The collection of Gormo's Sheds articles plus additional information. Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:06:13 +0000 Sat, 10 Oct 2026 14:06:13 +0000 Platform1mrc.com http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?forums/the-collection/ Fri, 03 Mar 2023 11:40:11 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-83-17-tarpaulins.2176/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-83-17-tarpaulins.2176/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo
Well the cat was out of the bag a few days ago when I posted a preview of this weeks Gormo`s Shed.

Yes gormoVision management is now seeking to widen their audience appeal through a concentrated marketing campaign targeting model railroading hot spots around the globe. Therefore previews could become a regular thing in the future depending on the availabilty of material......anyway I digress.!!

TARPAULINS......yes there any number and varied commercial options...

Episode 83 17 Tarpaulins]]> 14 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 20:10:14 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/156-20-gormo-s-shed-final-episode.5311/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/156-20-gormo-s-shed-final-episode.5311/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Well we`ve come to the end of the year we would rather forget and I`ve also come to the end of Gormo`s Shed.
Approximately five years of doing this has attracted a few followers to my YouTube channel and some of those have decided to join the forum as well.
In that way it has been of benefit to the forum, and I hope that the membership continues to grow steadily by word of mouth or recommendation as I`m sure it will.
So Toto, thanks for the opportunity you gave me to have a free...

156 20 Gormo`s Shed Final Episode]]> 39 Wed, 25 Nov 2020 20:05:45 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-155-20-bathurst-railway-museum.5245/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-155-20-bathurst-railway-museum.5245/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Just recently my wife and I spent three nights out at Bathurst.
Bathurst is a regional city in NSW approx. 2 1/2 hours drive from Gormo`s place in Sydney. It lays on the other side of the Blue Mountains, otherwise known as the Great Dividing Range.
It`s a beautifully kept friendly city with quite a few nice and interesting things to visit.
The people out there were following the Covid practices to the letter, so we felt quite safe, plus I have not heard of any cases out there...

Episode 155 20 Bathurst Railway Museum]]> 6 Tue, 27 Oct 2020 21:12:29 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-154-20-colouring-static-grass-series-ends-dec-2020.5192/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-154-20-colouring-static-grass-series-ends-dec-2020.5192/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Welcome to Gormo`s Shed,
This episode deals with a couple of things, but first and foremost the Gormo`s Shed series of how to videos will end at Christmas this year.
I have been doing these videos since January 2016 specifically for Platform 1 MRC and as a request from Toto when the forum was in it`s infancy.
I have come to a point in my life where I am looking to wind back a little and rationalize my time to make more effective use of it in order to focus on things I would...

Episode 154 20 Colouring Static Grass ( Series Ends Dec. 2020 )]]> Tue, 20 Oct 2020 21:15:35 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-141-20-fiddleyard-cassettes-revisited.4688/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-141-20-fiddleyard-cassettes-revisited.4688/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This is an update to the original Fiddleyard Cassette video which was covered in Episode 37 way back in the dim, dark days of Gormo`s Shed on the fledgling Platform 1 MRC forum.



The principles are still the same, the system still works really well, but now we have a storage solution for the cassettes and also a home made system for turning a cassette.
These methods I suppose, are purpose built for my railway, however I thought it was worth...

Episode 141 20 Fiddleyard Cassettes Revisited]]> 10 Tue, 25 Aug 2020 23:25:59 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-153-20-designing-and-drawing-schematics-for-control-panels-part-2.5107/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-153-20-designing-and-drawing-schematics-for-control-panels-part-2.5107/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo
Well here is Part 2, as promised, in these rather lengthy tutorials,on how to design control panels using the LibreOffice suite.

This episode focuses purely on track layout and design for a signal box style control panel for your model railway.

I hope it will be of some use to some of you out there in railway cyber space, who are locked down at the moment, and scratching about for a project to take on.

This pic below gives an impression of what can be created without very...

