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@@onkelmichl3300 thanks for watching and hope for a new update soon, I’ve been working on it this week.

Thanks! There’s a part 2 to watch and a part 3 on the way very soon with latest updates.

@@N_scale yeah I’m doing the outer frame and underside last. I have a couple ideas that will develop, but it depends on how the top deck part of the layout evolves.

@@neilirving8704 125cm x 80cm.

Thanks Mike, your incredible layout is always a pleasure to see and hope anything I can cobble together is half as good.

Sorry for the late reply. We'll see what happens with the job but could work if the planets align as they say. The Valencia floods were about 400+ kilometres away but we've had floods closer to home in Malaga. The area I live is between the Mediterranean and Atlantic which has its own microclimate but for sure we could be next. Spain has always had weather extremes. Anyway I'm presently in Gibraltar for the next few days and taking the opportunity to see what exactly I could build in the spare room if it comes to it.

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@@guptaankit2791 hi, not sure what you mean exactly.

@@sarahwinfield3989 yep, EBAY isn’t quite what it used to be like a lot of things. Whatever price they are asking, you can always offer less, they have to sell but you don’t have to buy. Time is on your side. A lot of vendors and shops buy whole estates worth of stuff for cheap then promptly resell it for a lot more. I also do generic searches on Google, and other search engines which also search other less well known sites. Also ask in the model railway forums which companies they use or dealers or if they know of anyone selling in a certain area. Most model railway types usually have more than they need and may consider downsizing and sell off surplus items at a reasonable price. Good luck and thanks for watching.

True enough, this video was made 6+ years ago before the price of everything went through the roof. Example, my latest electricity bill for September 2024 is almost three times what I paid in September 2021. Kato track is very good, maybe look around for used items to help save the cost. 90% of everything Inhave on the layout is used. Thanks for watching.

It's a double mainline and only one station. Originally, I had planned to have another double mainline and second station on the next level up but that is now occupied by the OO gauge track. The old LGB MTZ (Multi Train System) software is essentially like JMRI but it's the early LGB DCC (pre 2006 Marklin) and the communication protocols are ever so slightly different. I could read/write the decoders with my Digitrax/JMRI setup but not quite all of it and I couldn't change the speed step from 28 down to 14. All the old LGB stuff tends to be 14 step which is fine for my very small G-Guage layout and 4 locomotives.

@@rhopkin2512 well then better have a nice big terminal on there for all those sleek streamliners. Maybe the overhead style? Have you been to LAUPT? My wife and I have couples photos from there. Amazing place we took Amtrak in couple of the times. Long platforms. Lgb that’s not so weird about the software differences here’s my examples I run digitrax. And any Kato has digitrax. You run a atlas Lenz on there most of time doesn’t respond to change direction or headlight. I have a Kato 4-8-4 greyhound esu sound it came with and one day it derailed and would not program or reset. Had a hunch, Took it to my club friend uncle Wayne’s set it on his 2000$ esu system programming track, oh all of sudden it responds like iPhone plugged into a Mac for setup. Same thing with MTH on MTH z4000 Vs a Lionel feature response time. All these things have a industry standard but it’s exciting like old nascar or formula 1 where the engines were made by each brand and shared no parts Ferrari jaguar etc each had their own strengths and weaknesses My point is stuff that was designed together no matter what they say works better. Like your lgb windows 98 serial port thingy.

@@rhopkin2512 have you accidentally acquired a n scale version of any of the lgb cars yet? This has happened in n and o over here.

@@N_scale​​⁠highly unlikely given the N-scale is 1950’s American and the G-scale is pre-war/post war (mostly) East Germany and Austria. An 85 foot Budd Stainless observation car would look kind of weird behind a turn of the century Austrian narrow gauge 0-2-0 steam engine 😂

@@rhopkin2512 ok no problem I don’t know that prototype from lgb much. What are the next plans?

Thank you Mike, appreciate your comments. Necessity is the mother of adaptation as I always say. Just need to come up with fascia idea for the main deck next. Thanks for watching!

@@N_scale thanks! One of those ideas I messed around with in my head for ages and just kind of went for it and it kind of evolved.

@@dr_bnc thanks! I really wasn’t sure how it would turn out to be honest.

I just missed out on an El Capitan on Ebay, one will look great on your layout. I have three GS4's and another in pieces. I really like them but I've had all kinds of small issues including clicking running gear (brand new out the box) and getting the decoders to work which is why I got the Southern Pacific PA's. The FEF's run great.

@@rhopkin2512 I have 1 Broadway pa1 in Union Pacific for my city of Los Angeles Or it gets pulled by fef greyhound, or challenger greyhound, or I have a e7ab in Broadway also. Would love a set of pa aba for it, ideally the remaining two of BLI to go with my one because it pulls it but it looks stupid.

Thanks for the comments, hoping it all works well when installed. I always liked Lionel because they did the more unusual locomotives not always seen in other gauges as well as the mainstream.

