Metcalfe Card Kit PO232 Goods Shed

[@pault1289]

Excellent ideas on how to hide the cables and positioning the LEDs. Really impressed with how you've built that.

[@chrisseed4643]

Just ordered this and it's my first Metcalf kit so this is very helpful. Cheers.

[@geezenstacks]

It's a great kit. I'm currently sorting out the yard around it on the layout.

[@BearsTrains]

I had no idea these kits were this good. I had only seen photos on ebay and thought they were a bit rubbishy but your vid (and others) have converted me. Your lighting wiring is excellent.

[@martinpattison5110]

A very nice build and I liked the way you did the lighting. It is something that I will add as I replace some of the older buildings. Thanks. Martin (Thailand)

[@nobbyse16]

Another marvellous video as always. Thank you for all your very informative and well presented tutorials, you certainly have a natural talent for narration and your construction skills are superb. More videos like this please! Colin

[@jonathanbrierley5175]

Hi there, My name is John & I am hoping to build a model railway 6ft by 6ft square. I like what you have done with your layout & you've worked very hard with it. I really liked the Idea with the lighting you have done in the two buildings you put on your layout. The GWR goods shed is done right with a train in it, It's not for road traffic, I like it very much & I would say, keep doing what you like to do, cos, at the end of the day you're doing a hobby you like.

[@ChobertonJunction]

Nice build and with the addition of those lights it looks really good. I still struggle a little with the Metcalfe kits, not the construction of them but the flat non textural aspect of their walls and floors. But I am thinking of trying to do something about that as the kits are really good overall.

[@MyChaz2]

Beautiful model. Very detailed instructions. Thanks

[@GRUMP5B]

Thank you for the ‘tip’ on hiding the wiring for the L.E.D.’s

[@Knappist]

Excellent job, I will use one of these for my Cresswell station model, it’s not that far off the original, the only thing I will do differently is put tile strips on the roof.

[@headlysouth4191]

Another cleverly constructed kit to integrate the lighting in a nice discrete way

[@richardmessenger9474]

Thanks for the video showing how it's done...have been trying to get hold of one of these but most shops are out of stock and Metcalf are shut down due to Covid...

[@geezenstacks]

Keep trying, well worth it!

[@FarlandHowe]

You've done nice job explaining the light wiring. Very nice completed. Rob

[@TheMisterdan01]

Great video and how to, the lights look great, well done! Cheers, Dan

[@roymurgatroyd7885]

I do a lot of miniaturised wiring for models but instead of using "normal" cable for the wiring I use solderable magnet wire which is much thinner and easier to integrate into models. Search ebay for "0.17mm solderable enamelled wire" which is what I mainly use. It comes in different thicknesses and for model lighting wiring is perfect. I use red coloured for positive lines and copper coloured for negative. There are packs of different colours available if you don't need too much but want a greater variety of colours.

[@flybobbie1449]

lDaylight LED's, glue on small washers with 3mm holes, then paint, makes nice industrial lamp shade.

[@denniseaton5520]

Very useful video, going to have to buy a new goods shed kit now.

[@Fisch1969]

Thanks for your video. I hope, this will help me during building the shed in scale 0 (not 00 :) - bought it on Ebay)

[@InterCity134]

Excellent. Note to self: acquire many yellow LEDs and small resistors to have on hand as stock. And thin wire;

[@johncourtneidge]

Again, superb! Thank-you!

[@oceancity2006]

Well impressed with your video, some good information, thanks for sharing your experiences. Regards Robert

[@Wayner123]

Nice video very easy to follow and when are u going to do a layout update ?

[@williamwade641]

Wiring nicely done.

[@tonywilliams9600]

Hi, lovely job.....could you tell us the spec on the LED lighting wire. Thanks!

[@geezenstacks]

The wire directly on the LED is 26 gauge tinned copper wire. The wires on the base with coloured sleeves are 24/0.2.

[@tonywilliams9600]

Moorway South many thanks for the spec...I’m just finding my feet with all this, so much appreciated.

[@geezenstacks]

@@tonywilliams9600 look up Brian Lambert for model railway wiring advice, he is the master!

[@tonywilliams9600]

Moorway South - Many thanks, I’ll do that....

[@sjaakmcd1804]

The cardboard edges should be painted with water colour paint before assembly

[@GrahamWalters]

I think you have that the wrong way round ? GWR goods sheds always had the road traffic going through the shed, the railway stock used to pull up under the small canopy. ? I also feel those doors would be sliding and not hinged, hinging them means you lose load space on the platform. Other than that, some great idea's for detailing Metcalfe buildings, which IMO are slightly overscale when I have bought them for N gauge.

[@geezenstacks]

+Graham Walters - Thanks Graham. I'm not sure that would make sense as the platform runs the full length inside the building, surely that would be for the trains? There are a few photos online showing the same. Good idea about the doors - I'll change that.

[@GrahamWalters]

+Moorway South I can remember going to the goods shed at Ross on Wye with my Dad back in the 60's, the trains always pulled up underneath a canopy, the shed was long enough to take two lorries at a time, for larger machinery it would be unloaded onto a platform outside, tractors could then be driven straight onto the lorry bed.

[@suffolkpompey]

One thing I did notice with this kit regarding the office. In the instruction sheet it shows the office to be fixed to the left hand wall of the loading doors, but that way the steps lead down to the track. On the cover of the pack it shows the completed model with the office on the right with the steps leading down to the road which I think would be correct.

[@willskip1]

Hi, very helpful and useful video. But, what is that constant clicking in the background?

[@geezenstacks]

Bill O'Brien Sorry about that - I was recording the narration while clicking through the photos on the computer. I'll make sure it's quiter next time, although the next video will be a normal review rather than a slide-show

[@InterCity134]

+Moorway South I was guessing your were fiddling with playing cards making that sound.

[@garthclose2233]

Hi from Garth Close from South Africa 😄👌👀🚂Ho