Station Detail

[@jamesmarris4291]

Wow, superb. Yes certainly inspirational. It's great to see the evolution of the platforms and some of the challenges. The waiting rooms look stunning and the red paint really makes the platform sing. Thanks for your continued devotion to the hobby :)

[@jedisp79]

Fantastic attention to detail. Looks fantastic. Just goes to show what u can do with a bit of vision and a great eye for detail. Nice one.

[@bennettj99]

Excellent video Richard. Some Great tips there, really impressed. Would never had guessed that the platforms and canopies were the plastic Hornby variety, excellent scenic skills. Just goes to show what can be done. Great admirer of your handiwork. I like the way you have glued the cable to the underside of the canopy. Looking forward to seeing the platforms in situe, with trains passing bye. Kind regards. John.

[@AndyHudson-ModelRailwayBuilds]

Very impressive so far Richard really coming together with the people and waiting rooms what a difference you've made Andy

[@nobbyse16]

Brilliant as always Richard. It’s like waiting for the next episode of an epic series like Downton, you get excited about the next one before it's even been filmed…damn it man, you’ve got us hooked!

[@EverardJunction]

Crystal Palace High Level Haha thanks. When I started all this I had no idea it would become this popular!

[@bloodmarine77]

Fantastic work on the platform detailing Richard you really have captured the busy station atmosphere as well as given me some thoughts about my platforms which need some more work doing to them. Terry

[@EverardJunction]

Glebe Road Junction Thanks Terry. I think the people make the biggest difference. Really improved once I fitted them.

[@JamesSimpsonn]

They look excellent Richard, the canopys really look the part. All the best!

[@EverardJunction]

***** Thanks James

[@ralphlees6438]

Another great video station looks great such a good simple way to fit lights can't wait for next video Kind regards Ralph

[@sub39h]

Excellent as always! You've worked wonders with those train set canopies! I think I might need to steal some of your ideas for the station on my model railway!

[@minsterley2002]

Great vid. Those Hornby canopy stanchions painted red and the station name signs,really do give a NSE feel. Cracking stuff!

[@EverardJunction]

Minsterley I love all the NSE branding, very effective.

[@floydfan27]

Absolutely brilliant mate. What a fantastic way to get the standard Hornby stuff to look usable and realistic. I'm currently planning my layout at the moment I'm a complete novice to modelling. Your videos are really inspiring for me and I always look forward to your next upload. Thanks very much mate Pete.

[@jacobporrett]

Brilliant work. The station looks fantastic.

[@wernersievers3153]

Hello Everard. A very nice platform, particularly the "cast-iron" props.

[@jdsgotninelives]

Lovely details that make it come to life. I really enjoyed watching this!

[@tomjenssen7486]

Well worth all the work. Looks fantastic. Thanks for the inspiration. Tom

[@aplinewalker]

Outstanding presentation Richard,,, amazing difference and as always very concise and informative ,,,, many thanks ,,,, Alan

[@EverardJunction]

***** Thanks Alan

[@littlehenham]

Hi, really good update. The station looks really good . Reminds me of when we had NSE DAYS, where you could go anywhere for a quid !! Excellent work. Cant wait to see a Night Running session . Cheers Richard.

[@TrentValleyRailway]

Everard Junction station sure does look fantastic. Great work, Cheers, Matt.

[@teddybeareleventeen]

Great work there! A very busy looking station! Looking forward to seeing the platforms in place with the trains! Thanks for sharing! Stew.

[@DudleyCentral]

I love what you've done to create the waiting rooms, they really look the part! I'm also really impressed how you've made those Hornby platforms and canopies look so realistic. I'd never have guessed that they were originally them. Great update as always! Joe.

[@tonyskeet8583]

Great video on how to wire platform lights will look great when finished

[@dysc9246]

Looks great enjoyed the video 😀👍

[@CHESEABUN]

Great transformation journey with the station. Looks great!

[@dave41184]

Incredible work, especially with the lighting. Am in awe of your skill!

[@Cheadleridgelanetmd]

fantastic work Rich as always on your canapy roofs the side i think should be weathered quite a bit heavier due to the ammount of diesel exhaust fumes that would hit them where as the tops i think you've got spot on.. can't wait to see them back on the layout

[@woodie2862]

Absolutely smashing looking station! Maybe you could add some baggage trolleys to make it look better.

[@ralphdadge302]

nice work, like the waiting rooms, lighting looks good.

[@thejonthegardener]

Thanks a very helpful video as always. Cheers Jon

[@matthewsnowdenshunterguy3352]

Wow!!! Massive improvement, smashd it again Everard Junction!!

