So, what have I been up to over the last few months? 19-07-2024

[@wthwing]

VERY nice to see you back and on the road to happiness !!!! What a lovely start to your new boat Captain. can hardly wait to see Hazel christening it on KZbin.....

[@garethw8884]

Wow. Beautiful models all round. I have watched with all eagerness your boat build. Looks like an amazing kit, fella. I'm glad it's helping you get through life. I enjoy building my partwork model's myself. They are such an escape from life. Be well, my friend

[@BadLadMedia]

I'm sooooo pleased you are back again. You have inspired me to build my own models and spend my time creating a model town. I am suffering entail health and currently on over 25 tablets aday I watch your videos as they encourage and relax me. So pleased you are back with your mojo stay strong. X

[@grahammummery5732]

Great to see you back Graham, & in fine fettle.. The boat is of course, up to your usual high quality of build! Look forward to seeing it on water.. Take care Graham...

[@peterjackson-cheadleheath1182]

Hello Graham Excellent to see you back with a re-newed interest, we all need a break from time to time and with your family happenings hobbies take a back seat. No doubt in time you will be doing your usual train videos. The boat build has obviously been a welcome distraction for you and a great model it looks too. Thanks

[@onnomulder9775]

Good to see you back again mate!!! I'm glad to hear that everyting is OK!! I hope that Hazel is fine tool! You both take care!! Cheers Onno.

[@roundhouses]

Good to see you back. My other half bought an Accurascale class 37 which is superb. She likes it so much that she has ordered another one as long as I look after them and weather them for her.

[@michaelmoney9445]

Hiya Graham. How lovely to see you again and in good spirit too. You and the video's have been missed as I really enjoy them. Nice to see you working your magic on the boat too, you make an excellent job of whatever you do. Welcome back.

[@H_chapman17]

Nice to see you back Graham, bringing it back to the late 90s with Cilla. Live the 66 and the boat, let's hope it doesn't sink.

[@tomwatson1260]

So glad you are feeling better mate. Made my day. All the best.

[@rommel152]

So good to see you back mate. Glad to see you in good spirits and tackling a new project. The boat is looking very sharp. Stay well, we’ve missed you.

[@brianinness5202]

Great to see you back Graham, love the boat and glad to see you have your mojo back!! 😀

[@AndrewH561]

Welcome back. You've been missed. The boat looks great.

[@chrisbeckett8361]

Hi Graham glad to see you back, and happy that your all good. Similar to you with the model boat, I’ve taken up Lego to help with my mental health really helps. Finally got my layout running for me and my son, as mentioned before he has quite complex needs but he loves watching trains running. The grand central hst your selling is amazing, one I wish we had. All the best Chris and James

[@kenneyflynn4951]

That’s incredible Graham, that’s an inspiration to look at. Your more than you know.

[@johnodonoghue7381]

Graham can I say it's great to see you back on You Tube and that boat is brilliant Graham , hopefully that period of uncertainty now passed has gone well done mate I'v missed you

[@patricemurat5124]

Je suis heureux de vous retrouver en pleine forme Graham. Le bateau est magnifique. Amicalement Patrice

[@ModelRailwayShed]

Hello Graham! It's wonderful to have you back on KZbin. Glad to see you back to your old self. The boat project looks amazing 🤩 Take care all the best to you and Hazel.

[@JohnBevins-hs9rp]

Great to see you back Graham, the boat looks fantastic 👍

[@ronnyskaar3737]

So good to see you again, Graham! Good news! Cheers from Norway! Wow! That boat! Wonderful.

[@LetsGo_41]

Hi Graham, nice to see you again and glad you are well. Looking forward to see progress on the boat and more videos of the layout soon. Tim

[@44662dc]

Great to have you back with Graham and I am not really into Model Boats but the gloss finish was just incredible. Well done that man.

[@iankirby1984]

Good to see you back old bean. Love the boat. Glad you're feeling better. I know how you felt. Been there, done that. 😊

[@hermitageroad4713]

we missed you Graham welcome back

[@John_N_Quay_Harbour]

So good to see you back, in good mental health and happy - that's the best thing. Long may it continue.

[@chrisjubb-hearnborough]

So so glad to see you back Graham. I'll be honest I was going to message you because we'd not seen a video for a while. Glad you're ok

[@markabbott358]

Welcome back Graham glad you are making such great progress you have been missed

[@modelrailwaynoob]

Glad you are feeling better Graham. I was a community nurse in mental health for 20 years specialising in older people. I bought the Climate Hero class 66 and some rolling stock to match. I've just been buying Network Rail stuff for the last few weeks.

