A wonderful addition. The Royal mail depot really does look very good. Just a few observations from when I worked in and out of Birmingham New St. almost daily as a Guard. Mail BRUTEs that were for Royal Mail exclusive use were coloured red, not blue. Another thing came to light at the end of the video, that is the 'tail' traffic attatched to the class 128 DPU. One van was possible but not regular, as the DPU units got very little maintenance. Two vans would have been a great struggle for the DPU. This is not a 'nit pick', just a heads up as to what was and was not back then. Regards, Paul.
The Depot fits in nicely, nice work with the canopy, the strip you have left maybe you could make raised flower bed ,a small wall at the front leaving a small footpath if you have the room ? keep up the good work.👍
Thanks Chris, some good ideas there, but in my following update I solved my delama by making an overgrown drainage ditch in front of the depot. I think it came out well IMO 🤔 but see what you think if and when you watch my latest update. Cheers Graham 😊 👍
Hi Graham, Well i must say what a superb job on the depot. You asked about detailing the area, i have worked for Rmbfor nearly 42 yrs. And done some small stints down Cardiff Central, unloading and loading More so TPO Trains. Little bits of detail, not sure of your year but the uniforms would be grey. With small tabards. There would be more blue cages, Bruts, and not so many pallets and boxes. And some spot lights, And a manager watching you. But other than that spot on, ATB to you.Stuart
If your late eighties we had the blue uniform with red stripe I had the grey from 84 when I joined until 87 first part of the new uniform was the light blue shirts rain wear then went from all over yellow to red/blue as for hi viz greenish yellow can’t tell you too much I’m still under the act but your more or less ok mate 😊😊
Graham some nice details there I notice a few people have commented on the railway staff. The track workers would not be wearing full orange or hard hats, the requirement to wear full orange didn’t come in until the late 90’s also red hard hats were not allowed for track workers in case they could be confused with a red aspect on the signals. In the 80’s often orange tabards were very short and sometimes tied around the waist. Also in colder weather black donkey jackets would be worn with orange section across the shoulders. Hard hats were not common in 80’s I remember when they come in and everyone was concerned they would fall off when bending over, not the case of course. In the Royal Mail depot the staff would be employed by Royal Mail and would I assume uniforms would be different. I hope you find the comments constructive.
Royal Mail depot looks spot on, the use of the mesh fence still allows you to look across the station and adds to the atmosphere, well done with the kit bashing and lighting. You must have been reading my mind because I was thinking about cutting the units in and around roof beams and then you went and done it (great minds think a light lol). Many thanks for sharing it was a pleasure to watch, regards Barry..👍
Really nice depot, looks great especially with the lighting effect, has a nice feel to it,, bit of detail suggestion with the forklift working under the canopy a bit of protection around the canopy supports might work, bit of plastic rod bent and painted a dull yellow possibly
Hi Graham great to see your running session looking awesome mate went to my first toys fair got some goodies same here taking time away from my layout got a 3d resin printer for my Christmas learning how to use it to good results 🚂🚂🚂
@@WHP1980s I meant to ask - how did you do the tufts of grass between the track? Did you cover that in a previous video? It’s a very small detail, but it adds a lot.
I may of shown how 🤔 in one of my very early updates. Maybe No 4 15mins in maybe. But it is quite easy. Spray a little IPA in the area you want some tufts. Then with a mixture of 50/50 PVA & water with a drip of washing up liquid. Drip in random patches with a dropper. then get your static grass applicator out and sprinkle the area with your chosen grass mix. Then when dry vacuum up excess grass and keep it for next time. Hey presto random grass tufts. Hope this helps. Cheers Graham 🙂 👍
Great addition to the layout scenery Graham. Your layout for me is one of the top 5 on RU-vid mate. 3 pillars on canopy, you might want to consider going to just 1 or the 2 outer ones either side, just a thought 😉
AMAZING work Graham, your attention to detail shines through, what a great addition to your layout, love the videos you make and all your expertise you pass on, thanks again, Pete.
That looks excellent Graham.Really sets the scene. The fencing, is a stroke of genius. You've done exceptionally well Graham 👏👏 I'm chuffed for you, you found that mojo again. As for the gap leave it well alone, let those looking use their imagination, as to what it. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Graham that looks excellent mate. It's added another point of interest to the station area. I actually think it looks great filming through the depot into the station. Great job. You can actually get barbed/razor wire from WWscenics or squire's. They sell it in small rolls either 1m or 3m. I used it in a similar situation on security fencing but also on fences around fields on my layout. It didn't cost much I got it from 1 of the shows last year, just a thought cheers Andy
Wow Graham what a lovely job you have made . Very nice it's fitted in so well and finished off the Station area. Good Lighting you get the feeling of everyone busy sorting parcels post etc ready to go on the Trains. Fantastic. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes Richard Canterbury
Another brilliant project Graham! The Royal Mail depot brings your station alive. I love the detailing. Could narrow strip at the front be modelled to suggest an overflow car park for the station and RM staff? The advertisement hoardings would enhance this. Cheers, Karl
I have seen a few debates on it, so will try and find out for 100% certainty. Easily changed if necessary. Thanks for pointing it out though. You're not the first though. Logic would be out I guess to stop people climbing. Cheers Graham 🙂 👍
Hi Graham, great job, the layout's looking really good and I'm really enjoying the uploads. You mentioned something you use to clean and maintain your track, but I can't remember what i's called. Could you let me know, it'd be really helpful, cheers, Stewart.
It's a product called INOX Stewart. It's a cleaning lubricant made in Australia. There are a few places it can be sourced in this country. One was DCC Concepts, but it's getting hard to get a hold of. It's a bit like WD40 but is food safe and doesn't dry out. It also promotes electrical contact when a fine film of it is left on a metal surface, i.e., rails. You only need a dampened cloth with it to maintain your layout. Lasts for ages. They also use it on slot cars (Scalextric cars). I hope that helps. Atb Graham 🙂
@@WHP1980s Hi Graham, thanks for letting me know, it’s really helpful. As you say it seems hard to find at the moment, so will do a Google search later and see what comes up. Any further thoughts on changing your controller? - we messaged a bit about this around Christmas time. Was speaking to a friend in the trade last week. Apparently where he works got one of the new Dynamis systems to try out and he said it’s brilliant. Maybe food for thought. Thanks again for INOX - I’ll give it a go, cheers, Stewart.
@stewartfraser3506 no problem, as for control system I too have been keeping an eye on bachmann's new system. Saw it at the Ally Pally show a couple of weeks ago. Will see how it pan's out, might be the upgrade I need. Cheers 😊 👍
Never been sure on that one, have seen many people's take on that, so not sure myself. 🤔 I may be wrong, if I am I can always change it with not a lot of bother. Seen a few discussions on the subject in the past. ???? You would think it would be much more effective facing out, but I think I've seen it mostly facing in, but I could be wrong of course. 🤔
Always thought barbed wire top had to be facing away from public, so that no one could accidentally injure themselves if they were lawfully going past…. It was the same with embedding broken glass in concrete on top of boundary walls…
So you are saying I was right to start with. 🙃 now it's facing out but I'm going to construct a ditch below in the waste strip. So this will be the boundary. Can't keep swapping it back and forth. 😁 Cheers 🙂 👍
Just found this on Wikipedia. British Rail Universal Trolley Equipment (BRUTEs) were trolleys used from 1964 until 1999 for sorting, handling and transport by rail of parcels, newspapers, etc. So in my modelling era. But not used today.
