That area in front of the houses would really lend itself to a market scene. Not like those plastic looking ones you see on European layouts, but something more like you'd see on Only Fools and Horses. Dodgy geezers selling out of the back of transits, and chippie vans maybe. I think you would be the person that could really capture an urban London market scene! Super video as always!

As I've said in previous comments on your postings your attention to detail is second to none. Viewers, if you are new to this channel have a look at how the station and its car park are developing. You obviously like the model making part of the hobby and prove there's nothing wrong with just watching the trains go by. Very well done.

If you just happened to glance at this layout in passing you would think that you were looking at a real life scene - the trains are so realistic.

Still think this is one of the best layouts I’ve ever seen , so much attention to detail , the stock looks so realistic weathered to perfection

I love your ethos. "Scenery that happens to have a railway in it". Exactly the approach I took with mine.....

I came here through Hornby A Model World. Thanks for putting all your stuff on a channel. I'm not lying when I say that this is more interesting than most stuff on TV. I have a model village in my basement which is inspired by places I've been.

That scrapyard and canal are brilliant. Good to see how you've organized the whole layout.

Excellent !! Never really thought about it until now but your layout is my favourite on KZfaq because it's designed for "watching". The fact that your layout allows us to watch trains traveling through the rural countryside into an urban area to the built-up city, with such attention to detail gives the viewer so much more to digest. The graffiti and litter just adds to the realistic scene of the period you have created. What you have done with the trains in terms of weathering/aging then adding passengers and lighting, the roads with moving vehicles, just brings this to life - I can't wait to see what this looks like when you have the lighting complete with street lamps, house lights, platform lighting/covers, etc. Keep at it, it's an incredible piece of work, a masterpiece in the making, and like I said my favourite on KZfaq. Thanks for sharing 😉

Here's an idea for the spot across the street from the terrace apartments. How about a small restaurant with an outdoor eating area behind it? Maybe some pergola style thing with an awnings over tables or tables with umbrellas over them? It would give an opportunity for more greenery in pots or planters and you could have lights in the pergola like the fancy places do. Maybe you could make it with fiber optics and disguise the bundle of fibers as a vine like a wisteria?

You station has a symaler layout to Cardiff with the branch line. The empty space in front of it is a small platform and staircase down to the lobby, as with your layout it is elevated above street level. Love your layout and you've got exactly the right attitude. Keeping things simple and having fun. Thanks for sharing your journey with us 😊👍

It's a testament to your talents that I had no idea how small the room is. Also some of the best weathering on any youtube layout.

Just an idea about that open space across from the apartment buildings. Maybe a park with slides and swings for kids to play on at one end. In the middle a nice pond with gold fish, some small trees for shade and some benches for old geezers like myself to sit and ponder those decades that have passed too quickly. At the other end a dog park where the residences of the apartments can let their pets get some exercise. Then maybe a nice small sidewalk or path wandering through the park. Thanks for the tour, wish I had your talent.

Watching in March 2023. You've made so much great progress since :)

Thank you, Richard. It has been a desire to see it in an all-encompassing overview. Your attention to detail and dedication to making what you will enjoy moving forward shows in each aspect and corner. Brilliant stuff. Cheers.

Thank you so much for this complete layout tour, Richard! It really helps to tie together your videos from the last several months since I subscribed, plus the older videos of yours I recently binge-watched. You are an excellent model railroader and I'm sure your videos bring pleasure, knowledge, and inspiration to many others. Cheers from Wisconsin!

Interesting, nice to see it all in context. Love to see a pub and pub garden in front of the houses that would be a good fit.

Richard, It was great to meet you at the great Electric Show at Milton Keynes on Saturday 2nd October. Marvellous! John.

First time on your site and it's just brilliant. I had a oo layout as a lad and built a oo for one son and an N gauge for my other son, both of whom loved and played with them for hours on end. Then time passed and after constant pestering, an N gauge for one of my step sons, which I seemed to appreciate more, than he did, the ungrateful little sod! I will work my way through the rest of your vids..

Thanks for a great overview. It makes a lot more sense now. Your layout scenery brings back memories from when I lived in the U.K in the 1970s! Thanks again from New Zealand.

