Please remember Michael you and other TH-cam Modellers are an inspiration to those that follow and watch your fantastic builds. To see the buildings all coming together is what keeps me watching. Take care and stay safe regards Barry.
After viewing my first of your videos three weeks ago, I have now binge watched EVERY VIDEO consuming the Bradford Cathedral ones as they came... It was lovely to catch-up and relax at the end of the day seeing the whole thing come together. Chandwell forever!
It has been wonderful seeing each of your comments come in over the last few weeks. I will respond to each one but wanted to say thanks. Welcome to Chandwell!
'Don't get distracted by ..." My mother, (and acomplised arist), told me: "Remember: Only the artist knows where *all* the mistakes are" 😀 Been following your work for years. Love your work.
Michael, you are one of reasons why this hobby is very much alive and growing. Love your Chandwell builds. The window lentil on the back side looks so "Chandwell". Looking forward to seeing the Cathedral build. Bill and Janet from California
Michael, your imperfections are better than my best attempts. I'm pleased that you mention that being perfect isn't important in context with the bigger scene.
I think it looks great how the tarmac has been repaired outside the kebab shop. Goes to show that with the right mindset, you can turn a mistake into something more characterful. I'm sure people still talk about the crazy weekend when they had to have their nightly kebab passed out to them through the back door.
Wow Michael! Great work on the back of Station Road. Thanks for the timely reminder about mistakes only being noticed by the modeller. I am “adapting “ my hillside and waterfall diorama as I go, so don’t really know how it will look until I finish it. I get great inspiration from watching your videos. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Michael, you are a modelmaker after my own heart! With patience we can model just about anything using the most basic materials. The back views of buildings and yards, as we enter cities by rail, always fascinated me since childhood. I love researching the stations and buildings from my past and hope to recreate some in miniature on either small dioramas or shelf layouts. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work! 😊
(Please read in the voice of Alan "Fluff" Freeman) . . . . And entering the Chandwell Top 10, Station Alley pop pickers 😂 A great addition even though it won't be seen much.
Looking good! Even the "messed-up" window lintel looks fine in the video; it just looks like a damaged rock, and of course there are many ways a rock could have gotten damaged like that in a couple of hundred years of Chandwell history. The disarrayed design of the original building is a delight (in the sort of way that that sort of architecture can be, I mean), and your model does a great job of emulating it. For the "pulling the tablecloth away" trick at 4:10, I was imagining that you were going to fix the trick by cutting the white card along the roofline of the extensions and removing everything below that, so that you could just push the extension pieces up to the bottom of the card.
Thank you… yes the original building really is fascinating. As for cutting the template the other way round… well… that would have simply been far too sensible! 😂
Excellent point about not getting too hung up on teeny-tiny mistakes that only the modeller will notice after the fact. Enjoyed your talk a few weeks back, and really like the OO scale version of Liam Thistle's childhood home too!
Amazing as always. Great to see others getting inspiration from you and I did laugh at the Free Liam Thistles and your mug shot. Now, how can I take some inspiration let me see.
Fantastic to see this done now, Michael! Your hard work, and more importantly, persistence has totally paid off. This looks amazing and it's really nice to see
This is coming on well! One small suggestion: for the patch of road that's been resurfaced, if you put an almost black line around the edge of this area, you will replicate the tar sealant around the edges of patched road that used to be used at the time that your layout is set (I don't think that they do that any more, but I am not sure).
That's a good idea... I saw some of these in real life yesterday. I guessed them to be about 40mm wide. That would be a 0.27mm line. I think that's too fine for me to hand-draw, so I don't want to risk it. I will remember it for next time though.
Weeds are excellent error covers! ;-) Many of my buildings have a strand or two of ivy growing up them - just so they don't look too perfect of course! Cheers
If you can successfully build "Scalescenes Kits" you are practically a scratch builder, much of it is the same methodology, the kits are customisable. Learn how to scale pictures/photographs and you will be able to recreate most things. I also use plastics/acetate from recycled packaging as Michael does, but unbeliveably I use Apache Office Calc to create scale templates to print onto card, then use downloaded textures to wrap the elements. A spreadsheet application might seem odd for modelling, but with Millimeter perfect control of row height and column width it works for me. Never tried inkscape but will visit that at some point. As for your ability it does`nt have to be perfect, it simply has to be to a standard YOU are happy with. Happy modelling.
