returning to the hobby after a 40 year absence I'm finding your videos most instructive . Thank you.

_Thank You_ for letting me sit in with you as you build. As a young child, I would watch Dad as he would scratch-build buildings for his layouts, and sometimes I would help him hold something or some such. Lovely memories! AND add to this, your wonderful commentary and tutoring! Writing this from my spouse's ICU hospital room - hopefully when things settle-down, I will get to doing this myself. Cheers & Blessings from the USA!! 😊💜

You are an artist, you are a 3D artist, there are different types and skils in artist but non the less you are an artist. The fact that often the completed artwork incorporates completed models either buildings or trains is no less art. The artist simply tries to tie all the components together as one 3d artwork.

Thank you for the tutorial, this is the most cost effective way to build a small town without paying a small fortune for plastic buildings.

Thank you for that. I am returning after 50 years since I last put track to board. Catching up on techniques and equipment and learnt quite a bit today watching your build. Love your approach. Will be watching more and one day will I will have a channel of my own (maybe)

Great video, I’m starting out in model railways, I was interested when I was a kid but now I’ve got kids of my own I felt I would never have the time or patience so didn’t get involved……for some reason as soon as my 40th birthday came I decided to take the plunge 😝😝😝. I’ve built an 8x4 baseboard from things I’ve seen on YT! First hurdle I suppose but it proves how easy it is now with these videos. You’re doing a great job! Years ago you’d have to really teach yourself, in my experience model railway clubs (and this goes for experiences at bus rallies and railway events) are pretty cliquey and it doesn’t come across as friendly in many cases as a newcomer. This medium is so much easier and a gift. I could listen to you talking all day, very relaxed and natural and indeed ignore the trolls, they are people who haven’t got much going for them. This is a brilliant video and hopefully I’ll be able to build buildings soon (at present I’ve only got the baseboard!!) Thanks for posting and take care 👍🏼

Thanks this was just what I was looking for.

Looks easy but I have clumsy fingers and not too much patience so I admire your work...

Just a comment. if one is having trouble with lines and triangles, a T-square and some cheap drafting angles would be handy. Love what you are doing and your philosophy: keep it simple and get it started, inspiration for details comes later (or... plenty of time to muck it up later!). :)

Very nice building, Mike! No matter what anybody else says, you ARE an artist! Art takes many forms. Don't let the Grinch's comments get you down. You are doing a great job! I look forward to the next video. And special thanks to your faithful assistant.

I just wanted to commend you on your skill at constructing a railway building so quickly. Each of us models to a different level of complexity and no one has any right to disrespect what you have done. If the know better, let them create a channel and show us just how much greater they are. I love your work and the very practical approach taken. Cheers.

You mentioned a tin of Beans being worth 20 grand. I was in Madrid a few years ago and saw a long piece of paper about 10ft x 3ft with a long line and a dot at the end, I think it was by Jason Pollock and it was worth millions. That to me is were art goes out of the window. As for the idiots they have nothing better to do, most of us love the stuff you do and appreciate that it is time you could be spending with family and friends. Thank you once again. Frank

I wish I'd seen this video before I asked the question the other day. A good friend of mine who is a Tattoo artist, An actual portrait artist . But when we were kids he taught me how to do this stuff with card and milliput. my point is !!! Whatever makes you smile, others can say what they want? in the end if it if it makes you happy it could be a line in the sand... it's yours. By the way he's a top comic artist nowadays. keep doing what you do gents. :)

Hi Mike and Douglas Brilliant video, I have used your window idea on a couple of buildings and it works very well. Many thanks and keep up the good work. Dave.

Great step by step guide, I scratch build most of my buildings using this sort of technique, the more you do the easier it gets!

Hello nice video, i have a good tip for the corners, drill a small hole in the corners

Nice tutorial I can see the methodology is simple & that patience is needed. Looking forward to the next part 👍

Hi, this gave me a massive flash back to when I was a kid, maybe 11-14 yo. I used to make tanks, jeeps and artillery guns (for both the allies and Germans) etc from cardboard and coloured them in camouflage patterns using my felt tip pens. It would take quite some time but I enjoyed making them as much as what followed. I would then play with them along with my numerous plastic soldiers and a few brought cannons that fired used match sticks. To add extra realism I some times had a big battle finale which would involve setting my tanks etc on fire 🔥 That part took place in the garden 😁 Guess I knew why to find the matches in the kitchen lol.

You are an artist in every sense of the word. Also craftsman, designer, and teacher. Thanks so much for sharing.

Great video as it happens im making from scratch building from cardboard for my train layout so keep the video s coming love them

Great video and I've picked up some excellent tips. I will definitely be using the y shaped cut on doors and windows as I have had some accidents resulting in New sections having to be created. Also, really liked the window idea. I normally buy windows but for a recent project I had to have them custom made. I have another 'unique' building coming up and this method for doing the windows will save me a packet!

Hi Mike & Douglas. Great video some great tip for scratch building I have been do some simple scratch build stuff myself like station platforms and brick walls and bridge girder side. but watching your video's I may have a go at some building when I get to that stage. Regards George...

great effect for buildings... excellent run through

Great stuff. A little tip I have discoverd regarding 'glazing.' Plain clear plastic makes it too easy to see into model buildings and doesn't look real. Lightly smokey, or grey plastic looks a lot more realistic. If you are lucky enough to be able to print on laser or inkjet printable acetate, you can experiment with different grades/darkness of grey tone, plus able to print curtains, posters, stickers etc that may appear in - say - a shop window. Always mount it with the printed side inside the model. I've even replaced the glazing in some carriages this way with printed 'No Smoking' 'First Class' etc signs too.

