Dean Park Station Video 112 - March Update & How to use Plaster Cloth

I've had a few requests to upload another update, so here is what I have been working on since the last update! Lots to do!

[@baboonmcgoon6605]

Excellent video Dave. I really like the way you not only show the layout as it progresses but tell the viewers how you achieved a certain stage and provide information (heights and thicknesses etc) and 'how to's' as well. Great stuff.

[@DeanPark]

Cheers, yes I think it is important to share how you do it, lets other have a go themselves! Dave

[@robmasterman]

Jaw droppingly brilliant Dave....every single detail is carefully considered then built...inspirational and brilliant work as always...Best wishes...Bob

[@DeanPark]

Cheers...its slowly coming together. Its all enjoyment for me. The planning, the measuring, the mocking up, the making...more planning! It feels like a 00 gauge Structural and Civil Engineering job all rolled in to one! Dave

[@trainsontuesday]

Fantastic progress Dave. I was particularly impressed by the precision of your woodwork for the backing of the retaining walls and the fit of the new top section. I like the format of the video as well, i.e. the intermittent running along with the work description. Excellent, thank you. David.

[@DeanPark]

cheers David. Yeah I need the woodwork backing to prevent the MDF from warping, both with the glue and with the temperatures. I will seal all exposed wood with grey weather-seal primer to protect it as much as possible. Dave

[@Metaphase1980]

Wow is this layout showing some serious potential! I can't wait to see the end result! With that said, the journey is equally enjoyable! Great work.

[@ColinM_YouTube]

Great informative video Dave. Your attention to detail is awesome & your work is impeccable!

[@trainmanbob]

I'm running out of superlatives to describe the work you are doing Dave. It all looks remarkably authentic. Cheers, Bob

[@DeanPark]

why thank you sir. As ever, your comments and support are warmly welcomed. ;-) Dave

[@lancastrian123]

Once again a fantastic update Dave. I am really looking forward to how you develop the town/city scene at the other end of the layout. You are a real inspiration to us all.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thank Stephen, kind words - appreciate it. Dave

[@FredWilbury]

Great building as per expected Dave..........thanks for showing us .....fred

[@jackbrown2830]

As usual Dave another brilliant update, I think the bungalow idea is great you could have guy's up ladders working on the roof,bricklayers etc.

[@Blocksetter]

Superb layout, excellent videos. Always interesting and something new to learn each time. Look forward to more updates.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks and really glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your support. Please share my videos etc if you think they are good. All the best. Dave

[@arnach11]

Another top video Dave. I will be using the tips on scenery just as soon as i finish laying down track and sorting out the wiring. Nice also to see the BR blue theme of running trains, took me back to childhood days :)

[@crawfordstreetjunctionoomo5066]

That is a nice job on the wall looks great Dave pete.

[@Victor-fv8mq]

Dave, great update as usual. One thing you may consider. Owing to the length of supporting wall on one side of the incline, with continuing train manoeuvres above, it may not be as supportive without some adequately spaced buttresses before filling all the gapes cut to make the wall sit vertical. Victor.

[@WestBlythMPD]

Excellent video Dave, the part on the plaster cloth was very helpful as I have some to do on my layout. Keep up the good work. Michael

[@DiggerEvans]

inspirational as always , the detail is fantastic

[@Mooresbytube1]

Building site gets the nod from me, but as already suggested, the idea of having the static caravan as temporary home for whoever building the bungalow is a great idea.

[@DeanPark]

Yeah that combined idea was an accident from leaving both side by side during my running shots, but its a promising plan! lol

[@ThePhosphater]

wow that is looking so good Dave, can't wait to see that part painted up

[@stevecoster322]

Hiya, what a great video, thank you. When you described something as, 'Simple and messy' I thought, but that's me, in fact very simple and very, very messy...

