Graham, my dear friend, what a wonderful episode. I have followed your journey in this hobby since 2013 and every time, despite the various personal challenges that you have faced in that time, you continue to produce wonderfully informative and inspiring content. Thank-you👍🏻
Hi John and thanks for the comment and I guess I’m further forward of being 100% completed on 50% of the work than being 100% completed on 10% of the remaining work! I’m a half filled glass person rather than a half empty glass person like your pal ! 😂😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
Hi Graham - Excellent work with the yard and it seems to give you what you want aand I really like the turntable. Good news that the eye is recovering too. Cheers Kev
Hi Kev and you are quite right, it might be small but it does give me everything that I want - and it all works now as it should! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Thank you Graham and yes, the eye is healing up nicely. The yard has come along very nicely too, at least it’s all working as it should now so I can now crack on ad start doing the ground work and adding the details. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………….Graham
Sorry I'm late to the party. Love the detail of the turn table area. Yes, the yard is small, but the important things are, it works and like it! This old bloke across the pond loves it . Bill from California
No need to apologise Bill, it’s just great to get a comment from you sir. The yard is small because of the limited space but it does serve its purpose for what I need so that’s the important thing. So from one old bloke to another, many thanks for the comment once again. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………. Graham
That’s very kind of you to say Fraser and thank you. Hopefully once I have completed the ground work and added in the added in the details then it should look even better but I’m pleased with it so far. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
I have been watching your channel a long time and it was difficult when you dismantled the previous Lakeside. Since observing you bringing lumber to the train room until now, it has been a journey watching a master modeler at work. Just when I think there is nothing left to add, you model a Heritage Yard. Wonderful work, and glad your eye is healing properly. Cheers from Long Island NY.
Wow, thank you Mathew for that wonderful comment my friend, it’s truly appreciated! 👍🏻. I would never call myself a master modeller when I see all these other modellers around me showing their wonderful work they have created but thank you anyway, that’s a really kind thing to say. Yes, the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you, still not 100% yet but very close to it, once all the stitches have dissolved then it will be perfect. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Test, test, test. It is tedious but not as bad as trying to find a fault in a large section of finished work. I unfortunately have done that a time or two. The area is looking good. cheers, Rob
Hi Rob and thanks for the comment and yes, it does become a little tedious at times but I would rather that than do it all and then find I’m spending more time trying to trace a fault after it’s finished. But I guess we all have our different methods but like you, I have done the No testing method before and it didn’t end well. 😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
Hi Martin and thanks for the comment, I’m pleased with the way this has turned out, it’s not huge but it does serve its job for what I want. I have now plans for the ground cover so I shall be working on that soon. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
It is great to see how you "drew it up" in the previous video and laid it out in the next. This worked as you explained and looks fantastic! And even better seeing the system work. Obviously adjustments, but just brilliant to see!
Many thanks for the comment Anthony, this is how I tend to work, plan it out then do it - with minor adjustments here and there of course! 😂. It all works as it should now so that’s a good sign for me to carry on forward and finish this area off. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hello Graham, looks brilliant 🤩 I am very jealous of your ADM turntable, I recently purchased a sound fitted Tornado from him and he is a such a good chap. Can’t wait to see you start detailing the yard! Cheers from SA. Hylt
Many thanks Hylt and you are correct, Alastair is a great guy and a pleasure to deal with, I always found him very helpful and also willing to answer any questions. Hopefully once I have many of the chores I have lined up for me then I can get back to detailing the yard. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Beautiful work! You managed to squeeze a lot into a small space, and make it work. Now I have to go get started on the turntable sitting on my workbench...
Thank you my friend, it looks a bit busy at the moment but that’s only because I wanted to populate all the tracks just for the video to show the extent of what could be stored. In reality I think there would be less on there eventually but it all works now so that’s great news!👍🏻. Hopefully this has given you some inspiration to get your turntable on the layout and working too! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi , i just stumbled on Lakeside and i must say that i am really impessed with this wanderful big layout . It mustvhave cost you an absolut fortune to build it for its size . Really exellent . Thank you 😊
Wow Graham what a lovely Heritage Yard me superb Automation most impressed as always. So pleased you Eye is getting better. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Richard Canterbury.
Blimey Richard, thank you for such a lovely comment - thank you! 👍🏻. I’m very pleased with it so far especially that it all seems to work now as it should. Yes, the eye is so much better now than it was a couple of weeks ago which is obviously a big relief for me. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Many thanks Andy, yes I have been busy but hopefully I have broken the back of most of the hard work, I can now start properly enjoying myself concentrating on the ground cover and scenics, adding yard lamps etc. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Wow, thank you Ronnie and I’m really pleased that you like it so far, I have to admit that it’s great seeing it work as it should having spent most of the week on it! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Thanks for showing the progress on the yard which is not only an additional storage but a great area of operational interest on the layout. And I love your idea to call it a heritage yard which opens up all sorts of operations and combined traffic. Best Albrecht
Hi Albrecht and many thanks for the comment, I was careful in calling it a heritage yard because as you said, it does open up a lot more choice for me to have on it rather than a dedicated regional/era yard. Also I’m pleased that you like it so far, I’m thrilled that it works so well and I think it suits my layout too . Cheers. …………Graham
I'm always amazed at the quality and quantity of work you manage to get through, especially with your eye not perfect. A out half way through, I began thinking, summer's on the way." I wonder if he's given up on the Gentry and a short time later, I got the answer. Good on you ! I should never have doubted you expecially after your difficulties last summer. Good on you. Now those chores....
