Your videos and comments are always inspiring. The layout looks amazing and your passion for modeling and helping us stay motivated and inspired always come through !! Thank you Boomer !!!

Thank you for being a teacher and someone who encourages us.

Awesome commentary as always. Your passion and love for the hobby is truly admirable. I love it when you do these "revisit" types of videos. Section one seems like it was built so long ago, yet it feels like it was just yesterday you built the barge slip. Absolutely gorgeous layout. Watching your videos these past 3 years has taught me so much about the "art" of the hobby itself. I cannot thank you enough for sharing your wisdom, experience, and commentary through these videos. CHEERS!

Thanks for sharing your progress! I really appreciate all your craftsmanship in every nook and cranny of your layout!

Boomer...your obvious passion for model railroading and the excellence you attain and that you are willing to share your techniques with all viewers is to be commended!! 👍👍

Thank you for sharing. I always look forward to your videos. I get inspired and now my layout is moving a long and things are getting done. Thanks again.

Wow, everything on your layout looks so real. It's only because I see your hand pointing out different areas of the layout, I realized I'm looking at an actual HO scale layout. 😂 This is one of the best layouts I've seen in terms of realism...keep up the MAGNIFICENT work! 👍

Wow, has it been three years. I've loved every update and watch them almost as soon as they are posted. So inspiring.

Thanks Boomer! Every one of your videos has helped me refine my modelling skills and so I'm glad you are sticking round for the long haul. Actually, I just spent the evening teaching my 9 year old son how to airbrush his Vampire FB9 aircraft using techniques I learnt from you! We even got the white paper out and I was drawing boxes for him shoot up. I have fallen in love with Tamiya paints with IPA and good pressure! Love the channel, God bless you from NZ!

Howdy Boomer! Really well done. Always enjoy the insight behind your layout. Thanks for sharing 🤠

I always look forward to your videos. You keep me inspired to try new things. Thanks again.

I love looking at River Road. It is truly a work of art. Happy Canada Day Boomer.

Savage video as always.. Ex merchant mariner here.. I’d say prototype slip normally floats, meaning it would rise and fall naturally with the tide.. The hydraulics would be energised to lift the slip when the ferry is docking, then drop the slip down so that it clamps onto the ferry to hold it in place.. At least that’s how the ferry near me used to work! Cheers

Dear Boomer, very interesting sneak peek of the Seaspan ferry! Love the reflections on the layout, makes the viewing experience even more familiar. Cheerio

The layout is looking great as ever. I can wait to get my new layout going(2’x24’), you have given lots of inspiration and I enjoy listening to your dialogue while I build too. Thanks for sharing so many great videos, we all really appreciate it.

Boomer, you are sooooo right about the 95% phenomenon. I experience that on almost every project I do. I get the project “finished” functionally but there’s always that last 5% of detail work that goes unfinished for weeks if not months. You’re thought that maybe subconsciously we don’t want to let go may indeed be the reason 😀😀

Everything is looking great, thus far. Can’t wait to see the ferry build, it’s gonna be great, I’m sure. I know you said or at least I thought you said, at times you need to put projects off to the side and I believe that’s what you did with the tug? (Or maybe it’s done? LOL). That has been a very cool build as well and the detailing that you’ve done on it is amazing. They could be like two ships passing in the night, again LOL Thank you soooo much for sharing all of these great builds with us. Ron

Another knock-it-out-of-the-park video. I find myself going back to older videos to review a technique you've shown, and they always have the answer. Making a funnel for my icebreaker and wound up using the technique you used for the pilings, except I found a plastic toilet paper roller was the exact diameter I needed once it was skinned with .020 sheet styrene. Nice teaser on the car ferry and looking forward to each video as you release it. You are right about scratchbuilding; it's like popcorn. Once you start, you want to have some more. Thanks for a great school on scenery, structures, and railroading in general.

There will ALWAYS be the 95% factor, evident when you go back to work on sections. Its always going to be "a work in progress". Great to see Dusty looking so well 😁...

Great summation and peek into the future, thanks for sharing!

Your enthusiasm has inspired me in building confidence to forge ahead on my own layout! Cheers!