[@MMRails]

Great work! Love the progress. -Mark

[@allanalexander3160]

Hi David Its all been said before - your attention to detail is the best I have seen while researching various aspects of modelling. Well done, at some point a list of the accessories you have used would be fab, really like your street lights. Many thanks Allan

[@DeanPark]

hi, I try to remember to give a running commentary of the products, paints, materials etc I use. I do however sometimes forget....feel free to ask. Cheers. Dave

[@allanalexander3160]

Your information all the way through this video is seconded to none, helpful and very informative well done for the explanation and detail and help. May I ask for some advise please, I am having to install a AR1 auto reverser unit and unsure on how to wire it, for example does it connect to the track bus, are there droppers within the loop and if so, what do they connect to and how. As much help on this would be appreciated please.

[@MrVinnyh]

I like the way you left the house & caravan in the corner, as David Houghton says it does look like the new build owners are living in a caravan, a bit of soil around the caravan rough drive would look good, after all too many modelers try to make every thing look neat & tidy

[@johncarvil498]

Excellent video Dave, I like both ideas, but the building site would look good. Cheers John.

[@jerryallen34]

Inspirational as always. Thanks for going into the detail a real help for me and my effort!

[@CHESEABUN]

Great update. The plaster cloth is n messy job but is worth it. Like the mobile home! Richard

[@crazyvec]

Dave greetings, as ever a full update and thanks for sharing the how to, probably option 2 for me ... cheers ... steve

[@allanalexander3160]

Great update as always. Could build whats called a Caravan Club CL site which means 5 touring vans only allowed on the site - these tend to be farmer fields with tracks rather than a road into the site and not all CL sites have showers or toilet blocks etc, you could have 4 or 5 vans in field of grass with sheep etc - you could build a toilet block (posh CL site) and even some electrical points for vans to plug into Check CL site on the net if interested. Regards Allan

[@AlanSurgeoner]

methodical in the detailing as usual. This must be real labour of love by now Dave ,lol, but you are getting there. The shot at 5 mins ,will look great when finished and will be intereting to see the comparison . all the best

[@DeanPark]

I am getting there.....think another 3 -4 years will do it. lol. It certainly is a real labour of love. Cheers. Dave

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

Lots of progress, looks good.

[@baboonmcgoon5749]

A great video and tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@AndyHudson-ModelRailwayBuilds]

you've been busy Dave, the retaining walls look great and the bridges and tunnel mouths look even better, I like number 2 and the campsite option, I'd stick to just static caravans in a rows if you can hold of enough, but you could have some interesting little cameos with a small play ground etc etc Andy

[@TheAudiostud]

If I Were Woodland Scenics I Would Be Sending You A Huge Bundle Of Goodies To Use On Your Layout, You Never Fail To Promote Their Products To A Very High Standard Indeed! I Know That You'er Going To Say That It's Not What You Do It For, But! I Don't Think I'm Alone In My Thoughts, Another Superb Production Dave "Great Work, Well Done"

[@DeanPark]

hi, cheers. Now there is a thought.....why dont you contact them, say there is a channel that uses a lot of their product and put my name forward>?!? lol. I am sure my phone would be ringing within seconds. After all, I am giving them free coverage of their products. The same could be said for Hornby, Bachmann, helajn, Scalescenes, wills, south eastern finecast, green scene, cr signals...... am I missing a trick here? lol. Dave

[@TheAudiostud]

Yes Dave! You most definitely are!

[@Cliffjumper24]

That's looking really great Dave. One tiny suggestion about that central pillar. Where it's lined with the brick plasicard.... take a needle-file to the corners and try to blend the horizontal mortar course to stop it being an obvious vertical line.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, cheers. Yeah i see that....will try, but have noticed on previous parts that when its painted and toned down with mortar it doesn't look too obvious.

[@Cliffjumper24]

DaveClass47 I have a different approach. When I do things like that, I carefully cut out the half bricks for one piece, and the same on the other piece, and then interlace them like real brickwork is. It takes longer, but it looks so much better, and there isn't that line that (to me) stares at me!

[@DeanPark]

If I did this I would kill myself with frustration.....with over 3 metres of walling, dozens of buttresses/edges etc I simply dont have the time to do that.

