00:33...You can always hide your cat under a mountain in the corner. Make sure top is easily removable! 🤣 Walthers has done a good job, eliminating a hinge joint on their switches. MUCH better reliability.
Great start. If i may suggest only solder on the outside of rail as the inside of the rail is used by the flange of the wheel. Love you cat as well. Keep up the good work.
Soldering on the outside of the rail will have solder on the inside because of the fact that the solder will travel but the solder will be at a minimum. If you do it right!!!
I’m glad you’re back to making videos. You’re actually the first channel I started watching and subscribed to last year when I was wanting to get back into the hobby.
Great to have you back, I did wonder what happened... It is such a temptation to throw heaps of money into the hobby and then curse yourself later for not planning. Something you may want to consider. With that 3 bay shed, how about having a disused line coming out of it? You could go to town having a really rusty track, overgrown with weeds.
If I may make one suggestion, make a mobile MOW diorama that you temporarily attach with rail joiners to where ever the track ends. So that it looks like a crew is expanding your layout while you are working on something else!
May I ask you both why you didn’t choose the Walthers flex track to go with the Walthers turnouts? Isn’t the tie spacing different on the Atlas flex track?
@@derekalexander4030 I actually end up getting Walthers flextrack and I’m not sure why I didn’t buy it in the first place. As for the spacing I don’t notice much of a difference after painted
Great video and glad to see you're back! I'm really digging the new layout and that's what I decided on too! The more I thought whether I wanted it narrow or not. After contemplating it over and over I went with it being 2' wide as well. I really wanted a Switching layout even though I've obtained MASSIVE amount of rolling stock and 14 locomotives! I think I became an impulsive buyer. But oh well, I can change these pieces around when I get tired of them! CONGRATULATIONS on over 11k subscribers too! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA
Thank you as always Shawn! I think 2’ is a perfect choice that is easy to work with when it comes to reaching things. Sounds like you got a awesome collection, the more the merrier! Thank you again!
So glad to see you're back! I was looking forward to the next layout updates, but seeing mine is still under construction, I'm glad to get a recap of building from this stage again. Thanks!
That’s awesome to see you back! I wondered what happened to you, but good to see you (And the cat) are still around. I like your channel because it’s just nice and chill without all the loudness and fast paced graphics of other channels
Be interesting to see if you actually finish this one. If going off that track plan it will be a solid little switching layout. Though I'd start plannning out the 3rd and 4th sections now on paper. So when time comes you not re-doing section 1 & 2's track.
I get all of my "crap" paint from the "big box" store. They usually have a discount table where paint that was mis-tented and returned are. I have 3 gallons of dark paint at a cost of only about $30 for all of it. They will even re-tint it for me and I usually have them darken it a lot. I've never worried about "DCC friendly" turnouts as I have the "come alive" chip in all of my engines. So there will be no problems using the less expensive switches. I'd love to use the snap switches but I don't want to spend the money on them.I always use acid flux when soldering. The solder will flow better and hold better. After things cool down I wipe the joints with alcohol on an old tooth brush. Gets all of the acid off. The wood dowel is new to me. I like it. I don't like the unpainted look when you tape over the points of the track. Try cans of food to weigh the track down. Place them on their sides and the track will keep them from rolling away. Soup works great. I also have some bricks. just cover them with an old piece of fabric to soften them a bit. They work great for the turnouts. I use a lot of the "T" pins to hold track in place while the glue dries. Looks like a good track plan so far.
Whenever i built large projects i get bored and burnt out after a while so to stay focused i recommend only laying the track then build and fully finish sections so just build a secrion as you go dont plan it because thinking as you build it makes you want to continually build it
Glad to join the fun! Good tip on the wooden dowel cleaning. Be careful with those inside solder joints. HO scale probably will be fine but in N your even tighter! Looks like you are using NCE. You using the S8 for switch control ? It does work with snap switches I think ?! .... Cool Video Thanks!
Looks great mate, I'm planning to expand my layout so I can use code 100 track so I can run both British and american trains with set track express turn outs for my amtrak cars to run nicely.
I am so glad to see you back! I was worried you'd never return. This layout is going to be great! Awesome start, I must say. I'd like to build my own layout in the near future because I finally found a spot to put it! Looking forward to seeing the next episode.
Magnificent catches of the mod trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars, keep up the the work, you earned a new subscriber, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
HES POSTED!!!!!! Ideas: you could use cork to raise the track for easier placement of gravel, if you want. #2, use the shed or stall to house trains not running on the layout at the moment, #3 use the vehicles from the lot you bought for a scene near the track where there placing roads or train track
I like those ideas! As for the cork, I’m probably not gonna use it since everything is already wired and glued down at this point 😂 but thank you for the feedback and for watching my video!
