Have said it before and will say it again, you don't post vids that often but when you do they are well worth watching every minute of them. Thanks Luke this will be handy for a forth coming project of mine.
Luke Towan estimado, una vez mas me brindaste 7 maravillosos minutos de relajación completa, les envió un fuerte y gran abrazo a tu esposa y a ti, saludos desde Chile. PD: no imaginas lo feliz que me harías al enviarme un saludo a mi. Atte. Tonny Jorquera
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else needs to find out about building a model railroad layout try Panlarko Amazing Railroad Planner (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got cool success with it.
I'm curious how good it would look like if you use all your amazing technics in 1 giant railroad scenery with a fully working train loop, amazing scenery with tons off details, wouldn't that be a nice idea for a new Luke Towan project? Aside the tutorials a episode of the rail road scenery! :)
These are great. I don't even have a layout yet, but I think it would be a soothing activity to make a bunch of these pallets. The places I've worked in the real (giant) world where we had stacks of pallets, there was variety in the painting and labeling, indicating different customers and so on. I would enjoy mixing things up where you apply the red paint and throw in some different paint schemes, and maybe different levels of weathering and spillage. Thanks for another cool video.
Fascinating! I love this stuff, even though my trains have been in several boxes in the garage for about 20 years. The kids finally moved out so, maybe, just maybe.
So I know I'm not alone on this, but I want to make sure Luke gets a chance to read my comment.....I've just finished watch 3 of your playlist, EVEN though I've seen them all and constantly find I'm just as entertained and satisfied when watching them over and over. Just love all you do.
Awesome job Luke!!! Your videos are always interesting. You have such patience and your models always look so realistic. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming!!
Love your absolute attention to detail Luke. When I saw this video it reminded me that some time ago I 'collected' a bunch of stirring sticks from a well known coffee outlet, thinking that I would use them for something. Just measured one of them and they're about 1.33mm thick x 5mm wide and 190mm long. They would probably work for pallet construction with a bit of tinkering, but they would obviously be harder to cut than PS. The real bonus though is that they do not need to be made to look like wood because they already are wood ! Regards Mark in the UK
Luke these look so real its amazing, you have inspired me to get back to trying to build HO scale models and I'm going to try to recreate my old family farm in HO scale
I make sure I watch one or more of your videos before I go to sleep even if I seen them would love to see a winter theme HO scale build just an idea love your vids
what's up Luke?...just wanted to let you know I got the pallets and magnet you sent for being a patreon...i gotta say man, these pallets are absolutely amazing in person...a very big thanks to you and all you do for the hobby...peace my friend...
Cool 😃 Glad you enjoyed the tutorial, not sure where the idea of angling the chop-it came from... just popped into my head after spending 20 minutes chopping small bits of styrene. I remember thinking "There has to be a better way"
There's just something about watching someone who's that good doing what they do. I've made scenery and painted models for years, and I can tell you: he is quite an artist... :)
Hi Luke, Many thanks for another great tutorial! I'll try to do palettes by your method from genuine wood. I think it will be much cheaper than laser cut. It remains only to be as patient as you are:). It's interesting. I know all these techniques but not a little gags you use. Thank you very much once again!
2 hints for the Chop-It: 1). Placing a thin “self healing” cutting pad on top of the flat table will prevent cutting into the base, and still results in a good cut. 2). If the blade has carved a groove in the base, push the fence pins out, unbolt the hinge and relocate them 90 degrees on the base, and drill/remount the parts there. Then use hint 1!
Excellent tutorial. Fun fact: I don't think I will focus too much on industrial scenery in the near future, but I watch your videos as entertainment. Always inspirational and very well explained. In some point I would like to make a 1920s diorama based on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. I envisioned a street scene and the pallets may come in handy to detail a delivery truck or such. I could also see that a laser cutter comes in handy with such a project. Only catch is that you can't cut styrene easily with a laser cutter, so birch or bamboo it is. Using the sanding paper for texture is a good idea, I always use wire brushes, but for such a small scale and the small pieces the sanding paper is easier. Anyhow, thanks again for a great video and keep up the good work.
Thanks mate, good luck building the diorama, it sounds like it will be a fun model when you find the time to start 🙂 You could possibly build the pallets using thin balsa or bass wood as well using a laser cutter... That's a tool that will be added to my list in the near future!
Saw your mine diarama video being shared on Facebook via Ladbible. Guys were going off how good it is and betting it took you over 100 hours to get that far. I reckon it took about 5 or 6 hours over a couple of days. Your doing great stuff Luke and these pallets are cool. I may have to resize for my N scale. Thanks man.
