Building a Model Railway - Part 7 - Track Detail
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- Опубліковано 24 лип 2015
- Once you've laid the track it's very tempting to just jump in and start ballasting. However there are loads of little details you need to work on before that can happen. In this video I start work on the details and also get some ballasting done.
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How on earth did this video merit 21 dislikes? It's mind-boggling to think that anyone could find fault with the outstanding level of modelling presented here by an extremely talented and meticulous modeller. Unbelievable.
Thank you for taking the trouble to share your modeling skills and knowledge with us, nothing seems to go a miss and taking the trouble to photograph the real thing ensures this. I'm an ex BR signalman so your piece on that was refreshing to see as it's usually modelled inaccurately if at all, thank you again.
Another excellent video Richard, its always a pleasure to see the work that you have put into this venture of yours. I particularly like the the yard area and the detail that can be placed on it, well done , look forward to the next.
WOW! amazing transformation! Well done I have picked up heaps from your building series! Thank you very much for these great videos.
Awesome! Worth its weight in gold!
Thanks for the incredible effort, modelling and filming.
This gets better all the time. You are doing a great job. Many thanks.
Liked and subscribed. Nice clear camera work and appreciate the reference photos included. Rarely see that and they are great photos.
Wow Richard, fantastic video. Your attention to detail is an inspiration, love the point rodding and ground frame levers. It's great to see you start with a plain baseboard and build it up from scratch, very instructive.
Many thanks for sharing, looking forward to the next episode. Kind regards. John.
Love your videos, you have a story-teller's knack for editing, narrative and pacing, beyond your obvious modelling skills. Highly enjoyable, well done
As always a Video Packed with Good Info & Detail,
you make all look so simple! Great Work, Well Done!
ive been following progress of yard from start its now starting come alive love rod work and levers waiting for next instalment ,well done richard
Very good video Richard, as with everything you do it was very detailed and a lot of thought given as to what goes where, looking forward to your next update and eventually the finished product.
Excellent update Richard, you make it look so easy esp the ballasting and points, top job and the extra detail makes all the difference, this really is becoming one of the best how to series on UA-cam, all the lads at Warley MRC keep referring to you channel, thanks Andy
Andy Hudson Thanks Andy. Good to know the layouts popular. Cheers.
Looking really good ! Brilliant video can't wait for the next episode !!
Oh my god, that point rodding and track detail is absolutely epic!!!
I would just like to say how wonderful your videos have been. Especially for someone who is about to embark on what you are doing. I know that it takes a lot of hard work to put these videos together. So thanks for your efforts; they are very much appreciated.
John Bateman Thanks, glad you find the videos helpful. Plenty more to come.
Great video, I've really enjoyed seeing this come together. Looking forward to part 8!
Another excellent video. Particularly like the track rodding detail - now I'm aware it's available, and how nicely detailed it is, I'll be including it on my layout.
Only just started new model railway after twenty years since last one, what a wonderful video, has inspired me to catty on and do the best I can.
Enjoyable and informative set of video's, its good to watch each stage of the build, the fine detail - point motors, rodding walk ways bring it all together, thanks for taking the time to record and upload the video's......
Al
Great video! You make it look easy and it give a lot of inspiration. Thanks for posting.
Brilliant video Richard, The way the little details brings it all to life... It looks great. Steve
Great video showing great attention to detail. Overall very instructive. Thanks
Neil W
all I can say is wow for high level detail , this is going to look amazing when you get it to the level you want it , again wow and thank you,,, you making my dream layout a real wish list , great job
As ever an excellent video, full of hints tips and How to's. Looking forward to your next video.
Hmm...watch Everard Junction or study....
I'll watch this first. Cost accounting can wait.
Well done Richard. Now I know why I bought those packs of point rodding. When I finish my new shed and get on with the layout I will try to match your great scenic effects. David
The small added detail really makes the yard. You can buy the blended grey ballast in bottles, that's what I use. I buy it in medium and fine. If I can't get the blend, I just buy the light grey and dark grey. For some reason the hobby shop doesn't bring in very much of the blend but do the single colours. Great job.
Scott
just came across this series. absolutely fantastic! well done
ANOTHER amazing video!!! Thanks!!! Love your vids and the knowledge bank you form from watching them all over the years! the extension is looking great so far! (just a note, you CAN buy the medium grey blend ballast in a shaker)
Really good video. I had a train set when i was small and it stopped there because i never had the room on my bedroom floor. Im watching this now amased at the techniques you are useing to make this look as real as possible. thankyou
A great display of patience!!!
Brilliant video Richard. A massive well done with the point rodding especially. When I was 12, I was modelling a preserved line and I attempted point rodding. It was alright, used up a lot of space though.
