Starting out again on the hobby after 50 years and catching up with all your old videos as I'm learning so much. In awe at your skills with scenery and especially with weathering! It's making me realise what a long time it's going to take me to learn how to do the sort of weathering in this video , in fact I probably never will - you make it look easy!
It think It is the kind of thing anyone can appreciate. I have a layout where I get similar comments...people even comment they just like the sound of the trains, clicking over the rail joins! lol. Dave
I haven't done any modelling since my early teens and some *horrendous* airfix models. I think it's the astonishing workmanship that's displayed that keeps me coming back.
I think even if you aren’t into trains or modelling, the fact it just takes you into a totally different world is where it’s at. There is definitely an aspect of escapism attached to the videos, helped greatly by Richards’s highly infectious love of not only trains, but the engineering, but also the nuts & bolts of it all, which most modellers either just neglect, or don’t bother with at all? Not to mention his affection with all things 1980’s : ) However, it is this attention to detail, which elevates his videos from good, to EPIC! Not only does whatever he undertakes, become it’s very own piece of art, but I have also never seen such patience and dedication. No challenge is too big and let’s just say his code 75 sleeper spacing videos, made my actually see just how much that would entail? I lasted 30 minutes and managed about a quarter of one full length of Peco flexi track! This is about 0.000000001 of what Richard has already done... However, I will persevere as now I’ve seen it, there really is no way to un-seeing it! Thanks a lot Richard! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! 😡... Thankfully, also I think we are similar ages, as we are both modelling the exact same era, so the tips and tricks are even more useful to sprucing up my own layout. However, mine is all the way up in Scotland, based heavily around the Scotrail Push Pull era of arguably the best livery the Class 47 has ever worn (Intercity Blue stripe) and so, so many beautiful large logo Class 37’s ; ) Back to Richard’s videos though..... Even if I didn’t like trains, or modelling of any kind. I would still watch with the same intense fascination. Instantly finding myself hypnotised & so peaceful, reaching an almost ‘zen like’ calm & a quieting of the mind, as Richard takes us on his journey. Not to mention his eye for detail and precision, with every single aspect, which I think anyone can appreciate how utterly astonishing & stunning his creations are .... Richard is correct though people. You will also see the same skill and attention to detail, if you follow the equally fascinating @DaveClass47 @ Dean Park, who also has ‘the gift’ and who’s videos I find equally hypnotic....
Fantastic video, The weathering looks fantastic, I have a rake ok bachmann mk1's to make up the cambridge buffet train than range in the 70's & 80's, watching you weather your coaches has inspiard me to have a go at mine, thanks
Nice subtle but effective weathering on the coaches. I keep staring at my clean nse rakes, about time I weathered those in! It's surprising how effective the "paint removal effect" (as I call it) looks. The roof on the 47 - around the yellow, always looks effective if a lot of the grime is scrubbed back to the yellow! It gives the effect that's it's been through the loco wash and the brushes couldn't get to the tight areas.
Good Morning Sir, thanks for the Sunday morning train fix. The canal scene is coming together nicely, it's enjoyable to watch your nicely weathered rolling stock cross the bridge over the canal, very realistic.
Hi Richard. I don't know if you realise this, but IPA makes for an excellent paint stripper. Buy it 99% pure and add a but of water to activate it, and you can dump a complete model in a spaghetti tube to remove all the paint without damaging it at all. You can leave the glazing in too, and the glue holding the glazing in will soften and you can pop it out... it needs a scrub with IPAto get the vehicles paint off, so once the glazing pops out, use some clean IPA to clean it of any residual paint IPA can also be used for renumbering locos, just put some on a cotton bud and rub it away. The surface is shiny, so give the area a coat of gloss varnish, fit your decals, another coat of gloss to seal it (and hide the shiny backing film), and then give it a coat of satin/matt depending on how fresh you want it to look. I made a couple of videos about how I do renumbering, including one where I took a named loco and made it an un-named example! ua-cam.com/video/fkzQ9gsxklE/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/rD4k9gVv1gY/v-deo.html
The in-car footage was shot on the north bound A1 just south of Sandy. My old school mate used to live in that big house on the left-hand side at the garden centre. 👍🏻 Small world!
