He does have tiger blood after all!

Cheers David, thanks for watching and for your comment.

Glad you enjoyed it... part of the reason I wanted to model the countryside and not a modern city layout!

Thanks very much!

Thanks very much Paul

Thanks Bob, as I always say there's no shame in having a small one.

I'd recommend the range by Woodland Scenics, they look right to me. Then there's Dapol and DCC Concepts, theirs look good too. All of them are available through Rails o Sheffield, that's the one I use as it's very local to me.

Thanks very much, glad you like the videos

Thanks James that's nice of you to say. Always good to actually use our railways rather than letting them collect dust! Patrick

​@@hedgehoghobbies2836so when are you going to bring more videos?

We almost managed to make it through the whole thing!

Thank you!

Yea I have seen people try and optimise the moves to minimise them... I just like shuffling things around to be honest! I watched your video on the paint holders... I made something similar but with my 3D printer. It's always nice to keep things organised!

@@hedgehoghobbies2836 my big thing is what makes YOU happy 😀! And thanks, that is awesome. Staying organized is super helpful.

Hi Bruce thanks a lot. Greetings from the other side of the planet...

Thanks Russell - I have enjoyed weathering the wagons I have, sometimes I wish I had an airbrush but weathering powders make a good substitute. Yea the magnets are better than nothing even if they aren't perfect!

That's a good idea John, I will have an experiment and see how I get on.

The guys who invented this sponge trick was the Great Reid Bros. in the States on their famous and incredible N scale layout !. Greetings, John from Santiago de Chile, South America.

Thanks very much! Yea I imagine we'll be doing some tweaking down the line one the back scene and other bits are finished. I have some things I'd like to try. I do have the little jig although I try not to mess with the couplings if I can avoid it.... some of the NEM sockets really don't like to let go of the couplings and I worry about breaking something!

Cheers my man. It has been a fun journey... my advice would just be to be patient and do a little bit every day or two. Particularly things like ballasting, static grass etc need patience more than anything else. I see from your channel you're clearly tenacious and a hard worker so you'll do just fine!

@@hedgehoghobbies2836 yeah patience is key. If I am getting frustrated with something then I just leave it and come back later when I have a clear mindset I think that is the best way

nice thing about Inglenook is you can incorporate it in a larger layout, i.e. an oval - can be two sidings on a running line with a contrived limit for the 5-car siding and headshunt. then you can take the completed train on a journey (i.e. around the oval!)

Thank you

There's no one else around, so I basically have to laugh at my own jokes! Glad you enjoyed and welcome to the fold...

Thanks, that's nice of you to say. Thanks for watching!

Haha thank you... glad you enjoyed the video!

Cheers Bryan, still working on the plan for the background but should get there soon!

Cheers John - I feel like I get better each time but am also looking into improving the setup to make things a bit easier.

Yea N Gauge is a little fiddly. I haven't made any brakes, although it is something I thought about. My worry was that when pushing a long train the brakes may cause derailments. The layout is about 800mm long, so a fair bit smaller than yours I think.

Cheers Meickel, thanks for your comment. Uncoupling is certainly tricky and needs practice to make work - but also I am limited by my setup. I have been looking into potentially using electromagnets or maybe using stronger magnets and using a motor to move them close to the underside of the track when I want to uncouple (rather than them being glued in place as they are now). Thanks for watching the videos, glad you have enjoyed them. Your English is a lot better than my German so no worries!

Hi there, yep I have another in the works as we speak!

@@hedgehoghobbies2836 That's excellent news. I look forward to watching your next project

@@hedgehoghobbies2836 I'm currently riding the rails out of Bridgnorth Station on the Severn Valley Railway

Thanks Ian

Thanks very much for the kind words! I thought showing it unedited gives the best idea of how it all actually works... In regards to the water it is made with a product called 'Envirotex Lite' which is a two-part clear resin. You mix it together, pour it on as a liquid and it sets very hard. If you're interested in the process I covered it in my video build series in episode six: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMxmpq-Zsq3QZY0.html&lc=UgzshGEL7Jebxz8zVed4AaABAg

Thanks will check it out.

That is a good idea, I'd have to see if I can get lights that small. The N gauge lights I have seen are all way out of scale which has put me off a little. I don't suppose you know of any that might be suitable?

Hi Steve, Thanks for watching. The couples are called 'Easi Shunt' couplers, they're by Dapol. You need NEM sockets on your engines/wagons to fit them. You can find them on eBay and other places, here's a link to rails of Sheffield where I bought mine: railsofsheffield.com/products/dapol-2a-000-008-medium-arm-magnetic-couplings-5-pairs?_pos=8&_sid=5017ed431&_ss=r And here are the magnets. They're small enough to fit between the sleepers so can be hidden pretty well: www.first4magnets.com/circular-disc-rod-c34/2mm-dia-x-2mm-thick-n42-neodymium-magnet-0-15kg-pull-p3326#ps_0_3378|ps_1_16698 I have a video here where I install them if you're interested: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p55_dMqmsbKah4E.html Cheers again, Patrick

It is 850x200mm I think.

It's about 850mm x 200mm off the top of my head. There are three sets of points in total although you can do it with just two if you go without the siding on the right. Glad you enjoyed seeing the puzzle!

Hi there. I have planted small signs in the foam baseboard to mark where the magnets are. I made them from a piece of brass rod and some paper. If you look @ 12:10 in this video you can see where I have highlighted one.

Thanks!

Haha cheers Chris! Yea the small scale makes things fiddly, both to make and to film. Can I get away with saying the wrinkly duvet was intentional to simulate clouds?

Danke nochmal Gert

Hi Ian, I use a Gaugemaster analogue controller: www.gaugemasterretail.com/magento/gaugemaster-gmc-combi.html Thanks, Patrick

I have them reasonably high, to the point where some are visible a little under the ballast. Potentially I could have used bigger magnets but then they wouldn't fit under the sleepers.... it's all a bit of a balancing act unfortunately!