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just can't get over how realistic it looks in natural light

Three very cool men, they are into a hobby & it gives them friendship and happiness..

It all looked good, but it's the sunset shot at the end that really makes the work shine.

This video goes to show you, when you want to have fun with friends doing the hobby you love you will find a way to make it happen,,,,,Great Video Guy's!

this is cool... never thought I'd ever see a train load of Pacers and Gremlins again. LoL

Love seeing these trains in natural light. Looks like a lot of work, but fun!

The detail on the bridge is what gets me. Graffiti and an old truss bridge that sit below it. That is awesome.

With some of those angles I couldn't even tell it was only a model! Amazing quality!

Outstanding scene with the passenger car and sunset! ! great job

The results are jaw dropping... specially that sunset scene at the end. Great work guys !

You know there are more Gremlins and Pacers on the train than there are on the road today...lol The trains and the modeling are the best I've ever seen, fantastic work guys f-a-n-t-a-s-t-i-c!

In the right lighting and camera angles looks very realistic , great job !

way to cool. great video. thanks for sharing. I cant believe how real it looks even with the close up.

As a professional railroader and railnut i give you guys a WOW! Realistic.

Fantastic job! Had I not watched the video from the beginning, I'd swear I was watching a real set of MoPac Units rounded that bend. As military modeler myself, I really appreciate the effort and fine detail you rail modelers put into your work. You guys make all us modeler's proud! :-)

That last shot looked really realistic actually

Very well done, the natural sun light makes the lay out look real. Congratulations to all involved in this vid. Cheers.

Nothing beats natural light. Excellent video of the model Railroading equipment. These models used, seemingly were more realistic to me. Loved it all!

When it whent over the bridge I was stunned on how real it looked

I agree, the sunset shot is the cherry on the topping!

Love it when a plan comes together! Truly amazing work of art!!!

Good looking modules and rolling stock to start with, but add in the real backdrop and natural lighting and Wow!!! Nice work.

With the natural lighting on the beautiful scenery it looks too realistic.

Pacers, Gremlins, Mavericks, Ford station wagons. That train came straight from 1980! Nice vid. Really loved watching the guys set up the track; that's dedication!

What is it in the human mind that makes it so fun to see life in miniature? I do some modeling, wooden ships and tanks and stuff, and the first thing I do is hold it at eye level, one eye closed, and pretend it's sailing the seas or rumbling along. So it was when I was a kid, so it is as I near 64. Great job guys.

Very well done! Excellent! Miniatures in natural settings are like the 8th Wonder of the World

Great video! Those engines were great not to mention the Zephyr cars,amazing. It's mine and my wife's favorite passenger train. Thank you for all the effort that went into this video

You guys truly are nuts, but what great way to show it!!

Damn....that first run by looks so real its insane.

Very well done all around. Class act guys. Scenery and the electric poles very realistic, even more so with the real scenery backdrop. Liked very much. Thanks.

The shots going over the bridge look so real to true scale. I imagined if they actually recorded sound of a real train with the low vibrating sound of the engine, the deep brash Metal contact of the cars on the track and overlay that sound onto those video shots, people might actually believe it's the real deal. Very cool.

Beautiful work! And OMG!! All those Gremlins and Pacers are just too funny!! Well played! They’ll make it just a little easier to convince people it’s a model. Damn fine job!

I traveled from Pittsburgh to Los Angeles on a train when I was young. What an adventure .

I love the very last shot of the sunrise/Sunset the Best ..Awesome guys.

I'm not a railroader or a hobbyist. I'm Just a guy that does a Christmas village everywhere. I had an N gauge train when I was a boy. So I can appreciate this. And I am impressed with this addiction to Railroading. It was cool to see all those old AMC Gremlins on the car carrier etc.. So cool to see 3 old kids having fun. Thanks for sharing. Check out Linsterville 2013 for some Christmas fun.

Alot of hard work but it all came together! Now that's nuts!! Great work guys!!

GUYS. ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL LOCOS AND CONSISTS.

If I hadn't seen the beginning I would have thought it was a real train great job awesome detail

I counted 28 AMC Pacers on there. Damn!!! Talk about having flashbacks to the 1970's.

I have to say, I don't like passenger trains, but that last scene with the sunset in the background, wow!! Absolutely amazing!!!

Amazing what Imagination, and a return to childhood can bring to life. Terrific idea. Glad to see it worked so well. That view down across the horizon was terrific. ROLL ON.

I thought it was nuts too but the natural lighting is worth it--so real!!!

Fantastic! Great shots. The only thing missing here is a blast of steam exhaust from the steam locomotive. The final sunrise/sunset shot of the observation car is really quite beautiful.

WELL DONE OUTSIDE! NICE VIEW! LOT OF GOOD DETAILED WORK ! FROM A HO BUILDER, 50 YEARS !

That worked out nice guys. The sunset shot was was especially cool.

I just love the frisco model. Its stunningly beautiful

That's insanely real looking.

Thank you for going nuts. Everything looked fantastic!

Amazing! Lots of Gremlins, Hornets and Pacers on their way to AMC dealerships, circa 1970-1979 (year these particular cars were in prodyction).

