Building a OO9 Model Railway Episode 4:Tunnel portals, river beds and painting slate rock face 

And too you Mike, thanks for the comment 😃

Thank you glad your enjoying the series

No problem

@@WesternSignalman Thanks very much for replying to my comment.Have a Great Christmas see you in the New year. Take Care & Stay Safe.

@@medwaymodelrailway7129no worries, have a great Christmas too.

Thank you, nicely spotted, although I have been avoiding my slipknot shirts when filming I think that might put people off the channel 😂

Thanks Richard glad you’ve enjoyed the video, I’m taking a Christmas break but hoping to get back in the layout next week. James

you know me mate don't want to see good chocolate go to waste.

sounds great, DCC is certainly the way forward, I've built this layout with isolated sections, but if do another OO9 (and as I have one in mind already there's a good chance I will) I'm also going to go DCC I think. I think Gaugemaster do some sort of sound box for background noises, I'm certain that's what was on the layout Little Burford when I saw it at a model show and it was really effective.

@@WesternSignalman Thank you for your reply, there are some wonderful sounds of the countryside on you tube, that can be played on a hidden blue tooth speaker.." without adverts". I'm s complete novice regarding DCC ..but can see grand children and myself would love it..Having had a railway with my brother some 50 years ago it's always been a huge attractive to me. . Especially as s winter hobby.. 009 is an excellent medium for a circular layout and not taking up to much room..my late brother and I had a circular layout, and were mesmerised..Love your design offers a great deal of interest for a smaller size..However it's all a little like gardening a small garden with a lot of interest is far better than a acre field

@@muddymarvellous I think that is the advantage of OO9 it can be built in a similar size to N gauge layout but still modelling in OO. I think your spot on in regards to size I've been able to keep my interest up on this layout as I can keep moving onto something new, which is why my larger layout has probably ground to a halt as after a couple of months of track laying and wiring I got a bit bored and took a break from it.

Thanks Simon, I'm really pleased you've enjoyed my videos.

Thanks Gary, glad you found my adventure in building this layout interesting and interesting to you. Cheers for watching

Just reread my comment that should have said interesting and informative. I found your channel the other week and subscribed, there’s some great videos there.

Thanks very much

Thank you very much. I must admit I’m a sucker for kit building rather than ready to plant but I see your point. When some scatters are on I think the church will stand out a little better. I had researched churches around north Wales and found an article about one of the oldest in the country which I used as a basis for adapting my church.

cheers Steve, they are a godsend aren't they

Thanks Steve, it all depends on your budget for this layout i used standard peco solenoid point motors. But if your going dcc I would suggest the cobalt digital IP point motors I used these on my OO gauge layout, they are very easy to instal and program . If you look for underground Eric he did a really informative video on installing these points ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4hpMVFynnfI.html

Thank you very much I’m glad your enjoying the build. Will your layout be DCC or analogue? I’m currently using a standard fleishmann analogue controller for this layout which has the advantage of a 14v output for the point motors. My larger layout is DCC and I’m currently using a Bachmann dynamos ultima which I would throughly recommend not to buy it’s a terrible price of kit, so I’m still trying to find the ideal controller for that layout myself.

@@WesternSignalman I’m thinking analogue, as I doubt many of my locos are DCC compatible. Does the Fleischmann controller have multiple panels, so I can operate sections of my layout separately? I know gaugemaster controllers come in varying sizes which may be useful.

@@Living_Life_RN no the controller is just a bog standard from a train set. I have built 4 isolating sections into the layout to control the trains off one controller. I do have a dual gauge master controller and it is a very good controller, something like that would be perfect for you I’d imagine.

1 metre by 75cm

Ta very much. I’ve had this issue with the music before, on the computer the levels are fine but when I post something it seems to put it out of balance. I probably need to look into different editing software.

@@WesternSignalman Thinking about it, it may be how RU-vid normalises the audio after you upload. I have noticed it with a few accounts I follow. So it may be out of your control?

@@dibsyardshuntinglayout maybe I’ll have to play around with the sounds on the next video.

In the riverbed I just used sculptamold