[@icklebean0365]

Just wow it's amazing

[@Bruno.Trains]

Fantastic video Dave.

[@DeanPark]

cheers. Glad you liked. Dave ;-)

[@Petes.Hobbies]

Superb update Dave, I was going to say option 1 with the bungalow and builders, machines and supplies etc... but quite like David Houghton's idea for the corner... Bungalow being built with a caravan on site for the owners to live in while it's being built... another option to consider maybe?

[@DeanPark]

Yeah its worth a thought....all depends on how many static caravans I can find!! cheers. Dave

[@kirbyparkwest4392]

Great video lots of work done there, coming on a treat. Good to see the old Lima Scot Rail BG still getting a walk on part. I might be wrong, but there doesn't seem to be enough room there for a caravan park or stately home. How about a small lake and some fishing going on. You often see that sort of thing near to railway lines. Just a thought. Hope your Mrs never decides she wants to move house.

[@DeanPark]

If she moves....I aint! lol. I could get the corner of a caravan park, or I am warming to the building site with a caravan for the family awaiting to move in...like they are building their home, but are staying on site until its done. Yup, the old Lima "test coach".....she's never going to the scrap yard, she's been with me since the beginning. I will preserve her for all time. Dave

[@Anthony.1967]

Looking fantastic wish I had the space to have a go at what you have done with your layout it's amazing me personally I would go with option 1 the country bungalow

[@prakashkadaroo4012]

great work it looks amazing love it

[@daviemaclean61]

That is some amount of progress! I was sceptical that that huge length of brick retaining wall was going look too much, but you have proved me wrong. I know you have a good bit to go yet, but that whole side of the layout has come on in leaps and bounds. Also liking the mix of running and construction shots Dave. Whichever option, or even another that pops into your head, you go with for the corner will look good with the attention to detail you will inevitably give it. Regarding the earth tones over the plaster cloth. B&M (other suppliers are available!) do a good selection of artists acrylic paints at great prices. I have two huge tubes of dark earth and burnt umber which I mix to no particular recipe and you can get tones from brickwork to muddy puddle by adding one or the other.. Great update as always.

[@DeanPark]

B&M....noted....will have a look next time I pass one. I will decide on which option to go with when I see if I can get a hold of more of those caravans! It might take a while lol. Dave

[@daviemaclean61]

It's a toughie. The house is, quite literally, half built already and I suspect the hen's teeth caravans are not a cheap option! Oxford diecast do those old two tone caravans, but they also do a more modern, dare I say 80s, one. You are also right that the corner is not as big as it first seemed - I recall I suggested a village - one house isn't the dictionary definition of a village! Whatever you decide I expect it will look good. Keep up the good work. Cheers.

[@daviemaclean61]

Hi Dave. I buy quite a lot of resin stuff from a guy on ebay (based in Prestwick) and he used to do a static caravan as part of his range. He doesn't have one listed just now, but I have emailed him to see if he still does them. He also does a set of OO scale tents! I'll get back in touch once I have a reply. Cheers, Davie

[@DeanPark]

Great thanks, I appreciate that. I have got my hands on another static...so making progress lol. Dave

[@daviemaclean61]

Hi Dave. Got an email back today. He (Stuart) still does them - they are £6.75 + £2.85 p+p, so a bit cheaper than the Bachmann vans. They are made to 1/72 scale and he has plans to make an HO-1/87 version in the future.His name on ebay is waylander.2012. Hope this is of some use to you. Cheers.

[@exeterwestgroup6466]

bgreat video. Looking forward to some More.

