This is bizarre for me, so I'll be honest. I don't like the subject matter that is River Railroad, its just not the kind of layout period and location I like at all. However, you are still the best railway modeler on this planet at this time, and I have learned a lot from you. I cant thank you enough for the skills I have picked up from you that are now enshrined in our loft layout, which was only started last January. Merry Xmas, boomer to boomer.
Thank you for taking the time to share your views! This model Railroad may seem period specific, although the inspiration, and relative scenes come out of my own experiences walking this railroad since the sixties . . . e.g. The slum landlord scene didn't come out of a vacuum, it also has relevance to my sorted history as well ;-) Heck . . . every little detail I model is wrapped up in some metaphoric narrative that I experienced growing up, including the blond woman that can be seen rushing from the Porche to the Movie Studio down the Brewery Alley . . . ;-) Cheers and Happy New Year to You! ~ Boomer.
@@boomerdiorama It is lovely and heart warming that you reply to me and everyone.who comments. I think I will start watching from the beginning, starting on New Years Day.
Boomer, great update, and you are spot on with the scene composition, I sit and look, think, come back, and re-arrange, the sit and look again. I thought that was just me. Thank you for the inspiration during 2024, and I am looking forward to 2025, and what that will bring, and some new skills and techniques I can learn from you. I am quote slow at the moment with my building, and modelling as I am undergoing tratment for cancer, but all is going well, and the distraction of modelling has been great for my mental health, so thank you for your contribution to that. Cheers, and stay safe, Happy Modelling, Michael.
This video was a confirmation for me. I spent 2 or 3 weeks mocking everything up before I progressed beyond the benchwork stage on my layout and I'm convinced that's the way to go. I laid paper over my benchwork and marked track and structure locations as well as making a photo record for later reference. Yes, things have evolved some since then and probably will continue to evolve, but the plan is fundamentally unchanged. Big head start. BTW, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and all
I am still fascinated by this model. I love the way everything is detailed and as I once told you, that alley is impressive. Greetings from Chile. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Love these shorts of your layout running. It's the attention to detail that makes it sort of believable, if you know what I mean. Many thanks for sharing... always enjoy your videos.
Thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Boomer!!🎉🎉 🎉 I have been following your channel for just under a year. Thanks to your tutorials I have just finished my first Evergreen scratchbuilt structure based on prototype photos and research. I am now using an airbrush and your techniques for scribing, painting and weathering. You impart a wealth of information through your channel and I have been using it with great results. Looking forward to sections 3,4 and 5!
Thanks! Simply put, your content advances the hobby and for me helps replace the loss of good old-fashioned hobby shops by showing how and inspiring us to try! Happy Holidays!
Thanks for the update. Seeing your grass pocked flat cars in the closing scene reminded me of a video from Iowa recently, where the host flew a drone over the yard and there was a string of shorty ore cars on a back track. The cars were full of fill material of some kind but each car had a small forest growing in them. Obviously been there several years. These are the kinds of things I notice now because you encourage the viewers to look past the obvious and see the whole picture. Merry Christmas and hoping that you have your best year ever in 2025.
Boomer Happy Holidays 🎄and a prosperous and healthy 2025 🎆to you, your family and friends. Thanks for all the great video's this year, you were again an inspiration for every modeler. I love to try your techniques and choices in materials and must say it always works the way you show and the materials such as Golden Products, Matte Medium and paint choices they make the different in building quality. Looking forward for your new video's next year and the progess on your fantastic layout. Cheers Ronald (Modellbahn Rosenbahn) from the Netherlands
Hi Boomer I want thank you for all your inspiration wonderful teaching videos. Many of us on your channel have been inspired by your work. Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year We look forward to learning more from the 2025 model Railroading content in your videos Thanks brother !!!