[@adamshore7641]

The boat looks amazing! It will look very realistic when its on the water.

[@MrHember]

Thank you for that video Graham, A lot of what you said hit home with me, I don't have a setup anymore, It was just DC but I had a good few locos until I moved last year and the removal men stole all the good ones and left me with four train sets and all the track, But I still like to see you and your channel, And I hope you keep us updated with the boat, All the best Sean

[@davidmeynen8120]

good to have you back mate glad to here your on the mend

[@ModelRailway]

Hi Graham, great to hear you’re in a much better place and looking and sounding so well … and great teamwork with Hazel to support each other over time. Also great to hear your mojo is in a good place … good tips to try a different hobby with the boat, also reduce exposure to negativity … especially these days with social media! The boat looks wonderful so far! Kind regards, Mark

[@davecroad6277]

Good to see you back Graham the new loco looks great that boat looks absolutely stunning you did a really good job building it brilliant I'm so glad you are feeling better Graham

[@davidhinks8384]

Hi Graham, lovely to have you back. The boat looks fantastic and I know you'll finish it to your usual high standards. I'm glad you built it just for you without videoing it. We are blessed with your railway channel, so much needed 'you' time with the boat project. Cheers

[@ngaugefouroaksstreetstatio6932]

Great to see you well again Graham, in the 1960's we used to go to Spain, my Dad always loved the Riva boats, very special, once i retire i think i may also follow your lead on a model build. All the best

[@666JGNotts]

Great to see you back again mate 😊 You certainly sound on top form and that boat is looking great so far, looking forward to seeing the finished article .

[@martindaredare]

Fantastic to see and hear you are well and feeling a lot better

[@alexmorgan2296]

Welcome back; glad you’re feeling better. Think boats and trains go so well together - the harbour scenes shown are amazing. Sadly don’t seem to be many kits in 1/76 or 1/72 scale to fit with OO Gauge. Look forward to next videos (and Accurascale models are superb!!!)

[@darrelldeltic807]

So great to see you back Graham and I’m so pleased you’ve come through a tough time and found your happiness again, the boat looks beautiful and brings back very happy memories of my dad’s affection for building boats, looking forward to seeing your next update when you’re ready, cheers Darrell😃👍

[@RoyGilbert-zx1bp]

So,So nice to see you back on You Tube again . I hope you are feeling much better , you look more like your old self. Keep up the good work and oh yes the boat look pretty good as well. All the very best x

[@hughierave8119]

Lovely to see you back again love the boat 👍👌

[@paularmstrong4546]

Welcome back pleased your feeling better. Love the boat build.

[@paultaylor9652]

Lovely to see you back on KZbin with your railway.

[@theangelsmodellingandrailways]

Hi Graham, glad you're feeling and looking a lot better. The boat is stunning, look forward to seeing it finished and running. All the best, stay happy. Brian @ The Angels

[@FarlandHowe]

There you are…Good to know modern medicine has you all fixed up. I love my Accurascale 66. It is my favorite now. A hot shot off a shovel. That’s a new one. 😂😂. Shiny boat. HST looks good. I can’t get over that dashboard. It does sound good. Nice to see the scale of the boat and to see your train room again. Cheers my friend, bye for now.

[@michaelbaker2583]

I wish I was 75 again and as good as you . i still model the best i can after my stroke 6 years ago .I am now 78 and having to manage left handed . good to see you back.

[@aldothenoo]

Good to see you back Graham ...keep strong and have a few glasses of the water of life...whisky. always helps. Take care Alan from Scotland

[@frankfeely9235]

Always loved these boats, never new what they're called. I had imagined roaring out of Venice in one, stunning.

[@hirsutusi5536]

Welcome back, that smile looks great. Would that be a typical consist, on the HST, with the open coach behind the first class carriage? That would mean the first class passengers would have to endure a herd of third class passengers walking through to get to the restaurant car.

