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My HO Scale Model Train Set ~ Background Displays
On some train sets, mostly those depicting "Ye Merry Olde England", there are often small country towns, etc, that have rolling hills, quiet small roads, a few houses and a country train station.
Then you'll find a small church, chapel, etc, usually on a hill. What I've done here is to create a Temple, to reflect the many religions that exist today in multicultural Australia.
According to the Macquarie (Australian) Dictionary, a Temple does include those who follow Christianity, as well as the more usual Buddhist, etc, temples. In Islam, temples are usually called mosques, whilst in Judaism, they're called synagogues.
So, I 100% scratch designed, built and painted my version of a Multi - Faith Temple, to encompass these various religions. This wasn't in any Kit, and there's no known design of this type, hence it being completely designed, built and painted from scratch by myself.
Seen here, and in three other images, the turrets and ground level arches, are from Islam, the roof itself is from the more contemporary Chinese Temples, and the central spire on the roof signifies those associated mainly with Christianity.
In this image, the symbols on these two sides are, left, Muslim Crescent Moon and 5 point Star, whilst at right, and running left - right, are (a) Hindu, (b) Sikh, (c) the main symbol of Buddhism and (d) Australian Aboriginal "Dreamtime" Ancestor Spirit, signifying the first Australian Aborigines who migrated to Australia between 60 000 to 100 000 years ago.
My HO Scale Model Train Set ~ Background Displays
On some train sets, mostly those depicting "Ye Merry Olde England", there are often small country towns, etc, that have rolling hills, quiet small roads, a few houses and a country train station.
Then you'll find a small church, chapel, etc, usually on a hill. What I've done here is to create a Temple, to reflect the many religions that exist today in multicultural Australia.
According to the Macquarie (Australian) Dictionary, a Temple does include those who follow Christianity, as well as the more usual Buddhist, etc, temples. In Islam, temples are usually called mosques, whilst in Judaism, they're called synagogues.
So, I 100% scratch designed, built and painted my version of a Multi - Faith Temple, to encompass these various religions. This wasn't in any Kit, and there's no known design of this type, hence it being completely designed, built and painted from scratch by myself.
Seen here, and in three other images, the turrets and ground level arches, are from Islam, the roof itself is from the more contemporary Chinese Temples, and the central spire on the roof signifies those associated mainly with Christianity.
In this image, the symbols on these two sides are, left, Muslim Crescent Moon and 5 point Star, whilst at right, and running left - right, are (a) Hindu, (b) Sikh, (c) the main symbol of Buddhism and (d) Australian Aboriginal "Dreamtime" Ancestor Spirit, signifying the first Australian Aborigines who migrated to Australia between 60 000 to 100 000 years ago.