[@MrPeterdom195160]

it behind seeing up date, but its given me ideas for my own model. I have a mixture of old Hornby and the new Skaldale I bought on eBay and thanks to the adding of plastiecard brick make them look same., inspiration as all still need a few more bits to complete the lengths I need to complete Eastnore Central must make video one these days finishing pining the last bits of track tonight at club then wiring. Lots to do but building and other coming together nicely. Looking good as always Dave.

[@royfearn4345]

You are inspiring me to carry out some quite drastic scenery mods and get my layout just how I want it

[@GrahamFoulston]

Very nicely done Richard, it really does look so much better now. I hadn't realised that you had used the Hornby platforms, now that you have filled all the joints then they look nothing like the originals, great idea and should make a lot of difference. Nice update. ...........Graham

[@EverardJunction]

Graham Foulston Thanks Graham. Those platforms do come up very well with a bit of work. First saw the idea on another layout a few years ago.

[@mayhewjunction9429]

Excellent video Richard, I'm looking forward to seeing the next stage, with added benches etc. What about some waste bins? Don't want all those passengers dropping rubbish everywhere! Lol.

[@EverardJunction]

Howard Sugars Oh yeah I'll need those. Might not stop passengers dropping rubbish though!

[@MiltonMoJunction]

As usual a great video, and some of your ideas will come in useful when I get around to sorting out my station area. At the moment however I am trying to finish a river/canal scene a lot of which I have based on your videos, so thanks for that. Robin

[@daviemaclean61]

Great work. I thought they were still the mdf ones from an earlier video. The furniture and people do bring them to life.

[@Cheadleridgelanetmd]

Can we have another drivers eye view video once the station is back in place????

[@ingamename3873]

Another great video Everard! Hope you keep sharing these vids :)

[@ListerDavid]

I already love watching your layout videos and progress work on it but then you go and pull off the winning move by putting the movie poster for Ghostbuster 2 on platform 3 & 4. Richard I salute you sir!

[@EverardJunction]

Robert's Video Madness Haha, thanks. I thought the posters would go down well.

[@ListerDavid]

EverardJunction well they certainly did in my book.

[@joellagemaat5386]

Looks amazing! One thing I have done with station lighting to reduce the spotlight effect is to take a dremel and shave the LEDs flat. It gets rid of the lens and makes a nice even diffusion. You could also glue a piece of yellow cellophane onto the led to enhance that '80s fluorescent glow

[@EverardJunction]

Joel Lagemaat In the flesh the leds look quite good already, but I will be experimenting to try and diffuse them a little more.

[@QRoutback]

Great work , look fantastic

[@percomotion]

Good idea using the old plastic type platforms by Hornby look much better with a bit of filling and paint,the plasticard sides add that bit of detail you need. Like the way you've done the lighting looks great and adds a touch of realism when lit. Kev

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Kev

[@oceancity2006]

Great video, I have a lot of old platform sections similar to yours and it seemed a waste not to use them (although there are lots of alternatives) you have given me some good ideas. Not sure about the lights though, this is a bit more trickier to achieve a more realistic effect, but at the same time concealing them within scale. I am at least a year away from this stage , time to ponder !

[@balletent1]

Very good work. I like it.

[@BB67407]

Hi Richard, very good job. Gérard.

[@omattoxic]

Really good Richard. Perhaps that tarmac is a tad clean? Also - one platform might be busier than the other - depending on the AM or PM peak.

[@ScottDowneywoundedbear]

The platform looks great. A much improvement. I have been waiting to get the card for my platform to finish but it has never arrived so I will take a page from you and paint the unfinished area. The LED's look good but a little large. I would try to make a shade or use smaller ones. I personally like the SMD type. Scott

[@EverardJunction]

I think I will change out the leds. I used the 3mm ones because I already had plenty and hoped they wouldn't look too big.

[@alan1graham]

Hi Richard great video as always. i did something very similar on my own layout but was not happy with the spotlight effect of the single LEDs. What i did was to replace the single LEDs with strips of LEDs . you can buy 5 metre lengths of 12 V strip LEDs which can be cut into small sections of 3 LEDs and which happen to fit very nicely between the platform stanchions. (they are also ideal for coach lighting and building lighting) By doing this and using an appropriate resistor the light was much more evenly distributed. There is a knack to doing this however . i am happy to provide more details if anyone is interested.

[@EverardJunction]

alan graham Thanks Alan, I've seen some of those strips in various places. They seem good value for money, will look into getting some.

[@chrisbrisley8238]

hi Richard, I fitted all the station/ platform monitors on the kent route..The housings were painted navy blue

[@EverardJunction]

Chris Brisley Thanks for the info Chris.

