Hello. I'd like to commend you on your superb layout. I've taken away tips from your methods of ballasting and weathering Your layout is one of the best privately housed layouts. Well done!
very good video once again.it just goes to show how simple it is to add a touch of realism to a layout.getting rid of the shine of the rails and adding abit of dirt makes a real differance.i think buying my compressor and air brush was one of the best things ive ever purchased.good video, good layout, good work, well done!!!
Those look very real. It brings back unpleasant memories of standing on the platform on the way to work feeling sick and seeing tracks looking like that. Only that time there was a scrap of dirty loo roll there as well.
A great series of videos. Think I've watched them all and been inspired to make my own loft layout slightly bigger and way more detailed. Keep up the good work.
@EverardJunction , great idea !, i'm approaching this stage very soon as i've already ordered some woodlands scenic grass and static grass from Hattons, i think woodlands scenic is a decent range of scenic material, although i'm not to keen on some of their track cleaning idea's, thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for such excellent commonsense presentations of your skills. You make great scenic work and weathering effects possible to everyone. Please keep sharing your modelling ideas as they are superb to watch and easy to follow.
Your videos are great inspiration. I love how you make the procedure simple. Other tutorials sometimes require at least degree from arts to do that, but this is something I can do at home.
When I was at college my microbiology lecturer was on the team that put forward the recommendation that the hoses for filling water supply in the carriages weren't left sitting on the tracks for that reason.
Nice vid man. Good videographer you have there...steady hands...most of the amateur train bids give me a headache from the camera work. Good stuff. Nice layout. Cheers from Miami.
this is by far the best way to weather track but getting my air brush out in the attic is a big no no unless i rig up my comercial works fume extractor... great vid...jim..
@cubeproduktion 'NEM' is a term used to describe a coupler that has been made to agreed industry standards. Kadee's are a type of NEM knuckle coupler. I find them much more reliable than the standard tension lock couplers that come with hornby and bachmann trains.
Humbrol 29 Dark Earth makes a very realistic rust-weathered rail colour. I find a 50/50 mix of enamel and thinner, (to the consistency of milk) airbrushes really well without spatter and looks amazingly life-like with your choice of sleeper grime.
@ps3nut17 To get the track working with the select, get 2 wires running round the layout that plug in to the controller. 1 wire is + and the other is - Then use the clips to draw power from the bus wire wherever needed.
Thanks for clarifying this for me. I think I will also go for the 100 as I have some older models from the 80's. Fingers crossed I can convert them to DCC and repair some of the broken ones.
Your track does look very realistic, think I will try an airbrush myself having hand painted previously. I have snipped of the pips for connecting a point motor to the tie rod on all my points makes the point look more prototypical.
@Pearson4472 It is electrofrog and yes it is quite complicated. The right hand wire on it goes to the right hand point motor, the left hand one for the left point motor. The rest of the wiring is normal I think, but it was a long time ago when I wired up mine.
@EverardJunction ok cant wait to see it weathered and i cant wait to see the tmd i will probably re do mine once some new track is down because i did it in the middle of the tack and it derailed every train so i will use your method without filling inbetween the track
@ApacheBravo If the track is very close to the wall I don't bother painting the other side. The airbrush is quite small and I can just about turn it around to paint the other side on the closer track.
Hello, thanks for this very helpful how to series, I am learning a lot. I also have a suggestion: it might be helpful for people if you give a list of the jobs and the order in which they are done. This might help people remember things better. Bye
@bloodmarine77 I have the august issue, I could do with some more mags. From my research ballast varies a lot in colour, quite often the track is weathered and the ballast looks very clean. Good luck with the weathering.
I always use enamel paints for everything as you get a far better finish from it. Acrylic paint is fine for small jobs, but I much prefer to use enamel.
I use peco steamline code 100 on my layout. I would recommend going with code 75 for the more realistic look though. I went for code 100 because some older models have trouble running on code 75, models from the last 6-7 years should have no problem running on code 75..
Do you use Railmatch acrylic of the enamel for weather track and locos? And why do you chose that's particular type of railmatch paint, ie Acrylic or Enamel?
very good video. I have been looking at the close ups of the points and wondered is it possible you could have snipped off the plastic pieces with end studs that form the manual throw seeing as they are operated electrically by point motors?
@toffie702 This is my new layout which I have been building for 2 years. My old 1960s era layout was broken up in 2008 to make way for Everard Junction.