I'm pretty sure the First Class coach would be at the front of the rake so the wealthy passengers were first out on arrival at their destination - and the brake coach at the rear meaning there would be no partition in the middle allowing continuous access on the entire length of the train !!
Between you and Dave (and a couple of others) my UA-cam viewing has increased dramatically in line with my ambition. I just need to find the time to try and replicate some of the first class advice I'm watching.
Although I'm predominantly a military modeler in 28mm/wargames scale I really enjoy your channel. Your weathering/painting techniques are readily adaptable to tank and vehicle models and I particularly like the subtle and realistic results you attain. I actually started modelling with Hornby/Tri ang train sets at a very young age, (though I later moved to 'the dark side' of wargaming/modelling) and I get a nostalgic buzz from seeing model engines and rolling stock I owned as a small boy run on your excellent and impressive layout (The BR Class 37 and 47 being fondly remembered favourites...) The other thing I enjoy about your videos is the scenic and groundwork tutorials. Again, your considerable skills and eye for detail are relevant to the military diorama modeler. BUT... I have a QUESTION??? (It's not related at all to any of the above!) WHO does the background music for your videos? As a fan of 'jangly-guitar' Indie music I just love the musical interludes you include. Thank you for such an entertaining channel and keep up the good work! xx SF
Another fantastic video from Richard 👍🏻 I can remember catching network south east 47s on Paddington to Oxford in my train spotting days......😆 Yours looks perfect Richard well done Stevie.
Nice work! Those roof ribs looked spot on after you'd fettled them. Shouldn't the end steps go on later MK1s?🤔🤔 Youve captured the essence of the look of an in service MK 1, very well👍😊
The layout is looking very good, I keep expecting the guy in the orange high viz behind the British rail van to move, that's how real you layout is looking, nice one Richard, All the best from Appleby Linc's.
I got some isopropyl wipes which I thought would be good for cleaning things and found they removed the paint so I guess there are different strengths of this product even though your bottle says 99.9 % pure. I liked the Austin interlude in this too
I know you like your random detailing but that`s a rather odd looking beach canal barge @0:25 lol, great weathering as usual from you truly making a difference.
I personally find the subtle effect created by removing the ribbing from the older Mk 1 coaches to be rather desirable. The newer ones almost tend to be too perfect, even if it's probably more appropriate at this kind of scale.
Very nice, it has fired me up to do more weathering. A complete aside but I model American and seeing those long wagons with only two axles just looks odd!
awesome,and,congrats,I was actually thinking about a idea for a video,maybe demonstrate for us how to apply sprung buffers? for myself I`m quite curious and can`t find any demonstrations anywhere
Ah you've graced the hattons couch, I hope they cleaned it after I sat on it (I got nervous!)! lol. A very Nice 'How to' on the coaches....one day I will get around to doing that...or I could wait for Bachmann to release the them again in red stripe...costing about £70 each probably lol. Thanks for the sequence at the end! Very cool. Cheers. Dave
The rolling stock is looking good, but as a signal pedant it makes me wince every time I see that branch line coming up to meet the mainline without a controling signal on it. I'm quite surprised you didn't put the IR sensors in the track when you laid it, although if you're planning on using the Train-Tech DCC 'block' signals you don't need IR sensors.
I was just thinking about it now. Your fleet must be getting on a bit now. Scary really. Will you look at doing a rolling upgrade locomotive wise? Your 56s and the 20s are my favourite in your fleet.
Another great video richard you make it looks really easy, may give the weathering of coaches ago at some stage just at the point ripping up and relaying track for the new plan of the layout cheers Beeton Hough Junction (Dave C)
Hi Rich, another one in the can, wow. How’s the trackbed going, settled down, or are you still fine tuning, feedback on the super elevation would be interesting.
It's been a real treat to see more videos that you've made recently. I have watched a few channels but feel that some layouts are a little overdone for my taste. What I mean by that is, if there was an inch of free space to spare on their layout there would be a train passing threw it. I'm not saying it's bad, some people might like that sort of thing. I've always went about like, what do I see in the everyday typical world and try to replicate it as best as I could on my layout!