[@beanjunction8431]

Simply brilliant :)

[@DeanPark]

Nice to see your station is starting to look more realistic. Can I suggest you spray the adverts using matt spray varnish? It really tones it down and makes it more realistic than the glossy paper. That's what I had to do as mine were far too shiny to start with. Looking good. Those Bachmann modernisation items are a god send to modern image modellers! I bought loads of packs for use on my platforms. How did you fit the people in to place? I used a tiny bit of blu tack, so I can reposition and remove them if I need to clean/dust the platforms. Enjoyable update as always. Dave

[@EverardJunction]

DaveClass47 Thanks Dave. I've got a fair list of things to do on these before I commit them back to the layout. I'll spray the ads with matt varnish, good idea, didn't think of that. I've glued the figures down with some rocket card glue. I don't plan on moving them and if I need to clean the platforms I just hit them with some air from my compressor. Cheers

[@DeanPark]

EverardJunction Good idea about cleaning with a blast of air from the compressor...I didnt think of that!! lol Might glue mine down in due course and use your cleaning technique. I eventually got around to uploading my station video yesterday...I'm pleased with how mine turned out too. How old is your layout? When did you start work on it? Mine is 2 years old....at this rate its going to take me another 6 years to get it 'finished', by which time the station area might need a revamp! Its never ending, but I suppose that's part of the fun!

[@EverardJunction]

DaveClass47 I started mine properly in about September 2009, but there was a lot of planning before that. The two decks and track laying was complete in about March 2010. So I've been going for over 5 years. Got delayed in 2012 when I ripped up the whole right hand side and lengthened it. Probably about another 2 - 3 years work I'd say.

[@georgethomas7814]

totally amazing

[@ulc35]

Looks really good!

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

"British Rail apologize - all trains running as normal!"

[@humbolt136]

Looks great! What have you used for the end of the platform in the foreground at 19:50 ?

[@EverardJunction]

The platform ends are made using plastikard. I also used some humbrol filler to blend the join to the hornby sections.

[@BladeRunner21577]

The platforms do look a lot better darker youre right. and its amazing what a little work to the canopys does to them, its hard to imagine how toy like they start out when you see them on the built up platform. Any ideas on what you are going to do about the spotlamp effect youre getting from the LEDs? I seem to remember the old lamps in my local stations had some kind of reflector cover on them. Not unlike the sodium street lights have. you could use it as a defuser rather than a reflector. Or put the blub into a tube with the side cut out but with the ends on, the ends would block the beam out the end of the LED, you turn up the power and get a glow down from the side

[@EverardJunction]

BladeRunner21577 I have a few ideas i'm going to try. They look ok in the flesh, but some better diffusion would be useful.

[@BladeRunner21577]

Now you said it I can understand that about looking different on camera. Ill be watching updates with interest

[@rlm98253]

Brilliant!

[@mattylovin1]

I like the intro, was always hearing those delays back in the day

[@tomgdownhill]

looking superbe ;)

[@Epic_DaVinci]

Regarding the Spotlight problem you have with the LED's, you could possibly use some opaque perspex or something similar to diffuse the light, that way you will still have the light but it wont be focused into a spot.

[@EverardJunction]

Daniel Gregory I've got a couple of things I'm going to try. In reality with reduced brightness the lights look quite good already. I've got some plastic I can adapt to try and diffuse them some more.

[@Coops74]

+EverardJunction not sure if you pursued this or not but did you get any form of diffuser? You could try a bit of plastic milk container. All good stuff I've seen from you 😀

[@kevinclass2015]

Hi am starting to build my model railway layout and was wondering how did you make the staion announcements cheers. love the layout keep up the good work :D :D :D

[@EverardJunction]

Kevin CLASS 201 I recorded them on my PC from a clip I found online. I put it over the video during the editing.

[@tezwilliams2497]

hi everard junction is going to look even better then it already is can i ask about the signage you print off movie posters/station related signs/ where do you get them from and at what setting is your printer set to get the image to the right scale and quality.looking froward to the next video.

[@EverardJunction]

R1 PILOT I made the signs in paint and the posters I managed to find on google images after a lot of searching. I resized them in publisher and printed them out on glossy photo paper with the printer on the photo print setting.

[@aib0160]

I had them Hornby platforms on my trainset I had as a child in the 60's.

[@TheMrTroll]

Nice to see your station being enhance to look like in real life. Just want to ask how do you make the posters/advertisements - do you use plasticard and where do you get the advertisement from? Keep up the good work. Cheers Carlos

[@EverardJunction]

TheMr.Troll I get a copy of the ads from google images and then stick them to a plasticard section. It takes a long time to find the right adverts, but they are out there.

