Great video as always Michael. Some great tips on keeping your PVA glue flowing in those little bottles. I’m going to use that method. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
I have visions of your rolling stock quietly rusting away in sidings sonewhere as you build Chandwell. Which is quite the feat given that they are made of plastic! Friendly warning : Beeching has his beady eye on the loss-making Chandwell service! Brilliant models as usual. To be honest, at this point in the town build, I have run out of superlatives.
@@ChandwellHi Michael, I can’t do Buxton sadly but I’ve sent Hello Chandwell an email, as you know every now and again I like to support the channel vice being a non-member. You’ve got a great library of model building on here and you’ve advanced my understanding of making things, I’m ok with supporting the channel and keeping things going to get others on board too!
Hi Michael, another excellent demonstration and I like the way the layers are shown going onto the acetate at the end. Very effective indeed. The doorway of Barbaras looks tricky - but as always you’ve pulled it off. I wasn’t sure if there would be a Chandwell video for a few weeks with the cathedral project going on, so viewing this was a nice treat. Cheers Michael and take care!
Truly fantastic model making! Unique prototypical buildings make Chandwell a unique layout. Thanks for the model making tips..Would love to see your layout in person if you attend other shows.
@@Chandwell Uniqueness. That's the beauty of scratch building structures. Kit structures unless heavily kit bashed will always scream "kit". Some scratch builders really have the knack. You certainly do. In reality most central urban and industrial buildings dwarf the trains next to them. How many people in the so called "post industrial" world understand just how large a steel works is. Or an automotive facility that does everything from castings and stampings to machining components on to final assembly. If (1) l ever get the time that is the idea for the facility that would be the core activity of my prototype. It's a facility l worked at for 30+ years. The prototype was over 1km north to south and close to .5 km wide. To fit that into a home layout requires considerable selective compression. And that is what scratch building great structures for a model railroad requires. Built to scale size and the structure can simply take up too much room. It will dwarf everything around it. Compress the structure too much and it becomes toy like (2). And that is where you get it just right. Even if some of your structures are built to scale. You select prototypes that fit. Both in size and era. But also in flavor. Brilliant work as always. And thanks for the inspiration. 1) Big word if. 2) Grown men playing with trains. Every time l hear that one l want to scream. A similar one is home workshops. If somebody does woodworking the usual reaction is "cool". But if someone has a machine shop in the shed or basement you get sideways looks like you're a terrorist building bombs.
Great effect with the printed interiors right behind the glazing. Not sure I'd get away with it in OO though but I'm going to give it a try. Most of my buildings are 'period' houses with small window panes so I can usually get away without making interiors. I've only built one shop so far but fortunately it must have been half-day closing because the blind is down and you can't see inside :)
For the records: 15.000 straight on thu 4 of jul 24 at 7 pm CEST. Watch out! A different glazing method for the barber shop! Wishing yoh a good time at Buxton!
Michael Great update wonder how this Ilkley/Otley inspired building with shops from Aldburgh, Sheffield & Darlington will go down at Buxton. Hope you have some positive comments and feedback it will be the 1st time most people will have seen your great handcrafted buildings close-up. I do like how you’ve kept the Ilkley Shopfront design for Barbara’s and the Sheffield Sign down to the missing ‘. Wondering the most popular haircuts are in Chandwell in 1993. Maybe The Big Blow Dried Ones from Glamorous 1980’s US TV Shows or even 1960’s Beehive. Ian
Wonderful video as always, Michael! Beautifully done. Quick question though: how do you prevent your PVA applicator from constantly getting clogged when you don't use it for a few minutes? Mine always clogs up, even with a cap on it, after just a couple of minutes...
How I was shown, many years ago, and it has always served me well... Store your bottles UPSIDE DOWN at ALL times. With the pin in when not in use, and without the pin while you're in a modelling session. This keeps the nozzle full of glue and this itself prevents air from getting in and drying the glue in the nozzle. If I leave it for about 20 mins I sometimes have to pick a tiny bit off the end, but I very rarely have to do that. If you still have problems, fold a bit of kitchen roll and wet it. Keep that in the bottom of a tub and keep your bottles upside down with the nozzle resting on the damp paper.
I wish oh I wish I could visit you at Railex Buxton. Sadly, it's a little too far away from Missouri, USA! Great work as always. I am surprised that PVA glue sticks to acetate so well - I thought it works best on porous materials?
Why do I seem to see most railroad modelers doing old rusty sites , depression, and like this an area that is run down? This pertains to both the US and UK. When I build a railroad it will tell a positive story, as I see enough of the run down around me every day. It's your railroad, I just don't understand this view on a rail road.
