Congratulations on the well-deserved feature in the magazine. We live in an age of video, but there's always something a bit special about seeing something printed on paper you can hold in your hands.
Yes! Exactly that. I know that thousands of people watch my videos, but to hold pictures of my layout in a magazine that I have known for years... it's a very special feeling.
I'm not at all surprised your layout was featured in BRM, it is unique, well made and an inspiration to all who build models. Congratulations and may Chandwell continue to grow.
Congratulations on the well-deserved feature in BRM. I have thoroughly enjoyed following Chandwell since I discovered the channel during lockdown, and I am looking forward to where the journey will take us next!
Oh thank you! The pictures are beautiful; I am so happy with how they came out. It is the first time I have used a process called "focus stacking" which is where you take the same photo multiple times, each one with the focus on a different depth. And then a bit of magical software merges them all together so that every part of the photo is in focus. Having only ever seen them on the screen, it was truly breath-taking seeing them professionally printed in the magazine.
congratulations on the article; well deserved. What is most amazing (and apparent) about the images in the magazine is that they look real, not like pictures of small scale models at all... A testiment to your skills at creating a story and models! I tried digging around for the "Giant tower of a building" that has Shimla Spice in its ground floor. Not come up with much, but it is called Bankdale House and it looks very much to me like it was a small brewery complex and may even be associated with the pub 3 doors further along, but i can't prove it. I shall keep digging, because it is what I do
Congratulations on Chandwell being featured in BRM. I'm a subscriber to the paper version of the mag and it was a lovely surprise to instantly recognise the layout on the cover when I retrieved the latest issue from my letterbox! I have a lot of respect for the BRM team and the tireless work they all put into building and serving their community, so I'm happy it was BRM who ended up featuring Chandwell. You really have created something incredibly special, even before considering that you've fully embraced a challenging creative constraint to build nearly everything from card!
Michael, more congratulations on the BRM article. I particularly liked the stills as opposed to the video which we normally see. It gives more time at better resolution to appreciate your work, which stands up under that closer scrutiny.
Very nice "to visit" your inspirations ... lovely places ... I hope, they will remain for the next centuries of inspirations ... very nice layout ... 💐👍🍾🥂🤩
@@Chandwelloh yes, that's what I have seen ... so inspiring ... Not cleaned up but not dirty, space for fantasy and strories behind ... that's what I hate in my region... everywhere must be cleared up (and be stupid empty)
BRM Magazine, what can I say other than truly well deserved, i think you have taken N gauge building to a new level, you have also taken cardboard building to a new level. I believe many enter modelling for the feeling we had as a kid whether its trying replicate a familiar or imaginary area or trying to emulate the atmosphere or feelings we had of of a certain place or time or just a love of railways etc. Regardless your layout has achieved the atmosphere and feel of the period you are modelling, again being in BRM is fully deserved.
Hi Michael, congratulations on the feature in BRM magazine much deserved you’ve been an inspiration to us all. I look forward to more as the weeks and months go by, always enjoy a bit of Chandwell. Cheers Michael, John
Thank you John. Not sure if you read the magazine, but even if not, try to grab a glance in a shop at the caption of the photo on page 35. A little something for you there. 👍😂
Hi Michael, well, what can I say! I’ve just picked up a copy of BRM, you’ve made my year!!!! I couldn’t believe the caption The morning service to Exehaven Harbour, I will dine out on this for months, lol! Excellent feature and the photo’s have really captured the look and realism of your beautiful layout. I can’t wait with the reciprocating return service to Chandwell to be running again! Cheers Michael, John
As said by others you fully deserve the chance to ‘show off’ your masterpiece to many more modellers! Congratulations to you all and also to BRM for what is a brilliant production too.
One thought from an old builder.... Parapet walls are on all 4 sides of a flat roof - your nightclub needs one on the high street side possibly with back-top of a garish neon sign protruding above... So does the roof of the shopping centre. Allow a millimeter or two spacing and the false perspective can also be enhanced.
Ah yes, thank you... These two issues have plagued me on and off. I considered both of your points at the time of building, and in both cases decided to leave "the other side" of the parapet off the model, for different reasons... POCKETS POOL HALL - I have modelled only part of the building, probably less than a quarter of its true depth. When I added a straight parapet, it just accentuated this and made the model look like it was really really thin. When I then tried a forced-perspective rendition of it, it looked great from one dead-straight-on angle but looked INCREDIBLY bad from any other angle. So with this all in mind, I decided to leave it off because in general, the lack of it did less to distract from the "wrongness" than adding it in one form or the other did. MARKET HALL - The this one is also not a full-size model as the rear part is forced perspective to make it look like it goes away into the distance. I thought that adding the rear parapet would be easy in this case, but it was not possible to marry it up properly with the other parapets already modelled. It would need to be less than a millimetre tall. Additionally, because the rear right part of the building curves upwards to make the street-front part work on ITS forced perspective, the roof curves up to a point too. It's not very noticeable as-is, but the addition of the parapet made the whole thing look bent and twisted and it really accentuated the weird shape of the model. This hobby is always a sea of trade-offs and compromises, and in both of these cases, the compromise with the least detrimental effect on the overall scene was to leave off the parapet.
