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Many thanks for liking the layout, I have a Facebook page that I put most of this layout build on, it's called, Carl's Whimsical Railways, Rowland Emett was I believe a Draftsman, and he started drawing cartoons mainly of what was happening in the UK to the railway system, if you can get your hands on a copy of one of his collections, I would recommend the early morning milk train book, you can get it for around £15. It's by far his best collection. I'm sure you'll enjoy it., he was also invited to build a railway for the great exhibition in Battersea Park, it was mainly for children. My father was lucky enough to ride on it when he was a boy., probably his most famous work was the film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, all of the inventions in the film were designed and made by him, wishing you all the best, Carl

Hi Carl, no worries, you're welcome. Excellent I'll come say hi, and take a look. OK, cool I'll have a look for it. I bet that would have been an amazing experience to ride around on his creations. Yeah, I found a video of one of his exhibitions and that said he'd made the Chitty Chitty inventions. Thanks for the info, Mick

Colin my friend, you have supported me from the start and encourage me so much, I want you to know how very grateful I am, and I do apologise for not replying to everything or commenting on your posts, but be assured I do look and study your modelling, I've learnt a lot from you, wishing you and your family the happiest of times at Christmas, and of course you living where you do, will step into the New Year before us, it'll be a great one,

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a wonderful New Year, thank you for liking this slightly different layout, I'm looking forward to doubling its size in 2025, it would be lovely if you hop on for the ride, all the best, my friend

Hello Tony, the builders are getting on well so hopefully in 2025 you could come and visit in the new model room and we could have a good chat about modelling, wishing you and your family the very best

@, ok to that Carl! I hope to restart on the Bowden Parva Railway in February (subject to

Subject to permission from the Boss, too many projects, too little time despite being retired!

Hello Brian, thank you for your lovely words, next year I should have more room and a permanent set up, which I intend to double the size of the layout, it's a very easy railway to come up with ideas for, wishing you all the very best, and see you next year, Carl

So lovely to hear from you, and I wish you a very happy holiday season, and look forward to 2025, all the best my friend

Hello Tony, I managed to find your amazing layout, it's so so good, and I met somebody, sorry can't remember who it was, that had actually seen it, and of course mentioned it was far better to see it in real life, so hopefully one day I will, Chris has bought a few more bits from me in 009. I believe she has a new layout on the way., I really must get my lazy butt moving and come out and see you guys, wishing you all the very best my friend

Thank you so much, and I wish you a wonderful holiday time and look forward to a great New Year, see you then with some more silly railways ha ha, all the very best to you

Hello John, yes, how did you miss this one? I still had three 009 layouts up until two weeks, unfortunately my eyesight is deteriorating and so this scale is out of my reach these days, but on a positive note, I sold the layouts and all my stock for a nice amount, and reinvested it in the new Bachmann NG7 range which I'm very much looking forward to Building in between visits to coffee shops, I can't wait also for the builders to complete my new modelling room or studio as a Net likes to refer to it, but with everything else they're doing first I don't think it's going to be ready until next summer, all the best lad and catch you soon

Many thanks, I hope you still have that book, it's probably worth a fortune now, like your dad, I love English humour especially Emett, so I've tried to turn his artwork into a layout, all the best Carl

Oh thanks for that, funny thing is, I'm in the UK and I bought these off USA eBay and when they turned up, boy were they battered, they must've had a hard journey, so I had no choice but to repair the roofs, and I wasn't sure how they go down, I build my layout just out of my head with no research or from pictures, so I really appreciate your comments, all the best year

That's really kind of you to say, thank you so very much, wishing you all the best, Carl

Thank you Robert, I wasn't sure what the correct term was, nice little wagons though, all the best

Thanks Tony, not sure quite where I'm going with this one yet, did think about nicking your track plan from your lovely layout, it was a proper treat to see it running, the other layouts at the show were all good, but I've seen that sort of thing so so many times, where is yours Put a smile on my face and I watched from a distance to see the reaction the showgoers, smiles and interest from adults and children alike, top job mate, all the best and see you soon, Carl

Thank you I learnt a lot that weekend, change in plans over the half term holidays, so back into Grandpa’s repair shop later in the week, if I get permission………. 😂

Hey Tony, so nice to meet you the other day and what a lovely layout your creating, with lots of nice ideas to come, I especially like the airship thingy you have in mind, great to see so many people enjoying the show, sorry, I wasn't able to get back, hopefully when I get my train room open, you and your family will come and visit, you don't have an excuse as you're only down the road, ha ha, I should've asked your permission, but I'm Building or starting to build a new engine, which I would like to call the Cherrington I got the idea when I was chatting with you, all the best, my friend catch you soon

Hi Jeff, lovely to hear from you and thanks for your kind words again, On30 certainly changed my modelling, I was in a bit of a rutt modelling UK stuff mainly, then I stumbled across the scale, so very different to what I've been doing and I just took to it straight away, and then of course On18 followed along nicely, Calvin has been super good to me, with helping advice and generally pointing me in the right direction, I do tend to go off plan a bit now and again, maybe a bit whimsical or just cartoony, but it's not hurting anyone, not sure where I'm going with this one as yet, but I think I might keep it micro, hope you're well and happy modelling all the best Carl

@@carlroberts2539 Calvin is a 🌟. How do you do your hook and chain couplings?