Excellent work on the ground frame though. If you're going to have signals or different operations levers, blue is point locks (on the current ground frame), black is the point lever, yellow is a distant, red with white stripe is a section signal and red is a 'plain' signal. Hope you find it useful. Your channel has always inspired me about my layout and whenever I need help, your channel is the first port of call. Great video Richard, am loving this series
Hardy Lane TMD, Jordan L. Hardy Photography Thanks for the tips. If I add some mechanical signalling I'll amend some of the levers. Cheers
+EverardJunction, thanks for taking the time to reply. No problem. I'm a young volunteer on the Swanage Railway and I'm hoping to become a signalman. Any help or tips needed for signalling and points of heritage operation status is welcome Richard
Great track and looks amazing.
Great video Richard! The extra details really make the difference! Really enjoyed this set of videos, they've been very useful so thanks for sharing!
Joe.
Joe Jabczynski Thanks Joe.
Nice job again Richard. I do like the old style point lever bits.
Des
Brilliant video and some great modelling well done
Great stuff attention to detail is amazing!
First rate video , lots of good ideas well executed.
Robert
Brilliant video mate. Thanks for sharing.
I am enjoying the series very much. I just finished my benchwork for my layout today. Tomorrow I will run all the electrical bus before I attach the 7mm hard surface.
Looking really great!
your layout is one the best layouts on UA-cam in my opinion and it looks so fun to operate and watch
the loco shed Thanks
Great set of videos Richard ,like the detailing round the signal box ,will look forward to more updates on the finishing touches ,one comment on the Ballasting I have found using a cap off an aerosol can and shaking the ballast on very sparsely almost not enough ballast so that when you brush it around it just in some cases barely reaches the top of the sleeper to be a lot easier and saves a lot of brushing ballast around cheers Kevin
kevintregunna Thanks for the tip Kevin, will come in handy when I do the sidings as I would like those sparsely ballasted. Cheers
Hi, exellent tutorial-video, one of the best i think. Thank you, Gérard.
I look forward to the finished part of the ballasting. As far as I was aware the sidings were normally almost earthy in appearance as they were normally left to their own devices, and often quite level due to fluids from cleaning and so on.
Point rodding is delightful....if only someone would make it in N...2mm Society do some but I cant get a mortgage to buy enough for a 20ft x 11ft layout!!! Cheers, Bob
This is so cool to watch!!!!
hi everard junction i love watching your videos on how to do certain things on your layout
Very informative. Fantastic work.
More excellent work as usual Richard! Really starting to come together.
Javelin395 Thanks mate. Fuel point is next on the to do list.
Excellent stuff!
Very good Richard I think point rodding makes all the difference to the scene just adds to it(I used it on Knob End Junction of my layout extension).
The whole scene looks great mate look forward to seeing next update
Kev
percomotion Thanks Kev. I'm well happy with the rodding. Difficult to do, but worth the effort. Cheers
Neat work. I like the yard layout.
more nice work, yard is looking really good, :)
Great video starting to look like a proper marshalling yard.
Nice update. Nice details. What I do with the relay boxes and point motors is give them a spray of light grey primer...covers them perfectly in one spray and saves the hassle of brushing paint on. I also bulk spray the cable trunking using concrete paint. Interesting choice to use the point rodding....would have thought that was outwith your era?....I have toyed with the use of that at my TMD area as I suppose some points remained manually switched in these areas.
Cheers
Dave
DaveClass47 Hi Dave. I usually spray stuff but at the time the airbrush was in bits being cleaned. Brush painting works well provided the paint is correctly thinned.
You'd be surprised about point rodding. If you look carefully some isolated places today still use it. Back in 1989 many yards and minor lines used it. The Glasgow to Edinburgh line still used it at some major junctions such as Larbert. London still has two mechanical boxes on mainlines in 1989. The was a lot of upgrades and improvement during that time which is why I went for the mix of rodding and motors. Cheers
EverardJunction Now you mention it, you're spot on regarding the Edin - Glasgow line...I have just unearthed some photo/postcards of that era and there is some.
I might add some along near my TMD, when the time comes as, even just to have some variation, if it comes with decent instructions I will do a bit of research to find out where it was positioned.
Interesting bit of kit though!
Cheers.
DaveClass47 It's quite straight forward to put together, just fiddly. Plenty of scope for adding to it with a some scratchbuilding too.
They still have points with rods in or near charing cross in London I believe. There was a programme on TV about great western and someone was in a leaver operated box
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looks fantastic!
Just a thought, the rodding kit includes the locking mechanism only, you will need to install the blade setting rods too,..
The locking is for facing points ( foot end ) to protect oncoming trains from possiblity of incorrect switching movement and locks the blades from moving, avoiding derailments...
Amazing work!!
Wow you know how to create an amazing layout, would love to do something like this myself.
Love your layout...
Great video, first time viewer and subscriber. :)
Once again Richard an extremely informative and professional presentation. You must spend a good while on editing and it really pays off. I love your speeded up sections. I have thought of the point rodding and now you have convinced me to include it and also the wills ground frame, just right for my pre BR era. I know it is a lot of work but I cant wait to see number 8. Many thanks.
Barry. Devon.
OBowner Thanks Barry. It does take a good while to edit the videos but I do rather enjoy that part of the process. The point rodding is certainly worth the effort. Once weathered it should even better. Cheers
Love these videos so cool
very nice learning a lot for your videos
Really use full tips! Thanks!