[@mallard44499988]

Hi Graham good to see you back, brill job on the boat Neil

[@markdavis3513]

Lovely to see you back Graham, glad you recovering well. Loving the boat, be nice to see it in action once completed

[@davidstrains4910]

A good video here Graham and great to see you back, quite surprised that you are selling one of your Grand Central HSTs, I remember watching the videos where you added the orange stripe then when you had the old layout running the pair of them together, great work on that boat model, never had an RC boat myself but they have always interested me, keep up the great work Graham

[@mauracurran6500]

Great to see you back Graham, the boat is stunnin, well done

[@anthoneyking6572]

WOW Graham I'm 71 this August and we are so much Alike its Crazy I used to do Model Boats won a Few Prizes as I Joined a Model Boat Club I Don't Know if they still have them but if they do I found a great Buch of Guys all of them from many ages we Used to Run on early Friday evening in the summer and on Sunday Mornings at the local park Pond Maybe Some Thing to Look into the Boat Looks Awesome you doing a great Job So Pleased you on the Mend had me Very Worried for you Thanks For the Vlog Loved it

[@anthonyhiggins3135]

Great to see you back Graham. The boat is fabulous.

[@sardine158]

Lovely to see you again Graham.

[@avannamedberyl]

It's always a good day when Lakeside pops up in my notifications 😊😉

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Hello, Graham. The model boat was excellent, and the pics show the level of detail and work it took to achieve. Nicely done, sir. A beautiful train, some lucky soul will walk away with for a fair price! Cheers!

[@mikekingston1862]

Hi Graham, so good to see you well and enthusiastic again. If the Grand Central is still available I'd be interesed to know how much you're looking for. Either way great to have you back.

[@GrahamFoulston]

Hi Mike and thank you for the kind comment, it’s greatly appreciated. I’m looking for £350 for the whole set - driving and trailer car plus the 5 coaches. I have fitted Hunts magnetic couplings to give a closer coupling, DCC decoder in both the driving and trailer car giving directional lighting and cab light. As I said in the video, this is not the cheap railroad range but the super detailed version, it will also come fully boxed too. Hope that’s of interest to you. Cheers. ……….Graham

[@mikekingston1862]

@@GrahamFoulston Hi Graham, I'd like to accept your offer so if you let me have your details I'll transfer the money unless you have another method. Thanks, Mike.

[@mikekingston1862]

Hi Graham, I sent a reply saying happy to agree the price but not sure where it went 😂😂. Let me know if you got it and how to proceed, thanks.

[@GrahamFoulston]

@@mikekingston1862 That’s excellent Mike, thank you. There are funny things going on at the moment with replies on YT, there are several which have gone missing. I will dig out the boxes for them all tomorrow and package it up so that it’s ready to post off to you - I will take care of the postage so nothing to pay extra for that and will send you a tracking number one I have it. I will put my email address here for us to communicate but once you have received this reply then please let me know as I will then delete it from here as I don’t want my private email address on here so please let me know once you have received this so I can delete it. I will speak again tomorrow. Cheers for now. Graham.

[@mikekingston1862]

@@GrahamFoulston noted your email will send my details to confirm later. Mike

[@tonyg1071]

Great to have you back on YT, keep smilin’

[@SteamerEdge]

Good to have you back on YT Graham, so pleased that you are looking and sounding well. The Model Boat is looking superb. Like you I also enjoy many other different hobby interests. cheers Paul 🙂👍👍👍

[@MM-vt1ir]

It is so good to have you back on the manor! You look and sound so much more relaxed. I was thinking of you the day before yesterday and wondered how you were getting along. Here you be and so welcomed too. Your boat looks really brilliant, and I do recall seeing these on movies on the riviera. Lovely they were. Onwards and upward dear chap. All my very best. Iain

[@simonderry697]

Great to have you back & feeling better

[@duncanrhodes4778]

A great pleasure to see you back and in form. Big thanks to Hazel for helping you through.

[@mjsjunction]

Glad to hear you’re feeling better! I think the grand central will be out of my price range sadly😅 the boat looks awesome! You should be really pleased with yourself with that!

[@overdenestation]

well what a nice suprise that was mate when you popped up in my list your looking bloody great hope the family are well also (the boat lol ) what next

[@Detsteve]

Good to see you Graham! Personally I don't care what you are building because I enjoy your virtual company and that is what I'm here for. Good to see you looking better.

[@rprodgers1]

Good to see you back Graham best wishes.

[@andrewmursell9206]

Great to see you back Graham! Fabulous model boat, you have obviously enjoyed its construction and I'm sure you'll have fun with it when you get it on to the water. Had a go at a boat myself a while ago, it was fun but the planking of the hull was fiddly work. 🙂

[@markfisher8206]

No Lie yesterday I was thinking gee haven’t heard from Graham for a long time,hope he is OK . At our age you always think the worst.was wondering what happened to the Gentry .glad to hear from you. I am painting rock faces on the RR never ends cheers! And take care.

