Hi. It was really interesting to see your videos. My father worked on the railways all his life. A driver (mostly on freight) and I remember him leaving the house at all hours of the day and night to go to work. He used to mention his daily trips to places like the Trostre and Velindre works. He also mentioned the yards at Margam which he referred to as the marshalling yards. I also remember (as a kid of about 5 or 6) being taken down to work with him for a shift (wouldn't be allowed now) on a shunter at the yards. I seem to remember something called "a hump" where the driver would literally push wagons which would go over the hump and be guided by the points system to be stored in any of a multitude of sidings. Of course I was a child so everything would have seemed a lot bigger than they probably were.

It’s one thing to ask for advice, but another to listen and take it on board. You did both. Many people are either too lazy, or too scared to change what they’ve done, but there’s nothing like making changes, radical ones in this instance, to build confidence. I know your pleased that you’ve remodelled it and it’s going to tie in nicely with your future plans. As my colleague Ben would say….Bravo!! 👏

To change work already done is often a hard decision, but if you think you want to change something it needs to be done, or else it will always bug you. This is proved by the result of the work done is this excellent video. Perhaps a little rust on the bridge might improve it. Keep up the good work. Cheers, Bob

A major change superbly executed. Congratulations.

Great shot of the 125 approaching 👍🏻

Glad you came back. Excellent channel. No issues with the presentation. Don’t let editing and production eat up your time, or spoil your enjoyment. Last but not least, your layout has that essential magic quality.🙂

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Thank you very much ! My layout building skills are somewhat better than my video presentation skills 😂

@tabriff3832

11 ай бұрын

VP is good. You do yourself a disservice. Why I mentioned editing and production... more than a few new channels have got their knickers in a twist already, chasing exacting standards, and worse, believing they have to. They've quickly forgotten that it's a hobby (to enjoy, and share) , and not a competition to produce the slickest videos, or the most per week. Keep doing what you're doing. If you do want to change things, that's fine, but always put your enjoyment first. It's about the layout, not the channel.🙂

It does look a lot better and more realistic. I do like how the lower line disappears, cracking job atb Andy

Brilliant video. Really nice ‘how to’ footage. It’s 100 times more watchable than just talking about what’s been done. Excellent video. Totally appreciative.

Ahhh, that most revered of allies...the bread knife. Both sledge hammer and scalpel in the right hand. A successful work of surgery. Talbot Moors might just be my new favourite!

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Thank you , and yes indeed. No modeller should be without a bread knife !

It’s great to see you back on KZread. I’m in the middle of creating a layout based on South Wales in the 80s. Looking forward following your progress and tips when you further develop your layout. Keep up the good work

Many thanks for a great video. Fantastic looking layout and really looking forward to the next update and especially the one you're planning with regards to "how to do the vegetation" as this looks superb on your 'Talbot Moors' project 👍. Thank you for sharing.

Great video and a brilliant job with the bridge rebuild. Always worrying when we decide to hack the scenery and change something, but always worth it! Great you're back, never deleted your channel!!

The new bridge looks better and has given you some really nice shots. The scenic work is excellent and delighted your back producing videos again . Cheers Kev

That bridge is a huge improvement Marcus, well worth the effort!

The scenery on this layout is absolutely superb - really nicely done, and it all blends together really well. I agree the bridge does look better, although it looked pretty good before too!

Quite a nice improvement, and nicely done, well done. Cheer's.

Love the new layout, its really great too see you back.

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot

Excellent video and great work. Thank you for sharing, you have a superb layout

I was having doubts as you hacked it all open, but it worked out nicely. And yes, absolutely show at least some of the techniques you implement, because everybody does it a little different and we all learn something, and the hobby as a whole evolves together.

Cracking job, and yes it is lovely to see the methods you’ve used. The scene is definitely much more believable. Having the small area behind the bridge adds that air of mystery about where the tracks goes.

Looks really good, well done

Great Video, enjoyed watching that.. what a transformation!! Gives a real depth of field now the bridge is place, takes a lot of balls to rip up a layout to make a change....and its paid off here really well...👍😉

So glad you're back making videos, think we've all missed you and the layout looks fantastic.👌

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave . Hopefully theyll come at a steady pace going forward .

