Hi Hugh - Thoroughly enjoyed your update. Interesting to see how those boards lift up on hinges, very clever. New stock looks very nice and I love the way your coupling system works, again very clever. Regards Chris
I’ll add that I’m not really a “running sessions watcher” although yours are more interesting than most, but for me shunting is like some kind of sport and I’ll happily lap up all that’s on offer. Best wishes. -Ed.
Hello Hugh! Not quite sure how I missed this! Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to a great 2024. Those uncouplers seem to work superbly well, plus it is always nice to see a proper control panel! 😅 Great idea to have the cameras to aid you, though it looks a right pain if you ever need to access something under there again 😅 Iechydd Dda! And hope you see in the new year the way you want to 😎👍🍀🥂🍾🥃
Another excellent and informative video Hugh, for which thank you. I do like the hinged board system which I shall copy when I install some lower level sidings. I was unaware that Heljan did the car carriers which I am off to investigate. Cheers, Bob
Just wonderful, Hugh. I could watch that all night. I also have the Newton Chambers car carriers but they have yet to turn a wheel after my recent move north of the border. They do look rather good.
Great stuff. One question, when you were drilling the large hole for the uncoupler from below, how did you avoid the circular drill suddenly breaking through and damaging the track? Is it just a matter of going as gently as possible and checking from above frequently, or is there some trick of the trade?
It’s just a case of being careful, not pushing too much and letting the drill do the work. Stop as soon as you feel it giving way. Thanks for watching. Hugh
Once again I thoroughly enjoyed your update. The uncouplers will certainly assist with a hands free decoupling which will prevent any potential damage to the stock too.
Always a pleasure watching your videos, sir. The automatic de-couplers will be quite handy at creating that 'realism' all the more for sure. I wondered if the 'Hidden Storage Sidings' are going to be 'North Yard, Perth' perhaps? Where in Perth did the Avoiding Line run at the North end?? Did all lines go under the Crieff Road Bridge as it is now or has a span been removed, before the 1970? I enjoyed the running session and the de-couplers at work. It must give extra fun in any shunting puzzle and consist re=arranging in the various trains. Perth was such a big junction, with the seven different 'Through Lines' converging towards the Fair Town, not counting the industrial connections and the short branch lines, in the Railway Hey-Days. Your work recreates that so well. Thank you for the update. Take care in the varying Wintry weather. All the best. Cheers!
Nice to hear from you and thanks for your kind words. The hidden sidings represent everything both north and south and East of Perth so including the Perth North yard though I have used modellers licence to have a goods yard where the wagon repair depot was in real life. Re the north avoiding lines, they merged with the two main line tracks just south of Crieff Road bridge which only ever had the one span. The Down main line was bi directional from there to the new marshalling yard to ease any congestion. Thanks and stay safe. Hugh
These uncouplers look great. Another case perhaps of a new product appearing after layout construction had started! Agree too about the Ratio signals - they are far too fragile and fiddly. Once I saw the announcement of the new Dapol LMS right and left hand Junction and bracket signals, that was the end of any plans to use Ratio kits on my Scottish layout.😀
Thanks John. Yes I only discovered the Rapido uncouplers after the layout was well under way and wasn’t sure they would fit with the tracks running below but all has worked out fine. We thought about the Dapol signals for our club layout but due to the cost decided to have a go at the Ratio ones. Remains to be seen whether we can get them to operate using servos. Cheers. Hugh
I would get some chicken wire and quickly fill in the big gaps and cover it with fleece liner, then spray it yellowish green and brown or grey between all the track work. Just until you get around to something more permanent, it would make it look a lot better for a days work it would take mate.
Great update on your recent work, love the shunting scenes, the Railcrew uncouplers look to work well and fit easily. Where did you find them? Everywhere I look they are out of stock in UK. Cheers Steve C.
Another wonderful video as always. I’m wondering if those uncouplers would be compatible with the N-gauge Dapol Easi-stunt couplings. I’ll have to look into that.