What a huge surprise to see your layout featured in BRM, well deserved ,the accompanying article have huge insight into your thought processes and introduced the layout to a much wider audience ,well done
Super that your talents and dedication should be acknowledged...nothing quite as satisfying as recognition from one's own peer group!!! Very much like the window openings in the foundry wall...bit of a master-stroke might I say. Looking forward to the next instalment and thankyou for sharing!
Now you are published and famous! You have become officially a card carrying (well, magazine toteing..) Professional Artist. What a privilege it is to get such an intimate view of your work.
Welcome back and congratulations on your published work in BRM Magazine. Being on the cover AND 14 pages is recognition of what a truly great work you have created. While I did miss your weekly video last week I am very happy to report that the first steps to remaking my urban industrial layout have bee taken with the unboxing of my workbench and tools/paint/inspirational photo collection. Retirement is not far away so I am soon to have more time to devote to the hobby It is Chandwell that has continued to inspire me to strive for ever greater heights in modelling perfection and realism in, not only the individual scenes, but in the overall story plan. Taking inspiration while on your travels really shows how educational and inspiring your every moment is for all of us...
Have recently found this channel and have been gradually working my way through all the episodes, in no particular order. Amazing work - such intricate and tiny modelling, largely with simple tools, at least once past the Inkscape stage. The architecture and landscape modelling side of railway modelling really appeals to me, and this channel shows both what’s possible and, importantly, how it’s done. Will have to read the article in the magazine 😊
Welcome to Chandwell! Thank you for your kind words. I am pleased that you like what you see here in my fictional town! Have fun with your own modelling.
G'Day Mate, I always look forward to your vids and your builds. I just wish too some day have your have patience and fore site on model building . great work and look forward to your next vids. Cheers from down under, Wally
Excellent video. Congratulations on getting Chandwell into BRM. I was pleased to see it when I opened mine when it was delivered. The pics are superb. My mate had his layout featured in it earlier in the year. The pics were taken at the TINGS show last September. They really do take superb photos of the layout that makes it look very realistic. You should be proud of your achievements. We'll done Regards Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I’d have loved them to take the pictures but I had to just make do with my own photos. They have come out a charm though and BRM did a great job of removing the cable ducting from the background of the sky.
Because of what happened at the TINGS show last year where they took the pics, I automatically thought they came around to you. Your photography is really good. The layout looked very realistic. Just watched the toilet paper vid. Another excellent and informative one. If you have the time you should try and get down to TINGS. It really is a good show with excellent n gauge layouts. I,m exhibiting this year . Keep the vids coming. I enjoy watching Take care Jeff
Always love your videos and living in Bradford and Halifax all my life I recognise a lot of the buildings. One thing you need on Station Road is an Indian takeaway. Growing up in the early nineties they seemed to be everywhere in West Yorkshire
Oh yes!! There will be at least one takeaway, but I think there will probably be three. CHANDWELL BEST KEBAB will be there, along with maybe a Chinese and most definitely an Indian. All three will be quite run down and a little bit dirty, just like the rest of the town.
Michael Great if slightly unexpected from your recent members update. Nice to see both the little and background modelling projects, where you get inspiration from. Finally well done on the 14 page spread in BRM. The article reads like the scripts to your video, with the photos you got time to just look at the detail seeing something you don’t always see straight away on the video. I now what you mean about your personal viewing angle so the horizon is low. The has been highlighted by the photo looking from the Old Bridge & Ironbridge Works with a Sprinter on viaduct & Mar et behind. The level of the top of the hills behind Chandwell in the gap between the buildings is just right it evokes a scene of many a West Yorkshire Railway town. Thanks you for sharing even when you might of thought the little to show, but it was a good mix. Thanks once again. Ian
The nice thing is when i visit the uk i really get inspired by the structures but when i get home i always regret not taking pictures of those structures 😮next time when on holiday i'll be watching with a different view thanks to your inspiring video's😊thank you
Layout feature well deserved, many congratulations. Have been wandering round various northern towns and cities of late and Chandwell seems to be lacking a proper church. Something dark with twiddly bits like St Paul's Todmorden would fit right in!
I’ve often wondered bout a church but the layout does not really have the space for one. I’ve decided it’s just off-scene a few streets up from Market Street. I may add the top of its spire at some point.
Michael. I am so pleased to see you get the recognition you so richly deserve. I was in that same publication many years back with Armathwaite and the feeling and pride is one you can experience only if you have been there and done it. Great video as always for which thanks. Cheers, Bob
Wow, thank you, Bob. You are right... it's a mixture of pride and excitement, and achievement. When I started Chandwell, I had no idea what I would do with it, and certainly never expected to be in a magazine, or on its cover. I am over the moon and the photos look so good in print. Does Armathwaite the layout still exist? Are you still working on it?
Well done and well deserved Michael on getting your layout in BRM magazine. I built my layout of my local station and lost count of the number of photos I took and like you took great inspiration from the buildings and surround landscape. Are you going to frame July's addition (you should), take care regards Barry..
