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- čas přidán 14. 01. 2022
- We are back working on our HO scale model railroad layout. We discuss making your own paper brick and we begin working on a new water front structure. We also talk about future projects for the year. Hope you enjoy the video and happy modeling everyone!!!
Jason, I've been watching for 2yrs or so. While most of my structures are plastic, you've given me the courage to move into wood,& scratch built units. Thanks Pat, in Western Mass.
That’s so great to hear!!! Happy modeling Pat and thanks for watching all my videos, I truly appreciate it!!! 👍
Never thought of it before but I think thats why I love the old fishing towns. The weathered buildings. You really have a knack for making them look real. Great job and thanks for the video!
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it! 👍
Jason, All I can say is you rock! You are a master of your trade and a true inspiration. Thanks for all you do!
Bart
Thank you so much Bart!!! 👍
Thank you Jason for sharing your wonderful work, it certainly has been an inspiration to me over the last couple of years.
Your creativity and skills are outstanding, I appreciate the time and effort in posting your videos.
Regards.
Gary.
Thank you so much Gary!!! I really appreciate hearing that! Thanks for the support and happy modeling!!!
God has blessed you with great talent, thanks for sharing that with all of us.......
Thank you so much Jim!!! I truly appreciate it! Thanks for watching!!!
Jason is such an amazingly talented artist. 👍
Thank you so much William!!!
Beautiful!!!! Looking forward to this years progression!!!
Thank you so much!!! 👍
I really appreaciate that when you talk about working on your layout that it is about the structures and not about the trackwork. I believe there is a lot of focus on the track work and I really appreciate your approach coming at it from a different angle.
That said, I think it is going to be really incredible seeing trains running between all of these amazing structures. -Heath
Thank you so much!!! The structures are definitely the priority of the layout! It will be fun to watch trains run through finished scenery with lots of buildings. Thanks for watching!!!
your painting skills are way ahead of me,the detail is tremendouse.been subscribed for a couple of years and am still impressed.
WOW, thank you so much Paul!!! I truly appreciate it! Thanks for watching and happy modeling! 👍
Fantastic as usual. When you spill the stain bottle, I am going to say I told you so.
LOL!!!! Thanks for watching Jerry!!! 👍
As we all know, as per Forrest Gump, sh#t happens.
Hello Jason, a great video, it is particularly interesting to combine the different kits into one complex, greetings Kai👌👍😊
Thank you so very much!!! I really appreciate it!
Your structures, kits and layout are awesome, one of the premier scenic layouts on CZcams. Appreciate the way you are in it for the long run, rather than the instant sprint modelling scenario’s we can so easily fall into, which only ends up in disappointment. Great modelling.
Thank you so very much Tom!!! Thank you for joining me on the journey! 👍
Another very interesting video. I love to see how you plan your layout bit by bit. Thanks for sharing.
Greetings from Switzerland, Urs
Thank you so much Urs!!! I always appreciate hearing from you! 👍
Hi ya Jason. You videos are always full of great tips and techniques. Your overall plan for this part of your layout sounds wonderful. I look forward to your updates. As always watching you build is fascinating. Take care. See ya next time.
Thank you so much Norman!!! It’s always great hearing from you! Thanks for the support! 👍
Hi Jason! Another great video. I appreciate your video format and style - I spend a lot of time working on my own projects with you virtually working alongside me.
Thank you so much!!! I’m enjoying seeing your new project on Instagram! I also anxious to see what’s next on your layout! Thanks for watching 👍
Super pepped to watch your layout progress through 2022! 👍
Thank you so much, I really appreciate it!!! 👍
Really like the paper brick idea, hope to see more scratch building in the future.
Thank you so much Stephen!!!
I have learned much from your videos and I'm particularly impressed with your use of different elevations. In a future video, you may want to show how you transition from one level to the next with roadways and how you build them. Thanks for an interesting and informative site.
Thank you so very much David!!! I truly appreciate it! I will definitely have some videos coming up very soon showing exactly what you are talking about. Happy modeling David!!!
Amazing Jason, so much enjoy watching the wizard of the waterfront at work! Terrific episode.
Thank you so very much Ken!!! I truly appreciate it buddy!!!
