Everard updates are always worth the wait. Awesome.

You and Dean Park on the same day?! Christmas has come early!

Wow! Your attention to detail is incredible! well painted pigeons too!

Enthusiast with camera... Nerd with camera. Excellent attention to detail, you are a very talented man.

That is superb!! Love the weathering on the Class 47. 👍

Wow! Your eye for detail is outstanding. Excellent

Your skills and artistry give me a great deal of pleasure

Station lights are just bright enough, looks very good

Thank god for smart TV's, this is the best thing thats been one all Christmas

Yay! Anothervideo of the masterpiece that is Everard Junction. Best wishes for a safe and hapy festive season Richard. Arthur

Fantastic attention to detail, 10/10. Very well done! 👍

You are indeed extremely talented sir. This is FANTASTIC. ❤

Always a bonus when a video lands. Lots of little bits but they make a big difference. Regarding the light spill onto the background, have you thought of painting the far side of the light black? The downside is that you’d lose the light that you DO want on the platform. Merry Christmas.

forgot how many years i been watching your videos from day one you posted your first video great job like allways nice to see your still around still doing the hobby !

Hi Richard, another wonderful video. Wishing you a Merry Christmas and great modelling in 2024 Cheers Greg

Brilliant. This has to be the best set up I’ve ever seen. I love the 80’s theme ❤

Fabulous job as always. All those details themselves are so fascinating in terms of how things actually did look in Britain during that era. From certain shots earlier you had us fooled that they came from your layout. Absolutely astounding work.

Absolutely beautiful layout never miss an episode.

Love the layout, brilliant flashback to my childhood - keep it up 👍🏼

Your videos of the building of Everard Junction are always a great to watch your progress. As your finishing building your station it reminded of Felix the Huddersfield Station cat passed away. Would you consider putting a tribute model cat to her on your Station please.

Hello from Wisconsin USA. What a wonderful job you are doing. I love all the scenery and the station is fantastic. Keep up the good work!

Brilliant. We had that red Ford Granada in the eighties 😂.

Another fantastic episode. Lots of awesome details and great work. I particularly loved the 80’s American cop show music. Merry Christmas Sir.

simply stunning work Richard..

I love the waiting when you bring out a new video I get taken away from reality, Then I'm blown into your world of Purity. Your channel is ace. Those last 30 years are everything and , It's all here ! 👍👍💯💯

Thanks for another great year of videos. It is always an inspiration to visit Everard Junction. Best wishes for Christmas and the new year.

That first shot with the trains passing was brilliant, really captured the atmosphere of a platform on a crisp night.

Awesome Richard just awesome!! Well done! Merry Christmas and a good and healty 2024, for you and your loved ones!!! Cheers Onno.

I was desperately hoping for a new Everard Junction video so I can really kick off Christmas. And on that note, a Merry Christmas to you, Richard. Following your hobby is one thing, but taking the time to skilfully document it for others to learn from and enjoy is a whole other challenge. Thanks for all your efforts this year, and roll on the next one.

Always love your videos. Regarding the light hitting the backdrop…if you were to paint the backs of those two fixtures black and glue a tiny piece of plastic across the back of both globes, it would minimize the “spotlight” effect to be able to pass as ambient light from the city beyond the wall. Just an idea.

Merry Christmas mate and thank you for many hours of excellent videos. It's always a pleasure to watch your all of your updates. Cheers from Paul and Karen, Sarasota, Florida.

I agree it was as always worth the wait for this video. Attention to detail as always mesmerizing. Just realized I didn’t see where you put the litter, might watch it again. As for those style of platform lighting, they never were very bright anyway.

Lighting is brilliant! (no pun intended!) Really creates the realism of a nighttime scene.

Merry Christmas to you. Thank you for sharing your outstanding railway this year.

Not too little,neither too much but just right! Thank you for your amazing modelling skills. Seasons greetings to you.

What a pleasant Christmas surprise! Better than any postcard 😂 thank you - it brightens up one of the shortest days.❤

Beautiful layout. I can watch this all day. Unreal work and time spent building this. I run O scale trains in my house . Merry Christmas 🎄. Mike .