This is inspiring. I have a 3year old boy and he LOVES trains. So I will learn about trains and build my own junction 🙂

hi i must say after viewing many of your videos, , i find that you are a very tallented chap indeed, when i build my aircraft i try to give them as much detail as possible, , watching how you detail your railway is so refreshing to see , keep up the great work

Love the Victorian houses, and the cars running along the road are really good. Moving cars etc really adds to a layout, brings more 'life' to it, rather than just the trains moving!

It's just silly bits of detail like the culvert that make this the best model railway on KZfaq. Well done chap

You are so bloody clever Richard, well done!!!

What amazes me is, not the size of the lay although it is big, no, what amazes me is how you find the time to do this to the level of detail and still find time to work and make videos. I speak for everyone here to say, thank you for sharing your passion with us...

The vacant area in front of the road and the the houses would be perfect for an underground station entrance. The. You could build yourself a short underground line in the facing boards of your table, or just underneath it. It would be a great project to make a couple of stations and then all the tiles and the tunnel sections. A great use of the space too. Loving your work my friend.

Very good, thank you. I think this layout sets itself apart by running realistic speeds and not stopping and starting trains in a few yards. And, so far anyway, no unsynchronised steam sounds or spaghetti catenary. Very refreshing

Nice layout and I enjoyed the tour. Relaxing to watch the trains go round too

Hi There from New Zealand, while I'm not a Brit railway modeller, I enjoy the work you do on your channel and thanks for the layout tour, it put all the bits and pieces together as a package. Keep up the great work.

Your dedication in building this is phenomenal.

Wonderful, finally a total overview of the layout. We've more or less had the same question here as well since we have followed the entire progress, but we have trusted that it should come about one day, and it has. Thank you, and what an astute effort.

Great to get an idea of the room. I find it really interesting how modellers deal with constraints, especially UK loft layouts. Thanks for the look. Kev.

I have been really looking forward to seeing the layout in its entirety! Well done, looks great and I’m glad you have a lot of fun building it. Makes me want to get back into modelling. Great work.

This is definitely a better layout than the first one you made and it’s good to see this one coming along.

yup Ive been very keen to see a layout tour , that put everything into perspective very nicely. Nice one, Richard!

Thank you for the tour. It's really coming along well. And your production is getting even better.

Thank you for the layout tour Richard , fantastic to see one of my favourite loft layouts. 👍

less is more. it’s coming along very well - the level of detail really brings the layout to life and is a great tribute to 5he era. Awesome.

Absolutely love it. The scrapyard is by far my favourite. The detail. I feel like I'm there.

Thanks for the video. It’s been great watching your layout come together over the years. Keep up the good work.

Well done, Richard. Been following for years, since Mark 1 in fact. It really is one hell of a thing. You should be very proud.

Great video Richard. Thanks for sharing. 👍

Have been waiting for this video for a while, it’s great to see the whole layout and how the areas all work together as well as the less developed areas and imagining how you’ll tackle them. It looks pretty special so far. The area in front of the houses just make me think of a petrol station. Plenty of london boroughs with those type houses opposite a petrol station. Whatever you decide to do though, you’ll absolutely crush it Richard. It really is a pleasure watching your journey

This was a really enjoyable video, and echoing a lot of comments, it was nice to be able to piece all the parts together better in my head! Its a very inspiring layout, and helped cement my love of the intercity and NSE liveried locos and coaches! Thank you

Thanks for showing the whole room. I’ve often wondered how you laid it all out. Always enjoys your videos Richard. Your opening video and music segment gets better and better.

This is a special treat. Thanks for making this tour video. I've been a subscriber here for years and years, been following the progress. I really like your approach and goal of having 'scenery with a train running thru it'. I have always wondered about the look of the entire layout when having seen so many videos of one small part.

It’s always a pleasure to see how modellers deal with their space. Love your layout!!! Cheers, Andrew

The beauty of this layout is its (relative) simplicity, properly inspirational especially to those, like me, prone to overelaborate plans!

I have really enjoyed watching the progress of your layout over the last year or so. I think the scrapyard is genius! The magnorail scene looks great. I have taken inspiration from your level of detail. Such a simple layout, but you've got a shed load of detail going on. I'm looking forward to seeing your station take shape. Thank you for sharing.

Great to see the whole layout and what an amazing piece of work!

Been subscribed for years now, and You have my admiration, definitely. Layout is superb even if so simple. Patience for details is spectacular. And the tons of "how to" we can learn from your videos is priceless.

