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General => Trains! => Topic started by: Junker Jörg on August 12, 2018, 21:36:03

Title: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on August 12, 2018, 21:36:03
Hai zusammen - hi there!

Es war einmal, da hatte die Firma Faller eine Eisenbahn "für die Welt der Play-Figuren" im Angebot. Nachdem die Pf.F.G.B. schon einmal eine solche Schmalstspurbahn (auf dem alten Dachboden) betrieben hatte, wurden jetzt die eingemotteten Schätze mal wieder gesichtet.

Once upon a time Faller used to provide us with trains matching the "world of Play-figurines". As my Pf.F.G.B. used to run a small narrowest gauge railway on my old attic I decided to have a look at the since then packed treasures.


(https://abload.de/img/00-02gleisesichteniec6g.jpg)
Da wären erstmal allerhand Gleise, da geht was...
Some tracks - a good start so far.

(https://abload.de/img/00-05rollmatsichtennoilm.jpg)
...das Rollmaterial hingegen ist noch ausbaufähig.
Rolling stock to be upgraded I daresay.

Äußerst überrascht nimmt der frischgebackene Director der neuen "Franken-Fall-Bahn" (oder so ähnlich, das ist noch der Arbeitstitel) ein Fundstück in Augenschein...
(https://abload.de/img/00-03glockegji9o.jpg)
...das mich doch sehr begeistert  :smile .
But quite a surprise to find that one here!

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on August 12, 2018, 21:45:58
You're off to a good start.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on August 13, 2018, 20:04:14
Und schon startet das erste "Bahnbauprojekt" - launching my first project:

(https://abload.de/img/j101ansprech-bahn7xiqp.jpg)
So ungefähr sieht das Endziel aus. Der Spruch ist ein Lernspruch aus unserem Erste-Hilfe-für-Kinder-Programm, mit dem man sich die wichtigsten vier Erste-Hilfe-Schritte (nach dem Absichern) merken kann. Und der soll mit der Bahn spielerisch vermittelt werden. Dazu...
St. John Ambulance teaches children first aid by mnemonics (there for  sure is a more commen word for that, I just don't know it. But maybe a native speaker can help?). This one's to keep four important steps in mind an learning will be supportet by a railway-puzzle.

(https://abload.de/img/j102plattenstreichencteeg.jpg)
...braucht's erstmal diese fünf Platten (eigentlich nur vier, die fünfte ist zum Abdecken, damit alles schön sauber aufgeräumt werden kann, wenn's ned gebraucht wird).
First step to go is to paint those boards.

(https://abload.de/img/j103probefahrtmoe2s.jpg)
Darauf werden die Schienen befestigt werden - hier schonmal eine Probefahrt: geht!
Tracks laid out - a first test ride.

(https://abload.de/img/j104gartenarbeitgqfne.jpg)
Also nochmal ab in den Garten - endlich mal wieder wie ein echter Gartenbahner fühlen!
Garden work once more - haven't felt like a real garden railwayist for ages *g*!

(https://abload.de/img/j105lcherbohrencti4n.jpg)
Ok, ich geb's zu, die echt dicken Bretter bohren andere!
Öhm... a pun, intranslateble  :-[.

(https://abload.de/img/j106abstandshalterbohbbd1s.jpg)
Dafür waren diese Scheibchen ned ganz ohne: Die flutschen schnell durch die Finger, wenn der Bohrer sich festbeißt, und das schmerzt!
Drilling those wee thingies wasn't that easy. They tend to slip painfully through your fingers...  :hmm:.

(https://abload.de/img/j107malerarbeitenaddhi.jpg)
Fertig für heute - done :smile .

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on August 13, 2018, 20:29:47
Watching with interest and I see, that like me, you are also a collector of empty ice cream tubs.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 15, 2018, 21:18:05
Once upon in time there was an idea...

...and now I started putting it into practice: an entirely new kind of model railway layout is about to come into existence. Other than modules those segments can only be arranged in a predefined order. 2.4m x 1.2m make a fine base to let trains run in circles, still those segments can be piled up for easy storage and transport. Only tracks (and a few flat items) will be fixed, houses etc. are going to be placed freely and stored seperately.

