Another idea, as the wagons are big enough; build in decouplers in both ends of the train, and let the locomotive decouple pass the train, recouple and shuttle the other way. Awesome job on getting those supports in the ceiling! Reminds me of a toy museum in my youth, it had a big train room with a G scale track suspended from the ceiling not unlike yours.
A brilliant solution which will give you (and others) many hours of enjoyment. Excellently filmed with none of the rambling flim-flam you so often get. Look forward to more.
Fantastic! I really enjoyed seeing how you were able to design a full circuit layout without having to extend the shelves themselves! Think your overhead rigs and the poles that are joined together with a chain just makes the whole layout look exciting! It reminds me of a model shop I used to go to when I was a child and they had G-scale trains running up and down on the ceiling, happy memories! 🙂 I'm Really looking forward to seeing more of your G-scale layout in action!
Brilliant design, with the two reversing loops and passing loop. Your very gifted with the 3D printer. Love all the brackets and the bridge was a great idea. You make it all look so simple. Keep up the good work. Regards, Alan
Nice work, Rob. I've missed your updates. I quite like the idea of a large scale, end to end railway, you have a neat solution to provide continuous running.
Good stuff Rob! Some creative solutions there.. You've now prompted me to get on with my own shelf railway which I've been procrastinating over for months!
Great video, Rob! Always enjoy seeing more G-Gauge on TH-cam! Really impressed with how you approached the suspended aspects of the railway. A lot of thought and creativity with the 3D printer. You also did a wonderful job of explaining some of the niche aspects of G Scale (such as push-through, non-isolating points as well as the -rubber ruler- nature of the 'scale'). Really excited to see more!
Thanks guys! This means a lot coming from you, I would encourage everybody to go check out your channel and your stunning railway. The ultimate G gauge inspiration! Also, I saw your email, I'll drop you a message back this week 😀
What a marvelous introduction to G scale... thanks million, Rob! For a number of years since retirement I've "toyed" with the notion of a model railway. Little by little I've added Bachman auto-reversing track to my annual Christmas setup that quickly went from fireplace mantel to floor in front and underneath the grand piano that sits too close for us to use the fireplace proper. Going over and over possibilities in my mind, though-something not unfamiliar to you, I fancy-I'd essentially come up with just the setup you take us thorough here, although not on a shelf, but rather on the floor. Now reenergized by your excellent tutorial I'm off to find a simple yet fairly comprehensive explanation of the nitty gritties of the scale: best sources, product reviews, track radii, and so forth. If you have a favorite website (or favorites) I'd be ever so grateful for your guidance. (Perhaps you yourself have put together such a guide. I'm writing this without having looked through your own catalogue of videos.) In any event, best of luck from a new fan in northeast Iowa, USA!
👍 Excellent layout. 😁 I've got Bachmann's Thomas in G Gauge as well. 🙂 For now, I've got him displayed on his 1 foot long track, on top of my wardrobe.
Rob, this is really inspiring, bit of an eye opener for me, and it's got me thinking I need to build one. Really good fun which is what it's all about.
It won't get much bigger as I don't have the capacity, but I've got a few more locos to film. The Bachmann Big Hauler is not enjoying the point work at all currently, so will be in the siding until I can get the pony truck to stay on the track.
@@LittleWicketRailway Cheers. Yes, I’ve got one of those too and have the same issues. I used some of those weights that tyre fitters use - they’re self adhesive and quite handy 👍🏻
@@LittleWicketRailway it’s the same “big hauler” loco you have, albeit a different colour scheme. Although they were designed to work over R1 curves and points, they have always been a bit susceptible to derailing due to the pony truck. Hopefully a bit of weight will help solve it 👌🏻
If it’s of interest, I’m part of a little G Scale group that meet in and around Bridgnorth, Shropshire, swapping tips etc and we have access to an outside layout that we do running sessions on. You’d be welcome anytime if you fancied it 👍🏻
Great idea this presentation, and your layout too ! It's interesting to have an overview of G scale with you, there is nice ideas to pick here for any scale. I might someday go into Gn15 (1/24 scale with 16,5mm gauge) for a freelance narrow gauge railway...
