Well done on the award Charlie! As a reasonably recent subscriber, the enjoyment and knowledge I've gained from watching hours of your videos is more than deserving of me taking the time to vote.
Charlie, congrats on another well deserved win for the UA-camr of the Year. Thank you for the insights and background to being behind the scenes of Making Tracks. I have wated the Pete Waterman series Little Trains and Big Names, and the Hornby A Model World series were we get a glimpse at the building of Making Tracks, but good to see it in detail running, and the joy that it brings to the faces of everyone around. What a great way to get more people into a wonderful hobby. Thank you for sharing, cheers, and stay safe, Michael
Many thanks Michael, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. It was a real privilege to get amongst it both at the show and in the cathedral. Stay safe, regards Charlie.
Excellent news on your award and well deserved. Always a pleasure and thanks for taking the time to talk along side Richard from Accurascale - ended up putting a deposit on that class 66😀
Great video showcasing Making Tracks 4 and the wonderful work the Railnuts do. It was lovely to finally meet you Charlie at GETS on Sunday. One of the many hands I guess you shook. You must feel at times please just let me have five minutes peace! As I said at the time as a returning modeller you've been such a great help educating and inspiring me. Thank you for the time, effort and dedication you put into making your videos. Here's to many more.
Thanks John, that’s very kind of you to say so. I really do enjoy meeting folks such as yourself, it reinvigorates me to produce better videos. Take care mate, regards John.
What a great show! First, Congratulations on your THIRD WIN! And thank you for 236 episodes - so far - that have carried me from the inspiration to rejoin model railroading at 79 to having operating DCC within fifteen months. I really enjoyed the Making Tracks cab rides, and seeing the various little bobbles, bumps, and burps gave me encouragement in my efforts. Of course, having that level of control - and consistency - is beyond my feeble brain, but I know now I can keep trying. The fact that this is a mobile layout and has the successes it has shows how craftsmanship and judgement can prevail. I particularly liked the fact that on the public facing side, there is only one point, a trailing one at that, on the down slow. I wish I could rebuild to meet that criteria on my rats' nest of rails. The real genius, as I see it, is the fact that this appears to be four tailchasers inside one another, with single loops on the back side. (I did catch one set of several stub sidings which, I assume, are used in smaller shows.) Carry on and good winds.
Congratulations!!!! Thank you for all your hard work in bringing us great content, this award was well deserved. Your channel is not only entertaining but informative. Thank You......
Congratulations 🎊 on winning your award, well done, and well done to Pete waterman and his crew and this is great as getting people of all ages who might not ever got to have a go on a model railway ,and hope that it's starts a new thing were at some model railway shows some are open for people to have a go.then we might get more young people to join and keep model railways alive for future generations.
From Australia, congratulations on winning this award for the second year in a row. You certainly deserved it for your work in our Hobby of HO trains. Well done, Charlie. Let's go for three in a row in 2025. Mike HO in Aussie.
Another great episode, Charlie, and congratulations on, once again, being Hornby Magazine's UA-camr of the Year. I was also lucky to get to see this fantastic layout at Chester Cathedral during the summer.
Thanks Lee, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it from a different viewing platform. It was certainly an enjoyable experience, especially at the cathedral. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie, got to firstly say congratulations on your award….very much deserved and secondly what some really great camera angles you achieved on this iconic layout….well done again …..👏👏…👍
Great Video, Charlie and so good to meet you in person at GETS. Thanks for the generous portion of time you allowed me as I rambled on to you about my own modelling trials and tribulations. Thanks also for the excellent advice you gave me. Congratulations on another well deserved Award. All the very best for the future.
Congratulations on your award Charlie well deserved indeed. Your ongoing efforts in sharing your knowledge and experience in this amazing hobby is much appreciated by myself and many others. Thanks 🇦🇺
Hi Charlie, I thought you'd get an award. I don't practice DCC, I'm in DC but your techniques and methods are always very interesting to watch. Congratulations again from France
Well done on your award - richly deserved. Thanks too for the great footage of Making Tracks. I didn't manage to make it to GETS this year. I must confess I get a perverse sense of satisfaction in seeing short circuits, collisions, derailments, wayward goods wagons and unexpected uncoupling in such marvellous exhibition layouts. It is somehow reassuring and not just things that happen on my layout.😀
Congratulations Charlie. Well deserved. I really enjoy your videos even when the topic is not relevant to what I am doing. They still provide me with information and ideas. Thank you for what you do!
I wish this was around when I was a kid. I am 56 , my dad used to take me to the Wembley conference Center and the agricultural hall in London to see model railway exhibitions. I loved it but if i could have run a train it would have made my day. Alex the best Alex
I went to Blakemere last December, before school holidays, and had a great day with the Milton Keynes layout & Railnuts staff. Plan to go again this year to see the new Watford station. Thanks for the video & congratulations on the HORNBY YT award.
