Dean Park Model Railway 342 | March Update 2024 | Amazing Locos, Coaches & Kits!

[@hermitageroad4713]

I agree about the bachmann peaks I think the shape is bang on

[@AnthonyONeill-h2n]

You have an incredible layout, great skills and techniques. Your videos are much appreciated.👍

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks :-) I’m so glad you enjoy my layout. Thanks for your support. Cheers. Dave

[@onnomulder9775]

Awesome update Dave!! Many thanks fro sharing this video! Cheers Onno.

[@ChrisPipinghot]

Another interesting and fantastic video Dave. Really enjoy your layout updates and love a general running session video just to see about the layout and seeing your different rolling stock and locos running.

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. Yeah i love running my locos and showing off the latest additions, so I’m glad you enjoy watching them.

[@lynganddistrict]

A long awaited and brilliant update - so many good additions going in. Thanks for showing us. Regards Steve

[@DeanPark]

Cheers Steve. Yeah it was long overdue too. I’ll hopefully get more time up loft in spring to push on with the scenics at the west end.

[@ewoodrailway]

Another great video Dave. That weathering on the peak looks great , love the Dean Park name plate

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. Yeah the peak weathering is the business! :-)

[@johnclarke7828]

Thanks for another great video. The Accurascale coaches look excellent and nice weathering on the 45. That gas storage tank is very interesting, I really like the weathering paint job you've done, Cheers, all the best.

[@DeanPark]

Thanks. Yeah I’m pretty pleased at how the tank has turned out if I’m honest. The peak is a lovely loco and the weathering really brings it to life. Glad you enjoyed watching, thanks for supporting the channel and getting in touch. Cheers. Dave

[@ClydebridgeStation]

Great video once again, the new Accurascale Mk2s look ace, and makes me more excited about mine, when they get released in Trans Pennine livery! Also, whilst not a steam fan, 60009 sounds great, and John Cameron would be very proud of your efforts in modelling his engine!

[@DeanPark]

Thanks Robert. She does sound good.

[@andydavidson9440]

Nice mix of stuff, all interesting Dave. Alex is a good guy and has done a great job on “Dean Park”

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. Yeah he did me well on the peak.

[@highlandersixtysix]

Super video, Dave, and your weathering on the gasometer kit is most excellent. The WHWW OHLE looks just the part for modern era layouts especially, as you say, with the proliferation of some excellent models - I was delighted to learn from them at Model Rail Scotland that us 'N' gauge folk won't be left out and that they'll introduce the same items in N once the 'OO' has undergone its full launch.

[@DeanPark]

Yeah the N Gauge stuff should be most welcomed.

[@douglasjenks8289]

Another excellent update, Dave. The gasometer is spot on!

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. I’m really pleased with it

[@warwickroadmodelrailway]

Great update, like the look of the gas cylinders and the OHLE

[@DeanPark]

cheers, yeah i'm really pleased with how the gas tank has turned out.

[@Keeganpassmore2011]

I love the videos Mr Watson/Dave. It’s really cool seeing what’s inside some of the trains and the boards, and quite nice how you build stuff

[@GreenhillJunction]

Gas tower looks ace. Very reminiscent of the ones at the M80 / M8 junction in Glasgow, throw back to my childhood. 😁 I think it would look good if the other one is at a different level. Great video as always. Cheers, John.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, cheers. Yeah I think I’ll look into doing it at a different level. Depends is it still hides the back corner where the 90 degree corner is.

[@davetedd3633]

Remember the "Glasgow's miles Better 😀" slogan on the towers!

[@hayridgemodelrail4046]

Great update Dave, the layout is really coming alone, and the new additions will only add to the atmosphere.

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. Yeah there is always something to be done, added and built. :-) Dave

[@darrelldeltic807]

Superb update! Really excited about the OHLE and I’ll always take your headspans off you Dave 🤣🤭 cheers Darrell

[@DeanPark]

Cheers Darrell. Oh they aint pulled out of the layout just yet lol.

[@darrelldeltic807]

@@DeanPark 🤣 just getting in there early 😆👍

[@James-Akers]

Great video as always Dave, love the gas cylinders (the weathering in particular) and the OHLE, this looks like it'll be a superb range once it is in stock James

[@DeanPark]

Cheers James. Yeah I’m really pleased with the weathering effects on this structure. Building the other one now! :-)

[@WaltononTrent]

As a 90s West Coaster, I can't wait to see the full OHLE range. It looks well thought out and easy to construct.

[@DeanPark]

It is impressive stuff and really shows how far 3D printers have come in the last 3-4 years! It’s frightening how quickly technology is advancing!

[@jonathandnicholson]

Thank you for sharing.