I love the paper buildings! For someone like me, the cost of structures, and any and all hobby-related items, paper modeling is something I search for and have grown to love.
Happy modeling Everett and thank you for watching!!! I really appreciate it!
Kit bashing and paper modeling is fun and cheaper. It will also make your layout Unique.
Outstanding work Jason. It is fun to watch the progress of your layout.
Thank you so much Chris!!! 👍
Thanks for these videos! You always inspire me to get to the work bench.
Thank you so much John!!! I really appreciate hearing that! Happy modeling!!!
Great Work Jason!😁👍🏻
Thank you so much Hayden!!! 👍
I have scanned a plastic building before, but only to do a cardboard mock up to see if it would fit and look right. Found it was a good idea to put black paper behind the windows or they looked odd - this of course might have been my scanner! Always a treat to see the progress on your buildings and layout. Cheers
Thank you so very much Davie!!! Yes, I also put black paper behind the windows before scanning. Thanks for watching and happy modeling!!!
Love the layout Jason!
Thank you so much Chippy Doo!!!! 👍
Great tips and techniques to help get great results!
Thank you so much!!!
Your harbour will look amazing thankyou the tips and the video
Thank you so much Mark, I really appreciate it!!!
Oh Jason, well, I did ask. Looks like you've had a very busy break. Exciting seeing all the plans for the end and opposite walls. Looks like a busy year ahead. You certainly have been giving a lot of thought to the range of different heights to your buildings and the different scale of activity associated with them.
Great stuff - thanks for bringing us along with you.
Thank you so much Chazzy!!! Always appreciate it! 👍
Jason,
Thank you for showing some great new techniques, and some great building "Cheats".
I look forward to your videos, and it gives me motivation to keep modelling.
Cheers, and stay safe. Michael
Thank you so much Michael!!! I truly appreciate it! Happy modeling!!!
Thank you Jason what a awesome video.
Thank you so much for watching!!!
Very cool!!!
Thank you so very much!!! 👍
Thanks for all your very instructive videos. While you have done terrific step by step kit building videos I am really appreciating your thought process on placing of the buildings. The vertical rise in a short space is one of the selective compression issues we struggle to overcome.
Keep up the excellent modeling.
Thank you so much Joe!!! I truly appreciate it and thanks for watching! 👍
I'm at awe over the amount of work you have done and the quality of your craftsmanship Jason. This is a piece of art. I look forward to seeing the automobile facility! Take care. Sean.
Thank you so very much Sean!!! I truly appreciate it!!
Hi Jason, I've been enjoying your videos for a while now. Your work is fantastic, and I look forward to each new video, especially as you continue the train layouts (like this video showed).
Thank you so very much Roy!!! I truly appreciate the support! 👍
You are truly talented!!! I have recently gotten back into the hobby, your videos are truly inspiring!! Love them all
Thank you so much James!!! I truly appreciate it!!
Jason, thanks for your response on getting window from Tichy Train Group. Just received the box of assorted windows, doors and trim and the injection molding is really first class. Hope to make progressi this week on the old Campbell models building using the Tichy windows and doors and trying some of you painting techniques for peeling trim. The progress on your layout is inspiring!
Thank you so very much James!!! Happy modeling!!!
Hello Jason, I wish you a very happy new year and many thancks for the new project. You love water structures and so do we !!! Living in France, I just got my houses of black friday from FosScaleModels and thancks to you I start a small diorama of ... 4 houses !!!
Again, thanks for all your kindness.
WOW, that’s great news! I wish you the best of luck with your diorama. Happy modeling Michel!!!
I really enjoy your videos. I’m don’t do any modeling but I still enjoy watching you. You’re artistic guy unbelievable work keep going and maybe I’ll try a simple model building one day.
Thank you so much Joseph!!! I really appreciate it! I hope some day you try a small structure kit. It sure is fun!
I am back working in my train room. However, I had to stop to see what you were up to. Fantastic!! I am working on scenery and structures for one part of my RR. Then I will clear the other side to finish designing my engine house and switch yard. I expect to make lots of progress this year.
Sounds like a lot of fun Ray!!! Thank you so much for watching and good luck with all of your modeling plans this year. Thanks for taking the time to share with me what your up to! 👍
I'm brazilian and I live in Italy... I love models since I was 10 years old... Long time... I never had time and place to make my own models as you can... I still spending money on it... I just want to say that your work is the best I've seen in my life!!! Fantastic!