Congratulations Charlie on your award, I must say it is well disserved. That was a lot of fun watching making tracks, thank you for your effort bringing it to us.
Your videos are always both entertaining and informative so really it's a no-brainer when it comes to backing that P.o.V. by ticking a box. Congratulations. Keep it up!
Well done Charlie, well deserved win - again. Great video of Making Tracks, it’s good to bend the knees now and again and get the ground level shots plus drivers eye view. Also good to see some behind the scenes video, some of the scenery on show layouts is amazing but I’m also interested in how the layouts are being run. Keep up the good work, I cry every time I look under my baseboard and compare it to yours!!
Thanks, Ian, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video from a different point of view. It was certainly an enjoyable experience, especially in the cathedral. RegardsCharlie.
Congrats on the award Charlie, it’s well deserved. Took my 11yo to Chester in August and he was so enthused he's now starting his own railway (and watching your channel).
Wow what can I say just rewatched on a bigger screen incredible all access video Best I’ve seen on making tracks 4 Also saw the footage on another UA-cam channel of the awards ceremony I will stick my neck out and say you were the crowd favourite Keep it up
You always give us such a lovely start of the weekend. Around Thursday or so I tend to have a brief check to see if there is a Chadwick Friday coming up (...YAAAI!!!) or not (...aw). That award is fully deserved. I'm already looking forward to the next one, and I don't even care if you show us some red and black wires or a bag of chinchilla sand. Always worth watching.
Hearty congrats on the award Charlie. It’s very well deserved indeed. The quality of your videos and the variety in subject matter is second to none one and I, for one, eagerly await your next instalment. The instructional work is really useful and we’re privileged that you spend the time to go through it in such an engaging fashion. As for this layout - I only wish that I was on your side of the Atlantic and could volunteer a couple of days to have a drive! Keep up the excellent work.
Congratulations on your UA-cam award, well deserved. Thank you for the feature on “Making Tracks”. As a Canadian I have read a bit and seen some videos about the layout but it’s unlikely I will ever see it set up and running. Fascinating! Cheers from across the pond.🇨🇦
Congrats on the award, Charlie. Well deserved, if I may say so. That must have been great, the time spent with the 'rail nuts' team. Glad you enjoyed it.
You deserve the award because of your great channel and your excellent content. The layout exhibition tour was very nice. Thank you for sharing for those of us in the U.S.A. that would never get a chance to see it in person. Looking forward to more future awesome videos.
Congratulations on your recognition. You are truly in the top echelon of your class. I absolutely loved your documentation of the Making Rails project. They have done incredible work. The cab and trackside views brought an immersive perspective and showed off a lot of their hard work in detail. I am especially impressed with the catenary system which most have taken hundreds of hours to construct. We live in an age where the parts to economically construct a scale camera inspection car are within reach for our own home or club layouts. I think you have inspired me to make that a project for myself.
Congratulations on the Award Charlie - it is well deserved! I love watching your videos and I am in Australia, modelling Colorado USA in N Scale...your presentation and style are very easy to watch. Thanbks for posting this, it would be interesting to see the camera car set-up you used... cheers from Oz!
Well done Charlie, richly deserved. I've watched a lot of your videos, always informative and a lot of fun to watch. some lovely camera action in this one of making tracks, many thanks
Thanks Eric, that’s very kind of you to say so. Yes, the award ceremonies can be rather eye-opening, but it’s the first time that people have actually booed. Regards, Charlie.
Many thanks for sharing Charlie. The way to get new blood into the wonderful world of model railways is to give more people a chance at controlling the trains in a responsible manner. I noticed the detail in the over head power lines in the catenary that showed the left to right to left etc so not to wear a single groove on the pentagraph of the electric power units, that was a nice touch of realism. I do hope at some point preservation overhead power becomes available for more sites as I fear that the classic class '80's will disappear or become just static exhibits in life. The same comment applies for the Southern 3rd rail electric powered stock.
