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Beautiful layout and great switching video! Your speeds look quite realistic indeed. So, you got sound on that engine without DCC? How does this work? I recently started a tiny N scale switching layout myself, let's see how this goes 😁
Thank you! The sound was basically from a TrainTech SFX20 sound bug which has a motion sensor in it and a pre-recorded sequence of movement at a specific speed. It’s meant for DC folks who want sound but don’t want to move to DCC and aim for the good old ‘Simple life.’ Typical British invention, you’ll like it. It’s for OO scale so too big for N, so I’d good mine in the heavy load depressed flat car.
The last ingredient is interesting one. I just started watching these miniture tree making, very few but I feel I have got you right. Great Video! ThanQ for sharing the tech.
I used asparagus fern for a pine tree about 40 years ago. I only glued the sprigs into a balsa trunk. It is still on my layout. The asparagus sprigs were only painted and they have not deteriorated over the years.
I can't open Engine Driver pass the (Server Address and Port and then Connect). I tried every port and server! The DCC-EX is running and 192.168.4.1 Port=2560 seems OK. I’m running DCC-EX on Chrome and JMRI on android tablet. Help!
Thank you very much! Unfortunately my personal modelling time is now very limited due to work, hope to get back to it someday. Glad that you enjoyed my work. Cheers! Kaustav
Great work. Aplain background instead of paste jars and tools would make the viewing better for us viewers. In other words, please keep unnecessary clutter out of your camera shot. The shot while airbrushing is perfect.
Thank you kindly! I am glad that you enjoyed my work. It did take long indeed, about 400 hours in total to make the layout and the video. But it was worth it! Cheers! Kaustav
I just stumbled upon this incredible video. Vikas Chander is clearly a genius, but what is very obvious after watching this video is his diligence, which is completely out of this world. Choosing a German railway to model is also very appropriate given how obsessive German's are about precision. The Lionel layouts in my neck of the world seemed incredible till I saw this. Thanks to Trains and Dioramas for bringing this to us. By the way where is this layout? Is it open to the public?
Brother what is the reason behind of using modge podge before applying ballast in ho scale tracks? I am asking you because most of the video I have seen they have not used the modge podge before applying ballast in ho scale track, they directly applied the ballast to the ho scale track?
Mod Podge has two key benefits for Scenery work- it dilutes better than other white glues, and the matte variant that I use doesn’t leave any shine what so ever. Once dried you would never know that there’s glue in the ballast. Alternatively you can also use acrylic matte medium.
Un hermoso tutorial. Desgraciadamente sólo puedo guiarme con lo que veo, los pasos a seguir, pero desgraciadamente muchos detalles que usted explica verbalmente escapan a mi entendimiento. Entre ellos, el material que utiliza, y algunos comentarios que no me es posible entender debido al idioma. Ojalá pudiera incluir subtítulos en español. Aún así, agradezco muchísimo lo que comparte. Me encanta éste arte, y estoy preparandome poco a poco para poder iniciar una de estas hermosas artesanías. Saludos desde Gutiérrez Zamora, Veracruz México...
@@TrainsandDioramas ... me basta con lo que usted muestra. Es más que suficiente para poder entender ese paso a paso. Saludos y de nuevo gracias por todo lo que comparte...👍👍❤️❤️🇲🇽🇲🇽
Ahh man thank you, I picked up a couple of Kato RDCs from a train shop as a pair. The dummy one has something in its gears locking it up completely. That little part at the end saved my day. Much appreciated. Thanks for sharing this!
hey man, thank you for making this video! I do have a little question. Do you think it is okay to use this method with trains that have rubber tractions?
Thank you DJ, glad that you enjoyed my work. I watch your videos regularly, your content is great, especially your analysis of prototypes. Cheers! Kaustav