Thank you so much for the kind words, I truly appreciate it!!!
Lookin' amazing Jason! I appreciate all the inspiration you provide, it's helped me tremendously with my builds. Wishing the best to you and yours.
Thank you so much!!! I always enjoy seeing your creativity on Instagram! Happy modeling!!!
Happy New Year!!!🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
The layout looks great......
Thanks John!!! Happy New Year!!!
Always impressed with how realistic you make your buildings look.
Thank you so much Chris!!!
Exciting developments on your layout, I've going through the same situation to do one thing before another especially the back scene before it becomes out of reach. One thing I thought your coastal town probably could with is a coast guard customs office to check there's no smuggling going on. Happy modelling.
Thank you so much Alex!!! It’s always a pleasure to hear from you! Great idea on the coast guard station, thanks! Happy modeling Alex!!! 👍
Looks awesome 🙂
Thank you so much!!! 👍
Wow your layout is amazing what a great channel I will definitely recommend your channel to others thanks 😀
Thank you so very much Sean!!! I truly appreciate it! 👍
@@JasonJensenTrains no problem your welcome
Thanks again. Always picking up new tips!
Thank you so much for watching Allen!!!
Love watching your masterpiece progress, Jason. The best!
Thank you so very much Brett!!!
Awesome work!
Thank you so much Wayne!!! 👍
T hanks for sharing an overview of your layout, and also the ideas for creating brick paper. I've found many of your videos quite helpful for my own modelling efforts. Happy New Year!
Thank you so much Andrew, I truly appreciate it!!! Glad to have you watching! Happy modeling!
Thanks Jason, Love the Info, I now have all the colors from VeterO,
That’s so great to hear!!! 👍
Excellent video …. I like your train layout plans as this train layout is not going to be a boring flat layout and this is the difficult part…as you are going to need more then double time and effort to finish this amazing train layout …!!
Keep going…..🚂…..Happy new year Jasson.!!
Thank you so very much!!! I truly appreciate it! Happy New Year!!! 👍
This layout is really amazing and I love all the waterfront's your doing. I'm looking forward to seeing the car ferry. Great stuff as always Jason
Thank you so very much Robert!!! And thanks for watching!!! 👍
Hi Jason. So far I have learned a lot from your video's. How ever, down here (Holland )it's mostly plastic, anything from plastic would be intetesting. Also I am doing N scale, so if you could go bit smaller.😉 Besides that more scenery rocks and tree's and stuff. Also more talk about your approche to modeling. Like colour choise, layout, planning etc. would be welcome.
Thank you so much for watching!!! I truly appreciate it! And thank you so much for the great suggestions. A lot more videos coming this year! 👍
Great, great video bro - love we got to see your future plans. Peace
Thank you so much buddy!!! I really appreciate it!!
Hi from Canada. Great job as always Jasen!!!
Thank you so much Brad!!! 👍
If they were made a bit thinner then James would be able to sell those as merch for a CZcams channel. People would buy those molds to make sections for retaining walls and the like.
Speaking of new techniques, has anyone here tried acrylic transfer for signs and posters? Done a few for other artistic purposes on canvas and they usually turn out quite worn and rustic which would fit perfectly for this type of modelling given the wood could take the beating of all the rubbing you'd have to do. I'd love to see you, Jason, try it. Download a poster, mirror and size it in photoshop, print and transfer with acrylic medium on a wall in your layout! Anyways, nice work!
Thank you so much for the great tip. I will definitely try that. Happy modeling!!!
Beautiful. I just subscribed. I found your work on FB through your posted images of a Millenium Falcon landing pad. Very inspiring. Glad I found your channel :)
Thank you so much for subscribing!!! So glad to have you along for the journey! 👍
It's exciting to see how the layout is progressing! I'm hoping to visit Hamburg, Germany this year to see the Miniatur Wunderland which is the world's largest railway. Until then I always look forward to your videos which are informative and entertaining.
Thank you so much Lynn!!! I really appreciate it!