Well Boomer once again I gain a little more insight into your past experience with your comment on working for a museum. Also, your explanation of scenery layers was inspiring. thanks for all your work in producing these videos Donald

I can almost smell the sea water and diesel fuel from the ferry.... looking good :)

Thank you for sharing your projects, experiences and techniques. I continue to enjoy and to learn.

Beautiful work and excellent editing of video and sound!

Hi Boomer, I love each of your videos and look forward to each new one.

So speaking of your inspiration and air brushing just did a practice wall for a future viaduct model I plan based on the bridge facade episodes from glover road .What a blast ! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge can’t wait until I due the final project.

I like these interim videos that are a bit of a recap. Keep these up. Regarding the ferry build I hope your installment describes the build of the moveable support system for the ferry. I assume there is some detailed measuring and cutting to get everything perfectly level. I have always been curious how these “carts” work in real time. Always inspiring!

Thanks for taking the time to share. Please feel free to go into as much detail as possible. You always have some great insights with unique perspectives to convey. Your engines turned out sweet. Sounds like a Patton tank starting up. I have so many locomotives grown on me I can't sleep on my sides anymore 😊. The trailers make for a great looking finished scene. I scrath built some girders and loading docks to start. I'm working on a small US postoffice building next. I enjoy scratch building with the styrene thanks to you. For me, personally, I have discovered that some of my initial design ideas have tended to transform into something a bit different and better than I originally envisioned while construting it which tends to keep me inspired, so to those of you who are building a layout, don't get discouraged if things don't initially work out. I find It helps to go with the flow and is part of the enjoyment of building a layout. You'll have no idea how far your imagination can take you if you never take it for a trip.

Hi Boomer Diorama & it's is Randy and i like yours video is Cool & Thanks Boomer Diorama & Friends Randy

Boomer your enthusiasm is infectious and I thank you for that

I tried to scratch build the River Road Yard Office. It turned out ok :) The thing I liked about it was the simple shape plus a combination of a wood foundation, styrene etc. River Road is an evolving masterpiece.

Thanks for answering my question! I appreciate it! John

I can't wait for the day, that you paint the backdrop wall. It seems to be the only thing that slightly detracts from reality. Everything else looks as real as it gets. Can't wait for the ferry either😊

Very nice indeed Boomer. I would like to add a small detail to your story if you use hydraulic cylinders to raise and lower the barge slip they are always positioned like this. With the rod down the cylinder is much stronger if it has to pull the load up instead of pushing. Please keep going on like this I'm looking forward to every new episode every week.

That SD35 is so cool. Great Lakes Central here in Michigan has a handful of ex-MRL units, specifically 383, 384, and 386.

Can’t wait for the ship build but I enjoy every video

Magnificent, both inspiring and intimidating.

Great overview of the layout! Looking forward to more.

The Cat is out of scale for the layout. Awesome layout and nice compromise on the size of the industry.

Wow, I have been following your vlog since 2013, June 9th infact. You were rating the level from 1-10 to build things on your layout. Great advice starting with a shanty by the way. Scratch building in N scale for me is a labor of love thanks to your Vlogs is has been easier for me to follow your trechnics. Thanks Boomer!!! Some of the things you build will not work in N scale so I build it in HO and give them to my HO buddies. When something you scratch built is on a guys layout , It is a great feeling.

At the moment I noticed to have achieved a very similar color and shade distribution on my tarmac buried track compared to yours. Didn’t suppose to be me that much of a copycat 😂😂. I should use self adhesive roads and colored sawdust again for more individualism.

Even though I do my railroading with a computer rail simulator, I have found your videos very helpful for another hobby, war-gaming. Your tips and advice are excellent. I plan to use your technique on the next batch of trees I model. I have always like the dock scene and especially a ferry transfer. When you finally get to do real operations with your ferry will you stagger the loading from side to side and front to back to simulate the weight of the rail cars on a body of water?

Very nice modeling there, it's most impressive.

Really inspiring Boomer. Quick question from a novice, why is the old restored station building and platform positioned back from the tracks, I wondered if the back story is that the tracks were repaid some time after the station was closed. I unfortunately live in a small city where the railway was closed back in the 1950's.

Cheers Boomer thanks for the input, I’m going to take a few photos Cheers Bob

Has the ferry replaced the tug or is the tug still going to be part of the scene? Your channel has been an inspiration to me. I've learned a lot.

