The stunning Buntingford Model Railway Layout: BR Eastern Region 

I saw the thumbnail and then the title and I was so surprised to see that it was a model and not real life!

Super realistic looking layout. The details and weathering are simply perfect.

So real, the faded colours gives it so much realism...

Weathered to a level of realism, many are too pristine some are overdone this is just right, some of the shots you had to remind yourself it was a model, just stunning.

Absolutely superb. The weathering is so realistic and the train speed just right.

Stunning is the word! Incredibly realistic scenery. The horse in the field is perfect.

What a great session and layout. Wonderful attention to detail and the thumbnail is stunning in its realism.

Just beautiful to watch such prototypical train movements. Could have been back in the day!

An absolutely brilliant piece of modelling, still can’t believe I was not watching a transport documentary!

We praise great artists for their ability to re-create reality. This is an example of great artistry.

For me the impressive thing is not the realism, not the weathering but................... the scale speeds. That really is clever.

Amazing realism..... the weathering & attention to detail bring this layout to life .... & the background scenery blends so well it’s had to believe it’s not a real location .... thanks for sharing 🚂💨💯

In a word, stunning. I never travelled on that line but did in a radius of 10/15 miles and around Dereham in the 1960s, this took me back there, thank you.

Amazingly well detailed and weathered! Great job!

Amazingly well detailed and weathered! Great job!

The Speed/Ratio is exactly right for trains at a station....well done Sir !

In a word.....perfection.

The detail and background is so very good. Excellent work to whoever worked on this.

massively realistic - joy to watch - and love the sound ! - thankyou

Amazing attention to detail, a lovely layout! 6:20 You can hear the couplings coming towards you in the BV. I have been put on the floor more than once with a start like that heh! Great stuff.

Beautifully crafted and toned perfectly!

If that's what can be achieved by a novice, I really look forward to Graham's next layout! This is a beautifully modelled layout of a station I was familiar with in the early 60's. He has really caught the atmosphere of Buntingford and it took me back to the journeys I made on that much missed line. Hopefully one day I'll see it "in the flesh".

this is a really nice realistic layout..I thought it was real from the thumbnail.. very impressed A++

Very, very realistic! Awesome attention to details and weathering. 👍

Very convincing from any angle. Nicely observed weathering.Congratulations..

Fabulous. The level of realism is stunning.

A layout with sound! Thanks, it's terrific!

Excellent video, and what fantastic realism.

Fantastic job, well done. (You can walk most of the disused 14 mile Buntingford to St Margaret’s branch line.....beautiful countryside)

My cousin lived at Standon in the early sixties this brought back many boyhood memories (before Beeching got his grubby paws on this iconic branch)an outstanding layout!

Wow. From the intro clip to the last. Very very realistic. Well done. Great layout

That has to be almost as near to perfection as it is possible to be with a model and it's not finished yet!

Best I've seen for some time, and he's a novice!!! well done Graham.

...brilliant model railway! reminds me of all the lost lines in East Anglia👌

You , sir, have the true eye of an artist. Bravo.

Thanks for sharing and an amazing layout!!

Superb details, nice layout

Excellent work. The track is so smooth. Kudos for that.

Bloody hell, l enjoyed that. 😊 Lovely job.

A very impressive layout and it's Great Eastern, always a bonus

Superb attention to detail.

Stumbled across this presentation quite by accident while watching other rail videos. It's a great pity that the real railway no longer exists (apart from a private display at Braughing). I never got there during my 2018 trip but spent a pleasant afternoon just down the road a bit at Broxbourne. Greetings from down under in Melbourne.

Smart little layout it immediately gave me some really good ideas for my diorama👍

Great detailing!

Happy New Year!! Ongar Station should be ready for showing by next New Year!!

Thank you . The labour of love has been worth it , such a great work

Wow! Imagine what layouts of this caliber will look like when nanotech and AI are deployed to make animated populations for future models. I'd wait in line in a hard rain to see that. Especially the little guy trying to escape!

Stunning indeed - and runs so smoothly; real modelling skill.

Stunning, really stunning

An impressive layout to say the least, congratulations to the builder. One thing though, you can tell straight away that it’s a model, no rubbish lying around, far to neat and tidy for a British railway. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

A work of art!