Excellent tips will us some of your idea's on my building's thankyou for the video
Your welcome and thank you so much for watching!!! I truly appreciate it!
thank you great ideal video as very super fine detailed how you are building a very detailed layout
think should put a small 2 track stage yard that holds your trains so that diff types of trains on layout give that little busy small railroad in the city look?
Great channel 👍🏽
Thank you so much!!!
very cool video and a lot of projects to come !!!
Thank you so much buddy, I always appreciate it!!!
your model railway is more about the buildings than the railway if I see it correctly? I like it very much and will certainly look gigantic when it is finished. Greetings Tino
You are correct! Thank you so much for watching, I truly appreciate it!!!
You're a master as always Jason. Greetings from Italy!!
Thank you so very much Davies!!! I truly appreciate it!
🖤 the channel!
Thank you so much Tracy!!! 👍
Great job Jason. I continue to get inspired by your modeling skills. Looking forward to your future videos. Alan
Thank you so very much Alan!!!
Looks like it’s going to be a really interesting year as you work your way through these projects. I’m looking forward to following along.
Thank you so much Ron!!! That means a lot! 👍
Hello Jason. Your model railway looks very good. And the buildings you create are very realistic. I like them very much. Greetings Thomas 👍🚂👍🚂
Thank you so much Thomas, I truly appreciate it!!!
Hi awesome work
Hello! Thank you so much and thank you for watching!!!
For brick paper (both red and engineering blue), various timbers and various stone papers these are commercially available from a couple of UK websites. Scalescene scratch warehouse, wordsworth model railways and scale model scenery for starters. Arthur in New Zealand.
Great job Jason!
Love these waterfront structures and the way you make them. With lots of tips and techniques that are very inspiring. From here in Spain these sort of structures and buildings are uncommon to see, but they are what I like the most. Specially clapboard walls. I wonder what structure you're thinking to build for that central pier on the layout.
Stay motivated too and keep sharing your work with us please!
Cheers
Thank you so very much Oscar!!! I truly appreciate it and thanks for watching!!! 👍
Great vid. I am looking forward to the dock/ferry builds.
Thank you so much Steve!!! It’s going to be exciting! 👍
outstanding. u da manJason
Thank you so much George!!! I really appreciate it!!!
and hello from the uk
Hello, thank you so much for watching!!! I really appreciate it!
I enjoy watching your progress and thought process you go through, my only suggestion would be if you could organize your videos so there in order according to your progress.
Thank you so much!!! I really appreciate it! If you go to my CZcams channel home page the videos are all in order. Thanks for watching!
@@JasonJensenTrains thanks I didn’t realize that, so under videos and by the date stamp?
I don't know what's more enjoyable. Your work or your enthusiasm.
Does Walthers make craftsman kits now? 🙄
I've been working on brick patterns for laser engraving wall modules or complete walls depending on the type of structure. Mostly 3 to 5 story industrial buildings. If I can I'll shoot you some dfx files. The industrial ones are meant to be a layered construction. The inside layer has the brick courses and window openings. The outer is the re-enforced concrete support structure. The stories range from 12 to 18 feet in height. Often industrial structures of the period used the height above the work floor for overhead conveyors that handled moving stuff around.
Thank you so much!!! Sounds very interesting, I would love to see what your working on. Thanks for watching!!!
I would love to see you build Rail-Scale-Models Fisherman's CoOp & Cannery. It's big and I think it would fit right in with your scheme
I just looked up that kit. Great structure!!!
Happy new year Jason and welcome back. Lots going on with your layout as always. Any chance to do a video on making a template molds similar to JP’s brick one that he gave you? Maybe something smaller in size? Is your surprise next week your second kit coming out for the extension??? Great video as always and thank you for all that you do for the hobby!!!
Thank you so much Kurt!!! Mold making would be a great video. Thanks for the suggestion! 👍
Instead of the styrofoam covering the door and painted as sky, why don’t you place a shelf on the door (to be hidden by the train trestle) to allow you to build some more larger buildings to fill in the door. That door display would be able to open with the door and again close, fitting right in. Just a thought. Love your display.
Thank you so much Michael!!! I’m thinking of putting Some smaller buildings up above the trestle to give it some forced perspective. Stay tuned….. 👍
Glad to have you back I can see you were very busy . you are my motivation ...great tip with the stain . looking forward to your next video . do you ever use barmills shingles or kits ?......mark
Thank you so very much Mark!!! I have five or six kits from Barmills on the layout. I built them before starting my CZcams channel. Thanks for watching and happy modeling!!!
