EP: 16: Bridge, plaster, Piko, and purpose.

[@jayawilliams07]

Just last week I came to your channel to see if I had missed any uploads. I was wondering about you and hoping everything was okay with you. I don't know you at all, but I enjoy your content for some reason, despite not really having any particular interest in model trains myself. I guess your content is somewhat therapeutic. Glad to see you're back, and I hope you are doing well.

[@rcgrabbag]

Yes, doing well, thank you. Glad you're enjoying it!

[@yackbuttertea]

Ditto. Couldn’t have said better myself.

[@NickDoddTV]

Returning viewer since you first started this "new" room

[@rcgrabbag]

Awesome thanks!

[@everettthepetractionguy4222]

Aside from model railroading, you have a very interesting life. 😊

[@John-c4b6y]

Mr Grabbag, I've watched from the beginning. Your creativity is astonishing, and the layout design everything I've ever imagined. Great to see you back!

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@panzerkitsune]

yes! another video from you, love the work you put into these :)

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@alconk7129]

Wow your layout is beyond impressive!!

[@oldemike1354]

Thanks so much for sharing your layout and adventures! It is so relaxing to watch the layout come along step by step. The adventures are just as inspirational!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for checking in!

[@jimhoade9265]

Hello Sir! Being an Englishman (albeit living in Wales) I'm pretty familiar with the sights but 35006 is always worth seeing. 2807 spent many years at the scrapyard in Barry where it was the oldest locomotive for a long time. Lovely to see it working. The sheer scale and ambition of your layout is breathtaking, I've been following since your second video and each time I'm more impressed. It's magnificent. The other thing I love about your videos are the countless modelling tips, I have learned so much and put them to good use. Thanks for sharing, look forward to the next one!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks very much! Glad you are able to get something useful out of the videos!

[@philthurman5539]

Loved the Silverstone footage. I live just down the road, and we have a long tradition of watching The Red Arrows then having a BIG family and friends BBQ with the race on TV and the live sound right there in the background. Amazing to see your Railroad growing - you just don't get that epic scale of landscape in the UK. I have a space of 13'6" x 9'6"... and that is considered "large"!

[@rcgrabbag]

Wow cool, I'm coming to your place next time!

[@bigwoz78]

The trestles look amazing

[@Bruno.Trains]

superbe vidéo. un grand merci d'un passionné de France.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thank you! Love France!

[@briannorman952]

Been watching these layout videos. Looks awesome

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you like them!

[@derekalexander4030]

The tunnel was a strange angle, nice job. I like all of your tunnels and trestles. Great trip to Silverstone. Hamilton went on a tear there for a while and then Verstappen took over for a while. I’ve been a NASCAR fan for years and probably went to 25 to 30 races, a lot of fun. The layout looks great and it’s so true that the hard shell changes the open benchwork drastically. Thanks for taking us along.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks, yeah bridge was going over a curve hence the angle. Thanks for checking in!

[@goodrails]

Great video. I don't know where to start so I won't. I'll be back to see more.😀 Well spoken.

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you liked it!

[@jmklamm]

Glad to see you back! Looking great

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@raystarr4388]

Happy to see another video. I always wait for a new video on your impressive layout

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@nak_attak]

Just to let you know I'm a huge fan of the longer form content (the longer the better!)

[@MrBillCNW]

Thank you for sharing this video. I wish I had your talent. Excellent work.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thank you very much!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thank you very much!

[@charleszang8963]

First time I've ever seen your videos, extremely impressive!! And the content is excellent much enjoyed

[@rcgrabbag]

Welcome aboard!

[@Magnus-Train]

Wie immer, wieder ein wunderbares Video. Deine Anlage ist fantastisch , ich geniesse immer wieder die Fortschritte zu bestaunen. Und in diesem Video gab es noch eine Zugabe… mach weiter so, herzliche Grüsse aus der Schweiz

[@rcgrabbag]

Thank you!

[@samuelmula5570]

Great to see you back! Many thanks for the great content. A channel worth waiting for and watching as always!

[@rcgrabbag]

Much appreciated!

[@johnschutt9187]

WooHoo! Great to see you again! Love your work.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks so much!

[@mandbhomestead]

Great video- your layout is awesome and looking better every time. Formula 1 for the end was perfect! The UK trains are so different and beautiful in the same sense. Thank you for sharing. Looking forward to the next layout update. Ken

[@rcgrabbag]

Thank you very much!

[@sharonfieber6458]

Great modelling skills, pulls all bridges together. For me, sit back and be patient for the next update!

