The Heljan Grain Silo is a great background kit, glad you rediscovered it in your collection. The station roof line reminds me of the Baltimore and Ohio Camden St. Station in Baltimore. It is good to see the train ducking between the buildings before reaching the yard.
I like when you create a "scenario" for your layout. it helps you create the surroundings for it. I did the same thing when I create my layout. Think of yourself as an environmental/urban designer. Lol!! That is what town/city planners actually do. Enjoy the video.
Good little industrial scene. You're exactly right. Too much snobbery in the hobby makes it a dull and boring one. I have 5 Layouts, but only one is close to a classic town scene. I like them and am not interested in people questioning what I like to build. Your layout is your world created from your imagination and that is how it should be. Keep doing what you are doing. 👍 Happy Modelling.
Excellent use of stuff you already had and the buildings are tall enough to more or less eliminate the need for a backscene. I have back boards on my OO layout, but my aim is to have tall enough buildings so that the match pot sky(ish) blue becomes redundant. Cheers
The station and layout reminds me of something out of Eastern Europe or a (Former) USSR country with the whole aesthetic. Maybe this should be theme of this one.
Love your videos, would love a dedicated video to hear more about your opinions on where the hobby is going, I agree with everything you’ve said so far! It’s been refreshing to hear such a realistic and not “rehearsed for social media” point of view. I’ve got so much 00 stuff waiting for me to do something with, but you’re work on N gauge is making me think about getting a starter set just to have a play!
Agreed on your roast of the snobbery of some people in the model railway scene. You had the same in photography before the advent of digital photography with "Leica/Hasselblad against everyone else" (I had, and still have, a Minolta 600si SLR). That's idiotic. Model railways is fun, and if I want to be forced to follow gratuitous and nonsensical rules, I just have to go to work (I'm a public officer for the State in France), and I am paid for that !
Excellent video. I have an inglenook layout but I have made it a lot longer than normal to allow for some organic growth. It works well for US trains as the wagons are longer and i can make the game a little more difficult by doubling up 1-3 of the wagons and use a caboose. I also use the same layout but with different scenery for my German wagons. These seem lost in this large space as the wagons are really that small, but for German passenger trains they work well. Your layout is too small for the wagons for any inglenook game. I would consider using smaller wagons or increasing the footprint. Although inglenooks are meant to be small, this is too small. I would play with it more and see what limitations it has. Having a 4th track helps.
There are no rules on what size an inglenook should be size wise. I've had hours of fun with this size, even with only 9 Wagons there are thousands of combinations
I really like your street on the left. Going to nick that idea some time! I've got an Ashburton-style box file layout on the go. My main challenge is to disguise the potentially boring parallelness of the tracks, but I think non-parallel fencing and uneven ground should do it.
I think the "extra" siding might just work if it was straight, letting the platform be straight and adding an (intentionally odd) triangle space for for trackside debris.
Looks great though. As you said it just comes together. Stick down a couple of "double straights" paralllel to the head shunt (unconnected) and you have a fiddle yard.
I fear this snobbery crops up in most hobbies, and people forget that everyone has to start somewhere. Newbies are just as interesting as professionals, and their viewpoints can result in realisation that there is another way. Much like your plastic vs. cardboard comment 😂. One can have a lot of fun just building bare layouts (I do) - using imagination to populate the board with trees and buildings. It's a great hobby for everyone❤
One of my favourite you tube channels just had track on a board and a few plastic buildings plonked down, but the guy just had so much fun with it. Yours sounds great
I find motorcyclist a very friendly bunch, KH500 my brother had one recently but sold it due to the ridiculous price of parts to restore it. Back to railways, yes, the snobbery with model railways is annoying and I find sometimes if you don't have £200+ locos or £60 wagons, people are not interested but what I find fun is building layouts mostly under £100 and having probably having more fun than a hugely expensive one. Model railways are what you make of it, as long as your having fun who cares what others think
Have you thought about putting the track on to the foam board and then using a sliding sector plate in the ‘fiddle yard’? This would give you maybe 3 extra roads to enhance your shunting…? Just a thought! And as a biker of almost 40 years I (almost) agree with your bike comments. I find most bikers will chat but that HD riders do tend to think of themselves as being above me on my Royal Enfield 😉 Keep up the good work! 😊
A sector plate is an interesting idea for another time, thanks. Yes I should have realised that HD riders would be the exception lol. I'm quite tempted by the Himalayan I must admit.
@@BudgetModelRailways you’re welcome 😉 I have the Scram and love it! Slightly more road bias but I can still ride gravel and decent dirt tracks and the bike laps it up! Take one for a spin and let us know what you think 🤩
Lot gate keeping in this hobby, it's a pain to be honest mate... Didn't know you rode though! Good man! Nice little bikes the sinnis, great for nipping about on! I'm thinking of designing a layout I can take in my Rocket 3's panniers 😂
Not heard that expression it's very accurate. I've done 250 miles in a day on my Sinnis it's been a great little bike. I've also toyed with a small layout to fit across the top of my panniers
Nice layout! Will there be a grade crossing at the end of the street or a barricade? Enclosed cars keep things simple for loaded vs empty but for open cars, I prefer a removable load. Usually, I will add a piece of metal to the load, so that I can pick it up with a magnet. Can you identify the red diesel railcar that you briefly held up? Thank you and cheers!
