HO scale model trains in Switzerland: Brian Rodham’s beautiful Swiss model railway layout
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Once again, we discover a work of art in the field of model railroading or railway modelling. In this video, we enjoy one of the finest Swiss model railway layouts, that has rails for both narrow gauge, correctly metre gauge, and standard gauge model trains. This Swiss model railroad was constructed by the British model maker Brian Rodham and took about ten years of work. The L-shaped layout has been gradually developed, altered and expanded upon.
The overall length is 4.6 metres, the width is 1.1 metre, but 1.4 metre at the widest point of the L shape. The height from the water level to the top of the mountain is also 1.1 metre. The height of this modelled mountain clearly tells us that Brian Rodham has always liked the scenery found in Switzerland with its lakes, waterfalls, meadows and high mountains. Many years ago, he bought books in England about the “Rhätische Bahn” (Rhaetian Railway), the “Gotthardbahn” (Gotthard Railway) and the “Bern-Lötschberg-Simplon-Bahn” (Bern-Loetschberg-Simplon Railway) written by Franz Marti and Walter Trub. Looking at the photographs in this books inspired him to visit Switzerland. After his visits to Switzerland he decided to build a model railway.
He started the construction in the loft space in his home but soon he knew he would need more space because the cramped conditions were a little difficult in the loft space. So he started the second model railway from scratch in his garage space. The base was a timber space frame and he used crumpled, thick lining paper coated with PVA glue to make the landscape, the hills and ravines. The rocks are formed with a type of expanding foam usually used to insulate roofs. All kinds of blended colours in Daler Rowney Acrylic paints were used to make the rocks look lifelike. At first he made a number of houses from Kibri model kits, some of which still remain on the model today. After this he knew he should build some timber chalets from scratch as the Kibri model buildings had mainly flat bases and the buildings needed to fit into a variety of rugged parts of his miniature world of Switzerland.
Many chalets and barns were based on the buildings in the old town in Brienz and Zermatt. He tried to make them look as authentic as possible. The roof tiles of the chalets and barns are all individual tiles cut from thin card. He incorporated a lake and a number of waterfalls to give a dramatic appearance. The latest addition to the model railway layout is a timber constructed roofed bridge which crosses one of the waterfalls. Using static grass on the landscape was a great improvement to the appearance of the layout as originally he used basic scatter materials. He used a variety of shades of greens and browns to show the contours. The browner colours can be used under trees to create shadows. The texture looks better too rather than the flat surface of the scatter materials.
Brian Rodham began the layout with HO scale but felt he would like to have an HOm scale railway running in tandem with this as you would find in Switzerland. For better understanding, it should be noted: In Europe the 1/87 scale is called HO scale or H0 gauge with a track gauge of 16.5 mm or 0.65 inches. Metre gauge railways in 1/87 scale use a track gauge of 12.0 mm or 0.472 inches and are called HOm scale or H0m gauge, except in the United States, where this scale is called HOn3½. However, most of the locomotives and carriages on the HO scale railway are by Roco. The metre gauge RhB railway locomotives and stock are all by Bemo.
Because Brian Rodham also collects model cars, especially Swiss model buses by Rietze, we can discover some miniature vehicles on the model railway. Finally, it remains to be mentioned that the pantographs of the locos are of course in contact with the overhead line or catenary. In addition, authentic Swiss model signals are in use on the layout. Whether we want to call it a piece of art or a masterpiece in rail transport modeling, it is magnificent to watch the winding railway lines and wooden houses in this beautifully designed miniature world.
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Now THIS is the Pilentum I've come to know and love. THIS is why I subscribed all those years ago. An absolutely beautiful layout expertly filmed and edited from beginning to end. A mere cab ride through this layout would have been a disservice to its owner and to your viewers. EXCELLENT work Pilentum...my faith has been restored. Only the Swiss could manage such detail...just splendid. Thank you.
I agree to the extent that I personally would like to have a "mere cab ride through this layout"! It would show off the scenery better in my humble opinion.
@@mikegross6107 It does give you a different perspective, but to limit a video to that is IMO extremely dull. You don't see the train AT ALL for one thing and for another you only see around 4" on either side of the track. Buildings, industries, mountains or whatever just don't exist for the most part and it only gives you the engineers viewpoint.
How great to see the catenary wires! And the structures - amazing. Makes one forget about the trains.
This is my neighbour from 2 doors down..such a lovely bloke, his daughter did all the filming as well.....he's a craftsman in his day job, and a craftsman in his hobbies too! Nice one Brian mate....looks stunning
Very nice video and layout. It seems to be a simple layout..
Ce réseau est sublime !!! Le matériel, de grande classe et le décor est somptueux.
Un grand bravo à Brian Rodham pour ce chef-d’œuvre et merci à PILENTUM pour
cette nouvelle découverte.
Thank you for your kind comment
Execellent made, lots of prorotypical details. It captures the spirit of Graubünden and the Engadin with it's stone and timber houses. The subtile exaggerated landscape adds drama to the scenery and reminds me on Malcom Furlows HOn3 D&RGW layouts. All in all, a pleasure to view.
Wonderful model, wonderful photography! Swiss Railways are a visual joy!
One of the nicest Swiss layouts I've seen so far;-) Beautifully detailed and it catches the atmosphere really well. Thanks for the outstanding camerawork.
