New Layout Build - Station Platforms

[@vxrdrummer]

That weathered track looked absolutely superb. I am trying to weather the track on my son's layout and as a first try with only brushes etc., it isn't going well!!! I can't wait to finish it so I can then make a mess of ballasting as well...I hope with some practice and better tools that I can get as good as you are.

[@tonystinytrains1705]

That made me laugh! I remember my one and only attempt at track weathering - it was terrifying! It felt like a one-way deal with the only option to keep going darker...

[@Kev5565]

Excellent attention to detail and just enough litter for my liking. I've seen a few railway videos from the 70's/80's and to say some people refer to that time as better maybe it wasn't as far as litter louts, the litter in some stations was an embarrasment for a train enthusiast. These days we have more of the dreaded invasive Budlia and less litter, which is how I prefer it. I love the authentic effect of oil and grime clogging up the ballast and it reminded me of some of the more grimey workshops at Doncaster plant when I worked there. I'm getting so much inspiration from your work and your infectious enthusiasm.

[@hellooohowareudoing]

45 minutes of Everard Junction! Excellent

[@jamesjordan3042]

I don’t think it was long enough. I cried when it finished

[@Realisit.architect]

cant get enough

[@Kevin-mm5ix4dc7y]

Thank you for another excellent video. I’ve just posted a similar comment on Dean Park’s channel. Just wanted to thank you both for your inspiration. Some 30+ years ago I rescued my boyhood train set from the family home all with the best of intentions but no progress. After seeing your video’s I’ve started to prepare the loft, lighting and power now added. Thanks again for getting me going and setting my retirement hobby.

[@oyst]

Awesome 80's vibes from the intro. Gave me vibes to the "Round Trip To Glasgow" and "This is the age of the train" Looking forward to the rest!

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[@krewbeckham5133]

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[@Selous_Scout]

That branch line reminds me of platform 2 and 3 at reading where the diesel Reading to Basingstoke stops and starts all day long dropping oil each day plus all the exhaust smoke going everywhere making that part of the track look like this 👏👏👏👏

[@darrenhillman8396]

Love the attention to details, as ever. The bay platform trackbed looks suitably oil-soaked and the litter is a superb touch. Don’t forget your red lamp for the bay platform buffer stop though. Mounted on top or on a post behind the buffer stops. In reality, this would have to be electrically proved as “lit” to satisfy the signalling controls interlocking, this in order to get a yellow aspect in the last signal up to the platform, with ‘Bay’ indication on an associated stencil indicator or multi-lamp route indicator which would be mounted alongside (stencil) or above the signal head (either position). If I can be of help with anything re signalling, give me a shout.

[@grahamwillox]

You sir, are what is referred to as a ‘master craftsman’ you’re a pleasure to watch.

[@riverbank7347]

I just ran 5.5kms on a treadmill watching this, fantastic 👍🏻 You are very talented and have a great eye for detail. One day, I’d like to build my own layout based on the trains I used to watch growing up in the late 70’s and 80’s in Staines, Middlesex (3rd rail electrics but plenty of varieties of rolling stock).

[@trainmanbob]

45 minutes of great video Richard. Absolutely love the new into..thought I was watching a BR advert 😁 The single and disused platform in the bay are stunning. Can hardly wait to see the platform later on when it is totally finished. Cheers, Bob

[@terryglover3215]

Part of the fun of having a layout is the modelling/landscaping aspect. I spend a lot more time doing this than actually running trains! (until I run out of things to model/landscape, that is).

[@pelagir1548]

The time lapse with the trains speeding by was incredibly satisfying... :-)

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Excellent work, of course. I was intrigued as to putting the platform edges in, then adding the tops much later, as opposed to building the platform and then installing it. Thanks for another master class! 🤙🤙

[@grahamknight8994]

Loved the intro as much as the modelling content, superb shots, cuts, zooms and angles, just as authentic as your weathering and details. Those sweeping curves and superelevation adds to the realism, I had to do a double take with those two 33's double heading the ballast working past those extra wide platforms, for a moment I was there back in the 1980's on the end of that platform. 😍

[@CycolacFan]

Addition of the litter was the perfect final touch to bring that area to life.