Hi, not surprisingly I am starting to watch weather videos as a new airbrush is soon to be purchased for weather track, after I have ballasted. However your relay boxes caught my eye! They look weathered and rusty around the hinges. Firstly, where did you buy the relay boxes?, secondly what colour of grey did you paint them and how did you weather it? cheers
For a better control over the air action for the airbrush (vertical movement), but also paint regulation by the trigger, I recomend you using your pointing finger instead of the thumb, since it has more parts (I'm sorry I don't know the real name... I mean the thumb's divided onto two parts and the pointing finger in three). Just give it a try so you can see if it works better for you. Good luck
@Grimlock257 I really have no idea. I would have to find and add up over 2 years of receipts. It's probably cost me around £1500. The rest of it is down to gifts from birthdays, Christmas and A level results.
Any paint that gets on the top of the rails needs to be rubbed off with a track rubber, otherwise the trains wont work. Once the paint is dry it comes off quite easily.
Hi, this is great, i have just invested in a air brush and am not sure what is the best paint to use,you say you use just three,railmatch sleeper grime, roof dirt and black, railmatch do two lots of the sleeper grime and the roof dirt one is code 406 and the other is 2406 for sleeper grime roof dirt is 403 and 2403 could you please tell me which one's you use and do you use matt black as the black paint, i hope you dont think i am stupid as i am new to this air brushing Paul
might sound strange but is it possible to weather the ballast like you done when wetting the ballast? using the squeezer bottle? spray the weathering paint onto the tracks? i'm tempted to weather mine when i get round to it but i'm on a budget.. just thinking of less cost effective techniques
@EverardJunction yeah im addicted to painting to.it was you that made me decide to get one,so you have set a trend now.i just need to get myself a static grassmater now.what brand and colour ballast do you use?
Hi There, interesting video on weathering the track, I see that you spray the sides of the track, does the paint need to be removed off the tops of the shiny part in order for this to look realistic and the trains to run as I could not find any reference to you doing this in the video.... many thanks.
You put most track weathering jobs i have seen here in the states to SHAME! Superior work Sir!
Hello. I'd like to commend you on your superb layout. I've taken away tips from your methods of ballasting and weathering Your layout is one of the best privately housed layouts. Well done!
Good looking layout you have there, and the weathering looks very nice. Getting ready to start weathering my track.
Thanks for showing this very valuable piece of footage. It is a great instruction piece and helped me understand the subject a lot.
very good video once again.it just goes to show how simple it is to add a touch of realism to a layout.getting rid of the shine of the rails and adding abit of dirt makes a real differance.i think buying my compressor and air brush was one of the best things ive ever purchased.good video, good layout, good work, well done!!!
looking good mate... Brilliant to see that your static grass has developed nicely
I'm not a train hobbyist but I have to say I really envy and admire you for your attention to detail! Thanks for sharing your wonderful creativity!!
Those look very real. It brings back unpleasant memories of standing on the platform on the way to work feeling sick and seeing tracks looking like that. Only that time there was a scrap of dirty loo roll there as well.
Great Video. I have just invested in an airbrush to do my track. I will probably paint after ballasting like you have done. It's all looking good.
Look mate your layout and methods are awesome .you sure have a goo deye to making your rail way look good
A great series of videos. Think I've watched them all and been inspired to make my own loft layout slightly bigger and way more detailed. Keep up the good work.
@EverardJunction , great idea !, i'm approaching this stage very soon as i've already ordered some woodlands scenic grass and static grass from Hattons, i think woodlands scenic is a decent range of scenic material, although i'm not to keen on some of their track cleaning idea's, thanks for the inspiration.
Thank you for such excellent commonsense presentations of your skills. You make great scenic work and weathering effects possible to everyone. Please keep sharing your modelling ideas as they are superb to watch and easy to follow.
Great video, you would have one of the most realistic layouts I have ever seen.
Thanks for sharing.
I'm just on the start of making a model railway so all these tips are very helpful and realistic.
looks great, locos are perfectly weathered!
Your videos are great inspiration. I love how you make the procedure simple. Other tutorials sometimes require at least degree from arts to do that, but this is something I can do at home.
Thanks very helpful just gone out and bought a D/A airbush (dual action) and compresser all for £40 I looks like the same compresser as you have.
Cracking Video thanks its helping us trying to make oo gauge layout set in North Wales in the 60's/70's
When I was at college my microbiology lecturer was on the team that put forward the recommendation that the hoses for filling water supply in the carriages weren't left sitting on the tracks for that reason.