Hi John and thank you for the kind comment. I had a few family issues last year - and the year before - so that put me back on a lot of things but hopefully I can make up for lost time this year. As I said in the video, I’m itching to get back out there and start working on the Gentry once again, I’ve got a lot of work to do on it yet but the main thing I want to do is get the engine running after I rebuilt it - that should be fun! 😂😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
Just marvelous Graham. I have been watching these videos with great pleasure. Glad to hear your feeling better and looking forward to what's coming next. Cheers from Perth WA, John.
Thank you John for the very kind comment mate, really appreciate that. Yes, I’m feeling a lot better than I was a couple of weeks and importantly, I can see great again which is why I am now hard at work doing this heritage yard, and I’m so pleased with the way it’s come on too. So all good at the moment mate! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Hi Dave and exactly mate, I didn’t want a massive yard in there, just enough to show a small heritage yard which is what I think I have accomplished - so far! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Thank you very much Euan, yes the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you and I’m pleased that you like the work so far on the yard, obviously more work to do on it yet but I think I broken the back of it now. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Good Afternoon Graham Amazing work there the weathered air tanks really finish off the turntable 👍 That class 24 sounds amazing and such a good slow runner. Great news regarding your eye. I hope you and Hazel are well.
Many thanks Deano for the very kind comment my friend, it’s greatly appreciated too! 👍🏻. That Class 24 is such a beautiful loco in so many ways, love it! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Dave and thanks for the comment, they eye as healed up remarkably quickly to what I thought it would so that’s great. I’m very pleased with the way the yard has turned out so far, obviously more to do on it yet but the main bulk of the work is completed now, I just need to finish off the Scenics for it now plus the ground cover. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Great video here Graham, excellent to see all the track work complete on this scene you have been working on, I’m not normally one for liking the green diesels although that has been changing recently but that scene with those diesels all in green did look great, the turntable and sheds look quite good and in fact hopefully someday when I start building my own layout I would like to have a big locomotive shed as a few weeks ago I managed to buy a card built 6 road engine shed, I know that it’s quite cheap of me to buy one pre built but at the time I saw it it just looked really good and I couldn’t resist, also because of a recent house move I wasn’t able to do much scratch building myself, overall some excellent work here Graham, good to hear your eyes are getting better, keep up the great work.
Hi David and I’m pleased that you enjoyed this video. I don’t normally run or show so many of the green diesels on the layout but I just wanted to show the stock levels that could be accomplished in that yard although in reality there won’t be as many as that on there normally - probably half that amount. Wow, a 6 road engine shed is large, that will look very impressive once built! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ……….Graham
Hi Jim and many thanks for the comment and yes, that yard will give me a few hours of fun shunting things around plus it’s a good area for storage too! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi mate and thanks for the comment, yes it does look busy in this video but the yard won’t normally have this many locos in it which why it probably looks a bit busier than it normally would. I think by the time it’s finished then you will see quite a difference. Cheers. …………Graham
Looks fantastic Graham. Keep up with the sterling work and look forward to the next posting to see it complete. So glad to hear that you eye is improving. Cheers, Clive.
Many thanks Clive, I’ve got a few things to source before I start on the next stage but I’m pleased with it so far, also pleased with the way the eye is healing up too. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………Graham
Thank you Michael for the kind comment, I think the ground work might be a bit tricky with what I have in mind but I want to give it a go just to see what results I get - we shall see! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Harry and thank you, I’m pleased with the way this has turned out so far and thank you once again for sending me that decoder too. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Hi Graham just watch your video you have done a great job on the heitage yard so glad your eye is getting there you will soon be A1 chat soon my friend. Stephen
Hi Stephen and thank you so much for the comment my friend and I hope that your wife will soon be back to normal once again and bossing you about. Take care my friend. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Graham great to see you are getting better and a very good job on the heritage MPD Finally after a long time just posted the fist of many new videos to come hope you take a look Kind Regards Martin
Hi Martin and thank you for the kind comment, a lot of work getting it to this stage but we’ll worth it when I see it working as well as it does, more to do yet but enjoyable work which is the main thing. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Delighted you’re feeling better. Very impressive - would make a great stand alone shunting/switching layout as well. So sad to learn of ADM’s demise (the one I got - now sadly in pieces; don’t ask! - was superb!). Who do we use now?! Glad your wiring resembles spaghetti as well - even if only temporarily; mine never seems to get tidy (idea for a video, perhaps?!). Anyway, thanks for sharing. Shall look forward to return of the Gentry too.
