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Great stuff Simon 👍🏻

looks pretty good! respect & greetings from Germany

The main building in the power station is the boiler house the generator building is the turbine hall other building may be pump houses precipitators (where flue gas is cleaned)the control rooms are usually separate from the main buildings

Thanks Simon another great video 👍

stunning flora too

Another great video, always a pleasure, great modelling too👍💜 Dave Lowry is a legend, Ive met him a couple of times, last time was at Julian Birley's 'Evercreech New', we had a lot of laughs - a great modeller.

Thank you so much for the brilliantly helpful how-to on those "embankment tussocks", what a fantastically realistic finished look!....Unassuming artisanship.👍😎💖

Bloody heck I thought my full HAA rake in N gauge was impressive

Love the straight line realism, love what is being created here.

upto now how much has the project cost?

🚂Cool

Oh, and dont forget the 'Joining' corridor connections????😅

Simon. You need a Ballast train and working tamper???😂 Seriously though its looking brilliant! Theres a new stadium being built in Liverpool docks for Everton Football Club....Tgat should fit it!!!

Hi Simon. Power Station design was such that rail traffic movement was on the boiler house side rather than the turbine hall/generator side. The reason being two fold. Ease of run of coal conveyors to bunkers (normally housed to boiler house rear) and generator electrical output fed, via transformers directly into the substation (400kV overhead lines presented height restrictions). The turbine hall housed both the steam turbines and generators (directly coupled machines). The Generator and Unit Transformer compounds would run along the outside wall of the turbine hall. Some designs would have the main control room building attached to the steam turbine hall building, eg, West Burton. Hope this will help you with the design of your build. All the very best, it's coming on great.

The clag will be good to see. I hope that the Deltics have the right amount haha. I dread to think how much you've spent up to date

Just bloody brilliant. My favourite too 😀 not the largest layout Simon but it has atmosphere and that’s more important. Bob.

Another excellent video. It's great to watch a down to earth, level headed owner of a large train set as opposed to certain others who own allegedly 'the largest' one but who are primarily doing it so they can put a logo on their videos and for their own self aggrandisement. Keep up the good work, see you on the road in 18 months time!

Simon, with regard to applying static grass, having watched a demo at the last show I went to, it appears that it's not actually necessary to attach or touch the lead of the applicator to the layout. It's only necessary to hold it nearby. Makes sense really, as baseboards aren't conductive. Maybe give it a try and see what you think.

When can we see it? And where? Wakefield again would be great.

No wonder i can find any of these coal wagons. Do you really need that many

And I thought the Graham Farish Power station was big

Are you going to go for oil based smoke effect (seuthe type) or the TRS water vapour ones ? I'm curious on those water ones as when I've used seuthe oil types before the layer of oil left everywhere was a right pain ! Layouts coming along great, can't wait to see it 👍

Totally inspiring in terms of your skills, commitment and the scale of the project! 😎💖

Awesome road effects 😊. Love it 👍

Made me laugh you commenting on the price of DAS clay whilst stood next to 300 O gauge wagons 😂 Great to see the attention to detail going in despite the large size. :)

outstanding

Totally amazing

Absolutely brilliant - this is by far my most favourite layout. Love the smoking effects on the Class 37s👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

Amazing stuff. Can I ask if your still going ahead with the idea of Healy Mills depot. Where you can also have a model of yourself sat down at the side of the water tank, Doing a bit of spotting.

Thanks Simon. Great video on weathering, so easy. Thanks again. Mike HO from Australia.

this has helped me no end thank you great demo on scenery brilliant

Inspirational, and thanks for the tips. Just subscribed. I guess those cooling towers will have a huge diameter as well. Perhaps the bottom half could be modelled in the basement with the top section added for the tours?

Subscribed ! Brilliant !

Valley-Jo??😂😂

Hi Simon, I recently watched, again, the Hornby Model World episode whereby you finished the 3DP model of yourself on the fencing. I admire your love and dedication towards the area and line. I have to admit I didn't think it was possible to have such a large layout without compromising on the details and being worse for it (less being more) you clearly haven't compromised on the detail and I'm delighted to be proven wrong too👍✌️💜😀 300 HAA's?! Wow! That must have been a huge chunk of Dapol's stock/output, I hope that they gave you a good discount 🙏🤞😉 I can imagine it takes a lot of will power to keep going, especially working alone, those train rakes are inspirational though👍 Love the idea of diesel clag and until the advent of Hornby's new mobile vaporiser system, the O gauge diesel smoke was the most accurate. Hornby's system is more to scale and less messy though, no residue on the models. I wonder if they would licence or sell such as individual units or if they're keeping them secret a little longer? I see that Giles Favell has also done a nice job of 'steam' on his latest 16mm models too. Water, sound and smoke are often hard to scale, water and sound both being waves of course. Your progress with modelling is remarkable, puts my efforts to shame, I suspect you'd complete a small layout like mine in a week😀👍💜 BTW talc is often used to flatten or matt down gloss paint too. HLJ is really growing on me, you must be pleased with what you have achieved, especially modelling two eras - brave move✌️👍

Absolutely fabulous

How will they layout it self earn money. I assume tours only. Will it permanently have a fixed home. Great work. ❤❤

Very interesting Simon. Love the speed weathering, very effective.!

Thanks again Simon another great video Quick question where did you get the 75 ton brake down crane shown in the video Once again great videos can’t wait for the next one

Hi 👋🏻 Simon what another cracking video on a fantastic O gauge layout with superb tips included 😊

Hi Simon, thank you very much for this video, very interesting and thank you for the tips, 🎉🎉

looks great

Wow what difference in realism having passengers in coaches… plus the sound effects! I miss the “clickety Clack” of the old lines.. trains today maybe smoother but have no character

What is that noise in the background? Sounds like a hairdryer running constantly?

Another 5 or 6....oh boy! With that and doing the Healey Mills depot, that should keep me out of mischief for some time then!

Superb, all a bit different to when I was a kid. :-)

The new station building is truly superb. And thanks for the static grass demo.

Stunning station and great layout best wishes Chris

Richard is a great modeller.

Hello, what length static grass did you use