Hiya Boomer, after around 12 months I have finally caught up, watching every single one of your videos including the second section podcasts. Now I have finally subscribed, and can't wait for each new episode :-) I feel like I have just been through a University degree in model making. Loved every second. Like everyone else it seems, I am totally in awe of your work, and like many, encouraged and inspired! Like I bought an airbrush a year ago and was a little scared to give it a crack even though my Dad was a spraypinter by trade. Only in the last couple of months have I started using it and there's no stopping me now! Thankyou so much. Also I've been scratchbuilding mostly wagons (cars) in styrene for years now, but feel more motivated and inspired and not afraid to try even more. Plastic Weld, what a product eh. And Tamiya with IPA, a true marriage. I love your whole attitude towards modelling, and the emotion you showed when you completed the Princess build I'm sure many like me shed a tear or two as well. Many of us know that feeling. Best wishes to you and yours for the New Year - and the beautiful Dusty of course. And again, many many thanks for your knowledge and inspiration.
Hey Brother....please let me say, from the whole modelling community......Merry Christmas, Boomer!!!! Thank you so very much for sharing your life of experience with the world. I get who you are. We all are better for what you teach. Job done brother. Lesson heard and learned.
Thank you for a great year of learning and entertainment.I anxiously look forward to the coming year. Merry Christmas and happy New Year and may God bless.
Merry Christmas Boomer. Thank you for the perpetual gift of your Fantabulous youtube page, you've given and shared your God given talent with us all, and that's what we are all supposed to do.Your layout is incredible and a joy to watch it grow step by step. Thank you for all you do for the hobby. Scratch Dusty behind the ears for me, God bless you.
Boomer, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for another great year of sharing your time, talent, inspiration, and imagination with us. Here’s wishing you a safe, prosperous, and, most of all, a healthy 2025.
I'm impressed with your approach to a model railroad. I mentioned to my brother how I plan to add a backdrop to my benchwork. He's not familiar with model railroading and asked what a backdrop is. It made me think how that term seems to be derived from theater stage settings. And I recall your many mentions of the "aperture" of the scene. Your efforts strongly reflect your involvement with the film industry, which is simply the modern form of theater so that the railroad model is a kind of miniature stage setting. I look forward to watching you proceed with Act 4 Scene 3. ;-)
Interesting you mention the theatre analogy. Of course 90 years ago the doyen of scenic model railroading Frank Ellison set the vanguard of a model railroad scene composition as being theatre, and Boomer has continued to bring this to the forefront
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who struggles with scene composition! Sometimes I panic and just go weather a box car (tried the dark green and black Tamiya mix for the first time ) thank you.Merry Christmas to you.
Hey Boomer, Merry Christmas and hope you have a great new year! I agree with many of the other modeler comments about your teachings. You are very inspiring and I too have learned many new skills from your channel. Thank you for all that you have taught us! Look forward to the new additions to “River Road”.
Merry Christmas, Boomer! ❤ And thanks for adding a new item to my shopping list. I've now got a 4lb sack of the Activa fastmache on order (because the small box is out of stock at Amazon). Santa is bringing it on Christmas Eve. 🎄
I don't know how I haven't seen your channel up to today but this video showed up on my YT feed. I want to eventually build an S shelf layout in my attic and your videos will be an inspiration.
Hello Boomer, and Merry Christmas! It has been an awesome year for your videos of the Carrier Princess and other modelling on this most incredible layout you have under construction. I have had the pleasure to meet you and have many chats with over the last months. You have given inspiration to many out there. Working at the store, I see lots of people coming in for products that you have shown on your updates. Looking forward to more excellent videos in the New Year. Thanks for sharing!
Nice update. Can't wait to see the theme in your mind develop into a great composition. At the end, the hand held NCE cab looked so out of place. It was the only thing that reminded me that this is a model.
Merry Christmas Boomer and a Happy New Year. I always look forward to your videos which have inspired me to try your tips when doing my own layout. All the best from the UK.
Thanks again for these videos Boomer! A real inspiration. I’ve gone back and watched your scenery videos again and they are fantastic! All the best for the New Year!
Been following you for a long time - your modelling scales are on a higher level very impressive and enjoy watching every informative video - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
So, as I was wlking the pups bythe water in Kelowna this morning I was listening to you on the Second Section Podcast …when I got home (after brushing and feeding the babies…) I looked you up here … stunning. Absolutely stunning. I am always fascinted by both SRY and BC Rail and recognize all of your scenes on River Road - but just stunning. I am going have to go back and start watching from the beginning as I come back after 40 years in the wilderness …. 2 questions for now ; 1) did you say you had been with the model building business on Granville Island at some point? Always one of the highloghts of a visit to GI was seeing what was going on there…and 2) were you at the Vancouver Trainshow doing trees?
