Non-US high scoring exhibition layouts and dioramas

That last pic looks real!!!

(Cover page picture by Jens Wimmel, shot on my Scandinavian diorama)



Harald Freudenreich, specialist in hand-made Z-scale brass models link: www.fr-model.homepage.t-online.de, launched some time ago rolling stock from Scandinavian countries, mainly Norway and Sweden.



Having Scandinavian genes, I couldn't resist and had to buy some. They are so beautiful and the finest when it comes optical and running qualities. In consequence, the NOCH layout was transformed from being typically German into some kind of hybrid Scandinavian, mainly by by exchanging the German cars into Swedish, by using only Scandinavian rolling material and by building a nice story around it.





Rob Kluz did fall in love with the story and the layout and published "Trollfjord" - as we named it - in his Z-Track Magazine. Holger Spaeing also felt that the story about Midsommer at Trollfjord deserves to be told a larger audience and published it in full length and colourful big pictures in his online journal "Trainini". 
Here is the link:  www.spur-z-atelier.de/data/uploads/pdfs/trainini-2015-07.pdf









Busy times at Midsummer at the Trollfjord;













But soon all will be all quiet again - as the Trolls once demanded



Hope you could enjoy it,.......


Best, Sven

By the request of so many, I will try to zoom in even further and try the very close ups of the little switchers by Dr. Scheibe and some rolling stock of Harald Freudenreich.
Allow me a word of warning since this really takes our Z-scale to its limits since now all things look like they are HO or even bigger;







































Ok, have fun!
Best, Sven

Some automobiles enrich the layout and help to generate a lively atmosphere.





















But don't be too serious about, sometimes its time for a little bit of fun!



E.g. allow every now and then for a nice little rally with newtimers.
(all cars are custom-made full metal and hand-painted)













All cars have to stop here, a continuation is only possible via rail..........







It will take a while until all of them are back downhill.

But, isn't that "work" exactly what we are looking for ?

                 

Glad you like them 
The racing green Jaguar E-type, but wouldn't say no to the red one, either.
Best,
Sven

I ad been asked several times if "Sinnweiler" was my first layout.
No, it is not.
My first layout i built in the late 70ties, no pictures exist any more, but I remember that it was quite long (about 5 meters) and I was permanently fixing something. A landscape was there, but not really convincing or anyhow as sophisticated as it could. I used it mainly to run long trains.



In the mid 80ties I decided to scale back and to do several smaller scale modules.
The first one foresaw a small steam engine shop in the black forest. 



It became a huge success when you count its exhibitions, prices, competitions and publications and it helped to give Z scale more visibility.
Saying so, here are some pictures from the 80ties (my apologies for the low quality);



























With the know-how and the experience I acquired with the module "BW Donaueschingen",
I started building the second module by the end of 1989.......

The black forest is famous for his big snow amounts and his dark green trees.
The depot "Lenzkirch" is high up in the mountains and lives from wood logging and tourism.
The tracks end here...........





















and some nice shots in the real winter light / sun;











However, while I was heavily painting trees, I have been approached by a good friend if I can build some SPECIAL for him.
I said, YES, and this it what I came up with.........