Hi Alex and thank you for the comment, it’s a shame that your turntable is in bits - is anything broken or just in bits - if just in bits then that could be put back together again and got going again. I don’t know who I would use now to be honest if I had to go to a different manufacturer, I have been spoilt by the ADM version. It might be worth contacting Alistair just to see if he can repair it for you although I do know he has no spare parts but he still might be able to put it back together again - just a thought. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. A good idea; I may follow it up since the turntable was so good and a replacement of that quality may be difficult to find.
@@alexmorgan2296 I’m glad about that Alex, I haven’t found anything yet to closely resemble the quality and precision of this turntable yet, plus of the quiet running and realist movement it has. 👍🏻👍🏻
Graham - thanks for showing the turntable at work - I would really like to know what motor and driver you use for it as I want to instal the same on my layout in the future, controlled by the hand set /ipad. Was very interested to hear you say it can stop at designated positions. Regards Steve
Hi Steve and thank you. I don’t know the name of the stepper motor or anything also to be honest, it all came complete as a unit, including the Peco turntable itself, but there is large PCB underneath which controls the brains of it plus a whole load of mechanical parts too. It has a tolerance of 0.4mm so it can stop anywhere within that tolerance making it very easy to align track no matter where it’s positioned. Sorry I can’t be of more help. Cheers. …………Graham
Graham, first off and most important I am so glad your eye is coming along as well as it is👍👍. I was wondering why you didn't put in overhead lights in the main heritage yard?? Something else I was wondering, what is going to happen to your LOVELY layout when in pass in MANY, many, many years to come?? Once again SO happy for your eye !!! Love to Hazel too....
Hi Warren and thank you sir, yes the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you, as regards the yard lights then I will be fitting them but not yet, I want to do the ground cover first so I’m not trying to work around them, once the ground work is done then I can fit the lamps and other details like people, scrap etc. When I pop my clogs then the layout will be broken up, if I know I’m going then I will hopefully be able to do it so as not to leave it for Hazel to sort out, but hopefully that won’t be for a little while yet. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………Graham
HM Post Office could teach our mob of amateurs a thing or two about deliveries. A parcel posted on day one to Alice Springs from Adelaide went to Darwin, back to the mail centre in Adelaide. to three different locations in the suburbs and finally the Alice Springs where it sat for 10 days before we were notified that it had arrived. All up it was accepted by the addressee 27 days after posting.
That’s really bad David, is it always as bad as that or just an exception? People moan about Royal Mail over here but I have always found them to be top notch and I’ve never had a problem with them, in fact I always ask if folk can post stuff to me by Royal Mail as I trust them. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
@@GrahamFoulston Graham, this example myaybe rare, but I approached one of my Masonic brothers who also happens to work at the mail exchange and his reaction was "Didn't you see Men in Black 2?' Mail sorters are all aliens, or act like them at least."
Great update Graham as always and glad your eye is getting better. Just a quick question, how come the shed lighting went off with a buzz when the 24 left the turntable?
Hi Chris and thanks for the comment. The turntable is powered by the main bus from the track and lighting at the moment but I will be running a separate feed for that but just for testing purposes then it has served it’s purpose, so that will be resolved as soon as I put in its own feed. Hope that helps. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Marc and thank you and I’m pleased that I can make you chuckle too. I think I must try harder though as I didn’t slag off anyone on this video which is unusual for me! 😂😂. Cheers. ………….Graham
Hi Graham. Nice work as always my friend. Can I ask you where you got the 00 gauge steam shovel from? I’ve been trying to source one for ages but can only find one and it’s in N gauge so no good to me! Regards Jim
Hi Jim, to be honest I can’t remember where I got this from but I think it’s from the Oxford series of vehicles but not 100% sure on that, it was quite few years ago I got that. Sorry I can’t be of more help to you but you could always have a look on their website if you haven’t already. Cheers. ……….Graham
Hi Graham, new to, your channel and enjoyed listening to your commentary and viewing the progress videos. Beautiful details throughout and a well planned design. May I ask what the length of your space is along the wall where the two skylights are and the depth across where the station is. I love the elevated street section, gives a lot more interest to the scene.
Thank you my friend for the kind comment and the length of that one side is 16 feet and the depth is 3 feet. I was originally going to have another track on that elevated section but decided to go for a street scene instead which I’m pleased I did now. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………. Graham
Thank you Graham for the feedback on the space dimension. I have a similar length room to work with, however my problem is the available depth to where I wanted to place my main line tracks with station and small classification yard. Having to make do with a small 16x16’ space with entry doors and closet access presents a good challenge. Your layout is a true inspiration as to what can be accomplished in limited space. Your layout is rich in every aspect, from buildings, details to the nice flow of track work. I’ll have to keep cracking on until I’ve found that comfortable compromise of form and function. Look forward of more videos from you! Cheers from Long Island, NY.