[@MattyP62618]

God that intro was so 80's I love it

[@tomobrien4182]

Okay the sleeper detailing train time lapse was so satisfying!

[@bobbyt9999]

Another great video!!! I'm not a railroad modeler myself but I'm fascinated by it. I love watching how you are building your layout.

[@siraujus101]

Amazing work you have there.. the dirty grim up front makes a great visual for looking for more detail in the main and relief line so it was great seeing the drains and everything that you add. you do a great teaching of the way you make a layout. Thank you for sharing

[@frankiechristians7813]

Only one small thing: Wheels can´t remove track surface rust so close to the buffer stop. The last 5-10 feet will always be rusty.

[@EverardJunction]

Correct, got carried away with the track rubber. I'll sort it out when go over the area with further detailing. Cheers

[@vxrdrummer]

@@MidwestFarmToys Level 700 - Demi God.

[@bionicgeekgrrl]

Wasn't unknown for buffers to be pushed backwards by the occasional train however, which would remove some rust.

[@andrewbailey399]

Those three 47’s birthed outside the platforms look really cool. Good job 👍.

[@AVFCAM]

I loved how the trains were going by when you were doing the branch line platform!

[@a1a1a11a1a1]

Amazing work. I have just discovered your videos just in time.. I am in the planning stages of my layout, and after viewing hundreds of videos for tips and inspiration, yours are by far the most informative. No hyped up BS and a plea for subscribing before you start. Such a breath of fresh air. Your techniques and workmanship are very good. I feel like I should pay you for the tutorials. Keep them coming.

[@TheDuke-vb9cq]

Southern Railway Concrete platform edging as produced in the SR Exmouth Junction concrete works from the 1930's. (Peco being in South Devon seem to like copying SR infrastructure !) Mmmphh and the third rail next, and then some EMU's maybe ? Tip: Buffer stop buffer beam, in the Bay platform road, should be red (1980's) with a red lensed lamp on the buffer stop. To enter a platform dead end track a single yellow aspect (post 1966 ish) is required, because after a single yellow comes a red, so the red lamp on the buffer stop is the end of the line SIGNAL. Also I wouldn't replace the slip with a Bullhead one as you have concrete sleeper welded rail track either side, and the P.Way Engineer wouldn't tolerate an old Bullhead slip in such a position ! I'm and ex BR Toplink Driver.... The layouts coming along nicely, and your vids are well presented, most enjoyable.

[@supergilliar]

I have been watching Everard Junction for quite some time and the quality of the content is exceptional. The intro with its great camera work and underlying sound track is simply engrossing. Thank you for putting out such brilliant videos as they are simply brillaint.

[@standclear502]

Stand Clear Great lengthy update on the new station build Richard, your videos are always appreciated here 👌🏻 Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@martyjayful]

Your enthusiasm and skill inspires me,well done Richard..

[@nicolaiitchenko7610]

At 38 minutes you mentioned that the video was becoming lengthy...I was shocked! I had been fascinated throughout. Thank you for such a full and complete tutorial on YOUR method of station platform construction.

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

[@robfletch062]

Thank you Richard for the best tip for ballasting, Isopropanol Alcohol before PVA mix, is a master stroke. Many thanks for passing that on.

[@EverardJunction]

No problems, water also works but I find IPA to be more effective, cheers.

[@TheDaf95xf]

Evening Richard. What a fantastic update 👍🏻 It's looking more like a railway now the station is taking shape 😊 It's the best thing on TV tonight 😄 Cheers Stevie 😎

[@eugeniomarins2936]

Dear Sir, In these times of global unrest your videos (though i have seen most of them) are a welcome relief from the stress imposed on all of us. Thank you very much. As american military people say, be safe!

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, I'll have another video ready for the weekend. As most of us are in isolation I'll be making it longer than usual. Take care.

[@TanksForTheMammeries]

Just found your stuff. Really enjoyable. Thanks for producing this content. I'll certainly follow with interest. Well done from the USA.

[@theextremebootersreselling3794]

Ahhh litter!!! See it everywhere but rarely on a layout, great to see that level of detail!! Love it!!! 👍

[@dirgriz6587]

very nice work, I like how you have purposefully left some imperfections as details to make it look more real.

[@jsa2001]

Very realistic weathering, very enjoyable to watch and nice video photography.

