Layout Update 19

A quick layout update now all the white polystyrene is gone and a wee DMU session.
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[@adrian_cooney]

I really enjoyed the onboard camera. It shows off all the great details you've added.

[@michaelwolak3098]

Hi bill your layout has almost reached the end of construction, it’s amazing to see how much work you have done to it and will look great when finished and all loco’s running. Can’t wait for next update from you 😊

[@derekloudon8731]

The backscene will make a tremendous difference to the layout. I was staggered when I added mine, the realism was amazing.

[@DaiElsan]

What you have done in the last 12 months is absolutely brilliant. Gone is the old layout, which served you the channel and us perfectly well to this wonderful enlargement is just amazing. I am in awe. Well done Bill. 😊😊😊😊

[@tombeck6335]

Looks fantastic Bill 👍👍

[@dwegmull]

I'm impressed by the rapid progress you are making on this layout! One think I've seen done and been meaning to try myself is using magnets to attach signals and other tall and thin structures to the base board. This way if one gets bumped, it falls over rather than bending or breaking. This only works for light signals and not semaphores obviously!

[@stephendavies6949]

Hi Bill. I very much enjoyed my tour of your layout, courtesy of your DMU fleet. Your idea to make the station entrance road over the bridge and down the slope traffic light-controlled is excellent. Looking forward to that.

[@harrygleed423]

Hi Bill, the layout looks really great! One suggestion about trees, don’t straighten the seafoam trees, if you look at nature, trees don’t grow straight they are twisted and angled. Good luck Harry

[@oobill]

Some of them are bent right over and will need straightened or they'd look odd. Some are fine as they are though.

[@harrygleed423]

@@oobill hi Bill, those bent right over could go on top of the hills, like you get near cliffs

[@PaulinesPastimes]

Oh, it's looking good. I love the signal box, very pretty. All the DMU's plus the Park Royal, excellent. Then to top it off the Driver's eye view to give that essential view of the layout to confirm the design choices. 😊

[@thestocktonflyer4059]

It's coming on a treat bill 😊 looking good my friend . Keep up the good work 👏 👍

[@speleokeir]

It's all coming along nicely. As you say once you get a bit of greenery down it will make all the difference.

[@allancawleys.trains9917]

Hi Bill, great layout and nice to see it coming along .always enjoyable , informative and relaxing to watch your videos . Keep them coming .👍🏻😊👏

[@monsvillerailways5736]

Looks great Bill. Now that the white plaster is covered up it is really starting to pop into life. Happy modelling

[@allenwalker5840]

Brilliant, looks great and gives us all inspiration - especially me, as I’m still in the polystyrene stage

[@janetlewis7145]

Love your on board camera. Layout looking more and more like Scotland. Bill and Janet from California

[@roberthocking9138]

You have done an amazing job Bill, the changes to your last layout are massive and no doubt it’s been a huge amount of work.

[@russellbenton2987]

Nice one . Love DMUs . That Tri-ang Met Camm dmu has certainly scrubbed up well !

[@keithhitchings8911]

Hi Bill. You did a much better job on the signal box kit. I made the same kit but it took me ages to do it and mine not so good.lol.

[@johnkelly8104]

Clas act Bill. It’s really looking great now. Giving me some good inspiration now. 👌👌👌

[@donniblanco5239]

Brilliant - the Signal Box fits Just Perfect - Something effective I noticed from Exhibitions is a Black Curtain below the Layout that covers up the Storage box’s, Wires and support legs etc which draws the eye where it needs to go - Great Selection of DMUs All Running Sweetly - Awesome Job 🙌🏻✨

[@oobill]

Screening off below the board is being left till last. At the moment I need permanent access but eventually it will get curtained off and the board sides capped with ply.

[@astolatpere11]

The backdrop and signal lights will really liven up your layout. Looking great!!

[@scottmcneil1150]

The layout is looking great, Bill. Lovely fleet of DMUs ! Thanks.

[@BrianSanders-tn7pi]

Hi Bill. Metcalfe kits are good but they can look a bit two dimensional. What I mean is that there is no texture to them. The bricks and roofs are just flat. But if they are placed in the right location they do look good. Those tre's also look good , but they are tall. So place them closer to the front and put smaller one's towards the back. Its all about depth perception. Your a smart guy so I know that you know what I mean. Now you getting towards the end its all little jobs to do. Signals , street lights and figures are all that is needed from now on. Great build , well done. Now just sit back and play trains. Good luck.

