
Diorama in a Cigar Box
by Friedhelm Weidelich
May has come, dioramas are growing.
Micha Schmidt has packed a small scene in a cigar box.

Internationale Spur 0+1 Tage: Sucrerie de Toury
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The Toury sugar factory in France, founded in 1875, once had an extensive narrow-gauge network for beet transport and factory traffic. Uwe Haas has set up a monument to it.

Internationale Spur 0+1 Tage: Narrow Gauge Layout Berttin
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The model railroad club "Friedrich List" Leipzig e. V. showed in Giessen a narrow gauge diorama integrated into a small layout. Special attention was paid to tiny details.
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Around the Megalithic Tomb and More
by Friedhelm Weidelich
At the Spur1/Spur0 fair in Mainz, there were also unusual things to see in 1:43.5 scale: Narrow gauge with minimal space requirements. One idea could also be transferred to 1 gauge.

A bookshelf Layout from Belgium
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Again and again, the Gauge 1 Friends from Leuven in Belgium develop interesting layouts and dioramas for gauge 1, which feature a wealth of details.
The latest driving diorama basically fits on a bookshelf. 50 photos show details and international train operations.

Rolling Stock for the Diorama
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The rustic original for a bridge diorama or module in 1:32 scale still needs to be supplemented with suitable rolling stock. Here are 49 year old photos and some new ones for inspiration. They show an amazing range of locomotives, railcars and passenger cars.

A little Bridge might be an Idea for a Diorama
by Friedhelm Weidelich
There are settings that you can't invent. Eventually you will find a believable accumulation of details that inspire a modeler to a diorama. Here comes a bridge scene for gauge 1 that has it all and could be realized on a compact footprint for epochs I to VI.

Model making in a special way
by Friedhelm Weidelich
At the end of 2019, spur1info reported about a Gauge 1 meeting in Hong Kong. Now there is news.
Snapshots from Norway
by Friedhelm Weidelich
From Norway I received snapshots of a harmonious, imaginative and realistically designed module layout.

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (6)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Not a grass mat next to the gravel, but a varied vegetation makes the locomotive shed diorama for gauge 1 worth seeing. Grass and plants have "grown" quite fast. But before that I had another idea.

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (5)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In the fifth part of the building report the plumbing work on the roof of the small locomotive shed will be completed. In addition, two realistic-looking puddles are created with the simplest of means.

Field Railway in Gauge 1 Scale
by Friedhelm Weidelich
For gauge 1, narrow-gauge railways are still a niche product. In search of inspiration we visited the NuSSA - the zero and narrow gauge exhibition in Stadtoldendorf, Germany. It was worth it, because high quality model making was exhibited there.
We start with a field railway in 1:32. 46 photos of a compact, versatile layout.

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (4)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Even an engine shed covered with tar paper in 1:32 scale should have gutters. Another challenge for the occasional handyman...

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (3)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A diesel locomotive needs fuel from time to time. So a small filling station is integrated into the gauge 1 diorama. This also increases the play value.

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
After the positioning test and three glued-on walls, literally basic work is carried out in the engine shed. Parts of the interior fittings are also made. Inspired by imagination, a useful workshop utensil is created, which I have never seen in any model before.

A Small Loco Shed Diorama (1)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A small chipboard, a started and a finished kit and a piece of track. This gave rise to the idea of developing a diorama that provides plenty of activity and fun even during the building stage. While doing handicrafts, it quickly became clear that once you started, the ideas develop by themselves. Perhaps also with you, dear readers.
Extended travel time for compact dioramas
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Gauge 1 usually suffers from too long vehicles and too short tracks. But you can, strictly following the example of the DB Regio, extend the journey time with a trick. German TV satirical program Extra3 showed the method again yesterday.

Three High Quality 1-Gauge Layouts
by Friedhelm Weidelich
At the third Sauerland gauge 0 and gauge 1 meeting, three gauge 1 layouts and dioramas were shown, which demonstrated craftmanship at the highest level. My colleague Stefan Karzaunikat from Spur-Null-Magazin provided us with photos which offer many suggestions for a realistic design of layouts and dioramas in 1:32 scale.
Op de derde Sauerländer Spur 0 und Spur 1 Großbahntreffen wurden drie systemen en diorama's getoond, die de modelbouw op het hoogste niveau demonstreerden. Mijn collega Stefan Karzaunikat van Spur-Null-Magazin heeft ons foto's geleverd die ons veel suggesties bieden voor een realistisch ontwerp van faciliteiten en diorama's in schaal 1:32.