Correct as of 27/02/19.
| No. | Title | Contents | Time | Year | Collection | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Locomotive Kit Building: Part 1 | Introduction | 2004 |  | ||
| Building The Basic Chassis | ||||||
| Pick-ups, Motors And Basic Detailing | ||||||
| Building The Body | ||||||
| Chassis Frame And Bearings | ||||||
| Fixings, Brake Hangers & Pick-up Pads | ||||||
| The Alan Gibson 4F | ||||||
| S.E. Finecast Fitting The Wheels | ||||||
| Coupling Rods, Pick-ups And Motors | ||||||
| Securing The Coupling Rods | ||||||
| Alan Gibson Wheels And Brakes | ||||||
| Balance Weights, Bogies And Ponies | ||||||
| 4F Spalshers, Handrails And Valances | ||||||
| The A2 Body, Boiler, Firebox And Cab | ||||||
| The 61XX Body | ||||||
| Handrails, Pillars And Tender Wheel Bearings | ||||||
| 2 | Locomotive Kit Building: Part 2 | SE Finecast 61XX | 2004 | | ||
| DJH A2 | ||||||
| Alan Gibson 4F | ||||||
| 3 | Painting, Lining and Finishing | Part 1 – Tony Wright | 2005 | | ||
| Part 2 – Ian Rathbone | ||||||
| 4 | Detailing and Improving RTR Locos & Coaches | Locomotives | Bachmann V2 Class | 2006 | | |
| Hornby ‘County’ Class | ||||||
| Hornby ‘Britannia’ Class | ||||||
| Hornby A3 Classs | ||||||
| Hornby ‘Black 5’ | ||||||
| Bachmann 3F ‘Jinty’ | ||||||
| Coaches | Hornby Pullman | |||||
| Hornby Gresley | ||||||
| Bachmann Thompson | ||||||
| 5 | Modelling Landscapes: Part 1 | Researching The Prototype | 2006 | | ||
| Layout Design | ||||||
| Baseboard Construction | ||||||
| Marking, Cutting And Forming Baseboards | ||||||
| Laying Track | ||||||
| Making Landforms | ||||||
| Laying Grass | ||||||
| Colour Mixing | ||||||
| Landscape Colouring | ||||||
| Landscape Detailing | ||||||
| Painting The Cess Area | ||||||
| Painting & Weathering Track | ||||||
| Fencing | ||||||
| And Finally… | ||||||
| 6 | Modelling Landscapes: Part 2 | Pendon Museum | Pendon – Barry’s Tour | 2007 | | |
| The History Of Pendon | ||||||
| Tarmac Road | ||||||
| Painting & Texturing Roads | ||||||
| A Country Lane | ||||||
| Hedges | ||||||
| A Cornfield | ||||||
| Modelling Water | ||||||
| A Goods Yard | ||||||
| Background Landscapes | ||||||
| Pre-stretching Paper | ||||||
| Trees – Deciduous Trees, Pine Trees, Winter Trees, Foliage, And A Pine Forest | ||||||
| Review With Tony Wright | ||||||
| 7 | Building Buildings with Geoff Taylor | Research, Tools & Materials | Research & Planning | 2007 | | |
| Tools & Materials | ||||||
| A Freelance Terrace | Forming The Walls | |||||
| Stone Cladding | ||||||
| Sills And Lintels | ||||||
| Painting | ||||||
| Windows And Doors | ||||||
| Finishing The Walls | ||||||
| Ridge Tiles | ||||||
| Fitting Windows And Doors | ||||||
| Curtains | ||||||
| Chimney Stacks | ||||||
| Colouring The Slates | ||||||
| Rainwater Pipes | ||||||
| Flaunching And Flashing | ||||||
| Making A Roadway | ||||||
| A London Terrace | Introduction | |||||
| Forming The Walls | ||||||
| Window Plinth | ||||||
| Stone Facings | ||||||
| Painting | ||||||
| A Stone Fronted House | Introduction | |||||
| Cornerstones | ||||||
| Facing With Modelling Clay | ||||||
| Painting And Rendering | ||||||
| Closing Comments | ||||||
| 8 | An Introduction to DCC | Introduction | 2008 | | ||
| Basic Layout Conversion | ||||||
