Top channel chaps; as a ‘relatively’ (is 34 young?) young modeller I share you’re ethos that I’m at my happiest watching trains run round no matter what they are or what era they represent as my interests span them all. I’m fully in awe of layouts that show realism to the X degree but it’s not something I’ve ever had the time or inclination to do. Like you I see the ever rising cost of the hobby and shudder. Watching your videos has inspired and reassured me that my small first radius layout (very similar to Homewood) will bring much joy. I’m adding a 009 interchange to it to add something a bit different (as a an aside I’d love to see you model similar). Keep up the good work. Gregory
That ballast effect looks really cool. I like the way it gets darker further out, like the old ballast was left in situ where it didn’t affect the running lines. Very realistic.
The centre cab Lima is a DB V100 without the bogies. These were part of their cheapest starter sets which came with battery power instead of a transformer. The same chassis is also sold with a V80 body, which has a more rounded cabin. Rarity: medium, as most people coughed up the extra money for the starter set with a transformer.
I really do like your core message. You can do a model railway cheaply. It's not beyond your grasp if you take your time and start small, think second hand and have fun. And if it isn't fun you have to worry why you're doing it. I think like you do there is a pent up demand for reasonably priced models and track that if the main model companies actually met it they would grow the hobby. I wish I had seen your channel years ago as it would have guided me better than the perfectionist tendency you see so much of. Thanks
Thanks you sum it up very well, sadly the big companies and the press seem determined to destroy the hobby by only pushing high price perfection to a minority. We do what we can. Thanks for watching
The drybrushed ballast mat had me fooled...I thought you had ballasted. The disjointed videos are not a bad thing...good way of showing you can jump between projects and keep your interest up.
I have used a couple of the Dapol Railbus kits to make an oo9 DMU and an oo9 Railcar. The DMU is two cars using a Kato chassis under one coach and the Railbus is on a class 25 chassis. I just cut a few millimeters off the top and cut the center out the ends and roof. Make very effective vehicles.
That Dapol station looks great I often pass their place in Chirk when travelling to Wales. It is great to keep busy with something you enjoy at the moment. I am working on my next blockbuster maybe featuring GWR. Thank you for the inspiration you give all of us.
@@BudgetModelRailways As I'm in Manchester I thought it was Stellar, I'm a "Train Dad" IE My son is mad about trains and I'm building a layout for him. Btw Have you guys thought about having a Discord Server so people could post picture and videos of their Budget Model Railways?
@@BudgetModelRailways You are not buying at the international, that's a chance for you. I am expecting two locomotives here, in France, from the UK since the 10th of April. They seems to have been stopped at Heathrow one complete week, I might have them in the incopming week. Hard times, I do no complain... Anyway, Hattons ships by DPD road parcels, and the service is not slowed significantly.
lucky you! I saw a cheap hornby de-streamlined duchess locomotive once and won it in action, This was back before covid and it took over 2 months for it to arrive.To make matters worse, it didn´t even run!
Strange times, yes strange indeed. Nice looking layout Mike. Rail buses got remains of 2 of these awaiting fixing. My problem printing, can,t go to the printers. What to do, I just son,t know. Keep the videos coming, nice to watch in the evenings. Thanks
Glad you and the family are ok Mike,your voice sounds a bit different at the mo.Another interesting video,i am either working in my garden or having a little fiddle with my trains and layout.Thanks for the time and effort you put in showing us all things to make and do.
Nice update Mike 👍. What a wonderful new layout project. It remind me of the sort of stations you use to see on the North Wales Cambrian Line at little camping villages such as butlins. Stay safe, GWR
Good to see some new projects I am eager to see the new layouts and now I will add your new one to the map of the fictional railway I am making as the original Ratton station, looking forward for the updates and if I see one of those diesels cheap I might give it a go.
to give you the basic layout it technically starts at quarry but the real main starting point is Homewood vale then we go through Greenhill Halt (I did try to include almost every layout you have made but may have to make a separate line, probably a tramway as well). After this we get to Ratton, Market town and Roselands Hill (not exactly in that order) and it gets a bit more complicated with lots of branches leading to various shunting layouts. I think it would be better if I did send you an image and I will try to make one as presently all I have are some lines on some paper!
We are big fans of 3dk. But not everyone has access to or the knowledge in using printers etc, and they are quite fiddly to build. Plus they don't make the size and type of buildings I need. The concept is to use items readily available in store and online.
