Finally an update ;)

It sure took a while, but at long last there’s something to write about. A lot of things have happened recently. I moved back from Norway to The Netherlands, which really cost quite a bit of time and money. I’ve also been working on a new N-scale layout for my father, which is progressing nicely, but obviously taking up a lot of my time. And because of the move and the lack of a steady job for now, funds for my 0-scale project are … well … pretty non-existant. On the other hand, the Norwegian tax office is nice enough to give me back a fair amount of taxes which I paid too much in 2009. Part of that might just go towards buying a Lenz starter set ;)

That said, I’ve been getting a bit of a better idea of what I want to do with the 0-scale stuff. When I was still working on an idea for a H0 layout, I bought a couple of buildings, one of them being Faller’s “Bahnhof Trossingen“. I just really liked that station from the moment I saw it. Now that my H0 project is on hold (partly due to the fact that because of Lenz, 0-scale became affordable), I decided I want to try and build Trossingen in 0-scale. Also, with the announcement of a turntable by Wenz-Modellbau, the main focus will be Trossingen and a servicing terminal.

Before I get to that point though, I still have a diorama to finish. While I haven’t worked on it much since the last post, I do have a couple of updates. I’ve laid the rail profiles on the ties and fastened them with a LOT of tieplates, clamps and nails. It’s a lot of work, but it’s very rewarding to see a locomotive actually ride on the track you just hand laid. Here are some pictures.

I’m not entirely sure where to go next with the diorama. I had initially planned to add a semaphore signal and some trackside details. I’ll probably stick with that idea, I just need to figure out what I’ll need. In the meantime, I’ve ordered the 2010 Wenz Modellbau catalog, as well as a few workshop booklets on things like servicing terminals and trackside details.