Fantastic. Great to finally see the whole layout helping put your videos into perspective. Love what you've done with the train on the branch line. Really enjoyed your commentary. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful, brings back a lot of memories. Thank you.

Really informative and entertaining video - it's great to see how the whole thing is fitted together as it's often not obvious from just looking at the tracks. Thank you.

It’s an amazing layout. I have binge watched all your videos of this new layout build. Picked up some great ideas for my own layout. Excited to see what additional detailing you do.

Love this layout and deeply admire your expertise and enthusiasm...really looking forward to watching future developments evolve....thank you!

Once again been away from the hooby due to work and moving home but I will be returning soon. As always been following your progress as your builds and videos have so much detal and insperation, thanks Richard. The layout is becomming a real place and somewhere I would be happy to live lol. In reflection I can see at times resemblance to your former layout, but also other times mind plays tricks and I am unsure if memory of old layout or maybe a real place I have seen in the past or maybe its some place new I have never been. Great build Sir. You named the layout in honour of your Dad, aa a father myself may I say all the work .detail and determination you put into the layout Im sure he would have been so proud of you.. Take care buddy Quarry Central will return soon.

Doing a full 360 makes it look so much bigger than I thought it was, looks brilliant.Thanks

Layout is looking great, looking forward to seeing the future projects on the layout 👍

Having followed your channel for a while, good to get the overall picture of the layout. Fully understand having a continuous run to let trains stretch their legs and have always had that on my layouts and probably always will! Currently have a terminus and fiddle yard so some shunting and the best of both worlds!

Thank you. Long awaited, hugely enjoyed.

Brilliant video as always. Don’t be so hard on yourself with the super-elevation, it’s by far the best I’ve seen. Cheers

@Everard Junction Great update enjoyed watching this, I went for the simple track plan for the same reason and it paid dividends on "Little Parsons Heath" a not to scale version of an area North of Colchester circa 1979 where the hobby started for me, it's great just watching the trains and as you say not having the worry of derailments... I must say that your scenic work has inspired mine as for a first time in scenery I can actually blow my own trumpet :) Looking forward to more videos over the Winter very impressive Richard.

A full bust market opposite the Victorian houses would be amazing, I had one on mine and it was incredible to add life to the scene. 🥰. Absolutely love your channel so much, takes me into another world 🌎

Loved the tour, great to see the scale of the layout. Also great to see things like the lighting which although simple make a big difference to the overall success of it all. It would be great if more KZfaq layouts followed your lead.

Fabulous that something I always wanted to see. Very interesting lovely stuff

Just love your layout. It is a perfect example of if you are going to build a layout then have a look at yours. So many great scenes and ideas. Love your moving cars. I will have a look for that video later.

On that free triangle You can build public park with streetlights and some fast food restaurant to not obscure tunnel view.. 😉 Great layout review. Nice to see all layout together in one video.

It would be neat to put a star projector in that room for "night time" running. I bet it'd work great on that white ceiling.

Thanks Richard, as ever a very inspiring video, I love your comment about Scenery with a railway running through it, which is exactly the way I am headed :)

You've certainly made full use of the available space. I can't imagine how you got all that lumber up the ladder? 😄

Great video Richard. Lovely to see some overall perspective of the layout.

Brilliant mate that's great to see all of it. It keeps getting better all the time. Always looking forward to the next vid.

Perfect, I love your branch line automation. Your layout is really good, I can see you thought over everything. Thank you for layout tour and I wish you good luck in future builds

What about a police station and compound for that area at the front. Could perhaps be a flat roofed prefab type building keeping the roof line low for you And also lots of opportunities for 80s era police vehicles and perhaps some stolen recovered vehicles as well. The SD1 police car you have parked in that area gave me the idea. Anyway all the best and love watching your videos.

Absolutely brilliant as always, Richard. So much to learn from your experience. Inspirational!. Chris Moss

Thanks Richard. A great tour and an excellent railway, no doubt.

looks great Richard, your eye for realism is definitely paying off the trees in particular look the part and the overall look is just exquisite. the big challenge now is to make a station which meets the standard of the rest of the layout. I am sure with your eye for detail this will be the centre piece to the layout one complete. stay safe and thank you for sharing your hobby with us all.

Really enjoyed the tour plus all the layout tips, followed your other videos so great to see how it all looks up in the attic very well done!

