A large Layout at Fine Models' Headquarter
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A railway line with a station and a large depot fills a room at Fine Models. 27 photos give an impression of the layout.
Layout Recycling after Many Years
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Good layouts, modules and dioramas often outlive their owners. Now a piece of Saxony's narrow-gauge railroad has returned to Horst Göhr for repair and redesign.
Giessen: Le Dépôt Nord
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Two years ago, this large French O gauge layout was exhibited in Giessen at the International 0+1 Gauge Days. This time, a few new details caught the eye.
Giessen: At the Steam Dairy
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Dirk Becker exhibited his steam dairy in Giessen for the second time. The small 1:32 scale field railway system is well worth seeing.
Giessen: Gauge 0m RhB Station Wiesen
by Friedhelm Weidelich
At the International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen, a gem was almost a little hidden in Hall 1: the RhB station (Davos) Wiesen, a 1:45 scale operating diorama at the very highest level of model railroading. 36 photos in large format.
Giessen: MKB's Paper Factory
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The extremely creative Michasdorfer Kleinbahn in 1:32 is constantly expanding its fields of business. Now it also runs at a paper factory. 34 photos with many details worth seeing.
Giessen: From Braubach to Bad Willemshoehe
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Three interconnected gauge 1 layouts from the Netherlands were the main attraction in Hall 1 at the International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen. Model building at the highest level has been offered here. 36 photos in large format.
Giessen: Last Trains to Remscheid's Branch
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Frank Mäule and Alexander Lösch have created a diorama in gauge 1 to commemorate the remaining branch near Remscheid. Model building at a very high level, as was the case at the International Gauge 0+1 Days in Giessen.
Narrow-gauge Diorama: along the Wall (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Detailed relief buildings, vehicles and figures provide the narrow-gauge diorama with a background that holds many a small discovery in store.
Narrow-gauge Diorama: along the Wall
by Friedhelm Weidelich
You can shunt well on a long gauge 1 diorama, especially if you lay narrow-gauge track. 40 photos to stimulate your imagination.
Diorama Idea: Klusenstein
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Chance brought an old manuscript to light that contained a proposal for an H0 diorama. However, with a little more space you could also develop a varied diorama for gauge 1 that is suitable for all eras. Klusenstein is ideally suited as a layout area for short trains from 1912 to the present day.
Become active!
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Good 1-gauge layouts are fascinating. But such reports can only be produced if the layout owners open their doors and appreciate the positive effects of professional photos.
U-shaped 1 Gauge Layout: the Terminus (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The last report on the magnificent gauge 1 layout in U-shape is once again about the terminus station, its interior and the surrounding area. 30 images.
U-shaped 1 Gauge Layout: the Terminus
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A station with three tracks and a convenient loading track marks the end point of the fantastic U-shaped layout from the early epoch II. There is a lot going on here, but nothing seems overloaded or exaggerated. 40 inspiring photos.
A different View into the Forest
by Friedhelm Weidelich
With near-natural vegetation on the gauge 1 layout, you can play with the light - just like outside in nature.
Gauge 1 layout in U-shape: the lively curve
by Friedhelm Weidelich
You can hardly get enough of the curve on the large U-shaped gauge 1 layout, as the hilly landscape is full of action. The longer you look, the more details become visible. Have you spotted the capercaillie behind the tender and the hunter? Even the dark forest reveals perfect model-making skills. 40 pictures in large format and a description.
U-shaped 1 Gauge Layout: the Middle Part
by Friedhelm Weidelich
By cleverly separating several motifs, a section has been created on the middle section of the gauge 1 dream layout where new details are constantly being discovered. 28 photos in large format show how a 3D effect was created despite the shallow depth.
U-shaped 1 Gauge Layout: the Starting Point
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Happy New Year! To get it off to a good start, we are showing the first part of a gauge 1 dream layout.
A station with six tracks and a field railroad was the starting point of the large U-shaped layout, which we present with 32 pictures. It also includes a small depot.
Outstanding U-shaped Gauge 1 Layout: a Preview
by Friedhelm Weidelich
There are always perfectly designed dioramas among gauge 1 model railroaders. But designing an entire layout down to the smallest detail takes a lot of time, a keen sense of observation, craftsmanship and the best materials. Accordingly, it is rare to find such detailed gauge 1 layouts.
The fantastic U-shaped layout, which spur1info will present in several parts with around 160 photos, is a perfect symbiosis of tracks, operating possibilities and a landscape that is very rarely found in this design quality on gauge 1 layouts. The theme of the layout is the transition from the Länderbahn era to the early Reichsbahn era.
Layouts: Reichsbahn Depot at Night
by Friedhelm Weidelich
It is easier to create realistic lighting for 1-gauge layouts and dioramas than for smaller model railroad scales. This is because there are hardly any oversized lamps here, especially as LED technology has also advanced miniaturization here.
The Reichsbahn-Bw already shown in the most beautiful light gains new perspectives at night.
