Dear Mike I’m going around visiting all the major layouts on UA-cam asking if you could produce a simple running session a “Boredom Basher” so we can escape this uncertain world if only for a short while thank you so much I wish you and your family well 👍
Great video Mike and Mark. Good to hear some of the background to the layout. Interesting to see how an exhibition layout gets transported too. All the best and stay safe guys.
Great to see some shots of the Basingstoke event, as I couldn't make it. Nice to see Mark onboard for this update as well as the tricks and techniques used for operating the exhibition layout. 👍 GWR
Brilliant video. Watching how the layout collapses to be put away and for transportation was most interesting. Lots of great footage in this that kept me hooked the entire time. Some nice new models out as well. Clint
The Mike and Mark Show was very good and a recipe for future Hornby vids?? Funny how the strip-down footage caught lots of Mark doing nothing :-) :-) Always a pleasure to watch Hornby layouts and vids. Stay safe guys.
Awesome layout guys. Absolutely love the fiddle yard. That’s impressive as is the whole layout of course. You guys never cease to amaze me. Keep well boys. Best wishes from South Australia. Cheers Caleb 👍
Aside from having a spectacular railway network, the modelers in the UK are stunningly SUPERB! BRAVO to ALL of you as I've been mesmerised with what you all do and your exquisite layouts since returning to the hobby (after 37 years) in 2011. I'm now the proud owner of four sets of OO gauge trains and LOVE them. I'm in need of four more Bachmann London Underground carriages and five more carriages of the Hornby Pendolino Class 390, and hope that I can find at least the Pendolino carriages somewhere (like Hatton's) and at a reasonable price and I'm hoping that I can still buy the Bachmann London Underground carriages from the London Transport Museum. There are many more OO gauge sets that I must have and hope to be able to get them before the year ends. I want half of my proposed home layout to be that of the English countryside and villages to a small or medium sized city with a Faller system and all of those absolutely gorgeous OO scale vehicles including a level crossing or two (the British level crossings make far more sense than the idiotic grade crossings we have here in America) and the gorgeous scenery found on every British railway layout on UA-cam. I greatly appreciate your efforts in railway modeling in the UK as I find what you gents do to be astounding and inspiring, BRAVISSIMMO!!
@@hornbymag Youre most welcome!Thank YOU for your wonderful videos and your fine OO gauge trains! I hope to make it to England (particularly London) one day to see those layouts that I admire up and close. Thanks again!
Very nice video Hornby magazine. There is a problem on one of the joints between two boards the front lights on the 37 flashed off and on again. You should be able to see which two by watching the video. It did not stop me from enjoying the video and the best part was "I have never seen Richard moving so fast before" Too modern for me and the wrong side for me and Richard. Many thanks for sharing the video as there is not else much else we can do even here in Thailand. Martin. (A safe distance from Richard.)
Mike and Richard, the new version of the chuckle brothers? 😂😂. Great video gents. Nice to see mark feature as well. Hope yourselves and the rest of the team are well during this unsettling time
Hello. At 10:30 (approx) you use a manual uncoupler. Its exactly what I've been looking for, but can't find in Australia. Is this a catalogue item? Also, how much space between tracks do you need to use this uncoupler? Thanks.
I'm a NEW SUBSCRIBER, & I'm from the United States of AMERICA. I run ( 1:87 ) HO SCALE. I was wondering if yourcontainers will fit on our HO SCALE trains? Piggy back?
Hello. My Dad is a member of the Basingstoke club and I helped out at the exhibition. It was before the lockdown, but Coronavirus fears were on our minds. A couple of exhibits cancelled on us, but most were happy to go ahead with it even though we were unsure there would be an exhibition. We brought in additional measures like extra handwash, regular cleaning down of barriers etc... In the end it came down to we'd cancel the weekend if the Council asked us to, they didn't. Attendance was still noticeably low compared to previous years. Government made lockdown official a couple of weeks later.
Looking forward to the new mag , might even buy the layouts one with so much time on my hands. What’s the sound file in the Hymek ? ..really does it justice Andy
Hi i was wondering if you could help im building my layout and not sure where I need to put my power on i have a hm400 or 4000 control and not sure where I connect my power up to my siding i want sepert power to
hi Mike super layout and nice to see updated high me from helghan how about an article on updateing/improveing oo class 26/27/33to led to improve the lighting they are just not bright enough kind regards keep safe ralph
This is pretty mediocre really, have a look for Crawley Model Railway Society's "Wellbridge" layout, a very old DC layout but still a really popular layout, this West Coast mimics a lot of Wellbridge's features.
