Maybe after you figure out the thickness that works best, you can try to find it in the color that you want to use so the area of the track where the cars actually run doesn’t have to be scenicked so that paint and weathering don’t interfere with the smooth running.
Awesome, absolutely awesome! As always. An automated autorack in Australia. Awesome. I like how you never give up. I would have settled for just plastic cars. Robert? No way, I’ll just build a stronger ramp for the heavier cars. And that’s what she looks like. Bravo.
That is very cool what you’re doing, I actually live pretty close to a Car industry and they have a good amount of tracks for Intermodal yards it’s cool to see them load on it. It’s NS’s St. Louis that runs through it
You deserve a great big pat on the back for this Robert!! This is awesome, outstanding, brilliant!!! Heck, forget about the pat on the back, give that man case of whatever he's drinking!! 🍺🍻🍷🍸🍹☕🍵🍼🍶👍👍👍👍👍
Good day Robert well done all running to plan and all it takes is a bit of thinking out of the box looking forward for your next video to see what is next. Regards Eric.
Eric, a bit of thinking out of the box sure works sometimes but now i just have to make sure my 0.50 styrene will be ok going around the whole layout cheers Robert
Andy yes the track has magnets and the slider has magnets that slide the cars around, check at the 6.45 th-cam.com/video/J6iMkAiq3IM/w-d-xo.html cheers Robert
I like the concrete loading ramp but on the other end I would have left the original ramp so that it looks like they have to move it into place otherwise there is no way to move the rail cars since it would look like there is concrete on both ends. Plus on the off load ramp there will not be a problem getting the cars over the film sheet since it will nbe the same thickness all the way along and off loading
David thanks for the comment but you need to see Episode 20. Which will show you how all this turns out. The cars go onto the first Ramp but they don't come out of the Auto Rack. This is meant to show loading the cars only and not coming out if you know what i mean. But watch the last one and let me know what you thoughts are cheers Robert
Great work..... Question: I believe you said that you used .05 plastic sheets/styrene. Is that correct? Are you going to use it later permanently as a road bed? Thank you....
I'm testing the 0.5mm styrene and so far it works ok. But i can also get 0.25 styrene but am having trouble finding this. But i will use this as roadbed as well cheers Robert
Great Job, one question?? Once there is buildings and such, That Mono is kinda loud, will it be a bit more quiet with all the other stuff once its done? I LOVE this idea..
That is really neat. Does it sound as loud is it is on camera? I hope not. That would be the only turn off for me would be hearing it at all. It would have to be silent or as close to silent as I could get it or it would annoy me to no end. It's your model though and if you are happy that's all that matters. I still think it's an awesome idea and has turned out great. Thanks for sharing, you have answered some questions I had about that system and how it works. 👍
William this system will always have noise, and the camera is right next to the motor which makes it louder. But when i have Locos running you want hear the Magnorail i hope cheers Robert
Yes the last ramp will be hidden by a shed, and a Auto Rack will be at the end of the shed as if it's one long Auto Rack, so you see cars going in but not out cheers Robert
@@csxmad sounds like a plan. I've seen some really stupid stuff that once completed looks awesome and makes sense. So I did think you would hide / disguise it
Hello, I can't express how absolutely impressed I am with your engineering skills. This series is wonderful to watch. May I ask you a question? When the cars make that sharp turn as they head towards the ramp, there is a small, dark, snakelike something that shows up for a second. What is that? Thanks in advance for your reply. See ya next time.
@@derekalexander4030 This is called the slider which holds two small magnets, which drags the car along, and there is two bigger magnets that sit on the chain that drags the slider/car underneath. If you look at this episode 6 at the 6.45 mark th-cam.com/video/J6iMkAiq3IM/w-d-xo.html this will explain cheers
I'm coming in late to the series, so perhaps the autorack operation is outlined in an earlier episode: but I'm guessing there will be a view block between the two autoracks? Else what we see is that they're trapped between the two concrete ramps!
Yes i still like it as well, but will do more on the new one to get it looking better. Also i will be having two of the original ones beside it as well, so you want see the new one as much?
Why don't you do this with Faller car system? Would be much easier and movable parts under layout (error sensitive) could fall out. Car can also continue with it's own electromotor straight over Autorack.