@@LittleWicketRailway As prototype, I'm thinking of two possibilities : Irish turf railway or east European industrial railway. We had also factory railways in France with a 400mm gauge track that can do the trick. I have also an idea of an airbase facility railway for a US military installation on a Pacific island or, this one fictional, a railway for a research station in Antarctica. That's some ideas on my list for this scale/gauge.
Greta video rob! So looking forward to any updates but also to your next 00 gauge review! Id really reccommend a loco from hornbys railroad plus range, the class 37 in intercity swallow livery - its a great loco for the price!
I own the same Hornby Railroad 37 and the gearing on the motor is awful. Was promised a 5 pole motor with flywheel, I think it actually had a Scalextric/pocket rocket motor
@Northerner_Transport_Hub how old is your loco? It may be the slightly older version, as the one I have was only released a year or so ago and definitely has a 5 pole motor fitted
This was brilliant! Time for your 3D printer to have a week off now, poor thing. Would be excellent if this could be Thomas's branch line with Toby, Percy, Daisy and Mavis, get rid of those hideous European and American locos 😂
Great little solution, and what did we do before 3D printers?!? Presumably you can't get into the roof space above to ensure you're not just relying on rawlplugs to hold the track up? I'm sure i've seen (in German model railway publications at least) LGB also referred to as IIm - i.e. 2 Scale, metre gauge. Sprung points used to be common with contintenal manufacturers like Fleischmann, Casadio etc, and I think they are/were commonly used on UK tramways (1:1 scale)
Thabks. I can't get up there to check unfortunately, but they're plasterboard rawl plugs that expand out behind the board. I'm confident that a single plug would hold a loco. So as long as I don't try to do pull ups on them they should be OK.
Wow! Thats absolutely mega! Ive not seen G Scale first hand before, it looks fantastic! Great innovative designs for all of the supports..brilliant. Now being a newbie to all of this really, can reversing loops be done like that in other scales Rob? All the best.. Martin
Thanks Martin. Yeah, I pinched one of the DCC40 modules off my OO layout, same principles apply. Gaugemaster did a series of articles on reverse loops (www.gaugemasterretail.com/rightlines-article/reverse_loops_part2.html). They say that the DCC40 module might not work with Hornby controllers, but I've not had any problems. I have a feeling that the DCC40 doesn't work on analogue/DC layouts, I think I tried it quite some time ago and the relay in it just clicks on/off endlessly (prepared to be corrected on that one). Also, the short circuit detection in my DCC++ / DCC-EX command station worked faster than the detection unit in the DCC40 module, so it was killing power to the track faster than the DCC40 could react to the short and switch polarity. I had to reduce the sensitivity of the short detection in the command station and it all worked fine after.
Be careful with that Bachman big Hauler. The early versions had plastic gears and weren't designed for heavy cars or long trains. Dad and i learned the hard way years ago. But they can be fun.
Wonderful, are the stl files available for the 3d printed track supports and railing supports at all? Great ideas for sure. Thank you for the channel. Just discovered you.
wondering how long before you find you need some more shelves to take the stuff you took off that one and then wondering how long before you take everything off and add another scale and then how long before more shelves.. I think the secret is to have a rule "no shelf large enough to take a length of track"
Hi Rob, a quick question you or your viewers might be able to help me with. I’m planning a layout with two tracks in a run around (tale chaser). It’s about 7m x 3m, so about 20m (60ft) in circumference. I’m use DCC for the tracks. But I think I’ll use a CDU to power the 40 or so seep point motors. It’s Old school I know but it’s quicker and cheaper. Q1. If the wires are big enough, will only one or two CDU do the job ? Q2. If I want to build a mimic board, the push buttons on it are a long way away from the furtherest point motor 10m (30ft). Due to voltage drop, Is this a problem ? Any tips and tricks would be much appreciated. Thanks, Alan
Hi Alan I don't have a lot of experience with installing CDUs (the Hornby accessory decoders have them built in), but I think it really depends how many points you plan to throw either simultaneously or in quick succession as the CDU might only have enough energy stored to handle one or two before needing to recharge. In theory you could run a large number off a single CDU if you give it time to recharge between each point being thrown. I wouldn't worry about voltage drop over 10m as long as your wires are an ok size. Here's a couple of useful websites: www.12voltplanet.co.uk/voltage-drop-calculator.html modelrailwayengineer.com/model-railway-wire-sizes/ Good luck with the build.