Thanks Angus, believe it or not but some of the larger dioramas do take quite a long time to build, 100 hours is a little excessive however the Gold Mine diorama I made to close to 70 hours to finish! Glad you're enjoying the videos 😉
Hi, i love your videos !!! You're so talented !! I'm so happy when i see a new video from you haha !!! But it's always too short, i want see your videos all the time, every days !! haha Congratulations from France ! 😊
Hi I've been watching your videos for quite a while now. Although I haven't done any model building since I was a kid, which was a very long time ago, :-) I really admire the way you come up with all these different creative techniques and ideas to build everything! Definitely a thumbs up! :-)
Nice video I build most of my scale items too mainly I work In the N scale area with is a very hard thing to get to look realistic Thanks for sharing your video
It's very satisfying when you finish building your own small details, it must take a lot of care and patience especially for you working in N scale, well done 😃
Hi from Turkey Mr. Towan sorry for my bad english, What tools do you use? Can you make a video for show your equipments, i wonder what you are using, if i want build a workshop in my home what equipment do i need for begining?
I know this is a old post and you probably don't need the list now but for others that might he has a list of tools on his website. Here's a link to it. www.bouldercreekrailroad.com/13-essential-tools.html
If you want some more depth in the color, just heavily dilute a darker shade of brown with water and brush it over the whole thing. The wash will flow in the recesses and add some shading, and it will also soften the rather harsh colors of the drybrushing.
So my question is why did you decide to use styrene instead of wood? I make mine in a similar way using wood and you dont have to worry about the painting also wood is a fraction of the cost of styrene
I have made a few different types of pallets using strip wood as well however in my case it can be hard to get strip wood that is the correct size, the hobby shop I go to (in Australia) only has a very limited supply of strip wood however they have the entire range of evergreen styrene and the strip wood they do stock is similarly priced to the styrene anyway. I still find I need to paint the wooden pallets as well, although it's much easier because I simple stain them with diluted inc, it only takes a second.
Once again, excellent work! I've got a similar chopper from a different company, and will look to make similar pallets but for closer to 'O' scale. I wonder if I should use plasticard or balsa for it. Balsa would likely be cheaper and possibly have a natural grain to it. I'll see, but thanks for the hints! I used to do pallet control for a transport company I worked for. You wouldn't think it, but those things cost millions in lost cash every year when they aren't properly accounted for or returned. I know far too much about pallets, lol :)
ha ha... that's amazing! I know people around me like taking pallets to build backyard furniture! The chopper should work fine with plasticard and balsa, I've used it to chop up bass wood and balsa with no problems. Good luck building your pallets
Thank you for this video tutorial. I was wondering how to construct pallets that look realistic. I´m thinking of using matchsticks cut to the exact measurements but I will split each match stick after trimming to the exact length. At the beginning you stated you were making them at 13 mm in length, but the diagram you use doesn´t quite match those dimensions. I´ll try the 13 mm and go from there. I plan to stain the pallets instead of painting since I´ll be using wood and wood glue. I just hope I can get them to look like yours, ´cause yours look perfect. Thanks for posting. Your friend from across the big pond. Crack on, mate.
awesome stuff as always man...as a long time fan I've decided to reward you monetarily for your efforts...I've just become a $10 a month patreon...can't wait for your next vid...peace...
I want to know ..... where the friggin’ hell do you store all the finished projects ? After seeing your rustic scene in the glass dome display, you inspired me to create a 1/24 scale camper trailer model and camp scene diorama but it’s now gathering dust in my garage ☹️ where do you store them ?
Question: I'm looking to improving the lighting in my videos. Would you mind telling what setup you use? Many thanks, very entertaining videos. Keep it up
Hey mate, I use LED light panels that I built myself using strip LEDs to achieve a light temperature of approximately 4700K. I use 5 panels in total each made up of 300 LEDs, As for placement I have two panels behind me one on each side and two panels in front of me again one on each side and lastly I have one light panel directly next to the camera. So basically there is one light for each corner of the desk and one light in line with the camera. Hope that makes sense? 🙂
I have loved your videos for years and now I am going back and rewatching. Thank you for attention to detail and the quality of your videos.
Have said it before and will say it again, you don't post vids that often but when you do they are well worth watching every minute of them.
Thanks Luke this will be handy for a forth coming project of mine.