Episode 153 20 Designing and Drawing Schematics for Control Panels Part 2]]> Sun, 16 Aug 2020 11:54:33 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-152-20-designing-and-drawing-schematics-for-control-panels-part-1.5089/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-152-20-designing-and-drawing-schematics-for-control-panels-part-1.5089/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Well the title is long and so is the video.
I`ve had a couple of requests for a tutorial on how I go about making the schematics for my control panels.
Sounds easy enough, but to explain it properly actually takes quite some time at the computer keyboard, explaining the ins and outs of the software I use to make it happen.
I have taken the stance that I`m teaching someone who`s never attempted such a thing before, so I`ve got back to basics....I think.
Trouble is, as you know,...

Episode 152 20 Designing and Drawing Schematics for Control Panels Part 1]]> Sat, 15 Aug 2020 06:00:27 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-151-20-something-completely-different.5062/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-151-20-something-completely-different.5062/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo As the title suggests, this is something completely different for a change.
This episode gives you a look at my old MGB. This is not an in depth road review and I am also limited in how well I can film a moving car and drive it at the same time, so this video will not be up to Top Gear standards.
This is the little car in question. This photo was taken at the all British Car Show at Kings School in Sydney a few years ago. I was then a member of a car club, so we had a few cars...

Episode 151 20 Something Completely Different.]]> 15 Mon, 29 Jun 2020 05:22:43 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-150-20-how-to-make-roads.4990/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-150-20-how-to-make-roads.4990/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Here`s a simple method for creating roads.
I developed this method myself some years ago especially to suit those flat townscapes that a lot of us seem to do, including me.
Of course not everybody models flat towns, but the temptation to build your Metropolis often over-rides your artistic self in the cause of getting stuff done and finished quicker.
Anyway....I think this method gives you an acceptable road surface in the end, so give it a go if you`re game.......

Episode 150 20 How To Make Roads]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2020 11:24:44 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-149-20-manual-point-control-demo.4947/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-149-20-manual-point-control-demo.4947/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This weeks episode covers my old manual control system.
I had a request from one of the YouTubers to see it working after he had watched a rather long video I did quite some time back, which shows the development and final installation of the system on my railway.

https://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-11-manual-point-control.474/

Anyway, I thought I had covered the subject comprehensively, but apparently not..???
So this may be of interest to our...

Episode 149 20 Manual Point Control Demo]]> Sat, 23 May 2020 08:37:26 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-148-20-the-tranzalpine-nz.4909/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-148-20-the-tranzalpine-nz.4909/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Here is a brief video journal of an almost 5 hour trip on the TranzAlpine railway in the south island of New Zealand in 2015.
We picked up the train at Christchurch and travelled across the country to Greymouth on the west coast, where we then picked up a hire car from Greymouth station and proceeded on a driving tour of the south island.
This was a splendid holiday and brings back happy memories from a happier time, but it also re-inforces the fact that those happy days will...

Episode 148 20 The TranzAlpine NZ.]]> 4 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 06:35:54 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-146-20-how-to-paint-brickwork-and-create-mortar-for-model-buildings.4786/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-146-20-how-to-paint-brickwork-and-create-mortar-for-model-buildings.4786/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This episode takes us on an adventure into finishing brickwork on model buildings.
There are various methods around for brickwork and this is yet another, with ideas borrowed from here and there and some of my own touches as well.
I think brickwork can be rather daunting if you`ve never done it before, however this method will yield good results and give you the confidence to move onto bigger and better things.
Best results will be obtained by you, if you put in some time...

Episode 146 20 How To Paint Brickwork And Create Mortar For Model Buildings]]> 8 Sun, 26 Apr 2020 12:20:03 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-147-20-4-foot-post-rail-fencing.4821/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-147-20-4-foot-post-rail-fencing.4821/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This episode covers the assembly and finishing and installation of a section of 4 foot post and rail fencing that is manufactured and supplied by scalemodelscenery, which is a small firm based in the UK.
I have no affiliation with and no personal agenda to promote scalemodelscenery, but rather, I am a satisfied user of their products.

View attachment 19478


The fencing is ideal as a good representation of post...