As I have said before I love this layout. My large collection, yet to become a layout, is focused on northern England with more than a nod to Scotland, late 50s to early 60s although it will always be analogue - too many locos to convert. The uncouplers are very impressive and work exceptionally well. I look forward to further videos especially when you start work on 63A. My son lives in Perth and is a doctor in PRI and lives close to the hospital but does PRI feature on your back scene or were the photos taken looking the other way? Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks David. Hope you manage to get that layout underway! Nice to hear of your local Perth connection. The backscene photos were taken in 2020 so yes the hospital is in the original photo. However, I photoshopped it out along with the police station and the High school as the were such prominent modern buildings. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hugh
Great video Hugh, the 08 did you fit the sound etc yourself if so was it hard. I also noticed that your baseboard covering the hidden sidings had no bracing, Im thinking the supports are sufficient, what thickness is it. Many thanks from Sydney Dallas
Hi Dallas and thanks for watching. I fitted the decoder etc to the 08 myself. Not too difficult. Just a bit of a squeeze to fit everything in. There is just enough room for the decoder above the motor. I put the speaker in the cab and the stay alive in front of the motor behind the radiator grill. Had to cut away a few bits of minor plastic inside the body and some excess wrapping on the stay alive but all fitted in. Re the supports for the board above the sidings, the longitudinal members you see in the video (the ones I fixed the LEDs to) support the upper board securely especially once all the screws are back in. Supports are 22x44 planed timber (dressed 2” x 1”). Baseboard tops are 9mm ply. All the best. Hugh
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Another great update and good to see how the model is progressing. 👍
Many thanks Andrew. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugh.
Hi Hugh - Thoroughly enjoyed your update. Interesting to see how those boards lift up on hinges, very clever.
New stock looks very nice and I love the way your coupling system works, again very clever.
Regards Chris
Cheers Chris. Thanks for watching. Take care and have a good Christmas. Hugh
I’ll add that I’m not really a “running sessions watcher” although yours are more interesting than most, but for me shunting is like some kind of sport and I’ll happily lap up all that’s on offer. Best wishes. -Ed.
Thanks again Ed. Hugh
Hello Hugh! Not quite sure how I missed this! Hope you had a fantastic Christmas and are looking forward to a great 2024. Those uncouplers seem to work superbly well, plus it is always nice to see a proper control panel! 😅 Great idea to have the cameras to aid you, though it looks a right pain if you ever need to access something under there again 😅
Iechydd Dda! And hope you see in the new year the way you want to 😎👍🍀🥂🍾🥃
Cheers Tim. All the best to you for 2024. Hugh
great video nice bit of shunting car sleeper looked the part
Thanks! Yes the new car carriers certainly look good. Hugh
Another excellent and informative video Hugh, for which thank you. I do like the hinged board system which I shall copy when I install some lower level sidings. I was unaware that Heljan did the car carriers which I am off to investigate. Cheers, Bob
Thanks Bob. Always good to hear from you. The Heljan car carriers run really well so I can recommend them. Cheers. Hugh
Your quality of work is top shelf.
Thanks Chris. Enjoying your layout too. Hugh
Hi Hugh, nice work as usual, always enjoy watching someone that knows what they’re doing!
Cheers for now, John
Many thanks John. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugh
I enjoyed this. To see another complicated layout is good to see :o)
Thanks Alan. Hope all going well with yours. Cheers. Hugh
Just wonderful, Hugh. I could watch that all night. I also have the Newton Chambers car carriers but they have yet to turn a wheel after my recent move north of the border. They do look rather good.
Many thanks! Hope you enjoy the car carriers. Hugh
Hi Hugh, wow your layout has progressed well this year. merry Christmas. all the very best Tony.
Many thanks Tony. Hope you had a lovely Christmas Day. All the best for 2024. Hugh
Thank you. and a happy new year, take care Tony.
Great stuff. One question, when you were drilling the large hole for the uncoupler from below, how did you avoid the circular drill suddenly breaking through and damaging the track? Is it just a matter of going as gently as possible and checking from above frequently, or is there some trick of the trade?
It’s just a case of being careful, not pushing too much and letting the drill do the work. Stop as soon as you feel it giving way. Thanks for watching. Hugh
Once again I thoroughly enjoyed your update. The uncouplers will certainly assist with a hands free decoupling which will prevent any potential damage to the stock too.
Many thanks. Yes, they seem to work well. Looking forward to more shunting! Cheers. Hugh.
Looks great, and nice to see the hidden sidings so well now. The decouplers definitely look like they’re a good option!
Thanks Ed. Glad you enjoyed it. Hugh.
