A self-built Vineyard based on Reality

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Vineyards on Lake Geneva are the inspiration for an elaborate plantation on a Swiss club layout in 1:32. Part 1.

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Lokladen's Exklusive Model of DB's ETA 178

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Lokladen, Bingen, Germany, offers an exclusive gauge 1 model produced by Dingler: ETA 178 001 of the Deutsche Bundesbahn.

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Prussian battery railcar from Dingler

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Dingler has provided us with photos of the Wittfeld battery-powered railcar 1-gauge model .

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Scrap Loading as a Topic (2)

by Friedhelm Weidelich

Part 2 on the subject of loading scrap metal in epoch III to the present day is about a scrap metal dealer with photos from 1971 and 2012. 1971, typical for a local freight train, a DB steam locomotive shunted here, which was otherwise rarely seen ahead of freight trains.

41 years later, the same two-axle shunting locomotive was still in service at the scrap yard. Interesting was however also the collection of small locomotives, which would make wonderful gauge 1 models.

36 photos offer inspiration from the prototype.

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