@@rommel152 Well I think that is part of the fun, trying to establish the best possible layout for form and function without making any compromises yet still being practical. I spent quite a while measuring up for arm reach, height of boards etc before doing anything and it paid off. This layout works perfectly for me and my height but it was designed that way from the outset. Good luck in your new build my friend but most importantly - enjoy it! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Graham, taking another look at this video and finding there is always something new to be found and learned. I was amazed to see that your space is very similar to my train room yet you are able to pack so much varied interest into the space. In particular I noticed that you city scape scene, you make use of shallow relief structures. That really frees up valuable space, something I need to learn. I see now and something that a layout designer was trying to tell me is that I need to consider cutting a lot of my kits in half, if not more to gain the precious space needed if I wanted to include other elements. I love your elevated station with the elevator and stairs going down to a lower level. You mostly see that with much larger, grand railroad name kits. Love that you created the perfect sized station to suit a small town that allowed for the elevator and stairs. That whole raised street level adds so much interest. The evolution of your layout is inspiring, keep up the great job!
Love your work around the turntable, looking good. Please can I ask where is a good Model shop around Peterborough as I am visiting family in the area later in the year from France? I am after track and secondhand running stock, thank you and all the best.
Thank you my friend for the kind comment, it’s greatly appreciated. 👍🏻. My local model shop in Peterborough is Trains4U, their website address is www.trains4u.com and if you click on that then that will give you the post code for directions and contact details should you wish to phone them. They are a great model shop with very helpful staff, they have their own test layout where anything you buy will be tested on there so both you and they know that it works ok before you get home. They have a huge and mouthwatering selection of new and used secondhand locomotives and rolling stock from various manufacturers so you should be well catered for. I hope that is of some help to you. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Hi Richard and thanks for the comment and yes, I’m still wanting to put in the helix, I’m hoping that this will be done sometime this year if I can. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Graham loving this been waiting for the update .. just a quick question.. I’m building a similar yard to what your doing , what do you do with any rolling stock that is attached to the locomotive’s before the enter the yard and onto the turntable ? Regards Steve
Hi Steve, the rolling stock would normally be uncoupled in one of the lanes to the left of the sheds, they would never be that long so as not to be able to fit. Once uncoupled the the loco is then free to go to the turntable and then to a shed or another siding. A lot which you see in the video would not normally be there so wouldn’t be as busy, I only showed them like that for the video so as to give a sense of what could be stored. Hope that helps. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Graham, my dear friend, what a wonderful episode. I have followed your journey in this hobby since 2013 and every time, despite the various personal challenges that you have faced in that time, you continue to produce wonderfully informative and inspiring content. Thank-you👍🏻
Hi Graham, I hope you are well,
Stunning work on the Turntable, I like those nice details of the water draining ..
Take care Jim.
Hi Graham.. Watching this reminds me of a pal's comment on one of my projets ... "So your 100% complete on 50% of the work !!" 🤣 cheers
Hi John and thanks for the comment and I guess I’m further forward of being 100% completed on 50% of the work than being 100% completed on 10% of the remaining work! I’m a half filled glass person rather than a half empty glass person like your pal ! 😂😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
Good to hear your eye is better. Best of health to you.
Thank you my friend and much appreciated too. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Graham - Excellent work with the yard and it seems to give you what you want aand I really like the turntable.
Good news that the eye is recovering too.
Cheers Kev
Hi Kev and you are quite right, it might be small but it does give me everything that I want - and it all works now as it should! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Excellent work as always Graham! So glad your eye is doing well...
Thank you Graham and yes, the eye is healing up nicely. The yard has come along very nicely too, at least it’s all working as it should now so I can now crack on ad start doing the ground work and adding the details. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………….Graham
Sorry I'm late to the party. Love the detail of the turn table area. Yes, the yard is small, but the important things are, it works and like it! This old bloke across the pond loves it . Bill from California
No need to apologise Bill, it’s just great to get a comment from you sir. The yard is small because of the limited space but it does serve its purpose for what I need so that’s the important thing. So from one old bloke to another, many thanks for the comment once again. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………. Graham
Another ball smashed outta the park, Mr Foulston … top notch 👍🏾
Thank you very much my friend, really appreciate you great comment - thank you sir! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………….Graham
Cracking execution Graham - a credit to you .
Looks ands sounds very realistic even without the scenery.
That’s very kind of you to say Fraser and thank you. Hopefully once I have completed the ground work and added in the added in the details then it should look even better but I’m pleased with it so far. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
I have been watching your channel a long time and it was difficult when you dismantled the previous Lakeside. Since observing you bringing lumber to the train room until now, it has been a journey watching a master modeler at work. Just when I think there is nothing left to add, you model a Heritage Yard. Wonderful work, and glad your eye is healing properly. Cheers from Long Island NY.