Endlich geht's los!Der Bau der neuen Segmentanlage beginnt!
(Nur für die Neugierigen: Während Module in beliebiger Reihenfolge aneinandergereiht werden können, passen Segmente nur dann, wenn sie richtig zusammengesetzt werden können. Trotzdem erlauben sie es (wie Module), eine große Anlage abzubauen, einzulagern, zu transportieren ohne alles immer einzeln auf- und abbauen zu müssen).

(https://abload.de/img/f101plattenbauten3qcm5.jpg)
Zunächst mußten die Segmente gebaut werden. Maße 60x60cm²...

(https://abload.de/img/f102plattenbautenwad1g.jpg)
...stapelbar.

(https://abload.de/img/f103grundgerst2iet9.jpg)
Wie üblich wird die Anlage auch ohne Tische "freistehend" aufgebaut werden können: Die Latten halten die Segmente zusammen. Zwei handelsübliche Böcke genügen für eine Reihe mit vier Segmenten.

(https://abload.de/img/f104fertigeplatten3kcji.jpg)
Das ist die Aufbaufläche: 2x4 Segmente = 120cm x 240cm. Das ist nicht gerade wenig, für diese Eisenbahn allerdings durchaus sportlich, wie nachher noch zu sehen sein wird.

(https://abload.de/img/f105ersteraufbaue7ftd.jpg)
Natürlich ging's gleich ans erste Auslegen der Gleise:

(https://abload.de/img/f106gleisplanundprobepxf6w.jpg)
Der Gleisplan wird verhältnismäßig "überschaubar" sein: Im Wesentlichen ein Kreis mit...

(https://abload.de/img/f107gleisplanundprobeq9dlm.jpg)
...einem Bahnhof mit zwei Durchfahrts- und dreieinhalb Abstellgleisen.

Warum so bescheiden? Naja, ich wollte mal eine Anlage bauen, die ich auch in absehbarer Zeit fertigbekomme. Und je mehr Abstellgleise, Technik..., desto verzögerungsanfälliger ist das Ganze.

Soweit also zum ersten Start der neuen "Feldbahn".

It's going to be a simple layout, only one wee station, three sidings and a loop. Why not bigger? Well, I didn't only want it to get started, I still intend it to get finished too. That's much easier when built more modestly  ::).

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 15, 2018, 22:33:47
Ah, we are thinking along similar lines, Stefan, but you are ahead of me.  Your idea is looking good.

(I'd only looked at this topic a few days ago and wondered when there'd be more on it.)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 17, 2018, 10:30:16
Sounds promising! Looking forward to seeing your ideas being put into action  :).

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 21, 2018, 16:37:30
Vermutlich macht's hier gar keinen Unterschied, aber bei den kleinen Spuren sagt man, Kork unterm Gleis nimmt die künstlichen Fahrgeräusche. Nachdem hier eh schon ewig so eine Korkmattenrolle rumsteht und eigentlich weg soll, wird das Gleisbett halt aufgekorkt
(https://abload.de/img/f110gleiseaufkorkthfv8.jpg)
A layer of cork is said to render trains run more smoothely. I don't know if that's true for Faller-gauge trains too but as that stuff's been poodling around in my cellar for ages now, time to give it a proper work to do!

Und damit die Gleise später ned ganz so künstlich schwarz in schwarz aussehen, werden zumindest die Schwellen gebräunt (mangels Sonne nehm ich Sprühlack  :grinsen ).
(https://abload.de/img/f111gleisebehandeltdxelg.jpg)
A coat of brown paint gives those sleepers a much better look.

Und schon ist die erste Platte gleisfertig.
(https://abload.de/img/f112gleisbau1ofxx.jpg)
Tracks're set on the first segment.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on December 21, 2018, 17:31:13
Looking great! I like your track plan. Lots of things to do in a small space. An advantage to the Feldbahn setting I would guess.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 21, 2018, 17:50:32
Coming on nicely, Stefan.

