I never thought I’d see this level of operation on a layout. What an incredible project you’ve built. Great vision and execution, not seen this standard outside of a model railway club. Even the sound is switched off ‘off stage’. I bet most of us never thought we’d miss 1st generation DMUs, just goes to show…. All the best with the scenics, I know the standard will be as high as ever!!! My son’s favourite channel 👍 Darren
Hi Hugh - Its always a welcome sight to see a new video from PS .The new DMU looks an excellent new addition and I love how you have set Train Controller to operarate it . The layout is looking very impressive and is a credit to you. All the best for 2024 ........................Cheers Kev
Hi Hugh i like the pressie that you've bought for yourself, its perfect for your layout. The programming was interesting to see how you got it all to work. However the running session at the end was mesmerising, so much going on, so much to see and it all workrd without a crash. Mind you the folk on the Dundee train wouldn't be too happy missing their conection, just like in real life lol a long wait at a cold damp Perth for the next connection. Great video cheers Andy
Hi Hugh - What a brilliant update, very interesting how you programmed your new acquisition into the computer, way over my head though. The class 101 looks beautiful, in fact I have just ordered my third Graham Farish Class 411 4 CEP 4 car EMU which I will try and convert into a class 404 4 cor emu. Three will be enough I think. Then you finished off with a wonderful running session. Cheers Hugh. Regards Chris
Thanks Chris. Southern region emus are a bit of a mystery for me but completely understand why you would want them. Hope all well with you and that you are making some progress with your models. Hugh
Happy belated new year to you Hugh. Wow the overview of your layout is awesome mate. I do like the explanation of why you have included the Dundee service into the time table. i did not know that you had east and west coast trains went to Perth on their way to Aberdeen. great video, all the best Tony.
I’m glad about that as it’s all from what you told me😉. Took me a while to figure it out as I had a few issues. Sorry won’t make Thursday but definitely week after. Hugh
Great episode, thanks for the detailed explanation regarding train controller. I’m sure you will rectify the Glasgow departures to ensure the Dundee passengers can make the connection in some future episode. Sad about the loss of so much rail throughout the Scottish east coast regions.
Thanks! Yes I’m sure I’ll get round to that. There again I might just leave it for a bit of fun with the imaginary passengers😉. Yes there were a lot of good railways closed at that time. And all sadly missed. Thanks and all the best. Hugh
Hi. You have a lovely layout, and I noticed you have a Heljan turntable. Have you seen the turntable surround sold by Scenic3D. This product offers a nice scenic addition to any turntable.
I've only seen a few of you videos. But have just subscribed. Happy New Year to you too! What brilliant model. The looks and sound are just right! I run on DC and have a Hornby 3-Car version. Only one thing spoils your model for me, which can easily be remedied! I'm talking about the 3 foot jump the passengers have if they want to move from one car to the other. I have sorted this very simple. I noticed you have the fixed bar fitted? I cut my fixed bar shorter and Super-glued it into one coupling pocket so when the two cars are coupled they are about 1mm apart. This in itself makes the gap look better. My next step is to cut some Black coloured foam to fit between the two corridor connections; flat on the bottom, curved at the top. Using UHU glue, glue into one corridor connection. When re-coupled, they look great and run well through large rad point and crossings. If they are required to to run over Med Rad points, then increase the length of the bar by 1mm to leave a 2mm gap and use a 2mm longer piece of foam. You could also use an upside down piece of U-shaped Black Felt instead of foam. If you do any of the above, you will instantly see a marked difference!!!😊😊😊
Cheers and many thanks for watching and commenting. I’ve used the model straight from the box so haven’t added any detail yet. The coupling bar provided isn’t just a normal NEM type (though it is more or less the same shape) as it includes electrical connections between the cars for the lights and for current collection from the wheels. So quite difficult to modify. I may have to make do with just the foam rubber solution to hide the gap. Thanks. Hugh
Hi Hugh Happy New Year to you. Your layout looks amazing. The use of train controller is superb and as you said avoids any unwanted collisions. Love the dmu too 👍 Take care and keep up the great work, it's certainly giving me some inspiration. Cheers Paul
Hi Hugh It's been slow and dead stop really since covid as I lost my job of 26 years during that time so had to find a new job and then I was really learning new stuff for the job so the railway has been on the back burner until recently when I bought a Heljan Peak and the Accurascale 37 which I've had to remove the motor to fix, so it's slow again but I'm doing little bits and bobs now and again. Sorry its a bit of a saga...lol I'm getting a bit of mojo back and seeing your video and some of the other usual suspects offerings has certainly spurred me on. I mainly use iPhone speaker from ebay, about £2 each but they do sound good expecially with the V5 loksound. I'm glad you liked the sounds in the video, it does bring a layout to life. I literally can't run trains now without some sound. Cheers Paul 🙂👍
Good to see your new acquisition and plans for its use.I have this model, and a very fine one it is too. The Perth and Dundee Tay Bridge destination blinds and Scottish Region running numbers made it a must have for me. The one blemish in the sound file is the passenger enquiry on F23. At least Bachmann could have added a Scottish destination rather than, 'is this the train to Aberystwyth'. I do like your new Perth totem by the way.
If you'd like to be super-realistic… double tail lights before the 1980s indicated either a train used by the head of state, or the edinburgh-glasgow push-pull services. and the DMUs didn't use red tail lights until the late 60s or maybe later - oil tail lamps before that. so you might want to turn them off!
personally I deactivate just one tail light (e.g. by putting blu-tac over the LED, nice and non-destructive), and ensure I can control the lights explicitly with the controller. A built-in tail light a decade or two early is more realistic than no tail light/lamp at all!
Hi Derek. Thanks for watching. Good to hear you are also using TC as you don’t hear too many people using it. I don’t know much about I train and have never tried it but am happy with TC given the financial investment I have made in it! Have you found it to be not as good? Hugh
