I can feel the judging glares from my husband everytime I go 'ooooooh!' at the different models here, wish I could've gone and had a look myself! Also is that a brand new hoodie? It looks really good!
I'm in awe at several of these layouts. The attention to detail , buildings , figures and the shunting yard scenarios are really cool. Thank you for your filming this great show .
Excellent video 👍 thanks for sharing your visit with those of us that couldn’t get to the show. Lots of people video shows but yours is the best I have seen. A nice balance of commentary and showing the layouts and some really nice close ups. Thanks Mark
Thank you Lawrie for sharing your thoughts on the different layouts @ the Doncaster Show. I truly enjoyed seeing the many different layouts that were on show.
Hello from the U.S. Great to see how things are done in the U.K. I spent nearly a year in the U.K. working at a Lloyds broker and miss the tea, just not the same here. Love these layouts and your channel. Keep up the good work.
@@lmm Lawrie thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my Channel. Take Care & Stay Safe.
The gorgeous Leysdown (Isle of Sheppey) layout made it worth watching, almost the same part of Kent I have based my layout on. Mine is an interpretation of Whitstable, just the other side of the water channel (The Swale) seperating the island from the rest of north Kent. 🙂
3:10 i do love the idea about little bit of a small scaving hunt idea in the diaroma. well Lawrie love of the train models i think his wallet was hurting with in few minutes. 28:35 yup i guessing it wright.... awell lucky you have convention.... for me was canceled due COVID-19
Lawrie! Lawrie! We are not worthy! Is that THE Lawrie of LMM??? You missed out the bit were you were mobbed by your screaming fan. It was good to finally meet you in real life. Enjoyed the video very much - great to see such well-produced footage of the show. I missed most of it as the crowds were overwhelming. I’m guessing you got a lot of the footage after 3pm? Top job. Hope to bump into you again soon.
It was super getting to meet people! We managed to film through the day, just a lot of waiting quietly for a spot to appear! It was certainly easier towards the end of the show!
We went on the Sunday and ive never seen a model rail show so busy! i think the previous lockdowns has produced a lot more interest, all ages there and plenty of women too including mine, great layouts on display and my Fav was the one at the end of your video.
great layouts - I like when models 'crawl'. especially the freights. when the operators run them too fast it triggers me. And you can't see the modelling/weathering most people apply !! good video.
Right then, you lot. Drachinifel suggested a visit and so here I am. I've just watched the intro and consequently subscribed, gonged the bell and you shall be receiving a thumbs up on all videos henceforth. What sold me? The subject material of course but I place no little stock in the music that is presented with videos. The piece that was playing attracted me immediately and I thought "Right. If that's how their heads operate in the musical taste area then the rest (content and music) might well be worth the penny." So you're stuck with me. I look forward to viewing the new videos while binging on the previous ones right from the start. This looks to be fun. I look forward to it all. ❄ Cheers from Canada, E. Ontario!
Thank you very much for joining us! We have a very talented music creator who has really helped the videos quality. Hope you continue to enjoy what's coming up!
We went on Sunday, a 2 hour drive, worth it though. It was one of the best model railway shows I've been to. Been to a few. I bought some useful items for my layout.
With that N Gauge layout with the class 66 and 37. Ok remember operating that at the Loughborough Grammar School exhibition and the Great Central railway model exhibition, and the chapter was running it was so nice that they let me bring my own engines to run on the layout at the Loughborough Grammar School exhibition
I love the 3 wagons for £5 rummage boxes at these shows. You can usually find some decent wagons for inglenook or puzzle layouts in them. I'd be the same though. Prevent us spending far too much. One tip is to take your spending money in cash and leave any cards in the car hehe.
Many thanks Lawrie for excellent coverage of the show, I’m sure it’ll inspire people to take up this great hobby or to take their modelling to the next level. As the builder / owner of Witham I enjoyed your coverage of the layout and see things from the public side of the back scene !! Would it be OK if I copy the footage of Witham so I can send it to prospective exhibition managers as I’m hoping to get Witham established on the exhibition circuit.