A well deserved award for your enthusiasm that I believe has helped many new people to enjoy the hobby. I didn’t make it to Milton Keynes this year as still recovering from own Stafford Exhibition. So just a short journey to Statfold Barns to enjoy the new Warley Exhibition. I will however as last year be making my way up to Blakemore Garden Centre with a few club members to watch the trains run in a much more relaxed environment than MK Keep up the good work and of course I voted for you. Terry
Hi Charlie, Congratulations. Now then that ingenious idea to get the pantographs onto the overhead wire I was using nearly 30 years ago on my small Swiss H0m Layout St Moritz-Bad. It is standard practice amongst modellers. The Z21 power source is not actually Z twenty one but Z to One meaning it can be used to power gauges Z to 1. Keep up the good work. Regards Chris
Love the background story on Making Tracks and the Rail Nuts and how it has applications for large personal or club layouts. Your always sharing tips to the model railway community around the world. Congratulations on being Hornby Magazine You Tube modeller of the year. Bill and Janet from California
Another great video Charlie, thank you and a well deserved recipient of the UA-camrs award! You are well worth the vote and from giving so much enjoyment from you videos. Take care and stay well!
congratulations on the award,it is well deserved. Our club exhibition layouts always allowed the public to drive the trains at shows ,it is one way to attract more people to the hobby
Well done Charlie, on winning the UA-camr of the Year award. It's richly deserved. You will have to get a bigger cabinet. Great video and insight to how it all works. Martin. (Thailand)
Another well filmed video and great information, thank you. The boys spotted you on the Saturday at GETS, you were trying to buy Dan Evason lunch at the time but we were in a rush so didn’t stop to say hi. Hope you had a good show.
Another great video, Charlie, so thanks again. Spot on on how good it is to see the interest and excitement of all the young 'uns and less young 'uns. I agree on how pleasing the simplicity of the trackwork is : it's good to be shown that you don't need complicated pointwork and shunting puzzle goods yards to have an interesting model railway, and that there is absolutely no harm in watching the trains go by on a model railway. Congratulations on the award; richly deserved as ever. Though there has to come a time when Hornby Mag makes it a lifetime award and bans you, to give others a chance. Not that (m)any achieve your standard. Crawling over, I'll just point out that that trick of bending a piece of rail upwards inside tunnel portals to guide pantographs onto the catenary wires has been around for decades, at least in Germany anyway.
Many thanks Andrew, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. The pantograph guide is certainly new to me but clearly “old hat” to many. Regards Charlie
Hi Charlie, enhorabuena (congratulations) on your third award in a row, well done, richly deserved. Making tracks looks great fun, amazing to see it in a Cathedral!! Thanks for filming it all Have a great weekend!!
Super vid, Charlie! Yes I voted for you. I did 'drive' a Class 800 round the layout (Up Fast) at Chester in 2023 (couldn't get there this year). Back to this video - I nearly fell out of the cab when those 20s entered the fiddle yard! Brilliant - keep up the good work. All the best Kev E.
Hi Charlie. Many congratulations on winning UA-cam Channel of the Year 2024 - well deserved. It was great to meet you on the Saturday and thanks for the photo. There was no need to apologise for the grin, it was worth every penny (LOL). I spoke very briefly with Pete Waterman and asked if making MT4 was any easier having made MT1-3; he said No! I guess every layout has its own peculiar challenges. Yes, that pantograph-lowering solution was inspired. Chester Cathedral: Well done for not colliding with the Class 37(?)!
Many congratulations on the award and the video Charlie. Didn’t make it to GETS this year. Would love to volunteer to help with Making Tracks but Dec/Jan weather could be tricky so will have to give it a miss. Hope to make it to GETS next year. In the meantime look forward to following your progress. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. Roy.
It's a bit off-topic, but what a brilliant idea to have a model railway exhibition in a cathedral! Everybody wins: The cathedral puts itself at the heart of the community and the public gets to enjoy a fun event in grandiose surroundings.
As someone who's a bit OCD The attention to detail on Making Tracks's layouts is just beautiful. They're prototypical, and they've remembered the stagger in the straight runs. Also I agree the mechanism to get the pantographs onto the OLE is genius for a modelling technique, because I've seen this exact thing done in the real world. I've seen them in Queensland, Australia where they have to have air gaps in the overhead wires, usually at coal loaders near the mines and one example of a crossing for over height mining equipment that necessitated a level crossing to have a gap in the wires, and they use both the catenary height and a ramp like this to guide the pantographs across the gap safely.
Charlie, I took your vieiw of Richard at Roads and Rails as mine (trusting your judgement). I was amazed at his customer service. Please give him another mention and well done in your achievement! Richly deserved.
Congratulations Charlie! A well deserved win. An excellent walk through on this episode. My only issue with Making Tracks IV is that Bushey Arches doesn't have the legendary graffito "LORRAINE I LOVE YOU - CLIFF" which adorned it for my entire childhood 😄
I would love to see an installation/teardown/transportation time lapse video of this layout. I would think it is complicated, but they must have come up with a lot of techniques and/or shortcuts to accomplish this task!
Well done on the award Charlie! As a reasonably recent subscriber, the enjoyment and knowledge I've gained from watching hours of your videos is more than deserving of me taking the time to vote.