Nice vid man. Good videographer you have there...steady hands...most of the amateur train bids give me a headache from the camera work. Good stuff. Nice layout. Cheers from Miami.
Great Track Work! Very Good!
Well done ! It´s really a huge improvement to the Track. Regards Andre
Very nice work. You can really see how much more realistic weathering makes it.
this is by far the best way to weather track but getting my air brush out in the attic is a big no no unless i rig up my comercial works fume extractor... great vid...jim..
That was very well done. Cheers.
@cubeproduktion 'NEM' is a term used to describe a coupler that has been made to agreed industry standards. Kadee's are a type of NEM knuckle coupler. I find them much more reliable than the standard tension lock couplers that come with hornby and bachmann trains.
WOW,your layout is really taking shape,lovely weathering,love it!
this is my favourite part of your layout, whish i had the skill to do something like this, its bloody awsome friend well done!
your layhout is very well done! superior in terms of realism compared to most layouts i've seen.
Good point, glad they are enamels...I prefer working with them. I shall get my order of Rail match paints made up!!! cheers
That area looks Great.
Humbrol 29 Dark Earth makes a very realistic rust-weathered rail colour. I find a 50/50 mix of enamel and thinner, (to the consistency of milk) airbrushes really well without spatter and looks amazingly life-like with your choice of sleeper grime.
@ps3nut17 To get the track working with the select, get 2 wires running round the layout that plug in to the controller. 1 wire is + and the other is - Then use the clips to draw power from the bus wire wherever needed.
like yo style...keep up the good work looking good
Brilliant video Everard
Very good - just about to start ballasting - gave me some great ideas. By the way you really sound like Bill Bailey!!
First vid I see from you, but very nice and clear explanation :) Also love the Mr BEan mini at 06:06 :P
Thanks for clarifying this for me. I think I will also go for the 100 as I have some older models from the 80's. Fingers crossed I can convert them to DCC and repair some of the broken ones.
Your track does look very realistic, think I will try an airbrush myself having hand painted previously. I have snipped of the pips for connecting a point motor to the tie rod on all my points makes the point look more prototypical.
Once again great advice
@Pearson4472 It is electrofrog and yes it is quite complicated. The right hand wire on it goes to the right hand point motor, the left hand one for the left point motor. The rest of the wiring is normal I think, but it was a long time ago when I wired up mine.
Well done, thank you for sharing
@EverardJunction ok cant wait to see it weathered and i cant wait to see the tmd i will probably re do mine once some new track is down because i did it in the middle of the tack and it derailed every train so i will use your method without filling inbetween the track
Excellent. Looking at some of your other videos, I was wondering how you weathered your track. It looks great.
I have the same issue. I paint the track wearing a mask and when done I leave the the attic for a few days before I return to do anymore work.
@ichabod0391 It's important to weather ballast as well as track. So I paint when both are in place to save painting twice.
@noelwilliams07 The airbrush and compressor is from ebay, the grass is from scenic express in america.
@ApacheBravo If the track is very close to the wall I don't bother painting the other side. The airbrush is quite small and I can just about turn it around to paint the other side on the closer track.
Fantastic layout
The compressor is an ACS-AS182, the airbrush is an iwata HP-CS
I would mask up the important areas of the point if its your first try. You can finish of those areas with a brush afterwards.
@110samec The compressor is an ACS-AS182, the airbrush is an iwata HP-CS
@HortonRoadTMD each board is 2ft wide, the top deck covers about 24ft of space.
@ConrailQuality1 Thanks mate. I was very pleased at how well this came out.
Hello,
thanks for this very helpful how to series, I am learning a lot.
I also have a suggestion: it might be helpful for people if you give a list of the jobs and the order in which they are done. This might help people remember things better.
Bye
Big improvement! Me needs me a compressor!!!
great tips, thanks for sharing, also interested in what the make and model of the air brush you use, like the choice of control
Thanks again
Tim,
@EWS60008 Thanks mate, a full respray vid will be made at some point.
@HortonRoadTMD Helixes will be explained when the layout is extended. I use 2nd, 3rd and 4th radius curves for it.
@nordenstation You can brush paint the track but it will take much longer.
I will be doing a weathering vid soon when the weather warms up.
I noticed you have the same tools and airbrush as I have! :-)
@fgstf The paint wont affect anything. Just as long as the rail top is clean, trains will run fine.
@bloodmarine77 I have the august issue, I could do with some more mags. From my research ballast varies a lot in colour, quite often the track is weathered and the ballast looks very clean. Good luck with the weathering.