I played a big part in building the Model Train Museum on Granville Island. It was moved to Cranbrook Train History Museum some years ago. I was not at the train show. I don't usually go to train shows as I am usually busy with other more enjoyable stuff - like building models and my layout. ;-) Cheers.
Thanks again for another helpful video. I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who lets the thought process sit and soak and stew for (sometimes) months. I've learned that the "hurri-ed-er I go the behind-er I get," with having to redress aspects of the layout that I pushed due to impatience. Have an absolutely wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy new year. Blessings and peace!
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas 🌲🎄and a Happy New Year! Thanks for all the effort you put into making these video’s and the knowledge sharing on modelling/diorama’s with all of us. Much appreciated. 🙂👍🏼👋🏻🇳🇱
Boomer, Thanks for your inspiration and all your knowledge transfer. Wishing you and your family a fantastic holiday season and an even better 2025. Thanks again, K
Boomer, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!! Thank you for all the incredible content!! Not only is your layout fantastic, but you are BY FAR the best model railroading content creator on YT!! Looking forward to more excellence in 2025!!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I’m starting my first layout at 75. Thank you. I’ve learned so much from you. I really appreciate all the help you give us and the inspiration.
Planning everything from mental image to 3D isn´t easy in term of spatial territory occupation. Remove that barn and styrofoam, suddenly we´re lost with that empty triangular space. A few dimentional items that you know in your scale and like magic it takes life. A carboard shoe box become an industry. A piece of irregular shape towel is already a swampy zone that is far more helpful than barren plywood or styrofoam. The more guide you add the easier then it become to have a visual idea of what work or doesn´t fit. You can draw many plans but it´s not obvious, except by printing full scale then put on the layout to see the result. Not everyone have mental capacity to convert a plan in screen in the real space available. Thanks Boomer and pet Dusty for me. Enjoy your hollidays😊😊😊
Very cool Boomer, it’s always cool to watch your projects progress like this. IPEX plastics… I’m pretty sure we just built a machine and installed it at IPEX in the Toronto area back in the summer, they’re into plastic electrical boxes and accessory manufacturing right, probably the same company.
Very COOL Boomer, the older generation locomotives are so much more interesting than the modern ones today. Merry Christmas, and all the best for 2025.
@boomerdiorama we still have f7 variants running in freight service today in Australia and not just one or two, probably 20 or so ,as well we have the last emd streamliners built in the world and they are still working.
Hey Boomer. It's good to know that I have approached my layout using the same concepts. Even though I have no idea what I'm doing since this is my first build. I must admit you do have the art of compression fine-tuned to another level. Are you sure you never worked for Lionel?😊. Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a super productive new year on your layout.
This series couldn't be more perfectly timed for me. Mr Boomer's channel is Heaven sent for anyone hoping to learn realistic scenery development beyond "kit bashing" or perhaps instruction for making trees or ground cover, but what's going on here can not be found anywhere else. I created a layout room by building a 30' x 20' mezzanine in my hobby - workshop, now, after almost two years of scaled drawings over & over again and 2nd guessing the best benchwork configuration for the useable floor space, I have the full scale benchwork outline transferred to the floor, ready to begin framing with 3 weeks off work. Hopefully, by summer, I will be ready to (attempt to) implement the processes learned here. The scenery will be a slow & tedious development, but the plan is to go ahead and get some trains running to keep the grandson entertained while I bring the railroad to life. Cheers!