Hello Martin, thanks your comment, drop me an email on Lawrie@lawriesmechanicalmarvels.com And I'll send the clips over to you. It's a great layout, you should be very proud!
Gonna be honest Lawrie, didn't realise you had some of the good stuff (tt3) at home. It's kinda nice to see some of the model train UA-camrs with a bit of it. Looking forward to when train shows pick up again here in Australia Kind regards
Not a railway modeler but this video was excellent . One thing I noticed there is never any movement of people ! I’m sure it would enhance the realism you try to achieve !
Im glad you finally got to experience DCC (Digital Command Control)! The reason that locomotive cost $3,000 is because its a brass model. Those are the most highly detailed and accurate models on the market 🙂
i believe if your a complete beginner, which i am , then we should try and visit as many of these exhibitions as we possibly can , these layouts will have taken a lot of time and experience, but beginners can certainly learn by simply looking and asking questions which ive found the more experienced are always happy to do ? ive just been to my first exhibition at macclesfield in the north west and really enjoyed it plus i picked up leaflets for other exhibitions in 2023 so if your a beginner like me get yourself out there and ask your questions this is how we all learn Paul
It's nice to see present day layouts. Maybe Hornby could release some futuristic/prototype designs for people who want those as well. Let's get as much variety as possible.
That 'Witham' layout you've shown has made me start to consider doing something like that instead of the current layout that I've only just laid down onto my baseboards in the last week.
@@lmm Don't be sorry, it's a really good, visually interesting layout. Really enjoyed the video as well. Fortunately the idea wouldn't work on my baseboards.
16:40 Looks good until you realise the ''wind is blowing the steam/smoke out of the cooling tower to the left or top left of the screen. but on the parade ground next to the cannons the flags are being blown to the bottom right of the screen.
@@darrylrichardson7940 the flags may be entirely static and not possible to reposition. The smoke from the chimney varied very much as people passed by
@@lmm they should have considered that before they glued them in then. they go all out to make it look realistic with flashing lights and welding arcs then put a flag in the wrong way around. What happens when they need a light bulb changing one person to hold the bulb 20 people to turn the layout around.
At last the light at the end of the tunnel. Exhibitions at last. Sound is good but full sound would be better. OK for the locos but what about the rest of the trains vehicles? Listen to Jean-Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields album at 32.40 there is a passing freight train as basis for a track on the album.
I reckon it took Lawrie 1 minute to end up parting with his money for a locomotive model. It sometimes doesn't take me long to do similar. Although I have recently parted with some money on a really interesting book called Railways A History In Drawings done in conjunction with The Railway museum (The National Railway Museum), great book to look at engineering drawings of locomotives, rolling stock and other railway related items.
Something I want to see that would be really cool but not to many people do probably is to combine new with old So making a highly detailed layout like those with shunting and run through trains but have the actual trains be like 3 rail hornby dublo or such Basically mixing really detailed scenery but with the older toy trains from like the 50s
I dont do model trains, just train simulators but i think when i build my own i will do n scale so i can have a gigantic track and fit so much more detail on it and have many more different kinds of trains. I want to do a multi climate setup. The train will start in the rainy season where everything is luah and green and go through summer then fall and winter. It would give me an oppertunity to build seasonal stuff versus just building one kind of scenery
Apologies up front not a model train fan but nearly turned vid off but how wrong 😣those sets are truly aaaaamaaaaazing ......nowback to the reliant 🤣🤣🤣brill stuff...👌
@@lmm when I was staying away in Gravesend and eating at a Toby carvery next to the travelodge, one of the servers thought i looked like someone she knew
I love a model railway, had no idea Doncaster were having a show, and I only live 4 miles away. Unfortunately Doncaster Race Course are known for their poor advertising 😕
Seriously, where is the fun in pressing a button on a laptop? I helped run a layout for a society once who were vehemently opposed to all automatic train running including things like DCC. I had far more excitement with my little hand controller and my imagination.
@@lmm Firstly; great video - nuff said. My question; c.11mins48secs, what software was playing those sounds, do you recall? Having trouble getting google image search to find a logo match!
