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@@uin12345 amazing, thank you - email sent.

@davestrains6816 thanks Dave, much appreciated. I'm hoping it doesn't all go wrong at paint stage!

@PostmoderneModelWorks it has been a long process, but I've enjoyed it and it's been relaxing just sitting at the bench working away at it (apart from the many hours spent crawling on the floor looking for dropped parts).

@Castlebank_Sidings thanks Andy, I'm very happy with how it's turned out so far. Definitely prevaricating over the paint though. It's always nice to find a loco you've forgotten about!

@@XBOXShawn12thman thank you, that's much appreciated!

@@SouthDown I think that's where I'm headed.... Thank you!

@@DarkTerritory71 it is a really nice model. And I agree, it's almost impossible to part with anything!

@@jimbarrett1975 I tell my wife, "they grow on my heart!" 🤣

@thomasdecker7631 that's a good price. I need to find a small supplier that ships internationally at a reasonable rate. The cost of postage and import duty added half as much again to the cost of the model.

@andyknott8148 thanks Andy, budget blown on the Alco but I'll keep an eye on that for my next pay packet if its still there. That's come on the market quick given that they were only released in December.

@openeyes-411 thank you for your reply. That's a bit frustrating - I got my SW1500 from them the postage was readonable, but they didn't have the Alco listed when I was ordering. I don't think I paid duty on their delivery either. I'll keep a closer eye on their website, especially for general stock.

@@jimbarrett1975 Also how about eBay? There're a few actual authorized dealers on there that sell new equipment at good prices too - iirc Trainz is one seller. IDK how the overseas shipping goes tho. Good luck in your hunt, Charlie

@openeyes-411 it's the lottery of what's available that's the issue there. The only M&E RS1 I could find was from a seller who doesn't ship to the UK. A lot don't because of the tax, for a reason I haven't quite understood.

@CentralJerseyRailfan oh wow, thanks for that! I don't have a programmer so I'll take it to the guy I get my decoders from. Thanks for pointing that out - the thing that I really couldn't comment on was the sound. Much appreciated.

@@jimbarrett1975 No problem. A lot of Atlas RS1s were incorrectly loaded with the wrong sound file

@@CentralJerseyRailfan cheers. Maybe they had the same guy mixing paint and loading sounds 😂 At least it's an easy fix.

@artied1807 that's a possibility, and a good idea - I was looking at some pictures of some today.

@@tonycano3203 the problem of having a small layout but liking big locomotives! I do like running the SD40-2s.

@maquetedoalto too nice to let it go, I think!

@thomasdecker7631 hmm, tempting option, I'll think about that. I need to get a bit of practice with the airbrush first. Would the six axle loco have been too heavy for the Port Huron line, or do you think they would have used them? *Edit - I've just found a photo of an SD70 on the paper spur, so weight not an issue!

@thomasdecker7631 The more I think about it, the more I like this idea - the GTW livery is great and whether they ran on the branch or not really doesn't matter.

@openeyes-411 thanks Charlie! I think I'll hang onto it, for the time being at least. I do enjoy running it, and it'll look nice in a cabinet eventually. Unless I need the finance for something else, in which case I'll be in the same dilemma 😂

@@thebritishrailroader still undecided....

@jimbarrett1975 well you know where to find me, though not until after my pay rise in September 😅😅😅

@@thebritishrailroader Noted! I'll make up my mind one day.

@@thebritishrailroader haha, so it has!

@@SpringfieldAndWestern thank you!

@SpringfieldAndWestern thank you for your comment, and for watching - it's really appreciated.

@SpringfieldAndWestern thank you for your reply, and for watching - it's really appreciated. I've subscribed to your channel, I'm not sure how I haven't come across it before.

@@jimbarrett1975 many thanks for the kind words and for the follow!

@@davestrains6816 thank you!

@ianroberts6929 thank you - all very true. I do put myself under unnecessary pressure to do stuff sometimes. Sound advice, which I will follow.

@@jimbarrett1975 well I learned the hard way - it got to the point where my modelling “to do list” looked exactly the same as my lists at work and I started to put real pressure on myself. The result was that I started to dread going to the railway room so I had to fundamentally change my approach!

@ianroberts6929 my trouble is I'm impatient to get everything done, and have far too many projects on the go at once. I need to manage my aspirations better and do one thing (or maybe no more than three things) at a time.

