Layout Update 10/06/2013

[@retrainrun]

The scenery to the entrance to the tunnels looks amazing!! you have done a great job! Th eshots towards the end really show what agreat job you have done with the plataforms. And also the weathering on your trains is excellent.!! Thanks for sharing!

[@EverardJunction]

The trees are a mix of woodland scenics products. Smaller trees and canopys are made using F1661. The branches for individual trees are TR1123 and the leaves are a mix of F1131 and F1133.

[@drumday]

Very enjoyable video. Very precise workmanship. Much to admire here. Thank you for sharing your work and passion.

[@Berubium]

Another superb update & video. I always enjoy tuning in to see what you're up to. I am especially fond of your trackwork. Keep up the good work. Jesse from British Columbia.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Terry, this 47 is a little louder than the others, I'm putting it down to it being new and needing to bed in a little more. I'm going to try and put up some shelves up or something as it's becoming a bit of a mess up there.

[@mrtelecaster009]

Hi Richard, another great update, some really nice camera angles too. Love the NSE Class 47, I'm just waiting for a Class 50 in the same livery. Spooky too, I sold all of my old Hornby platforms but kept the canopies from years back in hope that I'd have another layout, which of course now I do. Trouble is I've now got the Skaledale platforms that are made out of resin which probably won't hold up to being drilled out. Always love your updates, very inspirational. Andy

[@bikerides]

Great stable of locos, the helix fits in niceley under the roof slope. All running smootly after your adjustments. Thanks for the update.

[@ronb2943]

Nice update!! Your new engine looks great... Enjoy the sun and sunshine.. Lot of time to spend in the loft when the weather becomes cooler!! Thanks again and have a great week!!

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, Haymarket is a perfect fit for the layout, I may get another one and renumber it.

[@mrtelecaster009]

Hey Terry, my 37 was a bit noisy when I got it new, oiled the motor bearings and it remedied it immediately. Andy

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Dave, the 47 will get a light dusting just like the 50s have. If the weather holds I'll get it done this week.

[@EverardJunction]

I do really like that layout, amazing he was able to build all that in a 4ft high space. I know I certainly couldn't!

[@chrisspiers1]

Excellent once again, that new class 47 looks great and will look better when weathered to match your coaches! I know i sound like a broken record but im still looking forward to seeing more signals up! Especially around the station!

[@EverardJunction]

I've being looking at getting a vintage locomotive for layout recently. Not quite decided on what to get yet.

[@EverardJunction]

I got both of them from ebay about 2 years ago. I then resprayed both locos into NSE livery.

[@TheMisterdan01]

Thanks mate, I'll see if I can track that down at my local, it's a great colour and would be a hard one to simply mix with paint I would imagine, thanks for the info, cheers, Dan

[@EverardJunction]

I can't really control the temperature up there, so I tend to do most of my work in the morning or evening during the summer months.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, I really try to keep the weathering nice and realistic.

[@leavesgreen7250]

Such a great layout and as always brilliant updates/how to videos.

[@TaynuiltModelRailway]

All looking well ! This update has given me a few ideas for my new layout . Lewis :)

[@EverardJunction]

I have plans to get that working, just need to find the time to do it.

[@EverardJunction]

Yes, the whole corner is banked on all lines to give a realistic look.

[@MattyMonk]

As always a fascinating video and expertly done. Always look forward to the email to say you've posted an update. the NSE 47 was a great surprise, but then I never know what to expect on your vids! Keep up the great work and enjoy... Matty

[@EverardJunction]

I have some NSE mk2s on order for when they come out later this year. I just have one railfreight sector livery loco at the moment, there are some more I want to get. My HST is the new Hornby tooling, it looking miles better than the old one.

[@JohnPW22]

Thanks for the info... looks like a neat little cam! Performs very well!

[@EverardJunction]

Cool, I'm thinking of taking a few cars apart and changing the colours.

[@EverardJunction]

I haven't got any yet, but plan an using some for my retaining walls.

[@EverardJunction]

I've been into model railways for about 10 years. I've been building this layout for about 4 years now.

[@nichtsooft]

Excellent (as usual)! Precesion and grade of realism offers unequalled opportunities... Regards from Vienna.

[@EverardJunction]

Possibly on the branch line, but not the main lines.

[@EverardJunction]

The new 33 is downstairs being weathered along with the 105.

[@EverardJunction]

I use tamiya masking tape for things like that. It's high quality stuff that gives a nice crisp edge.

[@EverardJunction]

I've always liked the BR liveries from that period and you can model a wide range of trains and locos whilst still being prototypical. I also wanted to do something different from my 1960s layout.

