Apologies for the video quality only being SD Standard Definition, I recorded in 4K however ran in to issues uploading and it's too late to change it now the video is live. Future videos will be in 4K @ 60FPS. 😀
The amount of progress you make in between each video is out of this world. While I know nothing about British railways I do enjoy the high quality videos you put on the subject. Thank you, these don't look easy to edit and put together.
Layout looking great. There is a platform mounted signal at the north end of platform 3 at Eastleigh which is in a similar position to yours just prior to the point that comes in from the yard at the side of the station. Simon.
Wow brilliant update/blog for your self. You have done a lot updating on your layout now can't believe how far it's came over last few months or so I'd be happy what you have achieved absolutely fantastic pal. All the best Gary @leicesterstationandtmd.
Hi Dave love the layout , fabulous...amazing detailing you're adding, really amazing !!....a real labour of love indeed, and a pleasure to watch it grow in your updates all the best for 2022, dave
Always enjoying watching your videos after finding your channel, makes my weeks away training (EBI 200 Track this week) a bit more bearable. You have a lovely layout progressing there and I look forward to the updates. If I am allowed to give some helpful information, TPWS and AWS are 2 different Train Protection devices and would not be together in the same place. But I really enjoy the spacing of the TPWS grids, makes it all look real. Look forward to the next update.
Depot looking great, as is the whole layout. Interesting subject of top and Tailing, ive managed to get 2 sound fitted Class 37s running also either end of Network Rail coaches.
Coming on really well all those small additions help bring it alive even more. Changes to the depot are great That yard crane is spot on I like your ideal of a gantry signal as apposed to the platform signal too Lovely layout 👍👍
Love the layout and love what you're doing. Similar to what I do with my layout. Look forward to your next video so keep them coming. Take care. Maz. HILLSHOT TRAIN LAYOUT
Excellent as always, those platform shelters look wrong in my opinion, I would of had them in silver, as the ones you've painted, have disappeared. Today's railways are all about being. bright & colourful. As for the space above the arches, how about some carriage sidings. I'm loving the layout, vids, keep up the good work.
Absolutely some great work has gone on here love it,a further point in relation to renumbering your transrail 37 to 240 I think you mentioned you would need to modify the side grills on the noise ends to the small grills unless you have this in mind anyway just a thought good look and again great work.
Well, you’ve caught me out on the 37240, I was hoping a little renumbering and addition of the BR logo and Colas logo would have been enough. I was trying to avoid a respray and from what I can tell, Bachmann have never done a Transrail 37 with the correct grill ends for the 37240?
Nice one Dave, happy new year to you, really enjoyed the video as always. Personally I like the waste land as it is as ots well done and like you said I think sometimes you can have too much track. I also love the TMD revisions as it looks better in my view and you've given me some ideas too. Susannah
It does look a bit like a scenecraft catalogue at the moment. I think impatience gets the better of me at times and when all the baseboard is covered I’ll probably revisit each area and have a go at some scratch building 👍
The trouble with your tunnel behind the depot is that it looks like a tunnel for the sake of having a tunnel. Imagine the land there was a gentle rolling hill, then the railway came along. They tunnelled through the hill and all was well. Then they decided to build a depot and flattened the land all the way into the hill until going any further could compromise the tunnel. That’s why it doesn’t really make any sense. The answer is Richard’s and Everard Junction vid where he has a scenic break ending with a bridge but what he has done is to continue the visible scenery beyond the scenic break and it works very well. It’s a great idea, it may not be what you decide to go with but it’s very effective, cheap and realistic.
Thanks for your comment and I couldn’t agree with you more, the tunnel looks odd as it doesn’t follow the natural lie of the land. I think a road bridge of sorts would do the trick however I wanted to avoid road bridges as I think layouts look odd if the trains are moving but other (road) vehicles aren’t moving. It’s often hard to make road bridges blend in well with the backscene. The space available is a bit small/tight but the solution is out there, think I’ll get a load of card board and do some mock ups of possible solutions, maybe another idea for a video….! 👍
@@GoodfordModelRailway A bridge doesn’t necessarily have to be used by road vehicles for example it could carry a farm track, it could be a road under construction, it could be another railway line, it could be a canal, it could be a disused road. Near Chelmsford there are several bridges over the railway which have become disused since the A12 came along and they lead to nothing the approach on the A12 side has literally been removed. I’m not suggesting you model that but there are disused bridges, bridges which carry other modes of transport and bridges under construction. Certainly they fill the brief of not modelling static road vehicles. Also if you model a section of canal don’t feel obliged to have a barge on it, they are generally very few and far between. I really cannot recommend Everard Junction highly enough to you. Richard doesn’t necessarily have every answer but he has a great solution to creating a realistic scenic break.
