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11 years 4 months ago #14641 by Fred

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Hope this works- Great Christmas Spirit!! :laugh:

www.vulture.com/2011/12/british-royal-navy-lip-sync.html

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11 years 4 months ago #14650 by hokenstrom

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I've been to Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg and I am going to Loxx in Berlin this spring but this actually looks interesting as well. A bit troublesome to travel to St Petersburg but it seems worth the trip:

englishrussia.com/2012/11/28/russia-in-miniature-2/

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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #14651 by Mr.JA

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hokenstrom wrote: I've been to Miniature Wunderland in Hamburg and I am going to Loxx in Berlin this spring but this actually looks interesting as well. A bit troublesome to travel to St Petersburg but it seems worth the trip:

englishrussia.com/2012/11/28/russia-in-miniature-2/

Petter... nice link and nice looking layout. The only thing unrealistic about it is the road traffic... much to organized for modern day Russia. :whistle:

Oh... and, the page links to all the Russian brides and girlfriends. Mr.Moo is going to get lost for hours on those. :laugh:

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11 years 4 months ago #14669 by southernnscale

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That little bumble bee is Marklin Mini-Club Z scale 2-6-0 #136 Mogul Part # 88035

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11 years 4 months ago #14682 by Fred

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The City that Time Forgot..
vlm32.com/savedHTML_2/thecitythattimeforgot.html

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11 years 4 months ago #14690 by Socalz44

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Fred, Very nice, thanks. Jim

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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #14691 by Socalz44

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Southernscale, When Marklin came out with this loco back in the day, many were concened it just didn't look right. After all the talking heads and critics got done with the loco it was determined to scale out at about 1/200. Not enough to make a difference z-wise, but conjecture was that Marklin was testing the Nn3 waters. Before long Marklin gave up and went into bankruptcy and that rumor was gone.

I'm not one to say that size does or doesn't matter, however one trick to visually make the Bumble Bee smaller and more scale-like to the eye is to paint it black, if any of this bothers you. Jim

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11 years 4 months ago #14695 by Mr.JA

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Fred wrote: The City that Time Forgot..
vlm32.com/savedHTML_2/thecitythattimeforgot.html

It looks like it's from one of the original Twilight Zone episodes... no people! :blink:

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11 years 4 months ago - 11 years 4 months ago #14730 by stonysmith

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Okay Loren: You've got some work to do...

Watch at least long enough to see a take-off and landing !!! In daylight and night!

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11 years 4 months ago #14731 by tealplanes

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Uh, I think I have met my match.

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11 years 3 months ago #14961 by hokenstrom

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I just wanted to share this with you...

This morning there was a train crash in a satellite town just outside the swedish capitol Stockholm. A commuter train was "stolen" by a cleaner and driven with 80kph (maximum speed for the commuter train) from the depot to the last station on the line which ended 30m from a residential area. The train hit the house and came to a halt in someones living room.

The cleaner were slightly injured but noone else came to harm.

Petter

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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #14962 by Fred

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Petter- I think I would move my house- looks like one more track is aimed at it!! :silly:

She has another shot!
I like the building that resembles the barn.
Saw this reported on U.S. TV.. Said it was a cleaning lady..Women drivers :evil:

-- nope - not going to go there!!!! :whistle:

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11 years 3 months ago #14967 by Mr.JA

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Fred wrote: I like the building that resembles the barn. Fred

Fred... as I am now living in Sweden, I can attest that the barn-style building is quite common in the country. I believe there are barn kits in Z that could easily be bashed if someone was modeling Swedish Z.

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11 years 3 months ago #14970 by hokenstrom

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I can add to the information....according to an old book about that commuter line it's the old station. There are a few z-scale models with that kind of roofs, Gambrel roofs, at www.epokemodeller-online.dk.

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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #14971 by Fred

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Thanks Petter, In the U.S. this is called a Dutch Colonial House. Similar to the Svensk Hus Rod. Shown are fotos of actual house and Z model.

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11 years 3 months ago - 11 years 3 months ago #14972 by Fred

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I made the model out of solid wood and laminated it with Evergreen plastic to get the clapboard and shingle effect. Examples of proceedure below on differnt buildings.

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11 years 3 months ago #14999 by Kelley

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www.kfvs12.com/story/20639517/train-hits-tractor-trailer-carrying-grain

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11 years 3 months ago #15001 by hokenstrom

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I really like the look of your houses! They look incredible.

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11 years 2 months ago #15079 by Fred

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Mitch- Welcome to Z Central.... Danbury Mint makes two Civil War scenes that are very close to Z--Just for the Historical buildings and the wagons they are very nice. I have two and someday hope to use them as a re enactment scene on my Z layout.