@@TopRailroad Any time! Thank You for coming back! We missed You, also nice layout, I just started over too, it's all around my room, maybe I'll start a series, but I've quite started already...but idk...
Yesterday I read on your Instagram that you would return to UA-cam today, I reiterate, that lowboy is beautiful and what a good layout you are building, greetings from Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
The new layout is looking great! Can't wait to see what you have planned for it. I am a new subscriber to your channel. I recently took down my old layout and am in the planning phase for my next layout! Cheers Brian
I’m happy that you found a way to come back to what you love. Have you thought about what made you walk away and how to prevent it in the future? Do you have any suggestions for others on how not to fall into that?
Ok so question to the group, if my track is already laid out in the way I like, is there a way to glue down the track while keeping it in place? Weird question I know but I could use some help here lol
Sadly not really and I totally understand that cause you spend so much time laying it down to to how it looks. The best you can do is lifting it slightly and running a thin line of glue under as far as you can
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HE. IS. BACK!
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YEASAASSSASS
Off to a good new start! I understand the burnout but it's glad to see you didn't totally give up on the hobby. - Jason
I’ll always love trains no matter what! But I’m glad to have that desire to make and build again
00:33...You can always hide your cat under a mountain in the corner. Make sure top is easily removable! 🤣 Walthers has done a good job, eliminating a hinge joint on their switches. MUCH better reliability.
He would love his own mountain 😂 and yes these switches are the best
Great start. If i may suggest only solder on the outside of rail as the inside of the rail is used by the flange of the wheel. Love you cat as well. Keep up the good work.
Ohhh didn’t even think of that. Thanks for the tip
Soldering on the outside of the rail will have solder on the inside because of the fact that the solder will travel but the solder will be at a minimum. If you do it right!!!
New to this. What's the pros and cons of soldering the rail
Man so glad to see your back I was beginning to think you fall off the earth hope all is well.
Appreciate it! All is well thank you
I’m glad you’re back to making videos. You’re actually the first channel I started watching and subscribed to last year when I was wanting to get back into the hobby.
I’m glad to be back! That’s awesome though! I appreciate you watching and subscribing
Great to have you back, I did wonder what happened...
It is such a temptation to throw heaps of money into the hobby and then curse yourself later for not planning.
Something you may want to consider. With that 3 bay shed, how about having a disused line coming out of it? You could go to town having a really rusty track, overgrown with weeds.
Thank you! I appreciate the idea as well
Excited to see what comes of this!
Looking forward to watching the layout come to life! Glad to see you posting again. - Brian
Thank you man
HE'S BACK!!!!!! wooooooooo hell ya
If I may make one suggestion, make a mobile MOW diorama that you temporarily attach with rail joiners to where ever the track ends. So that it looks like a crew is expanding your layout while you are working on something else!
Dayum your bench is looking clean !!
Glad to see you back in the saddle. I'm also using Atlas Code 83 with Walthers DCC Ready turnouts.
The Walthers turnouts are a great choice
May I ask you both why you didn’t choose the Walthers flex track to go with the Walthers turnouts? Isn’t the tie spacing different on the Atlas flex track?
@@derekalexander4030 I actually end up getting Walthers flextrack and I’m not sure why I didn’t buy it in the first place. As for the spacing I don’t notice much of a difference after painted
Great video and glad to see you're back! I'm really digging the new layout and that's what I decided on too! The more I thought whether I wanted it narrow or not. After contemplating it over and over I went with it being 2' wide as well. I really wanted a Switching layout even though I've obtained MASSIVE amount of rolling stock and 14 locomotives! I think I became an impulsive buyer. But oh well, I can change these pieces around when I get tired of them! CONGRATULATIONS on over 11k subscribers too! Cheers from Laurel, Delaware USA
Thank you as always Shawn! I think 2’ is a perfect choice that is easy to work with when it comes to reaching things. Sounds like you got a awesome collection, the more the merrier! Thank you again!
Welcome back, looking forward to the new build!
So glad to see you're back! I was looking forward to the next layout updates, but seeing mine is still under construction, I'm glad to get a recap of building from this stage again. Thanks!
Hey man ...I'm so glad you are back ...I just love your talk..and your presentations ..missed you brother....
Is that possible?..yeah it is
I missed your great comments! Glad to be back 😁
I'm glad to see your back
It’s great to see your transition and growth of knowledge from your first layout try. Looking really good dude. Glad you’re back at it.
There has been a lot of learning lol. Thank you man
Nice to see you back at it. I’ll be watching you progress.
Glad you're back! Can't wait to see how it turns out!
Really like your new layout ideas, and the inclusion of the helpful god finger, and kitty in the video. * subscribed *
Yup, sometimes just need a break for a bit. Impressed with how clean it looks even under construction!
Thank you!
Congratulations on the new layout build. We always learn more as we move along in the hobby! Best wishes! Look forward to watching the progress.