[@allancawleys.trains9917]

Hi Graham, great to see you back on the chanel again and back on the mend . Love the boat too , like many of us modellers we have many strings to our bow , I too have an interest in RC boats !! It's a great hobby and gets us out ans about ...Happy modelling and keep up the good work .looking forward to seeing you in your next video Take care .Best regards Allan

[@thelibrarian46]

Hi Graham. It is nice to see you back. I am glad you are well. The boat looks amazing

[@MarchWestJunctionTMD]

Hi Graham 👍 it’s great to see you back and all is ok with you and Hazel. Love the boat looks an amazing project and sounds fantastic. Thanks for sharing Andy

[@stevezeal]

Glad to hear you’re feeling better Graham , welcome back. Great video by the way, I imagine your thoughts will help others.

[@martinwilford2288]

Hi Graham I have a large model railway in my loft that I built. For a change I built a model boat from a kit, which I really enjoyed which shortly I will be taking to a boating lake. What I am now going to do is model railway in winter, and model boats in summer. I am 81 and I find it is best to keep challenging yourself to keep your brain active. Good luck with the boat, but remember before you put it in the water to look into having a rescue boat. Martin

[@richardmorton4362]

Fantastic news you’re feeling better. The boat looks and sounds amazing looking forward to seeing it finished.

[@stephensheritagerailwaythe8776]

Good evening Graham it is great to see you back my friend have missed you and your videos. Don't worry about forgetting names of things hell mate i forget days. love the boat too.

[@alanlowe5699]

Hi Graham, its really nice to see you back and on the mend. I was very impressed with the boat that you built. if that was your first attempt at model boat building i think you can be very proud of yourself, it is an amazing achievement. Many regards Alan

[@billabongoneill]

Hi Graham, what a great video, it’s quite a coincidence as I’ve recently bought an Abarth Rivale car which was built in conjunction with Riva boats so I’ve been researching them. That’s a fabulous model. I turned 70 this year and have had a similar crisis as my best friend died also just turned 70, my wife died 5 years ago so we’re in a similar boat lol. I’ve also just bought an electric Brompton just need to pluck up the courage to get on it.

[@eddiemunden7980]

Good to see you back Graham.

[@chazzyb8660]

Graham, great to see you back. Sometimes we need a bit of time aside. Have a great summer you both. The Rivas are always the most beautiful boats in any marina, who needs a super yacht?

[@FormallyknownasE100]

Nice to see you. Your approach in terms of deciding what to do and how to prioritise reminds me of my dad who's a year older. Zero health issues currently and no sign but just would kick himself if he doesn't do some things so they need to take precedence for a time.

[@achb-railway]

Beautiful boat!

[@22YZ450FX]

Graham thanks for the update it was well worth waiting for! The boat is BRILLIANT and I can't wait to see more! Seeing that train at Lakeside running is as real as it gets! Thanks! I was thinking about you today and the video showed up!!!!

[@LordTechnopants]

Just cut the hedge and came in for a coffee - & here you are (at 18'C). Nice to see you sir and great to hear you are doing well.

[@peterkazmierczak7273]

Great to see you back, Graham. When you mentioned boats, I initially thought you were taking up yachting! Take care.

[@stevenbarnett2497]

That is a nice boat looking good so far Graham will look brilliant when it’s finished and running 👍

[@paullindell]

Glad you are doing better. Love the boat. My HO layout will have a lot of commercial waterfront. I have been collecting and building HO scale boats. I am scratch building barges of differing types. I'll be looking forward to the next video.

[@barryturner2916]

Great to hear from you Graham and pleasing to know that you are now in a better place. Fantastic looking boat and coming from family members who were heavy into trains, planes and boats (father and father) I can appreciate the time, skill and patience it took to build but more importantly it helped with your state of mind, what is it they say "a change is as good as a rest". My late father built a tug out of fibreglass when I was 11 (ah over 50 + years ago) and it took two people to carry it, I was able to sit in the hull whilst empty and paddle around the local lake. When finished it had a 12v car battery with two motors and a brass rudder nearly 6 inches long (old school measure). My late grandfather run a model shop and helping out at weekends was like being a kid in a sweet shop, those were the days. Please pass my regards to Hazel and looking forward to your next video what ever it is about, lol. Regards Barry.😄👍🚂🛩🛥

[@davemason2667]

Hi Graham great to see you back

[@michaelthurgar6431]

Great to see you looking and sounding so well. The boat looks fantastic. I can't remember which James Bond movie featured a similar boat on the canals of Venice. Looking forward to seeing how things progress.