| DCC Controllers | Entry Level | |||||
| Gaugemaster And Dynamis | ||||||
| Compatibility | ||||||
| Advanced Controllers | ||||||
| Lenz & Roco | ||||||
| Locomotive DCC Labels | ||||||
| Fitting Decoders To Diesels | Introductions | |||||
| Direct Plug-in Decoder | ||||||
| Wired Plug Decoder | ||||||
| Vitrains | ||||||
| Hornby Class 56 | ||||||
| Heljan Class 33 | ||||||
| Fitting Decoders To Steam | ||||||
| Fitting Decoders To Kit-built Locomotives | ||||||
| Programming Decoders | ||||||
| It Happens…. | ||||||
| 9 | Practical Aspects of DCC | Introduction | 2008 | | ||
| Locomotive Sound | ||||||
| Lighting Locos And Coaches | Decoders And LEDs | |||||
| Coach And Loco Connections | ||||||
| Setting Up And Installing Lights | ||||||
| Steam Locomotive Smoke | ||||||
| N Gauge And N Scale | British N Gauge | |||||
| American N Scale | ||||||
| Improving Turnouts | ||||||
| Baseboard Wiring | Introduction | |||||
| Power Bus | ||||||
| Accessory Decoders | ||||||
| Power District | ||||||
| Thottle Bus | ||||||
| Operation | Introduction | |||||
| XPA Adaptor | ||||||
| Programming On The Main | ||||||
| Slow Running | ||||||
| Dudley Heath | ||||||
| Double-heading | ||||||
| 10 | Laying Terrific Trackwork | Introduction | 3 Hours 50 Mins | 2008 | | |
| A Peco Junction | Peco Points | |||||
| Peco Foam Ballast | ||||||
| Preparing Peco Track | ||||||
| Laying Peco Track | ||||||
| Copper Clad Turnout | Timbering And Preparation | |||||
| Making The Vee | ||||||
| Fitting The Main Stockrail And Vee | ||||||
| The Curved Stock Rail | ||||||
| Forming And Fitting The Wing Rails | ||||||
| Fitting The Blades | ||||||
| Check Rails | ||||||
| Electrical Insulation | ||||||
| Tie Bars | ||||||
| C&L Chair & Sleeper System | Planning The Junction | |||||
| Timbering The Junction | ||||||
| Cutting The Rails To Length | ||||||
| Making The Vee | ||||||
| Selecting And Fitting The Chairs | ||||||
| The First Stock Rail | ||||||
| The Vee | ||||||
| Other Running Rails | ||||||
| Wing Rails | ||||||
| Switch Blades | ||||||
| Check Rails | ||||||
| The Diamond Crossing | ||||||
| Tie Bars | ||||||
| Laying Track And Turnouts | Electrical Connections | |||||
| Painting The Track | ||||||
| Preparing Plain Track | ||||||
| Laying The Track Bed | ||||||
| The Cess | ||||||
| Removing The Template | ||||||
| Laying And Ballasting The Track | ||||||
| Closing Comments | ||||||
| 11 | Weathering Techniques | Introduction | 3 Hours 45 Mins | 2009 | | |
| Equipment | ||||||
| Using The Airbrush | ||||||
| A Hard-Working Engine – Bachmann LMS Crab | ||||||
| An Elderly Diesel – FIA Trains Ex-LMS 10001 | ||||||
| Clean… But Not Perfect – Bachmann / NRM Deltic | ||||||
| Extreme Weathering – Bachmann WD | ||||||
| Varnishes, Paint & Powders | ||||||
| Coaching Stock | ||||||
| Spit & Polish – A Hornby Britannia | ||||||
| Freight Stock | ||||||
| Weathering Buildings | ||||||
| Closing Comments | ||||||
| 12 | Wiring Your Layout |  | ||||
| 13 | Wagons: Part 1 Iain Rice | Introduction | 1 Hour 55 Mins | 2010 | | |
| British Goods Wagons | ||||||
| Research | ||||||
| Tools And Equipment | ||||||
| Resources | ||||||
| Upgrading RTR Wagons | Couplings And Wheels | |||||
| “W” Irons | ||||||
| Buffers | ||||||
| Replacing The Under-Frame | ||||||
| Re-Aligning Brake Gear | ||||||
