Mini Baker Street - Underground
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- Mini Baker Street - Underground station
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Featured in this video we look at the underground section underneath the main layout, including an addition of new underground station themed on Baker Street Station.
I also cover the track lighting effect ‘rail spark’ and how to implement this to a layout.
Components can be found from any online electrical components suppliers or through Amazon /eBay.
* Reed switch - small
* magnets - small variety.
* LED - smaller the better
* 3V AA battery pack with slide on / off switch.
Spark Method
Components ideally need to be rated to the power you intend to feed.
I opted for 3-5 volts supply - so made sure my components will take a feed up to 12v
For every spark effect added these can all be fed to one battery pack as a main supply using a BUS wire feed to all, as the flash hardy uses any volts as each flash will illuminates when activated - giving a lots of battery life with these effects.
My videos are purely entertainment and led to inspire those wishing to be creative giving tips and ideas whilst sharing my passion for model railways.
www.cheekytek.com - Zábava
Great demonstration. Super parking effect and very simple to achieve. Thanks
Great ideas, cue numerous copies on the tube! Good watch as always. Thanks again👍
Many Thanks,
Brilliant bit of scratch building there Gary looks fantastic .👍
Many thanks buddy
Great video .Like it very much.Hope more to come.
Looks excellent Gary . And good to see you back .
Great job 👍😃
Absolutely epic. Look fantastic.
Cheers Garry , great bit of modelling
Awesome Garry!! Just brilliant. Cheers Onno.
This is absolutely brilliant
Wow... just wow
superb video Garry. well worth the wait. thanks.
This is a very good and real little station!
Great to see you Gary. Brilliant bit of modeling mate, thanks for the ideas and guide. Keep safe and well, regards Bobby 'T'.
Hi Gary thank for sharing the sparking for the EMUs. great tutorial many thanks Tony
Thanks Tony, a fun feature I feel.. Think it was a bright idea I had.. lol
in a nutshell gary awesome pure class.
Aw brilliant Gary hope ur keeping well great underground station 🚂🚂🚂🚂
Thanks Adam all is good thanks - Now out of work - but taking some time out for myself at the min ...
Look after yourself budd and keep safe... Garry
Just superb Gary. You all ways make look so easy..lol..
Thanks Allan👍
gary you have certainly captured baker street and what a simple but affective way you have done for a arcing underground train...............tony
Thanks Tony
Station looks just the part, great video
Looking really BRILL mate!!! You should b very happy with it! 👍
Thanks 👍
Very appreciated.. certainly loving the underground stations.. Cheers Garry
Brilliant gary
i totally agree mate
Looks brilliant
Superb work , looks so effective
Wow and wow ! That really is outstanding. Never have i seen that spark effekt before. I imagine it also could be used on overhead wire, often seen during cold days when elektric locos pass by. So then you only need that smell of the tube and a fan that Blows that strong wind just before the train arrives at the platform...FAB ! Sir ! And a good easter to you !
violins and And ton of dust lol... then it wold be all set..
Yeah I see no reason not to add the spark effect to overheard feeds and something I have never seen...That could be a first there..
Thanks again and all the best.. Garry
Good to see you Garry. Another informative video. Thks for sharing.
impressive work well done
☺️ Many Thanks 👍
Well that was fantastic, the station looks so good and the arc brings it to live
Cheers buddy 🥰 station number two is next 🤪 👍
Well done
😘 Fanks 💕
Glad I had I sneak preview 👌😎 me
Only Official Shunter Guys get special previews...
I travelled through Baker Street on the Circle/H&C lines for around 15 years and I must say you have captured it absolutely spot on! Brought back memories! Excellent modelling, and also thanks for showing us how to do the live rail flash.
Many Thanks - its triggered many memories like wise.. And good news that the other station is now added and the shuttle in now in so the follow up is on the way.. Cheers for now.. Garry
First time I've seen an underground set up like this , love the electric flashing lights under the train .
Take care ........Peter
Thanks Peter👍
more is on the way... Cheers Garry
Take it easy buddy
Excellent! But don't forget to add a Sherlock Holmes motif at Baker Street when you get the chance.
LOL -- Well It was a thought..
Im not sure it was on the station back when I was a nipper - As I believed it was added a little time after...
I Will have to do some more research on that mmmn lol
Cheers again Tim..
Garry
Great Stuff Tony
Thanks David 👍
100/100 for details :) well done :)
Hiya Gary, like you I am currently going through the tv and biscuit phase but doing a few bits off film. So good to see another Cheekytek video and as usual, you smashed that mate. Very informative on the flashing rail too, may use that somewhere one day myself. Great to see another episode, stay safe and well, cheers for now, Chris
Hi Chris
Hope the Biscuit phase has slightly dunked itself lol..