[@MrChrisprat]

Wow your layout is coming along now that end is starting to take shape and yeah I was think leave both the building and the caravan and perhaps try do some sort of muddy area round the building to simulate a building site. I would also like to say your modelling skills are just amazing the retaining wall and tunnels/bridges are looking really realistic keep up the good and I hope I can be as good as you one day.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks for that great comment....thanks for the feedback about that corner as well ;-) I also enjoy watching your channel, so keep up the good work also. Dave

[@SgtSofaPants]

Hey Dave, have subscribed since your early videos and am enjoying your layout and attention to detail. Why not combine both of the options for the caravans and bungalow, it looked really good with them both together, perhaps a self build project with the caravan as the temporary home as the bungalows under construction. Guys working on the bungalow etc, caravan with washing lines, etc Look forward to the next video......😀😀

[@DeanPark]

Hi, you aint the first to suggest that lol.....its an option. I shall see how I get on with the buying of the rare static caravans!! Dave

[@thebritfarmer]

Looks great Dave, I would go with the caravan park as I think there would be much more over detail. I think as someone said on another of your videos the house would look like it was always being built even 4 years from now.

[@DeanPark]

lol, both options have their + and -.....it will be down to what I can get my hands on in the way of caravans! ;-) cheers. Dave

[@ColinM_YouTube]

i like the house construction idea best, more room to detail with supplies, machinery and maybe even a site hut (portacabin).

[@DeanPark]

Hi, yeah that was my thoughts....but the camp/caravan site gives me options too.....oh its going to be a difficult decision lol. Dave

[@GBPuploads]

option 2 but the farm deserves consideration.

[@StrathpefferJunction]

Great update. Thanks, Dave. 👍

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks for that.. Are you Scottish based?, there may be a hint in that profile pic lol. Scottish or just modelling Scotrail?.... I was asked today if Scotrail would turn in to Sturgeon-Rail is that women gets her way? lol

[@StrathpefferJunction]

DaveClass47 Scottish and ScotRail (80s/90s era). Moved house recently, so starting afresh with a new layout shortly, once the loft is boarded. Keen to get started...only so much fun to be hand running the locos in an oval on the kitchen table! We will have to agree to disagree on the political front; SturgeonRail sounds better to me than BrexiteerRail!

[@DeanPark]

I look forward to the layout being posted on youtube. As for the politics...I keep that out of my layout scenery, ie no political billboards etc, But I do like the odd light hearted dig here and there on my videos. However Sturgeonrail would certainly be busy from Edinburgh to the border following a YES vote...with a migration to the south! ;-) One thing unites us all, whether Yes/No or OUT/REMAIN.... and thats the passion for model railways.

[@StrathpefferJunction]

DaveClass47 Absolutely. Love of railways unites people from around the world, which is one of the fantastic things about this hobby...but, the predicted exodus didn't happen in 1998 and Scotland's population has increased, so I think any initial rush south will only be to collect belongings, as folk move up here permanently in their droves to escape the madness unfolding down south! Anyhow. Keep up the cracking work with your layout. It's a belter! :-)👍

[@DeanPark]

Madness everywhere. ;-0 cheers.

[@paulwilson834]

I am surprised even though the wrong era, you didn't go and buy the Scot-rail liveried class 68 to run on your layout.... the ones at the Scottish model railway show looked fantastic. and I am with the others the house building site and caravan seam a great idea. Thank you for your posts I am learning a great deal from them

[@DeanPark]

I have a 68. I won it in Hattons competition!! Not run it yet though. Yeah I like the building site/caravan idea too. Cheers. Dave

[@paulwilson834]

DaveClass47 I was going to suggest for that area the Kelpies which could have lights added for night running and I would love to see the 68 running with a great rake of Mk2's

[@DeanPark]

Now the Kelpies....that would be great! My skills however do not stretch to that, but if I had a 3d printer!!!!! Dave

[@Cheadleridgelanetmd]

Great video as usual Dave in my opinion don't go with the caravan for some reason they look out of scale as the train passes The house being built looks much better

[@bosherstonponds2528]

As you have many HST's a depot/services facility for those trains only would make an interesting scene, Obviously not in the small corner mentioned in this video though. A HST servicing depot is something I have never seen modeled and a good example is Landore TMD in Swansea which services class 43's. It is also of a compact layout which would help modeling a similar style TMD. It would provide an excellent area to show off your impressive fleet of HST's! -Ash.

[@FarlandHowe]

I could send you my umbrella tent pattern if you like. If postage going your direction wasn't so steep, I could make a couple of folding aluminum chairs.

