Hello Paul :- Just been ploughing via all your video's and scratch builds,etc,Found it very constructive,interesting to say the least and such cost cutting as well.So i have now subscribed to yourself to watch your process,upon your layout etc etc.I have been watching other's as well as subscribing,picking up ideas along the way for my own new layout !!! Just been spending the last 6 months building a new log cabin from March - late August 2019 (20'- 18') with assistance i must add with the topping out .Phew what a major task that was to say the least,planning via the Local Council was finally given,that was a major hold up !!!! The footings,power supply runs,cctv,alarm systems lining,before the winter sets in,before any base boards are build !! It was a great help with such a good spring summer we all enjoyed !!! As the loof area became far too small for my own layout.I wish you all the very best upon your build.Paul ---- Carol
Hi Carol, thank you so much for the kind comments and the subscription, it’s much appreciated. It sounds like you had a mammoth task building your new shed but the efforts will be well worth it I’m sure. Are you on any of the social media’s? If so, share your progress as I’d be very interested to see it. Paul
@@GalgormHall Thank you for your reply Paul.With the amount of construction going on still with the log cabin as it was the main goal to complete it,before the winter moves in. Only taken just still photography's at present moment in time,from the footings topping out and everything else that went into it. I must admit it was a mammoth task. But once up and running with a suitable camera's.a new laptop,monitor within the cabin etc. I shall be going onto social media all in due course. So please be patient in the meantime. At the cross roads at the moment to go down DC or DCC.Most of my rolling stock is DC,over two thirds in fact,But are DCC ready Limited addition as well only. Over 130 engines alone.a few very rare one's !! Example a full rack of 10,12 wheel Pullman Cunard Line with full set of coach;s,only produced by Hornby for two years.Which passed via Wimbledon Station SW 19 in its day..My main ERA's are 2/3/4/5 Southern.SE&CR---LB&SCR---HAYLING ISLAND-CHATHAM-PORTSMOUTH. With a collection of the A4's full set. of Silver Jubilee,Link/Fox,etc--Midland Pullman as i remember a school visit to OLD OAK COMMON going on board.hence a really soft spot for a fine train of its time !!!!! .To conclude my father was a driver on the GOLDEN ARROW.Dover--Folkestone --then moved over onto the BRIGHTON BELL running out of Victoria Platform one.Hence the bug for model railways had begun from a very early age.With Rolex/Lines Bros/Triang/Triang Hornby/Triang/Hornby OO.just around the corner from my home in Wimbledon-Merton.Which closed down in the mid 60's.which up sticks to MARGATE -- enough of that issue,But i do remember meeting Simon Kohier who was only assistance on advertising,when we first crossed paths.Then again in 2010,he didn't remember myself at the time until i produce the photo which was taken many years earlier together !!!! .Then stepping up,was supposed to have retired in 2017.Still there now ??? ..CAROL
It’s a hard choice to make particularly if you have so much older stuff that’s not DCC ready. For some DC is still the most desirable for its straight out of the box readiness to run plus you get to run older stock. Hard wiring is an option if you did go down the DCC route but of course there’s an added expense you may not want to take on. Either way it sounds like you have some incredible stock to present once the layout gets going. Paul
Another fantastic video in this series. That curved wall was certainly a tricky issued solved beautifully. I do really enjoy watch such videos as everyone does things differently, variety is good there is never just one way of scratch building, hence curved wall typical example.
Hi Paul, like what you are doing with the scratch build, mixing materials works well. the end result should spot on looking forward to it. best wishes Tony
Coming along nicely. The plastic might be easier to curve if heated with hot water to form against a former. Another option being thin brass rolled to shape.