The water front structures are my favorite as well. My first Foscale structure is due any day now. Can't wait to give a whirl.
I’m so excited for you James!!! You won’t be disappointed with a FOS kit. Happy modeling!!!
@@JasonJensenTrains I'm practicing creating a concrete wall with some pink rigid foam... shouldn't expect it to look like yours on my first attempt right :-) ... cuz it doesn't.
Pink foam has the perfect texture for concrete! Have fun! 👍
Don't make the cupboard look like clouds.. use the extra room and put in a mountain. (commented for the algorithm :) )
Thanks!!! 👍
Hi I'm pretty new in the channel, everything looks amazing
Thank you so much Larry!!! So glad to have you with us! 👍
Jason every thing you touch comes out great. What's the latest on your doing your own buildings. Still hoping you do N Scale too. Keep having fun, Chris
Thank you so much Chris, I really appreciate it!!! Slowly working on the kits. Stay tuned. Thanks for watching!!! 👍
Another great video Jason! I honestly don't understand why you don't have more subscribers. You're just under 29k and you should (easily) have 5X that, if not 10X or more. There are other model train CZcamsr's out there that have several 100k subscribers and are no where near as informative, instructional or enjoyable to watch.
Thank you so much!!! I don’t understand it myself. I really hope people will spread the word this year about my channel. I’ll just keep making videos and having fun! Thanks for watching!!! 👍
I keep telling people about Jason. But I think part of the issue is the number of people who build craftsman structures is a small part of the hobby today. Maybe when Jason starts doing the scenery more people will start subscribing.
Depending on ones post or a question on a post I do try & mention Jason or others like Boomers Dioramas, Luke Towan and a few other master craftsmen.
Hi Jensen. You talked about raising the terrain level to come up under the reversing loop (currently sitting on red and green canisters), Why not continue letting the land rise so that part of the loop has to pass through a tunnel, thus effectively disguising the loop?
The lower level track will go through a tunnel under the upper level. The upper level track will go in between tall buildings which will hide the loop a little. Thanks for watching!!!
Man, I was starting to have withdrawals. LOL you have a big project. I do have a question…. On the pier where your car ferry will be, is that going to crowd you too much on the left side? Looks good on paper but we all know how that works. I really like the paper brick. I printed wood flooring to try inside my buildings. It works but n scale so small it’s not noticeable. Can’t wait for your next update
Lol, I just needed some time off but I’m back. I may cut a piece of cardboard first to see how the extension looks. Tune in next week! 👍
Amazing Job! Jensen, I really admire your work. I make small dioramas and I also can't make my creations "clean" or fresh from the factory. I would like to leave a suggestion. The layout of your huge diorama is rectangular or with several rectangles that you add as you need. The empty space, where you circulate, or will circulate, is like a junction of several empty rectangles. What do you think about making empty spaces more organic or rounded, as if the area where the water, the sea, or the river will be placed were a channel that surrounds the circulation area? And I imagine you will only use ink to represent water. What do you think of using epoxy resin, about 3cm thick. The aquatic space would encircle the entire circulation space and would not have sharp corners, avoiding bumps and accidents... Ok, this is just a layout suggestion. I know resin doesn't grow on trees (I have a hard time getting them around here, besides they're expensive)
A big hug and congratulations on your great work (and patience)
God be with you
Thank you so very much Sergio!!! And thank you so much for watching! Great suggestion and definitely something to think about. I’m really looking forward to making water when I get to that stage of the layout. Happy modeling!!!
Soon, over on the Boomer Dioramas CZcams channel, he will be showing how to professionally paint a river. No resin involved.
Another great build Jason. The rooftop signs you've made with the wood letters from Michaels is a great idea! However, the smallest size letters are 3/4" tall. I'm looking for letters 1/4" to 1/2" tall. I've looked several places online with no luck. Any ideas? Thanks Jason.
Thank you so much!!! I have not seen letters that large. Maybe try Amazon. I always go to Michaels craft store or Hobby Lobby. Good luck and thanks for watching. Hope you can find some 👍
Hi Jason. Great channel, outstanding work. I really appreciate a craftman. Is your layout freelance or is it based out of a particular place and time period ? Thanks and keep up the amazing work !!!!
