Thor's Castle - a model railway in an A3 storage box

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  • Опубликовано: 4 фев 2025
  • An N-gauge model railway in a space 43x33x10 cm, using Kato Compact Line track and Kato Pocket Line chassis.
    The model depicts a fictional tourist railway in the Derbyshire Peak District.
    The landscape and trackbed are constructed from extruded foam, finished with artists' acrylic filler and tinted gesso.
    To increase its apparent depth, the scale varies from 1:87 at the front to 1:220 at the back.

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  • @alan_mythicalgnome
    @alan_mythicalgnome Год назад +18

    The way the trains disappear and re-appear in and out of the tunnels is an amazing audience captivating experience. So enjoyable to watch. ✨👍✨

  • @jenniferadams7582
    @jenniferadams7582 Год назад +12

    I love the tiny worlds of n scale. While I do HO myself I adore seeing people's full layout fits in a suitcase.

  • @nospacemodelrr6588
    @nospacemodelrr6588 4 года назад +21

    This is truly a wonderful little layout! Very impressive work!

  • @crustycurmudgeon2182
    @crustycurmudgeon2182 Год назад +7

    That is so incredibly cool! The details are amazing, the amount of track and features is stunning in so small a space! (Glad Thor made an appearance for this video). I salute the enthusiast/artist who created this.

  • @gernottimm4549
    @gernottimm4549 Год назад +5

    Beautiful. A tiny masterpiece!

  • @Mumbles274
    @Mumbles274 Год назад +6

    Love it. I'm building an 009 Coffee tagble layout at the mo, love small sized layouts and micro layouts, Carl Arendt would have loved yours

  • @SimSummer
    @SimSummer Год назад +2

    this is like a whole little world in a box nice, you have talent

  • @davidj1436
    @davidj1436 Год назад +1

    Amazing, very well done. This would be a perfect project that does not require a lathe space.

  • @tracynation2820
    @tracynation2820 Год назад +1

    Super. Hello from the Tracy Mountain Railway in Colorado. 💙 T.E.N.

  • @mikeking733
    @mikeking733 2 года назад +3

    Simply Fantastic !!!

  • @charlieinsingapore
    @charlieinsingapore Год назад +2

    Reminds me of the old OO9 "Aberbinear Bayfore", it was in Railway Modeller in Oct 1975 I think. Nice layout!

  • @tzrr-nsnyswmodellingmore2821
    @tzrr-nsnyswmodellingmore2821 2 года назад +3

    wow that was awesome! I love the drop down panel idea!!

  • @roybyers4103
    @roybyers4103 Год назад

    Awesome layout. Very ingenious use of the space and l love the fantasy theme.

  • @johndenbury4697
    @johndenbury4697 2 года назад +3

    Really well done.

  • @TheJpec361
    @TheJpec361 2 года назад +2

    Very well done. Your video shows it off to its fullest advantage.

  • @davidboyd4026
    @davidboyd4026 Год назад +3

    Absolutely amazing 😊

  • @janbotha571
    @janbotha571 Год назад +2

    Awesome. Just love it

  • @Tipman2OOO
    @Tipman2OOO 2 года назад +3

    Beautiful!! Thanks for sharing!!!

  • @jonsandler
    @jonsandler 2 года назад +3

    Love the work.

  • @alan_mythicalgnome
    @alan_mythicalgnome Год назад

    Initially I didn't read where this was. I know Thor's cave and all the narrow roads and the tunnel where that narrow gauge system existed. One of the best places in the Derbyshire dale✨👍✨

  • @FourthWayRanch
    @FourthWayRanch Год назад +2

    rock climbers too! Still waiting on the train in a rolling drum thing, no one's made one yet

  • @justingoina2016
    @justingoina2016 3 года назад +5

    Incredibly creative, I'm hoping that my model layout might look somewhat as good!

  • @ВалерийФилиппов-д8о
    @ВалерийФилиппов-д8о 2 года назад +2

    Hi. Very good video and system.

  • @onkelmichl3300
    @onkelmichl3300 2 года назад +4

    Spitzenmäßig gemacht . Hut ab ! Bitte weiter so !!