Wow, thank you Mathew for that wonderful comment my friend, it’s truly appreciated! 👍🏻. I would never call myself a master modeller when I see all these other modellers around me showing their wonderful work they have created but thank you anyway, that’s a really kind thing to say. Yes, the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you, still not 100% yet but very close to it, once all the stitches have dissolved then it will be perfect. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Test, test, test. It is tedious but not as bad as trying to find a fault in a large section of finished work. I unfortunately have done that a time or two. The area is looking good. cheers, Rob
Hi Rob and thanks for the comment and yes, it does become a little tedious at times but I would rather that than do it all and then find I’m spending more time trying to trace a fault after it’s finished. But I guess we all have our different methods but like you, I have done the No testing method before and it didn’t end well. 😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
A very nice yard Graham and well detailed. I look forward to seeing it again when the groundwork has been completed. Martin. (Thailand)
Hi Martin and thanks for the comment, I’m pleased with the way this has turned out, it’s not huge but it does serve its job for what I want. I have now plans for the ground cover so I shall be working on that soon. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Blooming marvellous Graham.
Aw, bless you Malcolm, thank you very much sir! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Loving the yards progress young G and very glad that eyes healing nicely mate! 👍
Many thanks for the comment John and I’m pleased that you enjoyed the video. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……..Graham
It is great to see how you "drew it up" in the previous video and laid it out in the next. This worked as you explained and looks fantastic! And even better seeing the system work. Obviously adjustments, but just brilliant to see!
Many thanks for the comment Anthony, this is how I tend to work, plan it out then do it - with minor adjustments here and there of course! 😂. It all works as it should now so that’s a good sign for me to carry on forward and finish this area off. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Excellent Graham, lovely demo on the turntable
Thank you my friend and I’m pleased that you liked the demo, I have to admit, it does operate so smoothly - love it! Cheers. …………Graham
Hello Graham, looks brilliant 🤩 I am very jealous of your ADM turntable, I recently purchased a sound fitted Tornado from him and he is a such a good chap. Can’t wait to see you start detailing the yard!
Cheers from SA.
Hylt
Many thanks Hylt and you are correct, Alastair is a great guy and a pleasure to deal with, I always found him very helpful and also willing to answer any questions. Hopefully once I have many of the chores I have lined up for me then I can get back to detailing the yard. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Very great update Graham!! Well build! Love it. Cheers Onno.
Thank you very much Onno and as always, your comment is greatly appreciated sir! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Beautiful work! You managed to squeeze a lot into a small space, and make it work. Now I have to go get started on the turntable sitting on my workbench...
Thank you my friend, it looks a bit busy at the moment but that’s only because I wanted to populate all the tracks just for the video to show the extent of what could be stored. In reality I think there would be less on there eventually but it all works now so that’s great news!👍🏻. Hopefully this has given you some inspiration to get your turntable on the layout and working too! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hello Graham good about the eye. Really pleased for you and a good video as always. Take wish you all well. 😮😮
Thank you very much Marc for that very kind comment and I’m pleased that you enjoyed the video, it’s greatly appreciated sir. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………….Graham
Hi , i just stumbled on Lakeside and i must say that i am really impessed with this wanderful big layout . It mustvhave cost you an absolut fortune to build it for its size .
Really exellent .
Thank you 😊
Wow Graham what a lovely Heritage Yard me superb Automation most impressed as always. So pleased you Eye is getting better. Thanks for sharing. Best wishes Richard Canterbury.
Blimey Richard, thank you for such a lovely comment - thank you! 👍🏻. I’m very pleased with it so far especially that it all seems to work now as it should. Yes, the eye is so much better now than it was a couple of weeks ago which is obviously a big relief for me. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
You've certainly been a busy bee, lot's of progress, very entertaining, thanks Graham.
Many thanks Andy, yes I have been busy but hopefully I have broken the back of most of the hard work, I can now start properly enjoying myself concentrating on the ground cover and scenics, adding yard lamps etc. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Hi Graham, brilliant mate!
Steve
Hi Steve and thank you for the comment mate. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………….Graham
Great, Graham. This is really coming along nicely! As expected, I must add!
Wow, thank you Ronnie and I’m really pleased that you like it so far, I have to admit that it’s great seeing it work as it should having spent most of the week on it! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Thanks for showing the progress on the yard which is not only an additional storage but a great area of operational interest on the layout. And I love your idea to call it a heritage yard which opens up all sorts of operations and combined traffic. Best Albrecht
Hi Albrecht and many thanks for the comment, I was careful in calling it a heritage yard because as you said, it does open up a lot more choice for me to have on it rather than a dedicated regional/era yard. Also I’m pleased that you like it so far, I’m thrilled that it works so well and I think it suits my layout too . Cheers. …………Graham
I'm always amazed at the quality and quantity of work you manage to get through, especially with your eye not perfect. A out half way through, I began thinking, summer's on the way." I wonder if he's given up on the Gentry and a short time later, I got the answer. Good on you ! I should never have doubted you expecially after your difficulties last summer. Good on you. Now those chores....