Not really sure what BRM is (British Railway Modelling I presume) but I will go out tomorrow and find a copy as I am fascinated by Chandwell Well I live in Otley and work in Ilkley so know a lot of the buildings that are featured
Excellent! Yes, it is British Railway Modelling. I will be going to Ilkley to pick up another copy today as I tore mine! At least it means I can get the cover of this one framed! :)
Many congratulations on the article in BRM, I’m going to have to try to get one. This video was great as it showed where you get your ideas from. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
hI awsome video your layout deserves to be in a magazine you took so long in building it the atension to deatail is amazing i watches every one ov your videos keep up with the layout
A great update Michael... I was getting withdrawal symptoms.... I was having night sweats that there was no video last week!!! Had to take some deep breaths to get me through a 2nd week.... Congrats on the BRM article. well deserved. Craig.
Amazing to see you featured in the BRM so well deserved and taking inspiration from good old Leeds also, love it. Like you I have now started to document buildings etc for future use. I was up on the NYMR last weekend (the King arrived the next day, must of heard I was visiting) and took lots of notes and pictures. I look forward to you getting back to Chandwell and continuing the build and the (back)stories. Keep on inspiring.
Thank you! Since starting Chandwell I look at buildings in a completely different way. I always "look up" in cities and I take care to notice all the grimy details.
That is exactly how i view the architectural world. Trained in the Arts I have been looking up above the eye line for years. So many people walk around viewing the ground and not looking up above eye level and they miss so much. Glad to hear you also do the same.
I bought my BRM magazine yesterday and thought that looks like an interesting layout - not realising it was Chandwell. That's two fantastic N gauge layouts been featured in the magazine. It was Stafford N gauge a couple of months back and now it's your turn. Well deserved in my opinion. If only I could aspire to those dizzy heights.....😅 I can but dream. Cheers Euan
Congratulations on the magazine photo spread, Michael. Quite an achievement, sir! By the way, for some time I've been saving dog poo bag cores (made of plastic) for my railroad junk box. I have yet to find a use for them, but now I'll have to think about it more. 🙂 Cheers from Wisconsin!
Hi, I came back to check on the layouts recent developments after reading about the layout in BRM, what a great article. I have seen your layout on here before but somehow stopped keeping up to date with progress, probably because I am more into 00 gauge than N gauge, but now realise I can still learn alot from watching your progress, and to be honest it's difficult to tell it's N gauge after reading the article...........Those photos really are wonderful. Going to subscribe too, as I think I might learn a ton of stuff too. Thanks for a great layout and all the best, Dave.
Very cool you got featured in BRM, congrats. It's kinda meta but have you ever considered making one of your small shops into a hobby shop that sells model trains? Something like 'Michael's or Mike's Train Depot'.
Massive Congratulations on the BRM article. I don't regularly buy model mags these days as they are pretty "samey", and expensive, but I'll be making a purchase this month. There's huge potential in Leeds, I love the disused canal branch under the station. If it's still there! Nice to spy the "Old House at Home" too... Spent a few hours in there in the 70s! Now for a curl ball question... My Wife in her wisdom chose paint for our front porch. It's almost, if not exactly, the same shade as your garage/Chandwell room. Looks lovely, but even 2 weeks down the line, it still smells like sweaty socks!! Did you get this, and does it go away? 😂😂😂 Once again, huge congratulations on the article, and I look forward to whatever is next.
Hahah. That’s the first time I’ve had that question. The paint is “Mid Azure Green” from Little Greene. I don’t remember it ever smelling of anything, so I don’t think I can help with that question! I don’t remember a canal branch under the station but the Dark Arches are still there and the Aire still runs under the vaulting under the station.
@@Chandwell oh well. I'll put up with the smell. Yes, there is /was a canal. It branched off above river lock, and appears to be used as moorings now. I dont know if/how far it goes under the Dark Arches, but in the 70s there was still the remains of a lock out into the Aire. Its purpose was to supply a Soap Works , which stood as near as I can ascertain, where the Novotel is now. Looking on Google Maps, a bridge opening can be seen adjacent to the river, just above the "rin" in Princes Square. Owing to its purspose, it was always reffered to as Soapworks Lock.
Many congratulations on the magazine feature Michael! Great stuff! It's a great idea to try and take inspiration from locations you visit! I've been trying to do something similar since returning to the hobby and have hundreds if not thousands of photographs of old buildings, walls, graffiti and suchlike! Hopefully they'll come in useful when I actually get around to modelling something! Lol! All the best, Ian.
I used to love gliding, it’s so peaceful! Fantastic to see the layout in good old ‘old school’ print. You never seem to through any packaging or poo bag tubes away 😂. I think it’s great that you’re showing people that you can model without spending an arm and a leg - Great! What’s the total build cost so far?
I wasn’t actually gliding, sadly. I was on the train. Would love to try it one day though. My biggest cost has been printer ink - that’s about £100 a year. Other than rolling stock and track, I’d say the layout has cost only about £400-£500 in total. Track was expensive as there are so many points.
Congratulations on the magazine. Very well deserved. BUT. Now you have admitted the existence of a canine at Chandwell it has to be presented to your viewers.