Many Thanks as always... A 6cm cardboard postal tube would make a great start for a N gauge Tube Station...
All the best Garry
La grande classe cette station de métro, elle est magnifique !!! Et c'est super avec les effets d'arc électrique !!!
Merci beaucoup pour votre commentaire de soutien, la station numéro deux est en cours de construction au moment même où nous parlons.
Tout le meilleur Garry
The mini Baker Street looks amazing, brilliant video.
Thanks buddy
That is just superb Garry. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Paul
Thanks Paul ☺️ 👍
A really ccol effect mate. That little station adds a lot and you have captured the atmosphere of an Underground environment. Awesome. Mark
Hi Mark
Great hearing from you, hope all is well and good.
Many thanks, just finishing the second station so really enjoying the underground section..
I am all okays -Just in the throws of leaving my job after 13 yrs in May, where I Plan to start clearing house as planning to relocate myself to Cornwall all going well of course.
keep safe all the best Gaz
Nice one Garry. Fantastic representation of Baker Street and the arcing effect looks so good. As Richard said, it brings it to life. Top job.
Hi Garry, in a word brilliant. Love the underground station. Cheers Greg
What a great idea Garry. Love the station - very clever re the spark. Keep up the good work. 🚂👍
brilliant thank you
You're welcome! 👍
Fantastic job of Baker Street and the arcing.
Now that’s quality! Well done Garry, brilliant ‘how-to’.... thanks for sharing.
Thanks 👍
Excellent Garry.
Baker Street looks fantastic, and the arc flash is simple and effective, I wish I ran electrics now just fo that.
Thanks buddy - Cant beat a bit arc flashing - you could add a flash in a similar way to a chappy with a camera train spotting... Food for thought... Cheers Gazza
Brilliant job on the underground station. I particularly like the effect from the paper light wells and the sparking is a great effect too. Cheers
YES!! As a NYCTA (New York City Transit Authority) modeller in both HO and O-scale (I do have one set of the Bachmann London Underground S-Stock also), I'm a certified subway enthusiast having grown up in New York City and riding the subway system there since age eight, I was happy to know that you were adding an underground 'shuttle' to your layout three months ago and I see that it's coming along quite nicely indeed. The "arcing" is a must for any subway layout and I will also include it on my NYC subway layout when it's built. Much inspiration Garry, thanks! Be well and be safe.
Thanks Mark.. Glad that its given you inspiration.. Yeah I have now added a DCC shuttle to the other underground station and I must say i pretty much love the shuttle concept.. that vid is now in the can and currently being edited... Thanks again and all the best...Garry
That is marvelous Gary, you did much more on your underground than I expected you to. The station is really good and brilliant idea with the arcing third rail. Regards, David.
Many Thanks David,
More is on the way - and so far it's looking good as I see..
I spoke to Fred this week and he mentioned your not feeling your best - all the warmest wishes buddy,
Keep safe and look after yourself.
All the best Garry
Amazing -very realistic and captures the underground atmosphere very well
I really like the new station. Love the sparking effect. Great job!! Thanks for sharing and stay safe. Cheers -- Larry
Thank you very much!
That looks fantastic Garry, certainly takes me right back to the underground of the late 70's and early 80's - long before all of the modernisation took place on the underground. And the flashing of the pick up shoes adds so much to it. It's the little things like that which really makes your models stand out. Yep, this is a great addition to the railway shed. You certainly have every right to feel proud about it, it's turned out really well.
Many Thanks - Just cant beat a bit of the underground... and all those memories..
Cheers.. Garry
Great station, one of my favourites on the underground. Always wondered how to go about building something like that, to give it that feel of the tube.
Great video Garry, the station is fantastic and really adds a new dimension to your layout! Really shows what you can achieve in a restricted space. The arcing effects are a brilliant touch, so realistic. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely job Garry, that lighting and the spark effect really bring the Underground scene to life (complete with mini Garry!), you should be justifiably proud mate. Cheers Steve
Thanks Steve.. Both me and mini me are proud lol..
Cheers.. Garry
Brilliant update. Look forward to the Tube train build!
You and me both! lol
Just finishing the shuttle line and on the 2nd station so its definitely on the list. Many Thanks
Genius! What an epic effect!
That looks absolutely brilliant with the arcing atb Andy
Hi Gary great little project looks really good. Love the arcing effect
Many thanks
Good lad 👍🏻
Many Thanks 👍
Garry, closest I've been to Baker Street in over a year now. It does seem a bit smaller than I remember. Nice work. The arcing rail is brilliant.