Hi John and thank you for the kind comment. I had a few family issues last year - and the year before - so that put me back on a lot of things but hopefully I can make up for lost time this year. As I said in the video, I’m itching to get back out there and start working on the Gentry once again, I’ve got a lot of work to do on it yet but the main thing I want to do is get the engine running after I rebuilt it - that should be fun! 😂😂. Cheers. ……….Graham
Just marvelous Graham. I have been watching these videos with great pleasure. Glad to hear your feeling better and looking forward to what's coming next. Cheers from Perth WA, John.
Thank you John for the very kind comment mate, really appreciate that. Yes, I’m feeling a lot better than I was a couple of weeks and importantly, I can see great again which is why I am now hard at work doing this heritage yard, and I’m so pleased with the way it’s come on too. So all good at the moment mate! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Marvellous Graham..it all looks great. Love the authentic class 24 sounds. All the best.
Excellent mate and I’m glad you like it so far, yes the 24 sounds just awesome. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
It's worked out very well Graham. It looks just right for the layout, not too big. Cheers
Hi Dave and exactly mate, I didn’t want a massive yard in there, just enough to show a small heritage yard which is what I think I have accomplished - so far! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Nice bit of work Graham on the layout. Good to hear the eye is getting better. Cheers Euan
Thank you very much Euan, yes the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you and I’m pleased that you like the work so far on the yard, obviously more work to do on it yet but I think I broken the back of it now. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Good Afternoon Graham
Amazing work there the weathered air tanks really finish off the turntable 👍
That class 24 sounds amazing and such a good slow runner.
Great news regarding your eye.
I hope you and Hazel are well.
Many thanks Deano for the very kind comment my friend, it’s greatly appreciated too! 👍🏻. That Class 24 is such a beautiful loco in so many ways, love it! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Looking really good Graham glad you're eye is better following your surgery looking forward to seeing it when you do the ground work
Hi Dave and thanks for the comment, they eye as healed up remarkably quickly to what I thought it would so that’s great. I’m very pleased with the way the yard has turned out so far, obviously more to do on it yet but the main bulk of the work is completed now, I just need to finish off the Scenics for it now plus the ground cover. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Great video here Graham, excellent to see all the track work complete on this scene you have been working on, I’m not normally one for liking the green diesels although that has been changing recently but that scene with those diesels all in green did look great, the turntable and sheds look quite good and in fact hopefully someday when I start building my own layout I would like to have a big locomotive shed as a few weeks ago I managed to buy a card built 6 road engine shed, I know that it’s quite cheap of me to buy one pre built but at the time I saw it it just looked really good and I couldn’t resist, also because of a recent house move I wasn’t able to do much scratch building myself, overall some excellent work here Graham, good to hear your eyes are getting better, keep up the great work.
Hi David and I’m pleased that you enjoyed this video. I don’t normally run or show so many of the green diesels on the layout but I just wanted to show the stock levels that could be accomplished in that yard although in reality there won’t be as many as that on there normally - probably half that amount. Wow, a 6 road engine shed is large, that will look very impressive once built! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ……….Graham
Stoating job Mr Foulston it looks the buisness , it’ll keep ye busy shunting while the trains run roon the room , have a blast 👍
Hi Jim and many thanks for the comment and yes, that yard will give me a few hours of fun shunting things around plus it’s a good area for storage too! 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Looks rather busy , you did a great job fitting all that in 😎😎😎😎
Hi mate and thanks for the comment, yes it does look busy in this video but the yard won’t normally have this many locos in it which why it probably looks a bit busier than it normally would. I think by the time it’s finished then you will see quite a difference. Cheers. …………Graham
Great job Graham very realistic 🏴
Thank you my friend for the very kind comment, it’s greatly appreciated. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Looks fantastic Graham. Keep up with the sterling work and look forward to the next posting to see it complete. So glad to hear that you eye is improving. Cheers, Clive.
Many thanks Clive, I’ve got a few things to source before I start on the next stage but I’m pleased with it so far, also pleased with the way the eye is healing up too. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………Graham
Looking good I love the way you cut that out can't wait to see with all the groundwork done well done
Thank you Michael for the kind comment, I think the ground work might be a bit tricky with what I have in mind but I want to give it a go just to see what results I get - we shall see! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Hey Graham, great video. Looking forward to seeing it finished.