Im working my way through his older videos, only just found this channel recently
Awesome looking pallets. I don't know where you get the patience. Great idea angling the chop it board
Thanks Davie, I find it quite relaxing building models. You should see me driving though... Not a lot of patience doing that activity 😉
Luke Towan estimado, una vez mas me brindaste 7 maravillosos minutos de relajación completa, les envió un fuerte y gran abrazo a tu esposa y a ti, saludos desde Chile.
PD: no imaginas lo feliz que me harías al enviarme un saludo a mi.
Atte.
Tonny Jorquera
Wow, much the opposite with me, patience and form is retained higher than most when driving, and building anything small is downright infuriating.
I\'m not sure but ,if anyone else needs to find out about building a model railroad layout try Panlarko Amazing Railroad Planner (just google it ) ? Ive heard some interesting things about it and my colleague got cool success with it.
Nice land rover, dude. Series II in light blue or light green is my dream car.
Luke what I admire most is how things are not done in total neatness! To go along with total craftsmanship! Thanks again Eric NY
Luke just might be the best diorama builder alive. The detail and tutorials are incredible. I love watching these videos.
Love your work Luke! Been modeling 21 years and still learn a ton from you!
I'm curious how good it would look like if you use all your amazing technics in 1 giant railroad scenery with a fully working train loop, amazing scenery with tons off details, wouldn't that be a nice idea for a new Luke Towan project? Aside the tutorials a episode of the rail road scenery! :)
I had to think for a moment about "train loop"...
These are great. I don't even have a layout yet, but I think it would be a soothing activity to make a bunch of these pallets. The places I've worked in the real (giant) world where we had stacks of pallets, there was variety in the painting and labeling, indicating different customers and so on. I would enjoy mixing things up where you apply the red paint and throw in some different paint schemes, and maybe different levels of weathering and spillage. Thanks for another cool video.
You need to start the Luke Towan school of model building. If I was in your area I would join. You may be one of the best in the world.
Amazing models of an everyday object. The high level of detail on something so small is incredible Luke!!
Brother what a patient man you are
Love the simple fixes like just propping the cutter up.
The attention to detail by this guy is amazing. If I stop going down the pub then perhaps I can focus on something productive instead.
Fascinating! I love this stuff, even though my trains have been in several boxes in the garage for about 20 years.
The kids finally moved out so, maybe, just maybe.
Thank you Luke you are master of Details ❤️🤘🏽👏🏽👏🏽👍🏽
This dude is simply amazing in his work.
I dont build stuff like this because i really dont have the time for
it but just to watch you doing it is satisfying!!😮😮
So I know I'm not alone on this, but I want to make sure Luke gets a chance to read my comment.....I've just finished watch 3 of your playlist, EVEN though I've seen them all and constantly find I'm just as entertained and satisfied when watching them over and over. Just love all you do.
Looks very well, the details mark the difference
Awesome job Luke!!! Your videos are always interesting. You have such patience and your models always look so realistic. Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming!!
Love your absolute attention to detail Luke. When I saw this video it reminded me that some time ago I 'collected' a bunch of stirring sticks from a well known coffee outlet, thinking that I would use them for something. Just measured one of them and they're about 1.33mm thick x 5mm wide and 190mm long. They would probably work for pallet construction with a bit of tinkering, but they would obviously be harder to cut than PS.
The real bonus though is that they do not need to be made to look like wood because they already are wood ! Regards Mark in the UK
Amazing as usual!
Now all i need is time, talent, patience and skill. Then I´ll start with this hobby my own.
Great work you did on those pallets, very realistic.
Always amazed at what you make.
Cheers mate, glad you liked it 😊
I love your acrylic containers, so pristine!
(the real ones you use throughout your videos to hold the pieces and crafting materials)
Very nice proyect, thank's Luke awsome video
You put more time into these pallets than many people put into real ones! Great job on the model!
Luke these look so real its amazing, you have inspired me to get back to trying to build HO scale models and I'm going to try to recreate my old family farm in HO scale
LOSCAM pallets, nice. Time to make a tiny forklift to carry tiny boxes. Amazing job Luke!
mini pallet factory... lol very good how he makes things simple
I make sure I watch one or more of your videos before I go to sleep even if I seen them would love to see a winter theme HO scale build just an idea love your vids
I think you have to be one of the most patient people on earth.
This is so satisfying to watch
Your method is really neat and useful. Thanks for sharing this great technique!
awesome! going to make some of these in 1/25 scale for my race car garage diorama.
You're a Geeeeeeeeenius Luke ! Congratulations from France !
Genius!!! Happy railroading!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautiful pallets. Thanks for sharing your technique.