I’ve always liked those tubes. Extremely strong and potentially useful. I’ll find a 16 mmm use for them I’m sure. Our Robert likes chewing them up though!
Blown away by your modelling of buildings. Coming from just the other side of the Pennines, loads of things similar to what I'm used to and utterly realistic. One question though, I saw somewhere you use an uncoupling DCC programme but I cant find it?
Thank you very much. I don’t use DCC. The layout is traditional DC. I don’t use anything to control the points or uncoupling. I do it all manually by hand. I sometimes refer to this as “the hand of God”, which may be what you read?
Congratulations on being featured in BRM. I must admit to some surprise, however. I was convinced this video was going to be where you explained how you had created a magazine print run of thousands from cereal boxes, old paints and some toilet paper. Obviously, I was expecting you to use Inkscape at some point in the process ....
Was your tall building a shot tower where they melted lead and poured it through a sieve, by the time it reached the bottom it had set. There is a similar tower in Hobart. Just a guess on my part. Chanders might have had a Lord with a pheasant shoot who invited the King and other nobs for a few days of slaughter of pheasant and grouse.
That's a good shout, but I think it would be in the wrong location for that, so I am less sure. But... there seems to be no answer yet, so your guess is as good as any other. Someone else suggested maybe it was part of a brewery complex, but I think the location is still a bit unusual for that too... I hope we find out eventually.
Are you sure? I’ve found nothing online to suggest there was a rope works here. It’s a good shout if there was one. I’d love some more info if you have it.
That’s crossed my mind, but I think I’d have to use a kit due to all the intricate detailing, so I think I’ll go for something more within my scratch building skill set. But a huge gasometer would look great wouldn’t it!?
Congratulations on the well-deserved feature in the magazine. We live in an age of video, but there's always something a bit special about seeing something printed on paper you can hold in your hands.
If it's in print it's for real.
Yes! Exactly that. I know that thousands of people watch my videos, but to hold pictures of my layout in a magazine that I have known for years... it's a very special feeling.
Congrats on being featured on BRM. A well deserved accolade.
Thank you very much!
Congratulations on the BRM feature. It really is a well deserved accolade for yourself and the residents of Chandwell.
Thank you Stu!
Congratulations on the article, worthy recognition of a great layout and your continuing efforts to share the process!
Thank you so much!
Magazine article, absolutely fantastic and well deserved. Thanks for sharign
Glad you enjoyed it thank you!
"An N Gauge Masterpiece" - couldn't agree more!
Hahah I was very pleased with that headline. And I didn't write it! :)
I'm not at all surprised your layout was featured in BRM, it is unique, well made and an inspiration to all who build models. Congratulations and may Chandwell continue to grow.
That's very kind - thank you!
Congratulations on your magazine article - you should be very proud - Chandwell is an amazing achievement and deserves every accolade!
Thank you so much! Yes, I am very proud of it and I am ever so pleased with how the photos look in print.
Great news getting Chandwell in print. Many congratulations Michael.
Thank you!
Congratulations on the published article Michael. It look like they did it up right!
It really does look good!
It's good to see artisan level skills get the recognition they deserve.
That is very kind. Thank you.
Congratulations on the well-deserved feature in BRM. I have thoroughly enjoyed following Chandwell since I discovered the channel during lockdown, and I am looking forward to where the journey will take us next!
Thank you so much! Thanks for joining me for the ride!
A well deserved Congratulations,
Thank you!
The little you show of the pictures in the magazine, they look fantastic.
Oh thank you! The pictures are beautiful; I am so happy with how they came out. It is the first time I have used a process called "focus stacking" which is where you take the same photo multiple times, each one with the focus on a different depth. And then a bit of magical software merges them all together so that every part of the photo is in focus. Having only ever seen them on the screen, it was truly breath-taking seeing them professionally printed in the magazine.
@@Chandwell They totally compliment your work on the layout.
Michael, It was great to see Chadwell in BRM. We'll deserved. Pete
Thanks Pete!
congratulations on the article; well deserved. What is most amazing (and apparent) about the images in the magazine is that they look real, not like pictures of small scale models at all... A testiment to your skills at creating a story and models!
I tried digging around for the "Giant tower of a building" that has Shimla Spice in its ground floor. Not come up with much, but it is called Bankdale House and it looks very much to me like it was a small brewery complex and may even be associated with the pub 3 doors further along, but i can't prove it. I shall keep digging, because it is what I do
Oh thank you - keep digging! That is much appreciated. Yes, I can see how it may have been a brewery complex.
Great modeling approach Michael! Keep it up; your inspiration, inspires me too! Thanks for sharing!😊👍👍👍
Awesome, thank you!
Congratulations on Chandwell being featured in BRM. I'm a subscriber to the paper version of the mag and it was a lovely surprise to instantly recognise the layout on the cover when I retrieved the latest issue from my letterbox! I have a lot of respect for the BRM team and the tireless work they all put into building and serving their community, so I'm happy it was BRM who ended up featuring Chandwell. You really have created something incredibly special, even before considering that you've fully embraced a challenging creative constraint to build nearly everything from card!
