Great work your doing, the detailing involved in laying the track and making the turnouts is incredible...can't wait to see the unique touches pop up. p.s...don't forget Dystopia. Excellent work as always.Happy Holidays🎄
Hi. Always interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing your failures as well as your successes. Congratulations on the Golden Spike moment. I look forward to the next update. Merry Christmas to you and your family. See ya in 23.
I have said it before and I will continue to say it: I cannot wait to see the end of this project! Im not familiar with the location but Im assuming that some great structures will be made to compliment the rail system!! I cant wait for those either!
I found your channel by looking at (Outland models) which I really enjoy having on my layout. And down the wormhole I went !!!! 😂 I have just about watched every video you have made. I simply LOVE your builds and videography !!! Thanks for sharing and hope to see an update soon.
Thank you! The Outland model buildings has so many options. I found it really inspiring. Also, it made me more fearless as they were affordable, so I wasn't concerned with wrecking and expensive kit.
Congratulations on the Golden spike moment 🎉. Always good to see your videos and progress. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad. Have a Merry Christmas and looking forward to more progress in the new year. Cheers
Always looking forward to these updates, and the project is coming together nicely. I think it has reached a point where it just comes to live. There's no buildings or paint, but at this stage, you can start to see how everything will fit in together, the scales and dimensions and so on and it's going to be a beauty! The 14-inch curve looks much nicer than the previous layout. It just looks more "right", if you catch my drift. Like it can breath better, so to speak. So even if it's a bid disappointing to redo the entire thing, it was well worth the effort. Goes to show: You can plan on paper all you want, the moment you put stuff together, you run into things like the trains barely being able to pass one another in a tight curve or the gradient being too steep for a train to climb it, but that's part of the process. Also, don't you think I didn't see those cute little hearts on the fly-under. It's a labor of love, I can tell lol Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
As much as I work digitally, there is still no equivalent to 'tactile experimentation'. I was disappointed to redo some of the track, but I didn't dislike doing it... so it all worked out. And yes... there have been loving vandals armed with markers tagging the benchwork.
@@NScaleDystopia Making it by hand is part of the appeal and overcoming obstacles or adjusting small details makes it all the more satisfying. Much like the expansion added to the side, when you're standing in front of the project, you get kissed by a muse and just go with the flow. As said earlier, I am not a model train guy, I'm more of a miniature painting guy, but it's similar, you plan a basic layout for a miniature and the base and then you go "well, how about adding this" or "I wanted to do it this way, but that's not gonna work... so how about I just..." And that's where the magic happens.
Your channel is a nice find. Been through some videos and you definitely inspire us. ( me and my wife ) We are in the planning stage. And I was planning on dcc with digikeijs. Cause, yeah. Dutch. Keep up the good work.
Great job , always wanted to do my own turnouts , looks "fun" to do 😉 Your radius that you use for the curve are a bit tight for the RAPIDO VIA cars , did you change the couplers ? Congrats and Happy New Year !!!
The turnouts aren't fun so much as they are satisfying. 😉 As for the Rapido cars, I didn't modify anything and they perform really well. (I was surprised)
@@NScaleDystopia I have pretty long radius curve 19" most of the time and I had to change the couplers to a longer shank and also grinded the beam under each car above each axles because they were touching that center beam and they were rolling like a piano on the beach ....
I don’t do anything model train-y but I love watching this project develop. So inspiring and admirable - keep it up!
Awesome! Thank you!
Great work your doing, the detailing involved in laying the track and making the turnouts is incredible...can't wait to see the unique touches pop up. p.s...don't forget Dystopia. Excellent work as always.Happy Holidays🎄
Nice! Been enjoying watching your progress! I know absolutely nothing about model trains but this is fascinating.
The Mainline to the Hell Line. X-0
Great work!
Hi. Always interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing your failures as well as your successes. Congratulations on the Golden Spike moment. I look forward to the next update. Merry Christmas to you and your family. See ya in 23.
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas Norman.
I have said it before and I will continue to say it: I cannot wait to see the end of this project! Im not familiar with the location but Im assuming that some great structures will be made to compliment the rail system!! I cant wait for those either!
I am VERY eager to get to the next stage... Scenery!
Looking good, trial and error. Have a wonderful Christmas
It's not a hobby if you don't make mistakes!