Hi, Great How-To, I like this type of modelling, to see you make things look so easy to do, you encourage all by doing it as one of your blogs! 👍 Thumbs Up 👍
Jamie, thank you for your very kind comments. I’m hoping that these videos will demonstrate that scratch building is not to be feared but can be accomplished by anyone. A little patience, trial and error and the results can be achieved. Paul
Thank you Roger, if you are building it and are on Facebook share your work on my page, I’d love to see it. You’ll find the link in the description beneath the video. Paul
Love the curved wall - very nice detail to include in the build! And a nice solution. I thought your explanation was quite clear. The build is coming along nicely, looking forward to the next step. Best, John
another gem my friend, great second installment, and good use of materials on the curvature of the wall..... look forward to the next part. Paul at Sandling Junction
Nice update Paul, that curve looks good and thanks for the shout out - my wife thinks I am famous now I have had a mention on TH-cam! By the way if you use the solvent free UHU it does not string like the original one does. It is a bit more expensive but a tube goes a long way in card building, I use it in a fine tip applicator for small join areas like Metcalfe kit windows and it is much easier to use. Cheers Steve
Steve, the shout out was the least I could do to acknowledge your participation in the build. Famous you say? Don’t let it consume you. 😂 I knew there was something else from the UHU range that would work better, I must seek a tube of it out as this stuff is just awful to work with. Looking forward to seeing the next stage in your own build. Paul
Thank you for sharing this scratch build when you are done it's going to look amazing right now I'm not far enough along on my way out to do scratch builds but I am going to save this video to have it I do have maybe two techniques that might work her that curve wall first technique has to use a lighter just a little bit of the Heat will help bend it if that does not work try cutting little V's had a bad back and holding it over to make that curve kind of the same way that we do I fascia on our bench work to go around curves let me know what you think p. S. I did do one scratch build for my snowshed a few years back but in the process of tearing the layout down my snowshed got destroyed I will eventually have to rebuild that from my new layout once again you have done a great video look forward to the next one
Hey Bald8bil, at the rate you are going with your baseboards it won’t be long before we see track going down and scenery started. Your two suggestions for helping with the curving of the plasticard are sound ones. I had considered heat as an option and it would have been the next step if this hadn’t worked. The only issue I have in applying heat is to get an even spread across the piece without causing it to warp. The notches in the back I hadn’t thought of but will remember that the next time I do a similar technique. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Paul
Thank you very much I was hoping to get my layout done but I have to take it easy for a while I have a pinched nerve and my neck and I got to get an MRI done so once I am released from the doctor I will get back to and I work up there
Living With Vikings thanks for watching. The card is mount board, the type you get to frame pictures. I visited my local framers and picked up loads of scrap material for free. Paul
Hi Paul. everything is looking great, I have a idea for you if you want some card that you can bend mount card for painting or photo's is really good I had about 8 sheets from my watercolour paintings so I have been using it to make brick walls I cut sizes I want double them and glue together so it's double thickness and I have been able to bend it round curves you can buy it A3 size and it will go a long way, but it's just an idea for you. it costs about £4-50 per sheet for most craft shops, anyway your build is looking fantastic can't wait to see the finished product. Regards George...
Thank you for putting out this series, it's ideal as I'm just starting to scratch build and your delivery is easy to follow. Thanks again..
Hello Paul :- Just been ploughing via all your video's and scratch builds,etc,Found it very constructive,interesting to say the least and such cost cutting as well.So i have now subscribed to yourself to watch your process,upon your layout etc etc.I have been watching other's as well as subscribing,picking up ideas along the way for my own new layout !!! Just been spending the last 6 months building a new log cabin from March - late August 2019 (20'- 18') with assistance i must add with the topping out .Phew what a major task that was to say the least,planning via the Local Council was finally given,that was a major hold up !!!! The footings,power supply runs,cctv,alarm systems lining,before the winter sets in,before any base boards are build !! It was a great help with such a good spring summer we all enjoyed !!! As the loof area became far too small for my own layout.I wish you all the very best upon your build.Paul ---- Carol
Hi Carol, thank you so much for the kind comments and the subscription, it’s much appreciated. It sounds like you had a mammoth task building your new shed but the efforts will be well worth it I’m sure. Are you on any of the social media’s? If so, share your progress as I’d be very interested to see it. Paul
@@GalgormHall Thank you for your reply Paul.With the amount of construction going on still with the log cabin as it was the main goal to complete it,before the winter moves in. Only taken just still photography's at present moment in time,from the footings topping out and everything else that went into it. I must admit it was a mammoth task. But once up and running with a suitable camera's.a new laptop,monitor within the cabin etc. I shall be going onto social media all in due course. So please be patient in the meantime. At the cross roads at the moment to go down DC or DCC.Most of my rolling stock is DC,over two thirds in fact,But are DCC ready Limited addition as well only. Over 130 engines alone.a few very rare one's !! Example a full rack of 10,12 wheel Pullman Cunard Line with full set of coach;s,only produced by Hornby for two years.Which passed via Wimbledon Station SW 19 in its day..My main ERA's are 2/3/4/5 Southern.SE&CR---LB&SCR---HAYLING ISLAND-CHATHAM-PORTSMOUTH. With a collection of the A4's full set. of Silver Jubilee,Link/Fox,etc--Midland Pullman as i remember a school visit to OLD OAK COMMON going on board.hence a really soft spot for a fine train of its time !!!!! .To conclude my father was a driver on the GOLDEN ARROW.Dover--Folkestone --then moved over onto the BRIGHTON BELL running out of Victoria Platform one.Hence the bug for model railways had begun from a very early age.With Rolex/Lines Bros/Triang/Triang Hornby/Triang/Hornby OO.just around the corner from my home in Wimbledon-Merton.Which closed down in the mid 60's.which up sticks to MARGATE -- enough of that issue,But i do remember meeting Simon Kohier who was only assistance on advertising,when we first crossed paths.Then again in 2010,he didn't remember myself at the time until i produce the photo which was taken many years earlier together !!!! .Then stepping up,was supposed to have retired in 2017.Still there now ??? ..CAROL
It’s a hard choice to make particularly if you have so much older stuff that’s not DCC ready. For some DC is still the most desirable for its straight out of the box readiness to run plus you get to run older stock. Hard wiring is an option if you did go down the DCC route but of course there’s an added expense you may not want to take on. Either way it sounds like you have some incredible stock to present once the layout gets going. Paul
Another fantastic video in this series. That curved wall was certainly a tricky issued solved beautifully.