[@zzpjl8]

Hi there, zzpjl8(nick) here. Your layout and stock just get better and better...it is amazing what you are doing. I am going to have to get Haymarket, the pint job is superb...mind you, I can only bring myself to weather Heljan locos at this stage!! Your helix is fantastic, I have used a pure ramp and despite their weight, the locos are struggling. Keep up the great work regards from down under Nick

[@toppersailor96]

A few videos ago you said that the only issue of the signals was it changes to orange while a long train was still in sight, this could be prevented by resetting the red light when ever a carriage passes over the sensor. Love to see more videos in the future, keep up the good work.

[@andrewshankland8719]

Good evening Everard Junction, your updates are soon very interesting and you explain everything so very well.

[@clare6414]

great video loved it as always, thanks again for all your help and advise

[@Pixie586]

Always a fan and admirer of you work and progress. Keep up the good work and hopefully my layout will come close to what you have achieved.

[@Angrist17]

Those platforms look awesome ... please tell me that the canopies are lit with LEDs. THe whole scene would look amazing with lit coaches running through the station.

[@The_Fake_Robert]

I had a feeling you'd get the 'Haymarket'. Layout's looking great.

[@EverardJunction]

There will be a how to video for the signals eventually.

[@EverardJunction]

Most of my errors were on my old layout I built years ago, i've been very careful with this layout as I hate messing up stuff.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, the 47 is from hattons.

[@jacobporrett]

Fantastic video well done. The station is looking good.

[@keithedmunds7536]

got the email that you had uploaded another vid, exellant as allways the weathered locos look so realistic sure the nse 47 will look good to. was going to disgard my old Hornby platforms for the new layout but after seeing yours I think I will keep them and get hold of some canopys as well hope the next vid is not to long.

[@EverardJunction]

I use a panasonic HDC-SD60 I think. It's about 3 years old now.

[@DieyoungDiefast]

If you run your coaches in permanent rakes, have you ever thought about fitting the flashing red tail light to the last coach? Small LED and maybe some 1.5mm fibre optic cable powered off the coach lighting would work.

[@hornbachhh]

Looking great Richard love the progress cheers Andy.

[@EverardJunction]

If i'm paying attention I stop the trains manually. At the moment the trains aren't automatically controlled.

[@EverardJunction]

The fence is made by bachmann scenecraft, its called security fence.

[@EverardJunction]

Yes, they will be weathered at some point.

[@DeanPark]

Nice update mate, love the HST and that 47/7 is lovely! Can I suggest a light weathering?, as it would have been fairly 'new' to the NSE region, having just been sent down from Edinburgh around about the time your layout is set. Plus, you don't want to cover up that lovely NSE livery with too much muck! ;-)

[@EverardJunction]

Lights will be added to the canopy when more leds arrive.

[@AVFCAM]

The new 47 is stunning!

[@davidfrobel7582]

very nice update,it is looking great, what tipe of hook up has the new loco have,,they look a lot different now to the old triang days,,,I am a little out of date whith all the new stuff they have now,,some locos seem to have the same as beechman trains.

[@rookycanadiantrucker]

Hey, you have set the bar high. Damn I'm gonna struggle to get that good, lol. Can you show some of your failures ?? I've done a lot of trial and error, mostly error.

[@kevintregunna]

Nice update nice to see the 47 nice working lights , just resprayed a couple of marinas in the last video I posted they come apart quite easily !!

[@EverardJunction]

I use leds and stripboard. One of my how to videos covers how to do it.

[@RobertLonsdale]

Keep em coming. Ever thought of a steam special running through?

[@EverardJunction]

I would like a class 59 but the hornby model of is about 20 years old and doesn't look too good. If new tooling is done i'll pick one up.

[@EverardJunction]

There is one coming out soon I have my eye on.

[@RailsOfTheWorld]

really nice update and with the morris marinas, make sure a piano doesnt fall on them like on top gear

[@hillsdeng1]

You going to get some more NSE coaching stock to run a full rake of them behind your NSE liveried locos. You thought about the railfreight liveried ones with the different divisional squares on them I thought about it but there a bit expensive for me atm with my small layout. Your HST is that the one with the rubber on the wheels and the old ring motor in it or a modernised one

[@EverardJunction]

The 85 is in the shed, I've only ever had 1 class 31.