[@StormmyStormmy]

Hi Graham, great to see you back safe and well, the secondhand market can be very fruitful for greedy people especially the ones on eBay, asking a fair price is paramount in this day and age, maybe a closed bid system would be a better way, the highest bidder wins and gets a gem of a HST set from a reputable honest modeller. I’m not a fan of the livery but I do appreciate that it is a very nice set of cars and coaches, I do like the steam generator Hornby locomotives, it’s good to see that smoke issues have been addressed, i’m not sure it was Hornby who solved the issues with the cv settings but it’s good and will probably help sell more of them, I’m not a fan of the TXS Bluetooth system so I probably won’t get one until other manufacturers sound decoders can be used with the Hornby steam generators, hopefully this will happen in the future, by the way I just got my Accurascale class 37 in HNRC orange livery, it’s absolutely gorgeous in that livery and I hope to run it over the weekend, the class 66 does look very nice and has been made into the locomotive it should have been when Hatton’s made the best detailed class 66 to date, the EM2 speaker in the original Hatton’s model along with the Legomanbiffo sound file are a match made in heaven in my opinion, Accurascale engineered it out to fit the cheaper EM1 speaker or the better known Accurathrash speaker, maybe the powers that be will deliver a model for me for my birthday later in the year dcc ready in DB cargo livery. Take care mate and thanks for sharing.

[@Bassetvids]

Welcome back Graham, glad you’re doing well

[@jamest.3268]

Great to see you back, young man, so many things in life can get us down but knowing that you have good advice and the proper help from people around you is a great boost, and always keep in mind you also have the vast support from all of us that follow you on this channel,. The boat looks fab, as an early teenager I always imagined how sneaky it would be to go along to a large pond where people were sailing their boats and I'd have a radio controlled submarine that could torpedo them, ha-ha. We used to watch a model programme on tv presented by Bob Symes (?) where he covered different model making vehicles etc, boats were always a passion so to see your new build brings back a lot of happy memories of the tv show and of sailing boats at the pond, cheers and keep well

[@ianobrien6908]

Very best wishes Graham, you're brave to talk about mental health. Not everyone is brave enough to take off their mask and ask for help. All the best. Ian

[@clivecobbold6815]

Hi mate great video mate I am in ANTRIM HOSPITAL for 7 days now and it could take up to 6 more weeks to get me right keen. And legs are bad I had 2 bad falls mate

[@colinedwards9874]

Welcome Back Graham, glad to see your getting back to a much better Place, and if modelling a Boat rather than your beloved trains has helped you then thats obviously the right thing to have done, Not into Boats myself but still stayed to the end over your Video, made me smile when you had a brain fart trying to remember the name of Grand Central, I was sat there thinking I do the same thing and Im only 60 🙂, Looking forward to the next video, Last word, we missed you mate.

[@hawthornvalley]

Well, very nice to see you back again. This video is weird! It was 2 days ago when I thought, where's Graham, haven't heard from him for a few months. I was worried you may have stopped all KZbin videos or you weren't well, but here you are looking all fit & well! I even googled your Facebook page. My you were handsome looking person in your "younger days" 😃👍 The boat looks amazing. Not much happening at Hawthorn Valley lately. I have come to a sudden halt building my 3 modules to make the transition to moving the layout around on wheels. I was on track to build the 3rd module until last Friday when I had an appointment to visit my skin doctor for the annual checkup. He found 3 innocent looking spots so he took 3 biopsies - 2 on my left hand and 1 on my cheek, called back Tuesday and said they have to come off, so Wednesday the cheek and 1 on the hand were out, yesterday (Friday) the 2nd one on the hand was done! To make matters worse the left hand is my dominant hand! So things have come to screeching halt until 2 August. Enough of my problems. Can't wait to see your next video and good luck selling your HST, hope you get the price you're hoping for. ... Ian ...

[@ThePilotpoint]

Common Graham, you are only 75 years YOUNG! You got a whole life ahead of you with so much to do, so get a move on. Lovely boat mate, I've seen them in many a movie. Glad you are back after so long. Tc. Michael.

[@gazclass58]

I'm only in the first 5 minutes of this video, Graham, and I just wanted to say it's nice having you back, so whatever comes on the rest of this video I most definitely will enjoy take care my good friend and I hope you and Hazel are doing well ❤❤❤❤