David Merrill's Beautiful HO Scale Model Railroad - Color Country Annual Layout Open House
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 ธ.ค. 2022
- We are still at the Color Country Model Railroad Club in Saint George Utah for their November open house. This week we are visiting David Merrill's HO-scale railroad.
The highly detailed model railroad features western scenes and scratch-built and craftsman structures. AND a fantastic photo backdrop of western mountains.
One area depicts Utah's Park City, where the original three-foot gauge Utah Eastern, later the dual gauge and then standard gauge Denver and Rio Grande Western, met the standard gauge Union Pacific. The best-known structure was the Silver King Coalition Mines tipple right in Park City. The building stood for almost one hundred years before it burned. But to this day it is the symbol of Park City and is featured as the city logo. It has been scratch-built in every scale, and the one here is among the best! WOW!
I wa able to go to several of the model railroad open houses when they were hosting them. I really enjoyed several of them.
Always fun
Beautifully built layout.
I stayed a night in Park City in 2016. It was freezing cold and nothing was open. We'd dined outdoors the evening before in Moab, wearing t-shirts!
I remember I really enjoyed the drive from Park City to Salt Lake City. Beautiful scenery.
HI! Yup... I worked there in the winters for years. I was media for Sundance. Fun gig.. NO MATTER.. But staying there night temps were as low as -40º F. Oddly thats -40ºC as well.... I DIGRESS! BUt during inversion its cold in the valley, not that cold but daytime 20ºF, but in Park City warm! I was having lunch with Sundance guys at the TOP of the resort. It was 60ºF!!! 16ºC. No coats. We ate outside in the warm sun as people skied by... Whilst down in the city it was dense fog and everything covered with frost.... just odd...
What a an amazing layout thank u for video
Beautiful detail! Thank you!
Thanks for watching 😊
Great video of this HO scale model railroad layout. Today, is where I’m going to be riding one of Roaring Camp Railroads train events. The Holiday Lights Train, which is going to be for the Beach Train.
Nice railroad thank you.Have a great week
Hi Steve. You too!
Fine layout. Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching
Such a great model railroad. Great craftsmanship. Thanks for taking us with you.
Hi again ken!! Thanks as always. Tuesday show is fun. Three rails?
@@ToyManTelevision Dale: As always looking forward to it. I am much more familiar with model car scales. Looking forward to it.
So much fun to watch from to comfort of your chair. Great start to my Sunday. Thanks for sharing your adventures.
GOD BLESS 🚂💖🚂💖🚂💖
God bless you too!!
Wow! It's a amazing and terrific ho scale layout! Great video! Thanks a lot!
Thanks right back!
Great looking layout.
Hi again!! Thanks as always ❤. I’m planning to Bonsai several trees for the outdoor part of the railroad. Oh gee!!!!!
@@ToyManTelevision It is not hard to do. I am 74 years old and doing bonsai and from seeds also. Give it a try and don't be afraid to do it. If you can make these fantastic layouts, then doing bonsai will be a nice relaxing venture for you. Just be patient and select the tree you want. I have to redo an Olive tree for my small HO caboose. Do you know of a track to have for the small pot so that it does not rust? Just need one straight track and where to buy it. I use the regular track, but it rusts with the watering. I try to do it on the children's corner that I do also for the kids. Always enjoy your videos. A great husband and wife team. Tom
WOW that was very impressive 👍👍
Right?? Love the structures.
Gorgeous layout!
Thanks ❤
I thought a friend's HO layout was impressive that ended up taking up the whole living room with what started as a logging railroad.
This is fantastic with the size and scale but the details are what puts this on another level.
Hi. Yup. Agreed.
I'm in awe with all of the detail that is on this layout. The backdrop is second to none! I loved seeing the articulated brass model. The tender name was unique to say the least. There's so much that I could say but I'd be writing a book.
Thanks again for another great video!
Hi Robert! Thanks so much😊
Very impressive work! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks!!
