watching.
Gregg.
Very cool Gregg . Now I know what to do with all the boxes after we unpack in Colorado !
Thank you ! Yes...the best thing about IKEA....all the cardboard..LOL.
Gregg :-)
Thanks Gregg you just keep on giving good ideas
Thank you ! Good or crazy???
Gregg :-)
Great way to build a tunnel looks extremely sturdy!
Thanks Joe! It turned out better than I thought and I look forward to getting scenery around it!
Gregg :-)
Nice work, Gregg!
Thank you Sir!
Gregg.
Now the challenge is to do the tunnel same way but include a 2 percent grade , great idea, thanks
This is on a 1.8% grade James! All you have to do if you're fussy . is make the portals vertical!
Cheers Gregg.
Love your work Gregg, thank you for your time, got me thinking I should rip my mountains apart and re do my tunnels.
Thanks Simon! I need to redo mine as well..LOL
Cheers Gregg.
Nice job so far, can't wait to see what it finally looks like. Thanks for the video.
Thank you ! It is turning out pretty good for a first attempt ! Video up next week hopefully!
Cheers Gregg.
Brilliant work cannot wait to see the next video.
Thanks Andrew! Next video being shot now and should be up next week.
Cheers Gregg
As always Gregg, magnificent intro. Love the way you’ve shown your iteration of the how to build of tunnel liners. Great use of otherwise discarded materials.
For ease of construction you could also nip the entire tunnel liner into two length wise parts. Which will accordingly allow for width adjusted on curved tunnels, or even will ease the way a removable access hatch can still be made.
Curious to where you are now on your layout.
Cheerio Vince
Interesting, looking forward to the next part. Terry
Yes Terry...a bit different but a cool touch.
Thanks for watching.
Gregg.
Awesome idea
Thanks Donald!
Gregg:-)
Great video Gregg, so glad you didn’t get tunnel vision! Lol. Plaster cloth is better than tape, tape will eventually fall off. I like this spine system, I usually use old scrape wood. With your system you could use a hot glue gun to speed up the process (gluing the cardboard to cardboard).
Thanks Terry! I did use a hot glue gun to make it , but didn't show the construction to keep the video shorter.
I did think of using scrap ply but found this thick cardboard and it's pretty good. The finished one is looking pretty good so far?
Cheers Gregg.
FishplateFilms looks great, can’t wait to see the finished product.
Awesome video & layout Gregg!!
Thanks Douglas! Glad you enjoyed it.
Gregg.
Hi Gregg I have done something similar the main difference is I used crumpled brown paper as the liner stick it in place spray with a mid brown and a black along the top of the tunnel cover the surface with white glue and scatter coarse sand over the surface. it gives that more crumpled cut rock feel to it. The big problem I found is making sure you have enough clearance on the curves. watching with interest from starting to lift lockdown Neil
Interesting idea Neil!! I'll keep that in mind for a future project.
Cheers and thanks for watching.
Gregg.
Another great video Gregg,well thought out and executed. Its a genuine pleasure to watch you in action as a lot of people in our hobby take things far to seriously, to me your
a gem to be watched at any time...thanks for this video and look forward to Part 2 all the best mate !
Thank you Paul , but some credit has to go to Cam! I'm glad you enjoy watching the videos and thank you for the kind words..cheque's in the mail..LOL. I do think the hobby needs a facelift in the PR department??
Thanks for the support.
Cheers Gregg.
Cool idea Gregg, I've seen Railfan 220 channel, hope it turns out good. Bob
Thanks Bob! Yes Cam is doing some great work on his layout! Part 2 coming up next week ..looking good so far , just working out paint colours?
Cheers Gregg.
I crumpled up aluminum foil and then opened it up and glued it on the tunnel lining. Then "painted" on thinned plaster, let it dry and painted. The aluminum foil added a realistic look of rock walls lining the tunnel.
Thats a great idea Jaap! I will give that a go on the new layout!
Thanks for watching!
Gregg.
Very nice 👍
Morning Gregg. Hope your keeping safe and well matey 😄 Just got up at 07.30 and saw a RUclips notification and it was FishplateFilms 🤣 So I made a brew and got it on. Fantastic idea for building a tunnels 👍🏻 Love your tutorial videos Gregg as there really put together well and easy too follow if your interested in doing the or just watching and learning like me lol 😂 Keep the excellent work up looking forward to seeing part two 😁 Cheers Stevie 😎🇬🇧
Good morning Stevie! &.30 pm here and I'm watching a docco on the history of London...one of dozens I have seen:-). I did steal the basic idea from Cam , but put a twist or two on it ! For years I have thought about tunnel linings , and seeing Cam's inspired me to work on my ideas. i'm glad you enjoy watching the videos and I appreciate the kind words. Part 2 is on the way next week and I think you'll like the results!
All the best and thanks for watching.
Cheers Gregg.
taking tunnels to a whole new level - Fishplate Films
Thank you Sir! We'll see how it turns out??
Gregg.
Hi, great stuff. A little bit of an overkill. But it’s your railway. I look forward to part deux. Lol.
Thanks Norman! Almost like building a real tunnel..LOL It will look cool from a camera car I hope!
Cheers Gregg.
That is a really neat idea. Have you thought of using paper with a stone pattern printed on it. Once installed you could seal it and harden the paper with some watered down PBA glue or something like that. I also know they make paper that has stone patterns embossed on it which should also work for what you are doing. I love watching your videos and can't wait to see how this ends up.
Thanks Bill! I can't take all the credit, as Cam gave me the original idea. I am already thinking of how to create a stone wall liner , possibly by pushing a rock mould into the plaster wall ? Watch this space sir!
Glad you enjoy the videos and I appreciate the support.
Cheers Gregg.
“You know me, I love a good opening...”
