Canal Upgrades, Ballasting Points, Track Weathering and More Scenery - Yorkshire Dales Model Railway
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- Опубліковано 22 жов 2024
- This week made some more progress on the new layout - Misselthwaite.
I started by making a new canal boat. Previously, I’d used a wooden model of a holiday barge but wanted to swap this out for a more detailed and accurate model. I found a 3D printed coal barge on eBay, which I painted up and added figures and Geoscenics coal to. The figures preparing the coal are Bachmann. I moored the boat to the towpath using a thin bit of thread.
Next I finally got round to finishing off the ballasting around the points. For this I used Geoscenics N gauge granite ballast. I used Geoscenics scenery/ballast glue to hold this down, which works brilliantly:
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Once dry, I used Geoscenics Track Grime weathering solution to blend the new ballast in:
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I also dded some point locks to the crossovers and painted these.
Finally, I added another tree on the hill behind the farm, as well as bushes made in the usual way.
As always, thanks for watching.
Better and better each day! Thanks to share.
Thanks 😀
No need to say much anymore. The quality and finish of your modelling says it all. Cheers, Bob
Thanks Bob 😀
The change to the canal has really worked. I could see myself living in the house on the hill, looking over the canal down the length of the station, watching the comings and goings. Superb.
Thanks Andy, appreciate it!
Model realism at it's finest what a fantastic job😎😎😎
Thanks Mike! 👍🏻
Great little boat scene the trees look good around your cottage 👍
Thanks Mark 👍🏻
A little more Mouldy growth. Nicely done as always, thanks Lewis.
Thanks David 👍🏻
I like the two canal boats together. They make a "busy" scene that draws the eye and ultimately makes the layout seem larger.
Thanks Steven 👍🏻
Hi Lewis. I watched this one the live stream, yet again more superb results. Cheers Chris. 👍👍👍👍😊.
Thanks Chris 😀
Just when one thought it couldn’t get any better. Love the coal barge.
Thanks James 👍🏻
More and more beautiful and interesting your layout!!!
Luciano from Florence
Thank you Luciano! 😀
Jak widać w Misselthwaite poprawia się nie tylko cała infrastruktura, ale też oprócz kolejowego kwitnie transport rzeczny. 👍
Wielkie dzięki za wkład, i za kolejny wspaniały odcinek 👌 🤗 🚂🚃🚃🚃. (h).
As always Lewis this is awesome I have said it before and will continue to say that you are my go too guy for anything model railway related. Regards Tom
Thanks very much Tom 😀
Nice work as usual. Thanks for sharing 😀
Thanks Greg 👍🏻
A thought for you, I would put the canel boat with coal on the other side with the road so lorries could take unloaded coal away.
I think you’re right!
Morning, when I get up in morning, it's so nice to wake up to a relaxing moment in time, those canal boats look fantastic, and the canal, so much so that I think we (me and two of my grandchildren) will need to do some alterations to out little layout. Lewis your inspiring thanks for all you do and share, look after yourself Eddy xx
Thanks very much Eddy, appreciate it! 😀
Wonderful! Great job on the barge, simple but very effective love it. All in all another Yorkshire Dale's railway masterpiece atb Andy
Thanks Andy! 😀
I love your trees Mouldy, they are
closer to real life than just the
tree kits we buy!!! I have started
taking maple branches about a
1/4 thick and cutting them about
6.5 inches long and drilling holes
in them and adding sections of
Scenic Tree to them with white
glue then shaking on some
Woodland scenics ground foam!!
Real trees along the former main
line of Conrail here in Indiana are
up to 30 to 40 feet high!!!!
Thank you! That’s a good idea, it’s hard to buy ready made one that are anything close to real height! Glad you like them 👍🏻
Everything just gets better and better love this layout 😀👍
Thanks Michael!
Thanks for the "behind the scenes" view of your layout. Never knew how to successfully use polyfibre before... hairspray & flock brilliant. Thanks for the tips. Love the barge.