This is a really good question. For me, I live in a beautiful area and spend most of my time in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. I have a very privileged place to live. But I have such vivid memories of travelling by train in the 1990s. Through urban grime, the smell of diesel fumes in the air. These memories drive me onwards to recreate that pure, real, atmosphere and spirit I remember from back then. A kind of “reverse escapism”, not to a sunlit utopia, but to simple childhood memories of a happy time. And I disagree that most modellers choose this theme. I see so many idyllic steam-age Great Western layouts where the grass is green and the sun is bright. The cows graze peacefully and the stationmaster’s cat relaxes on the sleepy platform. Always beautiful modelling, but, in my humble opinion, missing the story. The realism. The raw emotion. That’s why I model this. You’re right… we model what inspires us. I hope this helps you understand my own passion.
I see hundreds of British layouts via RUclips and not all are depressing and grimy. There are lots who model the South West, Scotland and other rural areas. If you want to model the North (I live in Sheffield) then sadly many of the old industrial towns ( not all) are similar to Chandwell. It may be that many modellers want to model a particular railway company rather than a particular area which often dictates what atmosphere your layout gives off. At the end of the day we all have our preferences. My layout is Loughborough Great Central in N gauge. Not particularly pretty or industrial but I chose it for the location. Happy modelling whatever you prefer 😊
If I may - the attraction for me is driven by nostalgia, and 70s/80s/90s UK was generally run-down in quite a widespread way. Manchester's (where I live) premier shopping street, by the 90s, could just about support shops selling car and motorbike spares, rattle cans (car spray paint) etc - which meant the inner-city belt (just outside that) looked like war-time Beirut - broken windows, snapped-off park and street trees, burnt cars and dead fridges. Now that ubiquitous glass-and-steel tower blocks full of very expensive apartments and hotel rooms increasingly fill these spaces - which is good for jobs, good for the economy, and only perhaps less good if you remember how cheap accommodation used to be - then remembering what came before is a big function of this kind of thing. It's why I like it, anyway. It's a little spooky, as one gets older, realising how much of the world only exists in ones memory, and that of the other old gits one can get together with to remember it with. Urban geography based on no-longer extant-pubs!
Generally in the US at least the areas bordering railroad right-of-ways are depressing, run down and blighted. The exceptions are industrial sites that are more modern facilities. Railroads earn a living by hauling freight. And the freight includes passengers. Even in non urban areas the right-of-ways are not garden spots. It is part and parcel of railroad operations for the most part. Except maybe in Switzerland. Plus if modelers are building a railroad operations set in certain eras, let's say steam, steam operations were dirty. Especially coal fired locomotives. Plus there is the visual interest aspect. Junk or scrap yards are one particular favorite it seems in the US. Junk yards offer tons of detailing prospects. Another thing is if the railroad is representing the Depression Era in the US. Many small businesses were operating at thin margins. In those times things like paint tend to gets skipped. Another factor in the US at least is graffiti. It is impossible in the US to see a freight train with no cars that have been tagged by graffiti artists. Some modelers embrace it. Others loath it.
In Germany, most railroad modelers build alpine villages with kitschy little half-timbered houses, it looks like one of those after-war movies from the 1950s that were made to distract people from their after-war reality. Personally, I prefer the rusty old run-down city models. It looks so real, just like you could take a walk there. And it has its own beauty. I think Chandwell is a much more beautiful town than one of those towns where everything is new.
After the great apostrophe shortage of 1991, Barbara retired from hairdressing, moved to Germany, and opened a rhubarb pie store called Barbara's Rhubabarber Bar. 😁 But seriously, great work fella! My eyes ache just thinking about all the fine cutting and postioning work you do for these.
Been out on my travels so having another catch up session. Great set of frontages.
Great video as always Michael. Some great tips on keeping your PVA glue flowing in those little bottles. I’m going to use that method. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
love to see a small pet shop
Very nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Another great video on this project! Have a good time at Buxton. Wish I could be there!
Thank you. It was a good show.
I have visions of your rolling stock quietly rusting away in sidings sonewhere as you build Chandwell.
Which is quite the feat given that they are made of plastic!
Friendly warning : Beeching has his beady eye on the loss-making Chandwell service!
Brilliant models as usual. To be honest, at this point in the town build, I have run out of superlatives.
The Chandfield Spur sadly fell to the Axe. (Well, it closed before Beeching got round to it, but that's the Earl of Chandfield's fault.)
Thanks
Wow. What was that for!? 😀 Thank you so much! Will you be coming to Buxton? I know it’s a long way but I think you said it was a possibility?
@@ChandwellHi Michael, I can’t do Buxton sadly but I’ve sent Hello Chandwell an email, as you know every now and again I like to support the channel vice being a non-member. You’ve got a great library of model building on here and you’ve advanced my understanding of making things, I’m ok with supporting the channel and keeping things going to get others on board too!
We now need a good bacon shop somewhere on Chandwell 😁
Definitely!