What this video showed is that non sound layouts are very toy like when up against a DCC sound enabled layout in a show environment. The lack of sound ruins any immersion or suspension of reality. Enjoyable video though.
Oh come off it, whilst in NZ in 2006 we played with my great nephew's Tomy battery powered definitely toy train set, which on addition of a teaspoon of tap water quite happily produced realistic steam. You are a bit out of date. Also all that detail, but still no train crews ( disgruntled ex train crew ). Eg southtown, all that rolling stock, but ghost trains devoid of passengers or crew, what a waste.
Smoke generators are not a mainstream feature on model railways in the UK. Hornby has only announced this year will it have a range with ready to run smoke generators.
I can feel the judging glares from my husband everytime I go 'ooooooh!' at the different models here, wish I could've gone and had a look myself! Also is that a brand new hoodie? It looks really good!
It's the first of a new range we're investigating!
There were so many lovely things to see!
The best video of a model railway exhibition I’ve seen in ages. Very enjoyable! Thank you for posting.
You're most welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
I'm in awe at several of these layouts. The attention to detail , buildings , figures and the shunting yard scenarios are really cool.
Thank you for your filming this great show .
You're most welcome!
Excellent video 👍 thanks for sharing your visit with those of us that couldn’t get to the show. Lots of people video shows but yours is the best I have seen. A nice balance of commentary and showing the layouts and some really nice close ups. Thanks Mark
Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you Lawrie for sharing your thoughts on the different layouts @ the Doncaster Show. I truly enjoyed seeing the many different layouts that were on show.
Pleased to hear that you enjoyed it!
Hi Doncaster is my home town and I love going to the model railway show every year. Good video keep up the good work
Thank you very much!
Hello from the U.S. Great to see how things are done in the U.K. I spent nearly a year in the U.K. working at a Lloyds broker and miss the tea, just not the same here. Love these layouts and your channel. Keep up the good work.
Thank you very much - the US just doesn't get tea right 😂
Well done Lawrie. Some of the best layouts I've seen, tempered with a few very much 'toy-like' ones..
It was a great show!
Another fantastic video lawrie 👍👍 thanks 😁😁 your face though at 46:30 is an absolute picture 🤣🤣🤣 the shear shock in your eyes 😂😂
It was scary!
Wow Lawrie nice video you done. Thanks for sharing David.
Thank you very much!
@@lmm Lawrie thanks very much for replying to my comment. It's nice to see other people's work to get idea to improve my Channel. Take Care & Stay Safe.
The gorgeous Leysdown (Isle of Sheppey) layout made it worth watching, almost the same part of Kent I have based my layout on. Mine is an interpretation of Whitstable, just the other side of the water channel (The Swale) seperating the island from the rest of north Kent. 🙂
3:10 i do love the idea about little bit of a small scaving hunt idea in the diaroma.
well Lawrie love of the train models i think his wallet was hurting with in few minutes.
28:35 yup i guessing it wright.... awell lucky you have convention.... for me was canceled due COVID-19
This is the first one in ages!
I love the little shunting layouts too!
Fab video as ever Lawrie! Really love the way you captured the footage
Thank you very much!
Well done you! Great presentation. Happy to say Falcon Road and SDRM is my Club!
Oh lucky you, great layout!
Lawrie! Lawrie! We are not worthy! Is that THE Lawrie of LMM??? You missed out the bit were you were mobbed by your screaming fan. It was good to finally meet you in real life. Enjoyed the video very much - great to see such well-produced footage of the show. I missed most of it as the crowds were overwhelming. I’m guessing you got a lot of the footage after 3pm? Top job. Hope to bump into you again soon.
It was super getting to meet people!
We managed to film through the day, just a lot of waiting quietly for a spot to appear!
It was certainly easier towards the end of the show!
From a fan in America, I love these videos of your railway shows and layouts. I do wish dvds were available as in America.
Thank you, pleased to hear you're enjoying what we do!
Great vid ,Glad you like Little Burford 👍
Thank you very much - really did, it's almost perfect size for O, can run a nice train, do some shunting, and carry on. Very impressed.
