Sevenoaks OO gauge layout - Watching the trains go by

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Жыл бұрын

Firstly a very Happy New Year to everyone. Hope you've had a great Christmas and that 2023 is good to you.
Another quick video for this evening. There's not much on the platforms at the moment, but that will change soon as I start to focus more on the scenic side of things again. There is, however, a rather lonely looking man sitting on the only bench in the station, and it made me think how relaxing it can be to just sit and watch trains come and go. I hope to do a few more of these as the variety (and reliability) of stock improves.
Thoughts, comments and suggestions are all welcome, and please feel free to like, comment and subscribe!

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@Cookie_and- 26 күн бұрын

Absolutely amazing 👍

@smallrails6831 10 ай бұрын

Pure moving art. Hello from NZ

@sevenoaksOO 10 ай бұрын

Thanks! Welcome to the channel :)

@ProfPtarmigan Ай бұрын

Brilliant

@mrhaggit Жыл бұрын

Lovely video. Be nice to see hornby re release the networker, a lot of emu trains still need doing thameslink 700s , electrostars , class 319 in oo gauge. We can only hope!

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Absolutely - any of those three would be great! I'm thinking the 319 is the most likely, as we've had one in N gauge. Love your channel by the way, your vids have been a great help with inspiring stock for the layout :)

@Theostrainsyt2024 Жыл бұрын

@@sevenoaksOO is the 73 dick mabutt?

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

@@Theostrainsyt2024 The Class 73s are 'Jeanette' and 'Janice'.

@Northern158909 Жыл бұрын

Loving these videos. I was until recently the Station Manager for Sevenoaks, and it's a real great effort. Love it.

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, really appreciate that and glad you're enjoying the videos! :)

@ewoodrailway Жыл бұрын

Such a fine layout

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind comment, much appreciated!

@tranporter500 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU FOR MY HOME :D

@warwickroadmodelrailway Жыл бұрын

Fantastic, really great to see 3rd rail EMU's running on your layout a verry rare sight

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Thanks David - yes I wish there were more RTR 3rd rail emus available. With prices as they are I think we're not likely to see many appearing in the near future.

@warwickroadmodelrailway Жыл бұрын

@@sevenoaksOO A few years ago and with my limited modelling skills I attempted a conversion of a Bachmann Turbostar into a Southern Electrostar but yet to be finished. It is a real shame that Hornby did not model the Electrostar with its many liveries

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

@@warwickroadmodelrailway Yeh absolutely. If you want a bit of help with finishing your Southern Electrostar let me know - were you using James Makin's resin cab fronts?

@warwickroadmodelrailway Жыл бұрын

@@sevenoaksOO yes I used James Makin's cab fronts, would really appreciate a bit of help I think my modelling skills at the time of conversion were a bit short of what was needed

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

@@warwickroadmodelrailway It is a very fiddly job to be fair - certainly don't beat yourself up. I didn't fully appreciate what I was getting into until I started it, and there were times I felt like giving up on it! What stage did you get up to with your unit, and where did you get stuck? If you use RMWeb, I have posted all the details of my conversion on there - you can see it here: www.rmweb.co.uk/topic/174514-southeastern-electrostar-conversion-project-underframe-detail/#comment-4950721.

@Farleigh1050 10 ай бұрын

0:21 Are those boards electronic or did you make a edit? If electronic, where can you get it from? And how expensove are the trains here?

@sevenoaksOO 10 ай бұрын

The boards are real and are made by Train Tech. I think they're around £50 each. You can't buy the trains in the video, they are custom made for the layout.

@teebo4041 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely brilliant models! Thumbs up. Also Do you do commissioning or just a personal project? - I currently have in my Display cabinet collection, Emu Electrostars class 377 southern / Class 377 Thameslink purple / Class 375 Blue Southeastern / Connex 4 Cig slamdoor 4 car unit / and Nse, Connex and Southeastern 466's from Hornby but very interested in completing with 465's and the exact white/ grey coloured class 375 Southeastern Electrostar shown in you're video! 😉👍

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your message. I don’t do commissions I’m afraid, they are far too time consuming to make it profitable.

@medwaypeninsulaMR Жыл бұрын

All caught up now - A couple of questions is that a TrainTech platform display, are the announcements recorded and played over the video or a sound module on the layout and did you re spray the SouthEastern train ? I note there is virtually no Southern region modern day stock from the main manufacturers so i had to get a Bachmann 158 resprayed in the Dark Blue livery . Cheers Kev

@sevenoaksOO Жыл бұрын

Hi Kev - yes it's a TrainTech display. The announcements were made using a clever little tool I found online, which allows you to make your own custom announcements. You can find it here: roycurtis.github.io/RAG/. I just recorded the playback with audacity and edited them into the video. Both the 465 and the Electrostar were fully resprayed yes. You're right, there are very few modern Southeastern liveried models available unfortunately :(

@medwaypeninsulaMR Жыл бұрын

I will have a look at the announcements tool and the re sprays are very good. Cheers Kev