I think you made a mistake around the 7:50 mark, you said O gauge will be 4x the size, when I think you meant OO (or HO outside UK) As for the "snobbery"it's YOUR layout.
Very nice! Over the years I've had more fun and satisfaction with Inglenook layouts than any more complicated design. Sadly, I find N scale too small and fiddly for my aging eyes. Are you giving up on OO entirely or just adding a focus on N?
In regards to rant Always remember rule 1....its my railway and i do what i want Yes some sense is good but if your having fun...thats all that matters I somewhat actively enjoy "toying" with "proper modellers" i put my dc toby and some four wheelers on a club display railway and most people loved it, got a few huffs but meh
The snobbery is a problem for the hobby as are those now creating the Model Railway's are dying videos on of which is a certain high profile UA-camr who says because everything is too expensive its putting people off the hobby. However as you have proven you don't need all the latest models or expensive to make a great layout either in N or 00.
Wholeheartedly agree with your weekly rant. As a new railway modeller I want to have fun with it and sod the rules.
Welcome to the hobby, and the subversive world of the budget rebels
The Heljan Grain Silo is a great background kit, glad you rediscovered it in your collection. The station roof line reminds me of the Baltimore and Ohio Camden St. Station in Baltimore. It is good to see the train ducking between the buildings before reaching the yard.
Thanks for confirming the make of the grain silos
I like when you create a "scenario" for your layout. it helps you create the surroundings for it. I did the same thing when I create my layout. Think of yourself as an environmental/urban designer. Lol!! That is what town/city planners actually do. Enjoy the video.
Thanks
It was not a rant, but a statement of fact & truth. Totally agree with you. Keep it simple & have fun.🚂👍
Good little industrial scene.
You're exactly right.
Too much snobbery in the hobby makes it a dull and boring one.
I have 5 Layouts, but only one is close to a classic town scene. I like them and am not interested in people questioning what I like to build.
Your layout is your world created from your imagination and that is how it should be.
Keep doing what you are doing. 👍
Happy Modelling.
I just want the edge of a town look with it being mostly green fields
Excellent use of stuff you already had and the buildings are tall enough to more or less eliminate the need for a backscene. I have back boards on my OO layout, but my aim is to have tall enough buildings so that the match pot sky(ish) blue becomes redundant. Cheers
The station and layout reminds me of something out of Eastern Europe or a (Former) USSR country with the whole aesthetic. Maybe this should be theme of this one.
Thanks, yes it has that feel, which will be enhanced once it has Cantanery and trams running on it
Love your videos, would love a dedicated video to hear more about your opinions on where the hobby is going, I agree with everything you’ve said so far! It’s been refreshing to hear such a realistic and not “rehearsed for social media” point of view.
I’ve got so much 00 stuff waiting for me to do something with, but you’re work on N gauge is making me think about getting a starter set just to have a play!
I have a possible rant video planned. I have a mountain of OO stuff, but N just makes so much sense space wise
Nice use of the extra siding!
Good rant, totally agree.
Thanks
Agreed on your roast of the snobbery of some people in the model railway scene. You had the same in photography before the advent of digital photography with "Leica/Hasselblad against everyone else" (I had, and still have, a Minolta 600si SLR). That's idiotic. Model railways is fun, and if I want to be forced to follow gratuitous and nonsensical rules, I just have to go to work (I'm a public officer for the State in France), and I am paid for that !
Quite, it's bad enough at work, we don't need it in our hobbies
Excellent amazing how quickly its come together, great work😊👍
Thanks bro
Well said totally agree with you, love the rail set-up. The bike club I
know doesn't mind car drivers attending either!!😎🚂🚃🚃🚃🏍🇬🇧
Excellent video. I have an inglenook layout but I have made it a lot longer than normal to allow for some organic growth. It works well for US trains as the wagons are longer and i can make the game a little more difficult by doubling up 1-3 of the wagons and use a caboose. I also use the same layout but with different scenery for my German wagons. These seem lost in this large space as the wagons are really that small, but for German passenger trains they work well. Your layout is too small for the wagons for any inglenook game. I would consider using smaller wagons or increasing the footprint. Although inglenooks are meant to be small, this is too small. I would play with it more and see what limitations it has. Having a 4th track helps.
There are no rules on what size an inglenook should be size wise. I've had hours of fun with this size, even with only 9 Wagons there are thousands of combinations
I really like your street on the left. Going to nick that idea some time! I've got an Ashburton-style box file layout on the go. My main challenge is to disguise the potentially boring parallelness of the tracks, but I think non-parallel fencing and uneven ground should do it.