We went on the Sunday and ive never seen a model rail show so busy! i think the previous lockdowns has produced a lot more interest, all ages there and plenty of women too including mine, great layouts on display and my Fav was the one at the end of your video.
It was very good, nice to see new blood in the hobby!
Yes, I very much enjoyed Falcon Road. Super set up.
Great video Lawrie. Thanks to covid I haven't been able to get over from Dublin to any exhibitions in a while, this is the next best thing.
It was great to be able to get out and go to a show!
Leysdown is a very good layout. Always spend an age watching as it is not only well built, but superbly run.
Isn't it just!
As the purveyor of the snowy layout (Humphrey Road Sidings) and the one who doesn’t like snow(!), thanks for your coverage of the layout
Oh hello, it was a pleasure chatting to you at the show - and again, love the layout.
Really enjoyed the video and your presentation style... Just subscribed
Thank you very much!
great layouts - I like when models 'crawl'. especially the freights. when the operators run them too fast it triggers me. And you can't see the modelling/weathering most people apply !! good video.
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!
Nice presentation and some cracking layouts 😊👍✌️
Thank you
Some nice layouts on show
Weren't there just!
Right then, you lot. Drachinifel suggested a visit and so here I am. I've just watched the intro and consequently subscribed, gonged the bell and you shall be receiving a thumbs up on all videos henceforth.
What sold me? The subject material of course but I place no little stock in the music that is presented with videos. The piece that was playing attracted me immediately and I thought "Right. If that's how their heads operate in the musical taste area then the rest (content and music) might well be worth the penny."
So you're stuck with me. I look forward to viewing the new videos while binging on the previous ones right from the start.
This looks to be fun. I look forward to it all.
❄ Cheers from Canada, E. Ontario!
Thank you very much for joining us!
We have a very talented music creator who has really helped the videos quality.
Hope you continue to enjoy what's coming up!
Great slowTV for a rainy evening; thanks Lawrie 👍
Thank you very much!
Yarmouth South Town is a great layout, and even better when you realise that the trains are heading down the East Suffolk really :)
No no no even better they are set in Norfolk
Ah those were the days
We went on Sunday, a 2 hour drive, worth it though. It was one of the best model railway shows I've been to. Been to a few. I bought some useful items for my layout.
It was very enjoyable!
Nice video well presented thanks for sharing ..
You're most welcome!
With that N Gauge layout with the class 66 and 37. Ok remember operating that at the Loughborough Grammar School exhibition and the Great Central railway model exhibition, and the chapter was running it was so nice that they let me bring my own engines to run on the layout at the Loughborough Grammar School exhibition
Oh that's really super!
Really? Really Really! Oh Really. Really enjoyable!
It was!
I love the 3 wagons for £5 rummage boxes at these shows. You can usually find some decent wagons for inglenook or puzzle layouts in them. I'd be the same though. Prevent us spending far too much. One tip is to take your spending money in cash and leave any cards in the car hehe.
Always a wise move
Many thanks Lawrie for excellent coverage of the show, I’m sure it’ll inspire people to take up this great hobby or to take their modelling to the next level. As the builder / owner of Witham I enjoyed your coverage of the layout and see things from the public side of the back scene !! Would it be OK if I copy the footage of Witham so I can send it to prospective exhibition managers as I’m hoping to get Witham established on the exhibition circuit.
Hello Martin, thanks your comment, drop me an email on Lawrie@lawriesmechanicalmarvels.com
And I'll send the clips over to you.
It's a great layout, you should be very proud!
Lovely video! Also Lawrie, im sad you weren't in the background footage of Chris Eden Greens SLIP on the Y7
Yes I wasn't around when he was it seems!
I really must get over to the UK for one of your model shows!
We have some really good ones!
Gonna be honest Lawrie, didn't realise you had some of the good stuff (tt3) at home. It's kinda nice to see some of the model train UA-camrs with a bit of it.
Looking forward to when train shows pick up again here in Australia
Kind regards
Yeah, it's tucked away in storage, I'll bring it out for a stream one day!
@@lmm would love to see it if you did 😊
It was Nice to Meet you (ps its Brian from 247 Developments )
Nice to put a face to a name!