I always use enamel paints for everything as you get a far better finish from it. Acrylic paint is fine for small jobs, but I much prefer to use enamel.
Love the sound on the intro!
I use peco steamline code 100 on my layout. I would recommend going with code 75 for the more realistic look though. I went for code 100 because some older models have trouble running on code 75, models from the last 6-7 years should have no problem running on code 75..
Do you use Railmatch acrylic of the enamel for weather track and locos? And why do you chose that's particular type of railmatch paint, ie Acrylic or Enamel?
@ipodwindow Thanks mate, The oil spills on your layout are looking good.
That wouldn't suprise me, back then toilets flushed straight out the bottom of the train. Todays trains store it in tanks that can be emptied later.
@zaccee1996 The concrete will get weathered, the ballast might get dulled down a bit.
Very true, buy the best you can afford.
very good video. I have been looking at the close ups of the points and wondered is it possible you could have snipped off the plastic pieces with end studs that form the manual throw seeing as they are operated electrically by point motors?
@maxilfli1 I got the instructions from another website which has closed. When I build the extension I might be able to show a bit more about them.
@toffie702 This is my new layout which I have been building for 2 years. My old 1960s era layout was broken up in 2008 to make way for Everard Junction.
Hi, not surprisingly I am starting to watch weather videos as a new airbrush is soon to be purchased for weather track, after I have ballasted. However your relay boxes caught my eye! They look weathered and rusty around the hinges. Firstly, where did you buy the relay boxes?, secondly what colour of grey did you paint them and how did you weather it? cheers
For a better control over the air action for the airbrush (vertical movement), but also paint regulation by the trigger, I recomend you using your pointing finger instead of the thumb, since it has more parts (I'm sorry I don't know the real name... I mean the thumb's divided onto two parts and the pointing finger in three). Just give it a try so you can see if it works better for you. Good luck
@EverardJunction thank for the help... love your videos :D
I use railmatch paint to weather the track, numbers 403 and 406.
@SuperPalf Mask up the rails that have to touch each other. Then no paint will get on them and they should work.
You could do that. Obviously don't weather any track already on the layout as the can will spray far too much paint onto any scenery and ballast.
@Sharpslade Thanks mate, the grass has made a nice improvement.
Shots at the end were awesome
Excellent videos......when weathering the tracks, does the spray when it hits the inner part of the rail, not effect the running of the Locos?
Would it be possible for you to do a video on the bus wires and the control panels for the sidings?
The relay boxes in this vid are the Hornby ones. They come out of the box like that, not sure if they are still available.
@Grimlock257 I really have no idea. I would have to find and add up over 2 years of receipts. It's probably cost me around £1500. The rest of it is down to gifts from birthdays, Christmas and A level results.
nice job!!!
looking really good. i really want to know how to build the Helix
I use railmatch enamel paints for most of the weathering jobs. I get them from howes models.
Any paint that gets on the top of the rails needs to be rubbed off with a track rubber, otherwise the trains wont work. Once the paint is dry it comes off quite easily.
Mask up the point blades and clips. Anywhere electricity needs to pass from one rail to another needs masking.
Your trains run really smooth on the layout. Do you use any kind of dampening underlay under the tracks?
Hi, this is great, i have just invested in a air brush and am not sure what is the best paint to use,you say you use just three,railmatch sleeper grime, roof dirt and black, railmatch do two lots of the sleeper grime and the roof dirt one is code 406 and the other is 2406 for sleeper grime roof dirt is 403 and 2403 could you please tell me which one's you use and do you use matt black as the black paint, i hope you dont think i am stupid as i am new to this air brushing
Paul
might sound strange but is it possible to weather the ballast like you done when wetting the ballast? using the squeezer bottle? spray the weathering paint onto the tracks?
i'm tempted to weather mine when i get round to it but i'm on a budget.. just thinking of less cost effective techniques
@bloodmarine77 Thanks mate, it has made a real improvement. I'm seem to be addicted to painting now!
looks really nice
could look good if you wheather the concrete around the engine service area
@EverardJunction yeah im addicted to painting to.it was you that made me decide to get one,so you have set a trend now.i just need to get myself a static grassmater now.what brand and colour ballast do you use?
I use woodland scenics medium grey
Hi There, interesting video on weathering the track, I see that you spray the sides of the track, does the paint need to be removed off the tops of the shiny part in order for this to look realistic and the trains to run as I could not find any reference to you doing this in the video.... many thanks.