Thanks. It kinda was movie magic skipping that work. It's not too hard just super repetitive lol

I like the comedy and his messaging. Gotta give him props for keep it relevant with tours etc.

@@SMTMainline saw him a few years ago and his show is worth it.

I completely agree. My friend requested it to be flat for storage but elevation could easily be added to the design.

I'm impressed too!

same

Hearing that means quite a bit to me. Videos like this one take a lot of time to put together so I really appreciate that 😃

@@SMTMainline Youre fantastic and I'm personally glad to see another young person doing it!

I am so sorry for your (train) loss dude. That freaking sucks. Hope you get those trains repaired (if they can get)

@@F40M07their working now! Just don’t have a (personal) layout, but I can run at my local model raolroad. I got good friends there

R.I.P❤

I’m so sorry to hear that

Ohno! Best wishes

It works pretty well, I learned that trick from a Hobby store owner many years ago.

Thanks for this in detailed explanation.

@@SMTMainline That particular switch was Electrofrog. The others are insulfrog (plastic sections in the rail at the frog). Electrofrog switches can't have power feeding from the frog end as you get a short circuit. They need to have insulating joiners at the two inner rails leading from the frog so that the power is only fed from the 'toe' or point blade end. And while you can use them without extra polarity switches on the switch machines, that only works while the point blades are clean, because they are the only way for power to get to the rails between the point blades and the insulating joiners at the frog. So using the polarity switches as suggested above is a good idea. But then the same applies to Insulfrog points as well. Insulfrog switches don't have this complication, but you get that unpowered section through the frog which can cause some locos to stall. Peco Electrofrog switches / turnouts have all this covered in the sheet of instructions usually included when new. There's always something to learn in this wonderful hobby, isn't there? 😊

"I'm a man but I can change, if I have to, I guess"

@@SMTMainline I'll be home right after the meeting! Lol!

Never too late to restart. I did at one point and learned a lot

That's a great idea to prevent issues.

Glad to hear that lol

@@SMTMainline Congrats on 130k ig

@@KongVR_FR every time I play his videos I always say it along in sync

@@djfish14 lol

@@KongVR_FR lol

You are spot on. When I started editing this there was over 4 hours of raw footage and that doesn't include the planning, prep, supply runs and trouble shooting as mentioned.

That's great to hear

For sure.

Thanks a ton!

May the forth, isn't that for a different month? lol I hope this helps your project :)

@@SMTMainline YOURE RIGHT

Sounds good Scooby

You and me both, the next one should be tricky but exciting.

Thanks, I'm happy with how it turned out!.

Seen it before on That Model Railway Guy

It's related to model airplane dope they use on Silkspan, often in rubber band planes they save weight by useing hair spray ,I'm sure they have favorite brand of hairspray ❤❤

It was suggested by viewers in the previous build. I've also used Aylmers spray glue but ti sometimes changes the colour of the grass a bit.

Thank you very much!

Glad to hear that, I hope you do.

Thanks 👍

Right on. What size of layout are you building?

Thanks Peter, I think the next one will be a little more exciting.

AnyRail is another good track planning software as well

Glad to help

Absolutely!

Glad you enjoy it

Right on!

I appreciate that!

Good idea

I love that show, I couldn't count of the hours of it that I've watched.

@@SMTMainline My favorite episode was the Fishtank Skylight. Now that's ingenuity.

No problem!

That's awesome, what kind of set up do you have?

@@SMTMainline I have an oval with a siding

Fr and also I love the layout I might add it. (just got into railroading so plz anyone give me some tips and tricks)

Yeah

In N scale it would be incredibly space efficient, you could probably even add wider turns etc.

Thanks a bunch!

Congrats on the purchase, hopefully it will pull nicely

@SMTMainline thanks! Mainly rn is needing to get the space for a layout and build it. Wanted to get the locomotive before making the layout so I could work out clearances and such for tunnels/curves. Didn't want to make layout then get locomotive only to find it wouldn't fit on it

As much as DCC can be handy I usually us DC myself.

Red Green is a legend, I had to

Great comment, you beat me to it. I use peco insulfrog switches as these were what i bought, and I still use insulated joiners. 👍😃

That's for that explanation. I was wondering if that was the case since it looked a little too neat to be an accident but I had never seen one like that from Peco.

@@SMTMainline no worries! I only know as I switched to them after watching a video from Chadwick model railway, when wired properly they really make running 0-4-0 and other short wheel base Locos easy!

I would love to have a layout like this

I'll have to try that, I'm sure it will help!

Thank you!!

Thank you!

Thank you

Thanks.

Thank you!

That issue was corrected, it was just some glue left over. If you watch the reveal short you can see its fixed.

I want to try building a Z scale layout at some point, have any pointers?

@@SMTMainline stick with just using marklin track. Being in Canada, the track is hard to locate and expensive , but I was able to find several eBay users from Germany selling 2nd hand track, hobby shops in Germany, so the track is tested. I used the track planning software and got the list of track (marklin is very good at cataloging every variant of track). The track is amazing quality, never had an issue with any. You have to keep in mind all the switches pass on power to all track. There are some interesting components marklin released, like contract tracks, reverse loop polarity switches and universal relay units, all designed explicitly for 10v. Unlike HO and N scale where relays and power packs all are compatible, everything for Z scale has to use either Zscale hardware or modified to output 10v. You can get quite a bit into a small layout with Z. In my layout, I’ve got 3 parallel tracks and a reverse loop and inlet for parking on the first level and a figure 8 and reverse loop bridge on the 2nd level, and a simple single track oval on the third level. I can run 5 trains concurrently via two DC power packs (DCC isn’t really worth looking into with Z scale). All this crammed into a 87cmx54cm cabinet.

Thanks Randy!

Rivarossi did a good job with the designs

@@SMTMainline indeed! False flanges/non-flanged wheels are great!

Thank you! Cheers!

I showed how I soldered the track in the previous video but I should have shown how I wired up the controller, it's not too difficult but it can be helpful to know.

Good ole Scooby dum

I appreciate that!

@@SMTMainline your welcome

Absolutely, you could add what are called electrical blocks to each track going into the facility. You isolate the track with rubber rail joiners can connect a switch so you can shut off sections of track to park locomotives inside.

Same

Same😅

N scale would probably be ideal in this case but its interesting to see the limits of HO in a small space.

That's a good point. It could even be connected to a club layout at a train show if someone wanted to.

The outer track is 22R but I had to use some 18R on the inside to make it all fit together. It doesn't matter too much since it didn't derail anyway.

I hope it can help you with your project.

@@SMTMainline it sure will, thank you!!!

I've built two layouts without any software and they both turned out well. Your style of building a layout can work pretty well so long as you're willing to rearrange things.

Well harrision i stuck without too much room for a layout if so i put my track on the concrete floor and mock how track will go .i did get some metal doublo track so that dose mind going on the floor if i ever win euro millions i be buying a big house for me and friend i have room built onto house just for me 00 track and the dublo track too

I just use foam board and paint it with matt finish grey, I find it works pretty well.

@@SMTMainline alright thank you

I don't love using flex track on sharp corners that need to be precise since a even small wrong movement changes the length of the rail but I can see how it would be far easier on a larger layout.

There are some cross members but that's about it. I like your idea with the ohmmeter :)

Best of luck with the project, I'm sure it will be great.

I love that saying. I've heard mechanics use it many times