Only half way through the roster so far. You have some great locos there. I'm looking forward to a video of a long running session! In regards to 37 427, I remember you posting that you'd swapped the noses on this 37 and being told about the details. You could justify the nose swap by saying this one had accident damage and those were the noses that were used in replacement. It's your railway after all! In regards to 47 573, for starters let me express my sincere condolences regarding your daughter. I think it's great that you want to have one of your fleet named after her. I don't know of any companies that will just supply custom plates, but TMC do supply and fit custom plates for steam locos so they may be worth asking. Good luck.
That's quite a collection! I forgot just how much stuff you had, very impressive. I'm with you on the weathering, most of the locos looked great but there are a few older ones in there that could do with redoing. The parcels 47 is in RES livery and the third 150 is in Regional/provincial "Sprinter" livery. Are you planning on getting the bachmann 90 when it comes out?
Brilliant collection there. I'm a funny bugger when it comes to DCC sound, i love it when it comes to shunting with lots of starting, stopping, braking, squealing wheels but when it comes to a loco going around in an oval with the same 3 second long engine loop i go mad within minutes. Any more than a single sound loco at a time is just torture.
hi Terry love the last 08 and the network southeast 33 and the 1 st 37 and the red stripe 37 and the db 66 looks great and the heljan parcel service livery a great collection of locos and some awesome weathering cheers Kevin
great video terry its good to look back at older locos and see how your weathering has improved. . . im kind of collecting 37s like you with your 47 i didnt think heljen were that good until now . .. ps a 56 would look nice also as for the 31 i just took the fan out and put a shawplan on in instead . . . .cheers ian
cheers ian...yeah hejan models are fantastic and the best on the market in my opinion. and yes a 56 would look good in my collection and is on the never ending list of must have locos lol.
Your 31 (296) is in 'Construction Sector Livery' mate. Just found a 33 in the same livery on Hattons' website, it suits the livery so well i wish i had a reason to buy it! "Postaler Deliveryer Livery Whatever" also one of my faves haha.
I have to be honest and I think that other Peeps might agree, I thought your weathering on the Class 57315 Looked Great it's as I remember them all covered in shite, looks good to me sir Great Work, Well Done!
I wish I had the balls to weather my locos lol...yours look the business tho! Maybe once I have done my 10000000 other jobs I will take the airbrush to my fleet. Cheers Dave
Great selection! as im a bit of a novice i thought all your weathering was great! would love to see a video of how you do yours, perhaps in the future when you have the time?, anyway, thanks for sharing your collection with us. Cheers John
i did do a weathering video a long time ago but there are so many videos on this subject on youtube that it really is not worth me doing one although everyone does have different methods in achieving the level of grime that suits them.
Great collection there, all really look the part with the weathering, I got one of the Sentinal shunters got it off ebay took a few weeks the get to Aust' went to put a decoder in it and the normal 8 pin doesn't fit, no mention of this in any advertising material so then had to chance up the "special" Hornby 4 pin for it, other than that nice little loco. As always great video thanks for sharing Al
thats all my one does is sit in a siding. i think it's because its a very short wheel base chassis with only four wheel pick up that it don't run well.