Hi there, I'm pretty familiar with tenement style buildings like the one you have built today. I'm 99% sure those windows between floors are for a (possibly communal) staircase, specifically for that part where the staircase takes a 180 degree turn and heads up again, necessitating a kind of flat landing for you to turn around in. (Hope that makes sense? I am no expert in staircase terminology lol). So you might want to reconsider whether you'd have curtains on these windows or not. Brilliant video as per usual, you've gotta be the best modeller I've ever seen when it comes to capturing architecture.
Michael Great to see that work through the trails and tribulations, and you have finished the next part of Station Rd and blended. Also knowing how complicated the real Brook St back is you have managed to get a good model of this and fitting into the overall Chandwell Scene. Great use of patched tarmac to continues the overall Chandwell feel. Ian
Wonderful work as always. I beat myself up a little this week, re some heavily modified, replacement bogies (the originals are dire, mine arent perfect but as near as damn it) and my slightly rough finish of the tops of them. THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE SEEN of course, but I found myself saying to myself "come on mate you can do better than this". Funny how the mind, the ego, the inner critic plays tricks 🤔🤔🙄 Its a layout model and Ive not played trains in donkey's years so I need to crack on🙏🙏🤞🤞Im awaiting some stainless steel spacing washers, then theyre going on and the whole under frame will be weatered accordingly and then forgotten about 🙏🙏🤞🤞👍👍 BTW UHU? Dont use the solvent bssed one, use the solvent free version, it's virtually "string" free and dries just a little slower, but works just as well. I hope that helps🤞🤞👍👍😊😊
Super modelling Sir, plenty of tips to try 😊 You’re correct about not getting bogged down which is my downfall! I think I can explain the apparent difference in storeys between the front and back of the houses. My Grandmother lives in a terraced home not unlike yours. It had a small room on the turn of the stairs leading to the first floor. I’m really not sure if she called it the ‘return room’ or the ‘wee turn room’ (we were in Northern Ireland). Anyway, the row of houses seemed to have two storeys out the front and three from the back. Yours, Ian
@@althejazzman Hi Al the Jazzman😊 After re reading your comment I checked on Google Earth and I’ve made a mistake. The room at the back was actually a box room extended out the back of the house under which was the kitchen and outside lavatory. This was however midway between the first and second floors. The address is King Street, Co. Down, Northern Ireland. You can see it from the car park at the rear of the houses. All run down now due to delayed maintenance from the council. It’s been 20’years since I was there. All the best, Ian
Greetings from Germany: you pronounce UHU just right, the way you do it. The glue is named after a bird, the European eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo), or "Uhu" in German - the name mimmicks its call.
Having a guess. The different levels would be windows in the stairwell as they are above the doors.. To me this makes sense and would be give you an explanation for the varying levels.. As for the little mistakes like the window sill, I've just made my first model, greenhouse, using the laser cutter.. From a 'normal viewing angle', it looks great... but close up photos you can see gaps in the joins.. I haven't decided if I shall replace... but as it's much easier now to laser a new one.. I might just, if only for the practice!! Another wonderful video Michael, always an inspiration to watch.
@@chrissouthgate4554 haha.. Well it is the end of an era model.. so it could just be the station master lost interest knowing it was shutting down and it's starting to fall down.. But, this is clearly due to the build quality all those years ago of "Bodgit & Scarper"
Yes I also assumed stairwells for the half-storey windows. Not sure how there can be four storeys round the back and only three at the front. Am fascinated to see what’s going on in the inside.
Hi Michael, is there going to be a Chandwell Art & Craft Supplies with yourself as the most respectable owner? Thanks for the ideas and your tips for cutting with a scalpel, new blades are best and light cuts to stop the blade snagging on the fibres of the card/paper. As an ex-typesetter and paste-up artist these are tips that I've used many a time when cutting a word or letter into a sheet of type. Good luck with the Cathedral, it's going to look fab!
Thank you! An art supplies shop is a good idea actually for a street like Station Road. I’ll think of that one. It can’t me my shop though… I’m the mayor, you know!
The odd levels are because of staircases with windows at the landings. I grew up in a terrace in the centre of York and from the back these buildings could look a bit odd
They're fascinating. The half-way windows are definitely a stairwell, but I wonder why it looks like there are four storeys round the back compared to the front's 3...?
Great work 👏 Have you ever found any of the glue failing or paper / card delamination from each other now that some of the models have been built for some time?