Thanks very much Paul, glad you liked it 👍🏻
This channel is an absolute inspiration. I love the attention to detail and can't wait to see the next aesthetic updates. Keep up the great work!
Thanks very much 😀
Beautiful job MR you always seem to improve on perfection, just wonderful, keep up the great work 👍🚂
Thanks Ivan, appreciate it 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Excellent as always! I often reference your videos when working on my own layout. It's like Mouldy Raspberry "Master Class."
Thank you, glad you like them 😀
So realistic, when the train went by, I almost expected to see the barge disappear into the tunnel! Nice work!
Thank you 😀
Another excellent video. This layout is coming together nicely . The trees around the farm area really finish it off .
Great work once again
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! 😀
Hey hey hey it’s only Mouldy on a Thursday baby...
Hello Lewis
All I can say is what an absolute joy to watch as per usual.
You can never have to much dirt and grime round old Railways and Canals but there is a balance to which which you are very attuned too.
Stay safe, keep sharing and model on.
Regards
Lee@NEAR
Thanks Lee, always appreciate it. As you say, it’s a fine balance - I think I’ve gone too far either way in the past! I guess that’s all part of the learning curve 😉 You as well!
When you think, it cant get better, a new video is coming. So realisticc, impressive.
Thanks 😀
Great addition. Farmhouse standing square against the hillside looked so good. Carriage reflections on the water and the narrow boat figures were a perfect match in that situation. Super filming, effects and ambient music ❤️👍
Thanks very much Andy, pleased you liked it!
Well - that explains it! We thought we were feeling much more relaxed and at peace this week - now know it wasn't an illusion. The two pikeys by the cottage beside the canal - I wouldn't trust them. Looks like they are pondering on hijacking that coal barge and converting it into a live aboard!
Thanks for sharing - Teresa and Paul@ FLR
Thanks Teresa. You could be right, whoever they are they’ve been eyeing it up for a while now… day and night in fact!
Greetings and thanks from France ❤️
Greetings and thanks for watching 😀
I find watching you work quite therapeutic...... beautiful scenery.
I’m leaning towards adding a canal scene on my own layout, seeing this may have convinced me👍
Thanks for sharing
Cheers John b🤓
Thanks John 😀
Just as I think it can’t get any better, it does with more great additions.👍🏻
Thanks Rob!
As always, absolutely stunning. The Yorkshire Dales railway just keeps getting better.
Thank you 😀
New mouldy raspberry video time! Always a good sight on my timeline. Expert modelling and pleasant music. I know they were added in an earlier video but I love the point rodding and signal cables you've installed.
Thanks Joseph, appreciate it. It can be a bit of a faf, but it makes a big difference!
Thank you . Its been a pleasure to watch, and to hear relaxing music during your build. Very realistic scenery. Hope my father can do the same with his Canadian Pacific trains one day.
All the best.
Thanks very much, glad you liked it 👍🏻
Love the videos Very interesting and inspirational. Cheers.Lewis
Thanks 😀
@@MouldyRaspberry No problem Take care. Cheers.Lewis 👍👍👌🙂👌
I am so sad I missed this, but at work. It is so rare you are live, even as a premiere, it would have been cool. ANyhow, great stuff as always; such brilliant work! Cheers!
Thanks Anthony - Always appreciate it 😀
Pleasant day Mr Mouldy.
Cheers John 👍🏻
I’d have to agree with squirrel and chick , great stuff Lewis a artist . Fred ps I love my layout but don’t have that enthusiasm anymore unlike you Lewis just so good !
Thanks Fred! 😀
Very nice work Lewis. The realism is just stunning. You created a masterpiece! Thanks for sharing & cheers, Filip
Thanks Filip! 😀
Detail and barge area is truly a work of art ( and much patience )...wanna' see more if it's possible
Thanks David!
Hi Lewis, these additions that you keep adding to your layout is what makes it come alive. The addition of the coal barge, along with the extra trees from time to time as well as the added greenery is a perfect example as to why you are one of the best scenic modelers. I always look forward to seeing your videos when they are posted on UA-cam. Great work. Cheers Greg
Thanks Greg, always appreciate it 😀
Excellent video as always Lewis. Can’t add anything else to the other comments, they say it all. Thanks for sharing, Roy.