[@DeathLetterBlues44]

I'm glad to see a new video. 😎

[@aarosandeinosmodelrailway3818]

Fantastic! Was waiting for a new episode for so long!

[@tood6459]

So glad you're back! I love F1 and Silverstone is near the top of my list of European circuits to visit.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@normg2242]

Man, this layout is going to be a stunner...!!!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@BigZTrains]

Absolutely inspiring! Love seeing how this layout is evolving with each post! Not only that but adventures you go on are endeavors I can only hope to achieve someday with the Mrs in the future!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks so much!

[@andrewstevenson5449]

Impressive as ever. I didn't know Piko did US outline (assuming it's the same Piko as the German Piko). Glad you appear to have had a good time over here in England. The Red Arrows always put on a good show, all the more impressive as their Hawk aircraft are around 45 years old, which coincidentally is about how long it is since I last went to Thornbury Castle! Keep up the good work!

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks!

[@theknickerbocker5808]

Another great update. I've been following your progress since this project started. I'm always excited to see what you have accomplished. F1 Silverstone is on my bucket list not just for the race but the past history of that area.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for following along!

[@jamesrea329]

After seeing some of the ridiculous negative comments on here I had to rebut - your videos are must watch as soon as they come out! I appreciate the modeling and the effort put into making good video content. Looking forward to the next one! Oh - I just bought one of those Piko locomotives at the National Train Show last month. It’s superb.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for watching, and yes, there's always the 'hater' keyboard warriors out there. Just goes with the territory. Those Piko's are of very high quality!

[@nigelericogden3200]

Mind blowing layout !!

[@LouKrieg]

Amazing layout! And what a pleasant surprise to see your Silverstone coverage. We were there as well--fantastic win for Lewis Hamilton. We spent two weeks in the Cotswolds...surprised we didn't bump into you ;-)

[@rcgrabbag]

Yes, quite the coincidence!

[@BoredRoblox]

Your killing me with the dates between uploads but I am glad your doing them at all! Amazing work

[@RFMCabooseNP1713]

Welcome back. Great video.

[@rcgrabbag]

Hey, thanks!

[@TheNorthwestWind]

Insane!!!!

[@michaelsullivan3581]

Outstanding footage all 'round! Thank you so much!

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@anthonyshipman3611]

Some nice progress on the layout, looks like you had a good time over here in England, you picked a good race to get to and got to see the red arrows. They are on tour in Canada at the moment. All the best Anthony

[@RichardBough-yk2ei]

Glad your back i miss seeing your videos i was worry somethink had happened to you i hoppe everuthink is ok with you and your family from St Marys a outer suburb of Sydney Australia😊😊😊😊

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks! I was in Australia (Sydney and Hayman Island). It was beautiful!

[@timsully8958]

Hi mate, Don’t usually comment on videos but had to complement your fastidious method at creating fantastic structures and scenery creation. And those new diesels are fantastic looking models 😎 Great to see you had a fantastic adventure when visiting our shores too. Not only did you see Lewis win, you got to sample the delights of one of our wonderful heritage railways…and you even managed to go on one that I have neglected to visit! We’ll be on the Swanage Railway in a couple of weeks and the Glos-Warks always struck me as being of similar feel but with different scenery, which you video has confirmed! 😄 As I say I do admire your work but rarely comment. However, this is perhaps my favourite that you have produced. Perhaps it was seeing Lewis win all over again that did it? 😉 Have a great week 👍🍀🍻

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you enjoyed the vid. There’s more to post from the trip, but I’ll save it for another video.

[@al1467]

great vid. those K-M's look fantastic!

[@demmyonline]

Interesting mix.

[@GustavSvard]

The new bridge looked, honestly, like a graphics glitch when I first saw the styrofoam shape. The angles were just all wrong. Even when you said why it had that shape my eyes couldn't make it work. Looked great in the end though! The weathering effects are just right. Same for the footings of the other bridge, great weathering. And yes those concrete feet made it look even better.

[@pokebreeder2517]

your alive!!

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

The layout is certainly coming along and looking good. Your skills are amazing and so enjoyable to watch. I am hoping to get back to my layout soon having been ill for the last three years with Complex PTSD but I am getting there. Got to insulate the loft before I can carry on. Too hot in the summer and far too cold in the winter at the moment. Glad you had a great time at Silverstone, my better half is into F1 and she has been to Silverstone. She cannot get enough of it along with supporting Arsenal, gives me plenty of time up in the loft with my layout. Well you certainly had the weather when you came over to our little island. So much history here that we constantly trip over it and just take it all for granted. My nearest castle is Arundel Castle just down the road. Two heritage lines nearby, Bluebell Railway and The Watercress Line. Regards Chris

[@rcgrabbag]

Yes I love England, honeymooned there, been about 4 times now and already planning the next.

