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Miniatures Adventure => The Great War => Topic started by: purbrookmodels on January 06, 2014, 08:37:13 PM

Title: My World war One Model railway
Post by: purbrookmodels on January 06, 2014, 08:37:13 PM

Please see these links

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bznraa1G1HI

http://www.rmweb.co.uk/community/index.php?/topic/80672-wipers-fish-hook-and-menin-railway/

This is my latest creation

matt

Title: Re: My World war One Model railway
Post by: Michi on January 06, 2014, 08:53:02 PM

Fantastic, although you should post it in "Railway Wargaming"! I really like that a lot. I was not so familiar with the British sort of field railways though. Those little petrol (?) engines look totally class!

Title: Re: My World war One Model railway
Post by: former user on January 06, 2014, 08:55:50 PM

awesome! and I don't use this word inflationary
congratulations

Title: Re: My World war One Model railway
Post by: Michi on January 06, 2014, 09:03:19 PM

I noticed that you seem to have used N gauge track. H0e is 9mm gauge too, but looks more field railway due to the sleepers if you don´t mind to have a look: http://www.mcschueler.de/modellbahn-schmalspur-H0e-gleise-,cat-212

I did something similar with H0 tracks for my wargaming table:

Quote from: Michi

All started with some Roco H0 gauge curved points that I cut down to make them look like narrow gauge track by removing every second sleeper and adding the cut away pieces to their outer ends.

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder049.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder128.jpg)

I removed the manual switches from the ballasted track bed and adapted them to the ballastless points. I also soldered all rails together and added wiring to make the trains run electrically.
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder050.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder048.jpg)

Then I gave the rails a basic chocolate brown matt enamel coat and a lighter brown one to the sleepers.
These were drybrushed light grey twice and the rails got a leather brown acrylic wash.
(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder132.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder131.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder130.jpg)

(http://i286.photobucket.com/albums/ll111/wamasaka/Mini2011/Knpfchenbilder129.jpg)

I bought some H0 scale ballast today to make some tests for proper track beds.

Title: Re: My World war One Model railway
Post by: Dobbie71064 on January 07, 2014, 12:16:55 AM

Thats amazing, ive never seen something like that before! Thanks for posting!

Title: Re: My World war One Model railway
Post by: Marine0846 on January 07, 2014, 02:42:52 AM

Love it.
Very cool.
Thanks for posting.