Thanks Luke, very nicely done
what's up Luke?...just wanted to let you know I got the pallets and magnet you sent for being a patreon...i gotta say man, these pallets are absolutely amazing in person...a very big thanks to you and all you do for the hobby...peace my friend...
Who would have ever thought about putting the cutter at an angle? You've got a lot of big ideas. 💡
We have the same kind of pallets here in Texas. 🤠
Cool 😃 Glad you enjoyed the tutorial, not sure where the idea of angling the chop-it came from... just popped into my head after spending 20 minutes chopping small bits of styrene. I remember thinking "There has to be a better way"
Buddy you are nuts...in a good way...can't stop watching.
ha ha awesome... I hope you continue to enjoy the videos 😉
Another great video tutorial, mate. Cheers from across the ¨big¨ pond!
Thanks Rusty, glad you enjoyed watching
Beautiful work.
Really nice, I'm definitely going to use this technique for my builds.
These videos are so relaxing 😎
Awesome work as usual Luke! Well Done
That last clip though :D great tut!
Nice work Luke !!! Respect for always !!!
Luke leave that opps pallet cause when I worked in the Factory at my Job we had a lot of pallets come thru looking like that!
Thanks Luke,great stuff as always,cheers Jon.
Great Job Dave. Looks good. I have that chopper, Regards, Solomon
Love it looks amazing
Thanks Ed, glad you liked them 😃
Amazing Luke....two thumbs up !!!
cheers,
danny
Why have I watched every video???? I don’t even do miniatures.
There's just something about watching someone who's that good doing what they do. I've made scenery and painted models for years, and I can tell you: he is quite an artist... :)
That may be a sign that you should start. 😉
Wow I never knew the scenery at my hobby shop was this detailed
Hi Luke,
Many thanks for another great tutorial! I'll try to do palettes by your method from genuine wood. I think it will be much cheaper than laser cut. It remains only to be as patient as you are:).
It's interesting. I know all these techniques but not a little gags you use. Thank you very much once again!
Excellent videos. Just earned you another subscriber!
un altro impressionante tutorial. "how it's made" del micro mondo !!!!
man... who gives this guy the 👎🏻 seriously?!?! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
More fantastic how toos and techniques
Incredible. Great tutorial.
Wow I'm so glad I found this channel, you are a fantastic modeler. Subscribed!
2 hints for the Chop-It: 1). Placing a thin “self healing” cutting pad on top of the flat table will prevent cutting into the base, and still results in a good cut. 2). If the blade has carved a groove in the base, push the fence pins out, unbolt the hinge and relocate them 90 degrees on the base, and drill/remount the parts there. Then use hint 1!
Wow wow and WOW...again!
Those Look Great!!
Excellent tutorial. Fun fact: I don't think I will focus too much on industrial scenery in the near future, but I watch your videos as entertainment. Always inspirational and very well explained. In some point I would like to make a 1920s diorama based on Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot. I envisioned a street scene and the pallets may come in handy to detail a delivery truck or such.
I could also see that a laser cutter comes in handy with such a project. Only catch is that you can't cut styrene easily with a laser cutter, so birch or bamboo it is.
Using the sanding paper for texture is a good idea, I always use wire brushes, but for such a small scale and the small pieces the sanding paper is easier.
Anyhow, thanks again for a great video and keep up the good work.
Thanks mate, good luck building the diorama, it sounds like it will be a fun model when you find the time to start 🙂 You could possibly build the pallets using thin balsa or bass wood as well using a laser cutter... That's a tool that will be added to my list in the near future!
Given your aptitude with electronics I expect a home made version ;)
Saw your mine diarama video being shared on Facebook via Ladbible. Guys were going off how good it is and betting it took you over 100 hours to get that far. I reckon it took about 5 or 6 hours over a couple of days. Your doing great stuff Luke and these pallets are cool. I may have to resize for my N scale. Thanks man.
Thanks Angus, believe it or not but some of the larger dioramas do take quite a long time to build, 100 hours is a little excessive however the Gold Mine diorama I made to close to 70 hours to finish!
Glad you're enjoying the videos 😉
brilliant mate scale it then make it i love it
Great work as usual
Hi, i love your videos !!! You're so talented !! I'm so happy when i see a new video from you haha !!! But it's always too short, i want see your videos all the time, every days !! haha
Congratulations from France ! 😊
Love your videos luke! keep up the great work!
Hi I've been watching your videos for quite a while now. Although I haven't done any model building since I was a kid, which was a very long time ago, :-) I really admire the way you come up with all these different creative techniques and ideas to build everything! Definitely a thumbs up! :-)
Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed watching 🙂
Another awesome video!