@@eddherring4972 thanks for all the suggestions. I’ve been watching Everard Junction for a couple of years now and it’s a really inspirational channel, Richard does a really good job of telling a story and explaining processes from start to finish. Your first comment got me thinking and almost got me half way out to the railway room to start ripping it up. I’d like the depot to appear to go further on than it does and a secondary depot to be behind it (fed by the “branch line”) so thought the bridge could have supports which run in line with the main line rather than have a solid structure. On top could be a normal road which has a bus stop on it, there would be a bus parked up and this will block the view of where the road meets the backscene and doesn’t continue. The layout was not designed properly from a scenery point of view and there’s too much track in certain places, the existing tunnel is literally as small as it could be and the whole area underneath it is track (point work for the start of the fiddle yard). As I say, you’ve definitely put forward some great ideas and I really appreciate you having taken the time to do so. Cheers!
Great layout. Well thought out track layout makes for realistic operation. The depot works well too I think and you have avoided the usual error of adding too many short sidings. I would query the platform signal - passengers getting off the train would be obstructed I feel.
Hello from the Netherlands. Great layout! Some thoughts I 'd like to share: the footbridge seems a little too big for the platforms to remain safe. An idea for the green space near the station may be a disused , overgrown track waiting to be removed? Keep on the good work...
Lovely work. It’s really great to see something very different to ‘another rural GWR branch line in the 1930s’ 👍 Your use of different levels is great. I’m contemplating a six track station between tunnels with hidden spiral helixes at each end. Do you know how these can be planned/ set out (to accept steam locos)? It is also really great to see how your station has ‘history’.
I’ve never experienced helixes but from what I can tell they can be a little temperamental with steam locos so personally I’d try and avoid them. It does of course depend on how much space you have and the gradients and length of trains you plan to run. When planning my layouts I’ve used the Anyrail software and would recommend taking a look if you haven’t already.
@@GoodfordModelRailway Thanks for your recommendation. Yes, I will be tight for space. I want to run 10 coach trains into and through this six road station which won’t leave much room for anything else. To save space I thought of omitting all points ie 6 independent and unconnected tail chasing loops and no fiddle yard. I think each track could hold two trains (twelve altogether) which would be all I could afford ever, even with a ‘lump sum’ off my pension!
Thanks, I took a look on street view after reading your comment and it’s an area I can take future inspiration from. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it 👍
Wasteland to front station leave it as it is I reckon But and the end of the day it’s your layout so change what you think is best there is no right or wrong when it comes to using your imagination 👍
love the video and how it’s coming along! i also noticed that the class 37s have the snowploughs and couplers on the same end, how did you do that or did you buy them? if so where did you buy them
Thanks for your comment. The snow plough at the detail driving end has the NEM cut off and is glued to the buffer beam, this is so that you can add all detailing without it getting caught when the bogie moves for corners. On the coupling end the plough is cut back and glued to the bogie either side of the NEM pocket. Quite hard to describe but will try and add to a future update for you 👍
@@GoodfordModelRailway that would be lovely! I'll try hold off the urge to do modifications until the update comes out ;) Many thanks for the reply! Edit, that colas 37 convoy was amazing!
Dave you said you didn't know what to do about your wasteland area; if you have an old point that doesn't work anymore you could weather it to look old and abandoned in that area like it was part of an old headshot that was abandoned years ago.
The layout is 100cm deep on the station and depot area and I can just about reach the edge to add the scenery. The track cleaning can be a stretch but isn’t too bad. It’s worth noting that the board was only 60cm deep when the mainline was laid and backscene put on the wall.
Apologies for the video quality only being SD Standard Definition, I recorded in 4K however ran in to issues uploading and it's too late to change it now the video is live. Future videos will be in 4K @ 60FPS. 😀
The amount of progress you make in between each video is out of this world. While I know nothing about British railways I do enjoy the high quality videos you put on the subject. Thank you, these don't look easy to edit and put together.
Layout looking great. There is a platform mounted signal at the north end of platform 3 at Eastleigh which is in a similar position to yours just prior to the point that comes in from the yard at the side of the station. Simon.
Awesome video you done.Thanks for sharing.
Wow brilliant update/blog for your self. You have done a lot updating on your layout now can't believe how far it's came over last few months or so I'd be happy what you have achieved absolutely fantastic pal. All the best Gary @leicesterstationandtmd.
Looking really good, great work on that depot and surrounding area.