The advantage of the cork is that it reduces the noise of the train running.  The baseboard acts as a loudspeaker in effect, but the cork reduces this effect
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 21, 2018, 21:41:58
The advantage of the cork is that it reduces the noise of the train running.
Well yes, that's what they say it does. Point is: those engines are making so much noise on their own, I really do wonder if THAT does make a difference...  8}.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 26, 2018, 19:18:39
Fallerzüge fahren ja bekanntermaßen mit Batterien. Gesteuert werden die Loks über Schaltelemente, die in die Gleise geklipst werden. Ich hab mich dazu entschlossen, diese Bahn mit dem klassischen Fallersystem zu betreiben und die Loks nicht auf Funk umzurüsten.

Faller play train engines are driven by battery motors. Signals could be clipped between sleepers to make an engine stop, turn or go on. These layout will be operated the old way, engines are not going to be equipped with RC technology.

(https://abload.de/img/f131weichenantriebv5d4g.jpg)
Sowohl Weichenantriebe als auch...

(https://abload.de/img/f132stopperp7dg1.jpg)
...Wender und ...

(https://abload.de/img/f133wenderuicel.jpg)
...die richtigen Stopper können über Draht- bzw. Fadenzüge bewegt werden.

Both sets of points and STOP/TURN/GO signals can be operated by threads. As original colours don't match my expectations they recievced a new coat of paint.

(https://abload.de/img/f134lackierenccdfu.jpg)
Die Originalfarbgebung hat mir allerdings nicht so gut gefallen, da mußte erstmal lackiert werden.

(https://abload.de/img/f135wenderfertigd8eg2.jpg)
Dann wurde ein etwas dezenterer Faden genommen (auf dem Bild sticht er förmlich hervor, in echt gar nicht).

(https://abload.de/img/f136stopperundentkuppddfm0.jpg)
Auch Enkuppler und Wender können jetzt so bedient werden.

(https://abload.de/img/f137stellkugelnqhiob.jpg)
Zum Steuern gibt's eine einfache Kugelzugtechnik.

All devices can be operated by wee wooden bowls and nearly invisible threads now. Layout allows trains to run and do some basic shunting moves without setting points. And as I acutally don't have a third running engine, I decided to postpone remote controlled sets of points.

Das Gleisbild ist so aufgebaut, daß es eigentlich kaum einer Weichenänderung bedarf. Könnte sein, daß ich die Weichen gar nicht "fernsteuern" werde. Zwei Züge fahren im gegenläufigen Kreis, beide können Waggons aufnehmen bzw. abstellen, ohne daß eine Weiche geändert werden muß. Und solang ich noch keine dritte, fahrfähige Lok habe...

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 27, 2018, 16:18:49
Long live basic technology!  I think quite a bit of the UK system still depends on it btw.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 27, 2018, 22:43:15
Jou, und wenn ich das mit dem "welche Perle bewegt welches Teil" noch besser auf die Reihe krieg, macht das sogar richtig Spaß  :).

Fun will be even greater the day I'll be able to handle this "which pearl makes which device act"-thing  8-).

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 23, 2019, 08:50:30
Oh, da hat sich in der Zwischenzeit richtig viel getan! Oh dear, loads of progress to be reported...

Der Gleisplan ist fertig: Die Züge werden einmal im Kreis fahren:
(https://abload.de/img/f114gleisbauabgeschloxmc3g.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f121erstestellprobenztiyk.jpg)
Während auf der einen Seite ein Bahnhof entstehen wird...

(https://abload.de/img/f141landschaftsbauteicocgi.jpg)
...ist für die Rückseite Landschaft geplant.

(https://abload.de/img/f142landschaftsbautei58fb7.jpg)
Auf einer Holzplatte ist so ein Loch viel leichter zu realisieren als im Estrich!

(https://abload.de/img/f143landschaftsbautei8vciu.jpg)
Der Teich ist schnell versenkt...

(https://abload.de/img/f144landschaftsbauteiddcvr.jpg)
...und das Zubehör arrangiert.

(https://abload.de/img/f145landschaftsbautei8vc7a.jpg)
Den Viechern gefällt's,...

(https://abload.de/img/f146teichszenefertigk7i68.jpg)
...und dem Angler auch.