[@shouldhavedonebetter]

Been waiting. Looking good.

[@stratman9449]

find it interesting that you share my love of f1 (since the late 50s early 60s) as well as english heritage /history (being german married to an english woman over 50 years) as well as being a model railway enthusiast both british prototype as well as german in H0 of course...cheers.

[@mikakarpale]

Thanx for the update 👍👍

[@mccfan11]

youre back! gonna catch up on the two new videos today

[@mikecunningham5686]

The layout progress is great! And F1 and countryside are wonderful extras!!! Thank you!!!

[@rcgrabbag]

Glad you like it!

[@swiv99]

Those expansion trestle bridges are amazing...Is it better to use screen or cardboard to make mountains/terrain, i guess both have their advantages.....and trains to F1 racing....wow!!.Very cool!...That castle courtyard in the UK looks lovely!!......thanks for sharing!

[@rcgrabbag]

Screen, cardboard, foam, it comes down to what I prefer working with. Thanks for watching!

[@Kitbash.Carnage]

Just came across you channel 🤘🔥👍❤️ amazing work

[@rcgrabbag]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@michaeldeckert6023]

Nice to see the SP. My father was an executive officer for the railroad. He was the Assistant General Superintendent System of Communications. At the time he was in charge the railroad had the largest privately owned microwave system in the world. From that his engineers/engineering department and staff along with the General Superintendent developed a company called SPCC. Southern Pacific Communications Company. Later be known as SPRINT .

[@rcgrabbag]

Wow, great story! Thanks for sharing.

[@eugenerobert6638]

"merci" from France

[@rcgrabbag]

Hello!

[@MSAKES]

Love it

[@juddphilby9015]

a new video of the layout and some footage from my part of the world. I hope you enjoyed your time here.

[@Johnny_Blaze]

Been subscribed since the 1st video. Love the attention to detail and hands on work that you do. Maybe good news that you have more free time? Maybe retirement?

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for watching! Finished up a number of major house projects.

[@scottb8175]

@9:20 Timber bridge looks like Whit Tower's Alturas and Lone Pine straining beam pony truss. I think you have some examples of Jack Work's classic timber bridge model designs on your layout, too.

[@cascadiasouthernrailroad]

Good old fashioned B R I C K S to weigh things down. Awesome. (I do the same thing lol)

[@rcgrabbag]

Haha thanks!

[@alexwalker9803]

Looks like you had a nice time in my neck of the Woods. Shame you couldn't make it over to Swindon or into Bristol

[@rcgrabbag]

We were mostly in the Cotswolds and southern England this time around (our 4th!).

[@TobiasL1000]

Was waiting for a update for month now! Piko just released the Rio Grand versions as well!

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

I've always enjoyed watching you build your layout such a lot of work goes into it. Plus it reinforces a fact that I've always struggled with (is it ok to just put a bit more track on this section?) that you can't have too much track. I hope should you return to the UK you have the opportunity to visit my local railway to travel on the settle to Carlisle line.

[@rcgrabbag]

I will say that my layout is an older style, and purposely so for my own reasons, but after seeing tracks switchbacking through the mountains in Switzerland, it just goes to show you that somewhere in the world is an actual railroad that’s doing what you want to do on your layout. Or at least, same level of crazy.

[@anthonyborden2513]

Great 👍 to see these Great videos excellent work layout can't wait to see the end results 😀

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks 👍

[@jonstoddard3970]

Welcome back. Definitely looking forward to more of your videos. Any chance of you posting a short complete layout update video of what you worked on since the last video?

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks for watching. I generally provide a small recap of the last video at the beginning, in this case it was the mountain peak show at the beginning.

[@jonstoddard3970]

@@rcgrabbagyup always check your page for a new video. Based my double track trestle on your design. Yeah I always enjoy the recap AND the random stuff at the end. As for overview idea it might be cool to see a walk through of the entire layout maybe describing what each area is supposed to be and then once you “complete” the layout a compare and contrast video? Just random idea 🤷🏼‍♂️I just love your videos and selfishly want more and more lol

[@CGngauge]

Great to see another update from you. What material did you use for the bridge? Laserboard? Glad you had a good trip to the UK. Craig

[@rcgrabbag]

I used some thin plywood and mounting board.

