Hornby Magazine layout update 5: April 2020 | Garden railway special

[@hornbymag]

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[@peterbrackenbury]

Love the outdoor outdoor 0 gauge layout Mike, very impressive. It's nice to see those beautiful big diesels being able to 'stretch their legs' hauling full length trains over longer distances.

[@alexmorgan2296]

What a combination - gardening and model railways! Stunning! Another life, perhaps!!! Thanks for sharing and the updates; really interesting.

[@SteveS3667]

Seeing this and knowing Heljan are doing a 40 and MK2's time to find £2.5K :) thats a lovely setting for O gauge and so professionally done, who needs to go out when you can sit in the garden with a beer on a warm Summers evening watching the trains go by :)

[@adysmith3138]

The garden railway is fantastic. It's great to have ever changing scenery around it too. Hopefully the plants will really fill in through summer.

[@BrockwellLanemodelrailway]

I spot a bit of my own modelling on Mr Georges layout. That BR yellow van (at 27.09) was on my layout before I sold it all off a few years ago. Its a Vanguard model I weathered and turned the front wheels. I had wondered what had happened to it. I remember because I believe Mr George is a well known car enthusiast. That's made my day to see it on such a fantastic layout.

[@garylewis1422]

😍 garden layout envy. Great update as always guys. Looking forward to the June issue arriving. Stay safe. Regards Gary

[@MrFlyingguy]

garden railway kept me glued...... good work.

[@kenmunozatmmrrailroad6853]

I would love to see more of the Garden Railway!

[@Xiiki]

Cool I currently own a main freight train set that I’m planing to extend.

[@marklinehan6000]

Fabulous garden railway, thanks for sharing it with us Mike.

[@trevorgwelch7412]

Didn't know your still around .... I had a Hornby train set back in 1967 . Montreal Quebec . In Canada Athearn Genesis are very popular HO Scale

[@skyfall2360]

what an absolutley fabulous update..can we have one every week :-):-) superb content ,great garden railway update it looks great..very slick presentation..well done to all involved..looking forward to this months magazine..:-)

[@hornbymag]

Ha it would be great to do one weekly. 😁

[@KingsAquariumsAndReptileRoom]

Awesome video guys love all the layouts, I'm a big model railway fan always collected the magazines. Can't wait for more videos

[@peterlinstead4200]

Brilliant video! Thanks guys for your brilliant video. Mike, your garden layout looks fantastic, it must great to be enjoying it now after all the heavy construction work. Richard, Perhaps where the two nearest tracks ascend the giant divide should be first bit to receive some heavy duty TLC. Opening out the two sides with some scenery is a good idea and will make the layout look more realistic and less rectangular.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Morning guys hope your keeping well and safe 😀 Great video on that garden 0 gauge is just up my street Mike 🤣 Westerns and BR green locomotives and loose coupled wagons 😊 My fiancée loves the garden bit lol 😂 Keep the good videos coming and keep safe cheers Stevie 😎

[@alanswallow9033]

Like the .Kombi as well!

[@TheMidlandTerrier]

Thanks HM for another great and fantastic video! Hope to see some terriers soon!😁👍

[@hornbymag]

Thanks, I'll see what I can do!

[@murrayhall908]

Great to see you "revitalising" the N Gauge layout and it would appear that the joint in the middle which I understand you to say is "hinged" needs a bit of attention as all the running roads appear to have a "drop" in all the tracks at the join to maintain a smooth trasintion. Look forward to your improvements over the coming weeks. Cheers

[@MrScottmac99]

I've watched a couple of these now, and my scale is not represented anywhere (On 2-1/2), but your productions are sooooooo interesting and professional, nice laid back style and very informative. A big thankyou from Oz :-)

[@leilacentral1883]

Love it. Looks absolutely lovely in the garden and must bring a lot of enjoyment. Clint

[@jorgel.fernandeziii8278]

I thoroughly enjoyed every piece of information that I’ve been given especially the O gauge outdoors, Most stuff was kind of weird like that 0-4-2 ? But because the locomotive’s kind a looks weird but, then again, I’m in the United States and some of ours look totally different but what they look like up there ! I Loved the “N” Gauge portion of it !!! Now if you can make the back that was (“blank look like a real yard”) and be totally awesome because this amount of room that you have on both sides and the amount of action you can get out of it !!! 🌊🐺

[@mikeking2539]

Re the N gauge layout, one thing i would want to sort out would be the joint between the two boards, so that they were level, so that the trains don't 'jump' about when crossing the gap

[@oswestryroadtmd4850]

Thank you for the update for the Hornby prairie tank and the and 117 DMU I hope it will be July it will give me lot more time to save

[@James-Akers]

Great video as always. Glad to see you're all staying safe. You've now seriously tempted me into going 0 gauge as well as 00

[@hornbymag]

Haha its tempting isnt it!