Hello! If I hear you correctly, there're all "one of your favourite" :) !!! I understand, I have the same problem, like u I love 'em all !! Bachmann and Heljan models are definetly better than Hornby!! First sentinel shunter in yellow livery is gorgeous and you made a fantastic job weathering all of them! How lucky you are in England, you have a large variety available and affordable models, mainly Bachmann, Hornby, Vitrains and Heljan ! In the continent, a nice models in HO scale cost around 200 pounds but a high detailled loco made by a craftsman is about 700 !! I didn't saw any "Warship'! Too bad, it's really a wonderful loco .... A special thought for the 47573..... !!!!! Tut tuuuttt from Belgium
Great video. Very interesting to see all your stock! The 150 in the livery you were not sure of is the livery which the 150s were delivered in when new
Great video, thank you. So sorry about your daughter, hard to share but a great idea to name a loco after her. I know what you went through...... Keep up the great work! Tim
Thanks so much for the comment tim. i assume you have been through a similar nightmare as me and hope you found it easier to live with than i have so far. terry
Yes I'm afraid so, yesterday was the three year anniversary of his funeral so it very much hit home when I heard your sad news. My railway is a way to escape.... I'm sure you understand. Stay strong and keep up your great work, your layout is a fantastic piece of work and tribute. Kindest wishes, Tim
so sorry for your loss Tim....it has been two years since we lost angel and although you do learn to live with it it still feels like it all happened yesturday and i think we will always find it hard to get our heads around it all. keep your chin up tho buddy and im always here if you ever need a chat as i find it easier to talk to someone who has experienced the same as me. terry
Nice to see your fleet, I like the rail freight 37 best :-) need some weathering lessons I got the same Hornby 08 shunter still in the box, hope I can do mine as well as yours Andy
Mate I'm so sorry for you and your loss, that's so sad. I really feel for you bud and I can relate to you. Angel Olivia is a beautiful name. Cheers. Ivi
Oh my goodness, WOW lol! Wot an absolute stonking collection of locos!!!! That is a very impressive fleet!!! Theres noway i cud pick a fave?!!! But, wel done starting with the shunters :D that opening Sentinel shot was brill!!! I had no complaints with any of ur weathering, i thot it all suited?!!! Go on then, wots ur top 5 ;) oh, n Narrowplanet for that custom etched nameplate :) cheers
well its a toss up between the hornby class 08 br blue...or the heljan class 33 network rail or the heljan class 58 in railfreight red stripe. or it could be the hornby class 31.....oooh god i cant choose one...its warping my fragile little mind lol.
Hahaha!!! I cud tel in the video that u liked a lot!! The weathering u hav dun on that 08 u love is brilliant, jst how i like an 08 to look! Infact if u ever start doin comissions let me knw, coz i wud love my 08 to look jst like that!!!
people have asked me for this video for such a long time so i thought it was about time i did one...but i did not realize the video would be as long as it is tho lol. terry
Glebe Road Junction They look good to me ,,,,, the video i have just done with the working crane ,,, my jinty (Only loco) was so so black in other videos I thought what can I use to weather it down a bit,,, I grabbed some of the Mr's make-up powder,,, great I thought its got a brownish tint ,,,, that should be good,,, (not having my proper specks on and been in the bathroom artificial light,,, O yes Proper job,,,, until I got it into day light and realised the powder stuff had sparkly glitter bits in it,,,, It was a bugger to get off couldnt believe how it had stuck,,,
Hi Terry great video to watch ok yes you have a lot more stock then what we see running then haha I take it back That 31 was railfreight construction sector livery oooo I do feel clever now :P
Very good I enjoyed that. For-someone-who-is-partially-sigh I thought was very good. Though I am GWR man the video is very good. Keep it going I will be followed you and probably asking for tips.
The 150 in two tone blue and grey is in Regional Railways livery. They were common up in the North West running from Lime Street to Warrington Central I think, I remember them on the Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Victoria line too. cant ever remember them running further north to Wigan etc but Im sure they must have, They were always dirty!
How do you keep everything dust free, especially in the loft? Everything looks so well maintained. I love the 33's too, I think the weathering looks fantastic. Andy (agani,lol)
Hi Terry, the best way to get pendolino coaches are to get them off ebay, Ive got 5 unit setup but it still looks stupid so you need at least nine as you said. -Ben:)
Great looking fleet you have there. I agree on the sound thing - is there any way to turn the damn volume down? Railfreight redstripe rocks. Your weathering looks superb, great job. I didn't know that about Heljan models, not had any problems with mine. Ahhh love the 31 - Railfreight sub sector construction. Disconnect the fans dude - they're terrible and same with the 56s! cheers. Ivi
Thanks for the comment Ivi....i share the same passion as you for the 31's and railfreight red stripe. Disconnecting the fans on the 31's is next on my list too.
Excellent collection and one question, how will you work the network rail theme into your BR era layout? for example will your tmd depot be a British Rail one or a very early Railtrack/Network Rail variant?
Glebe Road Junction have you noticed with the BR era you have a lot of locos with the same sort of BR blue liveries but with the ultra modern stuff it is the exact opposite, very few locos but tons of different liveries, i love the BR blue era and like you, like the ultimate workhorses that are the Class 47's, also a big fan of the Class 56's
Great video I've put people in the Class 350 and you can see them And I've got a 9 car Class 390 with double motor and it's more trouble then it's worth. So single motor is better.
Glebe Road Junction It's over 2 1/2 years now, but I got one from Modelzone, Trident Trains (Coach on it's own and a Train Set to get another Pantograph coach and the other from EHattons.. I've have got a video on my channel as well.. But it's great when it's moving, but starting it is not easy, too much power from double motors.