Your story telling on this railroad is great. Good save with the tight curve redo. 👍
Some good stuff right there bro. Glad we get to witness the birth and growth of this awesome layout.
Thanks!
Yooo they are so small and so cool!
Congratulations on getting to this point, nice job. Merry Christmas
Thanks - same to you!
I found your channel by looking at (Outland models) which I really enjoy having on my layout. And down the wormhole I went !!!! 😂 I have just about watched every video you have made. I simply LOVE your builds and videography !!! Thanks for sharing and hope to see an update soon.
Thank you! The Outland model buildings has so many options. I found it really inspiring. Also, it made me more fearless as they were affordable, so I wasn't concerned with wrecking and expensive kit.
FANTASTIC trackwork! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Same to you! Merry Christmas!
Congratulations on the Golden spike moment 🎉.
Always good to see your videos and progress. Thanks for sharing the good and the bad. Have a Merry Christmas and looking forward to more progress in the new year.
Cheers
Thanks so much! Merry Christmas to you as well!
Always looking forward to these updates, and the project is coming together nicely. I think it has reached a point where it just comes to live. There's no buildings or paint, but at this stage, you can start to see how everything will fit in together, the scales and dimensions and so on and it's going to be a beauty!
The 14-inch curve looks much nicer than the previous layout. It just looks more "right", if you catch my drift. Like it can breath better, so to speak. So even if it's a bid disappointing to redo the entire thing, it was well worth the effort. Goes to show: You can plan on paper all you want, the moment you put stuff together, you run into things like the trains barely being able to pass one another in a tight curve or the gradient being too steep for a train to climb it, but that's part of the process.
Also, don't you think I didn't see those cute little hearts on the fly-under. It's a labor of love, I can tell lol
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
As much as I work digitally, there is still no equivalent to 'tactile experimentation'. I was disappointed to redo some of the track, but I didn't dislike doing it... so it all worked out.
And yes... there have been loving vandals armed with markers tagging the benchwork.
@@NScaleDystopia Making it by hand is part of the appeal and overcoming obstacles or adjusting small details makes it all the more satisfying.
Much like the expansion added to the side, when you're standing in front of the project, you get kissed by a muse and just go with the flow.
As said earlier, I am not a model train guy, I'm more of a miniature painting guy, but it's similar, you plan a basic layout for a miniature and the base and then you go "well, how about adding this" or "I wanted to do it this way, but that's not gonna work... so how about I just..."
And that's where the magic happens.
Fantastic video N Scale Dystopia looks great so far can’t wait for more updates 👍🏻🚂
Thanks buddy! Be sure to keep the Southwestern Ontario streaming crew in order!
Good job! the complete layout looks really nice, and works so good. Is relaxing watching the trains moving. Merry christmass master.
Thank you very much!
Great progress, can’t wait to see what the new year holds for the layout. Merry Christmas and have a good holidays
Thanks, you too!
Dang, do you ever say “Good enough?” Probably not. Great work as always! Merry Christmas.
Ha! I say good enough all the time! I also say 'is future me going to be mad at present me?" If the answer is yes... I do it again.
Congratulations on finally nailing down the Golden Spike on your layout, NSD! 😄 Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! 🎄
Thanks! You too!
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year mate!
Your channel is a nice find. Been through some videos and you definitely inspire us. ( me and my wife )
We are in the planning stage. And I was planning on dcc with digikeijs. Cause, yeah. Dutch.
Keep up the good work.
That is awesome! I appreciate you stopping by
Did rapido make the via rail f40ph-2? Or did kato
Rapido.
Man this is giving me Union envy. I almost want to redo my entire top level to reflect something like that. Still won’t have the space though.
First: never enough space. Second, because of you I'm trying to create a plausible reason for Ontario Northland to travel to Toronto...
@@NScaleDystopia sorry not sorry lol
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Great job , always wanted to do my own turnouts , looks "fun" to do 😉
Your radius that you use for the curve are a bit tight for the RAPIDO VIA cars , did you change the couplers ?
Congrats and Happy New Year !!!
The turnouts aren't fun so much as they are satisfying. 😉 As for the Rapido cars, I didn't modify anything and they perform really well. (I was surprised)
@@NScaleDystopia I have pretty long radius curve 19" most of the time and I had to change the couplers to a longer shank and also grinded the beam under each car above each axles because they were touching that center beam and they were rolling like a piano on the beach ....