I think I could use this on my model farm be because it looks good for an Aussie farm thx mate
Nice video I build most of my scale items too mainly I work In the N scale area with is a very hard thing to get to look realistic Thanks for sharing your video
It's very satisfying when you finish building your own small details, it must take a lot of care and patience especially for you working in N scale, well done 😃
I'm not into building these models at all, but you make it very entertaining to watch, :)
As always great stuff
I am always amazed!
Cool intro, and nice Oakleys.
lol.... thanks mate 😃
Hi from Turkey Mr. Towan sorry for my bad english, What tools do you use? Can you make a video for show your equipments, i wonder what you are using, if i want build a workshop in my home what equipment do i need for begining?
bigwizzkidd your English is a lot better than most People. 👍
I know this is a old post and you probably don't need the list now but for others that might he has a list of tools on his website. Here's a link to it. www.bouldercreekrailroad.com/13-essential-tools.html
Really nice work, as always, really relaxing though
Wow, very nice! I must translate the video for my dad :P Hello from Germany
If you want some more depth in the color, just heavily dilute a darker shade of brown with water and brush it over the whole thing. The wash will flow in the recesses and add some shading, and it will also soften the rather harsh colors of the drybrushing.
So my question is why did you decide to use styrene instead of wood? I make mine in a similar way using wood and you dont have to worry about the painting also wood is a fraction of the cost of styrene
I have made a few different types of pallets using strip wood as well however in my case it can be hard to get strip wood that is the correct size, the hobby shop I go to (in Australia) only has a very limited supply of strip wood however they have the entire range of evergreen styrene and the strip wood they do stock is similarly priced to the styrene anyway. I still find I need to paint the wooden pallets as well, although it's much easier because I simple stain them with diluted inc, it only takes a second.
Wonderful work! You're great!
Lukes upload game is strong right now!
just know its gunna be an amazing video before i watch it :D
lol, thanks mate. I haven't run out of ideas just yet 😃
Amazing work!
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you are the best man.
I've made similar pallets but I use actual wood pieces instead of plastic. It saves a lot of time when you can avoid the texturing and painting steps.
Another great video!
Once again, excellent work! I've got a similar chopper from a different company, and will look to make similar pallets but for closer to 'O' scale. I wonder if I should use plasticard or balsa for it. Balsa would likely be cheaper and possibly have a natural grain to it. I'll see, but thanks for the hints!
I used to do pallet control for a transport company I worked for. You wouldn't think it, but those things cost millions in lost cash every year when they aren't properly accounted for or returned. I know far too much about pallets, lol :)
ha ha... that's amazing! I know people around me like taking pallets to build backyard furniture! The chopper should work fine with plasticard and balsa, I've used it to chop up bass wood and balsa with no problems.
Good luck building your pallets
Perfect Video! Question.... do you have a video how you built your DIY cutting machine? This would be very cool.... Greetings from Germany!
Very good information thank you
Thank you for this video tutorial. I was wondering how to construct pallets that look realistic. I´m thinking of using matchsticks cut to the exact measurements but I will split each match stick after trimming to the exact length. At the beginning you stated you were making them at 13 mm in length, but the diagram you use doesn´t quite match those dimensions. I´ll try the 13 mm and go from there. I plan to stain the pallets instead of painting since I´ll be using wood and wood glue. I just hope I can get them to look like yours, ´cause yours look perfect. Thanks for posting. Your friend from across the big pond. Crack on, mate.
awesome stuff as always man...as a long time fan I've decided to reward you monetarily for your efforts...I've just become a $10 a month patreon...can't wait for your next vid...peace...
i love your videos. i wish i had the patience to do some of these things myself. lol
I want to know .....
where the friggin’ hell do you store all the finished projects ?
After seeing your rustic scene in the glass dome display, you inspired me to create a 1/24 scale camper trailer model and camp scene diorama but it’s now gathering dust in my garage ☹️ where do you store them ?
Question: I'm looking to improving the lighting in my videos. Would you mind telling what setup you use? Many thanks, very entertaining videos. Keep it up
Hey mate, I use LED light panels that I built myself using strip LEDs to achieve a light temperature of approximately 4700K. I use 5 panels in total each made up of 300 LEDs, As for placement I have two panels behind me one on each side and two panels in front of me again one on each side and lastly I have one light panel directly next to the camera. So basically there is one light for each corner of the desk and one light in line with the camera.
Hope that makes sense? 🙂