Thanks FS, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards Charlie
Congratulations Charlie on your award from Hornby Magazine! Well deserved! Keep up the great work!!!👏👏👏👏
Thanks Wamgoc, that’s very kind of you say so. Stay safe, regards Charlie.
Well done on your award Charlie 🥂Thank you for all your time and efforts.
Thanks Tim, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie, congrats on another well deserved win for the UA-camr of the Year.
Thank you for the insights and background to being behind the scenes of Making Tracks. I have wated the Pete Waterman series Little Trains and Big Names, and the Hornby A Model World series were we get a glimpse at the building of Making Tracks, but good to see it in detail running, and the joy that it brings to the faces of everyone around. What a great way to get more people into a wonderful hobby.
Thank you for sharing, cheers, and stay safe, Michael
Many thanks Michael, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. It was a real privilege to get amongst it both at the show and in the cathedral. Stay safe, regards Charlie.
Excellent news on your award and well deserved. Always a pleasure and thanks for taking the time to talk along side Richard from Accurascale - ended up putting a deposit on that class 66😀
Thanks, Tim, and good luck with your purchase. Regards, Charlie.
Great video showcasing Making Tracks 4 and the wonderful work the Railnuts do. It was lovely to finally meet you Charlie at GETS on Sunday. One of the many hands I guess you shook. You must feel at times please just let me have five minutes peace! As I said at the time as a returning modeller you've been such a great help educating and inspiring me. Thank you for the time, effort and dedication you put into making your videos. Here's to many more.
Thanks John, that’s very kind of you to say so. I really do enjoy meeting folks such as yourself, it reinvigorates me to produce better videos. Take care mate, regards John.
What a great show! First, Congratulations on your THIRD WIN! And thank you for 236 episodes - so far - that have carried me from the inspiration to rejoin model railroading at 79 to having operating DCC within fifteen months.
I really enjoyed the Making Tracks cab rides, and seeing the various little bobbles, bumps, and burps gave me encouragement in my efforts. Of course, having that level of control - and consistency - is beyond my feeble brain, but I know now I can keep trying. The fact that this is a mobile layout and has the successes it has shows how craftsmanship and judgement can prevail.
I particularly liked the fact that on the public facing side, there is only one point, a trailing one at that, on the down slow. I wish I could rebuild to meet that criteria on my rats' nest of rails.
The real genius, as I see it, is the fact that this appears to be four tailchasers inside one another, with single loops on the back side. (I did catch one set of several stub sidings which, I assume, are used in smaller shows.)
Carry on and good winds.
Thanks Jack, I’m so pleased that you found it interesting. Regards Charlie
A fascinating account and a brilliant day, and great to know young people are becoming involved.
Thanks librarian, it’s wonderful that the youngsters are being encouraged into the hobby. Regards, Charlie.
From a viewer in australia I sincerely congratulate you on winning this award you certainly deserved it
ThanksJeff, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie, heartfelt congratulations on your award from Hornby Magazine! Well deserved!
Thanks Jade, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations!!!! Thank you for all your hard work in bringing us great content, this award was well deserved. Your channel is not only entertaining but informative. Thank You......
Many thanks B68C, that’s very kind of you to say so. Stay safe mate.
Regards Charlie
Congratulations 🎊 on winning your award, well done, and well done to Pete waterman and his crew and this is great as getting people of all ages who might not ever got to have a go on a model railway ,and hope that it's starts a new thing were at some model railway shows some are open for people to have a go.then we might get more young people to join and keep model railways alive for future generations.
Thanks Ian, I’m so pleased that you found the video interesting, it was a real joy to operate that layout. Regards, Charlie.
From Australia, congratulations on winning this award for the second year in a row. You certainly deserved it for your work in our Hobby of HO trains. Well done, Charlie. Let's go for three in a row in 2025. Mike HO in Aussie.
Many thanks, Mike, but I don’t know how to break this news to you. That was my third win! Still there’s always a fourth, regards to Charlie.
Another great episode, Charlie, and congratulations on, once again, being Hornby Magazine's UA-camr of the Year. I was also lucky to get to see this fantastic layout at Chester Cathedral during the summer.
Thanks Adrian, and I’m so pleased that you also saw the layout. Regards, Charlie.
Excellent. Makes a nice change to see a bit of behind the scenes at an exhibition and to simply watch the trains going round.
Thanks Lee, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it from a different viewing platform. It was certainly an enjoyable experience, especially at the cathedral. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie, got to firstly say congratulations on your award….very much deserved and secondly what some really great camera angles you achieved on this iconic layout….well done again …..👏👏…👍
Thanks GB, I’m so pleased that you found it interesting. Regards, Charlie.
Great Video, Charlie and so good to meet you in person at GETS. Thanks for the generous portion of time you allowed me as I rambled on to you about my own modelling trials and tribulations. Thanks also for the excellent advice you gave me. Congratulations on another well deserved Award. All the very best for the future.
