John Wilkes models and narrates the life of a narrow gauge railway from its beginning to its end to its preservation. Filmed for OxRail virtual exhibition.
What a delightful idea, to have three eras on one layout. Also, as a modeller and musician myself, I appreciate that you wrote the music yourself. Thanks for sharing. 👍
I've seen your articles in OO9 News - nice to see the line running. Green Scene, I think, market packs of dyed birch catkin tips, which I use in OO for ivy leaves - don't envy the person who has to collect them! And I've similarly got three 'time zones' on my main loft layout too. The late John Ellison made a point that, as you only see a small part of a layout at a time, you can have different times or places adjacent to one another without incongruity, if its done well. His 'Delta Lines' used the trick very successfully.
Sometimes the birch catkins can be a bit big for 4mm scale. They are easy to collect, but separating them from the seeds is like sifting for silver ...
@@johnwilkes8266 Thanks for replying - gives me chance to correct a mistake. It was Frank Ellison, of Delta Lines fame, not John. I approach scenery from an artist's view point, and prefer a 'broad brush' effect, rather than an exact scale one. Each to his own. Did I meet you about three weeks ago at the Ross on Wye show?
It's 009, a peculiarity of the UK. 4mm:foot scale or 1:76. Very common here of course but rare in the rest of the world. It uses N gauge track and to HO/OO scale.
Hi Allan, 009 is narrow gauge, 4mm/foot or 1:76 scale, running on 9mm gauge track. It's used in the UK to represent tracks between 2 feet and 2 feet 6 inches. Something like HOn30 in the States. More on the website 009society.com
@@tracksideshorts2361 thanks for the information. am looking at the website now. i like . the design and sofourth. reminds me of early web design. very clean and easy to navigate .
I love how this tells a bigger story than the physical size of the layout. Lovely concept.
What a delightful idea, to have three eras on one layout.
Also, as a modeller and musician myself, I appreciate that you wrote the music yourself.
Thanks for sharing. 👍
This is so beautiful. And what a big meaningful story in such a tiny world
This is a layout you can describe in one word: gorgeous
The philosophical railway model, great idea, great work.
What a fantastic idea for a layout and so nicely presented.
Fantastic! Love this
What a brilliant layout with great detail and some comedy elements too, fantastic
This is exceptional modelling, and such a great narrative in a very small space. Congratulations!
It belongs in a museum!
Very impressive, and I hope, encouraging to others. A lovely video, great channel, subbed!
Superb! I really enjoyed that journey; thank you.
Superb idea and well executed.
Magnificent !😊
Thanks for sharing your video with us. Very well presented and narrated.
Outstanding job on a lovely layout!
What a model and your voice is fantastic, sorry that sounds strange
What a brilliant layout, props to you!
That is wonderful...
Absolutely brilliant. Doing in 3 eras is a fascinating idea
Love the Cave idea,lovely layout allround
I've seen your articles in OO9 News - nice to see the line running. Green Scene, I think, market packs of dyed birch catkin tips, which I use in OO for ivy leaves - don't envy the person who has to collect them! And I've similarly got three 'time zones' on my main loft layout too.
The late John Ellison made a point that, as you only see a small part of a layout at a time, you can have different times or places adjacent to one another without incongruity, if its done well. His 'Delta Lines' used the trick very successfully.
Sometimes the birch catkins can be a bit big for 4mm scale. They are easy to collect, but separating them from the seeds is like sifting for silver ...
@@johnwilkes8266 Thanks for replying - gives me chance to correct a mistake. It was Frank Ellison, of Delta Lines fame, not John. I approach scenery from an artist's view point, and prefer a 'broad brush' effect, rather than an exact scale one. Each to his own.
Did I meet you about three weeks ago at the Ross on Wye show?
I appreciate your thoughtful approach and attention to detail. Well done!
Been following 009 society off and on since the mid 2000's, had no idea y'all had a youtube channel
Nice layout . Great story thank you
A wonderful layout! 👍🏼
What a delightful concept and exquisite execution❤.....yes, even the cursed Portaloo of purgatory!😊
Such a little loco is my idea...a charmingly simple layout...
This is wonderful, I’m particularly impressed by the growth on the track
Wow I was watching a gentle video and what a great a voice. Keep it updated and I look forward to others. Well done.
It would be great to have closed captioning with it, as the auto captioning make it very hard to enjoy the video
I love how your layout isn’t just a place to run trains it tells a story witch is realy cool =D
Brilliant ! So nice is such a small space with a lovely story.
Well this layout is lush.
Cute. Very nice
Food for thought!
Fascinating 👍🏼
I like the locomotive in the video.
haha that was funny and entertaining
Brilliant !
Heel leuk filmpje, aardig bedacht ook!!!
Danken
TipTop 👌👍
Hey, I'm going to copy this for a project I have on school, but worse lol
Lovely concept and You squeeed so much into a tiny space :o
is it N, Z or T scale?
It's 009, a peculiarity of the UK. 4mm:foot scale or 1:76. Very common here of course but rare in the rest of the world. It uses N gauge track and to HO/OO scale.
Why is just me or it feels real.....
Where did you get the locomotive from?
It was scratch built by Paul Windle.
for a yank whom is not in the loop, what is 009 model railroading? thanks .
Hi Allan, 009 is narrow gauge, 4mm/foot or 1:76 scale, running on 9mm gauge track. It's used in the UK to represent tracks between 2 feet and 2 feet 6 inches. Something like HOn30 in the States. More on the website
009society.com
@@tracksideshorts2361 thanks for the information. am looking at the website now. i like . the design and sofourth. reminds me of early web design. very clean and easy to navigate .
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Wow... I'm speechless! An amazing layout.