Episode 147 20 4 Foot Post & Rail Fencing]]> Tue, 07 Apr 2020 11:32:13 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-145-20-how-to-make-telegraph-poles.4767/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-145-20-how-to-make-telegraph-poles.4767/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Why bother you may say.......I can buy perfectly good telegraph poles from my local hobby shop.
All true and yes ....why take on the task of building something that is readily available and not terribly expensive.?
Well during these uncertain times when we are locked down in our homes, we are presented with the gift of more time for modelling. More time to take a chance with your modelling abilities and have a go at something scratch built.
The humble telegraph pole offers you a...

Episode 145 20 How To Make Telegraph Poles]]> 10 Sun, 22 Mar 2020 09:00:05 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-144-20-how-to-make-bushes.4735/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-144-20-how-to-make-bushes.4735/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo I had a request from a fellow modeller to do a tutorial on making bushes.
I have no particular new technique or revolutionary method for creating bushes, however as it was a request, and as I feel it was time to change direction on Gormo`s Shed, I have complied with the request.
I have picked up what I know from internet research and also most importantly, from Gary. His drops of PVA onto a sheet of baking paper method, for creating little weeds and flowers is a ripper.
So I...

Episode 144 20 How To Make Bushes]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:17:55 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-143-20-how-to-build-station-platforms.4717/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-143-20-how-to-build-station-platforms.4717/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This time on Gormo`s Shed we`re looking at a method I`ve used to build station platforms.
I`ve covered this in my layout thread, but it`s a long drawn out project and would be easier on the eye to view in one sitting via video.
The concept relies on a bracket system fitted to the back of the platform walls. The platform walls are made from MDF


View attachment 18579

This system allows you to shape the walls to the rails and gives you a good amount of control over how it...

Episode 143 20 How To Build Station Platforms]]> Sat, 07 Mar 2020 11:54:03 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-142-20-a-station-building-kit-bash.4699/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-142-20-a-station-building-kit-bash.4699/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This will be my last Kit Bash video for a while as I think we need to move onto something different.
Don`t quite know what that might be just yet, but that has been the case from episode to episode of Gormo`s Shed since it started......who knows ????.....
Anyway this episode covers a serious makeover of the classic Metclafe station kit.
Apologies to those who have already followed this build on my layout topic, so for those people I am repeating myself, but with the...

Episode 142 20 A Station Building Kit Bash]]> Sun, 16 Feb 2020 22:20:57 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-140-20-kit-bashing-with-increased-level-of-difficulty.4664/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-140-20-kit-bashing-with-increased-level-of-difficulty.4664/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo Still on the kit bashing theme and why not, I think most of us have a crack at it from time to time during our railway modelling careers.
This particular project has moved up a gear with the level of difficulty, in fact when you take the plunge into a project like this, you cannot be absolutely sure it will work out successfully, or just turn out to be a dismembered pile of parts that will no longer fit together as they were originally intended.
But that is the nature of kit...

Episode 140 20 Kit Bashing With Increased Level Of Difficulty]]> Sat, 08 Feb 2020 06:58:04 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-139-20-kit-bashing-card-red-brick-terraces.4639/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-139-20-kit-bashing-card-red-brick-terraces.4639/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo You don`t have to be restricted to the finish that comes with proprietary kits, they can be adapted to suit what you would prefer on your railway.
This sometimes can involve a lot of extra work.....ask me how I know this.?.....however the conversion today is one of the easier ones to complete.
It is simply taking some Metcalfe Red Brick Terraces and spraying them with pastel colours. The colour is up to you or you could do them White......completely up to you.!
The thing to keep...

Episode 139 20 Kit Bashing Card Red Brick Terraces]]> Sun, 02 Feb 2020 20:11:45 +0000 http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-138-20-how-to-make-pipe-wagon-loads.4620/ http://platform1mrc.com/p1mrc/index.php?threads/episode-138-20-how-to-make-pipe-wagon-loads.4620/ invalid@example.com (gormo) gormo This episode covers the making of pipe wagon loads for bogie bolster wagons, however the logic can be applied to shorter wagons as well…….it just means the lengths and type of pipe has to be considered.
The method is not rocket science and involves the use of basic skills and materials at very little cost.
The pipes are made from paper drinking straws, which I purchased here in Oz at 6 dollars for 250 straws, and Yes, I do have a surplus of straws now...

Episode 138 20 How To Make Pipe Wagon Loads]]> 11