Simply the best, congratulations.

Hey, Boomer. Yours is an absolutely amazing layout. I've been following you for a while now. I really like how you make all of your items bulletproof. I love how solid each piece is. I love how items can be easily removed for cleaning or whatever. I'm wanting to build an older quarry stone viaduct. I've looked at lots of other videos, but the foam that they suggest would not hold up to any type of handling in the long term. After building a plywood or plastic foundation for a viaduct, how would you simulate the stones? I really am at a loss to know how. Can you help?

Good job boomer Keep on modeling and keep us entertaining

Great update Boomer!

You make my day.

Boomer, great update, and so inspirational. The layout looks really good, and your enthusiasm is so good, it really helps keeping me motivated. Just a quick question, I noticed a park bench (not sure what you call it in Canada) on the banks in front of the Brewery. I saw it at 0:20, 3.20 and then the back of it in the closing comments. Has that always been there, and I never noticed it, or have you slipped it in recently? It just grabbed my attention in the shots you showed. Thank you for sharing, and I am really looking forward to the Carrier Princess series, that should be very inspirational. Cheers, and stay safe, Michael

Do we get a similar overview for section 2? Thanks for the overview and rating of difficulty for the different builds.

From the sneak peek of the ferry it looks to be about a 12.5 on a scale of 1-10😜

Got a strange question for you Boomer. I bought a fast tracks template for No4 turnouts L and R code 55 and I am slowly learning how to make turnouts. A few problems I have noticed is the track throwbar and turnout doesn't sit in place or "lock" in place, so I need a solution for that. I also am not sure what to do about the straight and curve track. I spoke with a hobby store, and they said that peco and other manufacturers with the commercial turn outs that snap and lock in the chosen direction come in code 70 and 80. So, my debate is do I get more jigs for curves and straight track then build all my rail in code 55? It is just a simple 4X8 with a yard and an oval loop. Or should I abandon the code 55 and simply invest in flex track and turnouts in a larger code, maybe 80 or 70? What do you think? I am considering just getting jigs then I can lay my own ties down and give the rail a more realistic look. My era is 1910-1930, and it is just an imaginary engine servicing area with some sorting of cars, maybe a local drop off and pick up.... freight station.. maybe a passenger line.

Hope you never get the urge to build a new layout I think nothing can top river road in such a small space 😊

Have you tried the ESU 18 X 35mm speakers yet? Part number 50348. They are awesome!! Love the layout. You are inspiring me. I have redone the lighting and a lot of the electric. I’m using the birch plywood and Varathan and I love it! I’m also using Golden mat medium for everything!!! Thanks so much for your inspiration!!

Yes, yes, and yes. Thanks again.

Thanks

Hey Boomer great work! There is a lot of hard work and effort put into that layout buts it’s a labour of love isn’t it. Do you ever build a section of your layout and something about it just bothers you , or just doesn’t look right. I’m going through that right now, just can’t put my finger on what is wrong, even though it turned out exactly as planned. Anyway… Cheers Bob

Do you ever look at a change to the layout and think I have gone too far? Not that I think you have gone too far, but I think that it could be a danger in making a scene too busy and maybe have too much that it become distracting. I really love the level of detail you include in the layout.

It's still the best layout on youtube😅

Dusty cracks me up 😹

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Really cool. 🚂

"Sort of in your blood" (21:51)? Good Gawd O'mighty, boy; it IS your blood. You beat all I have ever seen. You are so good that it isn't even humanly possible to be that good.......... As for the warehouse that nobody knows what its use was (14:55), well, I hate to have to be the one to tell you this, but it was used to deliver atomic nuclear waste, which was then transferred into caskets at the warehouse and buried at the local cemetery under false names using false death certificates on tombstones. That proved to be much cheaper than dealing with it the way the governmental environmental agencies required it be treated. (No, I'm not serious.) Give my best to Dusty. If you ever come down to Florida, I'd love to meet you. "Dangerous" (a fun-loving joker)

What about the Tug?

Do you plan to hang wires on your poles?

I must say, I'm so glad your water is not swimming pool blue. It's the one thing that ruins the illusion for me on most layouts.

Needs a dog.