It was amazing to meet you
Thanks for coming and saying hi!
Great video lawrie's
Thank you very much!
Not a railway modeler but this video was excellent . One thing I noticed there is never any movement of people ! I’m sure it would enhance the realism you try to achieve !
Quite the challenge to make happen, but would look great!
Great to see John Barber of Rails of Sheffield appear at 48.38!
Oh I missed him!
Im glad you finally got to experience DCC (Digital Command Control)! The reason that locomotive cost $3,000 is because its a brass model. Those are the most highly detailed and accurate models on the market 🙂
They're so scarily expensive!
My Ruston cost less!
i believe if your a complete beginner, which i am , then we should try and visit as many of these exhibitions as we possibly can , these layouts will have taken a lot of time and experience, but beginners can certainly learn by simply looking and asking questions which ive found the more experienced are always happy to do ? ive just been to my first exhibition at macclesfield in the north west and really enjoyed it plus i picked up leaflets for other exhibitions in 2023 so if your a beginner like me get yourself out there and ask your questions this is how we all learn Paul
It's nice to see present day layouts. Maybe Hornby could release some futuristic/prototype designs for people who want those as well. Let's get as much variety as
possible.
Hornby did venture into steam punk, but it wasn't well recieved.
They have recently done the hush hush and turbo motive for prototypes.
makes me feel like playing transport fever :)
Strange that isn't it!
First comment! amazing video and great fun to watch! I hope we see more of this in the future
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it!
Lawries not buying anything lasted precisely until he saw a model he had to have
Pretty much - that was cheap too!
That 'Witham' layout you've shown has made me start to consider doing something like that instead of the current layout that I've only just laid down onto my baseboards in the last week.
I'm sorry for the inconvenience, but pleased to hear you're inspired!
@@lmm Don't be sorry, it's a really good, visually interesting layout. Really enjoyed the video as well.
Fortunately the idea wouldn't work on my baseboards.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I went to what the us called a train fair it was a lot like this but mostly usa stuff but it was fun to see blew my mind when I was like 8
Oh yes, I bet the first time you go to one is amazing!
Pre grouping is the best! I model post WWI South Eastern & Chatham Railway 😁
Oh that's quite the thing to do!
16:40 Looks good until you realise the ''wind is blowing the steam/smoke out of the cooling tower to the left or top left of the screen. but on the parade ground next to the cannons the flags are being blown to the bottom right of the screen.
It's quite hard to control the direction of smoke
@@lmm But easy to turn the flags around. just no eye for detail.
@@darrylrichardson7940 the flags may be entirely static and not possible to reposition.
The smoke from the chimney varied very much as people passed by
@@lmm they should have considered that before they glued them in then. they go all out to make it look realistic with flashing lights and welding arcs then put a flag in the wrong way around. What happens when they need a light bulb changing one person to hold the bulb 20 people to turn the layout around.
Hope to see more videos
Lots more lined up!
28:42 Oh, the slippery slope!
Isn't it just
48:40 John Barber (Rails of Sheffield) cameo
I missed him!
At last the light at the end of the tunnel. Exhibitions at last. Sound is good but full sound would be better. OK for the locos but what about the rest of the trains vehicles? Listen to Jean-Michel Jarre Magnetic Fields album at 32.40 there is a passing freight train as basis for a track on the album.
It was very pleasant!
You made a good point, Flange squeal and such would be great!
But do we have 3 days to find out?
Find out what sorry?
i went to that when it was rammed busy never got a loco just baught 2 bus models
I reckon it took Lawrie 1 minute to end up parting with his money for a locomotive model. It sometimes doesn't take me long to do similar. Although I have recently parted with some money on a really interesting book called Railways A History In Drawings done in conjunction with The Railway museum (The National Railway Museum), great book to look at engineering drawings of locomotives, rolling stock and other railway related items.
Oh that sounds a very interesting book!
I managed to last surprisingly well!
I was at that show on Sunday
It was great wasn't it!