[@iowa_don]

Gorgeous layout, stellar work. Have you seen any of the 4014 YT videos? Wouldn't it be awesome to have a version of it for your layout!

[@rcgrabbag]

I have the BLI version of 4014, maybe I'll do a review and run.

[@alpugliesetrains9753]

Incredible channel and video. Please let us know if you ever have an open house.

[@scottfrey2710]

Been watching this as it has progressed and its pretty neat, BUT, I have one observation...From 10:00 - 13:34 your layout looks more like three shelves stacked up instead of tracks having been built 'THROUGH' the existing terrain... Mother Nature rarely just happens to have three perfectly level, parallel, flat lines just waiting for someone to build a railroad on top of the pre-existing flat areas...For all the phenomenal work you have put in so far, I am surprised you would have overlooked that obvious detail... Scenery in mountains never just stops at track level; rather, the tracks are cut THROUGH the scenery...Adding some extra rocky area jutting above the track levels, or even making a large rocky area that thats been dynamited through would add immensly more realism ... If you look at the very top track level, it looks like the tracks were built at the very top of a mountain ridge that just happened to be perfectly flat and level... No mountains are ever perfectly flat across the top in real life....The only thing this layout needs is some more raised areas above track leves to make it look like the railroad runs THROUGH the mountains, and not just laying on top of them....

[@rcgrabbag]

Guessing you missed the last video? Provides a hint that could have saved you the trouble of writing an essay. The top isn’t finished. This is a ~10yr project so please be patient!

[@nocturnoTheGhost]

Wake up people he posted a video!

[@rcgrabbag]

Haha true!

[@bear1245]

Silverstone, The Red Arrows & a Hamilton win. A perfect day!

[@progmanhuge]

Unrelated question but what do you call the yellow protractor with its angle finder attachment used between 8:18 and 8:30? Here in the UK it’s not something I’ve seen.

[@rcgrabbag]

It's an angle finder: amzn.to/4ezyLX2

[@johnkulpowich5260]

I remember when you started this job. Wonder what happens

[@rcgrabbag]

Should have more steady content coming, thanks!

[@TimberSurf]

You should have said you were coming to my house, I would have popped out of the private area and said hello! Next time your in UK, set your camera to 25 or 50 FPS, then the lights wont flash.

[@rcgrabbag]

Next time I will! Camera was a phone, so just pointing and shooting with it. Flickering caused by variable electronic shutter on phone. Rate increases towards the light, decreases away from it. You see the flickering stop when I point away from the window towards a darker area of the room.

[@jeffreycolin-nf3qj]

The locomotives from pico , are they Alco , EMD , GE ?

[@stg_69]

I'm not jealous much ... 🙂😛

[@nicholasgarland9897]

I have just gone back over your videos and at the start (pre COVID) you were talking about building the model with your fellow club members. Are they still part of it as we don’t see them?

[@rcgrabbag]

No, only the one time the members helped out. Pretty much a solo venture going forward.

[@glennelliott708]

Is that snow outside the windows?

[@rcgrabbag]

In the beginning, yes, from the recap of last video.

[@jasonkristunas9427]

Hi I'm.Just curious what made you choose HO scale over the others.as.the size.of the room would accommodate n scale of even o gauge. Nice layout by the way.

[@rcgrabbag]

Thanks! Long history with HO scale for me.

[@TeamFoxhoundUK]

Interesting video as always. The F1 cars sound so rubbish now, bring back the V8s!

[@rcgrabbag]

Agreed! V10s sounded great, too!

[@TeamFoxhoundUK]

@@rcgrabbag Yeah but no way we're ever getting them back, I'm still hopeful they'll bring V8s back :D. I live near a heritage railway and my favourite part of the weekend is hearing the diesel or steam trains pulling into the station

[@karlheinzwiedermann44]

Once again some disgusting KZbin-comments. Envy and stupidity never emerge clever and polite remarks on any videos, even if they are both interesting and entertaining like this one. Regards and compliments from Austria KhW

[@rcgrabbag]

Yep, goes with the territory, unfortunately.

[@noyesphotography1979]

you got more money than brains; id rather watch the average joe build a layout with imagination and skill

[@rcgrabbag]

Then why are you here? I suggest putting your energy into more positive endeavors.

[@smsucks7174]

What a strange thing to say. 🤷🏼‍♀️

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

I wonder if you'd be so upfront if you had to see that someone's face? most railway modellers appreciate anybody interested in our hobby.