Great to see the whole layout - um - laid out. Fascinating to see the scenes all blending together, and great to see how you have integrated your fiddle-yard and support spaces. 14:24 Maybe a construction site with new housing going up could be a good compromise between urban setting and keeping the views open?just a thought. More hoardings, scaffolding, piles of materials, builders vans, site hut/portacabin, porta-loos, etc. If not the whole sit, then just a few infill spaces between the remaining buildings? Someone else mentioned the possibility of an Underground station. If Cheeky can manage it in his tiny space… maybe something for the 2030s?

Great to see your setup in its entirety, and also looking forward to seeing "Watford Junction" take shape in the coming months :-)

Thanks for the tour its great to see, also loving the intros! Keep up the high standard of work its great to watch!

Thanks Richard, great video and one I think most of us have wondered about. Lots of room for more scenes and scenic modelling which I look forward to in the future….regards, Chris

Wow this is so cool and relaxing to see great work this has been my favorite train scene ever.

Merci beaucoup pour toutes vos explications sur le fonctionnement de votre réseau ! Super Richard ! 🤩

My young nephew (who lives with us) has built a huge layout in our loft,a couple of years back he commented that he would need to remove a part of it to make a fiddle yard,after explaining to me what it was I suggested using the gap beside the stairs into the attic,he said that he could only get three tracks across that gap so it wouldn't be worthwhile. I devised an elevator basically,what he ended up with is what looks like a 4'x4' 9 shelved book case with an open end,mounted at the end of the layout in its own framework. I made a simple lowering and raising mechanism from a hand wheel and some wire rope and small pulleys from the yacht chandler's, with simple bolt latches for each level,he then fixed 3 strips of track into each level to align with 3 tracks that come from the main track layout as it raised and lowered. Since I built and fitted it he has further covered the front with 'high rise' flats and connected the tracks up to their various points etc. It works very well and gives him about 110' of track for storage over the 9 levels which has led to his drive to buy more wagons and engines to fill it up.

The layout is turning really well, although I would have added a parcels & Royal Mail small terminal beside the station to add a little bit of operational fun. A suggestion though about the Magnorail would be to add a cab, a police car and perhaps an ambulance mixed in the traffic. It also allows to plan for a cab terminal near the station and a cab company small garage in the suburb (beside the commercial building along the canal, perhaps ?). But what impresses me the most is how the railway looks integrated in the landscape instead of landscape haphazardly tossed around the tracks, as you so well explained. I wait impatiently for the station area construction as I may take inspiration from it for my future 1970's -1980's N scale layout, after I made my small N portable layout first to learn as much as I can since it will be my first attempt in this scale.

Hi Richard, alway good to step back and share the achievements to date. Layout is looking fantastic, thanks for touching on the control system as well. For me, the stability in running, and while you pointed out issues with the superelevation, overall it’s very smooth. Absolutely, another row of terrace houses (different roof line) including backyards, and near the canal a derelict pumping station (part of) to pull in the red brick into the scene. Looking forward to you breaking through the 100,000 subscribers !!!! Thanks again, have fun

Brilliant video. Thanks for taking the time to share it.

It’s great how you used the space you have. Beautiful job.

I've been following you for awhile now and seen your layout coming to life. I realli like it. Thanks for sharing David

A great video. Puts everything in place. If only I had an older house. Mine has typical 70’s forest of timber work so no use whatsoever. Definitely need to keep that view of the viaduct and houses . One of the best settings I have seen. So realistic.

Tysm everard junction..thoroughly enjoyed this video..fantastic setup and hardwork...many thanks...looking fwd to the new scenery overtime at the station and platforms area in good time.. Keep up your hardwork.

A suprise for sure, but a welcome one. WHAT a layout!! Ive always loved your layouts but theres somethign about this one that takes the cake. Its SO damn good I wanna cry. Inspired me to make my own 80s era layout, which is also coming on fairly well. Using your layout as a guide as to what I can run for the time period and what cars to use, as I havnt really got a clue XD

Fantastic, brother. Great to hear you're doing what YOU want to do, layout wise, for what gives you satisfaction.

Thanks for the layout tour it's really nice to see how it all comes together!

Amazing layout, looks so simple but the level of detail is superb, love the scrap yard…..

fantastic stuff, can't wait to see the station area take shape

Absolutely amazing layout, great to see the entire layout

Thanks for putting this together! I’ve been hoping to see this