Modelrailquest: Videos, modelling tips and interviews.

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I've tried to capture the shows and the layouts to show them at their best, and have also interviewed some of the layout builders. Hope you like them

Dawn

 

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I'm creating a series of videos on model railway scenery painting tips. Here's my first on marbling - a technique I'm using on my monochrome model railway - Brief Encounter. There'll be lots more tutorials coming soon - including some for children - as it's great to get younger people involved in the hobby.

 

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This is my fully monochrome exhibition layout, 'BRIEF ENCOUNTER, based on the iconic British film directed by David Lean and set around a chance romantic meeting at a railway station. I really wanted to recreate that vintage black and white film effect - to do that I ended up using 32 shades of grey!

In my video I also show the layout at build stage and some of the problems and solutions I had to overcome along the way, including how to feature as many well known aspects and scenes from the film as I could. The layout is 11ft x 2ft and includes a fully-working 1940s cinema playing the film. I also share some fascinating facts about the making of the film. I hope you get my quirky humour

There is also a full article at www.modelrailwayquest.com

 

[Cowley]

Welcome to the forum.
It’s a very interesting concept and I enjoyed watching the video earlier. Thanks for posting it.

 

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Here's my interview with Julian Evison - Chair of the OO9 Society. It was a real pleasure to meet Julian and, hopefully, more interviews and OO9 content coming soon and also a nice piece on the same page about the stunning N gauge 'Dover Night Ferry'

An interview with Julian Evison, chair of The OO9 Society

I had the real pleasure of meeting Julian Evison at the Beckenham & West Wickham Model Rail show just last week. He was there exhibiting his most recent layout - Selborne. Julian is Chair of The OO9 Society - the world's largest society for small scale narrow gauge railway modelling - a...

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What's your go-to kit for buildings on your model railway layouts? I've used cardboard and plastic in the past - but for the Brief Encounter monochrome model railway I had to do something different and use laser cut 3mm plywood - the first time I've ever worked with it.
I definitely found lots of pros - and just a few minor cons - with laser cut. Here's a review.

 

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Two videos with interviews with some of the layout owners

 

[Sad Sprinter]

I was there, I remember seeing you! Bit of an out of the way location if you were going by public transport

 

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I loved filming today's episode - the first in a series called Inside The Model Railway Club. Today we were at Headcorn - where I spoke to Yvonne and Brian Chapman., and the absolute star of the show - Jack! Have a watch - he'll cheer you right up!

 

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Hope you like the layouts and interviews from this large show I attended at the weekend

 

[Iskra]

A very well produced and narrated video, thanks for sharing!

 

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It’s been around 20 years since the launch of a new N Gauge Class 66 model loco design… but now there’s an exciting brand new model in town, this one from Revolution Trains.

I sit down with Ben Ando, co founder of Revolution Trains to talk about the launch of the company's new model and why it's set to become the definitive N gauge Class 66 for the next generation.

Ben talks about the model's exciting new features and liveries, and a game changing loco numbering service designed to help you create your own unique stock.

Watch interview below

 

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Enjoy

 

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Here is Brief Encounter, my monochrome model railway fully finished