Great Job, really well done. I gave a couple of those glossy green ones. They need a big of TLC

Lovely job

Nice job done there, Colin it looks great... cheers James 🙂👍

lovely paint job, and yes 40 years old and still going strong, like the full size versions. i've been picky with my eBay purchases and kept to either matte or satin finishes

Looks good. The old girls are the most reliable because the motors are simple and easy to maintain. Happy Modelling 👍

Enjopyable video - thank you. 👍 Seem to recall R.060 was released in 1976. _BR 'rail blue' was Monastral Blue to British Standards BR28/6001 (for airless spray application) and BR28/5321 (for brush application)._

The paint job looks great. For a future video, it would be helpful to newbies like me if you could explain your painting kit / set-up.

Well done it looks good 😊

What a relaxing video! It was very interesting hearing what you`re saying, I think we all lose interest every now and then, but also watching you build that wall was very pleasing. I don`t have the patience to build one as you are doing. Keep up the good work.

Hi Colin, superb modelling, for plants, one of the things I use is green pan scourers, I cut strips, dab them with spots of red or yellow paint and glue them around some of the buildings, it's surprising how effective simple little things like that can be, I like the idea of using tea-leaves to represent compost, anyway, take care, all the best from Scotland, Stephen.

Black5 mixed traffic passenger and freight one of the best at the time.

Nice little garden area, Colin. It looks great...cheers James 🙂👍

Colin, well done - it all looks absolutely superb particuarly the two cold frames! ATB Colin

Excellent work. They look fantastic. 👍 Happy modelling

Hi Colin, done a cracking job there really coming together cheers Al

Good stuff Col

Looks good in green.

Buy a reel of piano wire , its metal but cyano does glue it, and it look's right.

Excellent work! I'll have to try this out myself, in HO scale. I like those beehives, I'm a big honey eater!

My understanding that the $ CEP comes in Green, with and without warning panel. They also ran in BR blue/ grey, BR Blue and Jasffer cake

That's a very nice layout i also like how you made those third rails too.

Sorry if this is an obvious question, but is it the back-to-back or the Depth of the Flanges. Older rolling stock was designed to run on a deeper rail. Sorry if I am teaching people to suck eggs.

Excellent work Colin. Really like the garden. Very impressed! 👍 Happy Modelling

Great addition to your layout, Col they look great as does your layout...cheers James 🙂👍

I Colin i think it all Looks good keep up the good ideas tony

Good morning Colin. 🙂 The pylons you are looking at form part of the three-phase 33kv and 11kV distribution networks (hence the three cables - carrying the red, yellow & blue phases). The isolators atop the poles really do look good giving a superb overall effect! ⚡ _In terms of the railway DC electrification, the 33kV sub-station feeder cabless are carried lineside either buried or in troughing. A few sections of the network are fed by 11kV lineside feeder cables (for example Tattenham Corner branch and Tonbridge to Bo-Peep)._ Really do like the vegetable plot - something that is often missed - and the beehives too - excellent. 🐝 _Can just remember the beehives on top of the general offices at Waterloo station!_ All the best, Colin 👍

Hi Col, nice job very inventive amazing what different modellers can come up with layout is looking good cheers Al

Great video , I bought a new Bachman DMU that kept derailing and it was the back to back wrong on one set of bogies .

Thanks for sharing very informative and helpful best wishes Chris

Certain interesting video for us novices, Colin. Well worth watching, short and to the point...cheers James 🙂👍

Why risk spoiling such a lovely model. No matter how good you are at painting, you never get as good a finish as the manufacturer .

Who gives a damn what anyone else thinks, it’s for your pleasure. There will always be someone who thinks that they could do better, but never have! Well done, Bill.