People. One day. There are already 27 people on the layout and you can never spot them. I’ll need hundreds to make a believable scene. As you know, I don’t like spending any money on my model, and I’m not really a fan of painting little things either. As Chandwell is mainly an urban scene, I would need non-railway specific people and the cheapo things from China are useless… so decent people would run into tens if not hundreds of pounds; I just can’t justify that at the moment. So if I ever do add people, it will be in a few years. I do have a few that a channel member gave me a while back… I’ll see if any of those are suitable, once I get round to it! 🤣
@@Chandwell Fascinating that you are so patient with cutting out tiny fiddly things, but replace the knife with a paintbrush and the same amount of tiny fiddly motion and you're "not really a fan". 🙂 Maybe we just need to figure out a way you can make N-scale figures by cutting out little tiny bits of paper! Alternately, you can just explain to people that model figures always look wrong because they're not moving. They will probably reply that you could think of it like a photograph where the people are static, so in reply you can then explain that it's like a very long-exposure photograph where you can't see the people because they were moving and got blurred into invisibility. That should do the trick nicely.
Hi Michael. I've been building paper/card models in various scales for a while and figures are something I've started experimenting with recently. You might be suprised how effective printing pictures of people and sticking a front and back together can be in this scale, as an adult will be less than a centimetre tall. Adding an extra layer to make the body and head thicker than limbs is possible even though it involves cutting tiny parts. There need not be much more detail than clothing and hair colours as it will be so tiny, so you would only need to recolour each figure digitally and print out. I added some passengers to the interior of a 1:160 boat model recently and this method came out pretty well. 'Uw-Huu' is also correct pronunciation, as the brand of glue is German.
Modellers are usually their own worst critic - things that annoy you will never be noticed! Non-modellers will just take in the whole scene and fellow modellers would need a magnifying glass and endless patience!
I stumbled upon your video series this morning and this was the first I watched and as I am planning to do an N-guage layout I'll be going through them to get some tips. I've already had the fun of building one Metcalfe kit, and am good with Illustrator/Photoshop/Gimp/Inkscape so I think I'm well prepared. I live close to the Dean Forest Railway and I may try to replicate it somehow, space and time willing! Love the layout, doesn't look grim, looks just right. We love Yorkshire and love to come up that way for a break - all the best from Lydney.
Thank you very much indeed, and welcome to Chandwell. The reference to "grim" in the title of this one is a running joke in Chandwell... The Visit Chandwell Tourist Board, VCTB, has a slogan for the town; the absolute best they could come up with... "Chandwell... It's not as grim as you think it is". I hope you find more interesting videos here. Thank you for saying hello, and all the best for your new layout.
Please remember Michael you and other TH-cam Modellers are an inspiration to those that follow and watch your fantastic builds. To see the buildings all coming together is what keeps me watching. Take care and stay safe regards Barry.
Thank you Barry!
After viewing my first of your videos three weeks ago, I have now binge watched EVERY VIDEO consuming the Bradford Cathedral ones as they came... It was lovely to catch-up and relax at the end of the day seeing the whole thing come together.
Chandwell forever!
It has been wonderful seeing each of your comments come in over the last few weeks. I will respond to each one but wanted to say thanks. Welcome to Chandwell!
@@Chandwell a pleasure 🙏
'Don't get distracted by ..."
My mother, (and acomplised arist), told me:
"Remember: Only the artist knows where *all* the mistakes are" 😀
Been following your work for years. Love your work.
Very wise words indeed. Thank you for sharing, and thank you for watching.
What you do with paper is just unreal magic. 🧙♂️
Wow! - thank you.
Michael, you are one of reasons why this hobby is very much alive and growing. Love your Chandwell builds. The window lentil on the back side looks so "Chandwell". Looking forward to seeing the Cathedral build. Bill and Janet from California
Wow, thanks for those really kind words.
Michael, your imperfections are better than my best attempts. I'm pleased that you mention that being perfect isn't important in context with the bigger scene.
Thank you!
I think it looks great how the tarmac has been repaired outside the kebab shop. Goes to show that with the right mindset, you can turn a mistake into something more characterful. I'm sure people still talk about the crazy weekend when they had to have their nightly kebab passed out to them through the back door.
Well said! Absolutely! Should include that story in Britney’s next video!
"Laugh, and carry on!" Great advice Michael! I definitely get a lot of laughs out of my layout. Excellent work as always. Love that back view!
Haha! Keep laughing! :)
Those odd-height windows are probably in stairwells. Beautiful little model!
Yes, I think you're right.
Hi Michael- It is always a pleasure to watch your videos and marvel at what you produce and I love the stories that go with them.