[@JerseyBill-x9r]

Looking good so far and I see the vision. Loved the running session and the on-train camera is a big hit for me. Great update and video, Jersey Bill

[@nigelprince987]

Great inspirational video Bill. I am building a new layout now. Could you show in your next video how the lift-out section works? How it fits in exactly in the correct place and how the electrics are transferred? Thank you.

[@oobill]

Have a look at my Layout Update 4 video.

[@jeremynorman1330]

That large logo 37 again...love it

[@stephendavies6949]

You & me both

[@MrAlphafang]

The layout is coming along lovely Bill. The video was perfectly timed too I'm trying to decide on which DMU/ rail car I want for my layout., so great to see such a selection.

[@iandouglas451]

always lovely to see these

[@nigelnewby5028]

Coming along beautifully. You have given me inspiration and ideas, thank you :)

[@peternorris6438]

Great to see the layout coming along Been working on mine putting in a lift out section safe me crawling under the base boards

[@martinshipman3260]

That’s going to look impressive once completed.

[@AndrésMahou]

Love the German railbus

[@viking1236]

A dry stone wall would help cover the join for the lift off section

[@markwiliams6132]

Absolutely fantastic Bill. A magical layout.

[@MrVinnyh]

For me Bill the two areas of your layout for me, are the petrol station / Gnomes Legs and the Folly Tower over the viaduct. Great to see the Railbuses out and about with other DMU's even Worst Barbie Scotrail units in action 🤗(Scotland ended up with all 5 types of 1960's Railbus, as a East Anglian we had the Waggon und Maschinenbau Railbus (5 built, 4 survive), My old preserved railway (Colne Valley Railway) had 2 of the AC Cars built (5), Park Royal, (5) Wickham (5) & Both Wickham (1) & Drewery (2) built for what is now Derby RTC. (of which Heljan make a false a false livery W&M railbus).

[@jamesewen1862]

It’s looking good and coming along great, Trees? Keep the trees at the back of the layout as I’ve seen them in front and it blocks out the view of the trains.After you’ve put so much work and effort into the layout.Kind regards, Jim Ewen.

[@johnwalker9750]

Have you considered Pop Up Designs Scottish signal boxes? These include Highland Railway, GNSR, NBR, Caledonian and GSWR designs. They would be easier to weather.😀

[@oobill]

I have looked at them but I'm not really a fan of ply kits.

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

great update on the layout out nice work thankds for the share on channel thanks lee

[@dinmorejunctionmodelrailway]

I found that using a pencil along the card edge of the Metclafe builds helped to take away the harshness of the white without over painting the printed brick surface. While the loss of your first layout was a shame, it was clearly the right decision looking at your achievement.

[@oobill]

Good idea

[@FlyingScott]

Cheers Bill, even without grass or trees the newly sceniced section still has something about it doesn't it? I was actually wondering, I know you don't do traditional reviews, but I do think you could bring more to the table where maintainability of models is concerned. Would there be any chance on seeing a sort of "buyer's guide" for certain models, like how to distinguish Made In China(tm)-style models?

[@oobill]

I have been thinking about doing some sort of video about what models to avoid and what to look for. I wouldn't feel comfortable doing a proper "Buyer's Guide" because I don't actually buy many locos. But I've seen enough to have a reasonably informed view of what to avoid when buying used locos. I think...

[@garylong7599]

Suggest adding wire within the seafoam trees to strengthen them and prevent further warping

[@oobill]

Not a bad idea

[@forrestrobin2712]

Looking good mate. Just waiting for retirement in 2 years time to get started on mine at last… seems a looong way away

[@martinbradshaw7877]

Don’t leave it too late. My health deteriorated pretty quickly. I had only a few years before I had to give up

[@forrestrobin2712]

@@martinbradshaw7877 sorry about that. I turned 60 this August and I’ve sadly already lost a couple of friends of my age already. So yes, I hope to get to and enjoy retirement but unfortunately finance means I have to hang on for a couple of years yet…

[@martinbradshaw7877]

@@forrestrobin2712 good luck. I didn’t retire till I was 68 so you have some time yet

[@wideyxyz2271]

❤

[@JoyThomas-zh9ix]

Hi Bill I find your videos inspirational. I 72 yrs old, currently in hospital but hope get home at the weekend. If ever you get a spare moment could you do an idiot's guide to quartering please. Yours Talfryn Thomas

[@michaeljohnson3396]

Just had a thought about your points dilemma, would it be possible to Dremel them out and then fix the new ones in by soldering them to the existing track? It seams a shame to have to pull up all the track around them.

[@oobill]

The track either side will be left as is. I'll video the repair but yes I either dremel the joins or use track cutters. When refitting I push the fishplates back flush with the ends of the point track and then once in position pull them back across the join.