You summed up what I was hoping this channel would eventually be - a tactile demonstration and inspiration for those who attempt to build a personal layout that they can manage and enjoy for a long time. 😁
Makita makes a very new (quiet) com[pressor now with a tank. They are fairly reasonable in price as well. Try looking one up at a contractor tool store. I am sure you can find one. ;-)
I use BD20 sensors by NCE and Old Atlas switches for CTC. The whole signal system is the Atlas Signal System. You don't need a computer for the Atlas system. No signal system is cheap but I find this one to be the best for me. I show it here: ua-cam.com/video/j0-HSF5OtmU/v-deo.html
This is bizarre for me, so I'll be honest. I don't like the subject matter that is River Railroad, its just not the kind of layout period and location I like at all. However, you are still the best railway modeler on this planet at this time, and I have learned a lot from you. I cant thank you enough for the skills I have picked up from you that are now enshrined in our loft layout, which was only started last January. Merry Xmas, boomer to boomer.
Thank you for taking the time to share your views!
This model Railroad may seem period specific, although the inspiration, and relative scenes come out of my own experiences walking this railroad since the sixties . . .
e.g. The slum landlord scene didn't come out of a vacuum, it also has relevance to my sorted history as well ;-)
Heck . . . every little detail I model is wrapped up in some metaphoric narrative that I experienced growing up, including the blond woman that can be seen rushing from the Porche to the Movie Studio down the Brewery Alley . . . ;-)
Cheers and Happy New Year to You! ~ Boomer.
@@boomerdiorama It is lovely and heart warming that you reply to me and everyone.who comments. I think I will start watching from the beginning, starting on New Years Day.
Boomer, great update, and you are spot on with the scene composition, I sit and look, think, come back, and re-arrange, the sit and look again. I thought that was just me.
Thank you for the inspiration during 2024, and I am looking forward to 2025, and what that will bring, and some new skills and techniques I can learn from you.
I am quote slow at the moment with my building, and modelling as I am undergoing tratment for cancer, but all is going well, and the distraction of modelling has been great for my mental health, so thank you for your contribution to that.
Cheers, and stay safe, Happy Modelling, Michael.
I am so glad that the modeling is helping you through such a difficult time, Michael.
An amazing journey it's been in 2024! I have saved a bunch of your videos for my how-to playlist for when we start building our module this year.
Thanks, and Happy Modeling!
This video was a confirmation for me. I spent 2 or 3 weeks mocking everything up before I progressed beyond the benchwork stage on my layout and I'm convinced that's the way to go. I laid paper over my benchwork and marked track and structure locations as well as making a photo record for later reference. Yes, things have evolved some since then and probably will continue to evolve, but the plan is fundamentally unchanged. Big head start. BTW, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and all
Same to you!
Your layout is amazing but Dusty is the true star of the channel!
Yes . . . I know . . . and so does she . . . lol. ;-) Cheers.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Boomer to you and yours
O.K. Same to you!
I am still fascinated by this model. I love the way everything is detailed and as I once told you, that alley is impressive. Greetings from Chile. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
That alley was a lot of work, glad you like it! It still needs work though. Cheers!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. Thanks for a very entertaining year.
Thank you!
Love these shorts of your layout running. It's the attention to detail that makes it sort of believable, if you know what I mean. Many thanks for sharing... always enjoy your videos.
Thank you very much!
Thanks! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Boomer!!🎉🎉 🎉
I have been following your channel for just under a year. Thanks to your tutorials I have just finished my first Evergreen scratchbuilt structure based on prototype photos and research. I am now using an airbrush and your techniques for scribing, painting and weathering. You impart a wealth of information through your channel and I have been using it with great results. Looking forward to sections 3,4 and 5!
Thank you for supporting the channel. Happy New Year! ~ Boomer.
Thanks! Simply put, your content advances the hobby and for me helps replace the loss of good old-fashioned hobby shops by showing how and inspiring us to try! Happy Holidays!
It is my pleasure to inspire the hobby. Happy Holidays to you as well! Cheers!
Thanks for the update. Seeing your grass pocked flat cars in the closing scene reminded me of a video from Iowa recently, where the host flew a drone over the yard and there was a string of shorty ore cars on a back track. The cars were full of fill material of some kind but each car had a small forest growing in them. Obviously been there several years. These are the kinds of things I notice now because you encourage the viewers to look past the obvious and see the whole picture.
Merry Christmas and hoping that you have your best year ever in 2025.
I love the old rustic cars. They fit well!
