Hey Boomer ... I think your attention to detail is awesome. My challenge has always been to keep up the effort over time. I often start off fast and then get frustrated by the extra work the detailing demands. I'm learning how to pace myself to get a lot more enjoyment from the activity. Keep up the great work and excellent tips!

The modeling techniques you display are invaluable. Thank you for all that you do in this community.

I been watching these segments about 8 minutes long just to clarify what is going on in your presentation, this is so I do not get bored.

Glad to see you didn’t get a permanent scar from the oil change! 👍🏻

Your modelling is amazing and I like your videos but my favourite thing is how positive and in our aging you are to other modellers. Please keep your videos coming.

It’s just brilliant watching you do your stuff with great results all the detail just makes it so real thanks Boomer 😀👍

As always Boomer, you teach us model railroaders new ways to build and you make it look easy. I have learned more from watching you than all the other videos I watch. I can’t thank you enough for sharing your knowledge of scratch building, scenery, and track work. I always look forward to your next video with enthusiasm. Thanks again. Otto

Hiya Boomer..... As an British railway modeller, have to thank you and congratulate you in a wonderful series of videos, and guides The way that model stuff, is very inspiring. It has made me think in different ways to go about modelling buildings etc. Fantastic and excellent tips - Jeff

In a previous video, you mentioned we had two options as a modeler,. 1. Quit, 2. Work harder. When you said "quit ", I nearly fell out of my chair, but alas you jest, you proceeded to work harder. Not only is your talent amazing to watch, but your work ethic is the reason many modelers fail. Thanks for the inspiration in pushing me to be a better modeler, Your videos are a valuable contribution

A true master class in scratch building. Thank you for taking the time to make such excellent quality videos. Dave

The styrene king ,you are an artist 👍👍👍

The tubing trick is great! Truck exhaust!!

Damn! That is one sure easy way to make a ladder. Loved how you “bent” the pipe. Shows how fine scale modelling can be done with Evergreen plastic

Wow okay thanks for the lesson, I had no idea one could bend pipe. Always a joy to watch your videos.

Awesome modeling Boomer. Attention to detail, realism and composition. Just found your channel and have been watching all the vlogs. What a goldmine of ideas and implementation. Thank you for distracting my entire day watching your vlogs!

With all the attention to fine detail, and the meticulous way it's being constructed, River Road should be destined for the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, or whatever the equivalent is in Canada. LOL. If my grain elevator turns out only 1/4 as good, it will be celebration time at my house. Remarkable work! 👍

I've always had a problem with patience doing things like this as I've said before. The thought that if I spend anymore time on this I'll never get the layout done,kept popping up. I realize that I've been watching you do this for many ,many videos and haven't had that feeling. For the first time in my life I realize that the thrill of accomplishing such beautiful results washes away the anxiety feeling. I can't thank you enough for teaching me that. When I've finished "fixing" track and rewiring said track , I should finish programing JMRI operations pro but I may make that wait a bit longer and build something I can be proud of first. I may have trouble with it because it will be my first attempt but it should be worth it to learn how to work like this. Thanks again!

Wow Boomer that is incredible…it is as close to realism as it gets

Absolutely amazing work Boomer. I am awestruck watching and learning from your videos. I have taken pages of typewritten notes/links from your videos, thank you for sharing. You are a true craftsman!

Love it great work, the way you paint it, inspirational.

No getting bored here Boomer. I just start getting into what you're doing and the segment is over. Where else but a book could this delicate modeling be found. But here, one can actually see each step being physically performed. Your Vlogs are invaluable! CHEERS

Amazing work! It’s gets better each time!

Master class, just keeps getting better.

The ladder is exceptional - cant wait to try to build my own

Another option that may work for your viewers. I've been sanding down the sides of the plastruct ladders to reduce the profiles. Gently with 400 grit sanding block. They look a lot better. Yours look better of course! Haha.

Another great video. Love your styrene work.

I draw the line (pun!) at making HO scale ladders. That's outside my patience zone 😁. But yours do look a lot better. Give me a few years and a shot 🥃, then I'll give that a whirl. 👍

Love the work, but just to say the “vent” is actually an overflow on the tank which is why it is on the side and it is insulated with aluminum cladding covering it. Usually these are placed at roughly 80% of the tanks height. I work in a plant with tons of this type of pipe covering which is heat traced to prevent any freezing of anything in the pipe. Seeing in your photos the man hatch on the cone does not have a TSSA marking on it which is a good indication that the tank is atmospheric and the large pipe connection on top is actually open with a large cover. Regardless the model is awesome nicely done.

Great work as always , and I have tried different ways for those ladders in N scale. Either plastruct , brass , and from kit parts. As a person that has been up on these on Heavy industry buildings very high up. They are crap and vary from thick angle iron to just metal bars , so I just use all the ideas I said . Once painted the various sizes adds to the look like the real stuff.

That looks fantastic

I’ve made a few etched brass kits (wood chip loader). I kept all the “sprues” just in case. Lots of thin little strips of brass that will come in handy later.

Amazing stuff, and timely. I am set to make the Chama oil dock which included a ton of piping. Your tutorial has cleared up all the questions floating around in my head as to how to do it. Thanks so much.

I wish I had your patience!

That was awesome. Thanks for sharing. I wonder if I can do that in N

Great video Boomer. That ladder looks fantastic. Where can I find that brass etched mesh walkway stuff you mentioned at 4:09 in the video it looks like great stuff. - Nicholas.

Hi Boomer, great looking model. In another life I was a structural cad designer/project coordinator etc and I cant help asking about the splice in the bottom of the columns. Have seen this before and it looks like an error was made in the height and that would have been an acceptable fix. Measure twice and cut once👍🖊📐

Another great video Boomer! I know it's been awhile since I've last commented, but I've been busy using your techniques on my own scratch building projects, and it's been very helpful/rewarding. One thing I noticed in this video, that I've also ran into, is the cementing of flat surfaces onto round/curved surfaces. When you were gluing the hatch (flat surface) on the funnel (round surface), there was a gap between the two. How did you go about packing the open space between the hatch and the funnel? I've ran into the same situation myself, but I just try to add more glue between the gap and let the plastic melting/bonding do its own thing and that usually works. But sometimes the gap is too large to do that. What do you do in these situations, and especially how did you fill in the gap between the hatch and the funnel on the extractor? Thanks again for all the great videos. I can't tell you how much your techniques have helped me grow further in my scratch building skills. Take care!

Eduard #00113 Mesh is another good one.

I like your method of bending rod. I've had luck touching it to my soldering iron. Now that large I don't know if it works.

Crap, I can see I need to buy some more metal rulers!

Boomer? Can you make a quick video for you fans how you made that jig my scratch building constituents are all wondering. We are all going through your videos trying to figure. I know it’s made of maple 🍁 and glued. We would like a see the bottom of the jig! We will donate.

You are a glutton for punishment but I have to admit, that's a fine looking ladder. Sure can't do that in N scale.