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Our model train adventure - part 37: The train station

What does every model train layout need? Yes, of course: a train station. Last Easter, my son got a train station from PIKO and a few days later we built it up.

Our model train adventure - part 36: The water tower

The Easter Bunny also brought a water tower by Faller (FA131357). We built it on Easter Sunday and we found a nice place for it. Previous posts: Part 1: The Christmas

Our model train adventure - part 35: New cars

The Easter Bunny was very busy and he brought us many things for our model train. First of all, this nice Mercedes-Benz recycling truck by Majorette, that includes

Our model train adventure - part 34: Tables, benches and barrels

We continued with some details next to our Wine Cellars so that they look like a Heuriger. I bought a set of Beer Tables and Benches from Faller (180444). In addition

Our model train adventure - part 33: The vineyard

Next to our wine cellar I built a terraced vineyard. For that I bought the set Grape Harvest by Busch (HO 1199). It was a lot of work and the parts were very small

Our model train adventure - part 32: The supermarket

Last year, we built a supermarket with matches. It was a lot of work and... Well, it is everything else but perfect but we had a lot of fun. Of course, we also found

Our model train adventure - part 31: The blossoming trees

As our model train layout should show all four seasons, I ordered some blossoming trees at AliExpress. They are of course not the quality of NOCH trees, but 10 trees

Our model train adventure - part 30: The mountain with the tunnel

Building the mountain with the tunnel was the most time-consuming part of our model train layout. I used tunnel portals that I already had when I was a child. I

Our model train adventure - part 29: The winter village

Last November, we bought some Christmas houses and lamps at Action. All four houses had 3 LEDs inside that were powered via AA batteries. The houses are of course

Our model train adventure - part 28: The wine press

For our wine cellars we also wanted to have a wine press. Since the NOCH wine press (14370) was not available at the moment, I decided to build one on my own. First

Our model train adventure - part 27: The wine cellars

As we live in Wachau valley, a wine growing region, we also wanted to have two wine cellers in our model train layout. First I created the doors, windows and the

Our model train adventure - part 26: The USB vacuum cleaner

One of our latest investments was this mini vacuum cleaner. It is powered via a USB cable, but there is a battery version as well. It was originally intended for

Our model train adventure - part 25: Interior lighting for the farm

As the weather was not that fine today, we also made the interior lighting for the farm (see here). For that we just bought a 3V LED chain with 10 LED for about

Our model train adventure - part 24: More street lights

Today I added more lights to our model train layout. First I had to do a lot of soldering and since this is not the healthiest activities for childrens' lungs I

Our model train adventure - part 23: The Flemish houses

25 years ago I lived in Belgium for five months. During that time I bought these three ceramic houses. They are approximately H0 scale and should depict houses in

Our model train adventure - part 22: Creating a charging station for electric cars

As we had a petrol station we also wanted to have a charging station for electric cars on our model train layout. You can buy one by Faller (180280) but 16.50 EUR

Our model train adventure - part 21: Our PIKO Junior set

In February 2019, we visited an exhibition of the IGM Wien, a group of model train enthusiasts, in Korneuburg, Lower Austria. Both, my son and me, were taking photos.

Our model train adventure - part 20: The railway crossing

After finishing our work last sunday (see part 19) we realized that we have forgotten to create ramps for the railway crossing. So I bought filler on Monday. On

Our model train adventure - part 19: The petrol station and the farm

Last Sunday we also created the second quarter of our modeltrain. Well, it is not 100% finished yet. As we planned to have a lot of streets in this area, we painted

Our model train adventure - part 18: The campground

Last Saturday we created the landscape of the first quarter of the modeltrain - a campground with a lake. For the lake we used a special paper from Busch (7175 Feld,