Very true it’s a never ending learning process
So glad you’re back doing what you enjoy. Not going to lie, really thought you were done. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks man! Same here :)
Looks very nice. Don't forget to use some Flux when soldering. Very helpful. I use the liquid kind. Great tape. Very excellent details !!!
I completely forgot about flux and have already done a lot of my soldering haha. Thank you for the kind comment
That’s awesome to see you back! I wondered what happened to you, but good to see you (And the cat) are still around.
I like your channel because it’s just nice and chill without all the loudness and fast paced graphics of other channels
Thank you man, i also appreciate the feedback. I like doing the calm and detailed videos
Liking the new layout so far! Happy to see you're back
Thank you man
Your videos are by far the best instructional videos on how to do this stuff. Thank you. I’m doing mine pretty much the same way.
The return of the king! It's SO good to have you back.
YOU_ARE_BACK_!!!!!! Really glad to see you are starting a new build, and looking promising!
Thank you man
Be interesting to see if you actually finish this one. If going off that track plan it will be a solid little switching layout. Though I'd start plannning out the 3rd and 4th sections now on paper. So when time comes you not re-doing section 1 & 2's track.
That’s a good idea to look into before I go any further
I didn't know about using wooden chopsticks to clean painted tracks. very interesting. thanks for the valuable advice
Yes! Wood dowels work great cause they aren’t as abrasive
Look forward to watching the progress. Hello from NZ
Thank you and hello!
Great to see you back! Great track plan for the new layout. Looking forward to the next one.
Thanks Nicholas! I gotta lot to catch up on with your channel too 😎
It is so good to have you back!
Glad to see that your back in the hobby ! That 3 bay garage I would use as a Loco repair shop. With one of the bays for vehicle repairs.
Good idea. I love the idea of a locomotive repair shop
Welcome Back, great to see a new video Buddy!!!
I really like the new layout plan, good luck with the build.
- Alex
I get all of my "crap" paint from the "big box" store. They usually have a discount table where paint that was mis-tented and returned are. I have 3 gallons of dark paint at a cost of only about $30 for all of it. They will even re-tint it for me and I usually have them darken it a lot. I've never worried about "DCC friendly" turnouts as I have the "come alive" chip in all of my engines. So there will be no problems using the less expensive switches. I'd love to use the snap switches but I don't want to spend the money on them.I always use acid flux when soldering. The solder will flow better and hold better. After things cool down I wipe the joints with alcohol on an old tooth brush. Gets all of the acid off. The wood dowel is new to me. I like it. I don't like the unpainted look when you tape over the points of the track. Try cans of food to weigh the track down. Place them on their sides and the track will keep them from rolling away. Soup works great. I also have some bricks. just cover them with an old piece of fabric to soften them a bit. They work great for the turnouts. I use a lot of the "T" pins to hold track in place while the glue dries. Looks like a good track plan so far.
Thank you very much to the insight and tips for building the layout!
Glad to have you back!
starting smalls the best way to Go
Glad to see that you are back! looking forward to progress updates!
Glad to see you back! new layout looks great!
when the world need him the most, he returned!
Good to see ya back in action. Best wishes on new layout.
Thank you!
Welcome back!!, looking forward to seeing how this turns out!
Thank you!
Looking good so far and glad you back again. Mine is gathering dust as I lost interest in my layout long ago, maybe I should do what you did.
Dust it off and dive in again! The winter months are a good time do get back into the hobby :D
@@TopRailroad I need to redo my track plan as my current one didn't work too well on my U shape layout as the gradient and turns didn't go too well.
Oh okay I see hopefully you can fix that up no problems
@@TopRailroad yes same would love to make a nice one
Man, looks great so far! I'm curious how it turns out, because I'm thinking of doing a similar layout
Glad to see that your back, I honestly missed your content and can’t wait to see where this new build goes 😊
Thank you 😄
He has returned thank goodness
i just finshed watching your layout from a year ago (suger mill one) and now u upload this perfect!
Nice clean pained benchwork. Looks great.
Happy to see you back! Looking forward to your work. I do like the wood dowel method for removing paint from the rails. :)
Glad to be back!
Shelf layouts are awesome 👌
Glad to have you back. Hope to see you more consistently!
Consistence is key this time
Welcome back! I look forward to your new build.
Glad you are back . Really enjoyed your videos and was disappointed when you stopped posting. Look foward to seeing your progress on this new layout.
Thank you man
It will be great, one thing, before you wing nut put a lock washer to make it secured
Good idea
I enjoyed the video and looking forward to following this build series! - Dan
Thank you Dan!
Glad you’re back. Thanks for posting!
Thanks for watching! 😄
I'm glad you're back and I can't wait for the next video.😁
Yeah nice to have you back.
Glad you’re back!!
