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Reichenau Castle Last week we visited the Christmas market in the castle of Reichenau an der Rax. Reichenau is a market

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Last weekend we visited the IGM Wachau in Grunddorf (municipality of Grafenegg in Lower Austria). The IGM Wachau is an a

This time, I took the old Hamburg harbour (Germany) from the 1950s-1960s as example

Ep. 8, Trackside Details, Trestle Brdige and more, For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time creating a new Wood Trestle Bridge, adding some small details to the mining camp, and some

Ep. 7, Mining Camp Mountaintop For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time creating a new mountaintop, adding undercoat paint, and ground cover, as well as some mine entrances and a surprise

Ep. 6, Trees and More Trees For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my timecreating three different types of trees, with three different methods. AJT Trees Using AJT Trees for modeling, I

Ep. 7, The Resin Pours, for the Lake, and Ground Cover Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I am spending my time, with ground cover around the Lower Pilgrim Lake, Painting Rock Moulds, and the

Ep. 6, Rock Faces, and Ground Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I build up the rock faces and spring for Upper Pilgrim Lake, Paint the rock moulds, Seal Lower Pilgrim Lake, Add some Ground

Ep. 5, Tunnel, Scenery, and Painting For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I build up the second access: Upper Pilgrim Lake, Paint the HIghlands, Add some rock, and Paint the Tunnel Entrance face. The

Ep. 4, Scenery For Cape Cod Highline In this episode, I discuss how the mountain tops are built. The inner mountain has a tunnel underneath, with track. I need access in case of derailment. The top of

Part 3, The First 2 weeks of Scale Model Building As a kid, I had a HUGE train set... but, I do not have that kind of space any more. Follow along, as I build an HO Scale Model Train, in my tiny office.

What does every model train layout need? Yes, of course: a train station. Last Easter, my son got a train station from PIKO and a few days later we built it up. Previous posts: Part 1: The Christmas present

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The Easter Bunny also brought a water tower by Faller (FA131357). We built it on Easter Sunday and we found a nice place for it. Previous posts: Part 1: The Christmas present Part 2: The petrol station

The Easter Bunny was very busy and he brought us many things for our model train. First of all, this nice Mercedes-Benz recycling truck by Majorette, that includes 5 recycling containers. I know that these

We continued with some details next to our Wine Cellars so that they look like a Heuriger. I bought a set of Beer Tables and Benches from Faller (180444). In addition I bought some handmade wooden barrels

Next to our wine cellar I built a terraced vineyard. For that I bought the set Grape Harvest by Busch (HO 1199). It was a lot of work and the parts were very small and detailled. All grapes had to be

Last year, we built a supermarket with matches.

As our model train layout should show all four seasons, I ordered some blossoming trees at AliExpress. They are of course not the quality of NOCH trees, but 10 trees only cost about EUR 1.20. I received