Ha! Pacers, Gremlins, Matadors, Javelins... The Curbmasters are a nice touch, too! Pretty nifty! Excellent looking layout, and clever way of displaying it against a natural setting... Thanks for sharing!

I salute the craziness; it's simply, to borrow a phrase from Buzz Lightyear, 'falling with style'. And it works, so execution is a success - blood pressure and heart rate notwithstanding. The modeling is excellent, and nothing allows that to shine more than natural lighting. Great, fun work - with a touch of an Evel Knievel way of doing things. I'll raise a toast to that!

indeed a crazy setup on the sloping back yard, but looks great with the natural backround and sunlifght. Awesome sunrise at 8:11.

Honey, I've shrunk the Pacer....Superb modelling and ingenuity guys!

Pacers and Gremlins... how awesome is that!

Makes for some great photography and show off the scenery work so much better

Very nice, love the workmanship

Wow, it looks amazing! You can hardly tell its a model! It's amazing what natural light does to add to realism! Great video

Wow you guys are braver than I! ABSOLUTELY AWESOME JOB!!! Never saw more realistic trains or scenery, keep up the beautiful work. 👍

7 years ago...? Simply awesome!!!

Amazing! This was a lot of fun to watch

Loved this video, brings back the old days of working on setups w my dad.

This is amazing... If I didn't know better it looks like it could be real.

Awesome shot of the Zephyr going into the sunset!

That was very cool. Glad the chairs held out. Fun video too.

Nuts for sure but, a very cool setup indeed! Excellent job gentlemen.

putting layout in sunlight is like giving it life. I love the way it makes you feel real. I will also try to put my small N scale layout and see what difference it makes in lighting.

Now I know where all the Gremlins and Pacers in the world went! amazing how nice this looks outdoors.

It is nuts because those engines are uber-cool!

Great stuff. There was a guy who used to contribute to "The Magic of Model Railroading" back in the 1990's. I don't remember his name, but he was from St. Louis and used all brass models shot outdoors.

Outside with the natural lighting really makes it seem real. Nice.

Ingenuity to get going, I like that a lot.... thanks for showing.

Ken, you guys always have such entertaining video's. Wish I had some great looking area like you guys do to shoot some video. Maybe some day! Thanks for sharing!

Incredible detail. Well done.

OH MAN THIS GREAT, SOME ONE FINALLY SET UP H-O SCALE TRAINS OUTDOORS ON MODULES. I COULD IMAGINE RUNNING 20 CAR, PASSENGER TRAINS AND 70 CAR FREIGHTS. THAT ONCE PLY THE PENNSYSLVANIA RAILROAD BETWEEN NEWARK AND LINDEN N.J. IN THE 1950s and 1960s. And I have the space in my flat backyard. Guy's you gave me some damn great ideas. I ALWAYS KNEW THIS CAN BE DONE, NICE WEATHER FOR THE WHOLE WEEK AND YOU CAN HAVE FUN .

That's very impressive, well done! Maybe its about time to re-assemble the unit and film it in 4K!!!

Nice detail in the automobiles being shipped to dealerships across America. The color choices for the Impala / Caprice wagons appear to match what could be ordered at the time.

Awesome!! Happy railroading!!!!!

gremlins, pacers, family trucksters, doesn't get any better. mission accomplished.

At first i thought these guys are bonkers but it Looks so good in natural light so real, love the end clip in the sun set.......jim

So cool to see all the American Motors Cars. Pacres ! Gremlins ! Far Out Man !

Amazing models, both the modules and the trains. 1522 looked so good I was expecting the fireman to give us a wave too!

You guys are funny! Nice setup, doing it outside gives you great space and light.

great detail with the old wooden posts still in the ground. I just saw one like that yesterday walking alongside the tracks in my area.

That's more Gremlins than AMC ever made - THAT'S how real it looks! Nice! Safe? Nuts? Always go with "This is nuts" Thanks for sharing...

Very nice video and fun to watch. Have a nice day.

You dudes are insane in a cool way. Most guys would do that on flat ground. But that would be way to easy. Cool Stuff, two thumbs way up.

very very well done. detail is awsome ..great job

So glad it did not fail great run by.

Totally amazing work!!! Great video!!

Three guys with vision and talent, and to top it off, tenacity to get the job done. Loved that that steam loco In the 20 degree weather. Could see the boiler firing up on it. Those were KILLER car racks...loved the step vans. However the funny point was the part of propping it up with two chairs, pointing downhill, and weighing it down with a 20 pound dumbbell. I think it would have been cool if you had done it after eating a few pizzas, and some (well maybe copius ) beers. Would have been a hoot...but great job none the less!

the last shot looked very nice.

Great shots! Nice work.

Wow! Way to make it work! I'd be scared resting that whole platform on two chairs haha. Love the Frisco 1522, beautiful model

The thumbnail looked so real that I thought it was (didn't read the title)

AWESOME!!!!! Thank you for your hard work on setting up outside for filming. Keep up the good work.

Lovin the 1522 and awesome shots.

Great video...not necessarily train music but the video was great guys!!

Just amazing. Brings back memories of my boyhood in southwest Missouri watching MoPac and Frisco trains. Unfortunately I just missed the steam days! Thank you for sharing this.

I will give this video a 10 out of 10 good work. keep up the awesome work!!!!!

You guys are brilliant