Thank you, that was definitely my aim when I started building it. Hoping to start on the station modules next so things should really kick up a gear! Thanks for watching 😃
I couldn't agree with you more! We so often see Pecketts on micro layouts (which is understandable given their size!) but it's really nice to see one surrounded by landscape. Thanks for watching 😃
Thanks Neil, it will certainly be an important module going forward. Glad you enjoyed the Peckett running, I do try to include a little bit at the end of each episode just to prove it does actually work still! Thanks for watching 😃
Thanks Tom, they are indeed! Onto the station area next and then it'll really start to feel like a layout. Great to hear you're happy with your Peckett, they really are superb locos! Thanks for watching 😃
Thanks, really glad to hear that. I'm really pleased they've been so popular too as it gives me incentive to keep working on the layout! 😂 Thanks for watching 👍
The static grass really does transform it! It only seems to have become popular in the last decade or so (or perhaps I'm just more aware of it nowadays) but it to my eye it certainly gives a lot more depth than traditional scatter materials. Thanks for watching 😃
Thanks Henri! Yes I'm quite pleased with the bufferstop too. The Peckett has sort of accidentally become my testing loco but it works quite given it has such a short wheelbase. Thanks for watching 😃
Very nicely done. Your techniques are very good and they give excellent results. I like the laser cut ends you demonstrated in the last video, Great idea and it's interesting that you use hand tools for your work. I'm looking forward to the next installment of the layout.
Thanks Tony! Believe it or not this is my first serious layout so I'm essentially figuring out all these modelling techniques as I go. Just shows that you don't need to be an expert modeller to get decent results. I'm hoping to start filming the next episode very soon so hopefully it won't be too long. In the meantime, thanks for watching 😃
Thanks! This is easily the simplest module so it was quite nice to build it up from baseboard to finished model in just over a week. Thanks for watching 😃
Mate that is coming along well. I can't wait to see you build the stations ☺️ I love your content and I'm so glad I found your channel. Hope you had a lovely Xmas and a happy new year. Keep up the epic work
I can't wait to build the stations either... just waiting for Peco track to be back in stock! 😂 So glad you're enjoying the videos and hope you had a great Christmas and New Year too. Thanks for watching 👍
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy any chance you was thinking to put a turntable at the bottom of the station area or or another small end piece like you have done here then you could run tender engines too??
BillyBean 89 There’s no plans to have a turntable in the station area at the moment but as the layout is intended to be a heritage railway I’ll be able to get away with running engines tender first. I would like to include one in the future if I can though 😃
Thanks James - yeah the whole thing is a learning process with this being my first serious layout but there's no sign of anything falling apart. Even if it did, as it's modular I could just replace or improve individual sections as and when. But as you say the main thing is that it looks great and runs well and I'm over the moon with the results I've got so far. Thanks for watching 😃
3:37 If using track pins rather than gluing, you may want to use a punch (a short length of metal) that you can pick up from most hardware/DIY stores. Unlike a hammer head the punch is small enough to fit between the tracks. Alternatively just use a small piece of off-cut wood, etc. The idea is you don't risk hammering the track, it's less awkward and it helps keep track pins flush. A decent electric saw really helps save a lot of work and time too. They're not cheap but are a good investment especially if building a number of baseboards.
Thanks for the tips, it’s definitely something I’m looking at for the future. In this instance the footage was also being used for my Model Railway Basics series so I was trying to use the bare minimum of tools to keep things simple for beginners. Thanks for watching 😃
Hi me again i just started on a mini layout to do in food days as my main layout is in the shed this has been really useful thanks a lot. Love ure vids happy New year- Jack
Fantastic, that's really great to hear! Glad you've found this video useful and best of luck with your new micro layout. Be sure to keep us all updated! Thanks for watching 😃
Another silly question/suggestion. Have you considered selling the endplates so you can create a TMRG standard for a massive modular railway at exhibitions?