@@rhopkin2512 always wanted a camelback but they don’t make a cnj camelback in N. Have you looked into or is there a kit for your lgb steam to add a seuthe smoke unit? Got lots of room for them

@@N_scale There are kits out there for smoke and sound etc but I'm not that bothered right now and probably my old LGB MTS decoders would need changing which I don't want to do.

@@rhopkin2512 here’s a conventional ac only old zw from 1957 running a 1990s reproduction cast iron shell Williams of a Lionel engine design from the 1948 I think. It’s incredible to think that some little boy or girl played with this powerpack in the 60s and prob after that another family. If not it’s now at mine. The gg1 isn’t a antique but it is the same design a clone of you will. Cause a 1948 gg1 is 5 grand in rough shape. I’ll take the 75$ special lol

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Thanks, yeah got back ok but have been busy with family. I have managed half a day carving foam tunnel/scenery area by the bridge two days ago for the G-Scale but that’s it. I’d like to get the N-Scale track more or less done with the electrics so I can actually show something running on two levels. Next mission is taking the Motorhome up to North Spain and possibly France before summer kicks in when it’s too hot and busy so will be a few weeks yet before I can post a video worth watching.

@@rhopkin2512 hey I have 5 kids 10 and under so I understand busy. I have to do most of my modelling after bed time. I find if you have a permanent space for the layout or it’s setup, on the days you can; you go down and look at it for how you want things to go or do some mediocre 5 min job and eventually all the 5 min tasks get you to the fun part! Which for me is the scenery and running g the trains threw it. And blowing the whistle of course lol. I hope to get out to British Columbia again doing some Jeep camping this summer, the wrangler is ready to go other than a new battery / oil change, and the gladiator will be ready in the next 2 mos. When I don’t have enough for a full update I upload a short, it grows the views of your videos for sure, and you get to talk to other lgb, hornby, n scale, lionel etc people. Sharing the layouts and talking with other people about their ideas and how they approach the ways they build.

I need to dig out all the figures and start making plan as to who is going to go where for sure. Thanks for watching!

Oso is Spanish for Bear. Thanks for watching and your comments.

Here now, last flight in a few hours from NY to Georgia

@@rhopkin2512 so Georgia the whole time?

@@N_scale yes

@@rhopkin2512 could do as the uk does and card building flats or printed buildings on gatorboard (thin foam board) or cardboard.

@@rhopkin2512 but the printer is the most fun lol. Soval sv06, and prusaslicer for software. The sv06 is a Chinese knockoff of the prusa printer. I am no computer designer but the software is free and simple to use. Next I will be going into a elegoo resin printer for better n scale vehicles. The soval does work for army tanks and flying saucers well I just want to print n scale army Jeeps and it can’t really do them proper justice. Gives you an idea of the size. Anything larger like a building is no problem. We are talking 20 cents cost to make each. I don’t know if you have amazon in Spain. I order my filament from there also. In my club we have Shawn and he has 3 filament and 1 resin printers so he helped me learn what I needed and it absolutely isn’t hard at all. I’m working on doing some O gauge buildings next.

I have thought about it and might do in the future

Sure does. Thanks for watching though!

Hi and thanks for watching and the input. I did think about putting the OO on a separate 4x8 or similar board but ultimately I don't have a huge amount of area to store the board, even on the ceiling and its easier for me long term just to have a single line OO around the top. I did consider putting the N scale higher but that would have also meant a secondary layer of foam to clear the bigger OO and my benches are high enough as it is, I would have almost been looking up at the N scale as it would have been 40cm above the lower deck. So, the N scale is DCC with multiple turnouts and will have as many as four trains running at the same time so I need easy access to them. The OO gauge is only a single line, single train analogue so once it's started it will just bumble around the tope layer keeping everything simple. Plus it cuts down the number of N scale buildings I need to fill excess spaces which halves the cost since the Hornby was free.

I didn’t mean my comment hurtful Sorry if it came off the wrong way. I think you have a really good design. And number one thing is making the space work, and designing the terrain and track plan to fit in it!

No worries, all comments always welcome and everyone has their own ideas.

Thanks and same to you too. Presently at work onboard in St. Barths in the Caribbean but heading home soon.

@@rhopkin2512 well that’s not all bad Christmas palm tree I guess! I have been working too much so videos are less but have a few coming shortly

@@rhopkin2512 well we need some videos when you get home my friend I am looking at Kato gs4 right now. Need a cab forward and one of these for Los Angeles modules

@@N_scale love those GS4’s! I’ve got 4 waiting for the N scale build one day. On another note I picked up an LGB 22045 programing module from a guy in Switzerland a few months back. Was waiting for me when I got home last week so now need to set up a virtual machine running Windows XP (yes it’s that old) on my 2013 Mac to configure my old LGB G Scale locomotives.

Dremel and a drill press will steady the device so the drill bit spinning does the work rather than downward force but honestly unless you have eternal patience (which I don't) then just glue it and then dab white wood glue on the join surface if you want to simulate trestle bolts before painting. I just used Balsa wood but maybe you can also try spruce which is a much harder wood. N-scale you can get away with a lot, most people won't see it anyway. Thanks for watching.