[@James-Akers]

@@hornbymag just a bit, don't think my parents would approve though

[@duncan1945]

Hi Mike, I am thinking of building a garden layout. I love the way you have built yours. Can you tell me , do the 3x3 post supports get concreted into the ground ? Duncan.

[@gatchamonster]

Great episode!

[@FlyingScott]

Does the N gauge layout have a scrapline? If not, it's an interesting way to display some steam stock or even some carriages among the diesels.

[@dougjuk]

Excellent video

[@Dennis20000]

I’ve seen that Heaton Lodge layout before in Traction, stunning layout. Even put frost on the windscreen of the cars.

[@hornbymag]

Its stunning!

[@WilliamHBaird-eq2hp]

Fantastic!

[@terrylove3247]

HI, great video., but the one glaring problem that I see on the N gauge layout is that where the join is some of the track is mis-aligned which could cause derailing and also there is a dirty great solder blob which appears to be making the trains bump over it. Other than that it does appear that it runs very well. Regards Terry

[@hornbymag]

Thanks Terry, it's on the agenda as you're right.

[@PuuberZ]

Would love to see a Graham Farish Class 20 on the N gauge layout and maybe a review to?

[@SammyBFilms]

Love it! Would be great to have a garden like that one day. :-)

[@adrianmcgarry2852]

Well done, nice, informative and I like the format

[@hornbymag]

Thanks Adrian

[@tonystamp2708]

Great video. It's given me loads of ideas. How did you do the wall effect at 4.24?

[@JB-ek4yx]

Ooh, very nice background to one of the layouts, a VW splitscreen type 2 😁 does it have a slightly hot motor as it looks to have an aftermarket tacho?

[@hornbymag]

Well spotted, it does after a few modifications. It has a 2007cc air cooled engine and strengthened gearbox at the back.

[@andrewdowd3015]

What happens when its raining?

[@wamgoc]

How well do the point mother hold up being outside in the different weathers?

[@yewenyi]

How do you cope with the 60 foot limit for DCC signals?

[@dominichipkin1015]

Just about to lay the O gauge track on my garden railway, you're setting a very high standard Mark, excellent work. Can I ask how your Noch scenics survived their second winter and did you need to do anything to them prior to putting them outside ? Keep up the inspirational work.

[@musoseven8218]

Mike, cracking garden layout! Can I ask, did you JUST wire jumpers across the rail joints or wire to a BUS under the boards as well? I was just pondering the reliability of the DCC signal via NS rail and only jumper wires? Also did you have to drill any of the boards and breach the mineralised roofing felt, Eg to hard wire the points? Thanks.

[@TheRobbieg2006]

This is fantastic I would love to build one in my garden. will the track rust in time and how do you get round it if it will. thanks G

[@hornbymag]

It doesn't rust, we just use a good track rubber before use.

[@TheRobbieg2006]

@@hornbymag that makes perfect sense thanks hornby👍👍👍

[@medwaymodelrailway7129]

Great garden train layout ."Thumbs up for you" .Hope you like mine diesel dave's

[@davidkiffin8315]

I have inherited a garden model railway. Im a complete novice with zero experience So how do I find out what gauge it is

[@HillcotMR]

Thanks guys, good stuff

[@ashleydowdeswell7026]

Great video guys I was wondering what happens to your old layouts, one in particular Hettle, 6'x4' in N, which I'm finally getting time to recreate during furlough Not sure where to start getting track plan down

[@holmesjunction]

Loved the content, especially the garden railway. 10:22 Impressed with the sound modules fitted with MUSIC! Alternatively, what's the point of demonstrating engines with sounds just to play music over the top - FAIL (Thank goodness you didn't do it to Mike's Western at 27:10)? Apart from that, great video, even with social distancing. Liked and subscribed!

[@robdingwall03]

Hi guys. Great work, great information. Regarding electric supply to the garden railway: I fully understand the need for the bonding across rail joints but is the power solely from the shed area or have you put in some form of other supply to other areas of the track outside to provide continuity of power? If so any chance of a brief explanation ? If power is just from the track in the shed area then seems to work brilliantly. Thanks for your efforts and time . Rob.

[@hornbymag]

Hi Rob, The Harden railway build will be covered in full in three articles over the next three issues of Hornby Magazine, starting with issue HM157. 👍🏻

[@charlesweager1768]

Viewing Barren Thorpe and Suggestions: I like attention to scenics. I think the layout does this very well. I would extend the suggestion of a town beyond the row of terraced houses. And I don't like the look of the cutouts for the track disappearing through the sky, so on the right hand side a bit more disguise is needed. I believe that a big scenic opportunity is always missed by not using the fiddle yard. Afterall this is the rest of the world and I remember travelling through lines of railway vehicles, such as the approaches to Bristol Temple Meads from Bath. So why not dress the fiddle to be what it is, a yard somewhere in the rest of the world. Make it theatre and this is off stage.