Hi Michael, another excellent demonstration and I like the way the layers are shown going onto the acetate at the end. Very effective indeed. The doorway of Barbaras looks tricky - but as always you’ve pulled it off. I wasn’t sure if there would be a Chandwell video for a few weeks with the cathedral project going on, so viewing this was a nice treat. Cheers Michael and take care!
Thank you as ever!
Great video and super tips on creating the illusion of depth in no space at all.
Thank you!
Excellent work. Looking forward to following the Bradford Cathedral build.
Me too!
Wonderful work!
Thank you!
Such interesting architecture and shop fronts. It's all so well thought out and the result is superb.
Thank you!
Thanks for the ongoing content!
Wow! Thank you so much. That is really kind, and very much appreciated.
All the best for the expo tomorrow. Another great video.
Thank you!
Really great work Michael, though none of us would expect anything else. Really like the interiors and the inset doorway. Have fun at Buxton.
Thank you! Buxton was great!
Great as usual. Have a good event at Buxton. Arthur
Thank you - it was a good one.
Really like they way you did the curtains/window sign on the bakery. So simple, but very effective.
Thank you - I am pleased with how that came out.
Well done Mike excellent work and detail nice shops. U couldn’t say u didn’t see that sign ey u can’t really miss it ey.
It's a big'un!
Truly fantastic model making! Unique prototypical buildings make Chandwell a unique layout. Thanks for the model making tips..Would love to see your layout in person if you attend other shows.
Sadly the layout itself is not portable, but I will be attending other shows with the odd building or two, perhaps.
@@Chandwell
Uniqueness. That's the beauty of scratch building structures. Kit structures unless heavily kit bashed will always scream "kit". Some scratch builders really have the knack. You certainly do. In reality most central urban and industrial buildings dwarf the trains next to them. How many people in the so called "post industrial" world understand just how large a steel works is. Or an automotive facility that does everything from castings and stampings to machining components on to final assembly. If (1) l ever get the time that is the idea for the facility that would be the core activity of my prototype. It's a facility l worked at for 30+ years. The prototype was over 1km north to south and close to .5 km wide. To fit that into a home layout requires considerable selective compression.
And that is what scratch building great structures for a model railroad requires. Built to scale size and the structure can simply take up too much room. It will dwarf everything around it. Compress the structure too much and it becomes toy like (2). And that is where you get it just right. Even if some of your structures are built to scale. You select prototypes that fit. Both in size and era. But also in flavor.
Brilliant work as always. And thanks for the inspiration.
1) Big word if.
2) Grown men playing with trains. Every time l hear that one l want to scream. A similar one is home workshops. If somebody does woodworking the usual reaction is "cool". But if someone has a machine shop in the shed or basement you get sideways looks like you're a terrorist building bombs.
That’s excellent, thanks!
Thanks !
Amazing work!
Thank you!
Great effect with the printed interiors right behind the glazing. Not sure I'd get away with it in OO though but I'm going to give it a try. Most of my buildings are 'period' houses with small window panes so I can usually get away without making interiors. I've only built one shop so far but fortunately it must have been half-day closing because the blind is down and you can't see inside :)
Blinds are a godsend!
Hi Michael. I love seeing your modelling and enjoy your presenting style 😊 I'm wondering how you keep the fine glue applicators from gunking up?
I keep them tip-down so that the glue itself acts like a seal and it does not dry up. There is a rust-proof pin in the end when not in use.
Smashing
Thank you!
For the records: 15.000 straight on thu 4 of jul 24 at 7 pm CEST.
Watch out! A different glazing method for the barber shop!
Wishing yoh a good time at Buxton!
Thank you! It was a good show.
your short window has a wall under it, but certainly the real life widow is just covered up?
No; look at the video of the real street. The whole stone sill has been raised. It certainly is not just a covered up window.
Oh, maybe so, sorry.
Michael Great update wonder how this Ilkley/Otley inspired building with shops from Aldburgh, Sheffield & Darlington will go down at Buxton. Hope you have some positive comments and feedback it will be the 1st time most people will have seen your great handcrafted buildings close-up.
I do like how you’ve kept the Ilkley Shopfront design for Barbara’s and the Sheffield Sign down to the missing ‘. Wondering the most popular haircuts are in Chandwell in 1993. Maybe The Big Blow Dried Ones from Glamorous 1980’s US TV Shows or even 1960’s Beehive. Ian
The mullet for the fellas!
The mullet! :)
Wonderful video as always, Michael! Beautifully done. Quick question though: how do you prevent your PVA applicator from constantly getting clogged when you don't use it for a few minutes? Mine always clogs up, even with a cap on it, after just a couple of minutes...