@@LittleWicketRailway I have been enjoying the g gauge as it's new to what I have seen before. I am just really excited to see the layout coming together slowly. I LOVE the track plan and do think that it is a great idea to not put electronics on top of the helix as it stops confusion. Keep up the good work 👍
Congratulations on thinking outside of the box and there’s no denying your excellent workmanship. You’ve got me thinking now, I model in O gauge, so I would scale down to HO or N. By keeping to the far side of my model railroad I would hopefully be able take advantage of so called ‘false perspective’ and actually incorporate it into my existing O gauge layout. Thanks for the inspiration. Great video.
Looks good! Greetings from the United States!
Another idea, as the wagons are big enough; build in decouplers in both ends of the train, and let the locomotive decouple pass the train, recouple and shuttle the other way.
Awesome job on getting those supports in the ceiling! Reminds me of a toy museum in my youth, it had a big train room with a G scale track suspended from the ceiling not unlike yours.
A brilliant solution which will give you (and others) many hours of enjoyment. Excellently filmed with none of the rambling flim-flam you so often get. Look forward to more.
Thanks Gordon 👍 haha, I try to edit out the rambling flim-flam (love that description 😄)
Fantastic! I really enjoyed seeing how you were able to design a full circuit layout without having to extend the shelves themselves! Think your overhead rigs and the poles that are joined together with a chain just makes the whole layout look exciting! It reminds me of a model shop I used to go to when I was a child and they had G-scale trains running up and down on the ceiling, happy memories! 🙂 I'm Really looking forward to seeing more of your G-scale layout in action!
Brilliant design, with the two reversing loops and passing loop. Your very gifted with the 3D printer. Love all the brackets and the bridge was a great idea. You make it all look so simple. Keep up the good work. Regards, Alan
Thanks Alan 👍
That is stunning. You came up with some creative solutions to give you an impressive start to the layout.
Nice work, Rob. I've missed your updates. I quite like the idea of a large scale, end to end railway, you have a neat solution to provide continuous running.
Good stuff Rob! Some creative solutions there.. You've now prompted me to get on with my own shelf railway which I've been procrastinating over for months!
Great video, Rob! Always enjoy seeing more G-Gauge on TH-cam! Really impressed with how you approached the suspended aspects of the railway. A lot of thought and creativity with the 3D printer.
You also did a wonderful job of explaining some of the niche aspects of G Scale (such as push-through, non-isolating points as well as the -rubber ruler- nature of the 'scale').
Really excited to see more!
Thanks guys! This means a lot coming from you, I would encourage everybody to go check out your channel and your stunning railway. The ultimate G gauge inspiration! Also, I saw your email, I'll drop you a message back this week 😀
What a marvelous introduction to G scale... thanks million, Rob! For a number of years since retirement I've "toyed" with the notion of a model railway. Little by little I've added Bachman auto-reversing track to my annual Christmas setup that quickly went from fireplace mantel to floor in front and underneath the grand piano that sits too close for us to use the fireplace proper. Going over and over possibilities in my mind, though-something not unfamiliar to you, I fancy-I'd essentially come up with just the setup you take us thorough here, although not on a shelf, but rather on the floor.
Now reenergized by your excellent tutorial I'm off to find a simple yet fairly comprehensive explanation of the nitty gritties of the scale: best sources, product reviews, track radii, and so forth. If you have a favorite website (or favorites) I'd be ever so grateful for your guidance. (Perhaps you yourself have put together such a guide. I'm writing this without having looked through your own catalogue of videos.) In any event, best of luck from a new fan in northeast Iowa, USA!
It's wonderful. Lots of fun no doubt. Your 3D printed supports and brackets are really well designed and they work perfectly. 😊
👍 Excellent layout. 😁 I've got Bachmann's Thomas in G Gauge as well. 🙂 For now, I've got him displayed on his 1 foot long track, on top of my wardrobe.
That is very cool
Well done
Rob, this is really inspiring, bit of an eye opener for me, and it's got me thinking I need to build one. Really good fun which is what it's all about.
