I have to say, whenever I see your videos in my sub inbox, I get so happy. There's not enough model railroad youtubers that bring such good video quality as you. You bring very good tips, and even though I'm not building anything, I find it very interesting and helpful for the future.
***** EverardJunction when I retire and get round to building a railway, its going to resemble Everard Junction in more ways than one ;-) Superb videos, very motivating and enjoyable to watch. I went to middle school in the late 1970s with a railway going right by the school fields, and this is a similar era.
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else trying to find out building model railroad try Panlarko Amazing Railroad Planner (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
Without a doubt the best and most informative modeler on RUclips. This series in particular has answered so many questions I have about how certain things work. I always look forward to the next update. Thank you Richard for all the time and effort you put into every video you do, you are inspiring a new generation of modelers.
Absolutely Brilliant Richard. Your attention to detail is quite amazing. I love the way you adapt odd bits, such as the sprues and solder. Definitely some great ideas. I would imagine there is some food for thought for everyone in this video. I know that I have found it most helpful. Well done Richard, can't wait for the next instalment. Kind regards, and Many thanks for sharing your skills. John.
Very well thought out and the fact that you scratch built all the pumps and hoses and all the extra detailing makes this part of your layout a lot more realistic looking, you really do have some great ideas not just for this section but for the whole of your layout.
This is one of the most exciting little projects for modelling small details I have seen in ages anywhere...I love the fueling spots and the use of 'odds and ends' - especially the 'cotton buds' (UK) or 'q tips (US -which are occasionally known as "ear-picks' in Australia... I will be using your video as inspiration for my own layout if that is not too bold a theft of your - admittedly great - ideas. Thank You for your videos...I hope you continue with them into the future. I understand you are starting a rebuild soon so I am avidly watching...
That is brilliant, such a clever idea of using bits and bobs that are lying around, in particular the solder for hoses and the webbing for use as sort of drainage area.
Splendid video as well as ALL your videos. SO informative and instructional. The ideas you've come up with for trackside details...nothing short of genius. Keep them coming cause I'm going to be borrowing a bunch of your ideas for my own layout!
Wonderful video yet again. I have yet to develop the same attention to detail as you, as everything you model makes sense logically and aesthetically! Looking forward to the rest of the series, as they are always very informative. Regards, William
Really cool fueling and unloading point 😄 One thing I'd add is that having seen one where aerospace fuel was unloaded at an aero-engine site in derby, they always had lots of Earthing points to connect the wagons up to to prevent sparks. The guys doing the unloading of the fuel made it very clear that the whole thing needed to be throughly Earthed. There were also a lot of the unloading couplings for wagons to be connected to to discharge into. They said this was because some would become defective and they always had spare points to connect to.
I just found your channel by randomly browsing youtube and only now realized I've spent the whole night binge watching this series. The layout looks beautiful and your attention to detail is impressive as hell.
So looking forward to the next video. Such great advice for someone new to building a layout. Been collecting models for years. In fact I probably have too many locos yet I can't stop buying them. Love them. One day hopefully I'll have a place to build my own. Love your vids. So much detail and they are so helpful.
I bumped into your channel by accident, I am into military scale modelling, a lot of transferable skills between the hobbies, I must say thank you and well done, your attention to detail is amazing and the effort you go into making your layout as realistic as possible is astounding. Keep up the great work!
+JamesStJunction May be you could answer this please, I have wondered for years do the UK fleet run on white diesel like our cars or Red Diesel, are the subject to the same tax as car drivers? Thanks
+sandydogy They use Number 2 fuel oil. Not as heavy as bunker oil used in marine diesels but it is of a higher viscosity than regular diesel used by cars and trucks. It's the most viscous you can get without requiring pre-heating to lower the viscosity before combustion. Basically the same as heating oil but with a few additional additives. Numbers 3 and 4 are used in oil burning installations and require pre-heating. Bunker oil used in marine diesels starts at number 4 and goes on to residual type fuel oil at numbers 5 and 6. 6 is basically black tar ad requires heating to 220'C before you can even atomise it.
I have to say.. I envy your skill and art of designing, building, changing your own layout and the attention to detail.. Great videos in this series.. Unfortunately, I don't have the space, time, money, skill, and artistry to make my own layout.. Is a dream for me.. Ever since I was young..
Brilliant. I really do enjoy your videos and the little hints that you provide. Thanks for sharing and So looking forward to what you are going to do with the remainder.
Difficult work to accomplish here. Many variables to encounter along the way (as always). A nice on going presentation thus far, and very interested to see the outcome. Keep it up Richard!
