St. Michael's Hill Model Railway Ep.35 - April Update

This is the April Update from St. Michael’s Hill. In this episode, I give a brief update of St. Michael’s Hill, I look at some new stock that I’ve picked up this month, give you a tour of the place where the new layout will be and also talk a little bit about the plans for that layout.
I also have started a new shoutout section at the end of my videos.
This week’s goes to Beyer Hill: / @beyerhill
St. Michael's Hill is a member of the Model Railway KZbin Community Group
/ mrycg
St. Michael's Hill is also a member of the Network KZbin
/ networkyt

[@trainsontuesday]

Thank you for this update. I'm looking forward to the build. The shout out section is such a great idea I may borrow it from you. Cheers, David.

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Thanks David! By all means - it's not really a new idea, and the more we share each other's channels and work the better as far as I'm concerned!

[@onnomulder9775]

Good luck with your new home and layout!! Cheers Onno.

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Thanks Onno! I really appreciate your support! It'll be a little while until there is proper progress on the new layout - but lots of videos to come in the mean time!

[@thescrapline4905]

Great stuff buddy. Certainly looking forward to seeing the new layout develop. Thumbs up here 😀

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Cheers Tim! Just saw your April layout update is up! On my list for tomorrow!

[@DungeWoodRailway]

Enjoyable update. I'm looking forward to seeing what you do with the space in your garage. Cheers Paul

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Thanks very much Paul! I'm really looking forward to it too - it will take a while though!

[@DungeWoodRailway]

Mines taking forever but its getting an expensive hobby these days. Good luck.

[@ModelTrainOutsider]

Congrats on getting the move done! So much to deal with, let alone a new layout. Great video, but take your time and don't feel pressed to entertain us with a video. I am looking forward to see how you get set up. One piece of advice which you have already mentioned- really plan your storage. My train table/layout underwent lots of re-design to accommodate not only current, but future storage needs. Shelves and storage cabinets/cases, above and below now will really help down the road.

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Yeah - it's a lot to deal with, but I've been in always six weeks now so a lot of the work has been done! But it's going to be a very long term project, so the progress on the layout won't be massively quick. But I will be modelling other things and the videos will hopefully continue! I very much agree about the storage and the baseboards. I will take the most time getting this right. I'm lucky that I have a loft and a shed so I can have some other storage, but will make sure this works for all my life, not just my modelling life! Thanks for the advice and the continued support Anthony.

[@alnahudycentral3254]

Good luck with the new layout, looking forward to seeing its progress

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Thanks Hugh! Me too - I'm going to really try and improve the quality of the videos all round too! Better production and better content hopefully.

[@DudleyCentral]

Good luck in the new layout pal!

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Cheers Joe!

[@TonyDocksStation]

Nice ideas! I’ve also used RailModeller Pro and really like it! Great piece of software! Good luck with the new layout, I’m currently rebuilding mine so feel your pain haha!

[@BALD8BIL]

Great update video I look forward to seeing your next video. What size print out is in the paper it looks like n scale and not ho scale, what the name of the software you using. Congrats on how many subs you have. I'm going to share it to my new Facebook group called train's across the world my goal is to bring everyone together in this world to share the love of this hobby in one place feel free to stop by and check out the group and join us. My software is anyrail and when I print off paper is set to 1:1 for my ho scale layout

[@BALD8BIL]

Sorry oo scale I forgot you have oo but it's the same as ho scale

[@stmichaelshill7421]

Hi there! The new layout will be 00, it's a little confusing the way the print out looks at 9:09 shows 4 tracks. The first two lines are the length of the sleepers from the end to the rail, the next lines are the distance between the rails and then the sleepers on the other side. If that makes sense? That would be great - I'll look for the group now!

[@BALD8BIL]

Ok thanks for letting me know and I look forward to seeing your new layout build I'm redoing my layout now too it's in my attic 10ft by 26ft 7in long my benchwork is done and level except for storage area and I look forward to seeing you on the group to maybe

[@stmichaelshill7421]

I have requested to the join the group Barry :)

[@BALD8BIL]

Welcome to the group