Thanks very much Roy 👍🏻
Absolutely stunning please never stop making stunning layouts
Thanks! 😀
Your trees are superb and the Trains reflection in the Canal is a 10. Coal barge is a great addition to the Scene. Looking forward to what you do next 😁
Thanks Tim 😀
More stunning work, it is really a joy to watch.
Thanks Frank 👍🏻
A great update, looking from the canal up to the hillside the scenery looks absolutely superb
Thank you, pleased you liked it!
Very nice Lewis. Always a pleasure to see.
Thanks Tim 👍🏻
Another lesson by the master. Thank you Lewis.
Cheers Tom 😀
I love the coal barge. Very nice work. Thanks for sharing this. Stay safe. Cheers - Larry.
Thanks Larry 👍🏻
Stunning detailing Lewis really like the weathered look
Thanks Denis 👍🏻
Simply magnificent!!!
Thanks Dave!
So nicely done. Always a pleasure to watch. One of my favorite channels.
Thanks Melvin 👍🏻
Hi Lewis, another great video, thanks for sharing…cheers Chris
Thanks Chris 👍🏻
The barges look fantastic
Thanks!
Looks absolutely great! Reminds me that I need to get a canal boat for my layout at some point
Thanks Liam 👍🏻
Awesome… Lewis thanks for sharing this,regards from Maryville Junction 😎🚒🚒
Thanks matey 😀
I don't want to sound rude but could I suggest adding bow and stern line ropes to the coal narrow boat, as you have it tied to the center line which is normally used for pulling in the N/B to the canal side. Also you might have missed a small trick with ballasting, fresh ballast around new point timbers, either timber replacement or a bit of jacking and packing! I now live on a narrow boat (which has a N gauge layout) & spent 40 years on both a preserved railway & worked for BR. I regard Mouldy Raspberry as my relaxing channel. no people chatting a simple bit of back ground music, just great 😊👍👍
Thank you! Wow that must have taken some planning getting it into a small space. You’re right about the ropes, I could really do with adding a couple more mooring posts at each end to tie it to. 👍🏻👍🏻
I do love the way you add scrub vegetation. Very clever and looks great.
Thank you 👍🏻
The coal barge looks lovely Really like how you have set the scene with the figures and details like the oil drum. Good to see the points now have locks as well. A requirement for passenger lines.
Thank you 👍🏻 I’ve just got to remember to set the properly now!
@@MouldyRaspberry LOL I did not like to say but yes both ends move together and I see you forget about that.
Your lighting is so good , it just looks like a nice sunny day !
Thanks! Good old Amazon LEDs!
Beautiful work . Lovely video. Thank you.
Thank you 👍🏻
Hi Lewis. Its never finished is it always something to do or add. I love the little cottage up in the corner where you planted the tree, smashing little layout I'm still ballasting my layout hope to finish it next week. Well done Lewis carry on the good work look forward to next weeks one .and yes the barge looks great.
Thanks very much Tony, glad you like it 👍🏻
Nice work. Looks good.
Thanks Ronn!
The coal carrying narrowboat is an excellent addition, really looks the part.
Thanks Andrew 👍🏻
Great video! Your trains look good and run good too!
Thanks!
Brilliant work Lewis. A cracking branch line .Hope Beeching doesn't find it!!!!
second that !!
Thanks David - me neither!
It all looks superb - one small point - the big barge should also be tied at the bow and stern. These lines are called 'The Spring', and prevent the vessel moving fore and aft on it's mooring.
I was amused at the bloke by the signalbox who looks like he has a newspaper under his arm. I have no doubts as to where he's heading...
Thanks Brian, always appreciate it. I better get on that before it drifts into the tunnel!
Another great video, Lewis. Just a suggestion regarding the trees - you might like to consider planting the bare frame of one (just the one!) to give the appearance of one awaiting the surgeon's chainsaw . . .