While one side's to present a station the other will feature some nature. A pond-hole's easily sawed out, some green fitted around and both bird and man are happy.

jj:

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on May 23, 2019, 09:11:09
Great progress, Stefan, and good to see you back.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 29, 2019, 18:22:58
Weiter geht's -  update:

Nachdem die Anlage geteilt sein soll, braucht's ein Tunnel oder sowas, damit der  Zug von der einen Seite zur anderen kommt. Das Burgtor paßt grad so, für die Stadtseite wird's eine Hausdurchfahrt werden.

(https://abload.de/img/f150trennwandrpcx0.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f151trennwandhrdmy.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f152trennwandturmportl1ceq.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f153bahnhofsseitemfi03.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f154zwischenraum1iff7.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f155landschaftgsdeo.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f156landschafth6c8u.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f157tunnelportal4lfz5.jpg)

Dividing the layout in two renders a tunnel necessary. A castle gate as portal at one side, a house to be passed through at the other will do that job.

jj:


Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on May 29, 2019, 18:47:12
Great progress and excellent use of Playmobil.  :wave:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on May 29, 2019, 19:07:15
Great use of the castle gate. The house option is nice too, part of a factory perhaps?
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on July 22, 2019, 09:14:54
Weiter geht's - on we go:

(https://abload.de/img/f160grnwbjeg.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f161grnhmjoh.jpg)


(https://abload.de/img/f162milchmdchen4rk20.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f163milchmdchen0rjtl.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f164mineundwaldw3ja4.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f165minex6j6a.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f166waldv3j27.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f167wald1jkwx.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f168fahrgsteb1j1t.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f169rentnerbrlap1jsl.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f170schotte7pjdp.jpg)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on July 22, 2019, 20:13:28
Great progress and original ideas.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: VicKlicktor on July 23, 2019, 20:59:13

I love the characters you chose and the way you took advantage of the space! :yup:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on July 24, 2019, 12:41:57
Danke für die netten Kommentare, und weiter geht's! Die Landschaftsseite wurde noch ein wenig weitergebaut.

Cheers for you kind comments. On we go finishing the landscape-side.

(https://abload.de/img/f171tiereubkn7.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f172tiere6ij7a.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f173aufforstungi8ktv.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f174naturseitefertigr5kvw.jpg)

jj:

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: tahra on July 24, 2019, 13:47:08
Wow, it's soo beautiful :love:

The detail of the "ground" is really great.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Marco_4124 on July 26, 2019, 19:16:36
Ich war ein wenig zu sehr mit dem 3D-Schienendruck beschäftigt, aber wie schön sieht diese Gleisanlage aus!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 08, 2019, 15:40:55
Zeit, mal wieder weiter zu berichten - time to tell some news:

Die "Landschaftsseite" wurde inzwischen "behimmelt" und fertiggestellt. Und auf der Stadtseite entstehen die Häuser in "Kulissenbauweise".
(https://abload.de/img/f186himmeltestiskir.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f195waldgesamty9j3t.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f210projektlevilgjtw.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f211lackierarbeitenthkw9.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f212stehtaak31.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f213mauer94jag.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f214mtkz1.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f215bahnhofzxjyr.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f2164jk42.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f2174yjgk.jpg)

Country-side completed with background, flat houses on "station side" in progress. We have the term "Kulissenhäuser" in German for that flat type houses just suitable as setting or backdrop, and there for sure is one in English too, but I don't know it  :-[.

jj:

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on October 08, 2019, 16:08:32
Lots of progress there and looking very good.

In English the "flat houses" are called "low relief".

The set with the man with a beard and wearing a top hat is interesting.  It looks a special release for a  museum or town. 
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 08, 2019, 18:49:01
Noch ein Kulissenhaus... - another low relief in progress:

(https://abload.de/img/f190gterschuppen8ajy7.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f191gterschuppentejti.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f192gterschuppenn3jd2.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f193gterschuppenstehtk4khr.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f194bahnhofgesamtsujl0.jpg)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmovictorian on October 08, 2019, 18:57:28
This diorama and its making of are pure artistry, a Masterpiece  :love: :love: :love:

I could immerse myself in your pictures for hours and still find new details to contemplate  :lens:

It is so refreshingly beautiful  :cloud9:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 08, 2019, 19:10:26
And as about the black bearded top hatted man...