The problem with Faller is that you cannot choose your vehicles and they are all mainly European styles. The Magnorail System allows you to put any type of vehicle on the track and you don’t have to keep charging the battery, plus you can have them stay in a tight sequence as the magnets are spaced where you want. Finally, what you pay for 2 Faller vehicles in Australia, can buy you a Magnorail starter set and then you can buy or use whatever vehicle you want, Clyde - Magnorail Magician - www.magnorailoz.com.au
The reason was as Clyde said below is i can use many more ho scale cars than faller can offer. And the cost of the cars out play the faller system cheers Robert
Yeah both solutions got advantages and disadvantages. If this magnorail fails or stuck you have to destroy part of the layout. By Faller you can modify almost any HO vehicle. Maybe it's more expensive, but under layout you got just wire, no mechanical parts. Here my older video of my motorized US truck (River Point Station) - it's more advanced version than Faller - it's RC car. th-cam.com/video/odW2YKyKirI/w-d-xo.html
I agree with Max Supercars, with Faller Car System it's easier and also looks true to the original. Then you can also drive several vehicles independently (digitally controlled) onto the cars. Also with different distances to each other, or also different speeds. They stop then also individually on the wagon and not all vehicles on the monorail system are fixed. With a little skill you can convert any HO vehicle to a Car System.
@@arndeckhardt6552 Yeah. Faller sells also conversion kit for trucks. The passengers cars are smaller, so it's harder to put in all the stuff. But electromotor, battery and steered front axle should be not so hard to integrate. By RC cars it's harder because you need place also for servo and receiver. But as I said. Both solutions got ad-/disadvantages.
I was thinking, if you got an enclosed autorack at the end of the consist, could you bash a ramp into the end car? (so the car disappears through the autoracks floor), so you then can have open-air sidings without a building covering the end
I love seeing the behind the scenes inner workings of how things like this works.. Thanks for the video and congrats it looks fantastic.
Glad you enjoyed it! cheers
By far one of the most unique layout pieces ive ever seen. Keep up the great work!
Thanks mate and a bit more testing on the styrene first cheers Robert
One of the neatest things I have ever seen on a model railroad. Great job and thanks for sharing. Dave
Thanks Dave cheers Robert
This is outstanding! I love to see animation on a layout. Keep up the fantastic work.
Thanks and i like animation as well cheers Robert
Great to see the cars running, after all the hard work you've put in Robert.............................John.
Thanks John and is good seeing the cars go into the Auto Rack cheers Robert
Going up!!! Knew you would get it working. Thanks for including the things you had to correct, they are very helpful for the rest of us.
Derek going up was great to see, and now some testing on the styrene
before i start laying this down cheers Robert
Maybe after you figure out the thickness that works best, you can try to find it in the color that you want to use so the area of the track where the cars actually run doesn’t have to be scenicked so that paint and weathering don’t interfere with the smooth running.
@@derekalexander4030 I have a couple of ideas of what to do to blend this all together cheers
Incredible work! Super ingenious!
Thanks mate cheers Robert
Awwww I like the scale ramp best. Love watching this build. I want to do something similar on my pike.
Vincent i like the scale ramp as well cheers Robert
Great work mate, that’s awesome!
Thanks Dan, now a bit more testing on the styrene and then things should
move forward a bit cheers Robert
You got it to work. well done .
Cheers Glynn
Glynn i do like using the die cast cars now cheers Robert
That is too cool, Robert!! I think the concrete ramps will look great! - Brian
Brian i hope to add a few things to make this ramp a bit better cheers Robert
Crazy awesome! Nice work!
Thanks Mate and hopefully this will get better cheers Robert
Awesome, absolutely awesome! As always. An automated autorack in Australia. Awesome.
I like how you never give up. I would have settled for just plastic cars. Robert? No way, I’ll just build a stronger ramp for the heavier cars. And that’s what she looks like. Bravo.
Mark i'm really happy this is working to what i wanted.
and maybe a semi truck lol cheers Robert
That is very cool what you’re doing, I actually live pretty close to a Car industry and they have a good amount of tracks for Intermodal yards it’s cool to see them load on it. It’s NS’s St. Louis that runs through it
Thanks and must be good to see them loading cheers Robert
It's alive!!! Unbelievable Robert. This has to be one of the coolest things I've been in the hobby!
