Tag: RAILWAY

PILENTUM Model Trains and Model Railroad and Model Railway Picture Book: The Miniatur Wunderland: The largest model train layout in the world

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Do you know the „Miniatur Wunderland“ (MiWuLa) at Hamburg, Germany? It’s the largest model railway layout in the world. The MiWuLa is hard to describe in words. Perhaps big or amazing may be words for describing this great model railroad layout, built in HO scale. As of January 2011, the railway consists of 12,000 meters (39,370 feet) of track in HO scale, divided into eight sections: Harz, the fictitious city of Knuffingen, the Alps and Austria, Hamburg, America, Scandinavia, and Switzerland. And there is the largest model airport of the world. The exhibit includes 890 trains made up of over 11,000 carriages, 300,000 lights, 215,000 trees and 200,000 human figurines.

With this picture book you should detect and analyze details. Modelers should be encouraged to get impressions for their own model layout. This digital photo book offers 154 pages of beautiful photos. It is recommended to use this e-book with a Kindle Fire or Kindle Fire HD or with a Kindle reading app (Kindle for PC, Kindle for Mac or Kindle for Android, iPad or iPhone).

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MODEL RAILWAY LAYOUT, DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES

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Layout building is perhaps the most exciting, rewarding and challenging aspect of creating a model railway. Making the right design decisions and choosing good construction techniques are vital to ensure success. This book takes you through basic baseboard construction, shelf layout themes and how to link multi-deck designs together, enabling you to make the most of a given space. With different concepts covered, from simple portable layouts to helix construction techniques, Nigel Burkin mixes the best of British layouts with those used routinely overseas and shows you how you too can achieve success and satisfaction in executing your layout design. Topics covered included: Designing for comfort; How to use space efficiently; Practical construction techniques from L-Girder to box frame baseboards; Sub track bed construction, track laying and wiring; Fine tuning the layout for smooth operations.

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