[@beforedawn486]

Love the station...its beautiful, just a couple of suggestions...the waiting room should have a roof because what if its freezing out..people will want to wait in the heat or just a windy day?.....and also the station is missing a crucial component...a map of some sorts...you should draw up a map of your layout and put it on the station...also one more thing...how about adding some lighted frames around the billboard so there lit up...on the whole tho good job...

[@EverardJunction]

Christopher Strunk I might put one on, but you can't see it because the canopy is in the way. I also need to add more passengers to them so will leave the roof off for now. Most waiting rooms of the era I've been in are very cold and don't have heaters. They're just to keep people out of wind and rain.

[@poinchesterstation4514]

How did u make your own personalised station signs. Did you use a website? Excellent work mind and I might try using my old hornby platforms like that with a bit of paint and plastikard

[@EverardJunction]

Poinchester station I made the station signs in paint. Its quite easy as they're quite basic signs. Then I pasted them into publisher to get the sizing correct. Feel free to do whatever you want with the platforms. It wasn't my idea anyway, I've seen them before on another layout.

[@marianmelinte4679]

How did you make the triangular ends of the platforms?Not the STRAIGHT ends that go underneath the town scene.They look really nice!

[@falseteeth5621]

Lovely hobby. If you have lights all over the layout, do they all hook up to one single power pack?

[@anthony566]

Another fantastic update from you, can you help me i really do not understand resistors and i want to is there a dummies guide i can use as i just can't work them out.

[@EverardJunction]

Resistors are quite complex once you get into it. To work out exactly what resistor you need you have to do some calculations. As a general rule with leds I use a 220 ohm resistor on 5V and a 1K ohm resistor on 12V. You can increase the size of those resistors to make the lights dimmer.

[@anthony566]

That helps a lot thank you.

[@waldenhouse]

I might have missed it Richard, but are the LEDs 12 volt? If not you'll need a resistor for each one. (Sorry I realise you'll know this already, just saying for others' benefit).Try filing the bulbous "lens" from the end of the LED. This will help diffuse the light and get rid of the "beam". Another way is to get white plastic straws (eg, from "The Works"). Point LEDs in each end (cut to length), the LEDs will need to lay horizontal, pointing at each other, or along the straw. This will diffuse the light also. The straws can also be 'flattened' with "Tower" LEDs inserted. Anyway, great update, and hope you don't mind me sharing suggestions/ideas. Cheers, Bob

[@EverardJunction]

RMLectronics East Yorks Thanks Bob. They are wired in parallel so I only need one resistor. I've replaced all the leds since this was filmed with smd leds. They are much better and have sorted the spotlight issues. It now looks much better.

[@oceancity2006]

Was it really 8 months , since I watched this video the first time , looks as good as ever nearly ready to start work on my layout , ref the resistors , is it hit or miss on the rating ? What would be the starting point on say on using 8 LEDs ?

[@Jwnewall]

Looks great! today I was sticking down some figures onto the station, and I havent done a bad job compared to yours! :D

[@jackbrown2830]

Cracking video richard

[@AVFCAM]

Just when you think something looks good enough, you go and do this and you think 'crikey, it doesn't half look good now!"

[@EverardJunction]

AVFCAM Thanks, I'm very pleased with it. Some more people and a bit of furniture should finish things off nicely.

[@wthwing]

Why did you hand paint verses air spray the platforms?? Your work is great especially the waiting rooms..

[@EverardJunction]

wthwing The airbrush was in bits being cleaned at the time. I later went over the platform with it to get rid of any brush marks.

[@wthwing]

Ah thank you for the reply...

[@chefblanc]

any scratchbuilt wagons.. ?

[@chefblanc]

got any sound chips yet ..

[@HammersOfSpectacus]

you ever plan on getting a BR class 17?

[@EverardJunction]

Spectacus™ Not really. Its well out of era and region for the layout.

[@HammersOfSpectacus]

Ah, I see!

[@Lennon6412]

I thought you had wooden platforms?

[@lu4472ke]

All it needs now, are some trainspotters at the end of the platform :-)

[@EverardJunction]

Luke Knights It does, I will be adding some when I order some additional people.

[@dustybinproductions4779]

I know where some red NSE clocks are one of them is at Gillingham (Kent) and some at london victoria.

[@jackqueale6681]

maybe add some rubbish bins? great video

[@EverardJunction]

Jack Quere Yep, need those. Its on the list.

[@LettuceTrains]

The platforms have been STATIONARY for 2 years!!

[@CallingAllStations]

Looks fantastic! Those clocks are still knocking around in Liverpool Street complete with NSE branding!: twitter.com/CASRailwayBlog/status/551257144319016960

[@EverardJunction]

***** Brilliant, can't beat a proper BR clock.

[@chefblanc]

20-30 yrs..! must be 40+ .. they are definitely older than me !