Thanks Peter - great idea! Maybe one for the foreground.
Amasing layout so far
Thanks!
I love the idea of the coal transport narrow boat. But I would have moored it on the other side cause on the side it is it can't send the load anywhere. On the side of the cottages it would be easy to add a horse-drawn cart with a half load of coal bags and add a few near the boat as well as a few empty plus two half loaded in the boat near the figures. This would create a coal delivery cameo. And the holiday camper narrow boat would be at its place on the other side, adding for example a camping table and a family eating outside looking the trains pass...
Still, I find the layout is getting better every new video and it inspire me a few ideas for my future N gauge layout project I hope to be finally able to start working onto soon.
Thanks very much Eric, glad you liked it! That’s a good suggestion, I’ll have to do the switcheroo. I hope so too.
Beautiful!!
Thanks!
Excellent …. 👍👍👍
Thanks!
Another superb contribution to railway modelling - excellent presentation and very clear, thank you.
For me, the barge is too shiny!! That's about it, not that I could even approach that skill.
Al.
Thanks Al. You’re right, I realised that green paint is gloss… especially with it being a coal barge! Glad you enjoyed it.
Brilliant....
Thanks!
You always have some room for a canal, and an iconic narrowboat, on an british layout ! I have the idea to put a railway tunnel passing UNDER a canal on my projected layout someday, I have seen the idea with a video from Network Rail showing how they remodel a canal pass over a railway line to accomodate the use of a overwire system on the railway line. They simply tore apart the overpass and rebuilt it at the right dimension, permitting again the trains, now electric, and the boats to keep circulating.
Your work on this canal is an excellent rendition of this "narrowboats and steam railwy engines" scenery. You just have to add a steam locomobile somewhere to have a complet picture of an iconic classical british transportation scene. Maybea already planned by you ?
Thanks very much Olivier, appreciate it. That’s a great idea. I wonder if anyone had a way to make the boats appear to be slowing moving, I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.
The new canal boat is an excellent addition. I assume the concrete area next to the canal is where cargo would be transloaded to/from trucks or, in earlier times, horse drawn wagons. Potential for a very interesting small foreground vignette there? The Yorkshire Dales really gives the feeling of having visited the English countryside in the '60s. Very nice as always.
Thanks Thomas, appreciate it. I think you’re right, definitely more to add there.
Wow, loving it.
Thanks 😀
a brilliant new model stuff
Thanks Julián!
Magnifique, toutes mes félicitations !
Merci! :)
Fantastic I like this channel very much
Thank you 😀
I ordered the same barge and it's just arrived. Was wondering how I was going to paint it with barges paintwork usually quite detailed and this has helped loads :)
Glad you found it useful Gary, it’s not a bad model!
Outstanding work again Lewis, loved the trains just going about their business in the background. Barge is looking great. A cracking video all round mate, thoroughly enjoyable too watch.
Can I ask please, what do you use for your tree armatures? They are huge, I love them! Any chance of a quick tutorial for us scenery buffs please?
All the best mate, thanks for sharing another cracking update with us, looking forward to what comes next.
Thanks Ash. The trees are twisted gardening wire (I just get a role of Amazon). All the ready made trees you can buy seem way too small to me, so it’s nice to be able to make them any size. I cover the wire armature in DAS clay, stick seafoam on and then spray paint it brown.
I did a video on it ages ago, linked below. Although I use a thinner wire now - much easier!
ua-cam.com/video/QiopAMGuzso/v-deo.html
@@MouldyRaspberry Cheers Lewis, thanks for the reply. I do remember that other video, I'll go looking for it. I agree with you on ready made trees being way too small, yours look brilliant mate and I think they really set your layouts apart. I'll give it a go. Thanks again.
Wonderful as always.Any caravan sites nearby as it looks a relaxing place to visit?
Thank you 👍🏻 Yes it’s a prime spot for a site!
Very nice!
Thanks!