Keep well.
lol thanks buddy very appreciated- station number two is on the build - So crazy times lol
Hi Gary many thanks for info on the use and wiring of reed switches, I have a third rail (NSE Dover area) layout and plan to install a few of these. Thanks for sharing and please stay safe.
Your welcome Barry - its all to inspire and have more fun 😁 take care buddy 👍
Your trailing bogies without pickup shoes are arcing too!
Thanks lol
- it was just a demonstration 👍😉
gary were have you gone.not seen you on here for ,now must be a year plus.miss watching your vids.please come back
Hi Kevin
Hope your all okays...
Sorry buddy my mental heath and keeping an eye on the young ones had kept me at bay..
Feeling energised as I managed to crawl down to the kitchen cupboard and break open the EMERGENCY BOURBONS -
that and a cuppa has set me straight LOL..
Hopefully I will be around a bit more as Just had to sort me out.
Take care and thanks for looking out for me.. Its very appreciated..
Garry
Thanks Garry. I really enjoyed that. Baker Street looks so cool. Would love to do an underground station myself and the arching is brilliant!
That would be cool, Think you should give it ago - Find a cardboard tube about 11cm and cut in just under half - your pretty much there with a platform..... Garry
To the author.
A tremendous example of modelling by you. However, Baker Street station does not have red bricks as a backdrop to its platform. Instead, it has cream coloured tiles. Also, overground trains do not run along that route so you need to purchase a couple of underground rakes from EFE. They may be expensive but, after correcting the station decor, they would be a fitting finale to the project!
Thank you for the compliment Paul,
The brick work would in reality be a touch more cream, and yes I do agree with you on that as I had mentioned.
In my memories from the 80's the station had a less modern twist in its time than today so the decor was bland and grubby -looking at my pictures etc, and the BR overground was just my representation as you understand.
Personally the A38 EFE stock which is overpriced in my opinion would not be to scale to the Baker Street feel that I wanted to create, as the station caters more so for overground sub stock..
Plus, I certainly don't receive any salary through youtube to fund my hobby.. lol
It's just a memory palace that stimulates my mental health..
But all said, that would bring it to life most definitely....
So If you can fix it for Westminster City to fund my hobby. lol - then I will happily add another 10 rooms to build London's historic underground stations.. lol
What a layout that would be lol..
I will wait for my cheque in the post from Boris.. LOL
Many thanks again Paul very appreciated thoughts..
Look after yourself and keep safe.
All the very best Garry
Hi Garry.
Thanks for your very informative response. Yes, I take on board the fact that the scenario was designed to suit your desires. Unfortunately, I'm one of these irritating people who expect layouts to represent the prototype as being a fan of GWR, my diorama and rolling stock have to be 'just so'. However, after looking at other modeller's layouts on CZcams, I'm starting to change direction in that respect, and probably not before time.
Yes, EFE's tube rakes are very expensive, so I don't blame you for giving them a miss. I used to work up London for a few years in the late 60s and early 70s, so I remember the old LT carriages that had a clerestory type roof. I used to travel on the District Line from Wimbledon Park onwards, and the rolling stock was certainly larger than that on, say, the Metropolitan Line which, incidentally, has a couple of its old rakes running around the Isle of Wight. I remember Baker Street as that was the station to alight at when you visited Madame Tussauds waxworks museum (don't know if it's still there) and the London Planetarium.
Now, about that sponsorship you need. Remember recently the old soldier who walked around his garden to raise a vast amount of money for the NHS? Well, how about walking the streets following the route of ALL the underground stations and raising the necessary cash by dressing up in old soldier's clothing. You'd be surprised at how much fitter you'd be at the end of it assuming, of course, you don't collapse from a heart attack in the meantime. Just a thought (chuckle)!
Do take care and don't lose that desire to be creative as we need people like you to encourage the youngsters of today to get off their backsides and swap their Playstations for a model railway starter set.
All the best,
Paul, a new fan of your channel!
@@platformten5958
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absolutely brilliant, I love your energy here.
Glad to hear your direction on modelling too - keep it up 👍
Old LT days of london mmmm I’ve lots of childhood memories in it and around it.
Grandad used to live at Ruislip directly behind the LT depot - the times I’ve been around there on uncharted Walks and at Old Oak Common 😁
Days long gone -
Thanks again buddy 👍
Look after yourself &
Wishing you all the best
Garry
Platform ten. Chill out they guys made a great job ,he's doing it for pleasure and to play with. In real life trains don't run in an attic.
Wonderful stuff dude! Love it!
