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The model of the Semmering railway in Reichenau castle (Lower Austria)

Reichenau Castle Last week we visited the Christmas market in the castle of Reichenau an der Rax. Reichenau is a market town in the South of Lower Austria. The Christmas

The model of the Semmering railway in Reichenau castle ...

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The Wachau as model railway layout

Last weekend we visited the IGM Wachau in Grunddorf (municipality of Grafenegg in Lower Austria). The IGM Wachau is an association of model railway enthusiasts that

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 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,

Our model train adventure - part 17: Moving the base plate to the final position

After mounting the self-made protective pads we were finally able to move the base plate to the final position in a corner of the room. Although I planned and calculated