Thank you so much. Yes, they’re a great group.
Michael, more congratulations on the BRM article. I particularly liked the stills as opposed to the video which we normally see. It gives more time at better resolution to appreciate your work, which stands up under that closer scrutiny.
I am incredibly happy with how the photos have come out.
Gratz on the article Micheal, thoroughly deserved; as we regular viewers know, your work is exceptional, particularly in that tiny scale.
Thank you!
The real landscape footage is great. Thank you for sharing. Secondly congratulations to this epic magazine coverage! Well deserved.
Many thanks!
Very nice "to visit" your inspirations ... lovely places ... I hope, they will remain for the next centuries of inspirations ... very nice layout ... 💐👍🍾🥂🤩
Thank you very much! I love the inspiration I see all around me.
@@Chandwelloh yes, that's what I have seen ... so inspiring ... Not cleaned up but not dirty, space for fantasy and strories behind ... that's what I hate in my region... everywhere must be cleared up (and be stupid empty)
BRM Magazine, what can I say other than truly well deserved, i think you have taken N gauge building to a new level, you have also taken cardboard building to a new level. I believe many enter modelling for the feeling we had as a kid whether its trying replicate a familiar or imaginary area or trying to emulate the atmosphere or feelings we had of of a certain place or time or just a love of railways etc. Regardless your layout has achieved the atmosphere and feel of the period you are modelling, again being in BRM is fully deserved.
Thank you so much for your kind words; they really mean a lot, especially from one of my favourite UA-cam modellers! :)
Congratulations on your feature. There is always a ridiculous buzz when you see your work featured in a magazine. Enjoy it!
Yes! You are right, there certainly is! Thank you.
Hi Michael, congratulations on the feature in BRM magazine much deserved you’ve been an inspiration to us all. I look forward to more as the weeks and months go by, always enjoy a bit of Chandwell.
Cheers Michael, John
Thank you John. Not sure if you read the magazine, but even if not, try to grab a glance in a shop at the caption of the photo on page 35. A little something for you there. 👍😂
brilliant, I shall go and get one! Cheers Michael
Hi Michael, well, what can I say! I’ve just picked up a copy of BRM, you’ve made my year!!!! I couldn’t believe the caption The morning service to Exehaven Harbour, I will dine out on this for months, lol! Excellent feature and the photo’s have really captured the look and realism of your beautiful layout.
I can’t wait with the reciprocating return service to Chandwell to be running again! Cheers Michael, John
Hopefully the article will increase your subscriptions. It will be deserved.
I hope so, but I am not sure how much of a cross-over between magazine readers and UA-cam watchers. It will be interesting to see.
Well done Michael.
Thank you!
That's a great spread that they did of you in BRM, you must be chuffed to bits!
I am chuffed to bits - it looks amazing in print.
You made it! 🎉
Congratulations
🎉Thank you!🎉
Congratulations on the magazine coverage!
Thank you! Cheers!
As said by others you fully deserve the chance to ‘show off’ your masterpiece to many more modellers! Congratulations to you all and also to BRM for what is a brilliant production too.
Thank you very much!
All this from cereals boxes! Awesome.
Oh yes!
Congratulations 🎉👏
Thank you!
Managed to get the last copy of BRM from my local WHS. Really enjoyed the article, thanks Michael.
Thank you!
Congratulations on the Magazine article.. Wonderful update again.
Thank you!
Congrats on being featured in the magazine. A great accomplishment!
Thank you! I’m really pleased.
One thought from an old builder.... Parapet walls are on all 4 sides of a flat roof - your nightclub needs one on the high street side possibly with back-top of a garish neon sign protruding above... So does the roof of the shopping centre. Allow a millimeter or two spacing and the false perspective can also be enhanced.
Ah yes, thank you... These two issues have plagued me on and off. I considered both of your points at the time of building, and in both cases decided to leave "the other side" of the parapet off the model, for different reasons...
POCKETS POOL HALL - I have modelled only part of the building, probably less than a quarter of its true depth. When I added a straight parapet, it just accentuated this and made the model look like it was really really thin. When I then tried a forced-perspective rendition of it, it looked great from one dead-straight-on angle but looked INCREDIBLY bad from any other angle. So with this all in mind, I decided to leave it off because in general, the lack of it did less to distract from the "wrongness" than adding it in one form or the other did.
MARKET HALL - The this one is also not a full-size model as the rear part is forced perspective to make it look like it goes away into the distance. I thought that adding the rear parapet would be easy in this case, but it was not possible to marry it up properly with the other parapets already modelled. It would need to be less than a millimetre tall. Additionally, because the rear right part of the building curves upwards to make the street-front part work on ITS forced perspective, the roof curves up to a point too. It's not very noticeable as-is, but the addition of the parapet made the whole thing look bent and twisted and it really accentuated the weird shape of the model.
This hobby is always a sea of trade-offs and compromises, and in both of these cases, the compromise with the least detrimental effect on the overall scene was to leave off the parapet.
Another milestone. Well done!
Thank you!
What a huge surprise to see your layout featured in BRM, well deserved ,the accompanying article have huge insight into your thought processes and introduced the layout to a much wider audience ,well done
Thank you so much!!
