Semi-OT: Marklin model trains and the pandemic

[tlfamm]

There is some manufacturing content:

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/18/business/model-trains-pandemic.html

[Paul Alciatore]

Oh boy! That brings back memories. Model trains were one of my first passions. In fact, that probably was what got me started in machining with the purchase of a Unimat. I haven't had time for that hobby since my college days, but I have a large den so perhaps some day .........

[old mart]

Now making that film is easier to do now that there are minature digital cameras that will fit on models. Imagine fitting a Super 8 camera on an oo gauge train.

[mklotz]

Oh boy! That brings back memories. Model trains were one of my first passions. In fact, that probably was what got me started in machining with the purchase of a Unimat. I haven't had time for that hobby since my college days, but I have a large den so perhaps some day .........

Here you go, Paul. There are model train layouts and then there is stuff like this...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0

[barracudajoe]

He have a model train maker in my area. I think they do N & Z gauge only.

https://www.micro-trains.com/

[Paul Alciatore]

That's a great one. Well worth a trip half way around the world to see. Unfortunately my one and only HO layout was significantly smaller. My dad was an accountant and in addition to a 9-to-5, he did work at home for a few extra dollars. He built an office in our garage but found it uncomfortable to work in so he used the dining room table. That office room was available and I built there. But it was just a small room.

Here you go, Paul. There are model train layouts and then there is stuff like this...

https://www.youtube.com/embed/ACkmg3Y64_s?rel=0

[mklotz]

That's a great one. Well worth a trip half way around the world to see. Unfortunately my one and only HO layout was significantly smaller. My dad was an accountant and in addition to a 9-to-5, he did work at home for a few extra dollars. He built an office in our garage but found it uncomfortable to work in so he used the dining room table. That office room was available and I built there. But it was just a small room.

This one...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vvbg_tL9JXM

is a bit closer to home (though still far from Texas) and not as large as Miniatur Wunderland.

I like it because it's the only one I've ever seen that has a depressed, gritty, depression-era theme. The guy is a master at miniature set building.

[lynnl]

Rod Stewart, of Rock 'n Roll fame, is a big model railroading enthusiast. He has built quite an elaborate layout, though not as extensive as that one in Germany.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PylyazGY1AU

[reggie_obe]

In NJ, there is Northlandz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7uI8gSrhIA