NEW Section & AMAZING Scenery! - Large HO Train Layout Build - Ep 12

[@saikosenseii]

I'm French and I'm used to seeing French miniature trains but what I see is different and it's really very beautiful

[@TopRailroad]

Thank you 😁

[@sergioarroyoguerrero5434]

New module in the layout. Excellent. 👌👌. 😺. Scooby bark to you 😺.

[@gacj2010]

Oh man .... This is talent by God.. Not everyone can do this ... If you lived next door Id be bothering you all the time ...Sooooo great..

[@TopRailroad]

That means a lot! Thank you

[@harperlarry49]

Nicely done. The static grass turned out great. Great job. Thanks for sharing.

[@thomasmaster5603]

The layout is looking great. The static grass looks great . Good idea with the sox over the shop vac.

[@davestrains6816]

Layout is looking great. I defiantly need to get a static grass applicator. Thanks for sharing. Dave

[@kraigsickels3918]

Top Rail …… your videos are very nice 👍 and your progress is coming along at a steady pace 😊 . The details add life to your layout and that is a real way to express yourself artistic . If I was doing the table…… remember to connect your yard lead to a single track main and like others ….. maybe add a passenger station and keep your track plan simple. 😎

[@TopRailroad]

Thank you!

[@TF2Scout_YT]

Ugh! i love this series so much!

[@johncarbalan6100]

Great video. Would like to see more video of your Burlington northern moving the well car around the yard. Also real interested in seeing you convert your dash9 to dcc.

[@thehobbyistden3720]

Your new layout is coming along quite nicely!

[@Aberdude8]

Looking good man! 😸🚂

[@MSRTA_Productions]

You should add a train station on the layout. Nice to see an expansion coming! 👀

[@TopRailroad]

Good idea!

[@cyberpunkdarren]

This series of videos has really helped me. Thanks for making them.

[@christophergalvan8]

Looking really great an way to focus on the scenery!! Looks amazing....

[@phuongcan1873]

Wow Amazing 👍

[@timkubik3936]

Wow nice addition . Looking real good keep up the good work, you have sparked me to get back to work on my layout. Here is a tip on poles that I was shown from a guy in our Round Robin group is that the crossbars on 2 poles face one direction then the third faces away and so forth and so on. You can also use easy line comes in different colors and it is flex able that once super glued to the insulators on the poles you can press down and it returns to it shape. Look up Rob Carey N Scale Tennessess Pass DRGW there are 2 videos one with out poles and one with pole's. Every detail you add makes the stage for your trains more real. Keep up the great work. Looking forward to the next video. Tim

[@TopRailroad]

Thanks for the tips! Much appreciated

[@donaldwagner7246]

Looking great

[@GreatLakesStateProductions6708]

Wow it’s starting to come together !

[@robertcooney8831]

Nice work

[@shawnpowell5876]

Great video TR and the static grass turned out great! I think there's just enough in front of the big building. I tell you something else that would add to it. Woodland Scenics Clump Foliage or Tufts. I'm going to randomly them between the rails like you'd see in real life. I really like the Birch trees you bought. Thanks again for sharing your videos and look fwd to seeing the next episode!

[@TopRailroad]

That’s a good idea, I’ll definitely be doing that in the next video. Thanks for the kind words as always!

[@shawnpowell5876]

@@TopRailroad ABSOLUTELY my friend and just thought I'd share ideas w you like you do with us. And if you get the Tufts get the light color. And for the Clump Foliage get either the Medium or Dark Green.

[@manshedrailroad]

I just love how the details tie everything together. I'd like to see you add led lighting to the layout at some point. Maybe you could get a small camera and mount it to a loco for an engineer veiw of the layout. I honestly like how chill and straight to the point your videos are . Reminds me of DJ's trains which is pretty awesome. Anyhow great job!!!

[@TopRailroad]

I like that camera idea, would make for some great content. Thanks as always ManShed!

[@laspiedrasrailroad]

I love this project.

[@BNSF1458]

Are you going to have a doubletrack main line? I think it would be awesome (If the layout was big enough of course) if you added in an amtrak station and had an amtrak train on the layout as well. Great video, nice to finally see some grass & trees after 12 episodes 😂

[@TopRailroad]

I’ll probably only have 1 main line track but adding a Amtrak train and station would be really cool. Thanks though and I agree 😂😂

[@BNSF1458]

@@TopRailroad Yeah understandable seeing how incredibly expensive track is... Maybe you could just start out with a single track main and add double later on in the future

[@TopRailroad]

Very true

[@vyzl6396]

Nice video

[@NicholassTrainChannel]

Nice video mate. Great to see some greenery on the layout! Looking forward to seeing the new section develop! any plans for that area maybe a train station? would look nice you certainly have the room for it. - Nicholas.

