A good, practical, helpful video here, THANK YOU. I've bought second hand stuff many times. Usually quite worth it if you are willing to put in the time and effort (and care) to do a proper job, but sometimes you come across an item that's been "attacked" by somebody who should never have been allowed to get anywhere near anything that has moving parts.

Good points well made👍💜✌️ I could tell a story or two about second hand purchases - most of my stuff is😲🤕🙄🤭🤭🙄🙄

Good video. I have had mainly good luck with secondhand models. I would like to add a few more things. Carpet and or pet hair tangled up in the wheels. Loose crank pins I had a loco self destruct through this. I would ignore people just being negative rather than being helpful. Cheers Paul.

I have enjoyed your videos, but for goodness sake coughing into the mic is not acceptable.

That sounds silly putting lose weights inside the Loco!!! 🤔😉🚂🚂🚂

Perhaps the lesson here is to buy new, not second hand. If you buy second hand then golden rule is Caveat Emptor. Cheers.

nice tri ang loco. I like the sigel wheeler. 👍👍👍🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪

Ignore the keyboard warrior criticsm about your production values, I suspect they have never tried to run a You Tube channel or create content, you will of course improve with experience, what matters is the content, which was most helpful for new modellers or modellers who want to buy second hand, and improve their purchase. It was most helpful, and is why we watch these videos. I also watch OO Bill, Ians N Gauge, and Chadwick Model Railway, they all do good stuff some of which I would never attempt, but is still worth following to learn from them. Charlie is also running U Tube channel development workshops so it might be worth you investigating if you want to enhance your craft ? I have subscribed and look forward to your future content.

For future videos I'd suggest you avoid repetition - 3 minutes on not overdoing oil? And 3 hours to clean it with a huge pile of cotton buds? 1 minute with electrical contact cleaner and a couple of cotton buds is all it needs - see OO Bill videos. I'm afraid I stopped watching the rest of the video.

I would suggest that if you’re going to glue lamps on brackets, then use a PVA type glue as it’s water soluble. It dries clear and can be easily removed without damaging the paint work. You can also use this method to secure weights in place too. Good instructional video by the way!

Please use a tripod shakey video is so anoying.

Anyone who has trouble sleeping doesn't need to take any sleeping pills just watch this video. I had fallen asleep after 2 minutes of watching it.

Your layout is really small but full of details!

All good advice, and even more so if you model in N gauge! Tiny quantities of oil particularly, and blot off the excess with a paper towel or cotton bud! Keep the wheels and pickups clean as well.

You are quite correct about purchasing second hand, it can be a blessing or a curse. However, I wouldn't have touched this one on seeing the damage done to the smokebox, handrail, broken vacuum pipe. In my experience, if it looks clean/as good as new it usually is just that, and that goes for the running characteristics as well. Again if the purchase was made with a makeover in mind then that is another consideration.

Feel for you, not nice to realise that its not worked how you wanted. Its what stops me from getting going with the applicator tbh! 😂... What i would say though is that you could find that static grass on that 'clumpy' grass might actually give a good rough look. I remember seeing wws scenics purposely create a look like that.

Been following you for a while on Instagram, but just realised today you have a YT channel too!

really nice,i like it 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍😊😊

Thank you for a great channel and a video that was very interesting and informative at the same time. Well done sir. 👍🚂

Great idea for this video. Sharing your honest mistakes, so we don't have to make the same ones! One thing about paint colour - here in Canada, our hardware stores have walls of swatches you can choose, and then a paint mixing machine makes the colour on the spot. But to be honest, it wouldn't have mattered much if the shade of green or brown was subtly different once the scatter went down.

I agree with Monseville you really could refresh this layout in a weekend The back siding could stay just put a few carriages in there that come close to the point but not too close that it fouls the points the Hornby Lima and mainline couplers will hold fine on that incline with plenty of give The push pull coach you brought could stay as is no need to cut change etc Wiring wouldn’t be too difficult to improve either on a layout that size We all go through that skills improvement thing and see so many things we should improve but in the end we can end up only improving and never enjoying it,which is why we start doing it all running trains and that is supposed to be the main reason we are in the hobby BUT OF COURSE IT IS YOUR LAYOUT AND YOU CAN MAKE /DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE 😊👍

also, if you are modelling a region, turn the fiddle yard into a marshalling yard, holding viable stock within a modelling area is something many modellers miss even if it's only to the front of the yard.

this is looking good, regarding the wrong engine shed, make it into a disused one with a short siding. It will come in really handy for storage of either a loco or coach and offer you something else to model

Love it .

Im wanting to make my own layout like this do you know how long the baseboard is?

OK. You're being pretty hard on yourself. The backdrop is great. MDF still works but it needs to be sealed with either varnish or waterproof paint before you start. And it needs to be on a support frame to avoid the sag or warp. There is nothing on you little layout that is not salvageable if you want to go down that path. Buy cheap house paints from a hardware store that can be remade so you get consistent colours. Sheets of grass mat and gravel mat do work, but they need to be fully glued down and weighted while the glue dries. You can fix up all your scenery with PVA glue and fine turf. Good luck with what you decide. Happy Modelling.

I must admit I prefer the flexible plastic strip pinned into the baseboard. It works as well as the proprietary uncouplers and costs practically nothing. It's also almost invisible, so you will need that piece of scenery to find that uncoupling spot.

I see a tidy worker. Well done. Love it. All the best

Nice tips, I read of Many a Loco Damaged during unboxing, would be too Scary for me to buy a 3 figure Item fer sure 😅

I love an Autocoach Combo, and I have Rescued many and restored them back to life. I have a few Airfix ones from the 1970’s that were super cheap and ideal for practicing weathering & Detailing, and if you mess them up, there’s no drama. Nice Vid L&Subd👍🏻

Hi your idea of the plastic to lift out locos is great been doing it on all my models I use the plastic sleeves from A4 files keeps them safe I also trim the polystyrene boxes to fit loco better good luck

Looking good now!

Looking good. Well done. That wouldn`t be Littleton which is near Evesham would it?

My two favourite engines from the line.