Cheers Kev
Glad you like them!
Wow Michael! Great work on the back of Station Road. Thanks for the timely reminder about mistakes only being noticed by the modeller. I am “adapting “ my hillside and waterfall diorama as I go, so don’t really know how it will look until I finish it. I get great inspiration from watching your videos. Thanks for sharing. Roy.
Michael, you are a modelmaker after my own heart! With patience we can model just about anything using the most basic materials. The back views of buildings and yards, as we enter cities by rail, always fascinated me since childhood. I love researching the stations and buildings from my past and hope to recreate some in miniature on either small dioramas or shelf layouts. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work! 😊
Thank you very much - and yes, it's so very evocative isn't it!?
Love your work Michael. A true inspiration. All the best. 👍
Thank you so much 😀
(Please read in the voice of Alan "Fluff" Freeman) . . . . And entering the Chandwell Top 10, Station Alley pop pickers 😂 A great addition even though it won't be seen much.
Brilliant!
Very enjoyable, could watch documentary-length films from you! Inspiring as always, thank you
Very kind - thank you.
That really is a brilliant piece of work. You have created such atmosphere. All the details look so convincing.
Thank you. I think it’s worked out quite well.
Looking good! Even the "messed-up" window lintel looks fine in the video; it just looks like a damaged rock, and of course there are many ways a rock could have gotten damaged like that in a couple of hundred years of Chandwell history. The disarrayed design of the original building is a delight (in the sort of way that that sort of architecture can be, I mean), and your model does a great job of emulating it.
For the "pulling the tablecloth away" trick at 4:10, I was imagining that you were going to fix the trick by cutting the white card along the roofline of the extensions and removing everything below that, so that you could just push the extension pieces up to the bottom of the card.
Thank you… yes the original building really is fascinating. As for cutting the template the other way round… well… that would have simply been far too sensible! 😂
Excellent point about not getting too hung up on teeny-tiny mistakes that only the modeller will notice after the fact. Enjoyed your talk a few weeks back, and really like the OO scale version of Liam Thistle's childhood home too!
Thanks for watching!
looks very good
Thank you. I’m pleased with how well it ended up. It was a slog, this one.
Amazing as always. Great to see others getting inspiration from you and I did laugh at the Free Liam Thistles and your mug shot. Now, how can I take some inspiration let me see.
Hahahah I can’t wait!
Fantastic to see this done now, Michael! Your hard work, and more importantly, persistence has totally paid off. This looks amazing and it's really nice to see
Thank you! I am really happy with how this has turned out.
A joy to watch, as always. Thank you and best wishes.
Many thanks!
Excellent stuff as always. That back alley looks like it has always been there.
It does! I just need a few bins and things, I guess.
Tremendous 😮
Thank you!
This is coming on well!
One small suggestion: for the patch of road that's been resurfaced, if you put an almost black line around the edge of this area, you will replicate the tar sealant around the edges of patched road that used to be used at the time that your layout is set (I don't think that they do that any more, but I am not sure).
That's a good idea... I saw some of these in real life yesterday. I guessed them to be about 40mm wide. That would be a 0.27mm line. I think that's too fine for me to hand-draw, so I don't want to risk it. I will remember it for next time though.
Weeds are excellent error covers! ;-) Many of my buildings have a strand or two of ivy growing up them - just so they don't look too perfect of course! Cheers
Absolutely! Some of my earliest models are more weed than anything!
Nice to see the whole finished. I agree about UHU, it's nasty stuff but effective.
Yeah for sure
Great video on channel keep up the good work on layout thanks lee
Thanks, will do!
you've given me the confidence to have a go at scratch building. I'm loving it, but nowhere near your standard. Thank you
If you can successfully build "Scalescenes Kits" you are practically a scratch builder, much of it is the same methodology, the kits are customisable. Learn how to scale pictures/photographs and you will be able to recreate most things. I also use plastics/acetate from recycled packaging as Michael does, but unbeliveably I use Apache Office Calc to create scale templates to print onto card, then use downloaded textures to wrap the elements. A spreadsheet application might seem odd for modelling, but with Millimeter perfect control of row height and column width it works for me. Never tried inkscape but will visit that at some point. As for your ability it does`nt have to be perfect, it simply has to be to a standard YOU are happy with. Happy modelling.
Thank you! Go for it - and read Darren's advice; it's very good.
@darren25061965 - superb advice... And if it works, it's right. Modelling via spreadsheet is a genius idea!
