Canberra Model Railway Exhibition - 2023

[@Trainskitsetc]

Looks fun, other than being in Canberra 😆 that aside I'd definately go

[@WillJamesRailways]

Well worth the trip!

[@seansunley2311]

Agreed, Newcastle 1899 is an amazing model railway!

[@WillJamesRailways]

It’s an amazing thing to see!

[@michaelimpey1407]

Will, thank you for a great Exhibition report. I never realised how large and diverse the Canberra Exhibition was. looks like a great one to visit. The N Scale Newcastle layout was amazing, such detail and attention. Thank you again for sharing, cheers, and stay safe, Michael

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks Michael! It was a lot bigger than I thought it was going to be! I’ll certainly be back!

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

Excellent thanks for sharing

[@WillJamesRailways]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!

[@AustralianNScale]

Couldn't agree more Newcastle is amazing! Ross is a weapon

[@WillJamesRailways]

It’s an absolute work of art! I’m really glad lots of people got to see it here and at Rosehill on the weekend!

[@richardskelton5119]

Great video, well informed commentary and the background music was kept in the background.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank you very much Richard!

[@mels1811]

Brilliant video Will James 🙂

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank you!

[@tonyosborne2080]

Awesome thanks

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks Tony!

[@FogartyAvenue]

This is absolutely incredible. 👏

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank you Les!

[@stevieb9699]

Fantastic video from the other side of the world. Very impressive, me and my old Dad (89) watched this together and were thoroughly entertained. All the very best from England.

[@railroadsdownunder8200]

Great video will! Worth the wait.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Glad you liked it! It’s been on Patreon for sometime however!

[@kenfowler1980]

Looked fantastic! Thx Will

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks Ken!

[@Chickenchicken46]

1899 is amazing, 10 years and majority of it is scratch built. Great vid again Will

[@WillJamesRailways]

It’s an amazing piece of art!

[@redstorm2003]

The Generic Layout is fantastic. Thanks Will. Internal staging area is a brilliant idea giving the illusion of trains coming from far away places.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Something different and really well done!

[@mongolike513]

Wow, very high standard all round.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Some really great stuff at this exhibition! It was well worth the trip’

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Really nice showcase of these layouts. I get more enjoyment from seeing them in your videos than actually attending in person due to the crowds and noise. Newcastle was quite outstanding, a different perspective with the wonderful harbour and ship models. 😊✔

[@traingoddess]

I was actually there at the exhibition displaying my little N scale layout Lapford.

[@WillJamesRailways]

I missed a number of layout’s unfortunately due to time. I know next year (hopefully) I’ll have to be there both days! Sorry again

[@traingoddess]

​@@WillJamesRailways Don't worry about it and if I am displaying my layout there next year (which I probably will) it'll have more on it too as it's still a WIP.

[@billparas5114]

What a totally enjoyabke hour, Will.🙏🙏. Having been born in Newcastle, I think it was my favourite also. Thanks for your professional work. Also, Binalong comes in as a close 2nd. Ooooo rooo.. 😊

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank Bill!

[@Sim0nTrains]

Great coverage, there some good model layouts on display, 11:02 love how the rear carriage of that Network SouthEast livery Class 159 just uncouples from the train!

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank you! Ah yes the old slip coach!

[@goforitpainting]

Really cool.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed seeing the exhibition!

[@MarchWestJunctionTMD]

Great channel 👍 just Subscribed 👍

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thank you so much!

[@Scav3nger53]

Cheers Will, took a while to catch up with this one while I'm travelling Europe. Another great exhibition video, some stunning layouts. Cheers!

[@redstorm2003]

Wow, the quality of layouts in this show is very good indeed. Congratulation to members of the respective clubs. Newcastle is superb work. Goulburn is very nice.

[@WillJamesRailways]

It was an excellent exhibition!

[@PGW85Productions]

I was bitterly disappointed that I couldn’t attend this year, so thank you for sharing. I’m only up to the Golburn layout, and already am enjoying it greatly!

[@the_train_girl]

Some amazing modelling going on here. Well done everyone 👏🏼

[@WillJamesRailways]

A really high standard at this exhibition!

[@susannestoffel2534]

Very good scenes!

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice video Will. What an exhibition! so many excellent layouts that were all run superbly well. I agree Newcastle 1899 was a superb layout.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks Nicholas! How good is it! It belongs in a museum!

[@teraris]

Being very familiar with the old and former station at Newcastle, I'm impressed by scope and accuracy of the depiction in the 1890's. It looks as through it's still a work-in-progress with space to depict the old loco-sheds and workshops.

[@garyspeed8961]

same here.. studied at newcastle uni from 1971 and boarded in Newcastle East but lived in Sydney so commuted every weekend... passed thru Newcastle Station on the flyer sunday enening... ... and many afternoons wandering thru the goods yard

[@hartleymartin]

The layout also appeared at Rose Hill. It is an amazing piece of work.