Super that your talents and dedication should be acknowledged...nothing quite as satisfying as recognition from one's own peer group!!!
Very much like the window openings in the foundry wall...bit of a master-stroke might I say. Looking forward to the next instalment and thankyou for sharing!
So nice of you thank you!!
Now you are published and famous! You have become officially a card carrying (well, magazine toteing..) Professional Artist. What a privilege it is to get such an intimate view of your work.
Thank you very much!
Welcome back and congratulations on your published work in BRM Magazine.
Being on the cover AND 14 pages is recognition of what a truly great work you have created.
While I did miss your weekly video last week I am very happy to report that the first steps to remaking my urban industrial layout have bee taken with the unboxing of my workbench and tools/paint/inspirational photo collection.
Retirement is not far away so I am soon to have more time to devote to the hobby
It is Chandwell that has continued to inspire me to strive for ever greater heights in modelling perfection and realism in, not only the individual scenes, but in the overall story plan.
Taking inspiration while on your travels really shows how educational and inspiring your every moment is for all of us...
Super! I am pleased that you're getting up and running again. Where are you based? I seem to remember Australia...? Will you be sharing photos?
Dear Sir,
Congrats on the magazine article! I wish i had a copy.
Cheers from Brazil!
Thank you!
Superb . Modelling of the highest order with fascinating techniques clearly explained . Card is such a satisfying medium with which to work .
Thank you so much 😊
Great update,congratulations on the magazine article i will look out for it.👍
Thank you!
Congratulations on being featured in BRM. Very well deserved.
Thank you very much!
Nice to have you back Michael. That magazine spread is huuuge! Great photos.
It sure is! Thank you!
Brilliant stuff mate. 👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Have recently found this channel and have been gradually working my way through all the episodes, in no particular order. Amazing work - such intricate and tiny modelling, largely with simple tools, at least once past the Inkscape stage. The architecture and landscape modelling side of railway modelling really appeals to me, and this channel shows both what’s possible and, importantly, how it’s done.
Will have to read the article in the magazine 😊
Welcome to Chandwell! Thank you for your kind words. I am pleased that you like what you see here in my fictional town! Have fun with your own modelling.
G'Day Mate, I always look forward to your vids and your builds. I just wish too some day have your have patience and fore site on model building . great work and look forward to your next vids.
Cheers from down under, Wally
Thank you Wally!
Excellent video. Congratulations on getting Chandwell into BRM. I was pleased to see it when I opened mine when it was delivered. The pics are superb. My mate had his layout featured in it earlier in the year. The pics were taken at the TINGS show last September. They really do take superb photos of the layout that makes it look very realistic. You should be proud of your achievements. We'll done
Regards
Jeff
Thanks Jeff! I’d have loved them to take the pictures but I had to just make do with my own photos. They have come out a charm though and BRM did a great job of removing the cable ducting from the background of the sky.
Because of what happened at the TINGS show last year where they took the pics, I automatically thought they came around to you. Your photography is really good. The layout looked very realistic. Just watched the toilet paper vid. Another excellent and informative one. If you have the time you should try and get down to TINGS. It really is a good show with excellent n gauge layouts. I,m exhibiting this year . Keep the vids coming. I enjoy watching
Take care
Jeff
Always love your videos and living in Bradford and Halifax all my life I recognise a lot of the buildings. One thing you need on Station Road is an Indian takeaway. Growing up in the early nineties they seemed to be everywhere in West Yorkshire
Oh yes!! There will be at least one takeaway, but I think there will probably be three. CHANDWELL BEST KEBAB will be there, along with maybe a Chinese and most definitely an Indian. All three will be quite run down and a little bit dirty, just like the rest of the town.
Michael Great if slightly unexpected from your recent members update. Nice to see both the little and background modelling projects, where you get inspiration from. Finally well done on the 14 page spread in BRM. The article reads like the scripts to your video, with the photos you got time to just look at the detail seeing something you don’t always see straight away on the video. I now what you mean about your personal viewing angle so the horizon is low. The has been highlighted by the photo looking from the Old Bridge & Ironbridge Works with a Sprinter on viaduct & Mar et behind. The level of the top of the hills behind Chandwell in the gap between the buildings is just right it evokes a scene of many a West Yorkshire Railway town. Thanks you for sharing even when you might of thought the little to show, but it was a good mix. Thanks once again. Ian
Thanks Ian. I am taking some inspiration from those Otley buildings.
Best part of a magazine then, don't often buy BRM but will this time!
Thank you! Hope you like the pictures!
I am a wargamer. I have been using your card building Technics to make terrain for our games. Yu have helped be a lot , thank you Sir :)
Great to hear! Thank you very much!
The nice thing is when i visit the uk i really get inspired by the structures but when i get home i always regret not taking pictures of those structures 😮next time when on holiday i'll be watching with a different view thanks to your inspiring video's😊thank you
Take pictures! Lots of pictures! I take pics of everything that ever inspires me.
Layout feature well deserved, many congratulations. Have been wandering round various northern towns and cities of late and Chandwell seems to be lacking a proper church. Something dark with twiddly bits like St Paul's Todmorden would fit right in!