Thanks Adrian, I do hope that our conversation helps with your progress.
Regards Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie. Thanks for letting us in on your build over the years.
You’re most welcome, A56,
Regards Charlie
Congratulations on your award Charlie, thoroughly deserved.
Thanks John, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie. Well deserved award.
Thanks, Andrew, that’s very kind. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award Charlie well deserved indeed. Your ongoing efforts in sharing your knowledge and experience in this amazing hobby is much appreciated by myself and many others. Thanks 🇦🇺
Thanks Lindsey, that’s very kind of you to say so. I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the channel, regards Charlie.
Congratulations on your award, I’m glad you won again, keep up the good work mate
Thanks Lee, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Once again Charlie Congratulations
Three times in a row up against a few good contenders
Keep up the great work on our Wonderful hobby
Thanks Chris, that’s very kind of you to say so. The trouble is, it all gets rather emotional! Regards Charlie.
Charlie, Congratulations for a well deserved award.
Thanks PP, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award Charlie. Very much deserved reward for all your hard work and excellent content.
Thanks Rod, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Great video, Charlie!! Congratulations on the recognition of your wonderful, informative and entertaining videos.
Thanks Michael, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award Charlie! Very well deserved
Thanks, JWD, I really appreciate your support. Regards, Charlie.
Hi Charlie, I thought you'd get an award.
I don't practice DCC, I'm in DC but your techniques and methods are always very interesting to watch.
Congratulations again from France
Thanks Eric, I’m so pleased that you find the channel interesting. Regards, Charlie.
Well done on your award - richly deserved. Thanks too for the great footage of Making Tracks. I didn't manage to make it to GETS this year. I must confess I get a perverse sense of satisfaction in seeing short circuits, collisions, derailments, wayward goods wagons and unexpected uncoupling in such marvellous exhibition layouts. It is somehow reassuring and not just things that happen on my layout.😀
Indeed John, that’s why I left the mishaps in! Regards Charlie
Congratulations Charlie. Well deserved. I really enjoy your videos even when the topic is not relevant to what I am doing. They still provide me with information and ideas. Thank you for what you do!
Thanks Steve , that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
I wish this was around when I was a kid. I am 56 , my dad used to take me to the Wembley conference Center and the agricultural hall in London to see model railway exhibitions. I loved it but if i could have run a train it would have made my day. Alex the best Alex
Thanks, Alex, it really is an inspirational layout. Regards, Charlie.
I went to Blakemere last December, before school holidays, and had a great day with the Milton Keynes layout & Railnuts staff. Plan to go again this year to see the new Watford station. Thanks for the video & congratulations on the HORNBY YT award.
Thanks Pat, I shall have to get up to see it again myself. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie on your award, I must say it is well disserved. That was a lot of fun watching making tracks, thank you for your effort bringing it to us.
Thanks Tony, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it.
Your videos are always both entertaining and informative so really it's a no-brainer when it comes to backing that P.o.V. by ticking a box. Congratulations. Keep it up!
Thanks NDV, that’s very kind.
Regards Charlie
Well done Charlie, well deserved win - again. Great video of Making Tracks, it’s good to bend the knees now and again and get the ground level shots plus drivers eye view. Also good to see some behind the scenes video, some of the scenery on show layouts is amazing but I’m also interested in how the layouts are being run. Keep up the good work, I cry every time I look under my baseboard and compare it to yours!!
Thanks, Ian, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video from a different point of view. It was certainly an enjoyable experience, especially in the cathedral. RegardsCharlie.
Congrats on the award Charlie, it’s well deserved. Took my 11yo to Chester in August and he was so enthused he's now starting his own railway (and watching your channel).
Thanks great news Roger. You must be so proud. Regards Charlie.
Wow what can I say just rewatched on a bigger screen incredible all access video Best I’ve seen on making tracks 4
Also saw the footage on another UA-cam channel of the awards ceremony I will stick my neck out and say you were the crowd favourite
Keep it up
Thanks Chris, yes the awards ceremony was an “interesting” watch!
Regards Charlie
Well done Charlie . Much deserved . Always enjoy your videos and sound advice you offer on the many aspects of railway modelling .
Thanks Andrew, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
You always give us such a lovely start of the weekend. Around Thursday or so I tend to have a brief check to see if there is a Chadwick Friday coming up (...YAAAI!!!) or not (...aw). That award is fully deserved. I'm already looking forward to the next one, and I don't even care if you show us some red and black wires or a bag of chinchilla sand. Always worth watching.
