Hello , I just viewed a very beautiful layout. I like your scenery mainline tracks & freight yard & shed for trains. Fantastic. I'm inspired here by this I may consider this on my layout. This is my first time viewer of this channel. Thanks for sharing this. 🛤️🛤️ 👍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Hi Darryl Great work on the Compton a vast improvement and looks very good pulling the Mk2s. Hope you enjoyed the curry 🍛. Enjoy the summer break. Cheers Kev
Thanks for your kind comment Kev. Yes, I was rather pleased with the end result on the Crompton. And the curry was good - five star review for Pringleton Spice 😂. Have a good summer yourself too and thanks again 👍🚂
A very enjoyable series. Thanks for taking the time to share your journey and your layout. I think the class 33 has the longest and most detailed history of any loco class on Wikipedia! I've never owned one, but as I'm a GWR/BR(W) fan, I'll have to acquire one soon... Nice upgrades to your example. I have several Lima class 37s, so will try the replacement wheels, as the originals really are dirt magnets.
Thanks for your kind comment Stephen. I can comfortably say that changing the old Lima wheels is the single best upgrade I did on that loco, so thoroughly recommended for your class 37s. I'm glad you enjoyed the series and hope you'll tune in again for the next installment in September. Thanks again 👍🚂
Seeing as you are using DCC Concepts LED’s if you have the chance to attend one of their Open weekends at Settle have a look at their Soldering course. It is both an eye opener and instructional.. plenty of tips and advice to be had. Thank you for your channel it is very good and well presented.
Thanks for your kind comment Peter. A soldering course would certainly be good and I have yet to visit Settle. A trip to plan methinks 😁 ... thank you again and all good wishes 👍🚂
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Yes, the station is my pride and joy - accomodating some longish trains was a "must have" requirement for Pringleton! 🚂👍
Superb bargain buildings! The town is looking good. My favourite pieces were the re-purposed coal merchant's premises and the cafe. It will be interesting to see how you alter/add to it over time, as we all do.
Thanks for your kind comment, Stephen. Yes, I'm really looking forward to adding extra details to the town. More people and some market stalls are next on the list! Thanks again for stopping by 👍🚂
Great work. They look great. I have some Roco buffer stops that are made for lamps but I'll need to install something like this. Happy Modelling Mon from Monsville Railways .
Thanks for your kind comment, Mon. It's amazing how much difference small extras like this make to the overall effect. Thank you for stopping by and all good wishes 👍🚂
Nice tour Jack. Its good to get your head around how the two sections are linked. Great work so far. 👍 Enjoy your escape from the outside world. We all need one. Happy Modelling. Mon from Monsville Railways.
Ahh thanks for the shoutout, I greatly appreciate it my friend :) I absolutely loved Pringleton Town, what a delightfully detailed little corner of the layout. You've put so much love and attention into this. Well done! 🤩
Wow! what an amazing town you've built !i imagine the house prices have gone up since you went on youtube!..and a great place to live if you love TRAINS!! brilliant 😊
Thanks for your kind comment Dave. Pringleton certainly is the place for the train lover to live - those little houses by the church are particularly coveted! Thanks again 👍🚂
Thanks for your kind comment Andrew. We'll be back with our "season finale" on Monday 22nd July, taking a look at the Class 33 - hope to see you then. Thanks again 👍🚂
Hi Darryl, Pringleton Town is looking great, and the buildings were certainly a bargain. Does the restaurant sell Dylington's finest custard. Thank you for the shout-out, Darryl. Great video again....cheers James 🙂👍
Thanks for your kind comment James. The development chef is currently working on the autumn and winter menu, and was telling me that he really does want a quality custard amongst the dessert options - so Dylington's finest will certainly be in the mix 😁. If you'd care to send over a graphic I'd be pleased to get some promotion somewhere on the layout - stationmaster(at)pringleton.co.uk should do the job. Thanks again for your support 👍🚂
Great work. The town looks very real and natural. Awesome! My Garage Project Layout was purchased as a baseboard and frames with boxes of track, pre assembled buildings, cars, trucks etc. Someone built the base board then lost interest. So I had a blank canvas to work with. So I'm totally with you on buying pre made buildings if you get the chance. It's well worth the investment. 👍 Happy modelling.