Darren was good to see the cars going up and also
you have now seen my Lamborghini that i own lol cheers Robert
nice job there Robert cheers from Canada aka 2448toyman
love the name lol cheers Robert
Great work there Robert 👍
Thanks Graeme so far so good cheers Robert
You deserve a great big pat on the back for this Robert!! This is awesome, outstanding, brilliant!!! Heck, forget about the pat on the back, give that man case of whatever he's drinking!! 🍺🍻🍷🍸🍹☕🍵🍼🍶👍👍👍👍👍
Gary now that would be a case of VB thanks cheers Robert
Thats awesome you got all the cars to go up the ramp
Was good to see the cars going up.
Good day Robert well done all running to plan and all it takes is a bit of thinking out of the box looking forward for your next video to see what is next. Regards Eric.
Eric, a bit of thinking out of the box sure works sometimes but now i just have to make sure my
0.50 styrene will be ok going around the whole layout cheers Robert
Plastic cars look ok Robert , but with the longer ramp you got the diecast to work with adjustments , patience pays , well done ...
David i like the plastic cars as well, but using die cast cars
give me more choice as well cheers Robert
Fantastic Rob - it is all coming together..Clyd
Thanks Clyde and more testing on the 0.50 styrene cheers Robert
That is awesome. Great work. - Paul
Thanks Paul cheers Robert
Fantastic looks great
Thanks Mike cheers Robert
Great Job Robert!
Thanks mate cheers Robert
Looks very good, a very different way of using magnorail
Yes this is a bit different but should look good i hope cheers Robert
It looks good and the cars all work.
James yes it all works cheers Robert
That is brilliant!
Thanks Jim cheers Robert
Brilliant!
Thanks cheers
WOW!!!! that was so cool can't wait to see the next video and whet you got done.Tell your next video have a good day
Thanks and so far so good cheers Robert
Very very cool indeed.
Thanks cheers Robert
Great stuff Robert brillant you can spend all day loading and unloading cars with out firing up the layout brillant mate
Thanks Andrew and yes i don't have to fire up the layout cheers Robert
Nice job 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thank you cheers Robert
Excellent 👍
Thanks cheers Robert
Looking good....Jack
Thanks Jack cheers Robert
So Cool Sir Robert!!!!
Let me ask a dumb question, is the track chain magnetized along with the car bottom???
Cheers in advance Andy M
Andy yes the track has magnets and the slider has magnets that slide the cars around, check at the 6.45
th-cam.com/video/J6iMkAiq3IM/w-d-xo.html cheers Robert
I like the concrete loading ramp but on the other end I would have left the original ramp so that it looks like they have to move it into place otherwise there is no way to move the rail cars since it would look like there is concrete on both ends. Plus on the off load ramp there will not be a problem getting the cars over the film sheet since it will nbe the same thickness all the way along and off loading
David thanks for the comment but you need to see Episode 20. Which will show you how all this turns out. The cars go onto the first Ramp but they don't come out of the Auto Rack. This is meant to show loading the cars only and not coming out if you know what i mean. But watch the last one and let me know what you thoughts are cheers Robert
Great work..... Question: I believe you said that you used .05 plastic sheets/styrene. Is that correct? Are you going to use it later permanently as a road bed? Thank you....
I'm testing the 0.5mm styrene and so far it works ok.
But i can also get 0.25 styrene but am having trouble
finding this. But i will use this as roadbed as well cheers Robert
SUBBED!!!
Thank you
Amazing job, Robert. This needs to be in Guinness book of record. Very very cool. Are tour Diecast cars the HO size or Hot Wheels size?
Drew the cars are all Ho Scale and not Hot Wheels cheers Robert
csxmad - oh okay. Just checking. 😎👍🏼
Great Job, one question?? Once there is buildings and such, That Mono is kinda loud, will it be a bit more quiet with all the other stuff once its done? I LOVE this idea..
There will be some noise still but the locos will override the sound i hope cheers Robert
@@csxmad I kinda figured, but wanted to make sure, I have an idea for something like this on my layout one day.. Thanks!!