[@TopRailroad]

Thanks Nicholas! That’s a good possibility, gonna have to think about this one for sure

[@santaferailwayallthewaybac3347]

You should get an HO Scale EMD SW1 Locomotive I think it would be a good addition to the layout & its good to have multiple switchers. always been a big fan of those. Miss seeing them work in the railroad yards.

[@TopRailroad]

I might actually pick up a UP SW1 locomotive and paint it in a prototypical paint scheme. I love that style of locomotive! Thanks for the idea

[@santaferailwayallthewaybac3347]

@@TopRailroad No problem. I'm excited to see it.

[@Edyth_Hedd]

I like your use of these HDX shelves, as they're cheap, lightweight and blend into the background. I notice they're also offered in 52" high. Did you consider using those?

[@TopRailroad]

I haven’t, the extra height would be nice if I could get those

[@Trainguy05]

if you drill a small hole in the bottom of the tree, stop sign, telephone poles and insert a needle they go into the foam a lot easier and it doesn't leave a big hole in the foam incase you need or want to move anything

[@TopRailroad]

I did want to do that when I put the trees in, I just don’t own one of those tiny tiny hand drill pencils yet.

[@hadishd-fr3wh]

Hey dude, I got a tip. At a random point of a area you can add a detail of a abandoned track.

[@captainvanover]

Do you plan on making your layout a full loop?

[@TopRailroad]

Someday that is the plan, just a little ways from that right now haha

[@brettachey3574]

You know back in the day telephone poles had glass insulators on them I have always thought about trying to paint the tips of them to see if it will come out good on the plastic telephone poles no I have seen this not on train layout but on tractor layout they would take sewing thread on top of the telephone pole to make it look like a telephone line you could try that and see how it comes out

[@TopRailroad]

That is interesting. I do plan to paint the tips a silver on the poles and then add thread or something. That’ll be when I get closer to completion to avoid any accidents haha

[@hadishd-fr3wh]

hey I got a tip. There’s this ho scale website that has fire sirens, you can use one of them, it will protect your ho scale population! (not really, it would just be a cool detail)

[@TopRailroad]

That’s defiently a good detail to have 😂 I’ll have to get some soon

[@hadishd-fr3wh]

@@TopRailroad hey, the website was called Ralph Ratcliffe, but I’ll find the link for you. ;)

[@carlwegert691]

What thickness of foam do you use? It looks cool.

[@TopRailroad]

I use 1 inch thick foam and 1/2 inch plywood, both come in 4x8 foot sheets

[@davidparker4028]

Cool video mate👍. It's coming along nicely the turf looks good with the poles you spaced them 12 inches apart is that to scale or just what looks good on your layout? Anyway you're doing well good onya mate👍👍🙂.

[@TopRailroad]

I just thought it would be a realistic distance and plus, things will be more uniform that way. But thanks David!

[@rasho9393]

nice expansión, just a question. I remember you kept a part of the old layout, there's and option to put part of it back on this layout or is impossible? Just curious!

[@TopRailroad]

Thanks! And probably not sadly because of the way it’s laid out. That would’ve been cool though

[@nickolasroland7661]

What happened to the other part of your old layout u wanted to keep with the DQ and such?

[@TopRailroad]

It’s in storage for right now. Maybe someday I’ll do a video on it if I have the chance 😁

[@bentontrains2076]

if you cold start working on the new new secshon of the layout

[@FARMERJARED14]

Can you run dc with dcc?

[@Rayzor66]

What is that pink stuff called ?? I wanna start our layout here, but all lowes has is green insulation and it's 44 dollars a sheet. Is the pink stuff the same or is it cheaper? Great progress by the way.

[@TopRailroad]

I’ve had better chances finding it at Home Depot. Its the pink panther insulation foam. I recently bought a 4x8 1 inch thick one for $26

[@Rayzor66]

@@TopRailroad thank ya sir

[@Rayzor66]

@@TopRailroad yeah our home depot is 38 a sheet for the 2 inch thick. And the 1 inch is 24. Not sure what to go with. 2 inch you can carve deeper river bed, if i wanted to add that to my scene

[@TopRailroad]

That’s true if you can spend the extra money for the larger one I’d go with that

[@MrJack-uk2hp]

6:38 is that a new engine in the top right corner? Or is it your old one?

[@TopRailroad]

It’s a older one, I wish it was a new one 😂

[@codyrapp7253]

Can you make your videos this long?

[@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout]

Nice video! I’m a detail guy too. I’m in the process of circling back around on my layout and adding more details, after kinda roughing it all in at first. Also doing my final section from bare foam all the way through. Check out my channel if you get a chance. I subbed and am looking forward to more. You’re off to a great start!

[@sergioarroyoguerrero5434]

New module in the layout. Excellent. 👌👌. 😺. Scooby bark to you 😺.

[@codyrapp7253]

Can you make your videos this long?

[@TopRailroad]

I’ll always try to make my videos long but still concise at the same time 😁

[@codyrapp7253]

Ok