Good luck finding a Lima 'Clayton' they are few and far between on eBay and stupid prices 30 quid plus! I looked for over a year and never saw a cheap one. In the end I fabricated a u shaped chassis from electrical conduit and bought a Chinese motor for 2 pounds 50 picked up a 40 to 1 worm and wheel and off she went, no Heljan I'll admit but she runs ok and looks the part BTW the Lima model is loosely based on a German DB railwYs V100. Strangely there are still a lot in service now in private operations
Its a question of patience and knowing what search words to use, they often turn up in job lots for instance. I am always amazed to see people listing them as claytons as they are nothing like them?!
Thanks for sharing your updates, very inspiring and uplifting ,love micro layouts always have and so nice to see different ideas thankyou keep up the great work
Just a thought, Have thought about having a common track at each end of the layouts so you could link them together at shows etc to extend the run? just a thought all the best
Top channel chaps; as a ‘relatively’ (is 34 young?) young modeller I share you’re ethos that I’m at my happiest watching trains run round no matter what they are or what era they represent as my interests span them all. I’m fully in awe of layouts that show realism to the X degree but it’s not something I’ve ever had the time or inclination to do. Like you I see the ever rising cost of the hobby and shudder.
Watching your videos has inspired and reassured me that my small first radius layout (very similar to Homewood) will bring much joy. I’m adding a 009 interchange to it to add something a bit different (as a an aside I’d love to see you model similar).
Keep up the good work.
Gregory
Thanks for watching, and have fun with your layout it sounds great
That ballast effect looks really cool. I like the way it gets darker further out, like the old ballast was left in situ where it didn’t affect the running lines. Very realistic.
Thanks I was a bit surprised it worked as well as it does
The centre cab Lima is a DB V100 without the bogies. These were part of their cheapest starter sets which came with battery power instead of a transformer.
The same chassis is also sold with a V80 body, which has a more rounded cabin.
Rarity: medium, as most people coughed up the extra money for the starter set with a transformer.
Hear, hear! To your thanks to all the workers out there keeping us afloat!
I really do like your core message. You can do a model railway cheaply. It's not beyond your grasp if you take your time and start small, think second hand and have fun. And if it isn't fun you have to worry why you're doing it. I think like you do there is a pent up demand for reasonably priced models and track that if the main model companies actually met it they would grow the hobby. I wish I had seen your channel years ago as it would have guided me better than the perfectionist tendency you see so much of. Thanks
Thanks you sum it up very well, sadly the big companies and the press seem determined to destroy the hobby by only pushing high price perfection to a minority. We do what we can. Thanks for watching
The drybrushed ballast mat had me fooled...I thought you had ballasted. The disjointed videos are not a bad thing...good way of showing you can jump between projects and keep your interest up.
I have used a couple of the Dapol Railbus kits to make an oo9 DMU and an oo9 Railcar.
The DMU is two cars using a Kato chassis under one coach and the Railbus is on a class 25 chassis. I just cut a few millimeters off the top and cut the center out the ends and roof. Make very effective vehicles.
That Dapol station looks great I often pass their place in Chirk when travelling to Wales. It is great to keep busy with something you enjoy at the moment. I am working on my next blockbuster maybe featuring GWR. Thank you for the inspiration you give all of us.
Your certainly keeping yourself busy, the dry brushed ballast looked really effective.
Thanks
Btw, I ordered a Hornby Ruston and a Wills kit from Kernow Model Rail Centre and it arrived in less than 24 hours! Most impressed!
Thats good ive been waiting 6 days for one of my eBay purchases!
@@BudgetModelRailways As I'm in Manchester I thought it was Stellar, I'm a "Train Dad" IE My son is mad about trains and I'm building a layout for him. Btw Have you guys thought about having a Discord Server so people could post picture and videos of their Budget Model Railways?
@@BudgetModelRailways You are not buying at the international, that's a chance for you. I am expecting two locomotives here, in France, from the UK since the 10th of April. They seems to have been stopped at Heathrow one complete week, I might have them in the incopming week. Hard times, I do no complain...
Anyway, Hattons ships by DPD road parcels, and the service is not slowed significantly.
lucky you! I saw a cheap hornby de-streamlined duchess locomotive once and won it in action, This was back before covid and it took over 2 months for it to arrive.To make matters worse, it didn´t even run!