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Hey, long time no speak. Well, some progress but haven’t done a video in ages. Will do an update when I’m home next, probably the New Year. Currently on a boat heading to the Caribbean from Europe and will be busy with owner and guests so no time for the fun stuff until then.

@@rhopkin2512 sounds fun. We have snow and ice in Canada of course I just shaved 2 feet off the o gauge to fit the room better with a circular saw after thinking about it for a couple weeks when waiting at sidings as a conductor for CPKC (Canadian Pacific)

Hey great to hear from you. Yeah long stint in Germany, way too long. Been home for 7 weeks and hot here too, 43c yesterday, ground temp hit 60c just north in Extremadura yesterday. Can’t wait for your O scale build. I’m heading to Fort Lauderdale as we speak, bringing a boat back to Europe with other crew. Hope to be back in Mediterranean waters in 3 to 4 weeks Hurricanes not with standing. I can see one forming Mid Atlantic now. Think We’ll have a Starlink on the crossing so good internet, will keep an eye on your channel. All the best.

@@rhopkin2512grab a cheap beard trimmer or the flip out one on back of the 3 orbital shaver and mow some patches of the grass down where needed if you have wanted different lengths. Airbrushing that will look amazing. I would get brown or tan tile Grout for dirt, and sprinkle it where you want and then just on 50/50 isopropyl alcohol and there’s glue in the tile grout so it’s rock hard once wet and dried. Then you can put static grass tufts on the patches of the grout for weeds or new growth. I use mod podge glue not sure if they have that over there? White glue isn’t tough enough anymore. I really like the caves. You have talent there for sure. A TINY bit of glitter on the inside wall, so when the loco headlights hit it it sparkles like metal deposit seams. I like to use a few different colours and not too much. That cave and it being G I think it needs some pointy stalagmites or whatever they are called on the ceiling!! And maybe a MP3 player with a hidden speaker and dripping water noises lol. Once the other new haven EP5s and penn central GG1 shows up then I can complete my corner testing. Lionel wants to kick out and I need to know what I’m working with to make sure I know how much spacing I need for the turns on my 4 track mainline. Trust me I cannot wait!

Check your central station (not the power supply which looks almost identical), if it's numbered "55006p" then it's parallel as per the rest of the set.

Ha! No helix for this layout, N-scale will one day go on the top deck though and the scoop is I may be building a Small N-Scale layout in Gibraltar as well some time soon depending on a number of factors. Thanks for watching!

If you're running analogue DC (direct current) locomotives and not DCC/MTS (generally similar low voltage AC current) digital control then you will need to isolate the sidings. Some people do anyway even if they have full digital control. Analogue DC control sends the same voltage to all the locomotives so of course they will all run at the same time if not isolated. If you're running DCC or MTS digital control and multiple locomotives are running at the same time then you need to make sure your locomotives all have a different digital address. I think 3 is the usual default address for NMRA DCC, my old LGB MTS digital set came with the addresses 2 and 4 pre-set into the two different locomotives. Hope that helps and thanks for watching.

Sounds like a plan! Also need to do the backdrop really. Get the backdrop and the primary coats on and then re-lay the track and go for the scenery start if I get time bearing in mind I'm only home a few weeks before going away for another few months. I keep looking for a maritime electronics job that I get two six-month holidays a year but have yet to find one funnily enough.

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Honestly, it’s the line side pieces and accessories that really stack up and cost the most pound for pound on any layout. The track and rolling stock by in large are pretty similar when I’ve compared what I’ve spent on LGB vs say Kato hardware filling the same space.

@@rhopkin2512 I haven’t pulled the pin on a 3d printer myself yet but I will be soon because for 200$ I can make all the tanks and army Jeeps I need for my Wyoming base and Las Vegas planned base. At the moment there’s a one at the library I’ve been using and figuring out how to do it. I believe in spending good money on good locomotives and reliable cars / track. The rest however you can save do it! Even if we wanted to spend 24$ on pallets or beer glasses It’s more fun to use your imagination and think of how you can do it differently. When I attended shows with layout displays before Covid that was what people asked. WHERE DID YOU FIND _ ?! The brand of 3d printer I will be buying is either elegoo or flashforge based on my research. My oldest son who is 9, can’t wait for that part it’s right up his alley little computer genius.

Hi, sorry for the late reply. Found this off the woodland scenics website, prices in USD: ST14406B - Bulk 1/2" Risers - 16/pkg - $16.99 ------------------- ST14407B - Bulk 1" Risers - 13/pkg - $23.99 ------------------- ST14408B - Bulk 2" Risers - 15/pkg - $34.99 ------------------- ST14409B - Bulk 4" Risers - 8/pkg - $34.99 ------------------- ST14414B - Bulk 3/4" Risers - 19/pkg - $26.99 Thanks for watching!