Das ist einer der weltweit bekanntestes Franken: Löb Strauß aus Buttenheim (nur ca. 30 km nördlich von Zirndorf). Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts kam die Wirtschaftskrise und er wanderte er in die USA aus. Dort bemerkte er: Die üblichen Hosen gehen bei den Goldgräbern viel zu schnell kaputt. Er suchte nach einem festeren Stoff - und fand ihn. Seine Hosen waren der Renner und fanden reißenden Absatz - und man trägt sie bis heute. "Löbs" Hosen wurden zum Welterfolg... Auf der Schachtel sieht man sein Geburtshaus in Buttenheim.

He's one of Frankonians most favourite: Löb Strauß from Buttenheim (just 20m north of Zirndorf). Due to European recession midst of 19th century he emigrated to the USA, following the gold diggers. He noticed: normal trousers used to tear under rough work so he introduced a new, stronger fabric. These new pants turned into best sellers till today: Löb's is a well known brand and the package shows his birth place at Buttenheim.

Ach so, ja, Löb nahm in den umlautfreien Staaten wieder die ursprüngliche, hebräische Form seines Namens an, Levi - when emigrated into a non-o-umlaut-country Löb turned to use his name's original Hebrew version: Levi...

(https://abload.de/img/f720strauhaus91jxm.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f721w6kxi.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f7223rj5i.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f723k2jjc.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f725crjxz.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f72607k7v.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f727o4kbr.jpg)

You better just enjoy the pics not waisting any thoughts at those texts. They're not German  ::). Die Texte auf den Bilder überliest man am besten, das ist Fränkisch, kein Deutsch.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 08, 2019, 19:18:37
Cheers for compliments  :hatoff:

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmovictorian on October 08, 2019, 19:27:03
Recreating the building of the background picture of the historic figure is pure genius  :love: :love: :love:

Wonderful work  :clap: :thanks:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on October 09, 2019, 00:21:26
Thank you for the information on the Levi figure, Stefan.  Are they still available do you know? (Which reminds me, I think I was going to send you a British Bobby figure from Hamley's - did I ever do so?  I have one on my shelf and it must be there for a reason, for you or a friend in Australia.)

The way the track curves around reminds me of the Selketal railway we rode on earlier this year, the only straight track seemed to be in the stations or when the track was running alongside the road.  Otherwise, it was curves this and that all the time.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: PMatt on October 09, 2019, 11:13:39
(https://abload.de/img/f192gterschuppenn3jd2.jpg)

The way you set this depot up is brilliant!

I agree with playmovictorian: painting the façade the way it is on the box was a nice touch, and the colour combination looks refreshing.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on October 09, 2019, 12:50:07
Yes, the depot is pure genius, low relief modelling at its best.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 09, 2019, 14:00:23
Thanks for your kind replies. On we go! Danke für die netten Kommentare, weiter geht's:

Mein Fuhrpark ist aktuell noch sehr begrenzt. Um trotzdem ein wenig Abwechslsung zu haben, werden die Ladegüter austauschbar gehalten. Hier sind die ersten beiden Varianten.

(https://abload.de/img/f601ladegutsckeundkanw5jvm.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f602apkr5.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f6035ljg6.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f604ladegutfsserlek3k.jpg)

As rolling stock's rather limited at the moment, I created swappable contents for goods to provide some visual changes. Here's the first two.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Luftgaengerin on October 14, 2019, 07:49:32
Fantastic!! It looks so beautiful with the painted "Fensterläden"  :love:, how did you attached them to the windows? Did you glue them?  :wave:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on October 14, 2019, 09:45:35
Mein großer Freund der Heißkleber - hot glue gun's the magic word  8-)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on October 14, 2019, 20:52:56
Wonderful structural work. The train car loads are great too. I am a big fan of hot glue, especially for tiny things that will fall off every time you bump the table.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 11, 2019, 23:02:01
Es gibt mal wieder ein Filmchen - a new film, enjoy it!