Great layout. Always one of the highlights of the tour when he's on it.
HI. I dont have a contact for him... Can you let him know?
@@ToyManTelevision I will let him know. Terry
WOW!
The detail is on another level!....The total layout & backdrop is so real.
Just love the way the backdrop ties in.
Beautiful layout thanks for sharing
Thanks 🙏 for watching.
You associate with master modelers. That's why your modeling is master class. This video was so good I had to watch it twice. 😊👍👍👍!!!
Thanks!! This is a GREAT model railroad.
I just love the trestles. What great work
That big one!!! I gotta build one!
I just painted one of those D&SL 2-6-6-0s from PFM and they're so fun once upgraded with DCC and Sound. I made it for a client into the Rio Grande 1948-1953 scheme that they had for a time before retirement.
Coolest. Love PFM!!!
Fantastic details in those structures .... the level of patience and talent to make these is incredible
Just beautiful 😻
Amazing layout.
Best use of backgrounds that I've seen!
Hi!! Missed you’re comment. Oops! Anyway yes.. I keep studying it. The perspective. The scale. Perfect.
Dear Karen and Dale, absolutely love your footage and narration on this magnificent and beautiful HO layout. Even the superlatives don’t seem to suffice to reflect what the eyes behold!
The overall quality of the transitions from 3D to the 2D photo backdrops absolutely looks awesome. Excellent enhancement of the field of depth.
Last but not least, no sliver of this layout by David Merrill, nor your photography is ‘boring’ my humble eyes!!
Cheerio
Thanks 🙏 as always.
That is one gorgeous layout
Right??
A wonderful layout I have to say! I love the depot, and the engine facility. I love the Climax in there.
Indeed. First rate. The depot is art. Pure art.
Love your channel!!!
Hi! Thanks 😊
The modeling is spectacular. The layout's use of the color palette shows an artist's eye at work. This is the best integration of photographic backdrops that I can recall. Glad you managed to finally visit this layout, it is such a treat to see.
The scale of the backdrop is what makes it great. The foreground of the photo is exactly HO scale. Seamless.
David Merrill's layout is such a fun one to go to. There's always something interesting to find, like the little secret of the name of Merrill's railroad (which I never noticed till you two pointed it out) or being able to help out on the layout when there's a little derailment or something causing a little derailment. Just absolutely a fun one to go to because of how cool of a person David Merrill is, I am thinking of going back sometime soon or when all the layouts do an open house. Thank you for making this video about it.
So your part of the club there? Great club.
@@ToyManTelevision I'm sadly not apart of the club, I wish I was though. But it was nice helping out a small bit when I was there for a day
Thanks
Thanks again for watching
what does spectacular HO scale model Love the way you guys do your videos Thank you for posting
Thank you very much!
What a layout! Sooooooooo realistic. Bet you’re thinking about installing some photo backgrounds at your place. 👏👏👏👏⛵️⛵️⛵️
You got that right!!
loved it thank you
Thanks for watching!!!! 🚀🚂🚀
Wow! What detail! Thanks for sharing this!
Beautiful layout
I just love the details and you video is as always just great I can't thank you enough for sharing these with us. 🙂Thomas over at The Model Hobbyist and I just love your merch is I wasn't such a broke bastard I would buy the screwing around ahead for sure 🙂
Hello again. And hoping you are having a marvelous holiday.
This is amazing. Contest quality idk doesn't explain it to me. This layout is on a level I wish to only dream mine will be.
It’s super.
To me Ho is the perfect size scale of model railroading
Hi. It sort of depends on what you are modeling. Class A railroads sure. Or even N. But Colorado three foot gauge? O or S? Or our choice… F scale. But HO is still the most popular.
