I am 73 with Parkinson’s on a fixed budget, but I am starting a 4 x 8 layout. I have been collecting HO train pieces for 50 years. This includes trains, buildings, power, systems, landscaping, etc. my layout is a freelance call the Chippewa Northern. It is a subsidiary of the Canadian national with connecting rights to union pacific and Chicago northwestern.

@danielorlando1960

Жыл бұрын

Congratulations, you are a life example!!!

@octavian3488

Жыл бұрын

Love it!

@TratUsYT

5 ай бұрын

Keep it up sir(or mam). What an inspiration you are. Never give up your dreams as long as you are alive!

A swamp in the layout. Good job in the decoration .

Great video on landscaping especially where you used dirt that you sifted from your backyard! Very impressive of how its turned out so far. I'm anxious to get started on my layout. Heck I bought 7 locomotives, 12 covered hopper cars, 8 open hopper cars and 4 tankers 2 months ago if that tells you how excited I am and hadn't built the table yet lol. Thanks for sharing your videos TR and always look forward to new ones.

Coming along good with the layout! Great to see the progress from one video to the next!

thanks for sharing! Love seeing videos where items from the yard are used

Really enjoying following along with this! I'm learning a lot from you.

Awesome! thanks for the great tutorials , i'm 46 now and used to play with hornby in the UK growing up...now i have 3 boys who are interested (more me! lol) i have an old ho/oo hornby set and a station, just got a ho bachman rial master and have a british railways hornby class 37 set on its way! (very excited)) again thanks for your vids as right now i have them on the floor with no clear setup.... will be doing it right fo my boys room and your help is much appreciated.

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Wow that’s great! I’ve always loved hornby trains there just hard to find here in the US lol. There’s nothing better then having family thats into the train hobby. Sounds like a lot of fun though, I appreciate the comment 😁 Glad I can help as well!

Well done. Quite clear. Thanks

Wow! You are really creative with applying the ballast, dirt, sticks, etc.! I like how you soldered the power wires to the track in an earlier video. I had a model railroad layout years ago that my brother-in-law & I built over a summer when I stayed with him & my sister. We put a lot of work into it (especially he did--I was 11 & mostly just had fun!) but we got it up & running & enjoyed running the train around afterward. Thanks for your videos; they're instructional and fun!

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you I appreciate the kind words 😁 Maybe you’ll have to get another layout going!

Will be starting the scenery on my layout soon , thanks for this 👍

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! 😁

Wow I’m very impressed. You were such an inspiration for me to have some ideas. I haven’t started the hobby yet but have been thinking about it for years and have been watching videos on and off for a while. Thank you for sharing.

@TopRailroad

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Get started when your ready cause it’s a long but fun journey 😎

Great info. It is looking good.

Nice video and tips thanks for sharing

Good job in the decoration of the layout. I love you layout. My layout is N scale, DC. Atlas and Bachmann code 80 tracks.

Great looking layout so far

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Wow turned out awesome!!

I like the way you do your scenery.

@TopRailroad

11 ай бұрын

Thank you

@fredsmith6758

11 ай бұрын

Your welcome.

Thank you

as a beginner, this helped a lot.

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Glad I helped 👍🏼

Sweet how it’s Done.

Wow. That’s awesome!

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

sweet :) i was looking for a more flat type layout :) gave me some nice ideas 💡👌…

You go Dude.

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Thank you so much for all the great help and inspiration. Was wondering if you could show a simple wiring diagram to show how you made the independent inter and outer tracks? I have the same dual controller but having trouble following the video during the wiring stage on the part two video. I am sorry if you have already addressed this earlier, I’m new to HO scale railroading. Thanks again!

@TopRailroad

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! And If I remember I think I only had it wired from the outer track which powered the entire layout. I could only run the one train at a time. You can definitely find videos on how people wire a inner and outer loop here on KZread. Sorry to not answer your question but I hope you find it out on here

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Looks great I'm new to the ho train layout my self I'm supposed to be getting some building's for free I figured once I get them I can go from there try and come up with some of my own ideas rather than modeling a certain thing what is your opinion I'm just trying to get some ideas if you have any information or any other people please guide me into the right direction I'd really appreciate it thanks Scott

How did you carve those holes? They seem to be quite precise. Thanks for the video.

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I used a pocket knife & a hobby knife and just slowly carved the foam away at a angle

@BASILPANAS

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

planning to build build a Pennsylvania Railroad themed layout in HO next year after i finish my Garden Railroad

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

Pennsylvania is a great theme for a layout!

I have one of those dairy queens and I painted it. I made a few videos on building it

Just curious, how much sculpt a mold did you use to make those little hills. I’m looking at getting the same product for a larger scale project and was wondering how much I should get.

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I only used a little less then a full solo red cup worth of the Sculptamold and still have about 95% left in the bag. So I would say one 3 pound bag is good for a pretty large amount of molding. And there about $11 dollars for a bag.

@colesrc1618

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@MiniModellingOfficial

11 ай бұрын

@@TopRailroadwhere do you buy yours?

Is sculptmold only sold at hobby shops and train shows? I'm wondering if I could pick that stuff up at Lowe's or Menards. Any advice, greatly appreciated. thanks

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

I think it is for the most part I’ve only seen it at Hobby Town. I’d always try online if you can’t find it anywhere.

@MyFingerLakesRailwayLayout

2 жыл бұрын

Blick’s Art Supply has it online, that’s where I got mine.

Hi can i use normal glue?

Dude I live in Thornton... Any help you need, just let me know!!

I’m starting model railroading and I have a small house and my model trains are a HO can you help?

@TopRailroad

Жыл бұрын

Hopefully my videos can help with your new layout!

Some men would say a good marriage is bliss, and still others a nice pool in the backyard. Some others would say a freshly cut lawn on Friday and now your waking up on Saturday, and for them that is bliss. What do you say?

@TopRailroad

Жыл бұрын

Train layout

To glue this stuff down i buy a big bottle of pva glue a spray bottle i mix water with the pva glue in a spray bottle then squirt it on ballast or dirt and for other things to

@TopRailroad

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a good method. I’ve been using a spray bottle as well it works the best

@animewithsenpai2923

2 жыл бұрын

I just don't like spending loads of money of stuff that you have cheaper methods for

Don't say that this is a "how to do scenery" video. Say that this is a "how I do scenery" video...How to do scenery implies that your way is the only way and it is not... You do it your way and I do it my way and neither is right or wrong...