Some really great ideas, loving the attention to detail. I never realised there were so many aspects to a fueling point. I look forward to seeing it once finished. I may have to try and incorporate one into my layout now ahaa! Cheers, Joe.
Excellent video Richard, I got the notification of it whilst at a model railway exhibition and I nearly left early in order to watch it! Lol. Keep up the good work mate. All the best Howard.
I have added this video to my favorites list to use again for reference when it comes time to finish off the fueling station on my layout. Excellent how to.
Another marvellous and insightful video which all viewers will benefit from. The only criticism I could make is that during the speeded up shots of making the fueling point, at no point did you have a cup of tea - and lets face it, you earned one! Joking aside, many thanks for sharing - loads of modelling inspiration!
Another great video. Just given me some ideas for my own layout as I finish off a small servicing depot. Might try and use some N gauge relay cabinets as fuel pumps as you have done. Good idea using the solder for hoses - for N Gauge I just use the sleave from wiring off cuts but it can be a pain to get it to look realistic. Cheers once again for the brilliant video.
Hi Richard. I'm really enjoying the videos and your standard of work. Two small points, having worked at Reading Depot for 15 years as a fitter, the tank you identified on the heritage DMU is in fact the vacuum reservoir ☺, and the trailer and centre cars on the heritage units also had fuel tanks for the oil fired heater blowers. Keep up the good work 👷
Watching how you made these has inspired to build my own in n gauge. I think using desoldering braid will substitute for the drains and using black electrical wire for the uprights will be used to power the LEDs . I think I will get so much more satisfaction making instead of buying. Thank you for spending your time helping people like me
Always a great watch, all my buckling I told you about has all gone back to normal now and trains run again. I have now added some more spaces in between the tracks. Look up Peters Bay on facebook nothing as good as yours but worth a look as it Western region 1973 ish
Great vids, just caught up with them all. Hoping to start posting my layout soon, it's based in 2001 on WCML. Really want to tackle the ohle!!! 😳 found an old numbers book from 1989, there's a great pic of a 7 car HST set with an old Intercity power car at one and a new one at the other, but it's the new one with the extended yellow cabs. Will try and send or post it on here. Keep the vids coming, very useful, especially the ballasting ones 😉
The yard is coming alive. I would not have thought of all the things that you have. I bought mine and just stuck it on the layout. The solder is a great idea for the hoses. I used wire and its a pain. Next time I will have to use your idea. Scott
Great Video! i have a similar setup here to you, and so far have the bachmann scenecraft fuel station, and i was just going to put that in the middle of some hardstanding, however this has given me lots of inspiration to do much more Cheers
Hi Richard, in fuel points I've seen there is often very dirty petrol company signage - perhaps the out of date BP logo or the old ESSO logo. Very faded, very dirty. As always, thanks for taking the time.
Hi mate Just want to say You have to get a Bachmann class 03 there fantastic. U will not regret it. (I recommend the weathered Version but if u want to save a few £ and do it yourself don't) thanks for the series is I'm loving it keep it up thanks.
Very, very nice indeed. Just a comment from experience. I am reluctant to use track rubbers as they shed microscopic granules into point blades and onto the track. This, I have discovered to my cost, over a period of time, can creep into motors. The answer? The inside of a cornflake or cereal packet cut into small squares. Many of us have been doing this at exhibitions for years!! Have you thought of drainage for the rooves on the re-fuelling canopies? I believe there should be a trough through the centre section and a down pipe to a floor drain. Cheers, Bob
trainmanbob Thanks Bob. I don't like the track rubbers, I'll give the stiff card a try. The fuel points still need more detail such as guttering and cleaning equipment.
In a way i wish i had never found your channel only because its brought back me desire to build a layout sadly i do not have the room. love your videos though
Another insperational video Richard I have just got my magnets ref video 6 and 7 Keep up the good work Kind regards Ralph P's I think you need another or a larger fuel storage tank
Nice modelling! The wall erected around the fuel tank is called a bund, or bunding wall. I've built a fair few - none, unfortunately, for the railways. What is important is the capacity of the bund. It has to be as great as that of the storage tank. Thus, if your storage tank holds 2000 gallons, the bund has to be large enough to hold that quantity without spillage, plus 5% to allow for heavy rain or high wind causing spillage. How's that for nit-picking/ ;-)
I have to say, whenever I see your videos in my sub inbox, I get so happy.
There's not enough model railroad youtubers that bring such good video quality as you. You bring very good tips, and even though I'm not building anything, I find it very interesting and helpful for the future.
