Fabulous additions Graham, fabulous castle ,all you need now is the Mary Queen of Scots upgrade for total authenticity......

Some nice additions to the layout Graham the plans look great looking forward to see you working on them thankyou for the video

Interesting times Graham. No input from me as your commentary says quite clearly you know what you want lol. My goodness though, how Lakeside has progressed over the years has been a very enjoyable journey. Cheers, Bob

Looking good Graham. Lots of things to look forward to.

An excellent addition.

Brilliant layout Graham

Looking great Graham, I love the castle, will make a great focal point for the corner of the layout. Clive.

What a Superb job on the build of the Castle Graham. The inside of the castle looks fabulous .

A pub and church nearby are pretty common across English villages. The castle lifts it to another level Graham.

Give a man an extra foot of space and he'll build something to fill it!!! Ask me how I know?! That's a cracking model Graham. I'm glad you've built and showed it to us as I certainly don't have space for one. Cheers

What great progress Graham, that castle sits perfectly on your layout, stunning. It’s all coming together very nicely, you must be very pleased, excellent as always my freind, cheers Martin

Excellent, Graham.

Coming along nicely!! Castle adds a wonderful touch to the layout!!!!

looks fabulous, keep up the good work

Love the castle, nice to see someone do the castle grounds. Can't wait to get mine in place, you've given me some idea's. Thanks Simon........

Great video and great plans for the future Graham well done

Evening Graham BRILLIANT JOB my friend loving the castle. Still awaiting for your canal but with the work you have done I think I can wait a bit longer

Great plans for that corner Graham, the Castle is superb with the lighting excellent 👌

Brilliant as always Graham! The castle is amazing..

Great progress, Graham and I love the castle. As you say, there are few castles with a water filled moat, so the grass filled moat is appropriate. The tunnel scenic break is a good idea. Creating an illusion of something going off into the distance can be difficult to achieve from all viewing angles unless you have the space to achieve it. Looking forwards to seeing it all develop. Best, Jason.

I've been eyeing that Metcalfe castle (in N). Who doesn't love a castle? Lovely greenery etc. within too Graham. What did I do with my toy knights from the 70s? Memories.

Graham, Castle 🏰 looks fabulous, so detailed, block of flats, pub and lock gate all makes for a more realistic model railway layout. Lakeside has certainly come on in leaps and bounds too.

Progress is brilliant - can't wait for the next developments

Hi Graham, looking good, the castle is awesome, that whole area is going to be a fantastic scene when finished

That's an amazing castle kit very well constructed, you would never know it was card!!

Graham... Loving the work and the castle.. Great to see this coming along and can't wait to see more... Please keep the vids coming...

Well build that castle!!! Great job Graham!! Cheers Onno.

Coming along nicely Graham! Looks fantastic mate! Well done👍

Hey Graham, nice to catch you on here, i was the one on facebook asking about the overall size of the castle, gonna subscribe now

Looks good especially the castle, its a pity they don't have the same kit as a ruin. The last time i was in the UK I spent most of my time searching for ruins. I guess I have a fetish..hahaha cheers BJ

Love it... top job mate! 😀

The inner courtyard reminds me of Skipton castle.

That castles incredible and will certainly be a focal point on the layout.

This is why I've watched your videos for years, there is always a decent level of progress. I'm not into how-to videos so much, I like to see the progress. The castle looks brilliant and typical Graham, makes the Metcalfe buildings look so much better. I'm really looking forward to seeing this area come together. Really good work as always Graham. Best regards, Lee

Hi Graham. Excellent video and as always some amazing work. The castle certainly doesn't look shoehorned in there. As I have no doubt mentioned before, your channel was the virst one I ever subscribed to on youtube and yet over all that time you have never failed to find something new to do, new to show us. I'm still loving it as much a I did all those years ago! 😃 Thank you. (Mav)

wow Graham what a fantastic addition the castle is. Its all looking brilliant :)

Nice to see you’re on a roll and all going well especially lakeside castle. Always knew you were royalty Graham. Ps don’t forget the sign get orf my land no visitors 😂

Love the castle! What an incredible model, and will look absolutely beautiful and provide yet another point of interest on the layout. The block of flats looks great as well, and love the fact you have used a mix of bright white & yellow white lights - really adds to the realism, which, hats off to you, you do so well Graham. You do have quite a job to get everything positioned, but I'm sure you will figure it out, as you always manage to do! Cheers, Derek.

Amazing! As I wrote on FB, I love castles and this model is brilliant! The block of apartments (flats) and the re-done stretch are also first class! Now, as the thoughts turn to the canal, more things get brought into question. Still eager to see how that turns out! Excellent show for my morning! Thanks for all the work and then sharing it!

Graham you have been very busy what I love the castles been thinking about getting that my N gauge layout. I had an idea that you could do the drawbridge how about adding a motor to bring the drawbridge up and down? It's all looking great.

Great update on the layout here graham, nice job on the castle, that’s looking really good, I have had a few things added to my collection recently but it’s mainly locomotives and coaches but I did pick up one building which is the bachmann art deco station building, the locomotives that I have added are a bachmann A2, heljan falcon and a hornby class 50, the coaches that I have added are some swallow mk3s which go with my buffered HST power cars, great update overall Graham, keep up the great work.

Its all coming on nicely, love all the additions and cant wait to see more progress, love the castle.

Two nice additions Graham, wouldn't mind a top flat there to watch the trains go by. The Castle looks great and seems to be in the perfect spot. Very nice update...All the best.

