Thank you so much, that's very much appreciated

Good morning Martin, and thank you for your lovely comment, I did enjoy building this little layout, it sounds like you have had a really rough time, and I hope you are now well on the way to recovery, I myself had heart problems 12 months ago, and found when I had the strength to get back to modelling it really helped me, it's nice to have a bit of escapism, I will subscribe to your channel and hopefully when you feel ready, I will be able to watch you modelling again, I wish you all a very best, take care of yourself, Carl

@carlroberts2539 thank 😊 for the reply I was building the metcalfe brewery to covert into a distillery When my head blew a fuse

I know that building well, metcalfe have a lovely collection of card models, I believe I've built most of them except for the castle, but will confess straight away. I always seem to end up with spare parts, well when I say spare parts, I mean bits I've missed out by mistake, or just too fiddly for my aging eyesight, but you can cut them up and alter them so easily, really put your own stamp on them, all the best to you Martin

@carlroberts2539 thank 😊 you for the reply I was an ex social media manager feedback is always great

@carlroberts2539 thank you for the reply

Many thanks that's very kind of you to say, wishing you all the best

Very kind of you to say Thomas, I built this a few years ago now, and certainly built some weird layouts since, wishing you all the best

Many thanks for your comments, very much appreciated, I'm a big fan of boot lane works, really lovely people and models, hope to have more in the future

Hi Paul, thank you for liking the videos, I find old clock winding keys the best for couplings, I should do a video on them really, I just use the handle part and cut the winding section off, if you have access to Facebook, I have shown what I use on there, but if not, I will do a clip, all the best

@@carlroberts2539 Thanks so much. I'll keep a look out now for these.

Hi Gareth, it's from ID Backscenes, and is called Llanberis, product code 255A, it's a UK company and should cost around £16.50, all the best

Peter, I envy you, I would've so loved to have seen that exhibition in Birmingham, in my opinion they should be on permanent display somewhere, such a talented man, Happy New Year to you

Brilliant, we need a revival!!!!

Many thanks Alan, some of your Sons creative genius has rubbed off on me, such a special lad, Happy New Year to you.

Many thanks for liking the layout, I have a Facebook page that I put most of this layout build on, it's called, Carl's Whimsical Railways, Rowland Emett was I believe a Draftsman, and he started drawing cartoons mainly of what was happening in the UK to the railway system, if you can get your hands on a copy of one of his collections, I would recommend the early morning milk train book, you can get it for around £15. It's by far his best collection. I'm sure you'll enjoy it., he was also invited to build a railway for the great exhibition in Battersea Park, it was mainly for children. My father was lucky enough to ride on it when he was a boy., probably his most famous work was the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, all of the inventions in the film were designed and made by him, wishing you all the best, Carl

Hi Carl, no worries, you're welcome. Excellent I'll come say hi, and take a look. OK, cool I'll have a look for it. I bet that would have been an amazing experience to ride around on his creations. Yeah, I found a video of one of his exhibitions and that said he'd made the Chitty Chitty inventions. Thanks for the info, Mick

Colin my friend, you have supported me from the start and encourage me so much, I want you to know how very grateful I am, and I do apologise for not replying to everything or commenting on your posts, but be assured I do look and study your modelling, I've learnt a lot from you, wishing you and your family the happiest of times at Christmas, and of course you living where you do, will step into the New Year before us, it'll be a great one,

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, thank you for liking this slightly different layout, I'm looking forward to doubling its size in 2025, it would be lovely if you hop on for the ride, all the best, my friend

Hello Tony, the builders are getting on well so hopefully in 2025 you could come and visit in the new model room and we could have a good chat about modelling, wishing you and your family the very best

@, ok to that Carl! I hope to restart on the Bowden Parva Railway in February (subject to

Subject to permission from the Boss, too many projects, too little time despite being retired!

Hello Brian, thank you for your lovely words, next year I should have more room and a permanent set up, which I intend to double the size of the layout, it's a very easy railway to come up with ideas for, wishing you all the very best, and see you next year, Carl

So lovely to hear from you, and I wish you a very happy holiday season, and look forward to 2025, all the best my friend

Hello Tony, I managed to find your amazing layout, it's so so good, and I met somebody, sorry can't remember who it was, that had actually seen it, and of course mentioned it was far better to see it in real life, so hopefully one day I will, Chris has bought a few more bits from me in 009. I believe she has a new layout on the way., I really must get my lazy butt moving and come out and see you guys, wishing you all the very best my friend

Thank you so much, and I wish you a wonderful holiday time and look forward to a great New Year, see you then with some more silly railways ha ha, all the very best to you

Hello John, yes, how did you miss this one? I still had three 009 layouts up until two weeks, unfortunately my eyesight is deteriorating and so this scale is out of my reach these days, but on a positive note, I sold the layouts and all my stock for a nice amount, and reinvested it in the new Bachmann NG7 range which I'm very much looking forward to Building in between visits to coffee shops, I can't wait also for the builders to complete my new modelling room or studio as a Net likes to refer to it, but with everything else they're doing first I don't think it's going to be ready until next summer, all the best lad and catch you soon

Many thanks, I hope you still have that book, it's probably worth a fortune now, like your dad, I love English humour especially Emett, so I've tried to turn his artwork into a layout, all the best Carl

Oh thanks for that, funny thing is, I'm in the UK and I bought these off USA eBay and when they turned up, boy were they battered, they must've had a hard journey, so I had no choice but to repair the roofs, and I wasn't sure how they go down, I build my layout just out of my head with no research or from pictures, so I really appreciate your comments, all the best year

That's really kind of you to say, thank you so very much, wishing you all the best, Carl

Thank you Robert, I wasn't sure what the correct term was, nice little wagons though, all the best

Thanks Tony, not sure quite where I'm going with this one yet, did think about nicking your track plan from your lovely layout, it was a proper treat to see it running, the other layouts at the show were all good, but I've seen that sort of thing so so many times, where is yours Put a smile on my face and I watched from a distance to see the reaction the showgoers, smiles and interest from adults and children alike, top job mate, all the best and see you soon, Carl

Thank you I learnt a lot that weekend, change in plans over the half term holidays, so back into Grandpa’s repair shop later in the week, if I get permission………. 😂

Hey Tony, so nice to meet you the other day and what a lovely layout your creating, with lots of nice ideas to come, I especially like the airship thingy you have in mind, great to see so many people enjoying the show, sorry, I wasn't able to get back, hopefully when I get my train room open, you and your family will come and visit, you don't have an excuse as you're only down the road, ha ha, I should've asked your permission, but I'm Building or starting to build a new engine, which I would like to call the Cherrington I got the idea when I was chatting with you, all the best, my friend catch you soon

Hi Jeff, lovely to hear from you and thanks for your kind words again, On30 certainly changed my modelling, I was in a bit of a rutt modelling UK stuff mainly, then I stumbled across the scale, so very different to what I've been doing and I just took to it straight away, and then of course On18 followed along nicely, Calvin has been super good to me, with helping advice and generally pointing me in the right direction, I do tend to go off plan a bit now and again, maybe a bit whimsical or just cartoony, but it's not hurting anyone, not sure where I'm going with this one as yet, but I think I might keep it micro, hope you're well and happy modelling all the best Carl

@@carlroberts2539 Calvin is a 🌟. How do you do your hook and chain couplings?

Jeff, I just use a track pin , bent slightly and short piece of chain, I do glue the chain to one of the wagons permanently, not a great way of doing it I know but I haven't come up with anything better yet

@@carlroberts2539 Excellent... thank you!