***** I agree.
***** I am with you 100%.
***** Thanks, I try to make the videos as helpful as possible. Glad you like them.
***** EverardJunction when I retire and get round to building a railway, its going to resemble Everard Junction in more ways than one ;-) Superb videos, very motivating and enjoyable to watch. I went to middle school in the late 1970s with a railway going right by the school fields, and this is a similar era.
Not certain about the points made but ,if anyone else trying to find out building model railroad try Panlarko Amazing Railroad Planner (do a search on google ) ? Ive heard some pretty good things about it and my partner got amazing success with it.
Without a doubt the best and most informative modeler on RUclips. This series in particular has answered so many questions I have about how certain things work. I always look forward to the next update. Thank you Richard for all the time and effort you put into every video you do, you are inspiring a new generation of modelers.
James Thornton Thanks, more vids on the way.
Absolutely Brilliant Richard. Your attention to detail is quite amazing. I love the way you adapt odd bits, such as the sprues and solder. Definitely some great ideas. I would imagine there is some food for thought for everyone in this video. I know that I have found it most helpful. Well done Richard, can't wait for the next instalment.
Kind regards, and Many thanks for sharing your skills. John.
Another super video, liking the new yard build progress.
Making home made stuff like this is what its all about. Hat off to you!
Another brilliant episode of another brilliant series
It's so interesting listening to you talk and explain how you arrived at your decisions. You're so knowledgeable.
Very well thought out and the fact that you scratch built all the pumps and hoses and all the extra detailing makes this part of your layout a lot more realistic looking, you really do have some great ideas not just for this section but for the whole of your layout.
This is one of the most exciting little projects for modelling small details I have seen in ages anywhere...I love the fueling spots and the use of 'odds and ends' - especially the 'cotton buds' (UK) or 'q tips (US -which are occasionally known as "ear-picks' in Australia...
I will be using your video as inspiration for my own layout if that is not too bold a theft of your - admittedly great - ideas. Thank You for your videos...I hope you continue with them into the future. I understand you are starting a rebuild soon so I am avidly watching...
That is brilliant, such a clever idea of using bits and bobs that are lying around, in particular the solder for hoses and the webbing for use as sort of drainage area.
Such a cool idea using solder wire to model hoses.
I am very impressed with your attention to detail
Another excellent detailed scenic how-to video.
Splendid video as well as ALL your videos. SO informative and instructional. The ideas you've come up with for trackside details...nothing short of genius. Keep them coming cause I'm going to be borrowing a bunch of your ideas for my own layout!
Fascinating. Love the detailed workmanship and the great tip about using solder as model fuel pipe. Cheers, Angus.
Awesome ideas. Looking phenomenal
Looking really good. I love seeing how all of the small details really bring a scene together. Keep up the videos.
Terrific Series! I like the way you've planned and implimented the whole project. Very nicely done!
Wonderful video yet again.
I have yet to develop the same attention to detail as you, as everything you model makes sense logically and aesthetically!
Looking forward to the rest of the series, as they are always very informative.
Regards,
William
Conway Junction 38 Thanks William
Really cool fueling and unloading point 😄 One thing I'd add is that having seen one where aerospace fuel was unloaded at an aero-engine site in derby, they always had lots of Earthing points to connect the wagons up to to prevent sparks. The guys doing the unloading of the fuel made it very clear that the whole thing needed to be throughly Earthed. There were also a lot of the unloading couplings for wagons to be connected to to discharge into. They said this was because some would become defective and they always had spare points to connect to.
Wow great attention to detail is outstanding!!
I just found your channel by randomly browsing youtube and only now realized I've spent the whole night binge watching this series. The layout looks beautiful and your attention to detail is impressive as hell.
Thanks
Once again Rich, another well detailed video.
The sidings is coming along nicely. Cheers.
So looking forward to the next video. Such great advice for someone new to building a layout. Been collecting models for years. In fact I probably have too many locos yet I can't stop buying them. Love them. One day hopefully I'll have a place to build my own.
Love your vids. So much detail and they are so helpful.
Nicely done Richard. In fact superb! I learn so much from every video you post. Thanks ever so much!
Looks fantastic... the solder for hoses idea is great... will definitely have to borrow that idea :)
Brilliant ideas. And shows lots of thought
another great instalment of your railway yard , cant wait for next vid to see what ideas you come up with looks awesome richard
I bumped into your channel by accident, I am into military scale modelling, a lot of transferable skills between the hobbies, I must say thank you and well done, your attention to detail is amazing and the effort you go into making your layout as realistic as possible is astounding. Keep up the great work!
Hi Richard, just making a few additions makes the yard come to life. Another great video giving us all ideas for our layouts!