Looks great that mate , just a thought , could you not put a dumped/stolen car in the canal at the end of the road , once a common sight back in the day lol
Nice work. Have to say the thing that really makes the scene for me is that platform with the control cabinets on. I'm wondering if it's because it's something that is next to the trains when they're moving that gives the correct idea of movement? Are there any plans for signal gantries or pedestrian bridges or other clutter of a similar ilk?
Hullo Richard, great stuff as usual. Seeing that Austin going along reminded me of when my Dad's Lotus Europa S2 broke down on the motorway. ANYTHING going by would cause the fibreglass shell to sway like an epileptic baby giraffe on an ice-rink. Terrifying!!
Interesting rake. May I ask where this sort of rake might have run on the Western region in the 1980s? I am planning a layout set in a similar era and region (albeit in N gauge), so this channel is always of interest.
Richard I would love to know what bridge sides you used on the green painted bridge, I am going to be doing a longer version of something like this but would love to know what you've used for the sides. Great video as well, thank you for the inspiration to pick up myself a new airbrush, Iwata Neo, (cheapo one broke) and begin some trials of kit painting and eventual weathering and attempt some loco weathering. We all have to start somewhere and I will be watching and learning from what you do so thank you.
Hi, there doesn't seem to be anyone who has weathered electric locomotives, any chance you could give some tips on doing class 86/87 and the pendolino both of which I'd like to try, many thanks, Chris.
What is the purpose of the larger boxy cars? They seemed to be rare or at least not photographed often, and they don't seem to have obvious doors to them.
Hey, folks, do any of you know what happened to the Western Centurion channel? He used to post regularly, but it's been several months since his last video and we are a bit concerned now. Same with Intercity82. Any info is appreciated. Thank you.
Sorry I gotta say it, if your layout is 85- early 90's then those Van's would be much more likely to be the older livery of grey and red/light pink as they weathered down, some Van's were painted RFD but they were low in number that were mainly just towed around for display purposes at public events, please dont take this the wrong way I love your videos the work you put into them is superb it's just bugging me is all sorry, your period and it's mainly the MOD services going to luggershall, marchwood to kineton or Bicester through didcot is I assume what your trying to replicate red & grey honest they were
I know, however getting the model VGA in railfreight livery isn't easy. When I found those 5 going cheap on ebay I grabbed them. I have plans to repaint some in the future and also sort out some closer couplings for them. Cheers
Starting out again on the hobby after 50 years and catching up with all your old videos as I'm learning so much. In awe at your skills with scenery and especially with weathering! It's making me realise what a long time it's going to take me to learn how to do the sort of weathering in this video , in fact I probably never will - you make it look easy!
I see everard junction, I click. Simple.
Very good weathering. Thank you.
Just realised this was his 200th video, congratulations!!
I've never been into model railways or modelling in any form
So I have no idea why I love watching these videos
It think It is the kind of thing anyone can appreciate. I have a layout where I get similar comments...people even comment they just like the sound of the trains, clicking over the rail joins! lol. Dave
I haven't done any modelling since my early teens and some *horrendous* airfix models. I think it's the astonishing workmanship that's displayed that keeps me coming back.
I think even if you aren’t into trains or modelling, the fact it just takes you into a totally different world is where it’s at. There is definitely an aspect of escapism attached to the videos, helped greatly by Richards’s highly infectious love of not only trains, but the engineering, but also the nuts & bolts of it all, which most modellers either just neglect, or don’t bother with at all? Not to mention his affection with all things 1980’s : )
However, it is this attention to detail, which elevates his videos from good, to EPIC! Not only does whatever he undertakes, become it’s very own piece of art, but I have also never seen such patience and dedication. No challenge is too big and let’s just say his code 75 sleeper spacing videos, made my actually see just how much that would entail? I lasted 30 minutes and managed about a quarter of one full length of Peco flexi track! This is about 0.000000001 of what Richard has already done... However, I will persevere as now I’ve seen it, there really is no way to un-seeing it! Thanks a lot Richard! Grrrrrrrrrrrrr! 😡... Thankfully, also I think we are similar ages, as we are both modelling the exact same era, so the tips and tricks are even more useful to sprucing up my own layout. However, mine is all the way up in Scotland, based heavily around the Scotrail Push Pull era of arguably the best livery the Class 47 has ever worn (Intercity Blue stripe) and so, so many beautiful large logo Class 37’s ; )
Back to Richard’s videos though..... Even if I didn’t like trains, or modelling of any kind. I would still watch with the same intense fascination. Instantly finding myself hypnotised & so peaceful, reaching an almost ‘zen like’ calm & a quieting of the mind, as Richard takes us on his journey. Not to mention his eye for detail and precision, with every single aspect, which I think anyone can appreciate how utterly astonishing & stunning his creations are .... Richard is correct though people. You will also see the same skill and attention to detail, if you follow the equally fascinating @DaveClass47 @ Dean Park, who also has ‘the gift’ and who’s videos I find equally hypnotic....