[@wolvertoncentresidings5676]

As always a very enjoyable and informative video Dave. I'm looking forward to seeing the full range of WHWW portals as I model the west coast mainline and will soon be at the point of fitting OHLE. Thanks again Steve

[@DeanPark]

The OHLE looks great and the way they are designing it to easily fit the registration arms and magnetic base is very clever.

[@deansweeney8203]

Another great update the peak looks fantastic

[@cedarcam]

The gas holders look really good. I have used a few Walthers kits and fond them good value they have been well designed to go together easily too. A friend said to look on the Mech modals stand at Glasgow show who have a good range of Walthers kits and I did find one I was looking for there. I will look up the OHL those masts look real good and a great idea fitting them with magnetic bases.

[@goforitpainting]

Really cool 👍

[@DeanPark]

Thanks. Glad you liked watching :-)

[@DeltaJazzUK]

The layout is really looking great now.

[@jonahspiper]

Thanks so much Dave for this great update and the amazing news regarding OHLE and the links! I've just ordered all the track for my first layout in 36 years, it will be based on the WCML south of Birmingham circa early 80s. Nearly all the motive power is now available, I have even ordered an essential Britannia Pacific Class 310. My biggest concern has always been the correct knitting so this is very positive news. Now my only concern is the post as I'm doing it all in Thailand!

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

excellent

[@Guitar6ty]

Awesome build thought it was O gauge its that good. Handy tip for weathering use a childs water colour set but add a bit of washing up liquid to the water and you get a robust matt finish.

[@charlemontparkway00gaugemo31]

Those catenary look spot on shall keep an eye on those from west hill, only thing i have left to do, thanks for uploading atb phil @ charlemont parkway

[@DeanPark]

Keep an eye on my channel too….ill be launching them, showing off the full range of masts available

[@charlemontparkway00gaugemo31]

@@DeanPark keep an eye on my next upload Dave im collecting finished weathered container rake tomorrow (friday), ive already seen the photos they are something else 😀

[@chrisjubb-hearnborough]

Because of you Dave I've got sound in my Hornby A4 which is amazing so thank you for sending me what you got. I saw the OHLE prototypes at WHWW the week before Glasgow and although it's not something I'll ever model the attention to detail on them is amazing.

[@DeanPark]

haha, oops. But it is worth it though! sounds good.

[@Andy1962-in-Kinross]

Dave it’s always great to catch up on all the new developments at Dean Park. No9 really sounds good. Really takes the model to the next level. If I hadn’t already gone down the Hornby HM7000 sound route for my Dublo A4 & A3 this would definitely be my choice too. The Mk2 coaches really are the dog’s pyjamas. I’ve got the WCRC liveried coaches which look great behind Scotsman & No9. I can highly recommend them to you. You’re right to highlight the improvement in the magnetic couplings & the onboard lighting. Having had a demo of the WHWW catenary at Model Rail Scotland I’m now really looking forward to seeing the final product. Interestingly, the WHWW guys were keen to know if I would use wires. They know their stuff and highlighted the difficulty in producing a correct scale wire. I think I’m likely to not bother with the wire and trust my failing eyesight to trick me into thinking they’re there.

[@DeanPark]

I’m looking into the wires. I’ve started it with the lower level so may as well keep going on the upper!

[@hermitageroad4713]

another great video of a great layout

[@ausfoodgarden]

The paintwork on the gasometer looks great. I'm old enough to remember we had 2 near where we lived but they seemed much larger than the one you have. Maybe there are different sizes based on usage volumes or perhaps it's that I was a kid and everything seemed larger.😊 Excellent update. Cheers!

[@DeanPark]

Some gas towers were huge! These ones are relatively small in comparison to UK ones. Glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for watching. Cheers. Dave

[@MrVinnyh]

Hi Dave, a good update on the layout, as a youth (50 something years ago), I worked with a uncle on a milk round (the canteen & offices were delivered to), we delivered to Romford Gas Works, I was first surprised at the number of brick buildings and number of pipes with walls around them! some 30 year later I worked for Yara delivering furtizer, at two of the storage plants Bristol & Dagenham docks they had riveted storage tanks (these were pre WW2, after which they were all welded). Also when Omex took the oil depot at Ipswich over they had to change all the valves, screw shut off points, from brass/alloy to steel as the fertilizer dissolved the metals, brass or alloy was used due no sparks. On naming the Peak, its your railway it looks right so what is wrong? I can remember seeing a exhibition layout were all the locos, wagons & carriages were painted by hand using Humbrol oil paint by brush in lates say very original colours.