Lovely job buddy. It's really helpful for people like myself whom are new to the modeling world to see that it is possible to change those bits that aren't as good as they would like without destroying the whole thing. Brilliant! Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing the next video.

@GowertonParkway

9 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Brilliant layout.

Fantastic! Am looking forward very much to seeing how you do such amazing foliage. Kind Regards Matt

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

All to be covered in a future video i promise :-)

Well, you'd never know it was anything different. Nice job. Don't forget the wing wall cappings to finish those off nicely.

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Should have thought about it properly to start with and done it as a bridge from the outset !

Looks good .

Definitely an improvement and looks better as a bridge. Many thanks for sharing and your building skills look ok to me, regards Barry..

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Cheers Barry, glad you think its an improvement.

Hi Marcus, what a difference that makes top job you can see that it’s going somewhere now nice to see what modelling methods you use cheers Al

Great layout

A brill bridge 👍🏻

I thought you did very well at the start of you cutting the away i thought opps may be not a good idea but after all that mess it turned out very nice job well done thank you shareing this video :)

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

There were a few moments where i wondered if i should have just left it alone 😂

Looks really good. Have to be honest I had a OH WHAT HAVE YOU DONE moment near the start. But the end product looks brilliant. I have a similar problem with a scenic break on my layout and not happy with my back scenes so given my food for thought. Great video 👍

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

You and me both ! I guess its all part of the learning curve not being afraid to rip up what youve done in hope of improving. All the best with your backscenes !

@Mapplewell_Park

11 ай бұрын

Slow going at the moment with little people being on school holidays. Bit slow and steady wins the race 👍

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

@@Mapplewell_Park itll pay to take your time and think things through :-)

Looks better

I think you need some railings between the hard standing and the bridge side walls to provide a safety area for the staff . Looking good. Cheers John

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Ahhhh now theres a plan for that in the pipeline, so it should all tie in a little better !

Great work on the bridge mate! Looks very nice, branch next?? 🤣🤣🤣

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Not above the fiddle yard 🤣

any chance of a running video with some trains that you have and show them in detail. im looking for any diesel train that looks good and that is a dcc that is under £120 doesn't have to have audio but would like working lights. any recommendations? looked on Hatton's but its very over priced as a second hand model shop

Friendly advice; the video could do with some sound equalisation. You were really quiet, so I turned the volume up to hear you, but then when the stock music came in, it was deafening.

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Yep , noted. The problem was my camera was on a tripod , filming me talking , and the mic isnt good enough annoyingly. Might have to invest in a small mic !

great job. but nearly burst my speakers from the volume changes

@dibsyardshuntinglayout

11 ай бұрын

Yes I was just about to comment on that. Needs to attenuate the music to the speech or vice versa.

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

KZread seems to have made it a lot worse than it was on iMovie pre publication. Ill have to have a play around with it and see if i can make it a bit better , or failing that - not use music !

@dibsyardshuntinglayout

11 ай бұрын

@@GowertonParkway there might be a feature on the movie app called normalisation or something for the audio.

Good video, but please make a more equal balance between music and speak

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

I will keep an eye on it ( or even an ear ! ) Perhaps I will watch back through headphones before i post the next one .

Get your sounds levels consistent. Nearly blew my headphones to pieces, not say anything about my ears !!

@GowertonParkway

10 ай бұрын

There is a warning in the description at the top if you take the time to read it ..... I am aware of the issue, but thanks for pointing it out anyway.

The one thing annoys me no end about model railway people is they always add vegetation on bridges! Why? You look at any bridge you will see no vegetation just ballast! Wall to wall ballast!

@GowertonParkway

11 ай бұрын

Not true - there are many examples of vegitation growing on bridges, here being just one for starters : flic.kr/p/2oJEAnk . UK rail infrastructure is quite poorly maintained in places , amd vegitation on bridges , and in fact in the middle of running lines is common place .

Looks quality mate good video learnt some good tips