Personally I would so away with the card narrow boat and just have that excellent barge as the focal point on the canal... The barge really brings that area to life and even ties in the railway with coal deliveries....Love this, and both layouts are an inspiration....Thank you
Thanks Malcolm. I think you’re right, the 3D printed one does look much better.
Gorgeous. Love the barge. Do you ever plan to take this layout on the road? And I appreciate the shot of the entry point to the layout after my last question if it was attached to your main layout 😉
Thanks John - I finally remembered to include that! I haven’t got any plans to at the minute, it would be a bit of a faf getting it in and out. Perhaps one day though!
Fabulous video again Lewis, love it!. What were the strips of foliage that you put down near the end of the layout?
Thank you 👍🏻 That’s Woodland Scenics polyfibre, sprayed with hairspray with coarse turf sprinkled on - exact same as the trees really.
@@MouldyRaspberry ah perfect thanks!!
Great stuff! This channel is one of few model railway layout channels I always watch whenever a new video comes out, just great to see your layout evolve with details!
If I may ask, what’s the tightest curve radius you use on the layout, between staging and the new section? Cheers
Thank you! I’m not 100% sure, as it’s flexible track, but I’d guess it’s about third radius. I wouldn’t like to go anything less than that.
Nice video mate. You did a nice job with the canal boat who makes it? I also like the tree you made it looks very good.- Nicholas.
Thanks Nicholas 👍🏻 This is the one:
www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Model-Railway-Scenery-CARGO-CANAL-BOAT-BARGE-1-76-OO-gauge-scale-/384273159693?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=710-127635-2958-0
Farley new to modelling scenery and was just wondering where do you get your bushes from? For embankments and hills. Thank you
It’s woodland Scenics polyfibre, sprayed with hair spray with woodland Scenics light green coarse turf sprinkled on top.
I love the new extension, absolutely gorgeous! One question though: how is it connected to the existing layout? Is there kind of a loop or other sort of connecting route? I might have missed it in one of the previous video’s, in that case I apologise for asking. Regards, Sander from the Netherlands.
Thank you! It’s not connected to the main layout, it’s in a different room 👍🏻
Hi Lewis, you should have been in the chat with us. The interaction would’ve been great. Maybe another time. See ya.
Thanks Norman. I didn’t even know that was a thing! It’s the first time I’ve done one of those premiers. I’ll make sure to next time. 😀
What material to make your many stone walls? Trying to scribe, sculpt, and paint Styrofoam doesnt seem to work well for me. Is it practise? Should we add a bit of plaster and sculp them with a dentist tool. Im lost
I buy these ones pre made from Osbourne Models 👍🏻
Beautiful! But, now what are you going to do? You need more room. Can you build another layout on top of this one? This is the model railroaders' dilemma -- What do we do after the layout is finished, and we have no more room? I've seen this happen over and over again. Some guys just quit. Some tear it down and build anew.
Thanks Greg, appreciate it. That’s a very good question! I’ll probably turn my attention to the rolling stock again. Weathering, detailing, kits etc. That should keep my busy for a bit.
And a nice bit of spam to finish on. A little late for #spamfest this year, but maybe next?
Thanks! Maybe next year!
Great video as always! Very inspirational 👍 How are you finding this layout on the floor? Would you recommend?
Thanks James 👍🏻 I quite like it, it’s easier to film for sure.
Thanks James 👍🏻 I quite like it, it’s easier to film for sure.
Where did you get the coal men from please
They’re the Bachmann 1950s farm/agricultural workers set 👍🏻
what was that metal bar between the rails at 8:00?
Also great job, it all looks so good!
Thanks Connor - I think they were just metal covers that protected the point locking mechanism underneath.
Again, well done Lewis. I noticed at the end of one of your turnout point blades, a long flat bar with sloping ends, is that something to do with early "in cab" communications?
Thanks Peter. I think they were covers for the point locking mechanisms underneath. They were used on crossovers I believe.
Wonderfull
Thanks Paul 👍🏻
"God's Own County".
Indeed!