So far in November there hasn't been so much time by my workbench as I've been on a trip to Germany to visit Faszination Modellbau in Friedrichshafen with other members of Gleng Model Railway Club. When returning from this great Journey there was time do do some catching up at work.
-But one of the first workbench projects this month was actually while we were in Germany. The rolling-stock for my German G-scale Heeresfeldbahn are mostly LGB items, and as you might expect those are usually (very) expensive. Since I'm dismantling, repainting and detailing them anyway, I usually buy well used second-hand equipment without boxes as you can get those much 'cheaper'. -But then you usually gets what you pay for, so when I found some flat wagons to extend my G-scale Heeresfeldbahn rake at this exhibition, they were so well used and dirty that I barley could handle them and less bring them in my luggage. So when we returned to the hotel I put them in the bathtub and gave them a propper wash. When I was done it looked like the rest of a small German garden in the bottom of the bathtub...
When I came back home I put them in the dishwasher (while mrs. was out) for an even better wash so they can be painted.
While speaking of the Model exhibition in Friedrichshafen; Norwegian currency are weak these days, but Germany are usually cheaper than Norway regarding scale models and model trains so you can do some really good finds. So what did I buy while I was there?
Obviously I bought 3 LGB G-scale goods-wagons and I got them all for just € 110. My plan for them is to repaint (in 'gray'), weather and add them to my G-scale Heeresfeldbahn/ W^D trains. Perhaps making and adding some military loads to them in the future as well??
At the Bachmann Trains stand I found these well painted and highly detailed WWI characters in G-scale for only € 8 (!) -That's very cheap for ready painted figures in G-scale, and I think they will make a nice addition to my British W^D train. I'm quite not sure what kind of wagon to place them in yet. Any ideas? They are discounted so get them while you can.
At the Kato stand I found these N-scale (1:160) track-sets for a small 'oval'. These are impossible to find in Norway, and I got them pretty cheap too. Only € 31 pro set. My intention is to use them for a couple of small H0e/009 layouts as I have an old military ammunition box with very tight dimensions. When I do, updates will follow on this blog.
A nice new announcement on the Kato stand was the presentation of their new narrow gauge 009/H0e track in 9mm. They are comparable with their N-scale tracks, but they'll have larger sleepers with larger space between:
This is only
'close to N-scale' being in 1:144 scale. The wheels don't turn and it seems like a static model. As I have plans for upgrading a N-scale layout soon, I decided to buy this as I got it for only £ 3.55. Despite it's scale is highly detailed:
I got a couple of LGB wagons from another lot I bought, and decided to paint up one of them. Some of the LGB stock has really nice wood grain details which looks really good when bringing them out with paint. The unpainted one I usually use as a
camera-wagon:
I don't think there will be spent too much time by the workbench this weekend eiter, as I think it's about time for another wargame trying out new rules. Updates will shortly follow on this blog. Please follow.
Excellent purchases full of hobby potential. I particularly like the British WW1 figures and the heavy gun train.
ReplyDeleteAlan Tradgardland
Thank you for both reading and commenting Alan!
ReplyDeleteI really like those British WWI figures; They have so much character to them. It would be nice to purchase more of them (for this price), but they are only made in this set and 2 poses I think it would look too repetitive to add more of them in a train.