[@mrkattm]

That intro was something else, great camera work and fantastic editing, it had a very professional vibe. Great job

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, I always get carried away with the intros!

[@SD_Marc]

Wow, I've watched hundreds of scenery videos and this is the only one I've seen someone add litter. Great idea.

[@liveatmikesbarcarlisle7718]

Ha 2:03 That's Carlisle. My Grandad "Spud" drove trains for BR throughout the 70's 80's n 90's and was given an award for his service. He not with us now but that pic brought back memories. Your layout is a true work of art love watching it grow ; )

[@DeanPark]

I’ve been getting in a bit of a rut this week, ain’t done any modelling, not had a spare minute, but this has given me a bit of a boost... I’ll be hitting the layout this weekend to get on with my scratch builds. :-) enjoyed that update. Cheers for the shout out, as always it’s good to be able to help out fellow modellers and friends where I can :-) that grubby 50 looks great!

[@EverardJunction]

Cheers Dave. Very pleased with the shed thanks, easier to build than some kits I've done! I'll be adding some guff & grime to it in future.

[@peteratkins7383]

your new station really reminds me of my home town Hastings, its on the southern network looks so similar to your models design, theres a new building now but the one in the 80s when i was born always sticks in my mind, the old slam door trains also. theres even a horribly dirty forgotten bay platform complete with yep, rubbish lol :)

[@lwilton]

Very nice! I wonder if you might want to add some layers to the blowing trash. My experience in the US is there will be a layer of paper so old and composted into the ballast that it is only vaguely recognizable by shape, and completely black/brown. There will be a second layer well on its way, but with still the occasional spot of recognizable but unreadable headline type. Then the third layer of recent paper that blew in on the latest wind and stuck on the bushes and corners.

[@kittonsmitton]

Great intro, the layout is coming along beautifully, you are a master at weathering both the rolling stock and the scenery, the overall look is quite spectacular. Thank you for sharing your efforts and passion.

[@mtty1988]

Another reason for 1/2 or less stations is if Doing a London or likes with tall buildings gives effect you can’t see the rest as obscured by building giving an effect u seeing a clearing in the city scene.

[@davidgray1974]

This is absolutely my favorite intro! Loving the 80's style videography and music. You nailed it!

[@spiffytrains9538]

you are a true master modeler. thanks for letting us go along for the ride. keep up the great work.

[@ausfoodgarden]

Love the 80's vibe intro and a full 45-minute update - awesome! Modelling work is great as always and I hope you can post another update video soon. cheers!

[@aldothenoo]

Fantastic video Richard... Looking great with the additions of the station area. Looking forward to the future updates of the station area. Loving the dmu bay platform in all its dirtiness 👍

[@steventrainspotter72]

I like the running of the trains at the end I most liked when you were looking down the platforms towards the office building

[@OwensMR]

Love the intro, real 1980s vibe. I love your layout, please do keep up the great work!

[@InterCity134]

Awesome. Had to start laughing right at second 2 of the intro. That is soooo 1980‘s. Well done.

[@janjaapklomp1364]

Love your “dirty work” and weathering style man!!! Great looking👍🏻

[@BrockwellLanemodelrailway]

Love the old lifted siding, adds a bit of all important history to the station. I wonder how the Everard Junction would have looked back in steam days.

[@mattropolisss]

Great video again, you always do an amazing job and make it look realistic. Thank you for taking the time to produce these videos for us to all enjoy.

[@ThePeejRR]

That intro rocked!! Pure 80s nostalgia there. Great job with the platforms and the absolutely disgusting tracks at the terminating platform.

[@SteveS3667]

That bay platform with it's oil stained track, old trackbed and litter really nails it for me... brilliant!!!

[@EverardJunction]

Cheers, bit much for the whole station but I wanted to have a really filthy bit somewhere!

