That's a real labour of love - the narrator's intonation, as much as the video, takes you right back sixty years!
@althejazzman
2 ай бұрын
The narration and sound effects make these videos the most relaxing model railway videos I've ever seen.
@1972jonboy
2 жыл бұрын
As someone born and bred in Faringdon I thank you for this it's fantastic. The station is now a nursery where both my daughters went when they were little. Absolutely lovely 😊
@fionamerrick9320
2 жыл бұрын
That's fifteen minutes I won't get back - and I'm so glad about that! It was really lovely travelling back in time to a more peaceful age. Thank you.
@trainmanbob
2 жыл бұрын
This is exactly following my principles of how a model railway should look and be run. I have retired my exhibition layout due to old age and ill health, but I run mine just like this. Just the commentary to sort out. Modelling a prototype is essential for this sort of result in any gauge (mine is N) Thank you gentlemen...perfection!!! Cheers, Bob
@dougmccoy100
8 ай бұрын
If the purpose of a model railway is to recreate in miniature a snapshot of a time long past, then everyone involved in making and operating this layout are to be congratulated. It’s nothing less than superb! 👍
@sansovino4124
Жыл бұрын
Vaughan Williams and steam - two great loves of mine.
@jkirk888
Ай бұрын
A joy. Thank you for posting.
@andrewblake2254
Жыл бұрын
Lovely Vaughan Williams. Perfect. Lovely layout and commentary too.
@stewart1235
Жыл бұрын
Being born in Australia, all my life wanting to go the old England and ride steam. The England I dream of, steam and small villages where everyone knew each other, I feel is gone and I'm looking through rose coloured glasses. Oh how I wish I had lived through that time. Thankyou for a trip down memory lane.
@moonraker44
2 жыл бұрын
Possibly the best model railway video I have seen. Well done.
@Biggles-gm6tm
3 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. I want to live there.
@Michael43713
5 ай бұрын
A work of art.
@davew2452
3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for letting us see and hear this wonderful layout, with narration that brings the whole scene to life. Brings comfort and peace. Dave W
@robinatkinson6275
2 жыл бұрын
Brilliant scene setting
@patroller6567
2 жыл бұрын
Awesome layout, the detail & realistic look of this is outstandingly good, one of the best layouts I’ve ever seen, scale modelling at it’s very best.
@Samuel-ix6vo
11 ай бұрын
Fabulous!
@saddaddrummer
2 жыл бұрын
I worked from this building when I left school It was Russell Spinage builders then. As a tiddler I do remember sitting on my home made go cart at the gates watching the little train go off to Uffington. Lovely to watch this.
@VintageChap
3 ай бұрын
A beautifully made video and railway.
@timothykeech7394
Жыл бұрын
An absolute pleasure to watch. Beautifully modeled, what a gorgeous layout.
@james2524
2 жыл бұрын
This fits so well with Adlestrop by Edward Thomas..... So evocative of a lost time.
@SENSORITES64
3 жыл бұрын
I always love when a layout has attention to detail! The narration truly makes it sound like a documentary about the area.
@dylansheppardmymodelrailway
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely fantastic what a great layout 👍👍👍👍 great vid love the Robin on the spade
@leekent5010
Жыл бұрын
As a born & bred resident of Faringdon of 53 years this brings back fond memories of walking what was left of the old branch line back in the 70's & 80's. As kids we would walk from Cadel's yard on Park road past the coal yard & Oriel cottages through Wicklesham copse under the red brick bridge and on to Cole's pits. From there it was on to South farm, Fernham over the dismantled railway bridge on the Shellingford road and down hill to the signal at Moor mill. Sadly there is not much left to show it was a branch line apart from the signal just before the main line juction. Congratulations on a superbly detailed layout which I would love to see. Will it be displayed anywhere locally in the near future?
@scalefoursociety172
Жыл бұрын
Faringdon will be the star layout at Scaleforum 2022, held at High Wycombe on 24-25 September. Full details of the event are online at www.scaleforum.org. We hope to see you there!
@loubylou55
3 жыл бұрын
What a delightful film. The attention to detail is amazing and I almost forgot I was looking at a model. It made me feel nostalgic for the past. Fantastic work.
@PaoloVignati
Ай бұрын
Very beautiful & realistic!!! Love the narration
@dylansheppardmymodelrailway
2 жыл бұрын
Love this channel love the detail love the narration great looking locos FANTASTIC
@7007GreatWestern
2 жыл бұрын
Absolutely exquisite! A fabulous evocation of a lost way of life. Well done.
@ricktownend9144
3 жыл бұрын
Enchanting - a real view into the past
@oggarage9388
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏❤ i love his story
@marciebalme588
Жыл бұрын
excellent work
@kittapscott4168
2 жыл бұрын
So agree with what's already been said - lovely attention to detail, in all areas. The story with it just adds to the realism.
@gregoryhale2202
3 жыл бұрын
In a word.....BRILLIANT
@martintunnicliffe8934
3 жыл бұрын
0:33 The detatched house to the right (our right) of the cream coloured semi used to belong to my grandparents. My great grandparents and my great aunt lived on that street too.
@ericdeluca1880
5 ай бұрын
Magnifique 👍👍👍👍
@stevenperry7493
2 жыл бұрын
How relaxing to watch & enjoy .Just subscribed & looking forward to more videos .Thank you .