  • @cev.5069
    @cev.5069 Год назад

    Oh, it's so wonderful!

  • @LWD-Hidden-Links
    @LWD-Hidden-Links 3 месяца назад

    that's sick mate!

  • @Hadassah-KaquoliMReno
    @Hadassah-KaquoliMReno Год назад

    Wow, that’s a really small train!

  • @ajityarday477
    @ajityarday477 Год назад

    Great work done brother

  • @TheoBN
    @TheoBN 5 месяцев назад

    Excellent -- erstklassik !!

  • @Tauraco00
    @Tauraco00 8 месяцев назад

    Amazing, nice

  • @RMStinson
    @RMStinson 2 месяца назад

    Wonderful! Any chance of a track plan? At least the radii of the curves. 150 and 183 mm I'm sure, but which where? Anyway, it's grand.

  • @bobrfotos
    @bobrfotos 4 года назад +2

    Great job

  • @albersala1968
    @albersala1968 4 года назад +4

    You've done a great job! I give you a like and I subbed. 👍

  • @dannydanbo58
    @dannydanbo58 4 года назад +5

    What great little layout. I have an old suitcase that belonged to my grandfather (he liked trains) and I was wondering if I could get a decent layout in it. Now I think I can. Thanks.

  • @robertgoodnight900
    @robertgoodnight900 4 года назад +3

    Nice!

  • @tonyromano6220
    @tonyromano6220 2 года назад +2

    Amazing

  • @aliasreco
    @aliasreco Год назад

    My HO train (9 trains) is packed since 2005. No space for 10 m2. This is a great idea....

  • @brunoheggli2888
    @brunoheggli2888 2 года назад +2

    I want a little cute puppy!

  • @dbarr15
    @dbarr15 Год назад

    Wonderful layout. Did you have any problems with the grades ?

  • @nicolascastanoperez2310
    @nicolascastanoperez2310 2 года назад +1

    Excelent

  • @jimholmes4224
    @jimholmes4224 4 года назад +3

    I am trying to figure out the track plan but not doing very well. Any way you can share that? Would be most appreciated!

    • @trainsandtunes
      @trainsandtunes  4 года назад +4

      The middle one of the 5 tunnel mouths is a dummy (filled with shiny black card to give the impression that the track continues). Apart from that, it's a simple figure-of-eight: leftmost tunnel connects with furthest right, passing just behind the loop that connects centre right tunnel mouth with centre left. The track plan was included in an article about the layout published in the N Gauge Journal, 2/20.

    • @jimholmes4224
      @jimholmes4224 4 года назад +1

      I thought that might be the case but was not sure (about the upper dummy spur) but tried to imagine a possible connection behind the scenes. Also since you ran three different trains in the video, I was trying to imagine somewhere the third one was hiding. I really like the layout - am looking for a small layout to have at least two small trains on (wish to have a siding for a third but....) i think that considering my situation, your layout is probably the idea I will use. Doubt that I have access to that magazine but thanks for that information. I really appreciate your thoughtfulness to reply.

    • @careychen7275
      @careychen7275 2 года назад +1

      @@trainsandtunes reminds me of a trackplan in a Klambach (sp?} publication from the 70's or 80's called Gorre & Daphetid.

    • @ironcladalibi
      @ironcladalibi Год назад +1

      @@jimholmes4224 I suspect the third train was the result of an 0-5-0 switcher, not a hidden siding.

  • @tazsnuts99
    @tazsnuts99 Год назад

    What scale

  • @jamesholton2630
    @jamesholton2630 Год назад

    0:40 looks like Thomas

  • @NixTrains
    @NixTrains 2 года назад +2

    Are these N gauge or Z trains?

    • @bradster1708
      @bradster1708 2 года назад +2

      This would be N gauge. Kato does not seem to do Z gauge.
      The turn outs are radius 150mm.

    • @NixTrains
      @NixTrains 2 года назад +2

      @@bradster1708 thanks

    • @bradster1708
      @bradster1708 2 года назад +1

      @@NixTrains glad to help