I think the "extra" siding might just work if it was straight, letting the platform be straight and adding an (intentionally odd) triangle space for for trackside debris.
Looks great though. As you said it just comes together. Stick down a couple of "double straights" paralllel to the head shunt (unconnected) and you have a fiddle yard.
Love your buildings. Want to know more!
The card buildings are by Metcalfe, the grain silos were bought 2nd hand so I don't know who made them
1:08 Oi! You're nicking my catchphrase 😉
I fear this snobbery crops up in most hobbies, and people forget that everyone has to start somewhere. Newbies are just as interesting as professionals, and their viewpoints can result in realisation that there is another way. Much like your plastic vs. cardboard comment 😂. One can have a lot of fun just building bare layouts (I do) - using imagination to populate the board with trees and buildings. It's a great hobby for everyone❤
One of my favourite you tube channels just had track on a board and a few plastic buildings plonked down, but the guy just had so much fun with it. Yours sounds great
Nice! I like it!
I find motorcyclist a very friendly bunch, KH500 my brother had one recently but sold it due to the ridiculous price of parts to restore it.
Back to railways, yes, the snobbery with model railways is annoying and I find sometimes if you don't have £200+ locos or £60 wagons, people are not interested but what I find fun is building layouts mostly under £100 and having probably having more fun than a hugely expensive one.
Model railways are what you make of it, as long as your having fun who cares what others think
Exactly
Hello, that looks really smart,how the buildings are placed and the fiddle yard is right for a loco.the progress is brilliant so far.
Thanks
good vid on channel thanks nice layout thanks lee
Have you thought about putting the track on to the foam board and then using a sliding sector plate in the ‘fiddle yard’? This would give you maybe 3 extra roads to enhance your shunting…? Just a thought! And as a biker of almost 40 years I (almost) agree with your bike comments. I find most bikers will chat but that HD riders do tend to think of themselves as being above me on my Royal Enfield 😉 Keep up the good work! 😊
A sector plate is an interesting idea for another time, thanks. Yes I should have realised that HD riders would be the exception lol. I'm quite tempted by the Himalayan I must admit.
@@BudgetModelRailways you’re welcome 😉 I have the Scram and love it! Slightly more road bias but I can still ride gravel and decent dirt tracks and the bike laps it up! Take one for a spin and let us know what you think 🤩
100% agree there is a lot of snobbery in the hobby no need for you do this hobby how you want and enjoy it
Lot gate keeping in this hobby, it's a pain to be honest mate...
Didn't know you rode though! Good man!
Nice little bikes the sinnis, great for nipping about on!
I'm thinking of designing a layout I can take in my Rocket 3's panniers 😂
Not heard that expression it's very accurate. I've done 250 miles in a day on my Sinnis it's been a great little bike. I've also toyed with a small layout to fit across the top of my panniers
I have found that magnetic traction helps to stop derailments as you brake hard, when those pesky Lego cars cut you up!
@@BudgetModelRailways portable layout build challenge!!😁
@@IronHorseRailways indeed
The first rule is break all the rules.
Exactly
Nice layout! Will there be a grade crossing at the end of the street or a barricade? Enclosed cars keep things simple for loaded vs empty but for open cars, I prefer a removable load. Usually, I will add a piece of metal to the load, so that I can pick it up with a magnet. Can you identify the red diesel railcar that you briefly held up? Thank you and cheers!
Yes some sort of crossing into the warehouse
Great to see lads, will write a more in depth comment when I am sober again.
I think you made a mistake around the 7:50 mark, you said O gauge will be 4x the size, when I think you meant OO (or HO outside UK)
As for the "snobbery"it's YOUR layout.
Correct, O gauge would be 8 times lol!
Very nice! Over the years I've had more fun and satisfaction with Inglenook layouts than any more complicated design. Sadly, I find N scale too small and fiddly for my aging eyes. Are you giving up on OO entirely or just adding a focus on N?
I'm also tinkering with O just in case the eyes go lol
In regards to rant
Always remember rule 1....its my railway and i do what i want
Yes some sense is good but if your having fun...thats all that matters
I somewhat actively enjoy "toying" with "proper modellers" i put my dc toby and some four wheelers on a club display railway and most people loved it, got a few huffs but meh
We used to run some weird stuff like HO TGV on our exhibition layouts just to annoy the rivet counters, worked a charm, kept them away lol
It's not a Model Railway unless your having fun....
Correct well said
_All models are "wrong," some are fun._ (Apologies to George Box.) 😊
The snobbery is a problem for the hobby as are those now creating the Model Railway's are dying videos on of which is a certain high profile UA-camr who says because everything is too expensive its putting people off the hobby. However as you have proven you don't need all the latest models or expensive to make a great layout either in N or 00.