rmgill Posted August 8, 2022 Share Posted August 8, 2022 I came across this Asheville Sub of the NS layout that's a large WIP. It's rather expansive... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Stuart Galbraith Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Sorry I couldnt find more video footage, you might find more online somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BansheeOne Posted August 9, 2022 Share Posted August 9, 2022 Nothing tops Minatur Wunderland Hamburg for model rail. And model roads. And model airports. And ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RETAC21 Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 (edited) No one should build a set without these: Edited September 2, 2022 by RETAC21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Everyone needs a burning brothel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 I hang around with the dead a lot, being a tour guide in a cemetery and some maintenance work in a Columbarium (that I will get back to shortly - long story). I also enjoy plastic modeling, so, so far I have completed two model cemeteries in HO, scratch building some stuff, but also using some stuff that is available already painted - figures at funerals, that sort of thing.... so I enjoy that, but I cannot get the right scale kangaroos for my Australian bush cemetery... I will keep looking. I have another cemetery on the bench. There are three different hearses available - one horse drawn, one 1930s and one 1990s or so, and so many sets to use them with. But I have a problem with model railways. A philosophical problem. That is, all those moving trains, locomotives, carriages, even when there are bits of scenery that move - boom gates and circus rides - the trains are still moving against a stationary background. To me, either it should all move, or none of it should move. Just my perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougRichards Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 20 minutes ago, Stuart Galbraith said: Everyone needs a burning brothel... You mean that the stove that cooked the broth set fire to the building? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ssnake Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 3 hours ago, DougRichards said: But I have a problem with model railways. A philosophical problem. That is, all those moving trains, locomotives, carriages, even when there are bits of scenery that move - boom gates and circus rides - the trains are still moving against a stationary background. From a fast-moving train's perspective, particularly during the steam age, the rest of the world could be approximated as static. I'm not even talking about traffic at intersections that must halt when a train passes; but when there were no, or hardly any planes in the sky, and when road-bound traffic was done by horse carriage on bumpy roads, trains would zip by so fast that from the passengers' perspective you only get snapshots of the scenery rushing past your window. The other part would be, if you think of model train dioramas as "models" of railway systems, and you want to educate children about how railways work (a hundred years ago that was probably a perspective with more practical relevance as it is today), then a model railway is useful. Remember, all models are wrong, some are useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 Reliability considerations aside, interlocks for train dioramas are of a complexity comparable to real interlocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 11 hours ago, DougRichards said: I hang around with the dead a lot, being a tour guide in a cemetery and some maintenance work in a Columbarium (that I will get back to shortly - long story). I also enjoy plastic modeling, so, so far I have completed two model cemeteries in HO, scratch building some stuff, but also using some stuff that is available already painted - figures at funerals, that sort of thing.... so I enjoy that, but I cannot get the right scale kangaroos for my Australian bush cemetery... I will keep looking. I have another cemetery on the bench. There are three different hearses available - one horse drawn, one 1930s and one 1990s or so, and so many sets to use them with. But I have a problem with model railways. A philosophical problem. That is, all those moving trains, locomotives, carriages, even when there are bits of scenery that move - boom gates and circus rides - the trains are still moving against a stationary background. To me, either it should all move, or none of it should move. Just my perspective. You can put in road traffic that moves, it's a bit of a fiddle but it works. One model railway show I went to, the guy even modelled a team layout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 2, 2022 Share Posted September 2, 2022 11 hours ago, DougRichards said: You mean that the stove that cooked the broth set fire to the building? Something like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmgill Posted October 10, 2023 Author Share Posted October 10, 2023 I am reminded of the scene in Beetlejuice with Dante's Inferno Room. Probably a fun thing to get a few of those and slip them into friend's layouts when they're not looking... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manic Moran Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 On 9/2/2022 at 2:24 PM, Stuart Galbraith said: You can put in road traffic that moves, it's a bit of a fiddle but it works. One model railway show I went to, the guy even modelled a team layout. You're looking for something like the Faller Car System (Mainly European vehicles, though), Viessman CarMotion, or maybe Magnorail. There may be other options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 There is a guy who does a really good 1980's British layout who uses a system based on magnets and a belt under the road layout. I guess it works something lik the SF cable tramway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunday Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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