Fantastic video, The weathering looks fantastic, I have a rake ok bachmann mk1's to make up the cambridge buffet train than range in the 70's & 80's, watching you weather your coaches has inspiard me to have a go at mine, thanks
nice weathering of the mk1's subtle but effective, the look of in use rather than ready for the scrap pile very informative Richard. Andy
The grass bank looks fantastic 😊
Nice subtle but effective weathering on the coaches. I keep staring at my clean nse rakes, about time I weathered those in!
It's surprising how effective the "paint removal effect" (as I call it) looks. The roof on the 47 - around the yellow, always looks effective if a lot of the grime is scrubbed back to the yellow! It gives the effect that's it's been through the loco wash and the brushes couldn't get to the tight areas.
Hi Richard, Great video, love to see the Show ‘n’ Tell blogs that you do from time to time. Nice weathering of the coaches to. 👍Thumbs Up👍
Love the car! During the summer months my daily driver is my grandmothers 1972 Cutlass Olds. She shares the loose steering much like your customers!
Good Morning Sir, thanks for the Sunday morning train fix. The canal scene is coming together nicely, it's enjoyable to watch your nicely weathered rolling stock cross the bridge over the canal, very realistic.
ah tea and sandwich and Everadjunction time again ..nice :)
I prefer a glass of red wine!, unless its a school night! lol
@@DeanPark what ever your pleasure is Sir lol
Hi Richard.
I don't know if you realise this, but IPA makes for an excellent paint stripper.
Buy it 99% pure and add a but of water to activate it, and you can dump a complete model in a spaghetti tube to remove all the paint without damaging it at all.
You can leave the glazing in too, and the glue holding the glazing in will soften and you can pop it out... it needs a scrub with IPAto get the vehicles paint off, so once the glazing pops out, use some clean IPA to clean it of any residual paint
IPA can also be used for renumbering locos, just put some on a cotton bud and rub it away.
The surface is shiny, so give the area a coat of gloss varnish, fit your decals, another coat of gloss to seal it (and hide the shiny backing film), and then give it a coat of satin/matt depending on how fresh you want it to look.
I made a couple of videos about how I do renumbering, including one where I took a named loco and made it an un-named example!
ua-cam.com/video/fkzQ9gsxklE/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/rD4k9gVv1gY/v-deo.html
The in-car footage was shot on the north bound A1 just south of Sandy. My old school mate used to live in that big house on the left-hand side at the garden centre. 👍🏻 Small world!
I'm pretty sure the First Class coach would be at the front of the rake so the wealthy passengers were first out on arrival at their destination - and the brake coach at the rear meaning there would be no partition in the middle allowing continuous access on the entire length of the train !!
Between you and Dave (and a couple of others) my UA-cam viewing has increased dramatically in line with my ambition. I just need to find the time to try and replicate some of the first class advice I'm watching.
Hello Graham, an excellent job weathering, they look great travelling around the layout. Regards Gary 😊
Although I'm predominantly a military modeler in 28mm/wargames scale I really enjoy your channel. Your weathering/painting techniques are readily adaptable to tank and vehicle models and I particularly like the subtle and realistic results you attain. I actually started modelling with Hornby/Tri ang train sets at a very young age, (though I later moved to 'the dark side' of wargaming/modelling) and I get a nostalgic buzz from seeing model engines and rolling stock I owned as a small boy run on your excellent and impressive layout (The BR Class 37 and 47 being fondly remembered favourites...)
