Most of the telegraph poles are 3D printed. You can find several types ( I-, A-, H-, non-symetric A- shapes) on Shapeways: https://www.shapeways.com/shops/zscaletracks A friend of mine recommended also Weinert product but I have never used them: https://weinert-modellbau.de/shop/weinert-modellbau-spur-z/telegrafen-einzelmasten-z-detail https://weinert-modellbau.de/shop/weinert-modellbau-spur-z/telegrafen-doppelmasten-z-detail There are also 2 poles on my layout that are exceptionally tall (like in reality) to cross over the road and the bridge. Those two are hand made. As a wooden part I used very thin toothpick a friend of mine (he is military modeller) gave me after the visit to Vietnam. They are made of bamboo wood I belive. The insulators are made with the use of karton details by Pleiner Modell WP40089 (I am afraid that this model is hard to find). Both 3D and hand-made pools are of course hand painted. Some more progress - windmill added to it's place: There are railings added on 3D printed bridge designed by @southernnscale. The farmer is returning back home:
Larry, History of this model is a bit complicated. At the beginning I contacted by Facebook people who bought station building next to the one I am trying to build ( https://www.facebook.com/stacjabinino/ ). They shared with me with the architectural drawings with measerments of this building. Then I found someone to design it and lasercut. I got more sets of this building. In case someone is interesting - please contact me privately. That is true that this building could be located in Mecklenburg. The line I am modelling was build in Prussian time and most of the buildings are based on tytpical design (they can be founded in several places in my area).
Your progress is inspiring! Outstanding work with the details, scene is coming alive! The Mill on the Hill really brings things out! the building in the above link I designed without the measurements but just used the photo's I found! I think I might have come pretty close! photo of the 3D print building is in my photo's
I have started to finish electricity work on previous module. I have also added some details on the module: - tractor coming back after the job was done: Some annimals.... Small signals:
All looking great! I enjoy seeing your progress. your background match in very well! your detail is really great to! from this view I can see for miles!
You did a great job in modeling the Polish country side! /Frank Verstuurd vanaf mijn ANE-LX1 met Tapatalk
I was able to come back to my first module with a little detail still missing and waiting for decals. These are stones with indication of kilimeters of the line. That is something really small but adding "the taste" to Z-scale layout. They are placed in prototypical locations.Look for white painted stones with numbers...
Thank you for this comment. It is always to get this type of motivation. Looking at those photos I noticed a small mistake. The lower number "1" is placed on my decal incorrectly ... I placed "1" under first 4 and id should be placed under the second one in km "44"
I thought that my U shape module with windmill is practically ready ... White stones with indication of kilometers of the line to be added. Well, I could not sleep well withe the picture I found in Internet from "my" line dated 1984: I have a railway "valley" on this module as well... Why not to give a chance to the nature ? I started with one side in blooming spring time atmosphere: I like the result so I decided to follow with the other side to make a nice place for Railroad Fans to make photos of trains: I really like the photo taken almost from the bridge perspective:
It is looking great, Pawel. You have captured the spirit of the Polish countryside. The windmill looks like it is where it belongs in farm country. Did you motorize the windmill? I burned out the motor in mine by not adding the resistors. I am working on an idea to add my windmill into a Boston-based switching layout. Keep posting those pix. They are inspiring. Jim in Boston
The windmill is motorized. I used one resistor. I do not use power supply from Marklin Power Supply Device. Due to modular design of my project I decided to use batteries installed on the module to have a power for this windmill. The battery output is 4,5V. Happy to have positive response. Double happy to hear that my results might be an inspiration for others.
Your use of trees on both sides of the track is exactly what I want to do on my layout set in Northwest Arkansas. Thank you for posting your layout progress and photos. Joe
My technique is to use different materials - some of them are intended for other scales and different uses but might be creatively utilized for Z scale.
It is time to continue work on second U-shape module. It was waiting for me for some months just with the landscape shapes and ballasted track. Preparation for grass planting: First grass layer (1mm) - work in progress Second layer of the grass is in place: There are some details to be completed ..
I am looking for mechanism - working chassis with the engine for PKP SM31 diesel locomotive. It is possible that one of US diesels might be a good option. I enclose photo and drawings including the technical drawing of designed shell to be 3D printed. I would be happy for suggestions including measurements of the real models.
Unfortunately there is no available "short" 6-axle roadswitcher in Z scale. If I were you, I would try with an AZL GP30 chassis, and swapping its trucks with those of any AZL 6-axle roadswitcher. But first you should take measurements, especially between each truck vertical pivot... If you're interrested I can give you most of US 4-axle and 6-axle locos' total lenght when back home tomorrow. Dom