Boomer Happy Holidays 🎄and a prosperous and healthy 2025 🎆to you, your family and friends. Thanks for all the great video's this year, you were again an inspiration for every modeler. I love to try your techniques and choices in materials and must say it always works the way you show and the materials such as Golden Products, Matte Medium and paint choices they make the different in building quality. Looking forward for your new video's next year and the progess on your fantastic layout. Cheers Ronald (Modellbahn Rosenbahn) from the Netherlands
Happy modeling to you!
Hi Boomer
I want thank you for all your inspiration wonderful teaching videos. Many of us on your channel have been inspired by your work.
Wishing you and yours a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year
We look forward to learning more from the 2025 model Railroading content in your videos
Thanks brother !!!
Thank you for the kind words! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! ~ Boomer.
A great year. Looking forward to continued progress.
Thank you for following along and the support!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experiences. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Happy holidays!
Hiya Boomer, after around 12 months I have finally caught up, watching every single one of your videos including the second section podcasts. Now I have finally subscribed, and can't wait for each new episode :-) I feel like I have just been through a University degree in model making. Loved every second. Like everyone else it seems, I am totally in awe of your work, and like many, encouraged and inspired! Like I bought an airbrush a year ago and was a little scared to give it a crack even though my Dad was a spraypinter by trade. Only in the last couple of months have I started using it and there's no stopping me now! Thankyou so much. Also I've been scratchbuilding mostly wagons (cars) in styrene for years now, but feel more motivated and inspired and not afraid to try even more. Plastic Weld, what a product eh. And Tamiya with IPA, a true marriage. I love your whole attitude towards modelling, and the emotion you showed when you completed the Princess build I'm sure many like me shed a tear or two as well. Many of us know that feeling. Best wishes to you and yours for the New Year - and the beautiful Dusty of course. And again, many many thanks for your knowledge and inspiration.
Thanks for sharing your journey with me! I'm glad you're finding success with your new skills.
Thank you Boomer for your dedication to the craft and passing your knowledge on to us minions a Merry Christmas to you and Dusty!
You are welcome. Happy New Year!
Hey Brother....please let me say, from the whole modelling community......Merry Christmas, Boomer!!!! Thank you so very much for sharing your life of experience with the world. I get who you are. We all are better for what you teach. Job done brother. Lesson heard and learned.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you, too! ~ Boomer. ;-)
I absolutely love watching your videos .... Please keep them coming 🙏
Thanks for the encouragement! Cheers!
Awesome big like my Friend and a Merry Christmas to and family.😊😊👍👍
Merry Christmas to you and yours, too! ~ Boomer. ;-)
Thank you for a great year of learning and entertainment.I anxiously look forward to the coming year. Merry Christmas and happy New Year and may God bless.
Thank you!
Merry Christmas Boomer. Thank you for the perpetual gift of your Fantabulous youtube page,
you've given and shared your God given talent with us all, and that's what we are all supposed to do.Your layout is incredible and a joy to watch it grow step by step. Thank you for all you do for the hobby. Scratch Dusty behind the ears for me, God bless you.
Happy Holidays!
Boomer, Merry Christmas to you and your family. Thank you for another great year of sharing your time, talent, inspiration, and imagination with us. Here’s wishing you a safe, prosperous, and, most of all, a healthy 2025.
Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours too! ~ Boomer. ;-)
I'm impressed with your approach to a model railroad. I mentioned to my brother how I plan to add a backdrop to my benchwork. He's not familiar with model railroading and asked what a backdrop is. It made me think how that term seems to be derived from theater stage settings. And I recall your many mentions of the "aperture" of the scene. Your efforts strongly reflect your involvement with the film industry, which is simply the modern form of theater so that the railroad model is a kind of miniature stage setting. I look forward to watching you proceed with Act 4 Scene 3. ;-)
O.K. Thank you!
Interesting you mention the theatre analogy.
Of course 90 years ago the doyen of scenic model railroading Frank Ellison set the vanguard of a model railroad scene composition as being theatre, and Boomer has continued to bring this to the forefront
I see model railroads as "miniature" theater. ;-)
Merry Christmas and thanks for including Dusty 😻🎅
O.K.!