The other thing I enjoy about your videos is the scenic and groundwork tutorials. Again, your considerable skills and eye for detail are relevant to the military diorama modeler. BUT... I have a QUESTION??? (It's not related at all to any of the above!)
WHO does the background music for your videos? As a fan of 'jangly-guitar' Indie music I just love the musical interludes you include.
Thank you for such an entertaining channel and keep up the good work!
xx SF
I could literally sit and Watch you model all day.
Another fantastic video from Richard 👍🏻 I can remember catching network south east 47s on Paddington to Oxford in my train spotting days......😆 Yours looks perfect Richard well done Stevie.
Great to see you on Hatton's Question & Answers video . Nice update ......Peter
Another nice how to video, Richard. I will have to re-do the weathering on most of my Mk1's as they don't look convincing.
I use cotton buds and IPA to take decals off. It works really well with some elbow grease but doesn't damage the paintwork underneath. Good job.
Nice work! Those roof ribs looked spot on after you'd fettled them. Shouldn't the end steps go on later MK1s?🤔🤔 Youve captured the essence of the look of an in service MK 1, very well👍😊
The layout is looking very good, I keep expecting the guy in the orange high viz behind the British rail van to move, that's how real you layout is looking, nice one Richard, All the best from Appleby Linc's.
I’m a gauge 1 modeller from Germany. Just wanted to congratulate you on a great channel!
You certainly do amazing work! Keep up the great work and keep the videos coming!
Very informative and pleasant to watch Fella. Can't wait to get a Mancave and start building the dream layout.
I got some isopropyl wipes which I thought would be good for cleaning things and found they removed the paint so I guess there are different strengths of this product even though your bottle says 99.9 % pure. I liked the Austin interlude in this too
Nice way to start your morning! Thanks for showing.
I know you like your random detailing but that`s a rather odd looking beach canal barge @0:25 lol, great weathering as usual from you truly making a difference.
Great update video about the weathering of the rolling stock Richard!!! Cheers Onno.
Much to admire about your weathering skills.
Nice video, need to start weathering my MK1’s. it was really nice to finally get to meet you in person. Didn’t buy one of those 08 in the end.
Another great video. I really enjoyed watching you weather your rolling stock which reminds me I need to weather my coaches as well! Clint
Loco's look excellent ! Top notch weathering well done !
I personally find the subtle effect created by removing the ribbing from the older Mk 1 coaches to be rather desirable. The newer ones almost tend to be too perfect, even if it's probably more appropriate at this kind of scale.
Very nice, it has fired me up to do more weathering. A complete aside but I model American and seeing those long wagons with only two axles just looks odd!
awesome,and,congrats,I was actually thinking about a idea for a video,maybe demonstrate for us how to apply sprung buffers? for myself I`m quite curious and can`t find any demonstrations anywhere
That looked like the A1 around sandy! Grew up there
Some graffiti on the side of one or two of the wagons might look good
Ah you've graced the hattons couch, I hope they cleaned it after I sat on it (I got nervous!)! lol. A very Nice 'How to' on the coaches....one day I will get around to doing that...or I could wait for Bachmann to release the them again in red stripe...costing about £70 each probably lol. Thanks for the sequence at the end! Very cool. Cheers. Dave
The rolling stock is looking good, but as a signal pedant it makes me wince every time I see that branch line coming up to meet the mainline without a controling signal on it. I'm quite surprised you didn't put the IR sensors in the track when you laid it, although if you're planning on using the Train-Tech DCC 'block' signals you don't need IR sensors.
Very tempted to have a go!
I was just thinking about it now. Your fleet must be getting on a bit now. Scary really. Will you look at doing a rolling upgrade locomotive wise? Your 56s and the 20s are my favourite in your fleet.
brilliant entertainment, interesting and informative as usual - BBC will soon come knocking on your door !!
Great video they look great
Another great video richard you make it looks really easy, may give the weathering of coaches ago at some stage just at the point ripping up and relaying track for the new plan of the layout cheers Beeton Hough Junction (Dave C)
Convinient, was just watching the Ally Pally Q&A you made with Hattons!
