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a mysterious scrapbook given to me by Flickrer What Makes the Pie Shops Tick?; nearly everything in it is about model trains!
After the train ride, all passengers were allowed free admission into the model train museum... which had a pretty incredible set up. A massive display with tunnels and buildings of all sorts, and which (someone said) cost $200,000 to put together.
The Park View Layout c1990. About 11ft x 8ft, minimum radius for running lines 3ft, maximum train length Main Terminus seven Mark Ones, Branch - four coaches. Note doorway opening into room, bottom right. High level branch terminus top left. Main terminus intermediate level top right. Intermediate station and loco facilities bottom at an intermediate low level. Hidden sidings and reversing loop at lowest level top right. No continuous run!
When you are seized with Märklin trains as a boy, it follows you for life. I started with a single and currently has over 50 beautiful items, metal models, no plastic bits. It requires a little extra to lubricate, maintain and run but it's a nice hobby.
Let's play :-)
When famous dutch Henk Wust builds a diorama of a chemical factory with the name Vulcano in the place 'Dirtydyke', you are sure that the result is stunningly detailed and beautifull. And he did that again. One fantastic piece of modelwork which was inspired by the youth memories of Henk Wust once he saw the raise of petrochemical industries from his hometown towards Rotterdam.