While some Gauge 1 players are wasting their energy building castles in the air, other providers are quietly allowing ideas and projects to take shape. An exclusive example with never-before-seen hand samples.

A few short news items from the world of gauge 1.

The International 0+1 Gauge Days in Giessen have become a mega-event for the large model railroad gauges 0 and 1. A preview of the show, which takes place in just over two weeks.

The hand scraper is a long-forgotten tool for loading sand, stone and rubble.

The Weinert kit for gauge 1 is not very demanding. Hans Ziegler has made a few minor improvements to it and put it together. spur1info then went looking for it – and found it.