I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who struggles with scene composition! Sometimes I panic and just go weather a box car (tried the dark green and black Tamiya mix for the first time ) thank you.Merry Christmas to you.
I et that . . . I really do! Cheers and happy modeling!
Hey Boomer, Merry Christmas and hope you have a great new year! I agree with many of the other modeler comments about your teachings. You are very inspiring and I too have learned many new skills from your channel. Thank you for all that you have taught us! Look forward to the new additions to “River Road”.
Thank you for the kind words! Merry Christmas to you too! ~ Boomer.
Merry Christmas, Boomer! ❤
And thanks for adding a new item to my shopping list. I've now got a 4lb sack of the Activa fastmache on order (because the small box is out of stock at Amazon). Santa is bringing it on Christmas Eve. 🎄
Merry Christmas! It's the perfect gift for any modeler!
great work, i watch your videos and makes me want to work on my railroad
Thanks! I'm glad they're inspiring.
It sounds like it will be another exciting year. Can’t wait. Have a great Holiday. Rob
Cheers, Rob! Looking forward to the next year.
Thank you for all the videos you posted this year!
Wishing you a Christmas filled with joy and good health in the New Year!!
Same to you!
I don't know how I haven't seen your channel up to today but this video showed up on my YT feed. I want to eventually build an S shelf layout in my attic and your videos will be an inspiration.
Glad the video is helpful, I hope it inspires you as you build your own layout.
Merry Xmas from New Zealand. Thanks for call your inspiring content. I always look forward to each video. Cheers
Happy holidays!
Hello Boomer, and Merry Christmas! It has been an awesome year for your videos of the Carrier Princess and other modelling on this most incredible layout you have under construction. I have had the pleasure to meet you and have many chats with over the last months. You have given inspiration to many out there. Working at the store, I see lots of people coming in for products that you have shown on your updates. Looking forward to more excellent videos in the New Year. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for the kind words! Glad to be inspiring others. Cheers!
Looks like a great new series Brother. Can't wait.
Merry Christmas!
Same to you!
Wow I can’t wait to see this rural scene develop. Will be an inspiration for my own work coming up in 2025!
Awesome!
Nice update. Can't wait to see the theme in your mind develop into a great composition. At the end, the hand held NCE cab looked so out of place. It was the only thing that reminded me that this is a model.
Ha, that's a good point!
Merry Christmas Boomer and a Happy New Year. I always look forward to your videos which have inspired me to try your tips when doing my own layout. All the best from the UK.
Same to you! Cheers!
Those power poles and wiring blow my mind. Bravo 🤘
They were fun to build actually. Thank you!
Thanks again for these videos Boomer! A real inspiration. I’ve gone back and watched your scenery videos again and they are fantastic!
All the best for the New Year!
Thanks for the kind words! Happy New Year!
thnx boomer for all your videos. great modelling and great inspiration source. and dusty is just 😍❤️
Appreciate the kind words. Dusty says hi!
Been following you for a long time - your modelling scales are on a higher level very impressive and enjoy watching every informative video - Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Same to you!
Many thanks for a year of wonderful inspiration. Wishing you a great holiday season and all the best for the year to come!
Same to you!
So, as I was wlking the pups bythe water in Kelowna this morning I was listening to you on the Second Section Podcast …when I got home (after brushing and feeding the babies…) I looked you up here … stunning. Absolutely stunning. I am always fascinted by both SRY and BC Rail and recognize all of your scenes on River Road - but just stunning. I am going have to go back and start watching from the beginning as I come back after 40 years in the wilderness …. 2 questions for now ; 1) did you say you had been with the model building business on Granville Island at some point? Always one of the highloghts of a visit to GI was seeing what was going on there…and 2) were you at the Vancouver Trainshow doing trees?
I played a big part in building the Model Train Museum on Granville Island. It was moved to Cranbrook Train History Museum some years ago. I was not at the train show. I don't usually go to train shows as I am usually busy with other more enjoyable stuff - like building models and my layout. ;-) Cheers.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours , I Have enjoyed and learned very much from Boomer Diorama this year! Thank You.
You are welcome!
Looking forward to what you bring us next year. Have a Merry Christmas and a Great New Year!! Cheers - Larry
Thanks! I'm excited about next year too.