Jeff, I just use a track pin , bent slightly and short piece of chain, I do glue the chain to one of the wagons permanently, not a great way of doing it I know but I haven't come up with anything better yet

@@carlroberts2539 Excellent... thank you!

Thank you, Frankie. Very kind of you to say all the best to you Carl.

Hi Calvin, thank you so much for filling in the blanks, your models are an absolute pleasure to build there so well made it makes my modelling easy, I know very little about the scales and the correct terms for the wagons /cars even the engines, so it makes it very hard for me to answer some of the questions, folk been very kind about my modelling but that's all it is. I just build models., I have no technical knowledge, you have encouraged me, guided me and helped me so much, all the best my friend from across the pond

Many thanks for your kind words, I'm a bit lazy when it comes to making these videos, but my Son is onto me, it's not like I don't like doing them. I just forget must be my age all the best you

Thanks Rusty, I'm not very technical in fact don't know much at all really, just light Building stuff, I've made over 100 layouts for different folk mostly micros, but very little about scales, 009 seems quite big here in the UK probably because it's so small you can get a nice layout in limited space, your modelling fantastic I'd love to see more, all the best to you

Hi Rusty, thank you so much for taking the time to comment, I haven't heard of On18 scale until I found some models that Calvin produces on his channel make it with Calvin, I had built an On 30 layout that went down well with folk, and as this is a similar scale, basically using O scale structures I thought I have a go, flat cars, yes, that's what Calvin calls them, your modelling sounds fantastic. There's lots there that I've never heard of. Do you have a channel that you show your builds, I would be fascinated to see it, wishing you all the best, Carl

Very kind of you to say, I probably mentioned before I'm not the best at remembering to do these videos, it's my son that keeps having to remind me, wishing you all the best

Thank you Brian, I've always liked this scale and it's easier on my aging eyesight, as I mentioned, I have an Emett tram to build so will swap between the two, all the best

Hello boys, you've been posting some lovely videos, I'm pleased with the way the rolling stock is coming along and I haven't built in this scale for a few years now, Custard you say ha ha, I might have to do something for my Emett layout with you boys in mind, wishing you both all the best

@carlroberts2539 Thank you, Carl. Something on your Emett layout concerning Dylington Custard would be fun... Cheers James and Dylan 😁👍

Many thanks for your kind words, I was pleased how the twigs turned out, I have some plastic ones, but there's nothing like the real thing, all the best

What a lovely thing to say, thank you so much, it's funny when I look at what I've built I'm never that happy, I suppose it's because I can see where I could've done better, I explained to a chap once the bits and bobs that I had used to make a model, he said afterwards he wished he did not asked as when he looked at the model all he could see was bottles and coffee stirrers., wishing you all the best, Carl

Many thanks Jordan, I hope you enjoy your build and maybe put some clips on TH-cam so we can all see what you create, I was very pleased with how this turned out, I copied the track plan from an old 009 layout, sold it a while back but in lots of ways, wish I had kept it, all the best Carl

Many thanks,its not my best work, but im having fun,all the best

Hi James and Dylan, Liking and learning from your 009 build, great idea having access panels to the tracks, I found the metal container and the characters for the magic roundabout on our local market store, in a week moment I bought both and thought I'd knock this little layout up, all the best to you both and keep up the great work

@carlroberts2539 Dylan is pleased you're enjoying his 009 build. He's been doing a little bit more to it. Hopefully, there'll be an update once he's got a little more done to it . We really enjoyed seeing the magic roundabout layout 😁👍

Hello Phil, many thanks for your kind words, I'm in the UK too, I've gone off plan a bit recently modelling just silly stuff really, but this winter, I hope to get back to some British layouts, I have a micro 7mm to build so I'm looking forward to that, wishing you all the best, Carl

HaHa thanksTony, my mind does wonder a bit. All the best.

Hi Joseph, its from Purple Bobs Hobbies in the UK, he supplies two different kinds. I've used the lighter one, not the grey.

Totally agree with you, radio control is a game changer, and if you shop around you can pick up the bits needed at a reasonable cost, it's funny you should mention this as I'm just Building a Gn 15 Emett engine with RC, all the best and happy modelling

@@carlroberts2539 I dont think I could ever go back tbh. Good luck on the new build!

Many thanks, it was a fun build, such a lovely scale to working with

Thank you Jeff, always nice to see smiles, I must carry on with this layout, I've got a bit sidetracked, as I do, all the best to you, Carl

Hello both, I'm so pleased you like the latest layout, and even more pleased that I'm finally building one that Andrea likes ha ha, I can't recall you mentioning your grandad had a layout, I would love to see some pictures of that, and how funny that there's a half built sub marine on my workbench at the moment, struggling a little to get it to move up and down as I would like, I might have to resort to it just being the periscope, we have moved coffee shops again, still very close to yours, we are trying the new one wink wink, I think you know the one I mean, sending love to both

@@carlroberts2539 Actually wasn't a layout, we used to go to Abbey Park to sail the model yacht and the rubber band powered submarine. I hope the sub is "Ready to Eat" soon 😜

@@johnanderson9523 I used to go to Abbey Park with my dad, we didn't have a rubber band powered submarine, but a beautiful blue yacht and a long stick, happy memories indeed, were you the boy that threw stones and tried to overturn my boat ha ha ,and as for your sub joke, Annette has told me to ignore it, see you in Pret if you're passing