Thanks H3889, that’s very kind of you to say so
Regards to Charlie
Hearty congrats on the award Charlie. It’s very well deserved indeed. The quality of your videos and the variety in subject matter is second to none one and I, for one, eagerly await your next instalment. The instructional work is really useful and we’re privileged that you spend the time to go through it in such an engaging fashion. As for this layout - I only wish that I was on your side of the Atlantic and could volunteer a couple of days to have a drive! Keep up the excellent work.
Thanks PT, I too, wish you could join us. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your UA-cam award, well deserved. Thank you for the feature on “Making Tracks”. As a Canadian I have read a bit and seen some videos about the layout but it’s unlikely I will ever see it set up and running. Fascinating! Cheers from across the pond.🇨🇦
Thanks 5619, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Regards, Charlie.
Congrats on the award, Charlie. Well deserved, if I may say so. That must have been great, the time spent with the 'rail nuts' team. Glad you enjoyed it.
Thanks, Philip, yes, it was an enjoyable couple of days. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award, well deserved
Thanks Darz, that’s very kind.
Regards Charlie
Congratulations on winning the award, Charlie. Well done 👍
ThanksJeff, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Another Well-Deserved AWARD! :) Always thankful for your videos and your efforts.
You’re right, Kevin he walks alongside. Regards, Charlie.
You deserve the award because of your great channel and your excellent content. The layout exhibition tour was very nice. Thank you for sharing for those of us in the U.S.A. that would never get a chance to see it in person. Looking forward to more future awesome videos.
Thanks Bob, that’s very kind of you to say so. His comments such as yours they make it all worthwhile. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your recognition. You are truly in the top echelon of your class. I absolutely loved your documentation of the Making Rails project. They have done incredible work. The cab and trackside views brought an immersive perspective and showed off a lot of their hard work in detail. I am especially impressed with the catenary system which most have taken hundreds of hours to construct.
We live in an age where the parts to economically construct a scale camera inspection car are within reach for our own home or club layouts. I think you have inspired me to make that a project for myself.
Thanks, William. That’s very kind of you to say so. Good luck with the camera, regards Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie on your award. Excellent video of making tracks and was great to see you enjoying yourself in amongst the rail nuts.
Thanks, Graham, and I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award Charlie and very well done 👏👏👏👏👏
Thanks M6500, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on the Award Charlie - it is well deserved! I love watching your videos and I am in Australia, modelling Colorado USA in N Scale...your presentation and style are very easy to watch. Thanbks for posting this, it would be interesting to see the camera car set-up you used...
cheers from Oz!
Thanks Greg. I have added the camera details to the video “see more” tab.
Regards Charlie
Well done Charlie, richly deserved. I've watched a lot of your videos, always informative and a lot of fun to watch. some lovely camera action in this one of making tracks, many thanks
Thanks Graham, I’m pleased that you find this one particularly entertaining. Regards, Charlie.
One of the few categories where the winner actually deserves the award! Lol
Great to catch up with you buddy. You are a bloody good laugh!
Thanks Eric, that’s very kind of you to say so. Yes, the award ceremonies can be rather eye-opening, but it’s the first time that people have actually booed. Regards, Charlie.
@@ChadwickModelRailway There's never a good reason to Boo. Probably sour grapes by the boo-er!
Many thanks for sharing Charlie. The way to get new blood into the wonderful world of model railways is to give more people a chance at controlling the trains in a responsible manner. I noticed the detail in the over head power lines in the catenary that showed the left to right to left etc so not to wear a single groove on the pentagraph of the electric power units, that was a nice touch of realism. I do hope at some point preservation overhead power becomes available for more sites as I fear that the classic class '80's will disappear or become just static exhibits in life. The same comment applies for the Southern 3rd rail electric powered stock.
Many thanks,Anthony, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the detail. Regards, Charlie.
It's great to see a working pantagraph/ catenary system, well done 👍
Thanks Stephen, yes it was one of the outstanding features. Regards, Charlie.
Thanks Charlie, that was an enjoyable watch, good to see you at GETS.
Thanks HDP, regards Charlie
Thanks for the video, excellent (and unusual) traindriver's views of the cathedral. Congratulation to the prize.
Thanks mate, that’s very kind of you to say so. The cathedral was such a bonus. Regards to Charlie.
A well deserved award for your enthusiasm that I believe has helped many new people to enjoy the hobby. I didn’t make it to Milton Keynes this year as still recovering from own Stafford Exhibition. So just a short journey to Statfold Barns to enjoy the new Warley Exhibition. I will however as last year be making my way up to Blakemore Garden Centre with a few club members to watch the trains run in a much more relaxed environment than MK Keep up the good work and of course I voted for you. Terry
Many thanks, Terry, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Hopefully we’ll meet up at some stage, regards Charlie.
Well done Charlie on your award.
Thanks, Philip, that’s most kind. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on the award, Charlie!