Layouts: Reichsbahn Depot in Daylight
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A 1:32 scale railroad depot requires a certain amount of space, but offers the opportunity to set up many steam and diesel locomotives, run them on the turntable and simulate equipping and decommissioning. If you go into detail and have studied the prototypes, a steam locomotive depot is created in the model where you can almost smell the coal fire, coal, slag and steam.
I photographed a Reichsbahn depot from the early 1930s - a real highlight. 32 pictures show it in daylight.
Spur-1-Treffen Speyer: Miscellaneous
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Finally, a few photos and impressions from the Spur 1 meeting in Speyer.
Spur-1-Treffen Speyer: Dr. Pauli's Narrow Gauge Modules
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The modular layout of Dr. Thomas Pauli from Öhringen was exhibited for the first time and had an effect on the visitors of the Liller Halle by something that is rarely found in gauge 1: real operation. "Playing with meaning" was the name given to it once a long time ago by a railroad magazine.
Read more … Spur-1-Treffen Speyer: Dr. Pauli's Narrow Gauge Modules
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: Westsächsische 0e-Freunde
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The West Saxon 0e-friends offered 0e-fun in Gießen with a large module layout.
Read more … Internationale Spur 0+1 Tage: Westsächsische 0e-Freunde
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.
Read more … Internationale Spur 0+1 Tage: Narrow Gauge Layout Berttin
The Final of the MKB
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The Michasdorfer Kleinbahn has been completed. The light railway layout has now been extended by a corner module, which is again characterized by the near-natural design.
News from the Michasdorfer Kleinbahn
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The "Sour Cucumber" has grown. The Michasdorfer Kleinbahn, a somewhat obscure field railroad on 1f gauge, has been expanded by a module. 35 photos bring out the qualities of the layout construction.
Field Railway System at the Highest Level (3)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In the third and last part of the report about Michasdorfer Kleinbahn, the viewer is offered many perfect details and an amazing track plan.
Field Railway System at the Highest Level (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Part 2 of the Michasdorfer Kleinbahn leads through a forest in which some things are quite scary. 31 atmospheric photos in large format.
Field Railway System at the Highest Level
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In Giessen, the field railway module boxes of the Michasdorfer Kleinbahn were constantly surrounded. I have photographed the layout in 1:32 scale at Micha Schmidt elaborately and captured many details that you can only perceive with the camera. 30 photos in large format.
Reports from Gießen: A Couple of Layouts
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Those who wanted to explore all the layouts needed a lot of time and were able to gain interesting impressions. The creativity of many layout builders was convincing. A picture gallery.
Reports from Gießen: O Gauge Chemin de fer de la chapelle
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Among the many layouts, some already known, the O gauge layout Chemin de fer de la chapelle with a northern French SNCF motif stood out. 20 photos in large format.
Read more … Reports from Gießen: O Gauge Chemin de fer de la chapelle
Field Railway and sour Cucumbers
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The three module boxes with a 1:32 scale light railroad, designed down to the last detail, were constantly besieged. It revolves around a sour cucumber manufactory in the style of the 1950s. The modules rightly received the attention, because the modeler works on a very high level.
A Gauge 1 Room Layout with Bavarian Theme, Era 1b (2)
by Gastautor
In part 2, Axel Kreidel describes the operating locations and self-built buildings of his gauge 1 layout.
Read more … A Gauge 1 Room Layout with Bavarian Theme, Era 1b (2)
A Gauge 1 Room Layout with Bavarian Theme, Era 1b (1)
by Gastautor
With gauge 1, space is always at a premium if you want to do some operating. Axel Kreidel has equipped a room with a small layout that allows varied running and switching.
Part 1 describes the conception of his layout based on Bavarian motifs.
Read more … A Gauge 1 Room Layout with Bavarian Theme, Era 1b (1)
Spur1/Spur0-Messe Mainz: Hünstetten Train Station
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Together Jörn Gomann, Marc Schneider showed his Hünstetten station, which allows for varied operation with only three switches.
Read more … Spur1/Spur0-Messe Mainz: Hünstetten Train Station
Spur1/Spur0-Messe Mainz: Klaus Wagner's 1 Gauge Layout
by Friedhelm Weidelich
There is a lot going on at Klaus Wagner's gauge 1 layout, which was presented at the Spur1/Spur0 fair in Mainz.
28 photos give an insight into the operation.
Read more … Spur1/Spur0-Messe Mainz: Klaus Wagner's 1 Gauge Layout
Field Railway by Thomas Zeitz (updated)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Thomas Zeitz presented his versatile 1/32nd scale field railway at the Spur1/Spur0 Messe in Mainz.
Bye-bye, Sächsische Schmalspurbahn Hamburg
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The large module layout "Saxon Narrow Gauge Railroad Hamburg" was disbanded. 26 pictures for the farewell.
Saxon Narrow Gauge in Hamburg (5)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In the fifth and final part of the report on the Saxon Narrow Gauge Railroad Hamburg we look at the three stations of Wilkaustein, where standard gauge and narrow gauge were cleverly combined. 40 photos.