The castle looks superb mate, great bit of kit from Metcalfe

I like the way you have thought about the 'back story' so you can justify why the Castle is high compared to the rail line, and it links with the raised ground where the camping coach is, the railway is now in a cutting, great, it adds more scenic features.

Well, Graham, you do come up with surprises. Would the castle owners be any close relatives of the Manor House? Pity you couldn't link it the Manor House in some way. (OOOPPPPSSS I think I may have given you ideas. 😃😃😄😄😇😇 ). Keep up the good work. ... Ian ...

Hi ya Graham. The castle is wonderful. And very timely with King Charles’ Coronation coming up soon. He can have some new digs. The block of flats is a nice addition. A community always needs new housing. You have been busy. I look forward to the terrain and scenery going in around the castle. The topography will be very interesting. Thanks for the update. Take care. See ya next time.

Metcalfe castle is probably their best kit yet, even in n gauge, it's big . Looking forward to that area developing ,cheers Colin

Nunnery castle in Frome has a moat which is water filled

Hi Metcalf Make such Nice Kits now they are a Joy to Build and look at and they are so strong to last a long time once made Can I be So Bold Just to Suggest Maybe you could lower castle a little and use the Moat and Canal as one Like that's how come there's a canal and castle Moat Of Course that's up to You its your Layout What ever you do it will look Awesome Thanks

The castle looks great Graham. Any plans to have the drawbridge raising and lowering? I like going to Castle Rising. That has a very deep dry moat around it.

Verynice additions to your laout. I'm curious to see the lock in place and operating. Cheers Andy 🤠

Hi Graham great looking castle, what about fixing the church to the left of the castle (on the hill) with a small grave yard to make it all part of the castle. Can't wait to see lock in place and working take care and enjoy the weekend regards Barry..

have a look at Chadwick, he`s built two Helixes on his layout / CHARLIE BISHOP`S lay out

Sadly I don't have space on my layout for a castle - and its a big layout! But as Im modelling a London scene castles don't really fit. I am building two of the blocks of flats for a small estate in one corner. Added interiors and people into the flats. Metcalfe are great kits for sure. Use them all the time. Really enjoy your videos and your calm laid back style!

That castle is a great bit of kit! (Pun intended), the only thing that doesn’t sit right with me is the cool white light in the drawbridge area. In my opinion it’s crying out for a couple of those LEDs that simulate a fire, you could even make some holders that looked like flame torch’s! Keep up the good work Graham & I look forward to the building of the scene.

That is going to be a really nice scenic area and as you have explained it fits in and makes sense . The castle has come out really well and looks a very nice kit. Can i ask who you use for lights ? Cheers Kev

The castle looks good. It doesn't necessarily need a moat though - if its already on a bit of a hill that would probably have been enough IRL. If you are going to add one in I'd suggest trimming it's base board to more closely match the castle foundations and have the hill running right up to the walls, with a moat or ditch around the base of the hill. That would make it much harder for attackers - having to go through a moat first and then climb a steep hill in dripping wet clothes in order to reach the castle walls. Also makes it harder to use things like siege ladders and towers. Not that you'll be making those... unless there's a LARP group running around 😂

Nice work Graham. Castle looks really cool. I am looking forward to seeing how it fits in once other parts are progressed. Me and my wife have built 3 of those apartment blocks, they're a nice little kit to build. Please the track work is sorted and everything went smoothly. What is your Facebook channel link? I'd like to follow that. I couldn't find it on your About Me section of your You Tube channel.

Hello Graham, Been missing you and Rob on Facebook😥... I have just seen this latest video what a lovely castle up to now, I know it will be LOVELY when totally finished. Is that castle going to charge entrance fees?? Aren't you glad you didn't spend all the time needed to have the parking garage having cars going in and out???

Graham, Where the castle is will you be putting uplights to bounce lights back onto the walls of the castle?. Similar to security lights which can be put on when you run your trains in the dark. Just a thought lioking foward to next update Alan.

I had no intention of making the metcalfe castle but having seen them on Donegal dad and now your sight will at least make the stand alone tower because you have made a great model perfect , now where I situate it that’s a question , ps made the flats not that long ago , holiday brochures good for bed room scenes, angle of photos main reason need a lot of brochures to get enough , some potted plants and ready for lights

Excellent mate, it’s all taking shape and looks like you’ve been really busy. Looking forward to more development in that corner. I assume you haven’t had the time to do anything on the helix yet?

lake view castle is the name

You've been BUSY! 😲Beautiful Castle, looks amazing - but brand new.🤔 200 years of weathering = water staining and other signs of aging. The pub looks older.😄 To MY eye, if the Castle sat an inch lower, and your road in front was about an inch above the tracks, it would "sit' better. Replacement of the car park 👍 the High Street seems more village than "shopping mall". Still strongly encourage NO tunnel on that end of canal. A tall group of trees on the side of the castle would easily hide that end. "Too many layouts have too many tunnels."😏Looking forward to your progress. Cheers!😎

Your castle looks positively majestic! I wonder if one would fit on my layout. What would you say its footprint was, approximately?

Hi Graham, nice as usuall, but how do you leave the room now, without the liftup section?

I love the castle. Did you scratch build or was it from a kit?

Hi just looking at your posts where did you get the pub in the castle video I have a Metcalfe model pub on my layout but yours looks far better nice layout you have Mark

The one on the balcony looks shifty - call the police!

Fine video...your castle.....what artnr number also for the church?

Hi Graham good videos thank you , but do you think you could remove your cigarettes and lighter from our view? Not a good look when kids are probably watching. Don’t take offence. Cheers