[@philhoggart764]

Another great video Option one for me :-)

[@pactrain9625]

Have you thought about using emulsion paint - test pots cost about £3. OR use left over emulsion paint change colour by mixing in acrylic colours. Add sand and PVA glue to give textured effect. you can add soil to make a realistic ground effect.

[@exeterwestgroup6466]

loving the layout. I personally prefer Option 1 of the Building Site.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Hi Dave. Great attention to detail...........😊 It's coming on now and where do you find the time!! Now your trains are running round with plenty of side shots 👍 Are you going to get corridor connection? I've just got some off eBay and they make a massive difference.........😊 Until your next update happy modelling Stevie A 😊

[@DeanPark]

Hi, cheers Stevie. Time?....I am living this layout lol....day and night. I will be glad to move on from making walls to be honest!!! I have been at it for 4 months. I have an understanding wife and child who allow me the time. Corridor connections, possibly. Cheers. Dave

[@davidhoughtoncricutdave1051]

Why not leave the caravan and the part built house together as shown at the very end of the video. This could show that the owners of the house are living in the caravan while the house is being built. Cheers DaveH

[@DeanPark]

you are not the first to say that idea David....and its worth serious thought! Cheers. Dave

[@daviemaclean61]

Does anyone do a OO scale Kevin McLeod though?! ;-)

[@chelsie9834]

davie maclean that would be good

[@scotydog5465]

another great video Dave as for the corner area how about a third option i.e. the house under construction with the family living on site in the static van, along with the contractors vans and delivery trucks it could look very busy and muddy if you like cheers

[@GrantWilliamsRailway]

Another great update! Will you be reviewing the Bachmann class 37 Mary Queen of Scots? I just got one & I'm wondering what you think. Cheers!

[@tovilstationmodelrailway7317]

I like the caravan idea, have a look at shedring railway on Facebook they do a really nice towing caravan Jamie

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks for that....I will check it out. In my video I had the house with the caravan...a lot of people have said that it might be good to have a house with the caravan beside it, like the people who are going to live in their new house are living on site....so maybe I can combine the two. Who knows!! Cheers. Dave

[@dandavison3469]

Maybe the people having the house built could be living on site in the caravan or maybe it's a self build. combines the two nicely

[@jazzman1626]

Excellent. That tunnel is going to look great on a cab view video. It's also a great way to do a tunnel if I'm right in assuming the top is always able to be lifted off?

[@DeanPark]

Hi, thanks. The top will eventually be fixed down, but the tunnel is short enough that I can get in to clean the tracks etc. Dave

[@kropotken]

Another great video - thanks for sharing your progress. Just wondering though if you've done (or might be encouraged to do) a specific video session on train compositions - for example your passenger trains and how they copy the prototype, the era, and the individual coaches and scale manufacturers. I think this info would be very interesting, especially for many of us unfamiliar with the prototype.

[@DeanPark]

ok, thats a good idea. I shall look into that and try to learn enough to put it in a video in future. Cheers. Dave

[@kropotken]

Many thanks!

[@J4Joseph]

Best railway ever😀

[@jamescreasey7315]

locoshed in Manchester had loads of those Bachmann static caravans a couple of months ago. James

[@DeanPark]

thanks....will consider that. ;-) Dave

[@DeanPark]

hi James...contacted them. They had one. I have emailed them back saying I will have it! that will be two caravans...enough to let me see how things look for the camp site option. Thanks very very much for bringing this to my attention. Top man! Dave

[@mitchellscott6367]

Hello! These videos have made it so easy to conceptualise what I’m tying to achieve. Did you find that you still needed the woodland scenics earth paint under the green-screens textured paint? Mitch

[@DeanPark]

Hi I like the base layer of textured paint, then the woodland scenics earth just adds some variation to that. You could get off without it, but I like to use it to vary the depth and tones of the soil under the grass etc. Its really up to you. Cheers. Dave

[@rishidavesingh6904]