Thanks so much for your kind comment. It sounds like you had a real result with your "starter pack" ... sometimes things like that are just the catalyst we need 😁. Thank you again for stopping by 🚂👍
Thanks so much for your kind comment Adrian - and yes, I really ace'd out with those buildings. Just the time saving alone was worth £££££s. Thank you again 👍🚂
Hi Darryl. Brilliant layout buddy. Nice modelling. Like the roads. Went on the live but ended up talking to myself. Great little running session.👍 Well done Darryl great layout and thank you for the shout out. Thumbs up thumped 👍 .... Pete....
Thanks for your kind comment Pete - and sorry I missed you earlier. So kind of you to drop by, and glad you like the town. The Wordsworth roads really are great. Thanks again 👍🚂
Greetings Jack, I have just come across your channel, June 24, and I love it. Your enthusiasm is catching please do not change even if the rivet counters rear their ugly heads. Just keep on the way you are. Your ‘model scene’ is yours and no one tells you what to do unless you ask them. It is so refreshing to take in what you present us with keep on keeping on….
Hello Peter! Thank you so much for dropping by and for your lovely kind comment. I'm delighted that you like the video and hope you'll be able to enjoy some of the others. All the very best, Darryl 👍🚂
What gets me most,it seems that the buildings you buy are mostly British and American. I want Japanese, and there doesn't seem to be much. I have tried some card diy but not happy. An mdf temple is beyond me.
Hi Chuck - thanks for stopping by and commenting. I think you're right about British and American buildings, although I have also seen a good amount of stuff that is representative of different parts of continental Europe too. I wonder if any other viewers have come across anything to help modelling Japan? 👍🚂
Thank you so much for your kind comment, Dave. I'm so pleased to hear that you like the layout and the video. I look forward to the shout out 😁. Thank you again 👍🚂
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Great to hear you like the layout, and thank RU-vid recommended the channel. I hope you get to enjoy some of my other episodes 👍🚂
Thank you for your kind comment Stephen. I'm still quite a way from retirement and, for me, it's great to have a hobby that lets me escape the real world (and work!) for a while here and there 👍🚂
@PringletonModelRailway Sure, you started it dur8ng lockdown. Sadly, I didn't have the opportunity to Don likewise. Otherwise, we'd be comparing notes now!
Another enjoyable video, Darryl, and it's good to see you aren't having any traffic problems with the binmen, unlike us in Dylington... Cheers James 🙂👍
Thank you for your comment James. At the moment Pringleton Town Council are indeed on top of the refuse collection, but we shall see how long that lasts 😁. The Dylington Model Railway bin day video is a great watch. Thanks again for stopping by and for your support 👍🚂
@PringletonModelRailway we enjoy our visits to Pringleton and are pleased to hear that the Pringleton Town Council has everything under control with the bin collections. Pleased you enjoyed our little bit of nonsense ... Cheers James 🙂👍
Looks awesome! I started my first proper layout as well on a 8x3.5 board and even without any buildings operating everything is a lot of fun! Keep up the awesome work, this layout looks amazing and with more progress I'm it will go very far :)
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Like you, my layout is all about fun and perhaps also an opportunity to escape the real world for a bit as well! I'm glad you liked this video and hope you'll find time to have a look at some of the other episodes as well. Thank you again 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway great video and break down of the station area. Excellent work. Reuse what you can. Totally with you on that one. 👍 Happy modelling
Brilliant and simple idea, I will use this on my layout build when the time comes to put buffers in. Video was very well made, no annoying music drowning out everything! Have subscribed to follow along. All the best from Melbourne, Australia.
Oooh I do love some good lighting. Lol be sure to check in with a video of mine first week of July that will bend your mind on lighting ideas NO ONE in the history of model making has dabbled in what I did anyway stay tuned stay safe and for all those lights there is all the more great ideas.