(https://i9.ytimg.com/vi/u9IItr04J8I/mq1.jpg?sqp=COHoxe8F&rs=AOn4CLCwXC4niINlXpo64K0mEXf8VVWn-A) (https://youtu.be/u9IItr04J8I)
KLICK (https://youtu.be/u9IItr04J8I)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Marco_4124 on December 13, 2019, 08:10:43
Thanks  :) Discovering every time new details.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 13, 2019, 13:20:36
Wonderful!  Wundebar!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on December 13, 2019, 21:27:27
Great video, the layout looks really wonderful!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 16, 2019, 22:27:36
Freut mich, daß es Euch gefällt - good to see you like it!

 :)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 17, 2019, 09:33:06
I've watched your video a number of times now, jj, and with its curves through the trees it reminds me of our too brief ride on the Selketal railway this summer.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 17, 2019, 11:10:52
Gut möglich, daß ich ein wenig harzbahninspiriert war, als ich den Teil anlegte...  8} I might indeed have been inspired by Harzbahnen when designing this part of my layout.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: NICO on December 17, 2019, 16:07:50
Great work, with nice details!!!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 27, 2020, 19:28:14
Für die, die nicht rollen mögen, hier auch als Filmchen (KLICK) (https://youtu.be/GENbH9zicv0).
(https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GENbH9zicv0/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEZCNACELwBSFXyq4qpAwsIARUAAIhCGAFwAQ==&rs=AOn4CLAfNSPV9K2iwlizk8NlkpNku2ON0Q)
Don't feel like scrolling? Click for clip! (https://youtu.be/GENbH9zicv0)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on March 27, 2020, 20:08:26
A very good idea.  Presumably it can be dismantled for transporting.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 28, 2020, 15:01:02
Für den Transport kann ich die Anlage in zwei lange Teile zerlegen. Unten drunter sind Kanthölzer, die die Segmente stabiliseren und mit denen man sie im Ganzen tragen kann. Zum Einlagern kann man die acht Segmente einzeln stapeln.

For transport it can be split into two "stripes" four segments each. There are scantlings supporting and holding the segments in place so you can easily carry four in a row. To be stored they'll be dismantled so I can pile all eight segments to one bit tower.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 29, 2020, 15:33:17
Das zweite Filmchen - über die Steuerlemente. Second clip - remote control.

(https://i9.ytimg.com/vi/Un0CBVJU91g/mqdefault.jpg?time=1585495943297&sqp=CPj9gvQF&rs=AOn4CLCPYmGY6v016dx6lB836647muOy9w)
KLICK zum Film (https://youtu.be/Un0CBVJU91g)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 07, 2020, 20:03:42
Der dritte Film - die Waldseite entsteht; Clip #3 - forest works.


KLICK (https://youtu.be/BTLK9D59NDE)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 11, 2020, 18:44:54
Kurzes Zwischenspiel aus der Jetzt-Zeit / and that's today:
(https://i9.ytimg.com/vi/G6K5HBkNEQs/mq2.jpg?sqp=CMifyPQF&rs=AOn4CLBIjC8LaG9H0JWJ_WyMjimqejX-AQ) (https://youtu.be/G6K5HBkNEQs)
...Dieseltriebwagen im Film (KLICK) (https://youtu.be/G6K5HBkNEQs).

Frohe Ostern!

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 12, 2021, 19:43:45
Im letzten Jahr ist nicht viel an der Bahn passiert. Aber es gibt ein neues Filmchen. Die Diesellok fährt mit Piko-Akku-Funk-Steuerung, alle anderen Fahrzeuge mit den klassischen Faller-Gleissteuerelementen.

I didn't spend too much time improving my Faller layout last year. But at least there's a new clip. The Diesel-loco's run by PIKO-RC-Control, all other engines use Faller-system devices to stop and go.

(https://abload.de/img/f851zugfahrt69jsd.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ckt8D-nQjk)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: IJL on April 13, 2021, 18:23:06
I’m in total awe about this whole set up! The idea of using just fronts/facades of buildings is something I might have to steal.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on April 14, 2021, 20:49:26
Excellent video, JJ, and a superb layout.  Very enjoyable to watch.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 22, 2021, 07:36:19
Schön zu lesen, daß es Euch gefällt  :). Natürlich darfst Du die  Idee mit den Kulissenhäusern klauen - hab ich auch nicht anders gemacht *g*.