One word describes this layout: AWESOME!!! Dale, every portion of this layout is "contest level". 😊 I am totally impressed with the level of detail, everywhere! The backdrops are beautiful! And the trestles always gets my attention. I LOVE how the articulated steam engine slows to a "realistic" stop at 👉 10:00. Too bad small scale steam engines cannot blow out lots of smoke and steam like the real thing... those are the only things missing. Yeah, smoke and steam! Great video! 👏😁
Yup that was great when he drifted into the depot. Great running locomotive.
The whirring of those gears is better than a sound decoder!
Never disrespect DC.
Good stuff thanks
Great layout, nice just to hear the whirring of the loco''s motor, like in the pre DCC days.
Classic DC. Old school.
absolutely beautiful layout and really cool. I love those 2-6-6-2 and 2-6-6-0’s, I want one specifically to run through the bayous of south Texas on my layout
And they run soooo well
Connecting the backdrop with the layout is really great. Thanks for sharing? Was it a real railroad? The one engine lettering would make you believe that it's not a prototypical railroad. The detail is fantastic.
Mostly Rio Grande. Sort of. But very freelance.
That is a real beautiful layout do you know how long he's been working on it and are all the structures scratch built if they are he's a very creative gentleman 👍👍
I believe most of these structures are craftsman kits. But not sure. I recognize several as wood kits.
Another great video! Showcased the modelers abilities with great camera work as usual. But, what makes me tune in is the play by play between you two. It's almost like you're married or something. Finishing each other's sentences. You could be discussing the tops of your neighbors open trash cans hypothesizing what they did last week, to the point where I'd want to pull up a chair and join the discussion. Great job again.
Many thanks!
Sadly I wasn't Re-Born back into the "Greatest Hobby on Earth" while I lived in Heber,Pre Jordanal Damn days Did frequent P.C. & Did party with Dan Haggerty on occasions
Have you seen our video on Dan?? Im looking fer a link... th-cam.com/video/Rf8JBYp1HsE/w-d-xo.html
Dan comes in about half way.
@@ToyManTelevision WOW What a trip down memory Ln. I had NO idea that you were doing Dan's/Ben Audio I'll have to send this to my little Brother UP in AK. He was living in Daniel's @ the time that Animal trainer was working out their . Can't remember his Name ⁰ Think it was 1980 altho the big race f/Coalville in 79 wife's compressions were like 4min.apart when I'd just got home f/wyo ,put the 429 thunder Jet to the floor ! my Daughter was born upon our arrival in April 79 ,yrs in the Oilfield until the 2nd crash loved the area Heber Creeper Bridle Vail (oh I got stories on THAT Tram lol) I'along w/4 others tried building Cabins up Timber Creek I had a shop Called Wasatch Custom Auto lost everything & Grandparents were needing help fir all they'd done fir me. It was time to return all those favors and enjoy some good Eureka & Palisades as well as W P stories..
Oops suddenly went into my sailing mode. Should have been 🚂🚂🚂🚂🚂
That is very nice, my rail road is ho not is nice is that .
Well.. as long as it’s fun. Fun is everything. But you may want to try one knock down beautiful structure. Just for more fun.
Thanks for sharing this great model railroad setup.
2:19 Y'all are still wearing masks? We haven't had to wear masks here in Missouri for at least 6 or 7 months now.
Dave wanted it. So no, but as it’s his house it’s his call. Certainly doesn’t hurt anything.
You love tha tplace. Now a crowded, sprawling, noisy city. It used to be a small, quait, beautiful small town. NO, nothing.
Well it has its drawbacks. It is growing. But still a small town. About 150,000 people. So yes one of the freeway intersections is nuts. But Santa Clara and Ivins are still nice. And there are restaurants and theaters and it’s NICE.
That Engine I would love to have.the 2-6-6. What Road have that Engine?
Not sure.
I, um. I don't get the "Aescape Tension & Sulphur Gulch" joke. Google just points me to a place in Colorado. Um. Any tips?
Well it “cuts” two ways. A relaxing diversion.. or… well.. a releasing of gas that smells of sulfur.
Who is the yes lady?….😂
My wife.