[@DeanPark]

Cheers! I’ll have some pipes going in their direction. And perhaps going underground before reaching them. I’ll have to see. I really like my Peak depot pet loco. Wanted to name one after the layout for years. So I decided to give that honour to a dirty old peak.:-)

[@johnwalker9750]

Looking forward to your future video on fitting the brass snow ploughs to your Bachmann 37s. I feel this is something I should attempt for my two, but worry that I would exceed my weekly sweary word quota in minutes!

[@DeanPark]

It’s not a quick task! But it’s sooooo worth it to see them fitted.

[@mels1811]

Brilliant video

[@daviemaclean61]

I have a few Walthers kits on my layout. Some of them are very good for filling your spares box with parts to make something else scratch built later. When are you adding the Glasgow' Smiles Better signage Dave? Impressive looking structure. Really like your personalised Peak. I don't have a Class 45 as yet, but it's on the shopping list. I do, however, have a block of flats called Dean Park! ;-) Having just repurposed an old Dapol signal gantry I'm blown away with the fineness of these OHLE masts. Cheers

[@DeanPark]

That slogan takes me back! New OHLE has been a long time coming. I have worked with WHWW to get this released. Its looking very promising and goes beyond what I thought was possible.

[@jacksonphreak]

Keep your scratchbuilt Headspans Dave. The goods loop would be electrified, even though it's little used.

[@DeanPark]

I’m looking at all options. It will be a while off yet :-)

[@JohnSmith-sl1my]

Used to see these gas meters every where . As said nearly all gone. Good kit for the layout 👍

[@DeanPark]

Cheers John. Yeah they were a common sight.

[@davidstrains4910]

Overall good update here Dave, some great things covered, the new accurascale mk2s look quite nice, might be something I add in the future though as currently I made more than enough mk2 coaches plus I’m currently on the lookout for other models right now, mainly wagons, that overhead catenary looks quite good, maybe something I will try in the future also as I would like to try doing an overhead line when I can start building a layout, overall a good job on the 45, while I will admit I’m not a huge fan of fictional locomotives in OO gauge I can overlook something that relates to the layout and having a loco named after your layout is certanly a good idea, overall some great things in this update Dave, keep up the great work.

[@DeanPark]

Cheers. Yeah I’m not a fan of fictional liveries and names. But I decided to make an exception here. Thanks. Dave

[@miked6335]

"Traffic westbound on the LIE is backed up to the Elmhurst gas tanks" was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thumbnail. Your gasometer looks really neat with the weathering! Wasn't there one of these at the end of the block that the Huggets lived on?

[@DeanPark]

Yeah the tanks look good. I'll be building the second one soon.

[@HenrikSweden1]

nice video. That gas tower looks really nice. If you are going to put it in a tight spot, and still want more of them, you could take a photo of the finished kit, in the correct lighting and print it. Put the cutout behind or next to the gas tower and voila you got an impressive industrial site. I have done that with walters cementsilos and could double that building without using mores space. Thanks for the video !

[@DarrenJMould-g4h]

Darrenbury Central HI love the gas holder. Just a thought on over head lines you could get a spool of Pike fishing wire trace line it's metal v thin . Enjoy the shows. Tatty bi

[@DeanPark]

Yeah I do like the gas holder too :-) Nice idea about the pike wire. I’ve got some really thin wires I could also use if the peco ones don’t do the job. :-)

[@clivecobbold6815]

Hi Dave the ohle looks great mate I am still waiting on my BR MK2B coaches I have BR MK2C coaches on order to mate

[@DeanPark]

Cheers Clive.

[@RichardWilson1984]

The rusting on the gasometer is suberb

[@DeanPark]

Cheers Richard. I’m pretty darn pleased with it if I’m honest :-) glad you like it too. Dave

[@scotiajinker8392]

There used to be 2 gas towers about 400 yrds from where I stayed in cambuslang near Glasgow , one was blue & the other was green.

[@squeaksvids5886]

Personally I think you should keep the headspan style OHLE as that’s more prototypical of the ECML electrification. Loved the weathering on the 45, great model.

[@DeanPark]

Hi. It’ll all be down to how compatible they turn out to be with the peco wires etc. won’t be decided for a while. :-)

[@mikeryan959]

I like the work on the gas tank especially the rusting effect. A question though - you say (rightly) that the bits exposed to the air and weather would be more affected, but by that argument the bottom layer would be horrible. Perhaps the answer is that the bottom layer is easier to maintain. Whatever, it adds to the whole atmosphere of the layout.

[@anthonymizen9095]

The new overhead wires look great and really robust…however I do think you should keep the ones you made yourself in somewhere given the amount of time you probably spent on them. Look forward to seeing more of no9 running around your layout

[@chrissouthgate4554]

When you mount the 1/2 Gas Storage Tank it may well look better if the other i/2 of the lattice could be represented behind the low relief. A photo taken from the inside before you mounted the Tank might work, either photographed against the Bask seane or printed onto clear OP Film so that the background shows through the Lattice.

