Alright! I finally started painting the backdrop behind the interchange on my model railroad. Here's part 8 in accelerated format. This is the last part in this series.
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Monday 23 February 2009
Sunday 22 February 2009
Peterborough Toy Fair @ the Cresset
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Sunday 15 February 2009
Model Railroad VLog: I'm finally painting the backdrop - Part 7
"Alright! I finally started painting the backdrop behind the interchange on my model railroad. Here's part 7 in accelerated format."
Sunday 8 February 2009
Bankruptcy derails toy train maker Märklin
Germany’s storied model train maker Märklin said on Wednesday it had filed for insolvency after delighting fans of tiny railways for the past 150 years.
Based in Göppingen some 40 kilometres east of Stuttgart, Märklin said it hopes to continue operations while it undergoes restructuring.
“We hope to work with insolvency regulators to overhaul and re-establish our company with its long tradition and cult status according to German bankruptcy law,” Märklin executive Dietmar Mundil said.
The beleaguered toy train company employs 1,050 people – 650 in Germany around 400 in Hungary. Founded in 1859, the firm has belonged to British financial investor Kingsbridge Capital since 2006.
click here for more on this from The Local - Germany's News In English
Saturday 7 February 2009
Columbia Historical Society HO Model Railroad Video 8
This video shows a Reading freight and Pennsy Passenger train traveling the Columbia Branch near Port Interlocking. The small building on the upper level that fell off its foundation has since been fixed, and the high fascia in this area has been lowered down. As Ken shoots more videos of both Columbia layout and the Stiegel Valley Model RR, I'll post them.
Sunday 1 February 2009
Accessories For Your Model Railway Layout
Whilst thinking of adding accessories to your model train layout you will need to carefully consider the scale of your layout. As a quick guide the following scales are some of the most common - O Scale (1:48), S Scale (1:64), OO Scale (1:76), HO Scale (1:87), N Scale (1:160) and finally Z Scale (1:220).
As you can see from the paragraph above there are lots of different model railway scales and thus you have to make sure that when you are buying any accesories for your railway that you are buying the right ones. For example you may wish to change the name plate on your locomotive or add some decals to the engine then you need to make sure that you buy the right size plate or decal if you want the engine to look great. Some of these differences are quite obvious when it comes to items to go onto your train but are less so when it comes to tree systems and sometimes buildings. For example I have first hand experience of a retailer telling me that some of the Bachmann trees were not suitable for OO scale which was not strictly true as firstly using the dimensions on the back of the packet it specifically said that they were suitable and in any case if I was building a layout which had perspective then I may have needed some N scale trees to go at the back of the layout.
Some common accessories that you may wish to consider range from fishplates, track pins, buffers, uncoupling ramps, track supports, level crossings, fencing, lighting systems for stations and buildings and underlay for your track. And that doesn't really touch the sides as there are any number of scenery accessories and buildings that you can buy or build.
A simple accesory that can significantly add to the look of your layout is a tunnel portal. You often see tunnel systems with a brick facia going into the hillside and you can buy any number of different types of these to add realism to your model railway layout. Alternatively with brick patterns available to purchase or to download you can make your own bespoke tunnel portals.
When it comes to adding lights to the inside of your buildings then the bulbs or diodes that you use can be the same across a number of scales but if you are to have the lights on view such as a street lighting system or station lighting then you will need to make sure that the accessories are the right size for your layout.
If you are really into making the models yourself then you should consider the level of detail that you like to put into your models before deciding on your scale as it is likely that at the smaller scales a level of detail will need to be sacrificed because of the size.
To summarise therefore there are an abundance of accessories that are available for model railway enthusiasts and these are available in many different scales. Whilst there may be some crossover between scales this would tend to be very limited so it is important that when visiting your store that you know exactly what scale you are working to and/or what you are trying to achieve if you buy a product in a different scale.
One of the best places I have found for buying my accessories is at On Tracks as they cater for many different scales and have a huge range of products available online.
As you can see from the paragraph above there are lots of different model railway scales and thus you have to make sure that when you are buying any accesories for your railway that you are buying the right ones. For example you may wish to change the name plate on your locomotive or add some decals to the engine then you need to make sure that you buy the right size plate or decal if you want the engine to look great. Some of these differences are quite obvious when it comes to items to go onto your train but are less so when it comes to tree systems and sometimes buildings. For example I have first hand experience of a retailer telling me that some of the Bachmann trees were not suitable for OO scale which was not strictly true as firstly using the dimensions on the back of the packet it specifically said that they were suitable and in any case if I was building a layout which had perspective then I may have needed some N scale trees to go at the back of the layout.
Some common accessories that you may wish to consider range from fishplates, track pins, buffers, uncoupling ramps, track supports, level crossings, fencing, lighting systems for stations and buildings and underlay for your track. And that doesn't really touch the sides as there are any number of scenery accessories and buildings that you can buy or build.
A simple accesory that can significantly add to the look of your layout is a tunnel portal. You often see tunnel systems with a brick facia going into the hillside and you can buy any number of different types of these to add realism to your model railway layout. Alternatively with brick patterns available to purchase or to download you can make your own bespoke tunnel portals.
When it comes to adding lights to the inside of your buildings then the bulbs or diodes that you use can be the same across a number of scales but if you are to have the lights on view such as a street lighting system or station lighting then you will need to make sure that the accessories are the right size for your layout.
If you are really into making the models yourself then you should consider the level of detail that you like to put into your models before deciding on your scale as it is likely that at the smaller scales a level of detail will need to be sacrificed because of the size.
To summarise therefore there are an abundance of accessories that are available for model railway enthusiasts and these are available in many different scales. Whilst there may be some crossover between scales this would tend to be very limited so it is important that when visiting your store that you know exactly what scale you are working to and/or what you are trying to achieve if you buy a product in a different scale.
One of the best places I have found for buying my accessories is at On Tracks as they cater for many different scales and have a huge range of products available online.
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