[@SteveS3667]

@@EverardJunction Also a big thanks to you for your how to do video's I'm on my 4th attempt at my N Gauge "Anglia Blue" layout and went DCC took a big note of powering each piece of track and so far running super smooth :)

[@darrentecklenberg4280]

Points - interesting point about waiting for the Peco bullhead slips to come in - whilst at Warley in Nov 2019 I asked the guy on the Peco stand if Peco had any plans to retool the code 75 flat bottom rail and points with accurate sleeper spacing. The reply I got was a negative one, which is such a pitty as the new bullhead rail is a vast improvement but looks daft with the incorrect spacing of code 75 or code 100. Keep on with the great videos. Darren

[@phoenixbwp]

Part One: since you spoken up in several Interviews, I don't mind longer videos (once a month) on your progress! As long as you are happy with the results? Part Two: Station Platform widths? I'm still in research stage (I live across the Pond). What is the recommended width of Island Platforms? Scale: 15 feet wide or bigger? An answer will give me a hint at how wide my baseboard will be for a 4 track mainline I'm going for (The South Western Main Line (SWML) & the West Coast Main Line (WCML-LNWR))

[@leilacentral1883]

Some fantastic work. Really liking the littering on the siding. Looking really great with the mixed weathering. All the best, Clint

[@andrewcrawford6642]

The bay platform track looks really effective. For the through lines, have you thought about a bit of extra weathering where the locos would have been stopped? Not necessarily at the very ends either if the platform passenger access was in the middle and shorter trains didn’t go all the way up the the signals when stopping. On newly laid track these were the first areas to suffer.

[@stevew.3735]

I always enjoy viewing your videos......... very informative, and the new intro is wonderful !

[@stukidson1207]

I wasn’t being critical or being a rivet counter. I was thinking how great it looked but there was something niggling me and then it dawned on me that it was the cans were missing. I’ve been working on stations all along the South Western, GTR and West Midlands routes this year installing the new ticketing system and they seem to be part of the furniture. 🤣

[@RicArmstrong]

I live in the U.S., but I want to build a small section of my layout for British trains. Maybe give it a northern UK feel.This was a great video.

[@moodyblue1964]

I haven't even got a layout, but this is compelling viewing and incredibly interesting.

[@DungeWoodRailway]

Hi Richard As expected the station looks superb and your attention to detail is amazing. Cheers Paul 👍

[@johnboughton7451]

Well worth the wait, another brilliant production great work well done !

[@mick9885]

Great update Richard look forward to seeing the next one 👍

[@TiberiusWallace]

I half expected Sir Clive to whoosh past on a C5 in that intro. Btw, Vallejo German Grey is available as an airbrush able primer, water based as well.

[@Western-be2zs]

👍👍👍👍👍 Looks Great,Reading General was quite grubby with plenty of litter and rubbish strewn about,don’t think anyone swept up till they built the new station 😁

[@lonelysignalbox]

Would love to see an A4 rush through that station. You need a preserved one in the right livery like 60009 or 60007/4498. Hopefully you get one. I have both

[@JoeG-firehousewhiskey]

Great job on the ballast and track work, it looks awesome

[@garylester55]

Looking great Graham, look forward to your next video. Regards Gary

[@paulb7200]

Hi Richard, have been following your channel for ages and have also been subscribed for ages. Don’t often comment but the papers on the tracks on your opening sequence were incredibly realistic and also the use of scenic break/platform/realistic train lengths info I’d never heard of but is of course excellent. In fact had I ever known that in my previous distant years I may well have never made the change from 00 to n gauge! ATB, Paul

[@johnstubbington5163]

This video proves why you are in the Premier League, leaving all the others in the Championship League. Marvellous, I look forward to seeing the next episode. Best wishes. John

[@julianoallard8398]

Great video Richard and good luck with the rest of the layout! Especially love your weathering of the track

[@Skweaks22]

Richard, can we have some footage of the APT-E on the layout? It would be nice to see on these beautiful sweeping curves.

[@harperlarry49]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Well done. Thanks for sharing.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

33:15 You're simulating the effect of rain washing away some of the grime!

[@Pinza7]

Love the low down shots at the end. I reckon someone may well have nicked one or two of those old sleepers. Might look interesting if you remove some after weathering is finished. They could well end up in a nearby back garden perhaps?

[@tomobrien4182]

The camera angles on the intro were beautiful!

[@doogs126]

Nice intro. Love the grotty track in the bay platform Looking forward to the next one!

