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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

Project Modelrailway - Reloaded

As some of you might remember, I build a quite big model railway some time ago. Last year it had to move due to rebuilding my hobby-room into a proper home office.

Ep. 8 Trackside Details, Trestle Bridge and more

Ep. 8, Trackside Details, Trestle Brdige and more, For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time creating a new Wood Trestle Bridge, adding some small

Ep 7 Tracking Into The Mining Camp

Ep. 7, Mining Camp Mountaintop For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time creating a new mountaintop, adding undercoat paint, and ground cover,

Training Into Trees!

Ep. 6, Trees and More Trees For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my timecreating three different types of trees, with three different methods. AJT

Tracking Into The Lake!

Ep. 7, The Resin Pours, for the Lake, and Ground Cover Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time, with ground cover around the Lower Pilgrim

Tracking Around Pilgrim Lake

Ep. 6, Rock Faces, and Ground Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I build up the rock faces and spring for Upper Pilgrim Lake, Paint the rock moulds,

Tracking Into The Tunnel

Ep. 5, Tunnel, Scenery, and Painting For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I build up the second access: Upper Pilgrim Lake, Paint the HIghlands, Add some rock,

Tracking Up Rocks and Mountain Tops

Ep. 4, Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I discuss how the mountain tops are built. The inner mountain has a tunnel underneath, with track. I need access

Tracking Up The Mountain Pass

Part 3, The First 2 weeks of Scale Model Building As a kid, I had a HUGE train set... but, I do not have that kind of space any more. Follow along, as I build an

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.

Neuer Weltrekord.

Bei dem Begriff Weltrekord fällt jedem sofort etwas ein. Es gibt ja ziemlich viele Disziplinen, in denen Rekorde möglich sind. Das Guinness-Buch ist voll davon.

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