Thanks for your kind comment Kev. It is rather pleasing ... now I wish I didn't have the inconvenience of needing to go to work getting in the way of cracking on with lighting the rest of the layout 😄 👍🚂
Thank you so much for your kind comment. It is indeed a major spaghetti junction under there and my marvellous bit of cardoard did, of course, fall down the next day 😂. However, I have now replaced that with a nice bit of wire mesh which is keeping the wayward spaghetti in check 😁. Thanks again for stopping by and happy modelling to you too 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway credit where credit is due. 👍 Rather than conductive wire mesh, I was considering a stretchy elastic type mesh for under the layout frame. Is that available where you are? Stay safe.
Now that is an excellent idea 👍 - I know exactly what you mean and yes that is available here. I also realise I have a huge roll of scaffolding netting as well, and a portion of that would do the job rather nicely. Many thanks for the great suggestion 👍🚂
I did see a suggestion on another video, where the modeler had wired up the building with lights (looked pretty much where you'd expect to find them in a real building). He'd added some thin metal strips (painted black), one live and one return, which the LEDs were connected to (before painting). And then put some metal contacts on the bottom of two corners of the building. The baseboard then had the companion contacts. The advantage of doing it this way, the building was very easy to lift off, and where it concealed the track, gave easy access for cleaning. Yours looked a little tricky to remove the buildings in places, but it is an improvement over other wiring schemes I've seen, where the buildings are almost permanent attachments, and if the lights fail, would be difficult to maintain!
Thanks for your comment Neil. That sounds like an impressive technique you've seen elsewhere, and definitely one to bear in mind. The portacabins are the one on my layout that are a little difficult to remove - I think I might need to create a bigger hole for the stalk and bulb! Thank you again for stopping by and taking the time to comment 🚂👍
I haven't been a great fan of lights in buildings and carriages in the past because to see their full effect you have to reduce the daylight and then you can't see the train action too well, but what you've done has made me rethink my outlook on them completely, especially those shunting yard lamp posts. It's got me thinking now and in a good way. 😀
Thank you for your kind comment - I'm delighted to hear this video has given you food for thought. I think the dimmable overhead spot lights help as well, by being giving the option of creating a dusk type scene with building lights on whilst still being able to see the train action. Thank you again for stopping by 👍🚂
Looks great. I like the idea of having internal building lights on stalks. Might have to try that once I've got my buildings ready. Look forward to seeing the next update.
Thanks for your important question. I settled on the 1K resistors having seen what was provided with some off the shelf yard lamps, recommend on line, and having done the sums. So far so good and working well. Thank you again for taking the time to comment 👍🚂
Hi Darryl. Wow you have been busy with the lighting. Great job love your way of installing them. Lot less hassle than the way I do them. Defiantly want to get some of those great buffer stop lights. Platform lights are great. Thank you for the brilliant vlog Darryl. Thumbs up thumped 👍 ....Pete....
Thank you for your comment - this is a really important point. The short answer is that there is no bridge rectifier and they are working with just the LED and resistor, directly wired to the DCC track. I did a fair bit of research online before I had a go at these, and the consensus was that the LED and resistor would be fine. Whilst the DCC alternating current makes the LED flicker, it happens at such a high frequency that the human eye doesn't see it - and that is certainly my experience. There was also some other stuff about possible reverse voltage overload problems, with the consensus being that red LEDs aren't susceptible to this. That's all been echoed by my experience. I guess there's a possibility they may fail in years to come, but so far so good ... I shall post back here with any updates on future. Thanks again for stopping by and taking the time to comment 👍🚂
@@PringletonModelRailway That's good to know, I'm fairly light sensitive, when it comes to flicker, so this might not be the best solution for me. I do like this idea though, and I could opt to use a normal DC bus, which I'm planning to use for other layout lighting, or wire the tracks to a bridge rectifier below board, and run the LED feed from there.
Yes indeed - a DC bus will also work well. That is what I have used for other lights (in buildings, yard lamps, etc.) - you can see this in episode 7. I think I just went for the buffer stops onto the DCC track for ease and so that they were always on. Incidentally, there is definitely a difference between normal AC and DCC - I previously connected one of my buffer stop lights to an AC transformer and there was a very noticeable flicker, but connected to the DCC there is none (or, at least, none that I can see!). I'm afraid other, cleverer people will need to explain that though! 😂🚂👍