[@shunter66]

Great stuff, thanks for uploading, look forward to the platform and station detailing 👍👍

[@BrianTuckerRailvideos]

Excellent work, great observation of the real thing has inspired you to recreate it in 4mm scale..really impressive .

[@McMetro]

That intro was absolutely amazing

[@EverardJunction]

Thanks, I get carried away with those. Takes a lot of filming for those bits, cheers.

[@flanzy4063]

Great job mate, looking forward to your upcoming layout updates!

[@beerwolf5215]

Wow Richard, you kept us waiting this month but it was worth the wait, nice vid, well done, love it!

[@GavinandJemmaTravels]

Brillaint video for showing how you starting building the station! I work in the railway and find on disused sidings you find a lot of shrubs/greenery but not a huge amount... just a possible suggestion for where you’ve put your sleepers? Keep up the awesome videos!!

[@EverardJunction]

I will be adding weeds as I said in the video. Not too much but it certainly needs some, cheers.

[@blooga3941]

Brilliant job! I love the unkept look of the bay platform. And love the intro.

[@michaelh6064]

Great video again, thanks. It would be great if you could revisit some of the technical side of construction you have chosen as a bit of a summary and anything you might do differently if you could. Things like parallel track spacing, dimensions of the card spacer you used for the platform position and things like that. There is always differing views on forums etc but to hear from you what you used and being able to see the final result in the videos would be great.

[@ginskimpivot753]

Fabulous 'How to..' series. Your weathering is top notch. Pete Waterman isn't achieving anything like this.

[@Mikeythomas16]

No one: Everard junction: ugh, UGH, God that’s disgusting! That gave me a good chuckle

[@grahamgilmour3758]

I really like the new intro music and montage. Very 80s and fits with the era of the layout. Its like watching Miami Vice with trains!

[@EverardJunction]

Haha thanks, that's the vibe I was going for!

[@alipuk]

Ah the memories I have of arriving at platform 4A at Reading station. That's looking great so far

[@alanhutchins4233]

That's exactly what it looked like in the early to mid 80's when i was commuting to Reading from Guildford. Highlight in the summer was catching the Poole to Portsmouth around 7pm, pulled by a class 47 - way quicker than those awful 3 car DMU's.

[@alipuk]

@@alanhutchins4233 I went to college in Farnborough used to catch the train from Crowthorne and cycle from Farnborough North in the late 80's and I remember them DMU's. There was a few times I had to wait for the next one as the baggage car was full!

[@WhatALoadOfTosca]

Another really great video. The level of detail you go to is ridiculous. Fantastic. Although if I may make one suggestion. I'd fire all the Everard Junction station staff as they need to clean up all that litter ;)

[@bullettube9863]

It's looking good! I hate seeing concrete modeled on some railroads as if it were perfect and never got dirty or worn. Nothing remains in a new and pristine condition for very long; it weathers and gets used and worn almost immediately. It always disturbs me to see trash and litter at stations and I wonder can't the railroad hire a few laborers to clean it up a bit?

[@nesr8786]

Great job, looks brilliant, love the realistic view.Take care for now .Mac

[@reticulatingsplines]

Another fantastic video Richard. Agree with "Owen's Model Railways", loving the intro and incidental 80s music. Almost expected Dempsey and Makepeace to come running onto the platform chasing some ne'er do well probably connected to the robbery at Database. Really interesting to see the transformative effect that final layer of spray and the litter detailing had on that terminating platform. Certainly is coming along a pace, keep it coming and I for one wouldn't mind seeing longer episodes although realising time is at a premium for certain activities. Ah before I forget, seeing the weathering along the platform edges with the sponge, for some reason it made me think of those Kiwi Shine & Protect bottles with the applicator sponge on top, maybe something you could use in the future?

[@EverardJunction]

Those kiwi applicators would work a treat. I've been using old packaging up to now!

[@onnomulder9775]

Awesome job and intro Richard!!!! I like it very much!!! Thanks for sharing! Cheers Onno.

[@kevg707]

great videos as always Richard loving all the details and how its blended together do you have a list of the different paints and materials you used ?

[@steventrainspotter72]

I’ve watched nearly all of your videos it gives help and ideas as I planning aa layout of my own so thank you

[@marklancaster1093]

Another Great video made even better by brilliant music you are a true artist sir your standards are exceptional .