Nice Sunday lunchtime viewing, another great video 😁
Your class 31 is stunning!
Absolute quality as usual. Keep up the great work you are doing its inspirational.
Nicely done!
weird compliment to give you, but your stock music is very nice. slightly new wave-y too, which feels era appropriate
Hi Rich, another one in the can, wow. How’s the trackbed going, settled down, or are you still fine tuning, feedback on the super elevation would be interesting.
Superb Richard
It's been a real treat to see more videos that you've made recently. I have watched a few channels but feel that some layouts are a little overdone for my taste. What I mean by that is, if there was an inch of free space to spare on their layout there would be a train passing threw it. I'm not saying it's bad, some people might like that sort of thing. I've always went about like, what do I see in the everyday typical world and try to replicate it as best as I could on my layout!
it really is coming together now!
Awesome as always, thanks for posting your efforts!
Great Video again as always
Looks great that mate , just a thought , could you not put a dumped/stolen car in the canal at the end of the road , once a common sight back in the day lol
Cool video. Lots of top tips. Thanks.
Another impressive tutorial
Thanks for the video Richard, really effective stuff!
Nice work.
Have to say the thing that really makes the scene for me is that platform with the control cabinets on.
I'm wondering if it's because it's something that is next to the trains when they're moving that gives the correct idea of movement?
Are there any plans for signal gantries or pedestrian bridges or other clutter of a similar ilk?
Hi Rich good video they look amazing job well done
Hullo Richard, great stuff as usual. Seeing that Austin going along reminded me of when my Dad's Lotus Europa S2 broke down on the motorway. ANYTHING going by would cause the fibreglass shell to sway like an epileptic baby giraffe on an ice-rink. Terrifying!!
Interesting rake. May I ask where this sort of rake might have run on the Western region in the 1980s? I am planning a layout set in a similar era and region (albeit in N gauge), so this channel is always of interest.
Richard I would love to know what bridge sides you used on the green painted bridge, I am going to be doing a longer version of something like this but would love to know what you've used for the sides.
Great video as well, thank you for the inspiration to pick up myself a new airbrush, Iwata Neo, (cheapo one broke) and begin some trials of kit painting and eventual weathering and attempt some loco weathering.
We all have to start somewhere and I will be watching and learning from what you do so thank you.
Hi, there doesn't seem to be anyone who has weathered electric locomotives, any chance you could give some tips on doing class 86/87 and the pendolino both of which I'd like to try, many thanks, Chris.
Very nice indeed!
Great as always richard
Felicidades, como siempre muy bien. Great job! what kind of airbrush do you have?
Excellent job and video I get it 10 stars *****************
@8:11 im expecting the engineer to move, its so realistic
while weathering locomotives, do you put the black stains on the roof next to exausts outlets?
What is the purpose of the larger boxy cars? They seemed to be rare or at least not photographed often, and they don't seem to have obvious doors to them.
Whats that music on 16:53? sounds good!
What is that song playing on the intercity coach weathering timelapse? That sounds funky!
What kind of airbrush do you use? Great video!
Hey, folks, do any of you know what happened to the Western Centurion channel? He used to post regularly, but it's been several months since his last video and we are a bit concerned now. Same with Intercity82. Any info is appreciated. Thank you.
Sorry I gotta say it, if your layout is 85- early 90's then those Van's would be much more likely to be the older livery of grey and red/light pink as they weathered down, some Van's were painted RFD but they were low in number that were mainly just towed around for display purposes at public events, please dont take this the wrong way I love your videos the work you put into them is superb it's just bugging me is all sorry, your period and it's mainly the MOD services going to luggershall, marchwood to kineton or Bicester through didcot is I assume what your trying to replicate red & grey honest they were
I know, however getting the model VGA in railfreight livery isn't easy. When I found those 5 going cheap on ebay I grabbed them. I have plans to repaint some in the future and also sort out some closer couplings for them. Cheers
Do you ever weather /improve the cars and motor vehicles you have on your layout?
Do you still have the Granada?
what car is that?
Without watching, my guess is that you say "Prototypical" at least once in this video.
hows the mk1 granny doing ????