Just Wow Richard. I wish I had a quarter of your skills!!

Highly realistic! I like the little touches such as the pigeon on the platform clock. I wouldn't worry too much about the light reflecting off the back scene. You said yourself there's light pollution, so it would be a common effect of city lights from the area behind the wall reflecting off clouds.

Amazing how several small changes brings the station to life. The platform lights look very authentic, the only thing missing are piles of pigeon poo that used to be under the pedestrian bridge and the platform lights 😂😂 Have a merry Christmas and New Year, good post thank you 👍

A useful and completely 'light proof' mask is that aluminium foil tape you can get for HVAC or other ventilation systems. You can cut it very small with a knife, and it's really thin (basically the thickness of kitchen foil). I have used it to block out annoying lights on things like internet routers etc. or on security cameras. Might be an option here, in a thin enough strip affixed to the part of the lamp that is out of view? Alternatively an advertising board in the right place would block the light from the back scene.

WONDERFUL job. Have you tried to paint/mask the two lights by the new fence in black BUT only on the backside of the light, it might stop the lights going on the backdrop or at least reduce the brightness of the light....

Absolutely brilliant, always look forward to seeing more, 1 of my most favorite channels on YT, Believe it or not, you actually fill the void in my life with model trains😊, as I can only afford 1 hobby which is model cars and real ones, Have a Merry Christmas and all the best for 2024🎉🎉🎉🎉😊 Thankyou very much for the enjoyable videos in 2023👊 Cheers 🍺🍻KC Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🇳🇿🤝🇬🇧🇬🇧👍✌😎

Richard as allay it's just great, your layout one of the best. Have a nice Holiday's. See you next year. 🏝🌋 from island Reunion, ocean Iden.

Not into modelling myself, but I really appreciate the attention to detail and imagination. I work at Oxford station and thank you for paying homage to our old footbridge. Look forward to you next installment.

It keeps getting better and better Rich. 🙂

Station looks great Richard. Thanks for all the great work and effort you put in to making these wonderful, entertaining videos and sharing them with us. Perhaps in 2024 you could do something to let us give donations /help with the expense and reward to your efforts. I'm sure i can't be the only one who would like to help/contribute. Have a great Christmas, looking forward to the next one.

It looks really good, the lamp post at the end of the middle platform is wonky though. Just in case you didn't notice. This really is a fantastic layout.

That is superb mate! Seeing that Ford Fiesta come under the bridge, I had to blink twice! Excellent work!

Lamp bases: actually, some platform lights do have a base. If you do an image search for NYC Subway Ocean Parkway Platform, you'll see that they have a little flange base. Bolts are set into the concrete platform, the lamppost is fasten with washers and nuts to the bolts, then a sheet metal flange is put over the NBW to give it a clean look. They do the same thing here with streetlights too. It makes it easier to replace / upgrade the lighting without having to patch concrete.

I still can’t get over how amazing your layout is. I’ve shown your videos to a few mates of mine we love houses near the bridge that references Brixton Coldharbour Lane towards Loughborough Junction as we use to travel that route to school. Would love to see a some running session videos in the New Year 🙏🏾

Merry Christmas from New Zealand Richard, all the best to you and your family.

Another masterclass again Richard hope you have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous new year looking forward to the next installment of Everard Junction cheers Rob

Very believable - especially the Night Scenes. Spent many evenings on dark platforms in southern England waiting for trains.

Thanks Richard have a great Christmas hope Father Christmas brings you some new rolling stock 😁🎄👍🍻

Nice to see Chippenham station. 🤓

it looks nicely "finished" now....congrats...great job...well done.....cheers.

Your eye for detail is fantastic. Always enjoy your videos. Thanks

Another awesome video from my favorite railway. I can't wait till your next video and wish you and your family merry Christmas and a happy new year.

One word covers it. Superb.

...every time a train goes by I can almost feel the wind... So realistic.

This is amazing, especially at night

The West Hill Wagon works information board, that you said was given away at a show, was given away by them, in conjunction with Dave at Dean Park, at Model Rail Scotland 2023! I actually got one at the show, but didn't use it on the station. Instead, I sprayed mine blue, then added the information sheets to it, and placed it at the end of the pedestrian precinct, linking the High Street with the retail park, in the area where my Scotmid Co-op is. Basically, I've used mine for bus information, as the bus station, which will be visible in the rebuilt Postings shopping centre, is next to that!