Great collection!what time are you modelling as you may get away with a 390 as an 8 car set! Any 390/221/57 help you require feel free to ask as I'm a virgin driver
well anything from the early 80's on wards. but i do like to mostly run trains from the 80's like the 47's etc. a pendo driver...wow i bet that's a cool job.
In regards to your loco 31 296 (13:20) here is a link which shows all the old BR "Sectors". That particular loco is one under the sector for construction. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trainload_Freight
Hi! My name is Rhys and i am a big fan of yours :D Im 12 and I have my own layout! I was wondering, when will there be a London Midland class 172 released?
Hi I've been following you for a while now, some time ago you done a video on weathering which I can no longer find also you recommended a book on weathering which I've missed placed the title on. Hope you can advise. Keep up the good work and look forward to seeing more videos and hearing from you. Thanks Dave
Really looking forward to your future updates Terry. Kind regards. John. Oh I almost forgot, can you tell me how you fitted your insulation to your ceiling?
John Bennett Hi John Well it's just rolls of foil insulation and i used an industrial stapler from wickes and just stapled the foil to the wooden beams and for putting it up on the brick walls at either end i just used cans of carpet adhesive again from wickes which worked wonders and has never fallen down in two years. Terry
hi terry. Am I right in saying you have an eckon es101 "OFF" indicator for the platform? I recall seeing it somewhere and I think its on your channel. The wee black box that illuminates when a signal is at green. Anyway, I have one, but I wired it up and the bloody thing doesn't light! Bugger! I am on the hunt for spare LED which ECKON claim to offer as replacement spares. However I can only see spare packs of Yellow LED's. I thought from the photo of the OFF indicator that it was a white LED in the unit. If you have one, what colour is your LED is yours? Hope you can help me out...bit pee'd off it doesn't work after I built it, wired it in the a frame etc. Is it a simple 3v 1.8mm LED? Cheers Dave
Hi Dave Oh dear that aint good is it. Yes your right i do have one and i only got as far as building it up and have not yet placed it on the layout....one of a thousand jobs to crack on with in the new year! But i did test it out when i built it and i am sure it was a white light but not 100% on that. I think a yellow light would work just as well tho as a replacement. Terry
Glebe Road Junction Terry, I am an idiot...I had the + and the - wired up wrong. The resistor in the eckon stuff is in the neg wire and I am used to having my resistors in the pos wire, hence it would light, but it works now! You've only got 1000 jobs to do?...I lost count at 3000 for my layout lol. Cheers Dave
Great video, nice fleet Terry, I love the shunters too, I'm with you on the 47s too. Where did you get your wheels for the Heljan locos from. Cheers Paul
cheers paul...the wheels came from Howes models in oxford as they are the only Heljan supplier in the uk. I think i paid around £17 for a set of wheels on each loco. terry
Thanks Terry I'll check Howes out. I noted you said you don't really like the sound locos in your other video. I have started turning the volume down on my sound locos because they were too loud and I'd end up with an annoying headache. I also think you can only run one at at time if the volume isn't turned down because the noise can be heard all over the layout and it sounds odd. Try it out and see what you think. Cheers Paul
prob not for a while as i have not worked on the layout for over a month so i need to get some work done before i can do a video. i may do a running video in the next few weeks if i get time.
Owen Evans yes it is from the 80's onwards so im able to run what i like.i dont really run different era stock at the same time....well i try not to anyway.
Class 97 designation for Departmental locomotives which are used for special or engineering duties, therefore there are several classes all under one No:97
Oh my god, "37427" is an abomination! Don't think there's any way those nose end could be justified on that. Even if you renumbered it, the nose ends have got buffer beam skirts which were non existent on 37/0s at the time anyway! It also now has two sets of horns as split-box 37s had them in the nose ends behind those grilles you can see either side of the nose-end doors. Just get yourself a bog-standard 37/0 and repaint to large logo blue with 37114's number. This carried LLB and will be accurate in detail. Renumber and getting rid of the rooftop horns and you could just about get away with it. Anyway, enough negativity! Other than that thing, you've got a cracking layout and an excellent fleet of locos!
great video best thing iv watched over the christmas period has tempted me to buy some diesels bachmann and hornby and heljan should pay you for great advertising keep up the good work cheers d d.
