Monday, March 23, 2026

Modelling-Friends crossed The Rainbow Bridge

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.

We recently had to follow our faithful companion to his last journey over 'The Rainbow Bridge'. Linus was a well-traveled little guy, who loved mountain hikes and wandering along the shore, who loved driving, shopping for toys and who used to go into the local gas station and order a sausage. When going through 'old' photos it seems like he also liked (running) trains and take part in my modelling activities:

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Linus overviews the first run and premier of my 16mm scale Heeresfeldbahn

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Linus brings his ball to join the games too

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Linus takes a look at some new some new acquisitions while running before they're heading off to the 'paint shop' 

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Linus are inspecting the progress of the re-modelling of my Radio Controlled Combat Boat 90, and suggesting what photos to include in the blog


Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Budget Battle Mat approved by Linus

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Linus while trying to recreate a drawing I usually use as a 'cover picture' of my annual 'year statistics'. The best photo of him was actually taken before the photoshoot started


Last year another of our long time fur companions crossed The Rainbow Bridge. Sofus did also like to hang around and have a closer look at the modelling activities:
Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
Sofus picks out goods for a wagon in which we were also going to place a couple of miniature black cats 

While searching for these photos I also came by a really old one of our late fur baby Svarten, while he was inspecting the layout construction of my old H0-layout:
Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.
There was no blogpost on this layout as it got dismantled long before I start blogging. It looks like Svarten enjoyed it though.


They were all much loved, and will be deeply missed dear Linus, Sofus and Svarten❤️❤️❤️
To honor and remember them I've included a Jack Russell Terrier and 2 Black Cats in my military Garden trains:
Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.

Pets and model trains. Cats and model railways. Dogs and model railways.

Fly High and Run Free and Wild, Boys!!

11 comments:

  1. A thoughtful idea of adding models of Linus, Sofus and Svarten to your train collection.

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  2. Thank you. They were so present in my modelling activities while living, so I humbly include them in my other modelling projects to somehow keep them around my modelling.

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  3. En fin måte å minnes de på, veldig fin bloggpost.

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  4. Charming photos and an appropriate, excellent way to remember them.
    Alan Tradgardland

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    1. Thank you very much for your warm words Alan

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  5. A fitting way to remember your animal friends / family …

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  6. So sorry for your loss Roger - lovely pictures.

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