Thanks GMR, great stuff. Regards Charlie
Hi Dave love the layout , fabulous...amazing detailing you're adding, really amazing !!....a real labour of love indeed, and a pleasure to watch it grow in your updates all the best for 2022, dave
Always enjoying watching your videos after finding your channel, makes my weeks away training (EBI 200 Track this week) a bit more bearable. You have a lovely layout progressing there and I look forward to the updates. If I am allowed to give some helpful information, TPWS and AWS are 2 different Train Protection devices and would not be together in the same place. But I really enjoy the spacing of the TPWS grids, makes it all look real.
Look forward to the next update.
Fantastic modern image layout !!!! Hugely inspirational. Everything is on point !!!!! I just had to subscribe !!!!
Wow, thanks for your kind words and support! 👍
Lovely layout with lots of details..
You have a fantastic set up there with lots of variety of traffic.
Depot looking great, as is the whole layout. Interesting subject of top and Tailing, ive managed to get 2 sound fitted Class 37s running also either end of Network Rail coaches.
Coming on really well all those small additions help bring it alive even more. Changes to the depot are great That yard crane is spot on I like your ideal of a gantry signal as apposed to the platform signal too Lovely layout 👍👍
Great video. 👍😃
Brilliant layout and a really good in-depth update. Thank you for sharing. 😀👍🏻
Love the layout and love what you're doing. Similar to what I do with my layout. Look forward to your next video so keep them coming. Take care. Maz. HILLSHOT TRAIN LAYOUT
Absolutely fabulous update, really like the look of the station and depot area
The station layout makes me think of Sittingbourne, where you have the part on the side closest to the camera where the Sheerness train terminates.
Oh my goodness, this is brilliant!
Fantastic layout ! 👍😀🚆😎
HC Treintje Herman from Belgium. 👍😀🚆😎
Excellent as always, those platform shelters look wrong in my opinion, I would of had them in silver, as the ones you've painted, have disappeared. Today's railways are all about being. bright & colourful. As for the space above the arches, how about some carriage sidings. I'm loving the layout, vids, keep up the good work.
I think you’re right on the shelters, I’ll put it on the “to-do” list 👍
Absolutely some great work has gone on here love it,a further point in relation to renumbering your transrail 37 to 240 I think you mentioned you would need to modify the side grills on the noise ends to the small grills unless you have this in mind anyway just a thought good look and again great work.
Well, you’ve caught me out on the 37240, I was hoping a little renumbering and addition of the BR logo and Colas logo would have been enough. I was trying to avoid a respray and from what I can tell, Bachmann have never done a Transrail 37 with the correct grill ends for the 37240?
Nice one Dave, happy new year to you, really enjoyed the video as always. Personally I like the waste land as it is as ots well done and like you said I think sometimes you can have too much track. I also love the TMD revisions as it looks better in my view and you've given me some ideas too. Susannah
Happy New Year Susannah! Glad I have been able to give you some inspiration, look forward to seeing what it might be on your next video update 😀👍
Love the trackwork and ballasting mate, I would try scratch building buildings it does make a big improvement cheers
It does look a bit like a scenecraft catalogue at the moment. I think impatience gets the better of me at times and when all the baseboard is covered I’ll probably revisit each area and have a go at some scratch building 👍
@@GoodfordModelRailway check out my layout if you get chance cheers
@@staffordstationngauge8359 will do! 👍
The trouble with your tunnel behind the depot is that it looks like a tunnel for the sake of having a tunnel. Imagine the land there was a gentle rolling hill, then the railway came along. They tunnelled through the hill and all was well. Then they decided to build a depot and flattened the land all the way into the hill until going any further could compromise the tunnel. That’s why it doesn’t really make any sense.
The answer is Richard’s and Everard Junction vid where he has a scenic break ending with a bridge but what he has done is to continue the visible scenery beyond the scenic break and it works very well. It’s a great idea, it may not be what you decide to go with but it’s very effective, cheap and realistic.
Thanks for your comment and I couldn’t agree with you more, the tunnel looks odd as it doesn’t follow the natural lie of the land. I think a road bridge of sorts would do the trick however I wanted to avoid road bridges as I think layouts look odd if the trains are moving but other (road) vehicles aren’t moving. It’s often hard to make road bridges blend in well with the backscene. The space available is a bit small/tight but the solution is out there, think I’ll get a load of card board and do some mock ups of possible solutions, maybe another idea for a video….! 👍
@@GoodfordModelRailway A bridge doesn’t necessarily have to be used by road vehicles for example it could carry a farm track, it could be a road under construction, it could be another railway line, it could be a canal, it could be a disused road. Near Chelmsford there are several bridges over the railway which have become disused since the A12 came along and they lead to nothing the approach on the A12 side has literally been removed. I’m not suggesting you model that but there are disused bridges, bridges which carry other modes of transport and bridges under construction. Certainly they fill the brief of not modelling static road vehicles. Also if you model a section of canal don’t feel obliged to have a barge on it, they are generally very few and far between.