Thank you so very much!!! I really appreciate it! My layout is free lance and it’s set in the 30s and 40s. Thanks for watching!!!
Job security on your layout.
Exactly!!! 👍
Talk about developing a technic on the fly, that is way too cool ! I plan on buying a couple of stains to work with, they really are a great base to work of of. Really happy to hear you are going to build paper brick buildings. I found a place that sells them in N scale and use my color laser printer to make copies on mat photo paper, just for my use. Love your kit bashes, I have started to do that in N scale and my buddies ask me where i got the kit at. One question for you I plan on building an HO saw mill for my friend what kit would you buy for a base? Thanks
Thank you so much Will!!! I truly appreciate it! I’m not really sure about a saw mill kit. Good luck with that project! Keep me posted on your progress. Thanks for the support Will !!! 👍
Hi Jason ! I take Your friendly question for comments as great invitation and would really like to understand ;) Your work is really awesome and Your skills and feeling for colors in artistic and material ways are really impressive. As is Your dealing with materials and the friendly and patient way You explain and show everything You do: Greatest respect for that wonderful work ! I always wait for next video with kind of impatience and in fact the how-tos are as impressive as are the results and is the layout. As an architect I only wonder a little about the "arrangement", the site plan of Your layout: All buildings form kind of an amphitheatre in all directions with the wondering spectator in center ... but most of American cities are organized in a rectangular grid site plan that may change direction from time to time ;). So does Your arrangement show a more "irrational" and dreamy design rather than the attempt to show "reality" although the single buildings aim for realism with every little detail ? Or are they meant as kind of a display window ? And couldn't it be interesting to serve some of Your fantastic buildings by train in switch tracks ? Apart from that: Thank You for Your unbelievable videos and the great work behind them too ! They are a real gift to anybody who is interested in model building. Thank You for that, all best wishes and please go on that way !
Thank you so much for the kind words!!! I try to arrange everything on the layout to look good for the camera. Meaning , I want every photo taken to look like a planned painting. Hopefully that makes sense to you. I am a full time artist so I look at the hobby from an artistic perspective. Thank you so much for watching! I truly appreciate it!!!
@@JasonJensenTrains Hi Jason ! Thanks a lot for the kind note ! We never know how our comments fit and I am glad about it ;) Yep, "planned painting" is absolutely convincing as also is Your (hobby-)work and attitude ;) It is a self-explaining term of course and a very precise description of the wonderful arrangements You make with those model structures. It also leads to the kind of surrealistic "worlds between dream and reality": The "Zwischenreich" as Paul Klee called it ;) Best regards from Berlin, Martin.
Hi Jason… great videos you put out and I have learned a lot from you. Building my first layout in the basement with a lot of concrete retaining walls… most will be directly against 1x4 benchwork… basswood seems to be a lot more affordable than sheet styrene, but how stable will it be.. I was going to cover the basswood with a light coat of AK interactive terrain concrete… what do you think?
Thank you so much!!! It sounds like you have a great plan. I think that would work well. Thanks for watching and happy modeling!!!
Great job! For your barn doors, what are you using to simulate the rolling hardware on top of the door? I've used slightly modified strap hinges. Thanks
Thank you so much Jon!!! The rolling hardware was provided in the kit but oddly was not pictured on the package. Thanks for watching!!!
Thank you Jason for the tips . Looks great.
What scale is harder to work with?
Cesar
Thank you so much!!! I guess it depends on how well your eye sight is. I really like HO scale! Thanks for watching!!!
Great layout Jason was waiting for the next installment qa when are your craftsman kits coming out and is Carolina craftsman still in business? Bought few kits they are great kits but looking for more sea port kits thank keep up the great work thanks
Thank you so much Anthony!!! Yes, Carolina Craftsman Kits is still in business. I hope to have some kits out soon. Stay tuned…
What did you clean the plastic brick walls with before painting them? Do you primer them or just paint the plastic as is?
I’ll spray a primer on them first but don’t usually clean them first. I will definitely have some videos coming up showing how I build the plastic brick structures. Thanks for watching James!!!