@@hornbymag if you want to portray a realistic mode, of the railways of today then you really need to be accurate in all areas. The trains are modelled realistically as is the cement works, but you level crossing is very inaccurate as I pointed out in a letter to your magazine last March, which was ignored (as was the article I submitted pointing out the corrections of the February 2019 article), are too many things that are wrong including the anti-tresspass features (that don't go the entire width of the crossing), the yellow box markings that don't match these given in the UK's Traffic Signs Manual and the ORR Manual on Level Crossings and the road sign closest togge crossing not being the additional hazard sign of being correct (it should be a danger of electrocution sign with the safe maximum height and not the level crossing warning sign (which would be off the board)). The parking of the Network Rail van is also wronwrong g, the level crossing at Helpston is similar to that modelled here and the signalman has to park outside of the level crossing.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 "if you want to portray a realistic mode, of the railways of today then you really need to be accurate in all areas." What a hypocritical-idiotic approach! How can you talk about "needing to be accurate in all areas" and at the same time - without being ashamed - let the whole system run on a scale wrong track?
@@pearlyhumbucker9065 in my posting I ignored the elephant in the room, the underscale track. But over the last 40 years the press and modelling public has looked at the models being produced in, say, Germany and asked the question, why are our models little more than crudely shaped boxes in comparison? The model manufacturers responded and gave us finer quality models whilst retaining our underscale track (and st the same time prices rose to cover the cost of designing and manufacturing such highly detailed models in response to this demand only to be accused of fleecing the modellers, but that's another story). In the UK we have been lumbered with inaccurate track gauge for so long now nothing in that area will change save for the fineness of the rails and the spacing of the sleepers. And one of the reasons for this is Hornby. During WW2 there were proposals to standardise on 18.2mm track but Hornby, the only large scale manufacturer, opposed this leaving us with inaccurate track. Whilst 18.2mm is still under scale by 0.63mm, this is not so obviously underscale at normal viewing distances. As for sleeper spacings, well these do vary in reality (check out the ECML at Grantham where one track has PECO-esque spacings). So yes, the track is inaccurate, but that is not the issue here because I'm making this point in relation to British ready-to-run modelling practices in our most popular gauge. This layout is spoilt by poor non-railway modelling ie the road markings. These are as crudely done as the rolling stock models of the 1980s when compared to today's models. And yes, the details for accurately modelling is readily available online.
Dear Mike
I’m going around visiting all the major layouts on UA-cam asking if you could produce a simple running session a “Boredom Basher” so we can escape this uncertain world if only for a short while thank you so much I wish you and your family well 👍
Class 35 is mighty good diesel. My favourite class and love a good double heading with them.
Cant beat um!
Great video Mike and Mark. Good to hear some of the background to the layout. Interesting to see how an exhibition layout gets transported too. All the best and stay safe guys.
Thanks Tase!
Richard is trying not to crease with laughter when listening to Mike!!!
Great to see some shots of the Basingstoke event, as I couldn't make it. Nice to see Mark onboard for this update as well as the tricks and techniques used for operating the exhibition layout. 👍 GWR
Thanks GWR!
Glad I went to this exhibition as it was the last one in a while.
Beautiful layout, very detailed and realistic.
Brilliant video. Watching how the layout collapses to be put away and for transportation was most interesting. Lots of great footage in this that kept me hooked the entire time. Some nice new models out as well. Clint
Thanks Clint, glad you enjoyed it!
Love this layout, my favourite era!
Thanks Joe!
The Mike and Mark Show was very good and a recipe for future Hornby vids?? Funny how the strip-down footage caught lots of Mark doing nothing :-) :-) Always a pleasure to watch Hornby layouts and vids. Stay safe guys.
Definitely, we do our best to temp Mark on screen 😁
Love the late 90s stock formations, absolutely wonderful layout.
Thanks Nathan!
love your West Coast Cement layout. Its great seeing it at the Basingstoke Model Railway show
Thanks Matt, really good to see you on the saturday, Next time you'll have to have a go!
Great stuff, keep up the good work.
Tantissimi complimenti hornby👍👍👍😄👋
If this layout ever comes up for sale, id love to buy it. Amazing layout seen it so many times and its always entertaining
Thanks Ian!
Great video guys 👍👍👍👍
Awesome layout guys. Absolutely love the fiddle yard. That’s impressive as is the whole layout of course. You guys never cease to amaze me. Keep well boys. Best wishes from South Australia. Cheers Caleb 👍
Thanks Caleb!
Aside from having a spectacular railway network, the modelers in the UK are stunningly SUPERB! BRAVO to ALL of you as I've been mesmerised with what you all do and your exquisite layouts since returning to the hobby (after 37 years) in 2011. I'm now the proud owner of four sets of OO gauge trains and LOVE them. I'm in need of four more Bachmann London Underground carriages and five more carriages of the Hornby Pendolino Class 390, and hope that I can find at least the Pendolino carriages somewhere (like Hatton's) and at a reasonable price and I'm hoping that I can still buy the Bachmann London Underground carriages from the London Transport Museum.