Hi John, it is something I've considered and the question has been asked before, but the way I order them means it wouldn't be realistic unless I did it at a loss. Besides, modular layout groups have never really taken off in the UK from what I've seen and those that do usually adopt the much more popular Freemo standards so it's nice to dream but I can't see it happening anytime soon. Thanks for watching 😃
Yes I'd heard that too. I tried it once but unfortunately it didn't work as well so I went back to the Peco layering spray. I've heard spray varnish also works but it costs about the same as the Peco spray so there's not much benefit there. Thanks for watching 😃
This is a fantastic and inspiring series, thank you sir! One question I do have is how do you go about getting the currant through the modules in order for the track to work? All the best to you - Alex :)
Thanks Alex, really glad to hear you're enjoying it! I'll go into the wiring more in a future video but essentially the power is transferred by wires under the baseboards instead of through the track. You can see the beginnings of this at 02:53 and then I use push connectors to electrically join those wires to the corresponding ones on the next module along. Hope that makes sense and thanks for watching 😃
Thanks David, yeah that's fair enough. If you want to be able to run multiple trains a double track line would be perfect. I wanted to model a heritage railway though which is why most of the layout is single line. Thanks for watching 😃
How have you run power to the track? I'm assuming the dropper wires attach to a centre supply in some kind of modular fashion, but its something I think would be really helpful to see. Loving the work so far and can't wait to see the station!
Hey Sam, the droppers take their power from positive and negative wires that run under each module so you’re pretty much spot on. The wires have connectors on each end to transfer power to the next module but don’t worry, I’ll be going into all this in more detail in the next episode along with the station! Thanks for watching 😃
Hi , absolutely loving all your vids & getting loads of ideas, just one question reference your end plates , you said you designed yourself on your computer .. what program/app did you use for that please?, as it's an idea i want to carry forward . many thanks keep up the fantastic work :)
Some people like it, some don't. For me writing the music is as much of a hobby as modelling and making videos so it won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
Can I enquire you about where the metal 'male-female' alignment plugs come from? I started a modular layout, greatly inspired by your videos, but I'm unsuccessful in finding those. Waiting for update 5 😊
Of course, they're called bullet dowels. I got mine from stationroadbaseboards.co.uk but I'm sure they'll be available from other places too. If you haven't already seen it I showed them off in more detail in Episode 3, so that may be worth checking out too. Great to hear that these videos have inspired your own modular layout though! Best of luck with it and thanks for watching 😃
Amazing video as always, would you consider doing a video on weathering engines? Also, when you do you 1000 subscriber livestream, would you consider doing it on a Saturday so everyone can see it?
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! I'll be honest, it's unlikely since I don't weather my own engines so I don't feel I'd have the required expertise to do a tutorial on it. With the livestreams, never say never, but they seem to be working well as extra mid-week videos at the moment. I worry people might be disappointed though if all they got on a Sunday was a replay of the livestream from the night before... but we'll see. Thanks for watching 😃
Indeed they could and in fact my own micro layout isn’t much bigger, if a little longer. While it isn’t the main focus of this layout in the future it would be fun to have a few little standalone micro layouts that could be all joined together using this system. Thanks for watching 😃
Hi, im planning on starting a model railway as well! I'm a bit confused on the wiring, if I use rail connectors, do i need to wire every peice of track?