Hello Michael ! :) Great work again. You are totally right to stick (haha) to your "oo-hoo" pronunciation as UHU is a German brand name. ;P
Indeed! Thank you... I don't know why some of us pronounce it "yoo hoo".
Hi there, I'm pretty familiar with tenement style buildings like the one you have built today. I'm 99% sure those windows between floors are for a (possibly communal) staircase, specifically for that part where the staircase takes a 180 degree turn and heads up again, necessitating a kind of flat landing for you to turn around in. (Hope that makes sense? I am no expert in staircase terminology lol). So you might want to reconsider whether you'd have curtains on these windows or not. Brilliant video as per usual, you've gotta be the best modeller I've ever seen when it comes to capturing architecture.
Very wise and helpful words - thank you. Sadly the curtains are now very much stuck in... Bot one to consider for next time.
Michael Great to see that work through the trails and tribulations, and you have finished the next part of Station Rd and blended. Also knowing how complicated the real Brook St back is you have managed to get a good model of this and fitting into the overall Chandwell Scene. Great use of patched tarmac to continues the overall Chandwell feel. Ian
Thank you kindly! It was a great model to finally get finished!
Wonderful work as always. I beat myself up a little this week, re some heavily modified, replacement bogies (the originals are dire, mine arent perfect but as near as damn it) and my slightly rough finish of the tops of them. THEY'RE NEVER GOING TO BE SEEN of course, but I found myself saying to myself "come on mate you can do better than this". Funny how the mind, the ego, the inner critic plays tricks 🤔🤔🙄 Its a layout model and Ive not played trains in donkey's years so I need to crack on🙏🙏🤞🤞Im awaiting some stainless steel spacing washers, then theyre going on and the whole under frame will be weatered accordingly and then forgotten about 🙏🙏🤞🤞👍👍
BTW UHU? Dont use the solvent bssed one, use the solvent free version, it's virtually "string" free and dries just a little slower, but works just as well. I hope that helps🤞🤞👍👍😊😊
Hahah - it's both a blessing and a curse isn't it!?
@@Chandwell 😀😀 I've done very few "commissions" and always found them that way yes, but I was being highly positive in my outlook🤔🤭🤭😀😀🤣🤣
Super modelling Sir, plenty of tips to try 😊
You’re correct about not getting bogged down which is my downfall!
I think I can explain the apparent difference in storeys between the front and back of the houses.
My Grandmother lives in a terraced home not unlike yours.
It had a small room on the turn of the stairs leading to the first floor.
I’m really not sure if she called it the ‘return room’ or the ‘wee turn room’ (we were in Northern Ireland).
Anyway, the row of houses seemed to have two storeys out the front and three from the back.
Yours,
Ian
Very interesting, and an odd house design. Looks like it happened on both flights of stairs?
@@althejazzman Hi Al the Jazzman😊
After re reading your comment I checked on Google Earth and I’ve made a mistake.
The room at the back was actually a box room extended out the back of the house under which was the kitchen and outside lavatory.
This was however midway between the first and second floors.
The address is King Street, Co. Down, Northern Ireland.
You can see it from the car park at the rear of the houses.
All run down now due to delayed maintenance from the council.
It’s been 20’years since I was there.
All the best,
Ian
Thank you Ian, for this really interesting and thoughtful comment, and your follow-up.
@@Chandwell It’s least I can do , I’m learning a lot from your techniques!
Thanks,
Ian
Liam thistle= your long lost twin brother.❤
Hahah! Maybe!
Greetings from Germany: you pronounce UHU just right, the way you do it. The glue is named after a bird, the European eagle-owl (Bubo Bubo), or "Uhu" in German - the name mimmicks its call.
Thank you!
Having a guess. The different levels would be windows in the stairwell as they are above the doors.. To me this makes sense and would be give you an explanation for the varying levels..
As for the little mistakes like the window sill, I've just made my first model, greenhouse, using the laser cutter.. From a 'normal viewing angle', it looks great... but close up photos you can see gaps in the joins.. I haven't decided if I shall replace... but as it's much easier now to laser a new one.. I might just, if only for the practice!!
Another wonderful video Michael, always an inspiration to watch.
If the gaps are not too large you could just explain that the Greenhouse was thrown up by those famous builders "Bodgit & Scarper"
@@chrissouthgate4554 haha.. Well it is the end of an era model.. so it could just be the station master lost interest knowing it was shutting down and it's starting to fall down.. But, this is clearly due to the build quality all those years ago of "Bodgit & Scarper"
I immediately thought stairwells for the awkward window placement.
