My mate Matt is The N Gauge modeller on YouTube. He does some 009 too. He's recently been medically retired from his job on the real railways so is looking forward to getting a lot of his projects further along now that he's got some time to spend on them. He's a lovely chap and very passionate about our scale. Definitely worth a follow.

https://youtube.com/@thengaugemodeller

I am afraid that ELO feature in my top ten list of bands that I just didn't get!

Anyway, here is something that Mick @Newportnobby probably will not like and Martin @port perran probably will. New to me...


Great voice and cover.

Tim

PS as Frank Zappa once said "Jazz is not dead it just smells funny"

I would recommend Simon's Shed, he did go on hiatus for two years due to Youtube making the hobby less fun for him (which I can understand as been feeling that for my own channel) but he has been slowly getting back into things.

https://www.youtube.com/@SimonsShed

Quote from: cmason on May 07, 2026, 05:11:55 PMAm I the only one who went "who?" in reaction to the name Peachy. Never heard of them.

I consume way too much YouTube, particularly when I am sitting/standing on a train, so if said individual is popular and model railway related I am surprised the algorithm has not thrown them at me... and I do find plenty of N gauge relevant material - although of course I search it out...

Count me in as a 'who' response too.  I also watch quite a bit of N gauge / Scale content and as @bluedepot mentioned, I tend to prefer amateur stuff too,  especially a channel called budget model trains and other channels that focus more on repairs and renewals (seeing an old broken junker brought back from the dead is very satisfying)

Quote from: bluedepot on May 07, 2026, 06:01:18 PMi think if it is mint in box and DCC fitted with a reasonable quality of decoder then about 80-95 pounds would be a fair price.

personally i would only pay the top end of that estimate if it had a zimo decoder fitted. i dislike the dapol decoders.

Interesting and good info. 

Quote from: cmason on May 07, 2026, 05:11:55 PMAm I the only one who went "who?" in reaction to the name Peachy. Never heard of them.

I consume way too much YouTube, particularly when I am sitting/standing on a train, so if said individual is popular and model railway related I am surprised the algorithm has not thrown them at me... and I do find plenty of N gauge relevant material - although of course I search it out...

Easy answer Colin no I have never heard of Peachy & I enjoy You Tube
  stay safe regards Derek

michanglais - you are going to have to bite the bullet and start a YouTube channel yourself!!

i've never watched peachy but had heard of the channel. i'll give it a watch. i don't think it will persuade me to go in for tt though.

personally i prefer non pretentious amateur channels where it is just other regular model train enthusiasts sharing whatever they are up to or what they find interesting. channels desperately chasing after views and subscribers or trying to become celebrities just annoy me. when people keep saying 'like and subscribe' i think it is just sad.

youtube can be great though so don't get me wrong. it's nice to see what other modellers are up to and interact in comments section.

HTAs with NEM pockets is an improvement too. Not really the most exciting announcements though. 

i think if it is mint in box and DCC fitted with a reasonable quality of decoder then about 80-95 pounds would be a fair price.

personally i would only pay the top end of that estimate if it had a zimo decoder fitted. i dislike the dapol decoders.

Quote from: bluedepot on May 07, 2026, 03:41:16 PMvery boring announcement this quarter really.

that's good some more 4 wheel wagons will have nem coupling pockets though.

Agreed! But I await a certain Precious.   










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