Saxon Narrow Gauge in Hamburg (4)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Part 4 on the Saxon Narrow Gauge Railway Hamburg deals with an industrial siding, the interlockings on the standard gauge line with three-rail track and a light railroad. A gauge 1 layout can be that diverse. 43 photos.
Saxon Narrow Gauge in Hamburg (3)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The stations Vierenstraße and Venusberg of the large Saxon narrow gauge railroad Hamburg are presented with 34 photos. There are many possibilities for shunting operations here and a locomotive shed in each location. The buildings were self-built after Saxon prototypes.
Saxon Narrow Gauge in Hamburg (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The second part describes the development of the module layout of the friends of Saxon narrow gauge railroads in Hamburg. The large 1e narrow gauge layout has ten stations. Three of them are presented in part 2 with 35 atmospheric photos in large format.
Saxon Narrow Gauge in Hamburg (1)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A large narrow gauge layout based on Saxon models has to be dismantled. For the time being, we take a last look at the gauge 1 module layout, which reproduces the flair of the Saxon narrow gauge railroads of the Deutsche Reichsbahn in the 1970s to 1980s like hardly any other.
Part 1 with 38 photos in large format.
Jöhstadt and More
by Friedhelm Weidelich
A highly detailed Saxon narrow gauge layout is waiting for the detailed presentation. The first photos.
A Discovery Trip through the Märklineum (3)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Almost finished is the large H0 layout in the Märklineum in Göppingen, Germany. Snapshots and impressions.
A Layout in Austria
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In the summer of 2017, I portrayed an exceptional gauge 1 layout in Austria. Now a photographically very talented student provides us with atmospheric photos of the further built layout.
Intermodellbau: More Layouts
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Over 30 model railroad layouts were exhibited at Intermodellbau 2021. Most were of high quality craftsmanship and with original ideas or completely based on the prototype. Often it is model builders from abroad who implement a theme in great detail.
A Gauge 1 Autumn Bridge Module
by Friedhelm Weidelich
With a little modeling experience, building a scale 1 modular layout is not that difficult. Choosing the right season, the result is a jewel that displaces the dark season.
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.
Mills, Factories and Warehouses with Siding
by Friedhelm Weidelich
American-style model railroads are quite rare in gauge 1. But it is worthwhile to be inspired by American layouts.
Nystrup Gravel – a retrospective
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In 2014 I showed a nice field railway from Denmark in scale 1:35. In the meantime the model maker has changed to a larger scale. A good reason to have a look at the old module layout again. 50 pictures in large format.
Videos from Norway
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The exhibition in Norway is featured in two videos showing the module layout in operation.
Snapshots from Norway
by Friedhelm Weidelich
From Norway I received snapshots of a harmonious, imaginative and realistically designed module layout.
Norwegian Modules on Display
by Friedhelm Weidelich
On Sunday an excellent gauge 1 module layout can be visited in Norway.
Switching Diorama Swiss Made
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Hundreds of Gauge 1 dioramas and layouts are secretly blooming at private homes. Here we have the last opportunity to view an elongated diorama from Switzerland, which is now for sale.
Oe Industrial NG Railway by Helmut Walter (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
The Calenberg Industrial Railway in Oe offers countless ideas for a field and industrial railway in gauge 1 in a very confined space, because improvisation has always belonged to such narrow-gauge railways.
Part 2 with 64 large format photos.
Industrial Railway by Helmut Walter in 0e
by Friedhelm Weidelich
At the NuSSA in Stadtoldendorf a narrow-gauge industrial railway was exhibited, on which a varied operation was carried out. The railway with 900 mm gauge was built in scale 1:45. A good example? 46 photos show the possibilities and how to create a credible atmosphere in a small area.
A Large 1-Gauge Layout built by Fine Models
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Yesterday evening, shortly before 8 p.m., the public service broadcaster Hessische Rundfunk reported about a large gauge 1 layout built by Fine Models and destined for a customer in Asia.
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.
Faszination Modellbahn in Mannheim, Germany
by Friedhelm Weidelich
From 13th through 15th March 2020, "Fascination Model Railway" will once again take place at the Maimarkthalle in Mannheim. Here, model railway enthusiasts will be able to view models and hand samples that they know from reports on the International Toy Fair.
The fair organizer is in contact with the authorities because of the corona virus. As things stand today, the fair will take place.
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.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10 (6)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
With a total of 173 photos I have portrayed the private "Layout #10". In the sixth and last part of the picture series, subscribers enjoy the worth seeing layout by evening light and at night.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10 (5)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
25 scenes from the railway depot of Layout #10 and the holding sidings.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10 (4)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
32 photos present trade and industry at Layout #10.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10 (3)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
In part 3 of the picture series you will see scenes at the station and at the goods station. 33 photos.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10 (2)
by Friedhelm Weidelich
Part 2 of the picture section of Layout #10 presents a branch line with 24 photos.
The Excellent 1 Gauge Layout No. 10
by Friedhelm Weidelich
I had the opportunity to photograph an outstandingly well-done private gauge 1 layout. A total of about 170 photos are showing the qualities of the masterfully designed system.