Great work!
Thank you I found this helpful for my own layout
das sieht alles schon sehr gut aus ,tolle anlage!
Awesome layout! Just found your video :D
This video is an awesome tutorial on how to ballast your track and switches
Just when I thought I was ready to ballast.....................damn :)
Just seen this video, excellent.
great work
Wonderful series of videos, thank you so much. Can I ask what is the model of vacuum clearer you use?
channel line looks great.
Fantastic video ! Fantastic guideline for build a layout !
Do you know buy the way if Piko have those boxes in H0 gauge ?
Model Railroading. One of the only works of art have moving objects. There are others but they are not quite as spectacular or meticulous.
Can you make a video on how you weather your ballast. It looks great
Great series, thank you. Have to ask, how do you protect the point motors from the ballast glue? Doesnt it drip down the holes? Is it a concern at all?
nice work and attention to detail there m8y ,i like the idea to take pictures of real railway sections as an idea what crap is hanging about maybe copying some of it to add dimension to your own layout .Ant from Wales , Subscribed as im going to put mu old one together for my grandson whose mad on trains .
fantastic
Another informative video. Interested in how you painted the cable trunking. I presume it's Ratio - I use the N gauge version on my own layout which I spray with Model Mates dye and quickly wipe off leaving the joins betwen the individual lids neatly highlighted and the truncking itself weathered.
The Growler The trunking I used is from 10 commandments and its totally white so I prefer to paint it into a concrete colour before weathering it.
Excellent series of videos. The only flaw is that the rest of the layout will now have to receive the dummy point motors, cabinets and so forth treatment.
IsambardChesilwit It has it in places and it was always planned, just never got around to it. I have loads of cable trunking, you just don't see it as it's weathered.
Hi there, I love your videos, they have helped me ALOT on my layout that i've just started. I'm up to ballasting and watched a previous video where you ballasted points and it was quite meticulous, but the ballasting of points on this video is a lot more like ballasting regular track which looks a lot easier... i get the bit about using blue tac for insulfrog points, but when you add the glue mixture all over, how do you prevent the points from being glued into that position? or do you just move them after they've dried to free them up. sorry if thats a stupid question, i just want to get it right :)
This is the first of your videos which I have seen. Very informative - thank you. I wonder why you didn't "weather" the track before laying it? This makes it much easier to paint the rust in to the metal parts without getting it onto the sleepers.
Just watched all 7 parts on a wet day, all very good. Have you tried crimping contacts to the main cable for your 12volt power line, it's easy and quick as solder takes time. John A.
This is a fantastic video. Really enjoyed all the information that you have provided. Now I want to get the details right on my railroad and this is a great way to make it look "real". I did not catch the name of some of the kits you used, would you be so kind as to provide those names and some information on where I might be able to order them from? I live in Washington, DC and we don't have a hobby shop here. Again, thank you for the video and all the information, I really enjoy watching your presentations and I learn a lot as I watch!!!! D. Muse (WTCMRR)
thanks for showing how easy it is to add detail and make it look like real , I say it`s easy but some times when I try it it all goes wrong . I will keep trying thanks.
Hi everard what type of plastic card did you use for going from the point rodding to the signal box? I'm doing the point rodding on my layout and stuck on the plastic card to use, keep coming back to these building a model railway series they are helping me a lot on doing my layout how the new layout will be looking as good as you had this layout shame to see it go...... cheers Dave
anyone else see the little bugs in the sleeper timelapse? bottom right of the screen. good videos as always
Excellent set of videos enjoyed watching these, Sorry I hadn't found them before. Just a couple of things, the first is the wire you use, On a past layout I made in the 70s I used Wrapping wire 30 AWG, with a solid core. very fine easily hidden, and could carry enough current for most railway accessories and point motors etc. Don't know if you can still get it the Other point is the Relay boxes you put near the signal box. I noticed you put a small one near the two points and a large one near the single point wouldn't they be the other way around?
Very interesting stuff, enjoyed.
Remember you once saying how god awful the couplers are on Hornby's Mk3's, here's how I fitted Kadee-type ones to my Mk3s.
Caz Jones
Excellent (I said that in a Mr. Burns voice for some reason????)
Fozzy Mille
Fozzy Miller
Hello again Richard, have just seen this recording and have got some good ideas from it thanks !! Can I just ask how you prevent the pva/water mix from seeping through the point motor hole thus damaging the point motor ??
Cheers Dave
I'm loving this series! :D How many parts to go? I look forward to them.
***** Many parts to go yet. Not sure when it will finish.
+EverardJunction Hi, great video - I was just wondering where you got the cable trunking from because I'm hopefully going to have some on my layout if I can find any.
Thanks.
Im going to make my own lever frame, what could i use for the lever itself? for the frame I will use old sleepers cut and painted to suit. but im stuck on the lever..?
any ideas what i could try?
What size angle did you use for the walkwayThanks Josh
Nice video, can't wait to se the next one :)
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