I really cannot recommend Everard Junction highly enough to you. Richard doesn’t necessarily have every answer but he has a great solution to creating a realistic scenic break.
@@eddherring4972 thanks for all the suggestions. I’ve been watching Everard Junction for a couple of years now and it’s a really inspirational channel, Richard does a really good job of telling a story and explaining processes from start to finish. Your first comment got me thinking and almost got me half way out to the railway room to start ripping it up. I’d like the depot to appear to go further on than it does and a secondary depot to be behind it (fed by the “branch line”) so thought the bridge could have supports which run in line with the main line rather than have a solid structure. On top could be a normal road which has a bus stop on it, there would be a bus parked up and this will block the view of where the road meets the backscene and doesn’t continue. The layout was not designed properly from a scenery point of view and there’s too much track in certain places, the existing tunnel is literally as small as it could be and the whole area underneath it is track (point work for the start of the fiddle yard). As I say, you’ve definitely put forward some great ideas and I really appreciate you having taken the time to do so. Cheers!
Great layout. Well thought out track layout makes for realistic operation. The depot works well too I think and you have avoided the usual error of adding too many short sidings. I would query the platform signal - passengers getting off the train would be obstructed I feel.
Thanks for taking the time to offer some feedback, hopefully I’ll have the signal updated by the next update 👍
Hello from the Netherlands. Great layout! Some thoughts I 'd like to share: the footbridge seems a little too big for the platforms to remain safe. An idea for the green space near the station may be a disused , overgrown track waiting to be removed? Keep on the good work...
Lovely work. It’s really great to see something very different to ‘another rural GWR branch line in the 1930s’ 👍 Your use of different levels is great. I’m contemplating a six track station between tunnels with hidden spiral helixes at each end. Do you know how these can be planned/ set out (to accept steam locos)?
It is also really great to see how your station has ‘history’.
I’ve never experienced helixes but from what I can tell they can be a little temperamental with steam locos so personally I’d try and avoid them. It does of course depend on how much space you have and the gradients and length of trains you plan to run. When planning my layouts I’ve used the Anyrail software and would recommend taking a look if you haven’t already.
@@GoodfordModelRailway Thanks for your recommendation. Yes, I will be tight for space. I want to run 10 coach trains into and through this six road station which won’t leave much room for anything else. To save space I thought of omitting all points ie 6 independent and unconnected tail chasing loops and no fiddle yard. I think each track could hold two trains (twelve altogether) which would be all I could afford ever, even with a ‘lump sum’ off my pension!
The rough ground near the station I would leave ,I work at Clapham junction and it looks similar to the overground area by grant road platform 1/2
Thanks, I took a look on street view after reading your comment and it’s an area I can take future inspiration from. Thanks for the feedback, really appreciate it 👍
Wasteland to front station leave it as it is I reckon But and the end of the day it’s your layout so change what you think is best there is no right or wrong when it comes to using your imagination 👍
love the video and how it’s coming along! i also noticed that the class 37s have the snowploughs and couplers on the same end, how did you do that or did you buy them? if so where did you buy them
Thanks for your comment. The snow plough at the detail driving end has the NEM cut off and is glued to the buffer beam, this is so that you can add all detailing without it getting caught when the bogie moves for corners. On the coupling end the plough is cut back and glued to the bogie either side of the NEM pocket. Quite hard to describe but will try and add to a future update for you 👍
@@GoodfordModelRailway that would be lovely! I'll try hold off the urge to do modifications until the update comes out ;) Many thanks for the reply!
Edit, that colas 37 convoy was amazing!
"Goodford doesn't exist so yano" that got me 🤣
Haha, it’s too easy to get caught up on things being “realistic” sometimes. Glad it put a smile on your face! 😂
@@GoodfordModelRailway yeah my layout is doing "okay" I guess
Dave you said you didn't know what to do about your wasteland area; if you have an old point that doesn't work anymore you could weather it to look old and abandoned in that area like it was part of an old headshot that was abandoned years ago.
Great idea, thanks! 👍
hope deep is the bench work at the depot? is it diffecult to reach the parts near the wall?
The layout is 100cm deep on the station and depot area and I can just about reach the edge to add the scenery. The track cleaning can be a stretch but isn’t too bad. It’s worth noting that the board was only 60cm deep when the mainline was laid and backscene put on the wall.
@@GoodfordModelRailway thank you. im planning on building a shelf type layout and wasnt sure what sort of depth i should go for. this helps alot