Thanks Edward, that’s most kind. Regards, Charlie.
Well done Charlie you deserve the win still the most 'interesting and informative' UA-cam channel for this hobby.
Thanks Arthur, that’s very kind.
Regards Charlie
Fantastic, well deserved award. Thanks for the endless time and effort for all the videos.👍👍👍
You’re most welcome,John, you keep watching them and I’ll keep making them. Regards, Charlie.
Hi Charlie, Congratulations. Now then that ingenious idea to get the pantographs onto the overhead wire I was using nearly 30 years ago on my small Swiss H0m Layout St Moritz-Bad. It is standard practice amongst modellers. The Z21 power source is not actually Z twenty one but Z to One meaning it can be used to power gauges Z to 1. Keep up the good work. Regards Chris
Many thanks, Chris for your enlightening comment. Regards, Charlie.
Love the background story on Making Tracks and the Rail Nuts and how it has applications for large personal or club layouts. Your always sharing tips to the model railway community around the world. Congratulations on being Hornby Magazine You Tube modeller of the year. Bill and Janet from California
Thanks Bill and Janet, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Another great video Charlie, thank you and a well deserved recipient of the UA-camrs award! You are well worth the vote and from giving so much enjoyment from you videos.
Take care and stay well!
Thanks David, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards Charlie
Congratulations on your much deserved award Charlie, So glad you had fun on making tracks layout 👍
Many thanks, Alan, and I do hope you enjoy the video. Regards, Charlie.
Congrats on your award! Great and informative video 👍🙂
Thanks LJRL, that’s most kind.
Regards Charlie
Charlie, of all the layouts I have watched over the years I can't remember if I have ever seen a working catenary and pantagraph, well done 😮
Yes, it is rather astounding Stephen. However, it is not powered. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your well deserved award🍾
It’s great that you got recognition for the hard work involved in making these videos for us to enjoy.
Thanks Stephen, it’s comments such as yours that make the whole thing worthwhile. Regards, Charlie.
Congrats on your award, sir - I'm glad in a perverse way that the big boys get the same problems as I do on a layout lol
Yes, indeed V 56 it is reassuring. Regards, Charlie.
Definitely great ambassadors for the hobby . Wish I could have a go too ! Sadly I’m up in Glasgow
Thanks, Russell, perhaps one day we can talk them into visiting Model Rail Scotland. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award Charlie, very well deserved! - Ryan
Thanks Ryan, that’s very kind of you.
Regards Charlie
congratulations on the award,it is well deserved. Our club exhibition layouts always allowed the public to drive the trains at shows ,it is one way to attract more people to the hobby
Many thanks, John, and it’s great news that you can involve the public at your shows. Regards, Charlie.
Huge congratulations Charlie on your award - very richly deserved! Your videos are a real delight to watch 🎉🎉🎉
Thanks Lawrence, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Well done Charlie, on winning the UA-camr of the Year award. It's richly deserved. You will have to get a bigger cabinet. Great video and insight to how it all works. Martin. (Thailand)
Thanks Martin, that’s most kind.
Regards Charlie
Congratulations Charlie. Well deserved as ever
Thanks, Gordon, that’s most kind. Regards, Charlie.
Brilliant video and well done your award Charlie.
Thanks Mels, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Another well filmed video and great information, thank you. The boys spotted you on the Saturday at GETS, you were trying to buy Dan Evason lunch at the time but we were in a rush so didn’t stop to say hi. Hope you had a good show.
Thanks DakDak, I do so hope that you and the twins had a great day.
Regards Charlie
Well deserved award Charlie, love your channel!
Thanks SB, that’s very kind. Regards, Charlie.
All really interesting. Thanks Charlie, and congrats also.
Thanks, Roger, that’s most kind. Regards, Charlie.
Well done Charlie, on your award. 👏👏🎉🎉
Thanks Andrew, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Well done for your award, you show and promote all that is good about the interest
Thanks Aldam, that’s very kind of you to say so.
first of all a big congratulations on your award well deserved .how good is making tracks 4 so much detail
Thanks Geoffrey , I’m so pleased that you found the video entertaining. Regards, Charlie.
Another great video, Charlie, so thanks again. Spot on on how good it is to see the interest and excitement of all the young 'uns and less young 'uns. I agree on how pleasing the simplicity of the trackwork is : it's good to be shown that you don't need complicated pointwork and shunting puzzle goods yards to have an interesting model railway, and that there is absolutely no harm in watching the trains go by on a model railway.
Congratulations on the award; richly deserved as ever. Though there has to come a time when Hornby Mag makes it a lifetime award and bans you, to give others a chance. Not that (m)any achieve your standard. Crawling over, I'll just point out that that trick of bending a piece of rail upwards inside tunnel portals to guide pantographs onto the catenary wires has been around for decades, at least in Germany anyway.