Many thanks
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Hi Harry and thank you, I’m pleased with the way this has turned out so far and thank you once again for sending me that decoder too. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
No worries also I'm looking forward to seeing the fiddle yard being rebuilt
@@H_chapman17. That’s a little way off yet Harry, my next job after this will be to start back on the canal and finish where I left off! 👍🏻
Brilliant layout and trains Graham
Hi Graham just watch your video you have done a great job on the heitage yard so glad your eye is getting there you will soon be A1 chat soon my friend. Stephen
Hi Stephen and thank you so much for the comment my friend and I hope that your wife will soon be back to normal once again and bossing you about. Take care my friend. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Great work Graham. Glad the eye is healing up nicely. Great to see your planning and efforts show up so well with what's on display in this video. Tim
Hi Tim and many thanks for the kind comment and yes, it’s nice to see it fully functioning as it should - that’s a big relief! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………Graham
looking good
Thank you very much George, much appreciated too. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Excellent. Looks great 😊
Thank you my friend and much appreciated too. Cheers. ………..Graham
Hi Graham great to see you are getting better and a very good job on the heritage MPD Finally after a long time just posted the fist of many new videos to come hope you take a look Kind Regards Martin
Hi Martin and thank you for the kind comment, a lot of work getting it to this stage but we’ll worth it when I see it working as well as it does, more to do yet but enjoyable work which is the main thing. 👍🏻. Cheers. ……….. Graham
Sono contentissimo che l occhio vada bene. saluti da Varese, Lombardia ITALIA
Grazie mille per il gentile commento e sì, l'occhio sta guarendo molto bene. Grazie. 👍🏻. ………..Graham
Delighted you’re feeling better. Very impressive - would make a great stand alone shunting/switching layout as well. So sad to learn of ADM’s demise (the one I got - now sadly in pieces; don’t ask! - was superb!). Who do we use now?! Glad your wiring resembles spaghetti as well - even if only temporarily; mine never seems to get tidy (idea for a video, perhaps?!). Anyway, thanks for sharing. Shall look forward to return of the Gentry too.
Hi Alex and thank you for the comment, it’s a shame that your turntable is in bits - is anything broken or just in bits - if just in bits then that could be put back together again and got going again. I don’t know who I would use now to be honest if I had to go to a different manufacturer, I have been spoilt by the ADM version. It might be worth contacting Alistair just to see if he can repair it for you although I do know he has no spare parts but he still might be able to put it back together again - just a thought. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Thank you for taking the trouble to reply. A good idea; I may follow it up since the turntable was so good and a replacement of that quality may be difficult to find.
@@alexmorgan2296 I’m glad about that Alex, I haven’t found anything yet to closely resemble the quality and precision of this turntable yet, plus of the quiet running and realist movement it has. 👍🏻👍🏻
Great Stuff Graham
Many thanks David, really appreciate that! 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Graham - thanks for showing the turntable at work - I would really like to know what motor and driver you use for it as I want to instal the same on my layout in the future, controlled by the hand set /ipad. Was very interested to hear you say it can stop at designated positions.
Regards
Steve
Hi Steve and thank you. I don’t know the name of the stepper motor or anything also to be honest, it all came complete as a unit, including the Peco turntable itself, but there is large PCB underneath which controls the brains of it plus a whole load of mechanical parts too. It has a tolerance of 0.4mm so it can stop anywhere within that tolerance making it very easy to align track no matter where it’s positioned. Sorry I can’t be of more help. Cheers. …………Graham
Top drawer 👍🏻
Thank you my friend and much appreciated! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
Coming along spiffingly sir.
Thank you my friend and greatly appreciated as always! 👍🏻. Cheers. …………. Graham
Graham, first off and most important I am so glad your eye is coming along as well as it is👍👍.
I was wondering why you didn't put in overhead lights in the main heritage yard??
Something else I was wondering, what is going to happen to your LOVELY layout when in pass in MANY, many, many years to come??
Once again SO happy for your eye !!! Love to Hazel too....
Hi Warren and thank you sir, yes the eye is healing up very nicely now thank you, as regards the yard lights then I will be fitting them but not yet, I want to do the ground cover first so I’m not trying to work around them, once the ground work is done then I can fit the lamps and other details like people, scrap etc. When I pop my clogs then the layout will be broken up, if I know I’m going then I will hopefully be able to do it so as not to leave it for Hazel to sort out, but hopefully that won’t be for a little while yet. 👍🏻👍🏻. Cheers. ………Graham
@@GrahamFoulston👍😀 Keep on 🚝🚂
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HM Post Office could teach our mob of amateurs a thing or two about deliveries. A parcel posted on day one to Alice Springs from Adelaide went to Darwin, back to the mail centre in Adelaide. to three different locations in the suburbs and finally the Alice Springs where it sat for 10 days before we were notified that it had arrived. All up it was accepted by the addressee 27 days after posting.
That’s really bad David, is it always as bad as that or just an exception? People moan about Royal Mail over here but I have always found them to be top notch and I’ve never had a problem with them, in fact I always ask if folk can post stuff to me by Royal Mail as I trust them. 👍🏻. Cheers. …………Graham
@@GrahamFoulston Graham, this example myaybe rare, but I approached one of my Masonic brothers who also happens to work at the mail exchange and his reaction was "Didn't you see Men in Black 2?' Mail sorters are all aliens, or act like them at least."