Looks good from my house!! I totally understand. The designing is one of my favorites.
I agree, that’s the fun part!
Many thanks Boomer for all your great work this year 👌😎☕️ Fred
Happy new year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
Howdy Boomer! Thanks for the update - and Merry Christmas! 🤠
Thanks, Merry Christmas to you too!
Thanks again for another helpful video. I'm glad to learn that I'm not the only one who lets the thought process sit and soak and stew for (sometimes) months. I've learned that the "hurri-ed-er I go the behind-er I get," with having to redress aspects of the layout that I pushed due to impatience. Have an absolutely wonderful Christmas and a happy and healthy new year. Blessings and peace!
Same to you!
Thanks for sharing Boomer. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Years.
Merry Christmas to you too, and a Happy New Year!
Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas 🌲🎄and a Happy New Year! Thanks for all the effort you put into making these video’s and the knowledge sharing on modelling/diorama’s with all of us. Much appreciated. 🙂👍🏼👋🏻🇳🇱
Same to you!
Merry Christmas Boomer, looking forward to your next section. Cheers Peter from downunder.
Merry Christmas to you too Peter! Cheers! ~ Boomer
Looking forward to seeing allthis come togehter!
Merry x-mas and a Happy new year!!
Same to you!
Lookin good as usual. Thanks for the work you put into these videos, I know it's a lot. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Same to you!
Boomer,
Thanks for your inspiration and all your knowledge transfer.
Wishing you and your family a fantastic holiday season and an even better 2025.
Thanks again,
K
You are welcome!
Merry Christmas, Boomer! Thanks for all the good times! Looking forward to your progress next year!
Same to you!
love the lights
Lights are cool!
Section 3 is really cute. Your helper is putting in his 2-cents of ideas. Merry Christmas Boomer!
She has some good ideas. ;-) Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas Boomer to you and all your loved ones. C-ya next year.
Thank you! All the best you too!
It's gonna be great!
Happy Holidays Bill!
Boomer, wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas and a happy and healthy New Year!!
Thank you for all the incredible content!! Not only is your layout fantastic, but you are BY FAR the best model railroading content creator on YT!!
Looking forward to more excellence in 2025!!
You are very gracious! Thank You!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. I’m starting my first layout at 75. Thank you. I’ve learned so much from you. I really appreciate all the help you give us and the inspiration.
Happy Holidays! I'm glad the videos are helping you build your layout.
My All Time Favorite Videos !!!!! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Thank you Bruce! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!
Same to you!
We are blessed that you share your talent with us, thanks for another great year, Boomer. Merry Xmas and Happy New Year
Same to you!
Thanks for brightening many of my Days. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
O.K. Cheers!
Thank you for taking us along with you. Merry CHRISTmas.
You're welcome! Merry Christmas to you too!
Planning everything from mental image to 3D isn´t easy in term of spatial territory occupation. Remove that barn and styrofoam, suddenly we´re lost with that empty triangular space. A few dimentional items that you know in your scale and like magic it takes life. A carboard shoe box become an industry. A piece of irregular shape towel is already a swampy zone that is far more helpful than barren plywood or styrofoam. The more guide you add the easier then it become to have a visual idea of what work or doesn´t fit. You can draw many plans but it´s not obvious, except by printing full scale then put on the layout to see the result. Not everyone have mental capacity to convert a plan in screen in the real space available.
Thanks Boomer and pet Dusty for me.
Enjoy your hollidays😊😊😊
Thank you. Cheers!
Inspiring and instructional as always. Merry Christmas from Bali.
Thanks and Merry Christmas to you too!
Merry Christmas Boomer to you and all your loved ones! 🙏🏻❤️ ✝️
Same to you!
Merry Christmas to All...!!!
And...To All Happy Modeling..!!!
Happy holidays Ron!
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, Boomer. Looking forward to your 2025 videos!
Same to you!
Love you work and videos. Thanks for sharing!
I appreciate your support! ~ Boomer
Thanks!
Cheers!
Happy Holidays
Happy Holidays to you too!
You’re so rad BOOMER, BOOM!!!!