2.5 wagons is expensive, but as you say, for far better running, it is worth it

A most useful video for modellers, raising what is arguably the most significant cause of poor running on so many layouts - the wheel-rail interface is so often not understood - so well done! 👍 Poor /reduced back-to-back dimensions and coarse wheel profiles will inevitably lead to poor and erratic running and upgrading your wheelsets is a most worthwhile step. Hopefully your running will now be much improved. 🌞 _Even the newest Hornby wheels are uncomfortable on Ewhurst Green's finescale track so get replaced (they can have a slightly shorter axle length). Romford wheels are a good replacement as are Ultrascale - who make conversion packs for many locomotives._ 😉

Keep it green, that’s just me ex Eastleigh works

Very nice, I wouldn`t mind one of those.

Great share

A great addition to the fleet, the BR Green looks so much better than the Blue/Grey, in my view. Lets face it, there always was a transition period from green to blue.................I'd leave it in green but that's only my opinion...............All the very best Dave.

Nice looking model. Bargain! I agree with others. It is in mint condition so painting it would be a real shame. Your call, but if it ain't broken, why fix it? Happy Modelling

Nice model which looks good in green!

Personally I like the BR southern region green and I think it would be a shame if you painted it.

That looks like a nice addition to your fleet Colin, it's good to see you're not having any traffic chaos in Mossend, caused by the local refuse collectors ... Cheers James 😁👍

looks good colin great value

It would have to be blue and grey with full yellow ends. That was their state prior to rebuilding at Swindon when they changed the vehicles external appearance substantially.

A very nice looking EMU

Well done nice to get a bargain now and then looks a nice clean locomotive personally I’d keep it in the green and look out for it in blue and cream cheers Al

Well done - a nice purchase! 👍 Phase 1 unit no.7126 entered service end-March 1959 and received its yellow warning panel 19th April 1966. Unit 7126 was outshopped Blue /Grey (full yellow ends) on 21st November 1968 (it missed out on receiving all-blue livery). It was refurbished 3rd February 1979 and renumbered 411509 (later 1509). I've provided a full history of the 4 CEP units on BloodandCustard.⚡ _On a personal note as Bachmann produce a Blue /Grey 4 CEP and the two liveries ran together (both could be seen with one of the rarer all-blue 4 CEP units) I'd personally consider retaining its green livery._

Thank you for sharing your experience in laying the third rail. 👍 Done the absolute right thing in not painting the conductor rail prior to fitting the insulator pots and current mainline railway practice is (usually) one insulator every five sleepers. Good advice in not using the risers too as it isn't possible to get the correct offset from the running edge with PECO code 75 /100 track. At 12"=1' it should measure around 16" - this equates to approximately 6mm for 00 track.⚡ In drilling the sleeper ends, the conductor rail insulator pots on Ewhurst Green are a simple press fit into place. Once an length is laid the rail is removed, coat of primer thence just a covering of sleeper grime before refitting - the insulators became brown (largely from brake dust) very quickly. If an insulator pot starts to sit proud a dob on pain usually assists.😉 In terms of your question, personally I would lay the conductor rail into both platforms and both lines (the railway would have done this for operational flexibility). 🌞 Don't compromise your layout for sake of having to be careful using a track rubber! _Personally tend to use other means for rail cleaning on Ewhurst Green's significant lengths of third rail with track rubbers only every used for problem spots._ Most of the time the Ten Commandment's rail cleaning wagon is used followed by a good vacuum with Dapol cleaning wagons (these are only ever used in vacuum mode). IPA is also used in moderation (Isopropyl alcohol not India Pale Ale). There are some models that will physically foul the conductor rail (there are prohibitions on the 12"=1' railway) such as the Pacer units while the Lima /Hornby EDLs need a little trimming on the underside of their bogies (moulded sand pipes if I recall).

These details look really good. You can leave it as it is and run it as a bi-directional line. Personally, I would do everything - but that does involve pain/cost. But you don't have to do it all at once. Track cleaning: just running trains frequently cuts out the need for a lot of track cleaning (just clean wheels every now and then). You can cut a slice of track cleaner off, mount it on a skewer and use that to clean the rail near the 3rd rail - OK, more pain.😂 Have you tried "Track Magic"? (I am just a happy user). Really cut down on the track cleaning I have to do.

great work col !