Nice fiddleyard! 🤠. Nice brake van special

Lovely little layout!! It could easily double as Ongar!! The only problem is that it hasn’t even got a similar station.

Some great painting and weathering work here!

Great video, lovely layout, nice realistic operation. Would like to have seen more of the shunting, i.e breaking and making the trains... But still great to watch.

Brilliant modeling

I had to watch it twice. I spent most of the first time trying to find where the back scene and foreground meet. I give in lol.

So atmospheric. Typically Eastern Region. Thank you. Bob

Unbelievable I genuinely thought the thumbnail was real life!

I actually thought this was real when i first saw the image on youtube.

Quite brilliant, in every particular.

Many thanks indeed for all of these generous comments. For anyone interested in seeing more, there is a Layout thread on RM Web, which includes answers to many of the questions posed below. This will illustrate for example that the track plan is pretty much as per the original, but with the addition of a granary for operational interest. I can also recommend the web site thebunt.co.uk/ which contains loads of pictures of the original branch line, and will show that the water tower was indeed that close to the signal box! As ever with model railway layouts it is not finished, with the most recent addition being a Class 125 Lea Valley DMU as operated on the final passenger services on the branch. Some videos of this are on the RM Web site. Thanks again to Andy York for his amazing photos, as featured at the start of this video.

Not often you see vegetation done with such correct colours.

Perfect! Well done layout!

I honestly didn’t realise this was a model at first

The 3 guards vans suggest this is post passenger close down. The grain silo was at Standon. Trackwork too spread out! Nice booking hall and overall appearance

Fantastic looking layout

Cracking layout......well done.?

Superbiy done!! Superbly atmospheric. Especially love the background scenics. And how much more East Anglian branchline can you get than the J15?

Phew! That steamlocomotive at the end really sounds exhausted...

Thats the best layout ever.

Attention to detail Oh Yes!

Delightful!!

Looks real

A lovely depiction of our 1950/60's railways. We can see many ot those things modellers overlook namely point rodding, ground signals and trap points. Regrettably one cannot view all of the layout just to see how far this modeller has taken the detailing. For example has the main running line been protected by dummy point locking and trap points ? I hope so because in my opinion this layout is the type all modellers should aspire to- observationwise

Truly excellent modelling (no interested in trains :-) Thank you

Outstanding.

A water tower would not be placed right beside the signal box as depicted here because this would obstruct the signalman's view of the station! The platform appears to have no running in board. Apart from that, quite a realistic bit of modelling! Thanks for uploading.

Eastern region essence. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Superb!

Very nice model, its a shame that there are no model Lea Valley DMU's to enable the correct passenger train to be run! My Wife's Great Grandparents were crossing keepers at West Mill on the Branch.

Excellent

I noticed Buntingford, is that a realistic interpretation of Buntinford station and yard or something you have made up? Either way it’s magical👍🏻

i thought this was real in the thumbnail till i saw the person lol

Cool

Very nice. Dare I say it, but the sound actually spoils the realism. Try watching with the sound off !

I would like to know where you got the sound decoder for the class 108

Looks amazing, Thought the detailing was so good I thought it was "o" gauge 😅 All that's missing is smoke out of the engines , can't you cgi that in somehow 😅

This gets a like from me purely because of the name!

Crackimg layout and very enjoyable video. Could you tell me please, where did you get those ground signals from? They're almost exactly the style I should have on my layout. Thank you and happy modeling.

I see Mr Gridley unloading sacks of coal. he was our coal deliverer when we lived in Fyfield. Many years ago.

What about the rest of the set?

Ray hammond did this station many years ago in18.83 gauge was equally as good

Gosh! The audio!

Fantastic layout, detail is amazing, realism and weathering perfect....but if I could make a comment regarding the coaling stages, in as much that the wooden dividers are all the same, and cutting them about would make them more realistic. Other than that it is amazing .

I thought this was real until I read, "Model Railway".

I thought that was real !

Envy, I was taught, is a very ugly emotion, but what else can a man be if he's watching this. Well done to you all.

Is it OO? Looks P4 to me.

Well almost, but not quite! So many otherwise wonderful layouts are spoilt by the addition of what I suppose is meant to be weeds on the track bed. It just doesn’t convince, or should I say, it doesn’t convince me. Looks as though some alien ectoplasm has landed from outer space. It’s a shame, because the rest of the layout is superb, and utterly convincing!