The model train show in Junglinster, Luxembourg really got me motivated and so there is steady progress on the Eldorado & Southern layout! I finished the second staging level and managed to create a short video clip showing first trial runs. I am pretty happy how things turned out so far. The Bachman steamers handle both the tight curves and stiff grades well and so far there are no derailments to be reported. Stay tuned as the next level will…
Hello all! It has been quite a while since my last post. Well, besides of other things I have been busy working on my new layout. This one is in 0n30 or 0e as they call that gauge in Europe. Its loosely based on Colorado narrow gauge railways. The clip shows the section of the layout that will later become the lower staging area. In there end there will be three layers – all connected by a train elevator. So…
Camera cars and -locomotives for model trains are around in the hobby for a while. Although a cool gadget, those units are pretty expensive given the fact that they’re not too often in use and the excitement wears off quite quickly. I was always toying with the idea of running a camera train on the BTB layout as well as trying a laser cut kit. Then I learned about the iCar kit offered by Minuteman Scale Models and as soon as I…
I got myself and a good friend oscilloscope kits and in a little bit more than an afternoon we got the pieces up and running!