Always a pleasure watching your videos, sir. The automatic de-couplers will be quite handy at creating that 'realism' all the more for sure. I wondered if the 'Hidden Storage Sidings' are going to be 'North Yard, Perth' perhaps? Where in Perth did the Avoiding Line run at the North end?? Did all lines go under the Crieff Road Bridge as it is now or has a span been removed, before the 1970?
I enjoyed the running session and the de-couplers at work. It must give extra fun in any shunting puzzle and consist re=arranging in the various trains. Perth was such a big junction, with the seven different 'Through Lines' converging towards the Fair Town, not counting the industrial connections and the short branch lines, in the Railway Hey-Days. Your work recreates that so well. Thank you for the update. Take care in the varying Wintry weather. All the best. Cheers!
Nice to hear from you and thanks for your kind words. The hidden sidings represent everything both north and south and East of Perth so including the Perth North yard though I have used modellers licence to have a goods yard where the wagon repair depot was in real life. Re the north avoiding lines, they merged with the two main line tracks just south of Crieff Road bridge which only ever had the one span. The Down main line was bi directional from there to the new marshalling yard to ease any congestion. Thanks and stay safe. Hugh
These uncouplers look great. Another case perhaps of a new product appearing after layout construction had started! Agree too about the Ratio signals - they are far too fragile and fiddly. Once I saw the announcement of the new Dapol LMS right and left hand Junction and bracket signals, that was the end of any plans to use Ratio kits on my Scottish layout.😀
Thanks John. Yes I only discovered the Rapido uncouplers after the layout was well under way and wasn’t sure they would fit with the tracks running below but all has worked out fine. We thought about the Dapol signals for our club layout but due to the cost decided to have a go at the Ratio ones. Remains to be seen whether we can get them to operate using servos. Cheers. Hugh
@perthsouth5576 The Dapol signals are indeed a bit costly, but certainly worth it. Hope you manage to get the Ratio signals to work with servos.
I would get some chicken wire and quickly fill in the big gaps and cover it with fleece liner, then spray it yellowish green and brown or grey between all the track work. Just until you get around to something more permanent, it would make it look a lot better for a days work it would take mate.
Thanks. Sounds a good idea. Hugh
Great update on your recent work, love the shunting scenes, the Railcrew uncouplers look to work well and fit easily. Where did you find them? Everywhere I look they are out of stock in UK. Cheers Steve C.
Hi Steve. They weren’t available for a while but I got a few recently from Gaugemaster so you could try there. Thanks for watching. Hugh.
Another wonderful video as always. I’m wondering if those uncouplers would be compatible with the N-gauge Dapol Easi-stunt couplings. I’ll have to look into that.
Many thanks Ed for watching and commenting. Can’t help you with whether they work for n gauge I’m afraid. Hugh
As I have said before I love this layout. My large collection, yet to become a layout, is focused on northern England with more than a nod to Scotland, late 50s to early 60s although it will always be analogue - too many locos to convert. The uncouplers are very impressive and work exceptionally well. I look forward to further videos especially when you start work on 63A.
My son lives in Perth and is a doctor in PRI and lives close to the hospital but does PRI feature on your back scene or were the photos taken looking the other way? Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks David. Hope you manage to get that layout underway! Nice to hear of your local Perth connection. The backscene photos were taken in 2020 so yes the hospital is in the original photo. However, I photoshopped it out along with the police station and the High school as the were such prominent modern buildings. Glad you enjoyed the video. Hugh
Great video Hugh, the 08 did you fit the sound etc yourself if so was it hard. I also noticed that your baseboard covering the hidden sidings had no bracing, Im thinking the supports are sufficient, what thickness is it. Many thanks from Sydney Dallas
Hi Dallas and thanks for watching. I fitted the decoder etc to the 08 myself. Not too difficult. Just a bit of a squeeze to fit everything in. There is just enough room for the decoder above the motor. I put the speaker in the cab and the stay alive in front of the motor behind the radiator grill. Had to cut away a few bits of minor plastic inside the body and some excess wrapping on the stay alive but all fitted in. Re the supports for the board above the sidings, the longitudinal members you see in the video (the ones I fixed the LEDs to) support the upper board securely especially once all the screws are back in. Supports are 22x44 planed timber (dressed 2” x 1”). Baseboard tops are 9mm ply.
All the best. Hugh
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