How I was shown, many years ago, and it has always served me well... Store your bottles UPSIDE DOWN at ALL times. With the pin in when not in use, and without the pin while you're in a modelling session. This keeps the nozzle full of glue and this itself prevents air from getting in and drying the glue in the nozzle. If I leave it for about 20 mins I sometimes have to pick a tiny bit off the end, but I very rarely have to do that. If you still have problems, fold a bit of kitchen roll and wet it. Keep that in the bottom of a tub and keep your bottles upside down with the nozzle resting on the damp paper.
@@Chandwell That's a great tip. Many thanks Michael!
I wish oh I wish I could visit you at Railex Buxton. Sadly, it's a little too far away from Missouri, USA! Great work as always. I am surprised that PVA glue sticks to acetate so well - I thought it works best on porous materials?
Yeah, me too/ PVA seems to hold the windows quite well.
Why do I seem to see most railroad modelers doing old rusty sites , depression, and like this an area that is run down? This pertains to both the US and UK. When I build a railroad it will tell a positive story, as I see enough of the run down around me every day. It's your railroad, I just don't understand this view on a rail road.
This is a really good question. For me, I live in a beautiful area and spend most of my time in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside. I have a very privileged place to live. But I have such vivid memories of travelling by train in the 1990s. Through urban grime, the smell of diesel fumes in the air. These memories drive me onwards to recreate that pure, real, atmosphere and spirit I remember from back then. A kind of “reverse escapism”, not to a sunlit utopia, but to simple childhood memories of a happy time. And I disagree that most modellers choose this theme. I see so many idyllic steam-age Great Western layouts where the grass is green and the sun is bright. The cows graze peacefully and the stationmaster’s cat relaxes on the sleepy platform. Always beautiful modelling, but, in my humble opinion, missing the story. The realism. The raw emotion. That’s why I model this. You’re right… we model what inspires us. I hope this helps you understand my own passion.
I see hundreds of British layouts via RUclips and not all are depressing and grimy. There are lots who model the South West, Scotland and other rural areas. If you want to model the North (I live in Sheffield) then sadly many of the old industrial towns ( not all) are similar to Chandwell. It may be that many modellers want to model a particular railway company rather than a particular area which often dictates what atmosphere your layout gives off. At the end of the day we all have our preferences. My layout is Loughborough Great Central in N gauge. Not particularly pretty or industrial but I chose it for the location. Happy modelling whatever you prefer 😊
If I may - the attraction for me is driven by nostalgia, and 70s/80s/90s UK was generally run-down in quite a widespread way. Manchester's (where I live) premier shopping street, by the 90s, could just about support shops selling car and motorbike spares, rattle cans (car spray paint) etc - which meant the inner-city belt (just outside that) looked like war-time Beirut - broken windows, snapped-off park and street trees, burnt cars and dead fridges. Now that ubiquitous glass-and-steel tower blocks full of very expensive apartments and hotel rooms increasingly fill these spaces - which is good for jobs, good for the economy, and only perhaps less good if you remember how cheap accommodation used to be - then remembering what came before is a big function of this kind of thing. It's why I like it, anyway. It's a little spooky, as one gets older, realising how much of the world only exists in ones memory, and that of the other old gits one can get together with to remember it with. Urban geography based on no-longer extant-pubs!
Generally in the US at least the areas bordering railroad right-of-ways are depressing, run down and blighted. The exceptions are industrial sites that are more modern facilities. Railroads earn a living by hauling freight. And the freight includes passengers. Even in non urban areas the right-of-ways are not garden spots. It is part and parcel of railroad operations for the most part. Except maybe in Switzerland.
Plus if modelers are building a railroad operations set in certain eras, let's say steam, steam operations were dirty. Especially coal fired locomotives. Plus there is the visual interest aspect. Junk or scrap yards are one particular favorite it seems in the US. Junk yards offer tons of detailing prospects. Another thing is if the railroad is representing the Depression Era in the US. Many small businesses were operating at thin margins. In those times things like paint tend to gets skipped. Another factor in the US at least is graffiti. It is impossible in the US to see a freight train with no cars that have been tagged by graffiti artists. Some modelers embrace it. Others loath it.
In Germany, most railroad modelers build alpine villages with kitschy little half-timbered houses, it looks like one of those after-war movies from the 1950s that were made to distract people from their after-war reality.
Personally, I prefer the rusty old run-down city models. It looks so real, just like you could take a walk there. And it has its own beauty. I think Chandwell is a much more beautiful town than one of those towns where everything is new.
Sadly, Buxton's too far for me, but I hope that you have a really good time and that the traders may be selling some apostrophes. Best wishes.
Didn't see any apostrophes, sadly!
After the great apostrophe shortage of 1991, Barbara retired from hairdressing, moved to Germany, and opened a rhubarb pie store called Barbara's Rhubabarber Bar. 😁
But seriously, great work fella! My eyes ache just thinking about all the fine cutting and postioning work you do for these.
Amazing