[@Locoman3801]

Thanks for sharing your great video Will , for people like me who can't make it to this exhibition as we live so far away ( in W.A. ) - it's great that people like you are able to share your views so that people like us can see what was on show ; the annual Perth model railway exhibition is held over the June long weekend ( which is usually the 1st weekend of June ) by A.M.R.A. W.A. at the Claremont showgrounds ; It'd be great to see you there someday if you can make it along.

[@JohnBachofer]

I absolutely loved that multi-themed layout at the beginning of the video. Something like that is something I would like to do with my own model railway I want to build since my collection is a mix and match of USA and UK (I wish I could add Australian trains to that roster but Australian trains really aren't readily available here in the USA sadly). So seeing someone else execute a similar idea and so well done is really motivating.

[@ducky_the_helper]

That n guage MZ was awsome

[@WillJamesRailways]

Make me want N scale just for that!

[@ducky_the_helper]

@@WillJamesRailways help me boycott auscision until they drop everything and produce MZs

[@donotwantahandle1111]

3:01 Double stacking and slugs!

[@JohnBachofer]

Revisiting this one because I recently caught onto something particular about that Generic Layout from the Coff's Coast modelers. Having watched several other videos of it, I'm noticing a pattern. Clearly one of the guys in that group is a fan of the Santa Fe Railway because almost every one of those videos I watched showed a Santa Fe train. In this video alone I saw three, two active one idle. I know I can get behind that, the Santa Fe is my favorite American railway hands down, with Union Pacific in a very close second place. There's just something about Santa Fe's red/silver or blue/yellow "Warbonnet" livery that really does it for me.

[@AussiePom]

Will, I think the Generic HO Scale first appeared a number of years ago at Whitlam Centre Liverpool NSW by Coffs Harbour Modellers. I think they sold that layout some time back. They had a custom built van to transport the layout. Newcastle in N scale is exquisite.

[@The_New_IKB]

I love how the Australian stuff is so British but bigger!!!

[@WillJamesRailways]

Very much so!

[@MinusFiveStars_]

I saw CHIPS recently at Richmond Vale. Super cool.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Nice!

[@NathanielPiscian]

The signals here are sooo Mmmmmmmm 🤌

[@WillJamesRailways]

Some really nice work!

[@ewoutrohling]

36:24 shame you swung by when I wasn't there, would've gladly given the XPT a spin for ya!

[@WillJamesRailways]

Sorry I didn’t get a shot of it, I only get a limited window of time per layout unfortunately. Sorry again

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks!

[@pixelwash9707]

Notable lack of VR locos and suburbans, great to see the work done creating Australian looking scenery, even if it was just clever selection of backdrops.

[@sithlordofoz]

Looks like a great show. Shame Brisbane can't do as good a job. Was at that one over the 6/7 May and the standard of modelling was much poorer.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Thanks Kevin it was! What a shame, that’s such a big show to! The Rosehill one was outstanding!

[@ConRob_The_Gunzel]

Are you going to go to AMRE this year?

[@WillJamesRailways]

Yes I will be!

[@ConRob_The_Gunzel]

@@WillJamesRailways ooh can't wait to see you there! Hopefully you'll be around on the Saturday afternoon

[@victoriansteamandheritager459]

Will you make a trip report anytime soon?

[@WillJamesRailways]

Yeah there’s one or two coming!

[@MAte925]

Can someone tell me address of where they have Canberra exibition> suburb in realation to civic!

[@alanatkins4315]

Were there any unit's with graffiti, then the lay outs would look more like what we see around .

[@WillJamesRailways]

Not much! It’s something a lot of modelers won’t add unfortunately!

[@Trainspotteguy]

Carriage detach when it goes fast

[@iainm1594]

Some good looking model railways shown here, especially Goulburn, however, the video was ruined for me by the completely unnecessary background music. Take some guidance from most other similar model railway videos on KZbin, very few of which have background music.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Hello Iain. Thanks for the feedback, I get very few comments regarding the music. I feel I do have to keep it as other wise it’s a lot of dead air with people talking behind the camera. If I do start to receive a majority of messages calling for now more music I’ll reconsider producing them in they way/at all! Thanks again Will

[@simonmitchell4800]

I was fine with it Will. Would have been dead boring otherwise.

[@CheekyFest]

@ 11'03" - oops

[@railtrolley]

And 44:40. It happens to all of us at some point.

[@allanchapman6250]

Couldn’t watch all of it the music was monotonous why people put it in I don’t know.

[@WillJamesRailways]

Because other wise the option is silence, or people talking behind the camera. Sorry. There is a mute button if that helps and put subtitles on!

[@Beatlefan67]

The Newcastle layout is amazing but the trains are FAR too fast! No horse dump on the road either and everything is clinically clean. Sorry; I feel guilty about criticising it!

[@Nebarus]

Railway? That is a straiinge name... I would have called it wazzatravelidoes...

[@WillJamesRailways]

Hahahaha not bad!

[@margarita8442]

looks boring

[@WillJamesRailways]

So do you!

[@margarita8442]

@@WillJamesRailways boring