+JamesStJunction May be you could answer this please, I have wondered for years do the UK fleet run on white diesel like our cars or Red Diesel, are the subject to the same tax as car drivers? Thanks
+sandydogy As far as I am aware they use a heavy type of diesel fuel for the locomotives, which is different to car engines. That's all I know. Steve
+sandydogy They use Number 2 fuel oil. Not as heavy as bunker oil used in marine diesels but it is of a higher viscosity than regular diesel used by cars and trucks. It's the most viscous you can get without requiring pre-heating to lower the viscosity before combustion. Basically the same as heating oil but with a few additional additives. Numbers 3 and 4 are used in oil burning installations and require pre-heating. Bunker oil used in marine diesels starts at number 4 and goes on to residual type fuel oil at numbers 5 and 6. 6 is basically black tar ad requires heating to 220'C before you can even atomise it.
I have to say.. I envy your skill and art of designing, building, changing your own layout and the attention to detail.. Great videos in this series..
Unfortunately, I don't have the space, time, money, skill, and artistry to make my own layout.. Is a dream for me.. Ever since I was young..
Another fantastic job ... well done.
Amazing knowledge and quality. I'm new to the hobby and your videos are all I need. Brilliant!
Thank you. I really appreciated your description of how you determined what was needed to populate your fueling space.
Top notch ! Thanks for sharing your ideas.
Robert.
Loving the series... cant wait to get my layout sorted... your vids are a massive help!
Looking fab, as always.
Brilliant. I really do enjoy your videos and the little hints that you provide. Thanks for sharing and So looking forward to what you are going to do with the remainder.
Really informative. You're spotting at problems I've never taken an eye. Thanks!.
Once again you have made a very informative and helpful video and every time I see you're videos I learn something
Excellent results and video, thanks for sharing your skills, Jim :)
Lovely introduction I love the effect when the coaches pass by.
WOWOW you go! You are really active this summer, your like the Sporticus of Model railroading! lol
Very creative. Well done.
the yard is looking great keep up the good work
Great video as always Richard...love the use of solder for the hoses...very innovative!
Absolutely brilliant looking top notch !!
Difficult work to accomplish here. Many variables to encounter along the way (as always). A nice on going presentation thus far, and very interested to see the outcome. Keep it up Richard!
very impressive, the yard is coming along great thanks for the ideas
Great video Richard spot on with the fuel point placement your attention to detail is fantastic mate one of my favourite layouts
Cheers
Graeme
Amazing stuff looks great, attention to detail is outstanding!!
Love hearing your thought process during this. Excellent video and result (so far) :D
Hi Richard great looking scratch build looks awesome will give it a try cheers For sharing .....Kevin
kevintregunna Thanks Kevin
This looks great, so realistic when you move the DMU or tanker in beside it.
Some really great ideas, loving the attention to detail. I never realised there were so many aspects to a fueling point. I look forward to seeing it once finished. I may have to try and incorporate one into my layout now ahaa!
Cheers, Joe.
Excellent video Richard, I got the notification of it whilst at a model railway exhibition and I nearly left early in order to watch it! Lol. Keep up the good work mate.
All the best
Howard.
Mayhew Junction Thanks Howard
Superbly skillful scratchbuilding!
Amazing .. very inspiring :) Thanks for sharing :)
I have added this video to my favorites list to use again for reference when it comes time to finish off the fueling station on my layout. Excellent how to.
Absolutely amazing, thank you. Oh, how I envy you your loft space ..... and, of course, your budget.
Another marvellous and insightful video which all viewers will benefit from. The only criticism I could make is that during the speeded up shots of making the fueling point, at no point did you have a cup of tea - and lets face it, you earned one! Joking aside, many thanks for sharing - loads of modelling inspiration!
I agree I don't suppose there will be a caversham update soon will there.
***** Thanks mate. I had a drink and whole slice of cake after I finished filming :)
luke young I haven't really done much to be honest although I will post an update in the next few days :)
I'm actually learning stuff here about railways, the not miniature ones. You know your shit dude, well done.
+dinaatjuh Thanks
Hello once again, this was a good video you offer food for thought I had not considered waste oil so that's something to put in. Cheers for that. guy
Another great video. Just given me some ideas for my own layout as I finish off a small servicing depot. Might try and use some N gauge relay cabinets as fuel pumps as you have done. Good idea using the solder for hoses - for N Gauge I just use the sleave from wiring off cuts but it can be a pain to get it to look realistic. Cheers once again for the brilliant video.