Hi there, nope the metal fishplates you use to join the sections of track together will pass the current along (unless you use special insulated fishplates). Some modellers do choose to wire up every piece of track though for added reliability. If you're just getting started might I recommend my series Model Railway Basics. There's actually a whole episode on wiring alone: th-cam.com/play/PLrxCs5t2FkmwrlGe3uA8naYkBug7g-u7N.html Hope that helps and thanks for watching 😃
No it's a "Take Cover Terrain" one. I've only ever seen them available on eBay so I imagine it's someone making them from fly swatters but it works incredibly well and is much better than the old Hobby King one I used to have which was rubbish 😂
No, they're quite a bit smaller which makes them more fiddly. That's why in the video I drill pilot holes in the sleepers to make nailing them in a bit easier. Thanks for watching 😃
Lots of people have been asking about this so I'm going into full detail on it in the next modular layout update, which hopefully isn't too far away now! Thanks for watching 😃
I think it's also known as Sculptamold but essentially it's a papery powder that turns into a thick paste when you add water to it. It's easy to build up landform with it and it dries fairly quickly. Thanks for watching 😃
Hi Mitch, each of my modules are 50cm wide. You could probably get away with less but for a single line layout I find that 25cm either side of the running line allows for the inclusion of scenery outside the railway. Hope that helps and thanks for watching 😃
Your videos remind me of Everard Junction and I am loving the railway design so far.
PLUS I HAVE SUBSCRIBED.
Wow, I shall take that as a massive compliment indeed! Really glad you enjoyed it and thanks for subscribing! 😃
Down to earth modelling, just how it should be
Look forward to more!
Well I did use some dirt from the garden as scatter! 😜 Glad you enjoyed it Liam, thanks for watching 👍
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy A synonym for dirt is earth. It's Literally Down To Earth Moddeling!
This is absolutely incredible! A small, basic yet effective modular layout. Very impressive!
- The Caledonian
Thank you, that was definitely my aim when I started building it. Hoping to start on the station modules next so things should really kick up a gear! Thanks for watching 😃
That little Peckett looks right at home on the layout!
I couldn't agree with you more! We so often see Pecketts on micro layouts (which is understandable given their size!) but it's really nice to see one surrounded by landscape. Thanks for watching 😃
great modular mate... only a buffer stop part but just as important... even the running at the end was ace... ATB for 2021 🤠🚂🚃Neil
Thanks Neil, it will certainly be an important module going forward. Glad you enjoyed the Peckett running, I do try to include a little bit at the end of each episode just to prove it does actually work still! Thanks for watching 😃
Another great video. The modules are building up nicely. Got my first peckett, the centenary edition. Runs very quiet & smooth. Thank you.
Thanks Tom, they are indeed! Onto the station area next and then it'll really start to feel like a layout. Great to hear you're happy with your Peckett, they really are superb locos! Thanks for watching 😃
I'm loving these modular videos. Excellent 👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks, really glad to hear that. I'm really pleased they've been so popular too as it gives me incentive to keep working on the layout! 😂 Thanks for watching 👍
Loving the grass, so realistic. Well done!
The static grass really does transform it! It only seems to have become popular in the last decade or so (or perhaps I'm just more aware of it nowadays) but it to my eye it certainly gives a lot more depth than traditional scatter materials. Thanks for watching 😃
Fantastic video
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching 😃
Very cool
Im loving the pecket
And the bufferstop
Thanks Henri! Yes I'm quite pleased with the bufferstop too. The Peckett has sort of accidentally become my testing loco but it works quite given it has such a short wheelbase. Thanks for watching 😃
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy it's a good model
Very nicely done. Your techniques are very good and they give excellent results. I like the laser cut ends you demonstrated in the last video,
Great idea and it's interesting that you use hand tools for your work. I'm looking forward to the next installment of the layout.
Thanks Tony! Believe it or not this is my first serious layout so I'm essentially figuring out all these modelling techniques as I go. Just shows that you don't need to be an expert modeller to get decent results. I'm hoping to start filming the next episode very soon so hopefully it won't be too long. In the meantime, thanks for watching 😃
Nicely designed mate
Thanks! This is easily the simplest module so it was quite nice to build it up from baseboard to finished model in just over a week. Thanks for watching 😃
Mate that is coming along well. I can't wait to see you build the stations ☺️ I love your content and I'm so glad I found your channel. Hope you had a lovely Xmas and a happy new year. Keep up the epic work
I can't wait to build the stations either... just waiting for Peco track to be back in stock! 😂 So glad you're enjoying the videos and hope you had a great Christmas and New Year too. Thanks for watching 👍
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy any chance you was thinking to put a turntable at the bottom of the station area or or another small end piece like you have done here then you could run tender engines too??