Good to know you like it. Feel free to steel the idea of those flat background buildings (I'm sure there's a proper English word for those kind of set houses... isn't there?) - I did so too *g*.

Works went on and a new engine did start working on my layout yesternight: a tender loco. It's based on a normal Faller eTrain / PlayTrain steam engine. A special new back side was designed to replace the original tender. I cut it out to grant my fireman access to his workplace. I also added some extra weight to the engine. RC-reciever and power supply fit neatly into the tender. Here we go!



Heute konnte Hauptlokführer Hans mit seinem Heizer die neue Schlepptenderlok in Betrieb nehmen:

(https://abload.de/img/f630schlepptendern2jsv.jpg)

Auch hier kommt eine handeslübliche Faller eTrain-Lok zum Einsatz. Allerdings hab ich sie technisch ein wenig optimiert: Faller hatte seiner Schlepptenderlok ein längeres Dach und Türen spendiert. Ansonsten war's aber die gleiche Form wie die Tenderloks - inklusive der Loknummer 3 und der festen Rückwand. Lediglich der Tender war durch eine Wandversion ersetzt worden, die die Lok seitlich leicht nach hinten verlängerte und so gestaltet war, daß man sie als Vorderwand des Führerstands (mit Kesselluke) ansehen konnte. Das konnte nicht so bleiben, wo hätten da denn Heizer und Lokführer hingesollt?!? Also den Dremel angesetzt. Außerdem hab ich der Lok nochmal zwei Zusatzgewichte spendiert - maßgeschneidert für die Wasserkästen. Den Akku sowie den Piko-Funkempfänger dafür hab ich im Tender untergebracht. Die hätten vielleicht sogar in den Kessel gepaßt, aber da hat Faller genialer Weise ja ein großes Gewicht drin, auf das nicht nicht verzichten mag.


(https://abload.de/img/f634h9j8y.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f635xjkeb.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f636p2jok.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f6374pkv9.jpg)


Und dann ging's ab auf die Piste:

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FILM AB KLICK


Noch ein paar Photoimpressionen:

(https://abload.de/img/f631j9kw7.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f632qwjew.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f633izj0t.jpg)


sm:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on April 22, 2021, 11:43:58


Good to know you like it. Feel free to steel the idea of those flat background buildings (I'm sure there's a proper English word for those kind of set houses... isn't there?) - I did so too *g*.



I've been trying to remember the English term all morning and it suddenly came to me out of the blue, "low relief" is the term.

It's a great relief to have remembered it!

An English homophone has caught you out, jj.  "steel" a metal, and "steal", to take away illegally or  move about quietly.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 22, 2021, 16:53:18
An English homophone has caught you out, jj.  "steel" a metal, and "steal", to take away illegally or  move about quietly.
Shame on me - I DID think of that - and made the wrong choice though ...  :-[

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 22, 2021, 17:04:24
I've been trying to remember the English term all morning and it suddenly came to me out of the blue, "low relief" is the term.
Great to see you relieved :-).

Would you call it "low relief house" then or how would you refer to it?

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on April 22, 2021, 19:03:13
Great to see you relieved :-).

Would you call it "low relief house" then or how would you refer to it?

jj:
Yes, a low relief house would be fine a a description.

Great videos by the way.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on April 23, 2021, 00:43:01
In American model railroading the low relief buildings are commonly called 'flats' so you were not far wrong. The concept itself is common in model railroading though not to everyone's taste. I like the use of them here.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 23, 2021, 08:06:23
Cheers for that! I DO prefer real buildings, but sometimes you just don't have the room to place them. Then low relief is a great solution and looking much better than just a painted background.

Danke schön! Mir gefallen echte Häuser auch besser, doch manchmal fehlt einfach der Platz dafür. Dann finde ich Kulissenhäuser deutlich schöner als bloß ein gemalter Hintergrund.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on April 23, 2021, 16:29:42
In American model railroading the low relief buildings are commonly called 'flats' so you were not far wrong. The concept itself is common in model railroading though not to everyone's taste. I like the use of them here.

