I've certainly considered adding some of them. What I'd really like is an Epoch II layout where I could go nuts with all the specialized hardware like armored trains, track ripper cars, rail guns and armored draisines, but I suppose it'd be considered more than a little tasteless.
Military in Model Rail
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Several companies now seem to be producing military models to go with model railway layouts.
These cover several epochs from II to V and several manufacturers now are making military based models. These are a good basis for a theme for a layout and offer some very good options
Roco's Minitanks have been on the go for some time and added a new dimension to railway layouts.
Lilliput also produced military items, mainly from epoch II, such as the Messerschmitt Me109 on a wagon and this years mini submarine and torpedoes. They also have a camouflaged loco and other items.
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Fleischmann have introduced two sets of naval items which includes a submarine on a wagon.
Maerklin/Trix have just introduced a whole new range of items which improve on the Roco items in that they are metal. There is a range of coaches as well as tanks and transport vehicles.
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Epoch II obviously coincided with WW2 and so some of the Lilliput and Fleischmann stuff would not look out of place.
Similarly with Epoch V, KFOR and SFOR equipment would have been railed across Europe and would not look out of place.
Do any forum members think they will use any of these items in their layouts?
Does anyone think they will base a layout around any of these items?
Does anyone already have a miltary style layout which they would like to show us?
These cover several epochs from II to V and several manufacturers now are making military based models. These are a good basis for a theme for a layout and offer some very good options
Roco's Minitanks have been on the go for some time and added a new dimension to railway layouts.
Lilliput also produced military items, mainly from epoch II, such as the Messerschmitt Me109 on a wagon and this years mini submarine and torpedoes. They also have a camouflaged loco and other items.
Fleischmann have introduced two sets of naval items which includes a submarine on a wagon.
Maerklin/Trix have just introduced a whole new range of items which improve on the Roco items in that they are metal. There is a range of coaches as well as tanks and transport vehicles.
Epoch II obviously coincided with WW2 and so some of the Lilliput and Fleischmann stuff would not look out of place.
Similarly with Epoch V, KFOR and SFOR equipment would have been railed across Europe and would not look out of place.
Do any forum members think they will use any of these items in their layouts?
Does anyone think they will base a layout around any of these items?
Does anyone already have a miltary style layout which they would like to show us?
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I once seen a picture of a train load of Centurion tanks being hauled by I thought a 9F but it may have been an Austerity 2-10-0. I'm going to repicate this as best as I can remember. I've ordered 10 Airfix Centurions but I'm unsure of the type of flat wagon they were placed on
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. Any clues anyone.
Ozzie21
Ozzie21
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Firstly my apologies for the poor pictures and for the fact that i only took 3. its not far from where i work so if anyone wants more i can go and take them but it will take time.
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It was a shame what happened on the MR forum. a few people decided it was sick to even talk about it and some just turned it into an anti war protest.
I think such a model can be fantastically evocative and educational
IF ITS DONE TASTEFULLY.
But there is really no scope at all for modellers liscence. you have to tell it the way it was. you cant mess with something like that.
In the third pcture you can see some of the only pictures that were taken there while the concentration camp was actually in use. at the very far end of the model (out of view to the left of the first picture) is the sorting area. to decide which prisoners would be worked (in most cases to their death) or which would go straight to the gas chambers.
the main gas chambers are at the opposite corner to the camera in the first picture. just visible in the very top left of the picture.
Its worth remembering that although i think most of the important bits of the story could be told on a layout such as this it still dosent give you an idea of the scale. the ramp that the model represents was still only a small part of the camp.
On the wall around the cornet was the actuall station sign from kablinka. (i think it was kablinka but it might have been one of the others, i cant really remember now)
Peter
It was a shame what happened on the MR forum. a few people decided it was sick to even talk about it and some just turned it into an anti war protest.
I think such a model can be fantastically evocative and educational
IF ITS DONE TASTEFULLY.
But there is really no scope at all for modellers liscence. you have to tell it the way it was. you cant mess with something like that.
In the third pcture you can see some of the only pictures that were taken there while the concentration camp was actually in use. at the very far end of the model (out of view to the left of the first picture) is the sorting area. to decide which prisoners would be worked (in most cases to their death) or which would go straight to the gas chambers.
the main gas chambers are at the opposite corner to the camera in the first picture. just visible in the very top left of the picture.
Its worth remembering that although i think most of the important bits of the story could be told on a layout such as this it still dosent give you an idea of the scale. the ramp that the model represents was still only a small part of the camp.
On the wall around the cornet was the actuall station sign from kablinka. (i think it was kablinka but it might have been one of the others, i cant really remember now)
Peter
I watched the series on Auschwitz on tv recently, you guys probably had it a year or two ago, it is stunning to think that this happened only comparitively recently in Europe. I huess what is also bad is that similar stuff, on a lot smaller scale, happened in the Balkans within the last decade. It is quite frightening what can happen when a government gets out of control.
I think models like this help people to understand what happened. I remember similar features at Yad Vashem in Israel. It helps to convey the magnitude of what happened.
The DB has a special memorial at Grunewald railway station in Berlin as an apology for the part that the German railways had in the holocaust.
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I think models like this help people to understand what happened. I remember similar features at Yad Vashem in Israel. It helps to convey the magnitude of what happened.
The DB has a special memorial at Grunewald railway station in Berlin as an apology for the part that the German railways had in the holocaust.
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Ozzie
Thease should help you I have included the specs section as well, which will give you the weight etc:
If you would like some more plans of the Cent Let me know?
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By the way the plans are 1:76 scale
Thease should help you I have included the specs section as well, which will give you the weight etc:
If you would like some more plans of the Cent Let me know?
By the way the plans are 1:76 scale
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