I do really enjoy watch such videos as everyone does things differently, variety is good there is never just one way of scratch building, hence curved wall typical example.
You are absolutely right John, there’s more than one way to skin a cat. Thanks so much for the feedback. Paul
Hi Paul, like what you are doing with the scratch build, mixing materials works well. the end result should spot on looking forward to it. best wishes Tony
Hi Tony, thanks mate. Hopefully with a bit of patience and head scratching the results will be good. 🤞🏻 Paul
Another great show , I look forward the builds especially
Thank you John. Paul
Coming along nicely. The plastic might be easier to curve if heated with hot water to form against a former. Another option being thin brass rolled to shape.
Brass would have been a great shout. Not something I carry in the scraps box but I’ve logged it for future projects. Paul
Hi, Great How-To, I like this type of modelling, to see you make things look so easy to do, you encourage all by doing it as one of your blogs! 👍 Thumbs Up 👍
Jamie, thank you for your very kind comments. I’m hoping that these videos will demonstrate that scratch building is not to be feared but can be accomplished by anyone. A little patience, trial and error and the results can be achieved. Paul
Very good video enjoy the build along side you
Thank you Roger, if you are building it and are on Facebook share your work on my page, I’d love to see it. You’ll find the link in the description beneath the video. Paul
Love the curved wall - very nice detail to include in the build! And a nice solution. I thought your explanation was quite clear. The build is coming along nicely, looking forward to the next step. Best, John
Hi John, thank you, I got there in the end. At least I’ll know a successful process for future builds. Paul
Some good tips there. Definitely enjoying this series!
Thanks Tim. Paul
another gem my friend, great second installment, and good use of materials on the curvature of the wall..... look forward to the next part. Paul at Sandling Junction
Very interesting I have watch the first video and now the second it is very mesmerising and look forward to future videos thanks ........:0)....Chris
Hi Chris, I’m glad you are enjoying them. Paul
Nice update Paul, that curve looks good and thanks for the shout out - my wife thinks I am famous now I have had a mention on TH-cam! By the way if you use the solvent free UHU it does not string like the original one does.
It is a bit more expensive but a tube goes a long way in card building, I use it in a fine tip applicator for small join areas like Metcalfe kit windows and it is much easier to use.
Cheers Steve
Steve, the shout out was the least I could do to acknowledge your participation in the build. Famous you say? Don’t let it consume you. 😂 I knew there was something else from the UHU range that would work better, I must seek a tube of it out as this stuff is just awful to work with. Looking forward to seeing the next stage in your own build. Paul
Looking good Paul ..... Fred
Thanks Fred, a long way to go but hopefully it’s beginning to look like something. Paul
Good job
Thanks Noob. Paul
Thank you for sharing this scratch build when you are done it's going to look amazing right now I'm not far enough along on my way out to do scratch builds but I am going to save this video to have it I do have maybe two techniques that might work her that curve wall first technique has to use a lighter just a little bit of the Heat will help bend it if that does not work try cutting little V's had a bad back and holding it over to make that curve kind of the same way that we do I fascia on our bench work to go around curves let me know what you think p. S. I did do one scratch build for my snowshed a few years back but in the process of tearing the layout down my snowshed got destroyed I will eventually have to rebuild that from my new layout once again you have done a great video look forward to the next one
Hey Bald8bil, at the rate you are going with your baseboards it won’t be long before we see track going down and scenery started. Your two suggestions for helping with the curving of the plasticard are sound ones. I had considered heat as an option and it would have been the next step if this hadn’t worked. The only issue I have in applying heat is to get an even spread across the piece without causing it to warp. The notches in the back I hadn’t thought of but will remember that the next time I do a similar technique. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment. Paul
Thank you very much I was hoping to get my layout done but I have to take it easy for a while I have a pinched nerve and my neck and I got to get an MRI done so once I am released from the doctor I will get back to and I work up there
What is the material/card you are using please. It looks stiff and easy to cut .
The basic structure is 2mm mount board - the type of stuff you would use in picture framing. Paul
Many thanks , The card I have been using is too “flimsy” 👍
Hi, i'm very new to scratch building, and was wondering what card is used for the buildings?
Living With Vikings thanks for watching. The card is mount board, the type you get to frame pictures. I visited my local framers and picked up loads of scrap material for free. Paul
What material did you use to build the house? Thanks
Hi, the basic structure is made out of mount board card and the skin applied was primarily sandpaper. Hope that helps. Paul
Hi Paul. everything is looking great, I have a idea for you if you want some card that you can bend mount card for painting or photo's is really good I had about 8 sheets from my watercolour paintings so I have been using it to make brick walls I cut sizes I want double them and glue together so it's double thickness and I have been able to bend it round curves you can buy it A3 size and it will go a long way, but it's just an idea for you. it costs about £4-50 per sheet for most craft shops, anyway your build is looking fantastic can't wait to see the finished product. Regards George...
Thank you George, I’ll certainly take a look at that and try it out. Paul
what is the facebook page
Have you seen budget model railway channel
I have indeed Paul. Paul
just steam it!
That’s a good about thank you. Paul