Thanks 👍 😊
That's really good use of a 3D printer!
Great video Rob - as a collector of G Scale myself, I’m intrigued to see how your collection and layout develops 👍🏻
It won't get much bigger as I don't have the capacity, but I've got a few more locos to film. The Bachmann Big Hauler is not enjoying the point work at all currently, so will be in the siding until I can get the pony truck to stay on the track.
@@LittleWicketRailway Cheers. Yes, I’ve got one of those too and have the same issues. I used some of those weights that tyre fitters use - they’re self adhesive and quite handy 👍🏻
@jonathantaylor3039 thabks for the tip 👍are your wheels metal or plastic and are you using LGB radius 1 points?
@@LittleWicketRailway it’s the same “big hauler” loco you have, albeit a different colour scheme. Although they were designed to work over R1 curves and points, they have always been a bit susceptible to derailing due to the pony truck. Hopefully a bit of weight will help solve it 👌🏻
If it’s of interest, I’m part of a little G Scale group that meet in and around Bridgnorth, Shropshire, swapping tips etc and we have access to an outside layout that we do running sessions on. You’d be welcome anytime if you fancied it 👍🏻
Great idea this presentation, and your layout too ! It's interesting to have an overview of G scale with you, there is nice ideas to pick here for any scale.
I might someday go into Gn15 (1/24 scale with 16,5mm gauge) for a freelance narrow gauge railway...
Thanks Olivier. Sounds like a good project, is there a prototype for Gn15?
@@LittleWicketRailway As prototype, I'm thinking of two possibilities : Irish turf railway or east European industrial railway. We had also factory railways in France with a 400mm gauge track that can do the trick.
I have also an idea of an airbase facility railway for a US military installation on a Pacific island or, this one fictional, a railway for a research station in Antarctica. That's some ideas on my list for this scale/gauge.
Greta video rob! So looking forward to any updates but also to your next 00 gauge review! Id really reccommend a loco from hornbys railroad plus range, the class 37 in intercity swallow livery - its a great loco for the price!
I own the same Hornby Railroad 37 and the gearing on the motor is awful. Was promised a 5 pole motor with flywheel, I think it actually had a Scalextric/pocket rocket motor
@Northerner_Transport_Hub how old is your loco? It may be the slightly older version, as the one I have was only released a year or so ago and definitely has a 5 pole motor fitted
@@Northerner_Transport_Hub to be fair, the gearing is questionable
@@jackstrains4468 brand new from hornby announced last year released this year
Running it again, it does seem a little noisy, but the motor is definitely a 5 pole
Very entertaining, thank you.
G scale rocks! I just wish it wasn't so pricey.
Great stuff
Looks great!
Love your videos!
Can't wait for the next Hornby Trainset Review! :)
Thanks!
This was brilliant! Time for your 3D printer to have a week off now, poor thing. Would be excellent if this could be Thomas's branch line with Toby, Percy, Daisy and Mavis, get rid of those hideous European and American locos 😂
Great little solution, and what did we do before 3D printers?!? Presumably you can't get into the roof space above to ensure you're not just relying on rawlplugs to hold the track up?
I'm sure i've seen (in German model railway publications at least) LGB also referred to as IIm - i.e. 2 Scale, metre gauge.
Sprung points used to be common with contintenal manufacturers like Fleischmann, Casadio etc, and I think they are/were commonly used on UK tramways (1:1 scale)
Thabks. I can't get up there to check unfortunately, but they're plasterboard rawl plugs that expand out behind the board. I'm confident that a single plug would hold a loco. So as long as I don't try to do pull ups on them they should be OK.
Wow! Thats absolutely mega! Ive not seen G Scale first hand before, it looks fantastic! Great innovative designs for all of the supports..brilliant. Now being a newbie to all of this really, can reversing loops be done like that in other scales Rob?
All the best.. Martin
Thanks Martin. Yeah, I pinched one of the DCC40 modules off my OO layout, same principles apply. Gaugemaster did a series of articles on reverse loops (www.gaugemasterretail.com/rightlines-article/reverse_loops_part2.html). They say that the DCC40 module might not work with Hornby controllers, but I've not had any problems. I have a feeling that the DCC40 doesn't work on analogue/DC layouts, I think I tried it quite some time ago and the relay in it just clicks on/off endlessly (prepared to be corrected on that one).