[@EverardJunction]

I would recommend peco or seep motors

[@GregPalmer1000]

Its coming on great, like the new 47, its a pity the early ones (Early BR) have a few minor discrepencies in the detail ie... rivets around the windshields incorrect position of the fuel gauge and wrong bogie detail on the right sides... they corrected the bogie details but not anything else...and jury still out on the drivers cab door window height...

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks David, they look much better than the old ones.

[@bloodmarine77]

a very good update richard.i got that 47 at the weekend and also posted a video of it a few days ago.do you find yours to be a noisy runner as my one is compared to my other 47's. the overhaul on the station platforms have done you justice to mate as they now look more realistic. and for the corner of the layout where you keep all your stuff, why dont you get some 3mm mdf and curve it round the bend of the track and use it as a scenic board and use the space behind to store your bits and bobs.

[@steburge1]

Your trees look fantastic! Did you make them yourself and if so how about how do video

[@NitroNuggetTV]

your weathering looks Great,very good job. :)

[@EverardJunction]

The resin should drill out ok, but it is quite weak.

[@alsatau]

Hattons ship to Australia, I get things from them. they also take off the VAT so its cheaper not like ebay were there's no tax deduction

[@EverardJunction]

Make sure you plan as much as possible. Build a strong baseboard that is 100% level. The track shoud be as smooth as possible, no tight curves or sudden changes in direction if you can avoid it. Have somewhere to store your trains. Use peco track.

[@EverardJunction]

The yellow line is a more recent thing, most stations in the 80s didn't have it.

[@howarth004]

Like that new 47 , nice job on the platforms , as the French would say all looking ..Fantastique

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks Andy

[@MorfieldCentral]

Another great vid. Btw, Have you tried the modelmates dyes yet? i have tried the rust effect and brick filler so far and im very impressed! if its not evident in my first vid, ill do another soon but its very good stuff!.. p.s im sure the last marina i see on screen had a piano dropped on its roof?! Lol ;-) Lee

[@bartoncessna1]

Another great update - thanks!

[@matthewroughley1966]

Great work as always

[@dacuzzz]

hello everard...i would like to make a suggestion on you platform..i would use the joints where they come together as expansion joints & scribe in other lines parallel to your glued joints at scale feet apart. all concrete slabs that i have seen here in the US have expansion joints. i think it would comoflage the sections you have glues together... just my thoughts vinny...aka...bnsf6951

[@matthewsnowdenshunterguy3352]

Awesome update mate!! Lovin the 47 fleet, they are all nice models!! The model u mentioned respraying is an easy job!! Ive dun it with a Golf in one of my vids, lowered it too!! Feel free to check it out :)

[@conallkavanagh1397]

The layout looks AWSOME :) thx so much for the video I'm learning a lot

[@EastCoastHST1]

When you were painting your hornby station platforms how did you paint on the concrete colour and how did you do the white line, I used maskintape but the line spilled out slightly.

[@DjSideways]

Amazing layout.. Now then..points.. Hornby or peco?..

[@Ssensei12]

Will you ever put a yellow line on the platform my dad used to say if you stood past it youd get sucked in! Ive been scared ever since

[@anthony566]

Any chance you can post details of your signal controller as I want to do the same but I'm finding it hard to get working ....

[@edwardnewton8919]

hoping to do a layout in my garage any tips on how it should be done ?

[@FarlandHowe]

As usual, your work is terrific. How are you lighting your coaches? Very nice.

[@malcolmarmstrong7647]

Hi what would be the best point motor to use on a normal dc lay out

[@RuudGerrevink]

This video keeps stalling on me. I've tried to restart it on several settings, at several places, and even tried a restart of the PC. Other video''s are playing just fine (I'm rewatching them on a big screen and loving it). Maybe this one is in need of a re-upload?

[@EverardJunction]

I buy different couplings called kadees for my locos. They work better than the standard tension lock couplings locos come with in this country.

[@EverardJunction]

cool, i'll take a look

[@TheMisterdan01]

Great to see the layout again mate! Also I'm sure you've mentioned it before, but what paint do you use for your concrete? Cheers, Dan

[@ScottishNSRailFan]

How do you keep the roof space cool in the summer?

[@AndyHudson-ModelRailwayBuilds]

nice update Richard, was that the class 47 from Rails of Sheffield, looks good mate

[@largesatsuma]

Do you have to spend loads of time sending the cleaning wagon around?

[@panther590]

your layout is based in 1980s/1990s you thought about a class 59 arc or foster yeoman? they were around then

[@arthurashema9675]

That signal, when it goes red, do the trains stop at it?

[@TrentValleyRailway]

Great update as ever!

[@Matthewmodeller229]

What happened to the second 31 and 85?