[@allanegleston4931]

love the n gauge layout . always wndered how they got the trains to the other side of the layout . no changes recomended from me .

[@hornbymag]

Thanks Allan, glad you liked it

[@BrockwellLanemodelrailway]

A nice photographic backdrop to the N gauge layout would improve it a lot.

[@hornbymag]

A good suggestion l.

[@corinheathcote9868]

HAAs where only run in rakes of 36.

[@johna.dawson709]

Love the garden railway in O gauge, I've started to plan mine out, what material did you use do build the framing and what is the width of the framing as well. How far off the ground should i go with the support pieces and the distance between the supporting posts as well. just so i can plan out what i would need for my O gauge garden railway. thanks

[@120ingram]

At about 10 minutes we are told that we will hear the sound of the locos but on top of the loco sound was a music track, why?

[@hornbymag]

Sadly the audio wasn't the best and needed an overlay.

[@SEANSMART30]

Great video but do you ever review or discuss KR Models and their original model projects?

[@bus131]

I like the idea of Garden Railways, what are your thoughts on OO running in the garden as notice it's mostly O gauge people go with? Great content as always guys

[@hadkinsproductions5346]

i am planning to build a oo garden railway

[@stephenporter7113]

Have a look at Jenny e Kirk videos she built a oo gauge garden railway from start to finish

[@kineuhansen8629]

? how do i make a double track layout special in the corners

[@kineuhansen8629]

how much i would love a new tool flying scotsman in war time black

[@mtty1988]

What’s powering the pickfords lorry is it faller? If so is it DCC how dose it work in n gauge

[@hornbymag]

Richard with a bit of string, 10 out of 10 for spotting it though! 👍🏻🤣

[@mtty1988]

Hornby Magazine why is there a hight diff of Richards n layout all the wagons seam to jump up. How is n gauge movement of vehicals love how miniature wonderland hamburg has DCC faller and cars can think more for self where to go when to stop is that n or just 00(want larger ambulance police van or coach busses

[@guiguinofake4626]

Why i live in Canada!Snow prevent me from doing this

[@POTCsIronMan]

Go G those are weather proof . Plus you can use a functional Rotary Snow Plow

[@AlecDenholm]

I'm wondering the same thing. Snow could be less of an issue if the track is a couple of feet off the ground. How well Peco track fares in -40°C is another question though; I doubt if that's something they check for.

[@pontyperv]

don't forget to fill those birdfeeders lol

[@christopherfletcher-smith5173]

Good content chaps but can you adjust the different sound levels. 🥱

[@hornbymag]

Working on it Christopher 👍🏻

[@southernsteamphotography1378]

I've been thinking about making a garden railway for a while. however, I can't find any stainless steel track. what track do you use?

[@Haymarket47]

I think he said he used Peco Bullhead.

[@connorrobinson1909]

Are those Easy Build Coaches?

[@hornbymag]

O gauge Heljan coaches

[@bobsmodelrailways]

Mike, hi, great update. Please would you consider ‘notching’ the rails at every 60’ (or at each leading axle of the Mk1 coaches)? I miss the “clickerty clack” - on models and on the real thing. Everything’s geared to silent running and CWR these days, where spotters are robbed of the excitement of listening to the “golden age” of loose fishplates and 60’ rail breaks! Cheers.

[@hornbymag]

That could be added to the long list of jobs. 👍🏻

[@ethmister]

The narrow gauge needs a class 35 hymek to run it.

[@hornbymag]

We have one, it didnt make the cut this time.

[@ethmister]

@@hornbymag makes sense rotation is good

[@RJdeVries84]

I love the outdoors 0 gauge layout, i'm investigating wheather this is something to build into my own garden, the track will consist of the Peco Bullhead rail. I do have one question, the rail joiners / fishplates, are these also available from Peco or are these another brand, since I cant really discover which ones to use.

[@phildavey3135]

Yes they are supplied by Peco. I also have O gauge bullhead rail across my layout and I use the same fishplates as for OO rail. I don’t rely on the fishplates to conduct electricity though....every section of rail has it’s own DCC dropper wires soldered to the bottom of the rail.

[@timothykeinard8085]

LOOK GOOD

[@garrymartin6474]

Dont put Deltics on freight ! As you say a bigger scenic area more curves and less right angles.

[@hornbymag]

Like in today's world, they're called upon to cover failed engines

[@kingdong7981]

18:28 Burn it :-D