Brilliant!
Well...I do :-)
Mate, we all do! (Unfortunately my regular opening has had a “temporary speed restriction” placed on it...it could be an age-related thing.)
Good work. I am unlikely to have any tunnels. Certainly if I model Iowa/Missouri as currently planned.
Thank you Malcolm! I'm sue you could fit one in somewhere?
Cheers Gregg.
neat! Looks fine, it should be strong, plus with a great deal of the construction going on at the work bench the result should be better, faster, and stronger than the old way of building a tunnel on the layout itself.
Thanks Gary! Much faster than building on the layout...once you know what you're doing..LOL.
Gregg :-)
Thanks for another video, Gregg. Got to say, I'm worried about the clearances in that tunnel...
You're welcome Andrew! It's bigger than it looks and the double stacks have heaps of room! The main thing is the camera fits through!
Thanks for watching.
Gregg.
Neat. I'm honestly thinking I'll just carve some foam for my tunnel walls. The mines in my layout probably can be painted cardboard
Thanks ! You could use foam but its not cheap down here.
Cheers Gregg.
@@FishplateFilms for now I guess the mountains the tunnels go through will have to remain cut up cardboard boxes with an N scale loop out top for a sense of depth
great ! Thanks!
Nice video !
Greetings from Germany Gert
Thank you very much!
well. that is one way to keep the track clean.. looks good, auto racks fit?
Question is. did you eat your cereal first , then use the spoon?
Thanks Sparky! Yes , racks will fit . the containers look closer to the walls than they are.
Cheers Gregg.
Well done mate not a bad job ,but just a quick one on the track cleaning item ,I’ve always used a product called servisol 10 for cleaning track seems to be ok but I live in uk and have trouble getting what you use ,so was wondering if you are familiar with servisol 10 and would it be a suitable alternative, many thanks ,regards john
Thank you John..coming along nicer than I thought! Many guys also like CRC 2-26 , but I hear you can get Innox from "Pendle Slot car racing " in Lancashire ? according to a UK viewer:-). Either of these will be fine sir.
Cheers Gregg.
Visually it appears to do much improvement to the looks. The aspect of a derailment inside and access gives me concern. Is there a prototypical sound reduction? [thumbs up]
It does look good Colin, even without a portal at this stage! I can just reach in each end, but normally you would not go as crazy as this...but it will look cool on camera! Hopefully I will get some nice sounds and a bit of reverb??
Cheers Gregg.
I'm about to do the same thing you are doing,,,,I thought I would use balloons to form the arches for the inside of my tunnel
Just how many SD40-2 's do you have? I recognise the 2 Katos (I have those as well - Kato's almost fall apart when you take the screws out. No wonder you managed to replace the motors in 10 minutes!!!)
It's about time you fessed up and told us what's in your fleet...... there's another one for the FAQ.
The only Altases I haven't seen on your layout are the B23-7 and C30-7 (never seen the C30 for sale either). It's not that we have a lot of choice if we decide to stick to Kato and Atlas :) . Kato make a Dash-9 which I haven't spotted yet either but that might be indistinguishable to the AC4400's to my untrained eye.
Hi Steve,
I have over a dozen SD40-2's....there are 7 on the layout, with another 5 or six waiting to be renumbered or have decoders fitted. There are 2 Dash 9's and quiet a few AC4400's, plus the Dash8 units. I have 3 Gevos which are early Intermountain , which all run like crap ! I would like more Gevo's , but I don't like Scaletrains that much , and I'm still wary of the Genesis motors, though I did hear they have fixed the issues with them...so I may get some Athearn Gevos in the future? I do love the Athearn RTR SD39-2's that I got recently and I love running them.
Cheers Gregg.
Overkill can be underrated.
good video
Thank you ! Glad you liked it ,
Gregg.
FishplateFilms you’re welcome
I was wondering. I you are going to build a mountain on top of that tunnel, why to go through the trouble of building the whole tunnel walls?
Purely for looks Joel! Normally you would only make the tunnel long enough for the train to disappear, but I've gone way too far..LOL
Cheers Gregg.
Your }gonna} go nuts
Hey I am building this for school project and I have cold glue.Could that work with cardboard
Hi Ethan, I guess it could , but it would be hard to hold the bits in place as it dries? You can get cheap hot glue guns but give the glue a try first? Thanks for watching and let me know how it goes!
Cheers Gregg.
Thx so much
great video Gregg,I could make a joke about ,not touching the sides of the tunnel,but I think it best to keep my jokes to myself,some of your viewers my not appreciate my humor. Cheers.
Thanks John! Way ahead of you mate..LOL. So many lines ...not enough time. In this case, girth is not everything!!!
Cheers Gregg.
Have you thought of laying the plaster cloth in dry, then using a wet brush to get it to stick to the sides, rather than struggling with it wet. Frank
That would be harder Frank , as the cloth would move while you wet it. It ia actually pretty easy once you get going , and was easier than I thought.
Cheers Gregg.
FYI, Riot Art and Craft stores have plaster cloth at half price. $10 roll. Check out the web site.
What kind of glue are you using in that glue gun for the tunnel ribs?
It' is low melt hot glue gun sticks. I got them with the gun Joe.
Thank you, cheers Joe.
This tunnel is a bit tight as the bishop said to the stripper!
LOL...thats my line!!
How many cups of tea did you stir with that spoon between layers of plaster? 😂😂
It has stirred many a cup Adrian...but has retired to the layout now!
Gregg. ;-)
haha, wet spoon teaser !!
Spoony Love!!
Nothing like a wet spoon to smooth off your finnish
Gregg you should have hired Chineses coolies to build your tunnels as the U.S. railroads did!
Well...I have sort of...most of the boxes I cut up , contained stuff made in China!! What do you do???
Gregg :-)