There are many more OO gauge sets that I must have and hope to be able to get them before the year ends. I want half of my proposed home layout to be that of the English countryside and villages to a small or medium sized city with a Faller system and all of those absolutely gorgeous OO scale vehicles including a level crossing or two (the British level crossings make far more sense than the idiotic grade crossings we have here in America) and the gorgeous scenery found on every British railway layout on UA-cam.
I greatly appreciate your efforts in railway modeling in the UK as I find what you gents do to be astounding and inspiring, BRAVISSIMMO!!
Thanks Mark for your wonderful message!
@@hornbymag
Youre most welcome!Thank YOU for your wonderful videos and your fine OO gauge trains! I hope to make it to England (particularly London) one day to see those layouts that I admire up and close. Thanks again!
Very nice video Hornby magazine. There is a problem on one of the joints between two boards the front lights on the 37 flashed off and on again. You should be able to see which two by watching the video. It did not stop me from enjoying the video and the best part was "I have never seen Richard moving so fast before" Too modern for me and the wrong side for me and Richard. Many thanks for sharing the video as there is not else much else we can do even here in Thailand. Martin. (A safe distance from Richard.)
Oops we'll have to have a peek at that!
That's the best train set I've ever seen👏
Mike and Richard, the new version of the chuckle brothers? 😂😂. Great video gents. Nice to see mark feature as well. Hope yourselves and the rest of the team are well during this unsettling time
Ha You never know! 🤭
We're all working from home to bring you the latest Magazine or video! 👍🏻
@@hornbymag it's the best thing to do during these times working from home, less likely to catch anything that way.
Wow so good, great job!
Your layout reminds me of WCML up at Shap/Harrison’s Sidings in Cumbria. Worked up there a few times and your layout looks great.
Thanks your right it is similar!
Thanks for sharing, seen this in person
Your very welcome, Enjoyed your latest video!
Brilliant excellent. Ray Wigston
This layout is impressive.
Thanks Reny Rex!
I used to see a class 37 with a nuclear flask go past where I worked. Used to service Bradwell nuclear power station.
Nice!
Great video guys ,Dave
Thanks Dave!
great video...so much looking forward to aprils edition being delivered..a very welcome distraction...great video ..stay safe..
Thanks, really glad you enjoyed the video
The Class 90 Intercity rake looks great but would look even better with Hunt close couplings! The Virgin set looks like it has these already?
I’ve always wondered how you manage the OHLE wires when you’re dismantling the layout.
If I am not mistaken this is a Eruopean Trainshow all good.
What model of level crossing/barriers is that? Looks nice.
Re: the Bachmann 121. You stated a PLuX22 interface, but Rails have it listed with a 21 pin interface.
I can’t wait to get my Copy
Not long now! 😁
Great layouts!🤗🤗🤗🤗 a minor crit is absence of super elavation on some curves. It can make a big difference to the impression...
Now that could be fun
Hello. At 10:30 (approx) you use a manual uncoupler. Its exactly what I've been looking for, but can't find in Australia. Is this a catalogue item? Also, how much space between tracks do you need to use this uncoupler? Thanks.
Great video!
Thanks Philip!
Amazing, thanks.
Thanks Nigel!
I'm a NEW SUBSCRIBER, & I'm from the United States of AMERICA. I run ( 1:87 ) HO SCALE. I was wondering if yourcontainers will fit on our HO SCALE trains? Piggy back?
Incredible layout.....How come the trains don't blow their horn when they come to the crossings?
Loved the Layout. But please guys. It still ran ?.
I thought we were on lock down ?.
KEEP SAFE GUYS.
This was filmed before the lockdown 👍🏻
Hello.
My Dad is a member of the Basingstoke club and I helped out at the exhibition.
It was before the lockdown, but Coronavirus fears were on our minds. A couple of exhibits cancelled on us, but most were happy to go ahead with it even though we were unsure there would be an exhibition. We brought in additional measures like extra handwash, regular cleaning down of barriers etc...
In the end it came down to we'd cancel the weekend if the Council asked us to, they didn't. Attendance was still noticeably low compared to previous years. Government made lockdown official a couple of weeks later.
Looking forward to the new mag , might even buy the layouts one with so much time on my hands. What’s the sound file in the Hymek ? ..really does it justice
Andy
Hi i was wondering if you could help im building my layout and not sure where I need to put my power on i have a hm400 or 4000 control and not sure where I connect my power up to my siding i want sepert power to
Super😀
Need to put a rake of sleepers on the layout
Good idea!
hi Mike super layout and nice to see updated high me from helghan how about an article on updateing/improveing oo class 26/27/33to led to improve the lighting they are just not bright enough
kind regards
keep safe
ralph
Hi Ralph, glad you enjoyed the video!
