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:you his models had very high standards :me WAIT BUT YOURS HAVE HIGH STANDARDS TO🫤

Out of interest George I run a large-scale live steam layout at exhibitions I have minimal scenery but my track cleaning is done with brake cleaner and a rag. Cleaning each day and often during the day For traction in my case not electrical pickup

Lots of effort, exhibiting - that's without driving all day. If the graphite is intended for flange lubrication it probably should be on the inside of the outside rail of the curve. My guess is it just produces a mess though, because he amount needed will be almost zero. Same with oiling - you almost can't apply too little . . . The model wheels contact the rails on the gauge corner, due to conical wheels but horizontal rail running surfaces, so that's what needs to be clean. All very difficult with low voltages. I used to add a non electrolytic capacitor across the motor as a mini storage cell - enough to give a twitch to the motor when on a bad patch, which sometimes worked. DCC has the advantage of using higher track voltages - but still needs a keep-alive really. This is easy now with DCC - but not much room in an 009 loco is there ? Good vid anyway. Hope the show goes well.

Great exhibition. Cornish is magnificent, your videos do not do it justice. You probably needed that paracetamol in your box after chatting to me for 20 minutes. Good luck for tomorrow and a safe journey home.

I will be seeing you there with luck.

Great to meet and talk to you at Rapido railex and to see Corrish in real life. Love the videos, hope we can meet again at a show.

Enjoy your weekend of showing your layout. Always interesting to see behind the scenes things needing attention.

George i have a lingering query for you. How are you able to spend all the time you do on builds, on exhibitions, and worse still all the painful editing time...yet you have young children about. And presumably work and look atter your house too !!

Good Stuff George. I would add some protective tips to my needle-nose pliers just in case I drop them and damage them. How about something in a video about making the protective foam inserts in the train storage box? That is, unless you buy them commercially.

It is always surprising how much dirt comes off the rails and wheels

I wish I was going! Hopefully you will be attending another one in the midlands or north some time!

Fantastic! Im showing at my 1st exhibition in a week. This was very useful!! 👍😁

Great. Good luck with the exhibition, and, more important, the lying on the floor.

Mornin' George. What else? Medical wipes, sticking plasters and antiseptic cream (Yep, learned the hard way). Re: Box. To quote Marx, "property is theft". Applying the equivalence principle, theft must therefore be property. Zaphod Beeblebrox concurred. I always had a collection of tools of unknown description and indeterminate function, which I'm gradually rebuilding. Either a dental surgery or a torture chamber seemed most likely origin for some. One REALLY useful item was an extending ariel from a dead tranny radio. The individual sections were great for rolling 020 and lighter styrene sheet (occasionally made more pliant in hot water). The Greenwich mob had a 2 car European tram which every so often used to shoot out from the balloon loop, along the layout and into the bay platform at Lynton, reverse and shoot back t'other way. Great for getting sprogs hooked!!

when we getting "dirty engine" merch?

I am looking forward to seeing you at railex today.

I be getting my ng7 starter pack on Saturday has loco and loco shed water tower coal store loco crew and three wagons I think it's got

They are not called pliers, they are tweezers.

Surely if a spider goes on to Corrish it becomes a really good animatronic Shelob from Lord of the Rings?

Sometimes lying on the floor is all we can really do. Wish I wasn't on the other end of the globe, that Rapido exhibition sounds really neat

Be seeing this layout later today!! Dragging my family with me too. Hope it all goes well.

I hope you have a great time over the weekend, I’ve been binge watching all your videos lately and I’ve been inspired to make a narrow gauge diorama set on a mountain side with a railway running through entitled “Mountain Road”

Usueful for when I take my one to it’s First Exhibition in May!

As a joke could you run a n guage locomotive on the layout

BACHMANN SIR HANDEL PIC HAS SURFACED ONLINE, THIS IS NOT A DRILL i repeat THIS IS NOT A DRILL

Much improved look following your weathering. I agree with your comments the Peco models do look like toys in their RTR condition. Great instructive video.

Thank you.

Awesome as usual. Thanks.

Hi you going to be getting any of that bachman 7mm narrow gauge Hereford model center do 15% off the bachman r r p as am getting a starter pack next Saturday

Very good George, "weathering" makes such a difference - but needs doing well. That chipping fluid technique is quite ingenious and works wonderfully on both "wood" and "sheet metal" body panels What's the antique white that you often use? Those are iconic vehicles actually. I think royal posteriors were supplied with cushions though, when quarry visits took place. Cheaper than the dentist. I see I'm at the end to view again . . .

Well with Ur visit to modelu look out for the rev Awdry figure they sell in 00/009

Just ordered these, I’m so excited

"Ada, Jane and Mabel are plain and have no roofs. Sir Handel says they're trucks, but they have seats. So I say they're coaches." - Peter Sam. Correction that quote if it's from The Little Old Engine Story: "Home at Last". As Skarloey had said to Peter Sam, "If they had seats, they're coaches." No offense...

Wow 10 pounds per coach is actually pretty good, not great but definitely cheaper than other manufacturers

Hiya George! I've talked allot with MiniBuilds & have made up lots of there stuff. I know they've another TR engine you'll be excited for.

excellent work as always, and yes rather unexpected! I expect Ill see you this day next week Mr W

As always very nice build and super finished product! Thanks for continuing with the series. Most impressive!

Ada Jane and Mabel are 6,7,and 8

All looks spot on to me too now - well done for hanging in there. If weathering a model, or doing scenics and I'm unsure, I take a break and go back to it, trying to look with fresher eyes. If I'm still not happy, I rework it. But it's a fine line between procrastination (sometimes a form of fear), analysis paralysis (although it's good to try and plan without stifling creativity and happy accidents) and completing a model. And, after all, every day is a school day, a learning experience. Plus as a hobby it's supposed to be enjoyable, relaxing and therapeutic. It's also 3D artistry, landscape painting and all of our eyes see differently too. I do try and follow some of the basics from known artists when constructing a scene or cameo. I'm never happy with my "work", but if it later brings me pleasure (because I've forgotten the pain) and others too, job done, I suppose. My modelling friends have a critical eye, so that helps. Don't forget that it'll look all better when you've sceniced further up. However those closing shots with the train? All looked perfect to me (making allowances for cameras, screens etc). I use hairspray - cheap stuff - as a fixative and for scenics for the same reasons as you. Also I've long advocated the use of an airbrush for scenery, because of its delicate application. The marsh type grasses and ferns are well observed for North Wales, well spotted. Nice work.

What was the name of the manufacturer? I didn't quite catch it ... 🙂

Stunning well thought out models and nice work on your part. I wonder if they'd consider some generic stock for 0-16.5, vans, opens, brakes etc? It looks like several British small scale providers are no longer trading and with the advent of NG7 the need/demand could increase/never be greater.

They look amazing. I'll have to look into getting a set myself.

* Ada, Jane and Mabel are actually numbers 6, 7 & 8, not 11, 12 & 13. That's why TR coach 8 was painted blue, as it's the only open that matches the numbers of the SR ones.

i built these kits as well. wonderful kits, and super nice people. really excited to see what you build from them in the future!! cheers.

Every narrow gauge engines are here but some thing is missing 🤔

You should probably ask the Talylynn if you can come to the next Awdry Extravaganza (if Nant Gwernol is finished) and you should do double headers with all the Skarloey & Talyllyn stock you have. That would be really fun.

See you at the Rapido event.