Free Liam Thistles ✊🏽
@@keithkarbel2000 I makes logical sense. :)
Yes I also assumed stairwells for the half-storey windows. Not sure how there can be four storeys round the back and only three at the front. Am fascinated to see what’s going on in the inside.
Hi Michael, is there going to be a Chandwell Art & Craft Supplies with yourself as the most respectable owner? Thanks for the ideas and your tips for cutting with a scalpel, new blades are best and light cuts to stop the blade snagging on the fibres of the card/paper. As an ex-typesetter and paste-up artist these are tips that I've used many a time when cutting a word or letter into a sheet of type. Good luck with the Cathedral, it's going to look fab!
Thank you! An art supplies shop is a good idea actually for a street like Station Road. I’ll think of that one. It can’t me my shop though… I’m the mayor, you know!
The odd levels are because of staircases with windows at the landings. I grew up in a terrace in the centre of York and from the back these buildings could look a bit odd
They're fascinating. The half-way windows are definitely a stairwell, but I wonder why it looks like there are four storeys round the back compared to the front's 3...?
Can I visit to see your layout?
Sadly not - it is firmly glued into my home.
Great work 👏
Have you ever found any of the glue failing or paper / card delamination from each other now that some of the models have been built for some time?
Not yet! So far everything is as crisp and tidy as the day it was made. It is all in a dry, windowless room though so that may be the reason.
@@Chandwell PVA and glue sticks sound like they are up to the task then 👍
Station Road is looking really good now but how about some people?
People. One day. There are already 27 people on the layout and you can never spot them. I’ll need hundreds to make a believable scene. As you know, I don’t like spending any money on my model, and I’m not really a fan of painting little things either. As Chandwell is mainly an urban scene, I would need non-railway specific people and the cheapo things from China are useless… so decent people would run into tens if not hundreds of pounds; I just can’t justify that at the moment. So if I ever do add people, it will be in a few years. I do have a few that a channel member gave me a while back… I’ll see if any of those are suitable, once I get round to it! 🤣
@@Chandwell Fascinating that you are so patient with cutting out tiny fiddly things, but replace the knife with a paintbrush and the same amount of tiny fiddly motion and you're "not really a fan". 🙂 Maybe we just need to figure out a way you can make N-scale figures by cutting out little tiny bits of paper!
Alternately, you can just explain to people that model figures always look wrong because they're not moving. They will probably reply that you could think of it like a photograph where the people are static, so in reply you can then explain that it's like a very long-exposure photograph where you can't see the people because they were moving and got blurred into invisibility. That should do the trick nicely.
@@BrooksMoses I love the way that argument panned out! Are you a politician!?
@@Chandwell Hah! Thankfully, I'm not. 😀
Hi Michael. I've been building paper/card models in various scales for a while and figures are something I've started experimenting with recently. You might be suprised how effective printing pictures of people and sticking a front and back together can be in this scale, as an adult will be less than a centimetre tall. Adding an extra layer to make the body and head thicker than limbs is possible even though it involves cutting tiny parts. There need not be much more detail than clothing and hair colours as it will be so tiny, so you would only need to recolour each figure digitally and print out. I added some passengers to the interior of a 1:160 boat model recently and this method came out pretty well.
'Uw-Huu' is also correct pronunciation, as the brand of glue is German.
Drain-pipes - spaghetti.
Modellers are usually their own worst critic - things that annoy you will never be noticed! Non-modellers will just take in the whole scene and fellow modellers would need a magnifying glass and endless patience!
You are correct. Wise words.
I stumbled upon your video series this morning and this was the first I watched and as I am planning to do an N-guage layout I'll be going through them to get some tips. I've already had the fun of building one Metcalfe kit, and am good with Illustrator/Photoshop/Gimp/Inkscape so I think I'm well prepared. I live close to the Dean Forest Railway and I may try to replicate it somehow, space and time willing! Love the layout, doesn't look grim, looks just right. We love Yorkshire and love to come up that way for a break - all the best from Lydney.
Thank you very much indeed, and welcome to Chandwell. The reference to "grim" in the title of this one is a running joke in Chandwell... The Visit Chandwell Tourist Board, VCTB, has a slogan for the town; the absolute best they could come up with... "Chandwell... It's not as grim as you think it is". I hope you find more interesting videos here. Thank you for saying hello, and all the best for your new layout.