Something I want to see that would be really cool but not to many people do probably is to combine new with old
So making a highly detailed layout like those with shunting and run through trains but have the actual trains be like 3 rail hornby dublo or such
Basically mixing really detailed scenery but with the older toy trains from like the 50s
I've always wanted to do that. New layout, nice scenery, then dublo trundling through!
21:27 Tunnel Lane Model Railways
It's great isn't it!
@@lmm Yes it is.
I look at my track on my windowsil and think I want a longer windowsil!!
Always the case.
I dont do model trains, just train simulators but i think when i build my own i will do n scale so i can have a gigantic track and fit so much more detail on it and have many more different kinds of trains. I want to do a multi climate setup. The train will start in the rainy season where everything is luah and green and go through summer then fall and winter. It would give me an oppertunity to build seasonal stuff versus just building one kind of scenery
Oh that's a cool idea!
Apologies up front not a model train fan but nearly turned vid off but how wrong 😣those sets are truly aaaaamaaaaazing ......nowback to the reliant 🤣🤣🤣brill stuff...👌
Thanks for giving it a go!
Hey there guys
Hey there
i might have gone if i knew you were there
Sorry!
Almost feels like I was there
Funnily enough I saw someone who looked like you
@@lmm when I was staying away in Gravesend and eating at a Toby carvery next to the travelodge, one of the servers thought i looked like someone she knew
Magnetic Field Pt.3
Which day
I was there sat
Some stableisation issues going on here Lawrie. set my video editor tingles off XD
Yes, some of it didn't work, I thought I'd removed all the really bad bits.
I love a model railway, had no idea Doncaster were having a show, and I only live 4 miles away.
Unfortunately Doncaster Race Course are known for their poor advertising 😕
Oh that's disappointing for you - least you get to see some of it!
4x the price of my car under my bed in rail stock!
I hate to think how much all mine adds up to..
🚂🚂😎😎👍
👍
you lasted slightly longer than the fastest measurable time on record, before buying a shiney
Amazingly - almost got to the end of the day!
@@lmm very impressive self control sir! Thank you for an entertaining video
Bet you lasted about 5 minutes before considering buying something. In fairness at shows like this haggling is deemed acceptable to a certain extent
haggling is 1/2 the fun ( but i realise the vendors have to make a living so i usually buy 2 or 3 things & try to get a job-lot price )
I almost lasted the whole day!
Lawrie, speaking about himself in the 3rd person in the description is rather creepy.
Lawrie isn't the only one who writes the description!
Too many ad breaks
Seriously, where is the fun in pressing a button on a laptop? I helped run a layout for a society once who were vehemently opposed to all automatic train running including things like DCC. I had far more excitement with my little hand controller and my imagination.
The one running all the background sounds? I think that's really cool, helps add that extra dimension when at a show!
@@lmm Firstly; great video - nuff said. My question; c.11mins48secs, what software was playing those sounds, do you recall? Having trouble getting google image search to find a logo match!
Yeah I'd rather go to Legoland too.
I like legoland
How long did Lawrie's wallet last unmolested?
Not that long, maybe a few minutes, but certainly less than 10....
He didn't spend till the last hour or so of the show
It lasted an amazingly long time!
Stop thinking that 15 years is a long time ago. This kind of time lapse fear is just contraproductive!
That's half my life! That's ages ago!
What this video showed is that non sound layouts are very toy like when up against a DCC sound enabled layout in a show environment. The lack of sound ruins any immersion or suspension of reality. Enjoyable video though.
Depends on the sound, bad steam engine sounds ruin it far more than no steam Loco sounds.
Works rather well with diesels though
Oh come off it, whilst in NZ in 2006 we played with my great nephew's Tomy battery powered definitely toy train set, which on addition of a teaspoon of tap water quite happily produced realistic steam. You are a bit out of date. Also all that detail, but still no train crews ( disgruntled ex train crew ). Eg southtown, all that rolling stock, but ghost trains devoid of passengers or crew, what a waste.
Smoke generators are not a mainstream feature on model railways in the UK.
Hornby has only announced this year will it have a range with ready to run smoke generators.
This show was so bad for my wallet...
Yes it was. Wallet... Bank account... Food budget. All took a kicking.