Strange times, yes strange indeed. Nice looking layout Mike. Rail buses got remains of 2 of these awaiting fixing. My problem printing, can,t go to the printers. What to do, I just son,t know. Keep the videos coming, nice to watch in the evenings. Thanks
Glad you and the family are ok Mike,your voice sounds a bit different at the mo.Another interesting video,i am either working in my garden or having a little fiddle with my trains and layout.Thanks for the time and effort you put in showing us all things to make and do.
Thanks for watching. Ive been a bit poorly but on the mend, hence the voice!
@@BudgetModelRailways Im pleased to hear that Mike.
Nice update Mike 👍. What a wonderful new layout project. It remind me of the sort of stations you use to see on the North Wales Cambrian Line at little camping villages such as butlins.
Stay safe, GWR
Its just like some of the light railways as well, possibly GWR, although I resisted the chocolate and cream!
I do like that ballast mat, Mike! It looks good!
Thanks
once again excellent video . well done boys
Good to see some new projects I am eager to see the new layouts and now I will add your new one to the map of the fictional railway I am making as the original Ratton station, looking forward for the updates and if I see one of those diesels cheap I might give it a go.
Would be great to see the map what a great idea!
to give you the basic layout it technically starts at quarry but the real main starting point is Homewood vale then we go through Greenhill Halt (I did try to include almost every layout you have made but may have to make a separate line, probably a tramway as well). After this we get to Ratton, Market town and Roselands Hill (not exactly in that order) and it gets a bit more complicated with lots of branches leading to various shunting layouts. I think it would be better if I did send you an image and I will try to make one as presently
all I have are some lines on some paper!
How wonderful thanks
another thing, will you use 3DK kits on this layout as they can be bought for reasonable money as well as dapol and ratio
We are big fans of 3dk. But not everyone has access to or the knowledge in using printers etc, and they are quite fiddly to build. Plus they don't make the size and type of buildings I need. The concept is to use items readily available in store and online.
I think this might be my favourite series yet!
Thats very kind, I'm very excited about the new layout. Mind you I gave just spent an hour working on the loft layout!
Good luck finding a Lima 'Clayton' they are few and far between on eBay and stupid prices 30 quid plus! I looked for over a year and never saw a cheap one. In the end I fabricated a u shaped chassis from electrical conduit and bought a Chinese motor for 2 pounds 50 picked up a 40 to 1 worm and wheel and off she went, no Heljan I'll admit but she runs ok and looks the part
BTW the Lima model is loosely based on a German DB railwYs V100. Strangely there are still a lot in service now in private operations
Its a question of patience and knowing what search words to use, they often turn up in job lots for instance. I am always amazed to see people listing them as claytons as they are nothing like them?!
Great video, great advice, great ideas! Thanks and stay well all!
Thanks and you
Love the video. As a terrible craftsman I look forward to the purchased set. Not so keen on the red hands! Haha 🙌
Will change the camera settings next time!
Its for people such as yourself, and indeed us when we started
Love this 👍🏼 my Richard has still not started his layout! X
I guess he has a long list of jobs to do first!?
Haha maybe a few 🤣
Great detail in the video.Take care
The colours are very very vibrant in this video, my eyesight was almost lost 😜
Great video as usual 😊
I need to play with the settings,hence my comments at the beginning
The camera is set to 1968, or someone's put something in my tea. The drybrush roofing felt is very effective.
Thanks for sharing your updates, very inspiring and uplifting ,love micro layouts always have and so nice to see different ideas thankyou keep up the great work
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed it
Nice video again 👍
Just a thought, Have thought about having a common track at each end of the layouts so you could link them together at shows etc to extend the run? just a thought all the best
Doug is pretty good at editing
Liking the projects guys, stay safe.
And share the love!
New BRM Video? Gotta watch it :)
Do you think you could try do an Australian outback themed layout?
Love the idea but sadly not sure where I would find the locos and rolling stock
Great video
Thanks, I did my best as a quick update, but got quite a few negative comments, guess you cant please all the people all the time!
What loco did the rail bus chassis come from please
Like I showed in the video it's a Lima centre cab freelance diesel shunter
Stop waving the camera around so much and so fast, makes the video hard to watch
I did explain at the beginning that I wasn't using my usual camera kit , or the assistance of my usual cameraman, it was just a quick video update.
Your fingers look like they have been tangoed
Need to play with the camera settings hence my opening comments