Model Ships

The next vessel for my N scale model ship collection: A tug boat! This little ship (balsa wood, sticked with simple grafics) now enlivens my model railroad harbour scenery. More infos and pictures? Go here: model ships - and get more ideas of how to build N scale ships for free!

Steam locomotives? Live steam?

The following picture, of course, is not live steam - it is a photo montage! In times of Gimp and Photoshop I could not resist to pimp my little N scale steam locomotive (as seen here on the main line of my layout). After inserting the "steam" (digitally taken from a real photo) I turned the result into a black and white mode, thus creating an ambience of the "good old times".....

An idea for H0 scale

Yes, I did it - my first H0 scale track-plan:



Although I prefer N scale, I tried this idea in 1:87 gauge, as this track-plan requires a managable space even in H0. Could be a good idea for beginners, as this model railroad layout has only 6 switches. The little railhead gives enough "to do" for model trains - passenger trains as well as freight trains. Scenery: rural, only short trains (loco + 3 or 4 wagons). On the left side a gravel plant. The bridge is meant to cross a street. More about this concept (any idea about what is inside the tunnels?) on my website: H0.