@thebritishrailroader thanks Steve, I'm hoping that I'll get a bit more time once everything is back to a routine. I am worried I'll miss the commute though - good railfanning time!

@Castlebank_Sidings cheers Andy, once things settle down a bit I can hopefully get myself organised. My main focus needs to be on finishing a few things before I start something else!

Hopefully I'll add a few more bits of similar stock in the future. I'm not holding out much hope of finding a GTW GP9 to be honest. I might have to settle for a GP38, or get the airbrush out.

@@jimbarrett1975 GP38/GP38-2 works, too. I saw quite a few of them on the paper spur over the years.

@@thomasdecker7631 I will see what I can find/afford....

Cheers Andy, I'll have a look at their website if they have it listed..

Hi Walter, thank you for watching, and for your reply. Great to hear from someone who saw so much of the M&E fleet. I'm slowly building up my collection. I haven't visited the line yet but hope to be able to get out there at some point, and wish I'd been able to before the Alcos left. I'm planning on modeling the Cedar Knolls transload once I have the space.

Thank you!

Thank you! After I'd filmed I swapped the couplings on all the stock on the layout for 148s or 5s, so hopefully everything will work properly now. I'm toying with cutting off the magnetic pins.

@@jimbarrett1975 I cut off all the pins as standard as I don't use them magnetically

@thebritishrailroader I will probably do the same. My original plan was to be completely hands free, but I found I enjoyed manual uncoupling so I didn't go with it in the end.

@jimbarrett1975 I am the same. I even started with manual points but I have decided to retrofit them with dcc Controlled point motors. I have done 3 of the 6 and am pleased with the results

@@thebritishrailroader I have the DCC Concepts Cobalt motors - I'm really happy with them. I've always wanted a layout with point motors, and now I have one!

Thank for watching, and for your comment. The main difference between code 70 and 75 track is that the 75 is chaired (British) whilst the 70 is spiked (US), so the eagle-eyed might spot a chaired rail. For those layout it's not something I'll worry about too much! It is starting to look like I might have a finished result one day - doing these videos has definitely pushed me on to make progress.

@@jimbarrett1975 Hmm... Concrete will hide a lot.

@thomasdecker7631 yes, I think so. As long as I don't mention it on social media or anything, no one will know 🙂

Thank you! It's nice to start getting some ground on, I'm really looking forward to getting the final surface done, as well as the ballast. Need to start saving for a static grass applicator.

I'm not sure whether the one you sent me is newer or older - it's side frames are definitely better than the one I have, and the fuel tank is plastic rather than metal. It will be interesting to look inside. My original may be older than I thought.

Although as you point out, it does have a speaker housing, so it must be reasonably up to date, and I think it came in a modern box.

Thanks you for watching!

Thank you!

Haha, it does look a bit close, but it was sharp and there was material between the blade and my thumb. I work with a much larger knife day-to-day and have a very strict "cut away" rule - most of the time! It was much easier without the camera!

The general manager of the factory instigated a 'No Bell' rule as he found sickness rates increased during each switching session.

@@jimbarrett1975 Quiet area.

@@Castlebank_Sidings definitely

That's amazing, thanks Eric! I really got hooked on the M&E when I started looking for a shortline to model. I haven't visited yet, but I am hoping to make a trip over the Atlantic at some point soon to see it and the DRRV first hand. I have much more M&E based content to come, with a number of locomotive projects on the bench. Thanks again for watching and for your comments.

Thank you, much appreciated!

Thank you! I'm trying to do something, however small, every day to get things moving on. I'm really excited about this loco, but it's another project on the bench.

Thanks James, slow and steady progress!

Thank you! Hopefully next time there'll be a bit more progress on construction.

Very true. This layout is the practice, so hopefully I'll be able to achieve what I want once I start the next one. That said, I want to make this one the best I can as well.

@@jimbarrett1975 Looking at it so far mate you're certainly there with it

​@Castlebank_Sidings thanks Andy, that's really appreciated. Watching Boomer, amongst others, has certainly helped me to up my game. Having aspirations above my skill level was always my biggest block to progress, but I think I'm starting to bring the two together in the middle somewhere now.

@@jimbarrett1975 As Boomer would say "fail forward" if it goes a little bit wrong, work through it, improve it, change it and it'll eventually come together

It's amazing how these "I'll just do this for now" measures rapidly become semi-permanent. For reasons I won't go into, we have nine dining chairs, so putting two of them to use is not the end of the world!