[@andrewshaw4052]

That's gasometer looks fantastic with the weathering. The ohl looks the part, had a quick look at Glasgow but didn't get chance speak to them. Is the a rough due date for them

[@DeanPark]

Hopefully late spring for the launch of the OHLE! I’m itching to get it on my layout!

[@peterfinch5077]

Gasometer weathering looks just right. On your headspans i think it would be a shame to remove them as they are an iconic element of 1980s electrification on a very tight budget. However as you mentioned you don't need to make a decision just yet.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, I am pleased with the effects on the gas tower, so thanks for saying it looks good. I’ll see how the first phase of the upper mainly electrification goes. The headspans are not going anywhere for now :-)

[@johnthompson2772]

Great update as usual Dave. You have the only Hornby A4 i need, i assume it is a Great Gathering example ? Struggling to find one, but I’m sure one will turn up ! Loved the sound fitment piece you did on it, it sounds great and I’m tempted now to add sound into one of my own. Just a question. Your attention to detail has always grasped my attention and you will give anything a go, however you seem to give the weathering to someone else to do. Don’t you fancy it ? That said, the weathered Peak looks fantastic. Keep it coming Dave. Great stuff

[@DeanPark]

Hi. It’s the recent great gathering model yeah. I’m confident in weathering structures and scenery. And I’m now starting to dabble in rolling stock. However for this task I wanted Alex to do the honours. I will eventually tackle my own rolling stock. But at the price of things and not having time to really focus on it I’m happy to leave it to more experienced people for now. I’m sure I could do it. As you say, my attention to detail is there and I’ll give things a go. So one day I’ll unveil a weathered loco or two done by me ;-) I study the ones I get done for me and it’s certainly not beyond my abilities. But it’s still beyond my bravery lol

[@robappleby2359]

Dave, I've enjoyed your videos for some time now, while I begin work on my own layout. My current plans are to build a small layout in the garage but I wondered whether the loft might be a more suitable location. I note in the recent videos, the excellent lighting and insulated cladding and, in searching some of the earlier videos, that these weren't fitted. Have you done a video on developing the loft to accommodate your layout? If so, could you point me at it? Thanks

[@DeanPark]

Hi, I added the foil during my layout build. It’s stapled to the trusses. It doesn’t stop the place getting cold or hot on summer but it does help take the extremes off these temperatures. Also, it stops damp. The lighting has recently been upgraded using LED style lighting…similar to a twin fluorescent tube unit but now LED.

[@robappleby2359]

@@DeanPark Did you add insulation foam between the trusses before adding the foil or have you just stapled the foil? Do you think foam would make a difference? …. Pricey, though!! 😮

[@seanmonaghan8545]

Great video, particularly like those ploughs you've fitted to the Class 37, miles better than the Bachmann stock ones. What make are they? I'm having no luck finding etched ploughs on Google!

[@DeanPark]

Hi, they are PH design…. phd-design-etchings.co.uk However getting them is a bit of a faff. You have to order, then send a cheque away to him (cheques….remember them?!!) and then once it’s been cashed he sends out the stuff. He doesn’t do PayPal, any card payments, online transfers etc. it’s a 1980’s old school retail experience!

[@LaurenceHoward-f4h]

Nice update video. Does the close coupling of the mk2s cause any issues on points or 2nd radius curves?

[@DeanPark]

Hi, I only have a min of 3rd radius in my storage yard and it’s fine there.

[@ethankerr05]

whats the height difference of the accurascale mk2s compared to mk1 and other vehicles this is a big issue on the bachmann ones

[@dallasthomas9298]

Great video Dave, Im a relative modeller so this may be a silly question, the Gas Tanks look great, being HO do they look our of place on a OO layout.

[@DeanPark]

Hi. No they don’t. They are quite big structures in model form so they look ok on a OO gauge. Plus I’ve got them at the back of the layout so the slightly smaller scale helps force perspective a little. There are not OO gauge options out there so these have to do. Cheers. Dave

[@RichardBCumbrianModelRailways]

Tangent from trains: A lot of web devs I follow do the reaction face, does it work? Only asking because I run an event company and wondered if this will help boost my engagement.

[@DeanPark]

Hi. I only did it for a bit of fun. I don’t usually do it. I prefer not to show myself on camera as it’s not about me, it’s about the layout. :-) that’s the way I see it anyway.

[@terrygee1628]

Instead of taking the whole wall out to accommodate the masts, why not cut the wall where the masts are going to be placed and build a bay wall around them. just an idea.

[@DeanPark]

Hi. Yeah that was considered but I’ve not got the space behind the mast to build behind it.