Coop Shunt - Canadian H0 shelf layout

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

The more I find out about the state of our nation, the more I like watching model railroad videos

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you

[@SpringfieldAndWestern]

Realy beautiful switching video - well done!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks!

[@tracksideontario]

I love the little details - the bilingual stop signs, the subdivision signs an the crossbucks. They all add to the feeling of being there.

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks! My good friend Chris helped with photos of real ones in Dartmouth and Google Streetview helped with other elements. I think it’s about picking which elements tell the story and including them without making the whole thing overcrowded and toy like.

[@JebbAdams]

Awesome job!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Quite an old video now this one, but thank you! Currently working on another Kaslo MLW switcher, am RS23.

[@markh.6687]

Like the hand-drawn details on the building flats to be constructed; we'll put some happy little windows here, and a door here...

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Just like an old episode of Paddington Bear! Buildings are slowly being fleshed out, I finished the basics of the most complicated shape one this weekend.

[@boxryde382]

Loved the video. Please make more of this style!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

I will look at doing some… I think there are some of Kinross and Paxton Road in a similar style without dialogue.

[@gordonkennaway3847]

Wonderfully filmed video

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you, that’s kind, I enjoyed trying out some ideas with this video and will do another as work on the remaining Scenics progresses.

[@XBOXShawn12thman]

WOW ... I'm very impressed with this layout ... I'm subscribing 👍

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks Shawn

[@pwsod]

Relaxing 😊

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks! More of an experiment than a proper video, but glad you enjoyed it.

[@pwsod]

I have a copy of your book and find it a bit like “Zen in the art of building a model railway“. IE model railways reduced to its pure essence. I also have a very thumbed book called Model Railroading with John Allen that I have owned for decades and can still remember Johns magazine articles from the 1950s.

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you, I feel very humbled to be in such company. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the new book out in the autumn

[@pwsod]

@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways new book? Yes please. Reserve me a copy for my birthday.

[@johnvincent2792]

Truly inspirational 🙏🏿😎

[@bernicemeade3232]

Nice and neat layout

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks, very kind.

[@nickrails]

This could definitely be a mini series on your different builds - Shunt Meditations

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you, as a ‘proof of concept’ it works. I need to refine some of the angles to remove foreground ‘tells’ that we’re on a layout… oh and finish the structures! They are enjoyable to put together so I’m pleased people also enjoy watching them.

[@moghobbystuff]

really smart layout.. and love the alco sound ;-) Subbed!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you, I hope you enjoy digging about the back catalogue as well.

[@chorlton4]

Love the structues, scratch built or Pikestuff? The Alco S2 (?) is Atlas presumably. A fiddle stick needed maybe.

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

All the structures are scratchbuilt based upon those on the real Beaverbrook in Moncton, New Brunswick. the loco is a Montreal Locomotive Works S13, a resin kit running on a much modified Bachmann mechanism. It’s built along the wall of my workshop and runs from wall to wall. No fiddlestick required.

[@chorlton4]

Thanks for that, cheers Paul@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

No problem! thanks for subscribing.

[@smallrails6831]

Nice layout

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

thanks, there is plenty more on the blog.

[@marka87]

Very nice!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks, it’s still got a lot more work required but despite the simplicity I love operating it!

[@aeyb701]

Love your work, especially the loco. Why Terra Transport? You have a Newfoundland connection?

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks Jon!

[@PostmoderneModelWorks]

Very nice.

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you!

[@RailfanDownunder]

😊 superb

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thank you - glad you enjoyed it.

[@RailfanDownunder]

@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways my layout 'Sandy Creek' (mk. 3) will be similar in operation - small locomotives and small trains albeit South Gippsland Victoria Australia circa 1983-1985

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Sounds fantastic!

[@1Nanerz]

Nice S13. Point 1 models resin kit?

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

No, it’s a resin kit from Kaslo on a much modified Bachmann S4 chassis with Tsunami2 decoder.

[@jeffmurphree2937]

I gather this is a shelf layout. Have you posted a track plan? Looks very realistic without all the unnecessary clutter one sees so often modeled. Clutter is not detail.

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

It is just the two turnouts. If you look in the channel I think there is one called Heart Felt Layout Tour which also talks about this layout. Viewed at eye level and a work in progress, but you’re right, clutter isn’t detail.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

James, what are the dimensions of this layout? I am in the planning stages of my first layout, but I think I need to build a much smaller one first, e.g., a shadow box diorama of sorts, or just a tiny shelf < 6 ft / 1.83 m. Thank-you...

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

This is just over 8ft long, not much deeper than a 1ft over most of its length.

[@What_If_We_Tried]

@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways Thanks, really appreciate that, and your HO switching layout is inspirational. * subscribed *

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

Thanks!

[@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways]

You might like to look out for my books on small layout design, published by Wild Swan and available from good railway book shops, including the Titfield a Thunderbolt (www.titfield.co.uk)

[@What_If_We_Tried]

@@JamesHiltonCustomModelRailways I'll look for those right away, and did you paint your background, or is it a print, or a mix of the two?