Excellent and inspiring!

Mmmmm bake beans. My mate thinks I crazy. I eat bake bean straight from the can. Noice build mate. Cheers Graham.

Very neat work, I'm in the middle of a little coal office building for my new OO Gauge layout - a free download from Scalescenes. Going well so far and so much easier than N Gauge 😀😀

Haha. "I could put a can of baked beans in the middle of the tate and call it art." Nice one.

Thanks so much for all of this helpful info; and, BTW, for what it's worth, as far as I'm concerned you ARE a GREAT ARTIST! Cheers and God bless.

Don't even stop, keep on going. Greetings from Hungary...

Brillant video. Your suscriber count is rapidly going up.

As always Ive earnt something new. I normally make my own doors in the computer and print them out. I then out them to card and attach. Fantastic way to do windows! Will be trying this myself :)

Extremely helpful video! I still have a heck of a time getting each wall square. I'll keep practicing. 😁

I’ve been looking at modelling recently after I had a layout and trashed it. I kept trains wagons and track tho and dug it out last week. This is a perfect way for me to make a layout without spending a penny

I was very impressed with your buildings construction tools and techniques i find that you are immensely practical and achieve a lot in a short time. May i offer some of my experiences with sharp blades, i personally hate blades that flex which in effect actually reduces your tactile sense of control, for years i was a compulsive scalpel user, and nearly lost my eye sight on occasions when i applied too much pressure the blades would break flinging shrapnel pinging pass my eyes. Now i know how to resharpen any blade no need to keep buying new ones. But i tend to like craft knives similar to the Exacto type my but my preference is for the "Fiskars" branded version and keeping the blades protruding as short as is practical, and to add further control to any possible blade slippage in the craft knives jaws, i insert some small pieces of wet and dry to further grip the blade from slipping around in the knives jaws. i love your buildings they are as important as the trains themselves, keep up the great advice. 👍👍👌😊

Another great video.

Nice and helpful video. Have considered scratch building in the resent past, but thought to fiddlie for me. My current thought is a combination using detail parts i.e windows and doors etc from downloadable or old damaged building/kits Scratch build the main sections of the building. That my thoughts. Thanks

I have oved scratch building since my 'Airfix' days using some 'Airfix' parts and building a totally different model from it. Great fun. Thanks for all your inspiration.

This video was a great help because I have scratch built all my buildings so far but my pub is turning into a bit of a mess. This has helped me understand scratch building a bit more. Thanks

Great video as usual, thanks for the many tips. Is there any chance you would do a beginners intro into the world of 3D printing? Either way keep up the good work. Thanks again.

Cool thanks mate

Nice little tutorial. A little more time and measuring and the ruff and ready look could be turned into a masterpiece.

sill great work of art

Great video I think I will have a go

Hope this post is helpful to all members of your channel. I m the water bottle section is 1mm solid card excellent for buildings. I have been using pink lady fruit trays for structures I.e walls etc. I get these from Lidl, Sainsbury's.

Fabulous that 👌👍

Nice tutorial that. I am intending to scratch build a small lineside shed. Thanks for the tips and ignore the trolls. They really are sad little nerds!!.

Yes! This is a great tutorial! I used to scratch build like this from cereal boxes and things - sometimes they looked ok :P

Hi Guys love your videos .... you have inspired me ... only wish I hadn't bought poundland PVA ... lol ... off to screwfix I go this weekend

Awesome video chaps. Possible anyone could share some links to where I can print brick paper for HO scales free, would really appreciate some direction on that for a newbie. Keep up the great videos.

Nice video 👍. How do you get brick paper, corrugated metal paper, ect, that is in scale with the rest of the layout? Is it printed off, or is it found in a hobby/craft store?

I love how you have produced this little building. For paper, you could also check out some of the scrapbooking papers. They come in a vast variety of designs and patterns, sometimes in books of them and they can be found in thrift stores (check the book section) sometimes for a reasonable price. I agree wholly with you about the "art-crafts-modeling" comments you made. Some "crafts" or "models" I've seen are gorgeous works of art but aren't called "art" because they don't fit into some made-up description of what it should be. Some "art" I've seen is nothing more than paint sloppily rolled onto a canvas and there is nothing aesthetically pleasing about it, but some "critic" says it's wonderful and makes something up about it and it goes into a gallery. I don't agree with it, but I've seen it often and it always really bothers me.

About your comments about art. A very interesting observation. However, it is very true.

Cool

Hi Guys, these are brilliant, just a quick question, where did you get your black backed card from?

Where do you get the brick texture from?

Can you confirm which PVA glue from Screwfix you are recommending please? There seems to be 5 or 6 different ones on their shop.

Could you possibly make a video on the sizes of 1:76 / 00 Doors and window sizes and how high a window should be off the ground etc

What are the dimensions of doors and windows in different scales. It would be helpful to get them in metric and imperial measures.

An Art Gallery Curator once told me that if something is functional, then it is not art. So an oily ripped car maintenance manual in a frame is "Art" because now it is not functional.

I think that the tripod on the table was a bad idea. Lots of wobble during cutting.

Randomly found a US version of your compact layouts here on youtube, thought it would be interesting to you, especially his waybill system: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/iLxnZbGlrLaseok.html

I wish I'd seen this video before I asked the question the other day. A good friend of mine who is a Tattoo artist, An actual portrait artist . But when we were kids he taught me how to do this stuff with card and milliput. my point is !!! Whatever makes you smile, others can say what they want? in the end if it if it makes you happy it could be a line in the sand... it's yours. By the way he's a top comic artist nowadays. keep doing what you do gents. :)