I’ve often wondered bout a church but the layout does not really have the space for one. I’ve decided it’s just off-scene a few streets up from Market Street. I may add the top of its spire at some point.
Michael. I am so pleased to see you get the recognition you so richly deserve. I was in that same publication many years back with Armathwaite and the feeling and pride is one you can experience only if you have been there and done it. Great video as always for which thanks. Cheers, Bob
Wow, thank you, Bob. You are right... it's a mixture of pride and excitement, and achievement. When I started Chandwell, I had no idea what I would do with it, and certainly never expected to be in a magazine, or on its cover. I am over the moon and the photos look so good in print. Does Armathwaite the layout still exist? Are you still working on it?
Those buildings in the magazine article look ever so familiar ! 😄
Right?! 😂
Well done and well deserved Michael on getting your layout in BRM magazine. I built my layout of my local station and lost count of the number of photos I took and like you took great inspiration from the buildings and surround landscape. Are you going to frame July's addition (you should), take care regards Barry..
Thank you Barry. Yes - I am going to buy a couple of extra copies and get the cover of one framed. :)
Not really sure what BRM is (British Railway Modelling I presume) but I will go out tomorrow and find a copy as I am fascinated by Chandwell
Well I live in Otley and work in Ilkley so know a lot of the buildings that are featured
Excellent! Yes, it is British Railway Modelling. I will be going to Ilkley to pick up another copy today as I tore mine! At least it means I can get the cover of this one framed! :)
Many congratulations on the article in BRM, I’m going to have to try to get one. This video was great as it showed where you get your ideas from. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Glad it was helpful!
Top Shelf eh? 😉 Great video Michael and congratulations on the magazine article👍
Andrew🙂
Oh yes! Top shelf indeed! :)
hI awsome video your layout deserves to be in a magazine you took so long in building it the atension to deatail is amazing i watches every one ov your videos keep up with the layout
Thank you so much 😀
A great update Michael... I was getting withdrawal symptoms.... I was having night sweats that there was no video last week!!! Had to take some deep breaths to get me through a 2nd week.... Congrats on the BRM article. well deserved. Craig.
Phew! I’m glad I got a sneaky episode in to settle you down!
Amazing to see you featured in the BRM so well deserved and taking inspiration from good old Leeds also, love it. Like you I have now started to document buildings etc for future use. I was up on the NYMR last weekend (the King arrived the next day, must of heard I was visiting) and took lots of notes and pictures. I look forward to you getting back to Chandwell and continuing the build and the (back)stories. Keep on inspiring.
Thank you! Since starting Chandwell I look at buildings in a completely different way. I always "look up" in cities and I take care to notice all the grimy details.
That is exactly how i view the architectural world. Trained in the Arts I have been looking up above the eye line for years. So many people walk around viewing the ground and not looking up above eye level and they miss so much. Glad to hear you also do the same.
I bought my BRM magazine yesterday and thought that looks like an interesting layout - not realising it was Chandwell. That's two fantastic N gauge layouts been featured in the magazine. It was Stafford N gauge a couple of months back and now it's your turn. Well deserved in my opinion. If only I could aspire to those dizzy heights.....😅 I can but dream. Cheers Euan
Thank you Euan. Your layout is more than good enough to be in a magazine... you should give it a try!
Congratulations on the BRM article. I get them on my phone because that magazine is hard to get in the states.
Good stuff! Thank you.
Congratulations on the magazine spread, mate. Neat looking back wall. Arthur
Thank you so much 😀
Congratulations on the magazine photo spread, Michael. Quite an achievement, sir! By the way, for some time I've been saving dog poo bag cores (made of plastic) for my railroad junk box. I have yet to find a use for them, but now I'll have to think about it more. 🙂 Cheers from Wisconsin!
Hahaha, me too. I have loads of them. They're just that shape which makes you think "these are sure to be useful somehow"!
Hi, I came back to check on the layouts recent developments after reading about the layout in BRM, what a great article. I have seen your layout on here before but somehow stopped keeping up to date with progress, probably because I am more into 00 gauge than N gauge, but now realise I can still learn alot from watching your progress, and to be honest it's difficult to tell it's N gauge after reading the article...........Those photos really are wonderful. Going to subscribe too, as I think I might learn a ton of stuff too. Thanks for a great layout and all the best, Dave.
Hello Dave! Thank you very much indeed, and welcome back to Chandwell!! Please do keep watching and ask any questions if you have them!
Very cool you got featured in BRM, congrats. It's kinda meta but have you ever considered making one of your small shops into a hobby shop that sells model trains? Something like 'Michael's or Mike's Train Depot'.
Yes I have!! There is going to be a model shop on Station Road. The sort I remember as a child. Tiny frontage, window rammed full of all kinds!
@@ChandwellBack in the 70’s /80s there used to be a similar shop in Halifax market, tiny but the window crammed full of model trains.
Massive Congratulations on the BRM article. I don't regularly buy model mags these days as they are pretty "samey", and expensive, but I'll be making a purchase this month.