| Etched Brass “W” Irons | ||||||
| Etched Brass Brake Gear | ||||||
| An Integrated Ratio Kit | ||||||
| Building A Parkide Kit | ||||||
| 14 | Wagons: Part 2 Iain Rice | Introduction | 1 Hour 45 Mins | 2010 | | |
| White Metal Kits | ||||||
| Adding Metal Details | ||||||
| Brake Gear | ||||||
| Vacuum Pipes | ||||||
| Painting | ||||||
| Weathering | ||||||
| Loading, Sheeting And Roping | ||||||
| Wagon Weighting | ||||||
| Improving Wagon Performance | ||||||
| Couplings | ||||||
| 15 | Railway Operation & Signalling | | ||||
| 16 | Developments in DC and DCC | Introduction | 1 Hour 55 Mins | 2012 | | |
| Points And Turnouts | Wiring Points | |||||
| Controlling Points | ||||||
| DCC Point Control | ||||||
| Using Servos | ||||||
| Where’s My Train? | Infra Red Detection | |||||
| Block Detection | ||||||
| Mini Cameras | ||||||
| RFID | ||||||
| DCC Systems | ||||||
| DCC Decoders | Setting Up | |||||
| Programming | ||||||
| Speed Curves | ||||||
| Loco Lighting | ||||||
| Function Mapping | ||||||
| Coach Lighting | ||||||
| Smoke Generators | ||||||
| DCC Sound | ||||||
| Wi Throttle | ||||||
| Short Circuit Protection | ||||||
| Polarity Switching | ||||||
| C-Bus | ||||||
| 17 | Weathering Techniques 2 | Introduction | 2012 | | ||
| Heavy Weather – A Grubby Ferry Van | ||||||
| Prototypical Approach – A Class 47 | ||||||
| Detail Weathering – An Industrial 0-4-0ST | ||||||
| Cleaning The Airbrush | ||||||
| Bleached Bones – “Unpainted Wagons” | ||||||
| Faded Glory 1 – Deep Sea Containers | ||||||
| Faded Glory 2 – Class 08 Diesel | ||||||
| Rust Belt – Steel-bodied Minerals | ||||||
| Graffiti Attack | ||||||
| Weathering Trackwork | ||||||
| 18 | Trouble-shooting and Fault-finding | Introduction | 2013 | | ||
| Basic Trouble-shooting | ||||||
| Trackwork | Using A Multimeter | |||||
| Cleaning Trackwork | ||||||
| Peco Pointwork | ||||||
| Track And Wheel Gauges | ||||||
| Locos | Acceptance Trials | |||||
| Running In | ||||||
| Locomotive Wheels | ||||||
| Better RTR Running | ||||||
| Mechanism Cleaning And Lubirication | ||||||
| Problems With Pickups | ||||||
| Wagons And Coaches | Troublesome Trucks And Coaches | |||||
| Replacing Wheel Sets | ||||||
| Wheel Cleaning | ||||||
| A Running Session | ||||||
| 19 | Layout Planning and Design | Introduction | 2 Hours 25 Mins | 2014 | | |
| Selecting Gauge And Scale | ||||||
| Considering Train Length | ||||||
| Couplings | ||||||
| Finding The Best Side | ||||||
| Using A Check List | ||||||
| Developing A Mock-up | ||||||
| Perspective | ||||||
| A Prototypical Track Plan | ||||||
| A Freelance Track Plan | ||||||
| From 2D Plan to 3D Layout | ||||||
| A County Station | ||||||
| An Aggregate Works | ||||||
| View Blocking | ||||||
| Wharfedale Road (DVD Project Layout) | ||||||
| Forced Perspective | ||||||
| Wharfedale Road Central Operating Area | ||||||
| Bawdsey | ||||||
| Albion Yard | ||||||
| – | The Right Tack to Copenhagen Fields | Introduction | 2009 | | ||
| History And Development | ||||||
| Belle-Isle | ||||||
| Behind The Scenes | ||||||
| Watch The Trains Go By | ||||||
| – | The Right Track to Over Peover | |||||
| – | The Right Track to Pendon | | ||||
| – | The Right Track to Stoke Summit | | ||||
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