BillyBean 89 There’s no plans to have a turntable in the station area at the moment but as the layout is intended to be a heritage railway I’ll be able to get away with running engines tender first. I would like to include one in the future if I can though 😃
A few concerns about your construction methods but if it works and you're happy then go for it.
The end result speaks for itself and it looks great.
Thanks James - yeah the whole thing is a learning process with this being my first serious layout but there's no sign of anything falling apart. Even if it did, as it's modular I could just replace or improve individual sections as and when.
But as you say the main thing is that it looks great and runs well and I'm over the moon with the results I've got so far. Thanks for watching 😃
3:37 If using track pins rather than gluing, you may want to use a punch (a short length of metal) that you can pick up from most hardware/DIY stores. Unlike a hammer head the punch is small enough to fit between the tracks. Alternatively just use a small piece of off-cut wood, etc. The idea is you don't risk hammering the track, it's less awkward and it helps keep track pins flush.
A decent electric saw really helps save a lot of work and time too. They're not cheap but are a good investment especially if building a number of baseboards.
Thanks for the tips, it’s definitely something I’m looking at for the future. In this instance the footage was also being used for my Model Railway Basics series so I was trying to use the bare minimum of tools to keep things simple for beginners. Thanks for watching 😃
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy I'm enjoying your videos, they have a nice pace and are simple and straight forward. Keep up the good work!
Hi me again i just started on a mini layout to do in food days as my main layout is in the shed this has been really useful thanks a lot.
Love ure vids happy New year- Jack
Fantastic, that's really great to hear! Glad you've found this video useful and best of luck with your new micro layout. Be sure to keep us all updated! Thanks for watching 😃
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy thanks for everything i was really nervous to start a TH-cam channel but you made me brave and i inspired me
That Model Railway Guy = Sam's Trains 2.0?? ;-) Excellent work btw, lovely bit of scenery! Rgds, Joachim
I think I've got a way to go yet but I'll certainly take that as a huge compliment! 😃 Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks so much for watching 👍
Nice
Thanks!
Another silly question/suggestion. Have you considered selling the endplates so you can create a TMRG standard for a massive modular railway at exhibitions?
Hi John, it is something I've considered and the question has been asked before, but the way I order them means it wouldn't be realistic unless I did it at a loss. Besides, modular layout groups have never really taken off in the UK from what I've seen and those that do usually adopt the much more popular Freemo standards so it's nice to dream but I can't see it happening anytime soon. Thanks for watching 😃
Cheap, strong hairspray is a good substitute for layering spray.....
Yes I'd heard that too. I tried it once but unfortunately it didn't work as well so I went back to the Peco layering spray. I've heard spray varnish also works but it costs about the same as the Peco spray so there's not much benefit there. Thanks for watching 😃
This is a fantastic and inspiring series, thank you sir!
One question I do have is how do you go about getting the currant through the modules in order for the track to work?
All the best to you - Alex :)
Thanks Alex, really glad to hear you're enjoying it!
I'll go into the wiring more in a future video but essentially the power is transferred by wires under the baseboards instead of through the track. You can see the beginnings of this at 02:53 and then I use push connectors to electrically join those wires to the corresponding ones on the next module along. Hope that makes sense and thanks for watching 😃
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Awesome, thank you! Hope you enjoy all the future videos to come! 😃
Hi I have enjoyed watching your videos but I think I would have used a twin track layout for watching the trains go by type enjoyment
Thanks David, yeah that's fair enough. If you want to be able to run multiple trains a double track line would be perfect. I wanted to model a heritage railway though which is why most of the layout is single line. Thanks for watching 😃
How have you run power to the track? I'm assuming the dropper wires attach to a centre supply in some kind of modular fashion, but its something I think would be really helpful to see. Loving the work so far and can't wait to see the station!