What a good idea, I'll be sure to pass your suggestion on.
Regards
Richard
Will you be making freightliner class 86’s for OO gauge
Nice layout, everything is spot on and perfect and that's what wrecks it. Too clinical. Anyway that's my personal opinion
My favourite period as well, just before complete 66 domination !
Sheds everywhere haha
We’re do you get your track
It’s all Peco code 75 flexible track with medium and large radius points on this layout.
West Coast Main Line. Cemex Rugby.?
I see the oulton tmd had a mobile crane set up, where could i get 1 that is 1.76scale, i cant find them anywhere
The crane is a Kibri kit KI13060, in HO scale, unfortunately i don't know of any in oo scale.
@@Railfreight37 , thanks
I will look into that, i have a HO steel mill kit coming from USA
Why don't you produce the Italian railway? It is a satured market, there is very little production. What is produced costs too much!
Here in USA our clubs are closed CORONAVIRUS
This was filmed before the lock down 👍🏻
Wow ;-)
Thanks
Legal gostei ....Cléber ferromodelista Brasil. 🚂🚋🚋🚋🚋
Hornby Magazine, are you interested in exhibition invites for 2021? Kind Regards Chris - Wessex Association of Model Railway Clubs
Absolutely! 👍🏻
17:13
This is pretty mediocre really, have a look for Crawley Model Railway Society's "Wellbridge" layout, a very old DC layout but still a really popular layout, this West Coast mimics a lot of Wellbridge's features.
Did you see the other layouts featured in this video? Some stunners
Too much talking.not enough showing of layout or trains!
Keep an eye out for the running session videos, zero waffle! :D
day 14 of lockdown
Too much waffling...
Try our Running session videos, long waffle-less videos. 😁
Not educating to the new comers
It's a shame they spoilt West Coast Cement with the worst modelled level crossing I've ever seen. The road markings and signage are mostly wrong.
That's a very 'Glass half empty' look on things Neil, you could say it's mostly right...
😆👍🏻
@@hornbymag if you want to portray a realistic mode, of the railways of today then you really need to be accurate in all areas. The trains are modelled realistically as is the cement works, but you level crossing is very inaccurate as I pointed out in a letter to your magazine last March, which was ignored (as was the article I submitted pointing out the corrections of the February 2019 article), are too many things that are wrong including the anti-tresspass features (that don't go the entire width of the crossing), the yellow box markings that don't match these given in the UK's Traffic Signs Manual and the ORR Manual on Level Crossings and the road sign closest togge crossing not being the additional hazard sign of being correct (it should be a danger of electrocution sign with the safe maximum height and not the level crossing warning sign (which would be off the board)). The parking of the Network Rail van is also wronwrong g, the level crossing at Helpston is similar to that modelled here and the signalman has to park outside of the level crossing.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 Neil, please get a life. Happy modeling.
@@neiloflongbeck5705 "if you want to portray a realistic mode, of the railways of today then you really need to be accurate in all areas."
What a hypocritical-idiotic approach! How can you talk about "needing to be accurate in all areas" and at the same time - without being ashamed - let the whole system run on a scale wrong track?
@@pearlyhumbucker9065 in my posting I ignored the elephant in the room, the underscale track. But over the last 40 years the press and modelling public has looked at the models being produced in, say, Germany and asked the question, why are our models little more than crudely shaped boxes in comparison? The model manufacturers responded and gave us finer quality models whilst retaining our underscale track (and st the same time prices rose to cover the cost of designing and manufacturing such highly detailed models in response to this demand only to be accused of fleecing the modellers, but that's another story). In the UK we have been lumbered with inaccurate track gauge for so long now nothing in that area will change save for the fineness of the rails and the spacing of the sleepers. And one of the reasons for this is Hornby. During WW2 there were proposals to standardise on 18.2mm track but Hornby, the only large scale manufacturer, opposed this leaving us with inaccurate track. Whilst 18.2mm is still under scale by 0.63mm, this is not so obviously underscale at normal viewing distances. As for sleeper spacings, well these do vary in reality (check out the ECML at Grantham where one track has PECO-esque spacings).
So yes, the track is inaccurate, but that is not the issue here because I'm making this point in relation to British ready-to-run modelling practices in our most popular gauge. This layout is spoilt by poor non-railway modelling ie the road markings. These are as crudely done as the rolling stock models of the 1980s when compared to today's models.
And yes, the details for accurately modelling is readily available online.