I’m always baffled by how real the textures of the streets and sidewalks look. You have an eye for detail. I can’t wait until more little people move in to call this bleak town their home 😁.

Thanks for sharing. Merry Xmas to you and yours. Hope the present pile is a high one. See you in the new year. Stay safe.

Great work, nice lighting. Merry Christmas.

I have been watching the build video's for several months but cannot ever remember seeing a signal box especially with the various points on the layout and near the station, overall well done

Great work! I still think it would be a really interesting addition to add lighting etc under the scenic break end of the station, to give the impression of the 'indoor' section of the station continuing out of sight towards the fiddle yard. Never seen that done on a layout so far.

As ever, brilliant update, Richard. I think the photographer would just be happy that he didn't get bowled by the 47, spoiling his picture of the 50...........which when developed, would have been just a headlight! 🤣 Seasons greetings.

It looks superb, hope you do a running session over xmas and new year. If not do not over do the mince pies. As for the beer bash on.

Another cracking video, many thanks and a happy Christmas, Chris

My word, Richard and Lewis on the same day! must be Christmas!

Just finished a school concert, this is a lovely sight to come home to

Awesome vid. Love your layout. Keep up the good work.

Looks amazing! You’ve done such a great job, your eye for detail is really inspiring 👍🏼 I had idea for the light spilling onto the back scene would be to try some black-tack on the back of the platform lamps where you can’t see it. It’s exactly the same problems we face in theatre lighting and the solution is things like shutters on the lights etc. if you experiment with the black tack, you can always refine it to a piece of plasticard or something, it wouldn’t have to be tall to just get that light to hit the wall rather than the back scene. Looking forward to your next video 🤙🏼 hope Christmas is good for ya! 🎄

Looking good rich. Ive been working on my platforms at long last too.

I was going to watch it now on the 23rd but I know this will be so good it deserves to be a Christmas eve treat for me 😂

Just a suggestion for the back scene at night. Dull orange sky glow from the city. Thank you for the effort you put in.

I just subbed you! I am super impressed with your layout…it’s probably the best “real life” layout I have ever seen!! Absolutely incredible

Brilliant video, merry Christmas

Looks amazing as always but something that jumped out to me in the platform, wall and ballasting montage was those points. It would be very strange for that set of points that leads out of the sidings to be simple hand points. At the very least I'd expect them to be interlocked with a phone and some equipment to get release from the controlling signaler. More likely is they'd be a normal set of motorised points working as pair with their opposite on the mainline.

Fantastic as Always 👌🏽👍🏽 merry Christmas 🎅

Excellent. As always. Great detailing.

Absolutely brilliant as always, have a happy Christmas!

Happy Christmas Richard - and thanks for all the great videos this year.

BRILLIANT!!

Your layout is so impressive with the amount of detail you have added. I really enjoy your videos and absolutely appreciate the effort you put into the production of them. There are a lot of bad videos out there but yours are an example of how videos should be done. Thank you.

Always a joy! Merry Christmas!

Excellent Graffiti skills...

Richard, you are an inspiration to thousands of us! Merry Christmas 🎁

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year 🎁☃️🎄🎉💥

Could you add some trees behind those lamps to stop them lighting up the sky? Just poking up above the wall behind the lamps and a few other places to help stop the sky lighting up?

It's looking better and better! Happy Christmas to you.

Superb as always Richard.the level of detail is amazing. I’ve had a break for over a year from my layout.your video has inspired me to get back to it

Superb layout.

Hi Richard, great work on the end of the station. Thanks for all the great videos during the year of 2023. To you and your family Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. Mike HO from Australia.

Love your attention to detail it's so on period and your methods are just brilliant. As a modeller of a different discipline I know how much work goes into getting it right. it's so easy to ah stuff it. Well done this is one of the finest layouts I've seen.

Merry Christmas 🎅🏼

It just gets better and better! Love the night shots.

Superb as usual 👌