Pacific231G Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Hi Silvio Belated congratulations to you and Lori. I've just looked at your layout website again and it is looking absolutely fabulous; you've captured the urban scene really well. It's very inspiring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAtrains Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 "I'm going deeper underground" as Jamiroquai said Still working on it by the way... More info on my blog: http://www.datrains.eu/2015/04/collaudo-metro/ Cheers! Silvio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Revolution Ben Posted April 10, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hello Silvio, A lovely layout. My father is Sicilian and I spent many happy hours on the beach in our hometown, Taormina, watching the trains go by in the 1970s and 1980s. Come to think of it, I still do when we go to visit in the summer! One day I would like to build a small layout based on those memories, but I am an N gauge modeller and Italian stock of the period seems hard to find. Can you please tell me how you did the platform surface on your metro station above? It's very nice. cheers Ben A. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAtrains Posted April 11, 2015 Author Share Posted April 11, 2015 Hello Ben, the support of the platform is built by cardboard and the surface is a texture computer-made based on the real, printed on common paper and glued on the support by a layer of Spray-Mount 3M. Bye! Silvio Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Controller Posted April 11, 2015 Share Posted April 11, 2015 Some lovely modelling there, Silvio- molto benne! We've just spent a week in Siracusa, and one day took the train to Ragusa; a lovely journey. At one point, however, we were the only people on the train who weren't employed by FS- there were perhaps six others who were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9FEd Posted March 31, 2016 Share Posted March 31, 2016 One day I would like to build a small layout based on those memories, but I am an N gauge modeller and Italian stock of the period seems hard to find. Just stumbled across this thread and like many others I'm very impressed with your work Silvio! My family comes from Northern Italy and I'm not the first to have been inspired by the coast line that runs from Ventigmiglia to Genova, a trip we made regularly for family holidays in Sanremo after flying into Nice. For modelling I'm committed to N gauge and, like Ben, lack of stock has always put me off an Italian project in N. However, the urge to scratch the itch of Italian railways never quite went away and so this week I took advantage of Hornby's decision to distribute Italian Lima HO through the UK website. The prices were too appealing to resist an Italian HO side project any longer... Fortunately for Ben, I've already paid my deposit on an N gauge Revolution Pendolino! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium jjb1970 Posted August 29, 2016 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 29, 2016 I also just stumbled across this thread and can only say that I wish I'd made the effort to read it sooner!! Some truly inspiring work, the modelling is to a staggeringly good standard. I used to go to Trieste a lot and since Trieste airport (which is nowhere near Trieste, being at Monfalcone) is poorly served by flights I usually flew to/from Venice and then took the train. The train journey from Venice to Trieste is rather lovely. I must admit I wasn't such a fan of the older brown electrics, but I do have a real soft spot for the E444 (the production series and I also like the E444R rebuilds, not so much the prototype batch) and think the E402B is a stunning design. At some point I'd love to have some Italian models. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallsteve Posted April 16, 2017 Share Posted April 16, 2017 Just stunning modelling. I love your Facebook updates too. Happy modelling. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
9FEd Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 Silvio - I'm taking the Thello sleeper to Milan this September for the Italian GP at Monza and just wondering if you could recommend any good model shops in Milan? (I'm mostly interested in N gauge, although also interested in H0/00 too) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Barry Ten Posted May 19, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted May 19, 2017 I was in Milan last year and went to Milan Hobby on Via Fellice Bellotti, but there was only a small selection of railway items from what I remember. OK for aircraft/military kits, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold NHY 581 Posted September 1, 2017 RMweb Gold Share Posted September 1, 2017 Splendid thread. Great modelling. Rob. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Legend Posted September 1, 2017 RMweb Premium Share Posted September 1, 2017 Wow just come across this thread. Last year I travelled the Cinque Terre and thought at the time this would be ideal model railway territory, tunnel, station, tunnel. The line seemed very busy as we hopped from one town to another . Unfortunately we picked a day with heavy rain, but it was still worthwhile seeing . Little did I realise there was already a layout. Great stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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