Great update Graham as always and glad your eye is getting better. Just a quick question, how come the shed lighting went off with a buzz when the 24 left the turntable?
Hi Chris and thanks for the comment. The turntable is powered by the main bus from the track and lighting at the moment but I will be running a separate feed for that but just for testing purposes then it has served it’s purpose, so that will be resolved as soon as I put in its own feed. Hope that helps. Cheers. …………Graham
Always I love your streams make me chuckle I just love your no faff approach take care mate.
Hi Marc and thank you and I’m pleased that I can make you chuckle too. I think I must try harder though as I didn’t slag off anyone on this video which is unusual for me! 😂😂. Cheers. ………….Graham
Hi Graham. Nice work as always my friend. Can I ask you where you got the 00 gauge steam shovel from? I’ve been trying to source one for ages but can only find one and it’s in N gauge so no good to me! Regards Jim
Hi Jim, to be honest I can’t remember where I got this from but I think it’s from the Oxford series of vehicles but not 100% sure on that, it was quite few years ago I got that. Sorry I can’t be of more help to you but you could always have a look on their website if you haven’t already. Cheers. ……….Graham
Hi Graham, new to, your channel and enjoyed listening to your commentary and viewing the progress videos. Beautiful details throughout and a well planned design. May I ask what the length of your space is along the wall where the two skylights are and the depth across where the station is. I love the elevated street section, gives a lot more interest to the scene.
Thank you my friend for the kind comment and the length of that one side is 16 feet and the depth is 3 feet. I was originally going to have another track on that elevated section but decided to go for a street scene instead which I’m pleased I did now. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………. Graham
Thank you Graham for the feedback on the space dimension. I have a similar length room to work with, however my problem is the available depth to where I wanted to place my main line tracks with station and small classification yard. Having to make do with a small 16x16’ space with entry doors and closet access presents a good challenge. Your layout is a true inspiration as to what can be accomplished in limited space. Your layout is rich in every aspect, from buildings, details to the nice flow of track work. I’ll have to keep cracking on until I’ve found that comfortable compromise of form and function. Look forward of more videos from you! Cheers from Long Island, NY.
@@rommel152 Well I think that is part of the fun, trying to establish the best possible layout for form and function without making any compromises yet still being practical. I spent quite a while measuring up for arm reach, height of boards etc before doing anything and it paid off. This layout works perfectly for me and my height but it was designed that way from the outset. Good luck in your new build my friend but most importantly - enjoy it! 👍🏻👍🏻
Hi Graham, taking another look at this video and finding there is always something new to be found and learned. I was amazed to see that your space is very similar to my train room yet you are able to pack so much varied interest into the space. In particular I noticed that you city scape scene, you make use of shallow relief structures. That really frees up valuable space, something I need to learn. I see now and something that a layout designer was trying to tell me is that I need to consider cutting a lot of my kits in half, if not more to gain the precious space needed if I wanted to include other elements. I love your elevated station with the elevator and stairs going down to a lower level. You mostly see that with much larger, grand railroad name kits. Love that you created the perfect sized station to suit a small town that allowed for the elevator and stairs. That whole raised street level adds so much interest. The evolution of your layout is inspiring, keep up the great job!
Love your work around the turntable, looking good. Please can I ask where is a good Model shop around Peterborough as I am visiting family in the area later in the year from France? I am after track and secondhand running stock, thank you and all the best.
Thank you my friend for the kind comment, it’s greatly appreciated. 👍🏻. My local model shop in Peterborough is Trains4U, their website address is www.trains4u.com and if you click on that then that will give you the post code for directions and contact details should you wish to phone them. They are a great model shop with very helpful staff, they have their own test layout where anything you buy will be tested on there so both you and they know that it works ok before you get home. They have a huge and mouthwatering selection of new and used secondhand locomotives and rolling stock from various manufacturers so you should be well catered for. I hope that is of some help to you. 👍🏻. Cheers. ………..Graham
Thank you Graham, that is great, I'll give them a visit later in the year.
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Another great video. Are you still hoping to put in the helix ?
Hi Richard and thanks for the comment and yes, I’m still wanting to put in the helix, I’m hoping that this will be done sometime this year if I can. Cheers. …………Graham
Hi Graham loving this been waiting for the update .. just a quick question.. I’m building a similar yard to what your doing , what do you do with any rolling stock that is attached to the locomotive’s before the enter the yard and onto the turntable ? Regards Steve
Hi Steve, the rolling stock would normally be uncoupled in one of the lanes to the left of the sheds, they would never be that long so as not to be able to fit. Once uncoupled the the loco is then free to go to the turntable and then to a shed or another siding. A lot which you see in the video would not normally be there so wouldn’t be as busy, I only showed them like that for the video so as to give a sense of what could be stored. Hope that helps. Cheers. ……….. Graham
@@GrahamFoulston thanks Graham… keep up the good work .. looking forward to the next video 👍
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