Whenever i built large projects i get bored and burnt out after a while so to stay focused i recommend only laying the track then build and fully finish sections so just build a secrion as you go dont plan it because thinking as you build it makes you want to continually build it
That’s the plan, for people like me that’s a good way to go about it
Glad you came back!!
Off to a good start.
You're finally back! So happy to see you uploading again. Just in time, as i just started my 5 x 8 HO Scale layout!
That sounds awesome! Nothing better then a new layout
Glad to join the fun! Good tip on the wooden dowel cleaning. Be careful with those inside solder joints. HO scale probably will be fine but in N your even tighter! Looks like you are using NCE. You using the S8 for switch control ? It does work with snap switches I think ?! .... Cool Video Thanks!
Nice to see you back
Looks great mate, I'm planning to expand my layout so I can use code 100 track so I can run both British and american trains with set track express turn outs for my amtrak cars to run nicely.
I’ve always loved British engines, sounds like a great plan!
I am so glad to see you back! I was worried you'd never return. This layout is going to be great! Awesome start, I must say. I'd like to build my own layout in the near future because I finally found a spot to put it! Looking forward to seeing the next episode.
Thank you, I’m glad to be back! That’s awesome though I’m glad you got some space for a layout!
I,m really glad to see that your making videos again.
Thank you
The moment we've all been waiting for has come... He's alive!
Magnificent catches of the mod trains coming by and pass, I like it 5 stars, keep up the the work, you earned a new subscriber, Greetings from Portugal to the USA.
Greetings :)
HES POSTED!!!!!!
Ideas: you could use cork to raise the track for easier placement of gravel, if you want. #2, use the shed or stall to house trains not running on the layout at the moment, #3 use the vehicles from the lot you bought for a scene near the track where there placing roads or train track
I like those ideas! As for the cork, I’m probably not gonna use it since everything is already wired and glued down at this point 😂 but thank you for the feedback and for watching my video!
@@TopRailroad Any time! Thank You for coming back! We missed You, also nice layout, I just started over too, it's all around my room, maybe I'll start a series, but I've quite started already...but idk...
And it's ok if you don't use cork, I was just saying!
Glad to see you back, Man!
Yesterday I read on your Instagram that you would return to UA-cam today, I reiterate, that lowboy is beautiful and what a good layout you are building, greetings from Guadalajara Jalisco Mexico
Thank you very much! Greetings from Colorado!
Always a good idea to have your work "catscaned"
😂😂
The new layout is looking great! Can't wait to see what you have planned for it. I am a new subscriber to your channel. I recently took down my old layout and am in the planning phase for my next layout! Cheers Brian
Thank you! Planning is always exciting
So happy youre back
So glad to see you're back!
so glad you're back!
I’m happy that you found a way to come back to what you love. Have you thought about what made you walk away and how to prevent it in the future? Do you have any suggestions for others on how not to fall into that?
I think I was just burnt out and started realizing some of the flaws. But another big reason was lack of time since I started a different job
Putting in a few angled cross members would stabilize your bench work. I noticed that when you were sanding it was moving quite a bit.
I’ll actually at some point just shoot a couple screws into the studs in the wall when I know for sure where the layout should be
@@TopRailroad Good plan. I will be sure to watch your progress.
Great to see you back !!!
Welcome back can't wait to see the next video.
Great and just yesterday I thought it was time for a new episode 😁💪🚂
glad to see youre back
nice to see you back!
At the Menards in Iowa City, Iowa 4x8 sheets of Pink Panther foamboard are about 20$
That’s a lot better deal haha
no way you responded. your my favorite model railroad yt channel. i'm 13 with a starting HO scale Layout@@TopRailroad
Glad to see you are back uploading even though i never commented, and it is understandable why you got burnt out. Take care of yourself
Watching my videos alone means a lot to me, thank you!
You're welcome, like I said, take care of yourself, we don't need another legend gone
The legend has returned. And also 4 layouts, jope he dosnt make a nother new one.
I shouldn’t! Lol
Awesome looking so far keep it up
Finally!!!!!!
THE LEGEND IS BACK!, STRONGER THAN EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks man 😁
Woot woot! Is DJ going to make an appearance? I can't wait to see some of those sweet new blacktop roads.
Hey Manshed! Sadly no cause he was with the group of things I sold last year lol BUT I’ll have to get some new name recommendations for the new crew!
Love your videos man 👍
Thank you 😁
FINALLY! You better not tear it up again
Don’t worry that wont happen 😂
@@TopRailroad hopefully
Ok so question to the group, if my track is already laid out in the way I like, is there a way to glue down the track while keeping it in place? Weird question I know but I could use some help here lol
Sadly not really and I totally understand that cause you spend so much time laying it down to to how it looks. The best you can do is lifting it slightly and running a thin line of glue under as far as you can
I love your layout