@jerryhorwood7528
Жыл бұрын
I used to work at the station years ago when it was owned by Russell spinage builders, we had a joiners workshop at the rear, also they were a funeral directors as well, sounds a bit weird I know but then a lot of building firms were. Seems like yesterday but was forty years ago, christ I feel old😂
@TONYNORTHEASTERN
2 жыл бұрын
Wow facinating to watch. .......cheer's Tony
@johnclayden1670
3 жыл бұрын
Mesmerising!
@dfishpool7052
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for a most evocative presentation - the quality of the model is astounding and the soundtrack truly inspirational - congratulations on producing a masterpiece,
@peterthomas2013
3 жыл бұрын
Thank-you for making time to create and share this great layout video. The narration adds a great deal ;o)
@tonydaly2642
3 жыл бұрын
Very well presented. Thank you.
@michael32A
Ай бұрын
Had to keep reminding myself this isn't O Gauge! Great work.
@johnjephcote7636
Жыл бұрын
I enjoyed making Concertina coaches back in the 1980s. I made the bodies from two layers of clear acrylic sheet. One of them was indeed, an ex-Concertina 70 foot slip coach, still with the cylinders underneath (I use Russell's GWR Coaches books).
@Tauraco00
2 ай бұрын
Amazing🎉, regards Elizabeth
@SDD3204
Жыл бұрын
Superb
@rogerking7258
3 жыл бұрын
It's impossible to understate the difference that P4 standards make to the realism of the whole scene here.
@dougmccoy100
8 ай бұрын
P4 track and wheel standards are clearly evident by how little 'wobble' is seen when the rolling stock is in motion. 👍
@eonmichaelides1415
4 ай бұрын
One of you gentlemen is surname Williams,the Farringdon branch was beloved of one Adrian Vaughan,(ex signalman and now author)and the accompanying music to your superb video is by Vaughan Williams.Coincidence?
@paulgray2387
2 жыл бұрын
Such a shame there’s no branch line now. Although the station is still visible along with most of the route.
@Petelmrg
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful to watch; if that is a Haye Developments Concertina I remember building one around twenty years back for my 'Drefach Felindre' exhibition layout.
@_RandomPea
15 күн бұрын
Brilliant modeling. How was the grass done? Looks like it used a basket liner but I can't find any videos showing the process to create something like this in Faringdon
@philkirk4571
Жыл бұрын
Come on, own up. This isn’t a model! It’s real, isn’t it? Incredible skills. 😅
@Brinkly1000
3 жыл бұрын
Lovely layout. I've seen it a couple of times in the past and always meant to ask, what are the dimensions? Kind regards, Nick.
@NSRJohn
3 жыл бұрын
N R The length of the layout is 22ft, of which 4ft constitutes the fiddle yard, whilst the width varies between a maximum of 3ft at the station end, which narrows to 2ft over the last 8ft of the scenic section and into the fiddle yard.
@robertsulley
3 жыл бұрын
I would love to see this. Any idea where it can be seen?
@dougwalters5763
3 жыл бұрын
Super layout thanks for sharing. Can you tell me if the 6 ton crane was scratch built or from a kit? I need one for my Radstock layout and the plans I have suggest the winding mechanism will be a challenge to build. Thanks in advance. Doug.
@NSRJohn
3 жыл бұрын
Doug Walters The yard crane is scratch built in brass and nickel silver using General Arrangement drawings published in the first issue of the Great Western Railway Journal (the Preview Edition) as the source of information. Although the crane is able to rotate on its base, the winding gear is purely cosmetic, although it copies the actual arrangement as closely as possible.
@dougwalters5763
3 жыл бұрын
@@NSRJohn Thanks for the information, I have the plans you mention so it will be out with the soldering iron methinks. Thanks again.
@michealmatthews9377
2 ай бұрын
is this te fairford branch
@sansovino4124
Жыл бұрын
Did Faringdon trains work through to Didcot in real life?
@jacquespats2128
2 жыл бұрын
excellent sums it all up. O scale?
@scalefoursociety172
2 жыл бұрын
4mm to the foot (1:76.2) to Protofour (P4) standards
@andrewbayliss5421
2 жыл бұрын
Will this layout be exhibited?
@paulsevers7740
Жыл бұрын
dunno whether the loco sound was dcc or superimposed, but the exhaust beats simply never co-ordinated with the motion - sad because it's a super layout
@dierkschurack2425
3 жыл бұрын
Wonderfull I like verry mutsch dierk
@lowiepete
4 ай бұрын
A wonderfully told story, but not quite accurate. The pannier with its train would have travelled all the way to the buffer stops. On a rainy day, Lady Wotsit from Verynearby Hall, would not be amused having to alight onto a puddled platform from her 1st class compartment when there was a fully functioning canopy available on the station building. The General Manager would personally receive a hand-written telling-off for such an imposition! This stopping short of the run-round points is a prominent feature of today's health and safety regime where propelling a partly loaded train is frowned upon, as on preserved lines passengers rarely fully vacate coaches.. Back in those days there would be platform staff to ensure the "all change" was observed before, under the guidance of the guard, the train would later be propelled clear of the loop points. Then the run-round would take place with the removal of the tail traffic coming next.
@peterheath9002
2 жыл бұрын
very attractive model. it's a shame the chuff is not good on the pannier tank. There should be 4 'puffs per wheel revolution
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