Many thanks Andrew, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. The pantograph guide is certainly new to me but clearly “old hat” to many.
Regards Charlie
Hi Charlie, enhorabuena (congratulations) on your third award in a row, well done, richly deserved.
Making tracks looks great fun, amazing to see it in a Cathedral!! Thanks for filming it all
Have a great weekend!!
Thanks David, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Good on you Charlie, well deserved award. Always look forward to your videos - well presented, easy to understand and informative! Well done!
Thanks Kym, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations on your award this year great videos very informative keep up the good work 👍
Thanks, Clive, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video. Regards, Charlie.
Super vid, Charlie! Yes I voted for you. I did 'drive' a Class 800 round the layout (Up Fast) at Chester in 2023 (couldn't get there this year). Back to this video - I nearly fell out of the cab when those 20s entered the fiddle yard! Brilliant - keep up the good work. All the best Kev E.
Thanks Kev, I’m so pleased you enjoyed the reminiscent train ride. Regards, Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie and thanks for the insights on running Making Tracks 4. I think I will volunteer and contact Chris.
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video Andy. I do hope that you find a useful date with Chris.
Regards, Charlie.
Great video and layout concept. I looks like lots of fun to run. Cheers
Thanks Gene, that’s very kind. Regards, Charlie.
Hi Charlie. Many congratulations on winning UA-cam Channel of the Year 2024 - well deserved. It was great to meet you on the Saturday and thanks for the photo. There was no need to apologise for the grin, it was worth every penny (LOL). I spoke very briefly with Pete Waterman and asked if making MT4 was any easier having made MT1-3; he said No! I guess every layout has its own peculiar challenges. Yes, that pantograph-lowering solution was inspired. Chester Cathedral: Well done for not colliding with the Class 37(?)!
Many thanks, Paul, it’s always great to meet up at these shows. I do hope that you enjoyed yourself as well, regards Charlie.
Congratulations Charlie on your award. Another great video from you again. I look forward to your next video.
Thanks Mark, that’s most kind.
Regards Charlie
Many congratulations on the award and the video Charlie. Didn’t make it to GETS this year. Would love to volunteer to help with Making Tracks but Dec/Jan weather could be tricky so will have to give it a miss. Hope to make it to GETS next year. In the meantime look forward to following your progress. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and skills. Roy.
Thanks Roy, I’m so pleased that you enjoyed the video and hopefully GETS next year. Regards, Charlie.
It's a bit off-topic, but what a brilliant idea to have a model railway exhibition in a cathedral!
Everybody wins: The cathedral puts itself at the heart of the community and the public gets to enjoy a fun event in grandiose surroundings.
Yes, and to think that it was popular for a whole month. Regards, Charlie.
Great video Charlie, keep up the good work
Thanks, MPJ, that’s most kind regards, Charlie
great vid of making tracks and the train show loks cool layout well done on winning youtube of the year thanks lee
Thanks Lee, that’s very kind of you to say so. Regards, Charlie.
As someone who's a bit OCD The attention to detail on Making Tracks's layouts is just beautiful. They're prototypical, and they've remembered the stagger in the straight runs. Also I agree the mechanism to get the pantographs onto the OLE is genius for a modelling technique, because I've seen this exact thing done in the real world. I've seen them in Queensland, Australia where they have to have air gaps in the overhead wires, usually at coal loaders near the mines and one example of a crossing for over height mining equipment that necessitated a level crossing to have a gap in the wires, and they use both the catenary height and a ramp like this to guide the pantographs across the gap safely.
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it, Jay, and many thanks for looking into your world. Regards, Charlie.
Charlie, I took your vieiw of Richard at Roads and Rails as mine (trusting your judgement). I was amazed at his customer service. Please give him another mention and well done in your achievement! Richly deserved.
Thanks Ian, I’m so pleased that you were impressed with Richard’s service, as I am. Regards Charlie.
Huge congrats on the award m8 . Totally deserved Charlie .
Thanks Adrian, that’s very kind.
Regards Charlie
Congratulations Charlie! A well deserved win.
An excellent walk through on this episode.
My only issue with Making Tracks IV is that Bushey Arches doesn't have the legendary graffito "LORRAINE I LOVE YOU - CLIFF" which adorned it for my entire childhood 😄
You make an interesting point, I wonder if Cliff will show up at an exhibition. Regards, Charlie.
I would love to see an installation/teardown/transportation time lapse video of this layout. I would think it is complicated, but they must have come up with a lot of techniques and/or shortcuts to accomplish this task!
I do believe a time lapse exists, I shall see if I can get my hands on it. Regards, Charlie.