Also, the short circuit detection in my DCC++ / DCC-EX command station worked faster than the detection unit in the DCC40 module, so it was killing power to the track faster than the DCC40 could react to the short and switch polarity. I had to reduce the sensitivity of the short detection in the command station and it all worked fine after.
Terrific inspirational vid' !
"G-gauge may not RULE, But it GROWS on Ya " djc'99
Be careful with that Bachman big Hauler. The early versions had plastic gears and weren't designed for heavy cars or long trains. Dad and i learned the hard way years ago. But they can be fun.
I can't get the pony truck to stay on the rails. That's my main problem.
@@LittleWicketRailwaytry adding a spring to the pony truck. Not to stiff kind of a soft spring like from a ballpoint pen. That should do the trick.
You can use 16mm scale kits for 45mm gauge, people like HGLW or Anything Narrow Gauge
Hadn't heard of HGLW, thanks for the tip.
Brilliant, what about a very token platform at the passing stage including the lamppost you have?
I like that idea! Will need to check how much room there is between the tracks otherwise it'll have to be at one of the ends.
Wonderful, are the stl files available for the 3d printed track supports and railing supports at all? Great ideas for sure. Thank you for the channel. Just discovered you.
wondering how long before you find you need some more shelves to take the stuff you took off that one
and then wondering how long before you take everything off and add another scale
and then how long before more shelves..
I think the secret is to have a rule "no shelf large enough to take a length of track"
Haha! Layouts upon layouts upon layouts 😂 I did have to add on a few shelves.
Hi Rob, a quick question you or your viewers might be able to help me with. I’m planning a layout with two tracks in a run around (tale chaser). It’s about 7m x 3m, so about 20m (60ft) in circumference. I’m use DCC for the tracks. But I think I’ll use a CDU to power the 40 or so seep point motors. It’s Old school I know but it’s quicker and cheaper.
Q1. If the wires are big enough, will only one or two CDU do the job ?
Q2. If I want to build a mimic board, the push buttons on it are a long way away from the furtherest point motor 10m (30ft). Due to voltage drop, Is this a problem ?
Any tips and tricks would be much appreciated. Thanks, Alan
Hi Alan
I don't have a lot of experience with installing CDUs (the Hornby accessory decoders have them built in), but I think it really depends how many points you plan to throw either simultaneously or in quick succession as the CDU might only have enough energy stored to handle one or two before needing to recharge. In theory you could run a large number off a single CDU if you give it time to recharge between each point being thrown.
I wouldn't worry about voltage drop over 10m as long as your wires are an ok size. Here's a couple of useful websites:
www.12voltplanet.co.uk/voltage-drop-calculator.html
modelrailwayengineer.com/model-railway-wire-sizes/
Good luck with the build.
@@LittleWicketRailway many thanks for your quick reply. You’re information is very helpful. Thanks again, Alan
When is there going to be an update onto the big layout
Realistically, a month or two. I've been very distracted by G gauge and I setup the old layout again to run some trains for reviews.
@@LittleWicketRailway I have been enjoying the g gauge as it's new to what I have seen before. I am just really excited to see the layout coming together slowly. I LOVE the track plan and do think that it is a great idea to not put electronics on top of the helix as it stops confusion. Keep up the good work 👍
I’m guessing yours is digital?
Yes, nothing wrong with analogue, but I love digital 😍
9:16 What's the name of the track used at 9:16 man? UK Dash Cams also uses this track for its intro/outro.
"As You Were" by TrackTribe, it's free to use from the TH-cam audio library 🙂
Thanks man. @@LittleWicketRailway
Congratulations on thinking outside of the box and there’s no denying your excellent workmanship. You’ve got me thinking now, I model in O gauge, so I would scale down to HO or N. By keeping to the far side of my model railroad I would hopefully be able take advantage of so called ‘false perspective’ and actually incorporate it into my existing O gauge layout. Thanks for the inspiration. Great video.
The most common British engine In G gauge is Thomas 😂