rekoboy Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 Afforestation progresses..... 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 8, 2023 Author Share Posted October 8, 2023 Frau Schneider has bought rather a lot of the coffee and is hastening away on her bike before the people in the queue get angry! 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 11, 2023 Author Share Posted October 11, 2023 No overhead line yet but the tram has arrived! 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 14, 2023 Author Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) The railway photographer is very excited - a BR 58 AND a narrow-gauge loco in one shot! And then the arrival of the next Personenzug headed by a BR 38. What photos! His girlfriend is not too keen, though! Edited October 14, 2023 by rekoboy 5 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 16, 2023 Author Share Posted October 16, 2023 (edited) Great news! The two metre-gauge electric locos ordered by the VEB Straßen- und Überlandbahn Annaberg-Kirchheim have finally been delivered in a more or less complete condition. Still bits to add, paint to touch up! More photos will follow! Edited October 16, 2023 by rekoboy 9 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 17, 2023 Author Share Posted October 17, 2023 The boss and his team are inspecting the new locos. Are they any good? 5 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 21, 2023 Author Share Posted October 21, 2023 Still no overhead line - but one of the electric locos is in action with the tool van! 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 (edited) Masts! At last! Still no wires, though! Edited October 24, 2023 by rekoboy 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SimonHMT Posted October 24, 2023 Share Posted October 24, 2023 All very atmospheric! I especially like the different angles and levels of streets and the places where buildings are cut off at odd angles. I found the addition of the overhead to my H0m tram pizza made a huge difference. Watching the pantograph move up and down in response to changes in wire height is hypnotic, in much the same way as the movement of the outside motion on a steam loco... Are your poles commercial or scratch built? I'm really enjoying the updates to your layout. Cheers, Simon. 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 The OL poles are all soldered up from brass tube and wire using a template made from a piece of timber with saw cuts across it. I'll load a photo later. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted October 24, 2023 Author Share Posted October 24, 2023 OL mast production! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 20, 2023 Author Share Posted November 20, 2023 No progress on layout development of late - we have been away. However, I am pulling in a few operating sessions at the moment! 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 23, 2023 Author Share Posted November 23, 2023 Want a nasty, oily wet mess on the track at the water crane? Then go to your cheapest cosmetic shop and buy some black nail varnish! And clear, too, for puddles! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 25, 2023 Author Share Posted November 25, 2023 When I got back from my holiday my track-maintenance team (Herr Preiser, Herr Noch and Herr Merten) were complaining that they needed an additional flat-bed trailer for their Motordraisine. So a quick visit to Monk Bar Models got me a further Peco N scale brakevan chassis which was then carefully sawn lengthways down the middle, the coupler pockets and buffers were cut off. The chassis was then widened with poly strip by 3.5mm and glued back together. The flatbed is made up of plank-pattern poly sheet and strips, and I have fitted, as before, 7mm diameter metal wheels and axles by Modmüller. I need to fit couplings still, though - N scale buckeyes. Now a paint job and a load are needed. The wagon runs beautifully! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 27, 2023 Author Share Posted November 27, 2023 (edited) The Kühn Rekowagen are very fine models, but then, so are the original BTTB Rekos which were first introduced in the late 1970s. Especially if they are fitted with some form of close-coupling, in my case home-made ones based on N scale Rapido couplings, the BTTB Rekos can still hold their own against present-day products. Here is a comparison shot.... Edited November 27, 2023 by rekoboy 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 28, 2023 Author Share Posted November 28, 2023 The additional trailer for the Motordraisine is more or less finished - the paint-job needs finishing, one coupling is still missing - but it can be tested. Are the p-way team happy?What do they think? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
natterjack Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Hi Rekoboy Can you suggest any sources for Peho bits and pieces that will post to the UK at reasonable rates of P&P? I'd like to buy some of their TT wired magnetic couplers and 'swivel' NEM pockets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 I have ordered directly from Peter Horn (peho) a couple of times and found the service very good and the charges OK. http://peho-kkk.de/mshop/index.php/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
natterjack Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 Thanks very much for that; having noted the UK does not appear on the peho-kkk drop down countries list I'd assumed a 'brexit effect'. I'll send Peter Horn an email and see where I get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted December 12, 2023 Author Share Posted December 12, 2023 During last week's stay with our friends in Brandenburg I paid a visit to my favourite model shop in Ziesar and was tempted into buying a limited-edition Auhagen kit for a small crane, the Weimarer Lader, which was to be seen all over the GDR at industrial sites, cooperative farms, goods yards.....As you can see from the first photo the parts are tiny, and not necessarily suited to a 68 year old with sausage fingers and declining eyesight! The kit was a real challenge - and is still not quite finished as the hook has vanished somewhere on my desk! I was joking with Herr Ludwig in the shop about the message on the box stating that the kit is suited only to experienced modelmakers - but the kit is no joke! So far I have invested about 4 hours. A further photo will follow when the hook is found or replaced! 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
natterjack Posted December 12, 2023 Share Posted December 12, 2023 Hi Rekoboy, thanks to your tip for direct contact I now have a package of bits and pieces en route from Peho. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calnefoxile Posted December 14, 2023 Share Posted December 14, 2023 On 12/12/2023 at 10:51, rekoboy said: During last week's stay with our friends in Brandenburg I paid a visit to my favourite model shop in Ziesar and was tempted into buying a limited-edition Auhagen kit for a small crane, the Weimarer Lader, which was to be seen all over the GDR at industrial sites, cooperative farms, goods yards.....As you can see from the first photo the parts are tiny, and not necessarily suited to a 68 year old with sausage fingers and declining eyesight! The kit was a real challenge - and is still not quite finished as the hook has vanished somewhere on my desk! I was joking with Herr Ludwig in the shop about the message on the box stating that the kit is suited only to experienced modelmakers - but the kit is no joke! So far I have invested about 4 hours. A further photo will follow when the hook is found or replaced! Rekoboy, Looks good, will need to get one for Rennsteig. regards Neal. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted December 15, 2023 Author Share Posted December 15, 2023 Oh, no, just as that lovely BR94 is arriving on the branch the photographer is about to get a telling off. The railwayman does not look happy! 6 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rekoboy Posted December 20, 2023 Author Share Posted December 20, 2023 I wish you all a happy Christmas and a peaceful and healthy New Year with plenty of time and cash for German railway modelling! 6 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium 31A Posted December 20, 2023 RMweb Premium Share Posted December 20, 2023 Thank you, and the same to you! Look forward to reading more of Kircheim in the New Year! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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