Hallo Brian, il tuo modello è una vera bellezza. Il piacere di guardare un'opera eccezionale, in un video stupendo.
Wow, this takes me back to my childhood days, yet still calming watching today. This was obviously painstatakingly constructed with attention to every detail, truly a masterpiece. As a suggestion and request, it would be nice to see a photo of the overall layout, but wonderful to see being taken on a journey through the eyes of a train driver by mounting a GoPro on the front to take us a realistic trip.
Another great presentation. Nice work by Mr. Rodham and Pilentum. I felt like I was watching a travel video.
Fascinante maqueta muy detallada. Hermosa descripción del mundo ferroviario suizo. Uno de los países que mejor han desarrollado y cuidado el ferrocarril y el medio ambiente. Gracias por compartir tan fantástico trabajo. Desde Argentina
Breathtaking! Absolutely breathtaking! ❤
Великолепная работа,потрясающий ролик!!! Огромное спасибо!!! С Новым Годом!!!
Beautiful! I've bought a Katon Glacier Express (n scale) and have been looking for ideas how to incorporate into a layout which is still in my brain. Thanks for the inspiration!
what a great start to the new year with a great video, thank you
Tres beau circuit BRAVO JOYEUX NOEL A TOUS
Simply stunning......
As i'm Swiss, i just can say, BRILLIANT!
Thank you for your kind comment
Superb layout.
Thanks for the visit
impresionantemente bella y detallada maqueta. Me encantó. Muchas gracia!!
Nice video you done.Hope to see you in 2022.Thanks for sharing.
Stunning layout...!
Happy new year and greeting from Thailand. Thank you very much for the finest railways model. Fantastic!
Ça sent bon la Suisse
Le rendu des cascade est magnifique
This was pure fun!
Fantastica opera d'arte! Ciao Fabrizio
Splendide réseau !!! Merci pour cette belle vidéo !!!
Bonne année 2022
Happy New Year from Barcelona !! What a wonderful layout, huge and long work done but the result is impressive !!! Thank you so much.
Greetings! A beautiful model depicting the Apine Paradise in a typical Swiss community. I suggest, whenever possible, show the panoramic view of the models. All good for You.
Beautiful again! As a matter of fact!
Enjoy to watch Beautiful Trains & Landscape.
très belle balade de 20 minutes j'ai pris un bon bol d'air pur ça fait du bien!! magnifique réseau bravo l'artiste . Yves du 42 Saint Etienne ( loire )
Lovely Swiss layout
Super model! Mersi Pilentum!
this was another beautiful film of a very nice rail route, a nice start to the new year.
Absolutely amazing thank you .
Very impressive thanks for posting it 👍 Happy New Year everyone
Choo choo! I'm a train and I approve this video and would like to wish you a happy new year choo choo!! :D
Einfach toll. Danke euch.
Amazing video, as always☝️...I really like the Swiss railways and the countryside and this layout is realy beautiful 👌👌😍.....very good job Brian☝️👍👍
Thank you for your kind comment
Very nice video and layout. It seems to be a simple layout, but the landscape, the catenary, and of course, the buildings are amazing and very good integrated in the valley.
I’m wondering if the wood bridge is a commercial item or own made ....
Congrats from Spain and another Swiss railways fan.
The timber bridge is hand made; I’ve recently added the construction of the bridge in pictures on my instagram.
Beautiful Layout ! Happy New Year
Vídeo muito legal parabéns, gosto muito da PILANTUN
Superbly filmed
This is one amazing layout that brings me back to the joy of riding the SBB years ago. I love the bonus detail of the yellow PTT buses. By any chance do any have the supplemental yellow trailer that was often seen attached to the buses?
Très belle maquette 😊
Merci!
Maravillosa macheta 👍
Magnifique !!!!!
Empty railwaycars : super realistic for Switserland !
Like! Cool video
It looks like the faller and Noch catalog!
Super! Mersi Pilentum!
Bonne année à tous 🎉🎉
Superbe reseau
Is amazing video!
They say there's no such thing as a perfect world, well, there is and you have just seen it.
espectacular
È possibile vedere il back-stage? Molto molto bello, però il lato destro è poco inquadrato e sarebbe interessante capire i treni come girano. Grazie
The back scene is under the hill side and is the full length of the model with a three track siding to accommodate full length trains in Ho scale. The area to the right hand side of the model has a castle built on a steep hill. The trains go through a tunnel under the castle. There is limited space to extend the model further.
joli ! Comment elles sont faites les cascades ?
Dommage qu'on n'ait pas une vue d'ensemble de tout le circuit ....
...and the logs on the roofs?
guten morgen frage wie h ast du das im tunnel geregelt bitte das im deutsch schreiben liebe gruse w birgel
The rust colored locomotive has the electrical connection atop.... What are the 'steam engine' like arms on the wheels?
The locomotive you refer to is known as Ge 6/6 Rhatischen Krokodil and is powered by the overhead wires but it does look like a steam locomotive with jackshafts and coupling rods. The first of these locomotives dates back to 1921
I was going to ask that two why does an electric loco need coupling arms
bagus 👍👍
Mám rád vláčky
Is this the one at swiss miniature at Lugano?
Hello John, In answer to your question, no the model is a private model in England.Best wishes Brian.
Hi
Indonesia?
Tutti i vagoni senza un passeggero!!!! Troppo falso....
Anche i mondi in miniatura non possono essere sempre perfetti.