Hey Sam, the droppers take their power from positive and negative wires that run under each module so you’re pretty much spot on. The wires have connectors on each end to transfer power to the next module but don’t worry, I’ll be going into all this in more detail in the next episode along with the station! Thanks for watching 😃
Hi , absolutely loving all your vids & getting loads of ideas, just one question reference your end plates , you said you designed yourself on your computer .. what program/app did you use for that please?, as it's an idea i want to carry forward . many thanks keep up the fantastic work :)
Thanks Karl! I used Adobe Illustrator but I imagine any 2D CAD program would do. Thanks for watching 😃
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy thanks for the reply :)
Interesting and in formative , but do we have to put up with the continues music I'm not sure it is required.
Some people like it, some don't. For me writing the music is as much of a hobby as modelling and making videos so it won't be going anywhere anytime soon.
Can I enquire you about where the metal 'male-female' alignment plugs come from? I started a modular layout, greatly inspired by your videos, but I'm unsuccessful in finding those. Waiting for update 5 😊
Of course, they're called bullet dowels. I got mine from stationroadbaseboards.co.uk but I'm sure they'll be available from other places too. If you haven't already seen it I showed them off in more detail in Episode 3, so that may be worth checking out too.
Great to hear that these videos have inspired your own modular layout though! Best of luck with it and thanks for watching 😃
Amazing video as always, would you consider doing a video on weathering engines?
Also, when you do you 1000 subscriber livestream, would you consider doing it on a Saturday so everyone can see it?
Thanks glad you enjoyed it! I'll be honest, it's unlikely since I don't weather my own engines so I don't feel I'd have the required expertise to do a tutorial on it.
With the livestreams, never say never, but they seem to be working well as extra mid-week videos at the moment. I worry people might be disappointed though if all they got on a Sunday was a replay of the livestream from the night before... but we'll see. Thanks for watching 😃
Some people could build a whole layout on a board that size.
Indeed they could and in fact my own micro layout isn’t much bigger, if a little longer. While it isn’t the main focus of this layout in the future it would be fun to have a few little standalone micro layouts that could be all joined together using this system. Thanks for watching 😃
Hi, im planning on starting a model railway as well! I'm a bit confused on the wiring, if I use rail connectors, do i need to wire every peice of track?
Hi there, nope the metal fishplates you use to join the sections of track together will pass the current along (unless you use special insulated fishplates). Some modellers do choose to wire up every piece of track though for added reliability.
If you're just getting started might I recommend my series Model Railway Basics. There's actually a whole episode on wiring alone: th-cam.com/play/PLrxCs5t2FkmwrlGe3uA8naYkBug7g-u7N.html
Hope that helps and thanks for watching 😃
Did you use a homemade grass applicator?
No it's a "Take Cover Terrain" one. I've only ever seen them available on eBay so I imagine it's someone making them from fly swatters but it works incredibly well and is much better than the old Hobby King one I used to have which was rubbish 😂
Are those track pins normal hammer nails?
No, they're quite a bit smaller which makes them more fiddly. That's why in the video I drill pilot holes in the sleepers to make nailing them in a bit easier. Thanks for watching 😃
How do you connect power between the modules? Could you do a how to on it?
Lots of people have been asking about this so I'm going into full detail on it in the next modular layout update, which hopefully isn't too far away now! Thanks for watching 😃
When you say modelling compound, what do you mean?
I think it's also known as Sculptamold but essentially it's a papery powder that turns into a thick paste when you add water to it. It's easy to build up landform with it and it dries fairly quickly. Thanks for watching 😃
Hi thinking about making a similar style of layout how wide is your layout?
Hi Mitch, each of my modules are 50cm wide. You could probably get away with less but for a single line layout I find that 25cm either side of the running line allows for the inclusion of scenery outside the railway. Hope that helps and thanks for watching 😃
@@ThatModelRailwayGuy thanks for that really helpful
What loco is that I really wanna get one
That would be the Hornby Peckett. Great models, highly recommended! Thanks for watching 😃