Hey Dave why don't try putting a farm instead of a bungalow or a camp site bcs a farm with some small animals will look nice and that place would suite it

[@J4Joseph]

Cool caravan

[@johnbolt806]

The hill sides of the track. Have you thought about like they do at sides of motorways. Woth lots of rocks and a net that stops the rocks rollin down the embankment

[@kevinyogibearsessions8148]

option 2 Dave

[@lancastrian123]

Hi Dave. Just a question, are you intending to have any bridges over the upper tracks as scenic breaks as you have on the lower tracks? I ask as it seems to me that a bridge from the new raised section over the lower tracks featured in this video across the upper tracks would help give a visual break at that point on the upper level. Just a thought. Stephen

[@DeanPark]

Hi...at the town end of the layout there will be a cutting where the upper tracks go through, there will be a road bridge of some sort....come back in 2020 and I might have got around to it! lol Dave

[@lancastrian123]

Look forward to seeing that, hoping that I will still be around to see it, hahahaha.

[@mitchellscott6367]

Hi Dave.. I've been wondering what style of foam you use for creating your landscape? I'm looking into Extruded Polystyrene (XPS) Board and using the Woodland Scenics wire foam cutter. I was hoping to find a video on your channel on cutting your foam but I couldn't find anything. What products do you use?

[@DeanPark]

Hi, I use CELOTEX insulation board. You get it from Wickes and other DIY places. I have the 50mm thick stuff. Its easy to cut and file, but you NEED to wear gloves as the fibres can get stuck in your fingers. All the model magazines say to use this stuff, that's where I got the idea from. It can be messy, so keep a vacuum handy as you work and cover the surrounding area with protective sheeting. You can glue it with Woodland scenic foam glue. Cheers. Dave

[@JamesNagington]

Love the work your doing. I have watched your updates from day 1 and to be honest I was expecting the quality I have seen so far. I hope you keep it going as looking forward to seeing it finished but what will you do when it's finished lol. Also I like how you show the stages of updates in your videos and go into detail how you do stuff rather than show a video of all your progress in one.

[@dan99p2]

Great video, but I'm still waiting for that steam running session. ;)

[@DeanPark]

Hi, i know,, I know....I aint forgotten you lol.....i've got some steam action partially filmed, I remembered my promise, but its not been edited yet. Waiting for a special running session...... be patient lol ;-)

[@dan99p2]

Haha, look forward to it!

[@anthony566]

Hi Dave, Can you tell me what did you use for the base block for the catenary, you seem to have added what looks like a 5 mm high square block. if you have covered this in one of your videos then let me know which one. Thanks.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, 4mm plasticard blocks (2mm x 2 glue together). then painted. Glue to base board, drill hole if req for masts. Cheers. Dave

[@anthony566]

DaveClass47 Thanks Dave

[@allanalexander3160]

David Can you please advise on where you had your station roof made, also, could you advise on the detail that was required. Combined with the glazed roof sizes etc. I am trying to design a glazed roof area like Edinburgh Waverley.

[@DeanPark]

Hi, its a Scalescenes roof kit. All instructions come with it. It takes time but is easy enough. Cheers. Dave

[@allanalexander3160]

Hi David Many thanks for quick response, I will look at their details. Hope all going well with your designs. Allan

[@sub39h]

Option 1 for me

[@NewJunction]

I'd add the building site but then I'm bias ;-)

[@DeanPark]

Hi, its your fault....if I hadn't seen your houses I wouldn't be in such a pickle deciding lol. Oh, i'm not sure!! lol. Dave

[@johnkemp738]

Hi Dave Can you tell me the platform lighting you use. Cheers John

[@DeanPark]

Hi, they a DCC Concepts. But Gaugemaster now do the same ones I believe. Not cheap, but they are they best out there. Cheers. Dave

[@johnkemp738]

Thanks Dave

[@philkyle8919]

Dave have you a video on painting the plasticard bricks please ?

[@jacobreynolds1451]

Your my favorite KZbinr I do lots of train reviews on my channel go check them out you honestly might enjoy them

[@J4Joseph]

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