All - my main interest is passenger trains - streamliner era and Amtrak. I've spent a good bit of my life in Germany with the military and speak rather good German. I was in Germany earlier this month as well as last month. I had a bit of model railroad fun both times. I wrote a blog post on a formerly secret N scale model of an uncompressed version of the station in the city I lived in twice. Scratch built with 500 surrounding buildings also scratch built. If you'll indulge me a moment to share the post with photo album and a 30-second video. The N Scale material is from December. During this month's trip I stumbled across a model railroad club having an open house. I couldn't resist! The video is just three minutes. (I had a bit of fun with this one. The acoustics in the space were awful, so I added sound effects to cover the noise.) PS - I don't normally travel to Europe that often, but I had promised my wife Christmas markets and wonderful German friends I've known since I was 16 turned 80 this month. I couldn't miss their party. They were the stability in my life when my parents divorced. I learned much of my German through them and it's no exaggeration to say I'm the person I am today because of them. We stayed in touch long before the Internet came along. A five-day trip was a bit crazy, but the flight back was my 54th trip across the Atlantic.
The ultimate architectural model. Absolutely outstanding modeling. Thanks for sharing. Neville Trains N Scaleā¢
Was in Germany from 81-89, Frankfurt region and Kaiserslautern. I can appreciate and relate - those Christmas markets! And the trains - I got into 3D modelling just so I could reproduce the subways I rode in Frankfurt. (I've yet to get them powered) Thanks for sharing this. Mike
Those Germans! Glad to see that the secret railroad was saved and now on display. Of course I HAVE to mention the 'other' great Geman layout, even if it IS in HO: Miniatur Wunderland in Hamburg (billed worlds largest and includes a working airport with "flying" planes...google it for videos). https://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/ Now I have a second reason to some day visit Germany...two great layouts!
Jeff - Miniatur Wunderland is pretty amazing. It's so popular you have to book a time. Some of it is a bit over the top cool gadgety stuff, but for the most part it's room after room of amazing work. Much of it is scratch built. We worth a stop if you're in the area. I made a day trip to Hamburg just to visit.
Very cool! I haven't been in Stuttgart since Volkfest 2013, but it was a good time. Spent 5 years at Ramstein. Miss what I knew, enjoyed Germany big time. Spent some time on your blog, brought back memories. Esso stations, autobahns, BMW repairs, Christmas markets....