What a wonderful space to work in!

The good thingwith chasing trains is you only have to follow the tracks… (ask my cats)

What a colossal project. Those shelf layout zealots can go run back and forth on their 10' of track. haha

I love the Dew train, sorry about the derailment. That’s a nice big reversing loop. What is the radius?

Dogs? Zeus has a buddy? How many, and what breed? Would love to see them!

Although I use Diet Pepsi cans, I can relate to your loss of a can of Mountain Dew - It’s tough to lose such a valuable asset. Hang in there my friend, it can be replaced.

Dear Peter, awesome how the grid of the bench work and circular line of the reverse loop are formed. Outstanding carpentry job! Cheerio

Nicely done. Thanks for the tip reminder re the Micro Engineering track. It’s something I need to remember.

I drink my soda and filling the cans with sand, little ducktape secure the sand i place….

It’s really taking shape now Peter 👍

THANK YOU

A lot of track and switches installed, but I have not seen a testrun. No need for? (makes for a "moving video" compared to the mostly stationary shots) Did I see right that the switches for the reverse loop are inside the helix so reachable if...?

So very impressive.

G'day Peter. This will be a magnificent layout when you are done. By jingo's there's going to be an enormous amount of scenery. The man I'm sure will be thrilled to pieces with it. Just superb !!

Superior work as usual!

I love your videos, you are certainly an incredibly talented person and your attention to detail is unbelievable. Looking forward to the next one

2024 - binge watch a bunch of your videos and love them! You are incredibly skilled at designing and building beautiful layouts. Cheers Peter

Thankyou for a fantastic video Peter. I have been using Anyrail for several years but like the look of the 3rd Planit software. It reads as though your can use it to make CAD drawings and export them as stl files for 3D Printing. If so that would be useful. Thanks again Peter from downunder.

Very nice to see maths & physics at work 👍

You're talent is remarkable when it comes to design and execution of a layout. Never disappointed with your videos or quality of what you create.

what does it cost the customer Peter

your amazing Peter

Hi Peter & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Peter & Friends Randy

Thx for sharing. This was well worth it. Very interesting and well presented. You do not onky have routine in designing and building that benchwork but also in pointing out where you are referring to and highlighting relevant parts within complex drawings as if presenting your thoughts is just a relaxed snip with the fingers. Hats off and all the best!

Brilliant !!

Informative incredibly! What's also so great about this, is future customers understand how deep you have to go in creating and building a layout. So much more than wood, tracks and wiring!! Thanks for sharing.

Awesome work as always Peter Rodney

Great design work. A great deal of thought went to that to be sure. Keep up the good work.

Very informative video Peter. Thanks much for posting it.

Amazing! You don’t just have to design and build the layout in 3D but design it with sections to fit in a container and get down basement stairs from a customer’s measurements. I hope the top of the stairs has plenty of room and not just in a narrow hallway. Is there a chance that you could do a video with the yard section you displayed around 4:30 and show the turnout combinations and discuss how you use them to decrease the distance into the yard tracks? Great job, Peter.

Has the layout been finished, shipped and installed?

Really appreciate the insights, Peter. As cool as 3rdPlanit is, it still takes a special talent to visualise the design elements and transfer them to digital format. A most valuable video for us all.

"Easy." 😉

Brilliant. Thank you for that insight into your planning skills

I've worked on AutoCAD before (for architectural drawings) but no where near as to the level where you are. Lovely little refresh of what the Aussie layout looks like too.

Oh my brain hurts

You are an absolute pro with 3rdPlanIt. I am still struggling so much with it.

Any plans on getting one of those CNC Routers I can definitely see you using one in the future for layout construction

thank youfor video with all detail

Big work 👏👏👏👏

Fantastic video Peter! I always wondered how you worked out those intricate angles and benchwork sections etc, and now I know :) I think this will be a very popular video with your subscribers.

You still make it look easy but I know its not.

an important characteristic is how well the glue joint sands...its prefered that it sands similar to the foam so that the joint does not end up proud of the foam

This is going to be a good one! Hopefully the owner will start a KZbin channel once built so we can all enjoy watching.

Fantastic layout and video. Is it for a US client? Has it been built, and if so, would the owner share some photos?

This is a great reference for myself. I'm not yet ready to give up a bedroom, but depicting passenger rail in a 10x10 or smaller space is surprisingly difficult to find, especially for multi-platform stations.

Very interesting. Does the standard gauge bullet train run on wider gauge track than the surface railway where the prototype is 3’6”?

Hi Peter & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Peter & Friends Randy

I always forget the Japanese even run freight because it's largely separated from passenger lines. It's one of the reasons their trains run so reliably. This feels more like a N.American road but I did enjoy your take on it. Few hobbyists in Japan can commit this much space to a layout. Even flagship store layouts like Hobby Center Kato (see kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3y6gn1qe86KotU) aren't much bigger, so this is impressive. PS: you can find high quality cab ride videos of any route here on KZbin. The train otakus are legion and have documented their country so well. Great way to get a feel for their system.

It was nice to see the variety and how versatile you are, now get back to HO basement empires… only kidding. Nice job on an area you weren’t familiar with.