There's huge potential in Leeds, I love the disused canal branch under the station. If it's still there!
Nice to spy the "Old House at Home" too... Spent a few hours in there in the 70s!
Now for a curl ball question... My Wife in her wisdom chose paint for our front porch. It's almost, if not exactly, the same shade as your garage/Chandwell room. Looks lovely, but even 2 weeks down the line, it still smells like sweaty socks!! Did you get this, and does it go away? 😂😂😂
Once again, huge congratulations on the article, and I look forward to whatever is next.
BTW, the "Viaduct Bar" is so cheesy, it could have been teleported from Chandwell!
Hahah. That’s the first time I’ve had that question. The paint is “Mid Azure Green” from Little Greene. I don’t remember it ever smelling of anything, so I don’t think I can help with that question! I don’t remember a canal branch under the station but the Dark Arches are still there and the Aire still runs under the vaulting under the station.
@@Chandwell oh well. I'll put up with the smell.
Yes, there is /was a canal. It branched off above river lock, and appears to be used as moorings now. I dont know if/how far it goes under the Dark Arches, but in the 70s there was still the remains of a lock out into the Aire.
Its purpose was to supply a Soap Works , which stood as near as I can ascertain, where the Novotel is now. Looking on Google Maps, a bridge opening can be seen adjacent to the river, just above the "rin" in Princes Square.
Owing to its purspose, it was always reffered to as Soapworks Lock.
@@Chandwell cant post images here so ill send to RM club.
Many congratulations on the magazine feature Michael! Great stuff! It's a great idea to try and take inspiration from locations you visit! I've been trying to do something similar since returning to the hobby and have hundreds if not thousands of photographs of old buildings, walls, graffiti and suchlike! Hopefully they'll come in useful when I actually get around to modelling something! Lol! All the best, Ian.
I take a picture of anything that inspires me wherever I am. Much doesn’t get used but it’s a good way to keep myself observant.
I used to love gliding, it’s so peaceful! Fantastic to see the layout in good old ‘old school’ print. You never seem to through any packaging or poo bag tubes away 😂. I think it’s great that you’re showing people that you can model without spending an arm and a leg - Great! What’s the total build cost so far?
I wasn’t actually gliding, sadly. I was on the train. Would love to try it one day though. My biggest cost has been printer ink - that’s about £100 a year. Other than rolling stock and track, I’d say the layout has cost only about £400-£500 in total. Track was expensive as there are so many points.
Congratulations on the magazine. Very well deserved. BUT. Now you have admitted the existence of a canine at Chandwell it has to be presented to your viewers.
Hahahah. I’ll see what I can do. She has already been in two videos, but only for a fraction of a second both times as I panned across the room!
I’ve always liked those tubes. Extremely strong and potentially useful. I’ll find a 16 mmm use for them I’m sure. Our Robert likes chewing them up though!
Blown away by your modelling of buildings. Coming from just the other side of the Pennines, loads of things similar to what I'm used to and utterly realistic. One question though, I saw somewhere you use an uncoupling DCC programme but I cant find it?
Thank you very much. I don’t use DCC. The layout is traditional DC. I don’t use anything to control the points or uncoupling. I do it all manually by hand. I sometimes refer to this as “the hand of God”, which may be what you read?
I’m off to the shops, see if I can get my hands on a copy of BRM.
Good luck!
Congratulations on being featured in BRM. I must admit to some surprise, however. I was convinced this video was going to be where you explained how you had created a magazine print run of thousands from cereal boxes, old paints and some toilet paper. Obviously, I was expecting you to use Inkscape at some point in the process ....
Maybe one day!
Was your tall building a shot tower where they melted lead and poured it through a sieve, by the time it reached the bottom it had set. There is a similar tower in Hobart. Just a guess on my part. Chanders might have had a Lord with a pheasant shoot who invited the King and other nobs for a few days of slaughter of pheasant and grouse.
That's a good shout, but I think it would be in the wrong location for that, so I am less sure. But... there seems to be no answer yet, so your guess is as good as any other. Someone else suggested maybe it was part of a brewery complex, but I think the location is still a bit unusual for that too... I hope we find out eventually.
@@Chandwell Thanks Michael, looking again a malt house at a brewery is a fair guess.
Could the tall building be part of the rope works that used to be there? They were demolished 1970
Are you sure? I’ve found nothing online to suggest there was a rope works here. It’s a good shout if there was one. I’d love some more info if you have it.
Michael, silly question. Do you ever get contacted by the people who own the buildings you use as inspiration?
Not a silly question at all as it’s one that fascinates my parents too. I’ve never been contacted by anyone, no.
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I’m sorry but I have no idea what that means!! 😂😂
Posh buggers from Leeds? Best avoided really.
Avoided.
You need gasometers!
That’s crossed my mind, but I think I’d have to use a kit due to all the intricate detailing, so I think I’ll go for something more within my scratch building skill set. But a huge gasometer would look great wouldn’t it!?
@@Chandwell an abandoned gasometer….. ready for Chandwells zombie apocalypse!
You have a great approach to railway modeling and your skill is awesome, and the magazine feature is well deserved.
Thank you so much 😀