🤯 MY FAVORITE channel! Lance minheim who 😂😂 🚂🔥🔥🔥🔥🎯🎯🎯
Thank you!
Very cool Boomer, it’s always cool to watch your projects progress like this.
IPEX plastics… I’m pretty sure we just built a machine and installed it at IPEX in the Toronto area back in the summer, they’re into plastic electrical boxes and accessory manufacturing right, probably the same company.
Sounds cool!
Thanks for sharing... Merry Christmas to you and your family
Thank you!
Very COOL Boomer, the older generation locomotives are so much more interesting than the modern ones today. Merry Christmas, and all the best for 2025.
They all run today on this railroad for real!
@boomerdiorama we still have f7 variants running in freight service today in Australia and not just one or two, probably 20 or so ,as well we have the last emd streamliners built in the world and they are still working.
Merry Christmas!
Merry Christmas to you too!
A lot of territory covered this year, and I'm looking to what's in store for 2025. Merry Christmas.
Cheers, and thanks for following along!
Have a good holiday season and see you next year.
Same to you!
Looking forward to following you along in 2025. Merry Christmas Boomer and all the best for 2025.
Thank you, I'm looking forward to 2025 too.
Very Nice god work Merry Cristmas and Happy New Year
Happy holidays!
merry christmas
Merry Christmas!
Hey Boomer. It's good to know that I have approached my layout using the same concepts. Even though I have no idea what I'm doing since this is my first build. I must admit you do have the art of compression fine-tuned to another level. Are you sure you never worked for Lionel?😊. Wishing you a joyous Christmas and a super productive new year on your layout.
All the best to you too!
Hey Merry Christmas Boomer and all the best to you and family in 2025!
Same to you!
This series couldn't be more perfectly timed for me.
Mr Boomer's channel is Heaven sent for anyone hoping to learn realistic scenery development beyond "kit bashing" or perhaps instruction for making trees or ground cover, but what's going on here can not be found anywhere else.
I created a layout room by building a 30' x 20' mezzanine in my hobby - workshop, now, after almost two years of scaled drawings over & over again and 2nd guessing the best benchwork configuration for the useable floor space, I have the full scale benchwork outline transferred to the floor, ready to begin framing with 3 weeks off work.
Hopefully, by summer, I will be ready to (attempt to) implement the processes learned here.
The scenery will be a slow & tedious development, but the plan is to go ahead and get some trains running to keep the grandson entertained while I bring the railroad to life.
Cheers!
@@rogerbivins9144 I've learned an astounding amount. Information overload for a relatively new model railroader. Which is how I like it! 😆
You summed up what I was hoping this channel would eventually be - a tactile demonstration and inspiration for those who attempt to build a personal layout that they can manage and enjoy for a long time. 😁
Happy Christmas and thank you for all the content this year.
O.K. Cheers.
great layout update keep up the great vlogs
Thank you!
Wounderfull, poke some more...
Merry christmas
Same to you!
Very awesome
Thanks!
You once mentioned you use a quiet air tank for your air brush. Can you identify the type and any accessories you use on the tank? Have a Marry Xmas.
Makita makes a very new (quiet) com[pressor now with a tank. They are fairly reasonable in price as well. Try looking one up at a contractor tool store. I am sure you can find one. ;-)
@@boomerdioramaI was thinking it was just an air tank without a compressor. I get it now.
Super perfeito difícil de ver no UA-cam esse tipo de detalhamento
Cheers!
Amazing!
Thank you! It's been a busy year.
Hey Boomer I always enjoy your tutorials. What do you use for your electric wires as 0:24 ? Merry Christmas
I use BD20 sensors by NCE and Old Atlas switches for CTC. The whole signal system is the Atlas Signal System. You don't need a computer for the Atlas system. No signal system is cheap but I find this one to be the best for me. I show it here: ua-cam.com/video/j0-HSF5OtmU/v-deo.html
Thank you for another excellent video. Your layout looks so much larger than it is. (I THINK, phase 1 & 2 ARE JUST 10'?)
Last mile local layouts always feel big because of the detail in scale. It's the biggest secret in model railroading. ;-) Cheers!