Thanks buddy 😁👍
Good update vid keep posting updates up
Many Thanks
More will follow as I update 👍
Cheers Garry
Nice job Gary, the underground station looks fantastic. It would be cool if it was possible to fit the battery, reed switch and led to the train and then fit magnets at random positions on the track! Stay safe mate. ...Cheers. Les.
Many Thank.
I did look at this idea - but in my opinion it dose have its failures for two main reasons.
Firstly - its the track infrastructure that arcs as the train crosses rails to power pickups that touch the third rail making that arc as we see.
in most cases this is used as a power surge to identify the train in it route location for signals.
Secondly - adding a reed switch to a train is not the best practice as it potentially ruins the body or chassis -plus being Glass they are prone to damaging very easily if knocked.
You can use any loco with ease by just adding magnets to the chassis as the infrastructure is in the track.
Great sugestion and a valued question.
Hope this helps..
Keep safe and look after yourself.
Garry
Hi Garry great to see you are ok and no wonder it's been a while great modelling please watch out for my next video of Coalbridge junction with station rebuilds a fourth line added and remodel Coalbridge tmd now called Kingmoor and I will be telling everyone as why this name keep safe and well Regards Martin
Hi Martin, Many thanks yeah I will definitely check it out..
just been busy as leaving work in 3 weeks so lots of future planning going on behind the scenes..
Keep safe and I will speak soon..
Garry
That underground station is just superb and the spark effect really sets it off. Nice how you showed how it was done too. Cheers, John
Nice one Garry. Love the arc effect.i`ve got a nice bit of soil pipe and might do a end to end . There was a model railway up at Wroxham and the chap had done a string of led`s` to give a lightening effect plus dark storm clouds ,any idea's ..
Thanks Anthony, that soil pipe is screaming to have track in it.. lol
mmmn small fog machine and the arcing effects - interesting thoughts.. Nice..
Cheers buddy
Superb matey one of my favourite layouts this and it’s the exact way I’d like to build my own,how wide (deep) are your boards ? And is the track laid to lengths of each board so you can lift out each section
Hi Michael, all the dimensions for the layout are covered in this video -
czcams.com/video/n86-fRkhhhU/video.html
This should help...
In some places yeah they are laid to length but once I move the whole layout soon it will have to be cut across the rails - but I would expect to re-track the layout at that stage one its relocated as I want to remove two points, that rarely get used..
Many Thanks - All the best Garry
Do like the underground im planning on a lot of scratch build projects when I build the new layout. One question im planning on using the Reed switches on for a level crossing ..do u know if u can paint over them. Ie for the track weathering as I want to fit all my stuff like that before I ballast and weather
Many thanks for you comment - absolutely yes I have used black enamels on them many times and have this time too- because its the magnet that creates the contact it has no problems activating through paint 👍 -
Cheers Garry
Lovely job Gary. Used to know baker Street very well, upstairs and down stairs. Can I ask how you made the station names on the benches? I had a go on my computer but it did not print very clearly when reduced down. Any pointers?
Hi buddy many thanks.. i do them on Powerpoint and take to 1pt / 3pt sizes
and use a laser printer for extra quality
I have just setting up =
Cheekytek 3dprint and design
as just lost my main job so working for myself..
If you have any probs drop me a note and I will see what I can doo...
Cheers Garry
@@cheekytek Hello Gary. Sorry to hear you have lost your job, been there a few times myself so good luck with the new venture. Thanks for the info I will give it a go. When you have some products to sell let me know.
Kind Regards
Roger.
Hi Garry great video - I actually bought 12 reed switches of the wrong type 2 years ago and have never used them - thanks to you I now have a project. I am a great fan of reed switches and use the other type for coach lighting really good but not so practical in Bachmann coaches (MK1) since getting them apart is not the easiest of tasks. One practical question on your layout - what is the distance between the rail bed of the fiddle yard (Baker street) and the bottom of the higher level base board supporting your main track? It looks about 15cm but would appreciate it if you could confirm. Thanks
Hi John
Many Thanks for your comment and glad to hear those reed switched may have new life lol..
Yes spot on the distance between the top inside to the track bed base is 15cm this is as much as I could allow at this point..
All though I do have to confess that the track ramp elevating into that underground section was compromised to 7CM at first but was not practical having a station at that point so I had to make it 15cm as you pointed out.. A good eye you have their lol..
All the best Garry
nice. always odd to see underground layouts due to the lack of underground models
Yeah not many around but their growing 👍 as it seems -
Many thanks 😁
Definitely looks like Baker Street to me! How many times have I been down those stairs over the years going from the westbound Circle Line to northbound Met Line platforms!?
Thanks John - thing we have all left are foot prints on those stairs.. lol... Cheers
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Many Thanks 👍