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June 3rd, 2010 | 
A while ago I got the Wenz-modellbau catalog, as well as the track geometry booklet and the 3 workshop booklets. The workshops are real nice, especially the servicing depot and trackside detail ones. The servicing depot workshop goes into great detail about what kind of services should be available at various types and sizes, as well as number of serviceable locomotives. There is also information on how to incorporate all of it on a relatively small space, as well as layout plans in various sizes. Definitely worth getting if you’re planning a service depot on your layout in any scale.
The trackside details workshop is great as well, because it tells you exactly what type of details you need to add at for example turnouts. It also shows different detailing for different ways of controlling a turnout in different era’s. Rather than try to explain it, here’s a sample page of the workshop booklet.
Sample page of the trackside detailing workshop booklet.
And of the course, the main piece, the catalog. While it’s possible to view everything on the Wenz-modellbau homepage, I always find it nice to be able to browse through an actual paper catalog. And with the Wenz catalog, there’s a LOT of browsing to do. The catalog is about 200 pages, and filled with images of the various products, including many detail shots. Considering Wenz-modellbau isn’t a mass producer, the catalog is incredible. Again, rather than talk about it, here are some sample pages.
Sample page of the Wenz-modellbau catalog
Sample page of the Wenz-modellbau catalog
Sample page of the Wenz-modellbau catalog
I’m still here ;)
It’s been awfully quiet on the page recently. I’m still around, and I’m still going to be writing about my progress on my 0-scale layout plans, however due to time constraints and especially lack of space, there’ll be a bit of a delay.
I have made some progress recently. The ties have been stained, and the track has been laid, but that is about as far as I got. The whole process of laying the track took quite a while, but the end result is quite amazing. I’ll see if I can post some pictures and a bit of a report within the next couple of weeks.
Anyway, as it looks now, I might be able to continue building again sometime towards the end of this year.
Here.. We.. Go..
So, this is it. The start of yet another model railroad project. After having had a layout in H0 scale and N-scale, and now collecting Japanese N-scale, and fool around a bit in Z-scale, it’s time for an entirely new beast.
For a long time I’ve been looking at the larger scales like LGB and Märlin 1-scale. However, while LGB is fun to have running in a garden, it’s not something I would consider for a layout. Obviously the size is impractical, but the rolling stock is on general not very detailed. Märklin 1-scale is divided really, you have locomotives that are amazingly detailed, and their steam engines are great, but on the other hand they also have some locomotives that look very plastic. However, the size again makes it impractical, plus the cost is a bit too high.
Somewhere in between there, there’s 0-scale. Used to be very popular, and at some point it time it was claimed that model trains (or toy trains as they called them then) couldn’t get any smaller. When I saw Lenz was making 0-scale models, I got somewhat interested. I kept it in the back of my head a bit, and looked at their page occasionally. I read some reviews on their first locomotives, which made me even more interested. When they announced a start-set I just knew I had to get one. But before they could release it, I came across the site of Wenz-Modellbau, and after seeing the pictures of their tracks, it didn’t take long for me to order a piece of straight track and all the tools to hand-lay it. Shortly after I received the package, I also ordered my first locomotive, the V100 shown below.
In the next years most likely, I’ll be building some 0-scale things, and I’ll keep a log of it all on this site. Hopefully it’ll be of interest to at least a handful of other people. Enjoy ;)
Lenz V 100 1259 diesel locomotive
