HELJAN'S PEAKY BLINDERS: All new class 45 + V2, Clan & Deltic in action with Real Sounds

[@railway187]

As always, not just a video but a work of art! Thanks for sharing!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

That's very generous of you to say so, thank you very much!

[@juleshathaway3894]

Wow wow wow WOW. The level of modelling is just stunning and the filming if unbelievable. I am speechless. Eat your heart out Sam's Trains!!

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Awesome update .Liked it very much!! Well done. Cheers DD.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks very much DD!

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

@@NEVILLEGROVE Yes thank you and that's the great part about the hobby sharing ideas and learning new ideas from other people to improve our Channel.

[@30dettjimvg]

What a Sulzer fest that was.Thank you for taking the time to entertain us all with your excellent videos.Please keep them coming.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks very much for watching, glad you enjoyed it!

[@Chris-BognorRegis]

That was wonderful, truly brilliant and very enjoyable to sit back and watch, thankyou. Regards Chris

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Hey Chris! Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.

[@robinforrest7680]

Blimey, this is 80’s nostalgia week. Last night I was in Lyon to see « The Cure » and tonight I’m watching blue Peaks with blue and grey coaches I used to take to get to college in Swansea from home in Birmingham 😂

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Sounds awesome, glad I could help continue the theme for the week! Also great memories by the sounds of it. On the return you must have gone up the Lickey Incline then right? That must have sounded epic with a 45 thrashing away at the front 🤔

[@hollpoll]

Loved the split screens and the Peaks at speed shots all in all another "blinding" episode, all the best Stewart from downunder

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

That's interesting, glad you like them! Thought was a way to see the whole train the Clan was pulling yet keep the action going. Think it just about worked...

[@9021ASH]

Great video! I'm looking forward to receiving my Heljan Class 45 from Lord & Butler in Cardiff. I'm having it sound fitted. Your videos are excellent and I'm going to have to try some of the parallel running shots on my layout.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Oh excellent I hope it’s arrived already! If not it’ll be worth the wait, especially with a good sound installation. Thanks for watching 👍

[@phil36310]

Absolutely wonderful video. Superb weathering. Thanks for sharing ! Cheers, Filip

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Glad you enjoyed it Filip! Thanks for watching.

[@greatnorthernrailwaytother4711]

Brilliant filming. Well done again. Peter.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Cheers for watching Peter, and thanks for the lovely comment.

[@septiccalling8341]

I’ve just had a really busy and tiring morning; I’ve come in and found this latest little video from you and just relaxed into it. Thoroughly enjoyed that from the locos and trains to the scenic layout and buildings and to the extraordinary production of the whole shebang! Please note that I am almost totally clueless about railways and model railways but I have been a scale modeller for nearly all of my 61 years and really appreciate the time and effort that must go into making something so visually appealing and generally, to me anyway, special. More power to your elbow!

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks again for such a lovely comment. the videos are indeed time consuming and a lot of planning effort goes int othem but I do enjoy doing them and comments such as yours make it more than worthwhile!

[@septiccalling8341]

@@NEVILLEGROVE 👍🏻🚂🚞🇬🇧👍🏻

[@AdamWilson-43036]

Amazing collection of diesels you have

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thank you! Not all our mine though unfortunately, several belong to customers and the blue peak is on loan from Rails of Sheffield.

[@MrTBrearley]

Peaky Blinders! Best episode yet. These look great on this amazing layout and the sound gives it a whole new dimension. I'd forgotten how dramatic the Peaks sounded and it brings back memories of seeing the blue versions in... the Peak District! Congratulations.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Big thanks MrT! They do sound amazing. I never sore / heard them in service as they were already pretty rare when I was a kid, and they never came to Kent in any case. However, they do really remind me of the noise the Class 33 Cromptons had passing our primary school on heavy coal trains. I understand that mechanically they were actually quite similar, both types being Derby / Sulzer machines. Oh and thanks, I might have to use the "Peaky Blinders" link in the title!

[@ModelRailwaysUnlimited]

Bloody brilliant

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Excellent thanks!

[@rawstonemodelrailway]

Great video as always and those class 45 sounds make them sound beefy.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Gaz! Yeah they're big and sound awesome.

[@rawstonemodelrailway]

@@NEVILLEGROVE watching some old 60's footage with a couple of these in last night one was being recovered by a black 5 after it failed. Obviously in there early days working on the lines and ironing out any issues.

[@warwickroadmodelrailway]

Excellent, thanks for sharing

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thank you very much for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@davidjohnfarrell4579]

Looks absolutely fantastic. I had to look twice to check to see if it was real. Well done

[@albertofranchi6408]

Super beatiful

[@mikep4821]

Superb, yet again. I’ve never noticed the slight banking on the rails through the platforms, how did you do that without risking a loss of electrical contact?

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Mike! The important thing is to have gradual transitions - both in terms of straight to curve, and also from camber to flat / level. A sudden change in direction is to be avoided where possible. You can use anything to pack out the raised side. Throughout the layout I’ve used a combination of thin foam underlay, cork and coffee stirrers (the layout was built on a shoe string so whatever was at hand). The key is consistency, and this needs to be tested exhaustively and adjusted as required.

[@mikep4821]

@@NEVILLEGROVE well it looks so prototypical, great job !

[@stretchedits]

I have one of these on my own layout, yes silky smooth and well built...........Absolutely lovely locomotives. I'm just waiting to get sound for mine. They had similar engines to the Class 47's, which might be why you remember the sound of them so well in Kent. I used to see them in the 1980's passing through Leicester on the Midland Main Line, always a worthy spot at the time. I never thought I'd miss them so much, but then nothing lasts forever. One question, can I ask, is there a reason some of your layout track is unballasted, is it just you haven't got round to it yet, or things are still changing? Any way thanks for a great video, really enjoyable as always. All the best Dave.

[@NEVILLEGROVE]

Thanks Dave, glad you like your one too. The unballasted bit is simply because I haven’t had any time to work on the layout over the last couple of years 😅

[@MrPhotoMan22]

Could someone tell me what scale these tracks are?

[@zepheris_]

OO Scale. The same scale as the Accurscale Deltic or the Heljan Class 45's

[@MrPhotoMan22]

@@zepheris_ thank you so much