That is really neat. Does it sound as loud is it is on camera? I hope not. That would be the only turn off for me would be hearing it at all. It would have to be silent or as close to silent as I could get it or it would annoy me to no end. It's your model though and if you are happy that's all that matters. I still think it's an awesome idea and has turned out great. Thanks for sharing, you have answered some questions I had about that system and how it works. 👍
William this system will always have noise, and the camera is right next to the motor which
makes it louder. But when i have Locos running you want hear the Magnorail i hope cheers Robert
Is the "off end" gonna be hidden or something at some point as it looks a bit odd having a car train between 2 ramps like that
Yes the last ramp will be hidden by a shed, and a Auto Rack will be at the end of
the shed as if it's one long Auto Rack, so you see cars going in but not out cheers Robert
@@csxmad sounds like a plan. I've seen some really stupid stuff that once completed looks awesome and makes sense. So I did think you would hide / disguise it
Hello, I can't express how absolutely impressed I am with your engineering skills. This series is wonderful to watch. May I ask you a question? When the cars make that sharp turn as they head towards the ramp, there is a small, dark, snakelike something that shows up for a second. What is that? Thanks in advance for your reply. See ya next time.
Norman thanks and i don't know what the snakelike thing is? cheers Robert
He’s talking about the piece under the car that is visible in the video when the car makes the u-turn at 3:15. I didn’t see it on the other cars.
@@derekalexander4030 This is called the slider which holds two small magnets, which drags the car along,
and there is two bigger magnets that sit on the chain that drags the slider/car underneath. If you look
at this episode 6 at the 6.45 mark th-cam.com/video/J6iMkAiq3IM/w-d-xo.html this will explain cheers
LIKE #17!!!
Thanks cheers Robert
I'm coming in late to the series, so perhaps the autorack operation is outlined in an earlier episode: but I'm guessing there will be a view block between the two autoracks? Else what we see is that they're trapped between the two concrete ramps!
Ray if you keep watching you will see how all this pans out.
But if you want to see how all this ends go straight to episode 20 cheers Robert
Cool
Thanks cheers Robert
You have expensive taste in cars mate. Brilliant! Mark
Yes i know but they are the only one's i can afford lol cheers Robert
Looks good, but I think the original ramp is more realistic.
Yes i still like it as well, but will do more on the new one to get it looking better.
Also i will be having two of the original ones beside it as well, so you want see
the new one as much?
if you can get the oxford die cast car they should work
Yes we have them here as well cheers Robert
Why don't you do this with Faller car system? Would be much easier and movable parts under layout (error sensitive) could fall out. Car can also continue with it's own electromotor straight over Autorack.
The problem with Faller is that you cannot choose your vehicles and they are all mainly European styles. The Magnorail System allows you to put any type of vehicle on the track and you don’t have to keep charging the battery, plus you can have them stay in a tight sequence as the magnets are spaced where you want. Finally, what you pay for 2 Faller vehicles in Australia, can buy you a Magnorail starter set and then you can buy or use whatever vehicle you want, Clyde - Magnorail Magician - www.magnorailoz.com.au
The reason was as Clyde said below is i can use many more ho scale cars than faller can offer.
And the cost of the cars out play the faller system cheers Robert
Yeah both solutions got advantages and disadvantages. If this magnorail fails or stuck you have to destroy part of the layout. By Faller you can modify almost any HO vehicle. Maybe it's more expensive, but under layout you got just wire, no mechanical parts. Here my older video of my motorized US truck (River Point Station) - it's more advanced version than Faller - it's RC car. th-cam.com/video/odW2YKyKirI/w-d-xo.html
I agree with Max Supercars, with Faller Car System it's easier and also looks true to the original. Then you can also drive several vehicles independently (digitally controlled) onto the cars. Also with different distances to each other, or also different speeds. They stop then also individually on the wagon and not all vehicles on the monorail system are fixed.
With a little skill you can convert any HO vehicle to a Car System.
@@arndeckhardt6552 Yeah. Faller sells also conversion kit for trucks. The passengers cars are smaller, so it's harder to put in all the stuff. But electromotor, battery and steered front axle should be not so hard to integrate. By RC cars it's harder because you need place also for servo and receiver. But as I said. Both solutions got ad-/disadvantages.
oxford die cast cars are made in the uk
Yes they are
I was thinking, if you got an enclosed autorack at the end of the consist, could you bash a ramp into the end car? (so the car disappears through the autoracks floor), so you then can have open-air sidings without a building covering the end
Ian i could do as you said but i thought this was the easy way to do cheers Robert
Hmmmmm.Hmmmmmm..poor transformer
Richard thanks for commenting cheers Robert