Calum Gillies (born: 1992 [age 31–32]) is a Scottish YouTuber who mainly does videos about unique and obscure machines and vlogs, especially about his home the Isle of Raasay.
Personal Life[]
Calum was born in 1992 on the Scottish Isle of Raasay near Skye, he grew up here and currently lives here in a camper van. He is a professional photographer and artist who enjoys history and finds machinery particularly interesting. He is a fan of Dungeons and Dragons.
Content[]
The videos Calum upload range widely from historical to vlogging to reviews.
Documentaries[]
- "WWII Rescue Buoys - Secret 'Floating Hotels' of the English Channel"
- "WWII Flying Home That Ended in Disaster - PBY Catalina 'Landseaire'"
- "Helihome: The Insane 1970's Flying Camper"
- "The Kommuna - Russia’s Immortal Warship"
- "Jerry Cans: The True Secret Weapon of WWII"
- "Buried Alive: The Secret WWII Bunker Hidden Inside Gibraltar’s Rock"
- "The World's Largest Overland Vehicles - LeTourneau's Land Trains"
- "Fort Drum: America's Unsinkable 'Concrete Battleship'"
- ""The Mini-Trac" - Antarctica's Weirdest Tracked Vehicle"
- "Why are Pre-War Shipwrecks Disappearing?"
- "The Bizarre Soviet TET-1000 Transforming Tractor"
- ""Kharkovchanka" - The Colossal Soviet Antarctic Cruisers"
- "This Plant is Destroying Britain's Forests, and Here's Why."
- "Who Was The First Person to Die in a Car Crash?"
- "How The Simple Nail Changed History"
- ""The Snow Cruiser"-Antarctica's Abandoned Behemoth"
Vlogs[]
- "Exploring Scotland's Underwater Ruins"
- "Why the Suzuki Jimny/Samurai Is the World's Best, Cutest 4x4"
- "Touring the World's Smallest Campervan - 1989 Suzuki Super Carry"
- "Exploring a 2000-Year-Old Tomb Behind My House."
- "Retrotech: My "Shed Radio" - The Philips 425"
- "Repairing my old 1950’s Paramo No.5 Vice"
- "Travelling to ØY Festival 2018 on Papa Westray, Orkney."
- "Peats"
- "Taking Photos with a 90 Year-Old Camera"
- "Building a Scottish Monster Hunting Kit"
- "My New (Old) Hifi: Sony La Scala TA-S2 & Project Audio Essential"
Restorations[]
- "Restoring a Relic From the Trenches of World War One"
- "Restoring My Great-Grandfather’s 100 Year Old Knife"
Drawings[]
- "Drawing Not Another D&D Podcast's "Map of Bahumia""
- "Drawing Every Building in Scotland"
- "Is There Anyone Out There? Drawing Every building on Raasay."