Hi Richard. I'm really enjoying the videos and your standard of work. Two small points, having worked at Reading Depot for 15 years as a fitter, the tank you identified on the heritage DMU is in fact the vacuum reservoir ☺, and the trailer and centre cars on the heritage units also had fuel tanks for the oil fired heater blowers. Keep up the good work 👷
More superb work mate, keep it up! Love these videos, Jack
Watching how you made these has inspired to build my own in n gauge. I think using desoldering braid will substitute for the drains and using black electrical wire for the uprights will be used to power the LEDs . I think I will get so much more satisfaction making instead of buying. Thank you for spending your time helping people like me
Superb detail mate
Wow...really great update..thanks for sharing and keep up the great work... Lance
Always a great watch, all my buckling I told you about has all gone back to normal now and trains run again. I have now added some more spaces in between the tracks. Look up Peters Bay on facebook nothing as good as yours but worth a look as it Western region 1973 ish
Amazing. You could add a flicker effect to one of the LEDs to give that annoying strip light flicker effect. A great video, very inspirational
Great vids, just caught up with them all. Hoping to start posting my layout soon, it's based in 2001 on WCML. Really want to tackle the ohle!!! 😳 found an old numbers book from 1989, there's a great pic of a 7 car HST set with an old Intercity power car at one and a new one at the other, but it's the new one with the extended yellow cabs. Will try and send or post it on here. Keep the vids coming, very useful, especially the ballasting ones 😉
Good video again, always use your video to build up my knowledge and skills for building model railway, many thanks again
Looking fantastic
thanks for yet another great video!
I use Hydraulic buffer stops and those. Hydraulic ones are cool but those hen you paint them are great value and they look amazing!
The yard is coming alive. I would not have thought of all the things that you have. I bought mine and just stuck it on the layout. The solder is a great idea for the hoses. I used wire and its a pain. Next time I will have to use your idea.
Scott
Another brilliant video thanks - I wish I had your skills...!
Hi Richard yet another splendid video. By the way the wall around the diesel tank is called a bund wall.
Neil Collin Thanks, thought it had a name but couldn't remember.
Nice work!!!
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Nicely done!! I added some fire hydrants at my fueling point, just in case of an accident. :)
Great Video! i have a similar setup here to you, and so far have the bachmann scenecraft fuel station, and i was just going to put that in the middle of some hardstanding, however this has given me lots of inspiration to do much more
Cheers
must say.. looking wery nice :D
Hi Richard, in fuel points I've seen there is often very dirty petrol company signage - perhaps the out of date BP logo or the old ESSO logo. Very faded, very dirty. As always, thanks for taking the time.
mattoxic Thanks, I've got plenty of extra details to add to them. Will do some more research and see if I can find some signs.
Very, very nice. Thank-you!
Hi mate
Just want to say You have to get a Bachmann class 03 there fantastic. U will not regret it. (I recommend the weathered Version but if u want to save a few £ and do it yourself don't) thanks for the series is I'm loving it keep it up thanks.
Great video. Thanks.
hast du gut gemacht tankstelle sehr real ,die weichen mit mechanik und kabelkanal .der tank gealtert ,sieht schon gut aus!
Great video, now where's that loft ladder. Very inspirational. Thanks Richard.
Great video. How about drainpipes from centre gully on canopies?
Great video
Very, very nice indeed. Just a comment from experience. I am reluctant to use track rubbers as they shed microscopic granules into point blades and onto the track. This, I have discovered to my cost, over a period of time, can creep into motors. The answer? The inside of a cornflake or cereal packet cut into small squares. Many of us have been doing this at exhibitions for years!!
Have you thought of drainage for the rooves on the re-fuelling canopies? I believe there should be a trough through the centre section and a down pipe to a floor drain.
Cheers, Bob
trainmanbob Thanks Bob. I don't like the track rubbers, I'll give the stiff card a try. The fuel points still need more detail such as guttering and cleaning equipment.
Love your vids!
In a way i wish i had never found your channel only because its brought back me desire to build a layout sadly i do not have the room. love your videos though
Just brilliant......thank you 😀
The best oo gauge vids on here
Another insperational video Richard I have just got my magnets ref video 6 and 7
Keep up the good work
Kind regards
Ralph
P's I think you need another or a larger fuel storage tank
Ralph Lees I have another tank which I may squeeze into the area. Don't want it too cluttered though.
I like the detail work, well done. Just for info the little wall round the fuel tank is called a bund.
Nice modelling!
The wall erected around the fuel tank is called a bund, or bunding wall. I've built a fair few - none, unfortunately, for the railways. What is important is the capacity of the bund. It has to be as great as that of the storage tank. Thus, if your storage tank holds 2000 gallons, the bund has to be large enough to hold that quantity without spillage, plus 5% to allow for heavy rain or high wind causing spillage. How's that for nit-picking/ ;-)