That's interesting, Tim.  I'd say that in the UK a "flat" (ignoring that it is the English name for what in the USA is called an apartment) would be a building with no depth, just a front, like the buildings used in the early  movies and probably still so today to some extent.  But a low relief building would be one that was more than just a front.  So in the video, the blue and white building would be a flat, but the buildings either side would be described as in low relief or low relief buildings.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: GrahamB on April 24, 2021, 09:10:29
Vertical sections of scenery are known as flats in the theatre too. OUP: "an upright section of stage scenery mounted on a movable frame"
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 05, 2021, 09:59:28
Neues vom Garten - und nicht flach sondern absolut 3D: Ein neuer Schienenbus.

News from the garden - not flat but full 3D *g*.  A new railbus (as the bogie railbus doesn't like my garden tracks due to too many unsmooth track connections).

(https://abload.de/img/f730schienenbusmrjqn.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f732qojzl.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f733l0jxm.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f734blk2o.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f7354ojd3.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f7365wk4z.jpg) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UoblrY0-7g)
Film ab - click for clip! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UoblrY0-7g)

jj:

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on May 05, 2021, 13:23:41
Bravo!  Faller is fun!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: StJohn on May 08, 2021, 00:23:26
I don't understand the guys talking in green  :(
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 12, 2021, 09:17:09
I try a translation...


(https://abload.de/img/f730schienenbusmrjqn.jpg)
What's that ment to be, mate?
- A new railbus as the former one's causing too much trouble out in the garden.


(https://abload.de/img/f732qojzl.jpg)
What a muck's that?!?
- New brass handles, another of our Fat Controller's great ideas!

(https://abload.de/img/f733l0jxm.jpg)
That DOES look good!
- Wood look stlye

(https://abload.de/img/f734blk2o.jpg)
What a craft and staff!
- Looking forward to its first garden run!

(https://abload.de/img/f7354ojd3.jpg)
They really DID a great job!
- Indeed

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: StJohn on May 12, 2021, 12:58:51
Thank you for the translation :hatoff: Nice picture story!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 12, 2021, 19:11:00
Immer gern. Das ist "mein" Dialekt - da steigen auch deutsche Muttersprachler gelegentlich aus ;-).

My pleasure. That's "my accent" and even German native speakers don't get it all *g*.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmovictorian on May 25, 2021, 06:15:52
Wonderful pictures and story  :love:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 29, 2021, 20:45:12
Letzte Woche wurde meine dritte und vorerst letzte ferngesteuerte Lok fertig. Ok, im Prinzip sind alle Loks auf meiner Anlage ferngesteuert, da ich die Stellhebel mittels der Seilzüge fernbediene. Doch es gibt auch Loks, die mittels der Piko-Funksteuerung fernbedient werden können. Nach der diesel und der Schlepptenderlok nun die "kleine Rote", die als erste auch mit Beleuchtung unterwegs ist.

Last week I finished my third (and most likely last for now) remote controlled engine. Well, all engines on my wee layout are kind of remote controlled as switches are string operated. But there's some engines equipped with a PIKO rc module to be "really" remote controlled. After Diesel an tender loco the wee red one's the one and only also fitted with lights.

Und hier (KLICK) ist die Neue auch kurz im Film zu sehen - click here for a short clip. (https://youtu.be/o-0n-2OWNr8)

jj:

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on May 30, 2021, 16:27:13
Is it radio remote controlled or via the track?  (I assume not by string.)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on May 31, 2021, 13:15:54
Da steckt eine PIKO-Funkfernsteuerung samt Akku drin. Die Bahn fährt ja auf Plastikgleisen, da geht  nix über die Gleise ;-).

As it's a plastic track layout power via track's not working properly  8}. It's accu-powered and operated by PIKO r/c control.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on May 31, 2021, 18:29:50
Da steckt eine PIKO-Funkfernsteuerung samt Akku drin. Die Bahn fährt ja auf Plastikgleisen, da geht  nix über die Gleise ;-).

As it's a plastic track layout power via track's not working properly  8}. It's accu-powered and operated by PIKO r/c control.

jj:

Ah, I hadn't realised that it was plastic track; that would certainly be difficult to use track power with.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on November 30, 2021, 12:44:28
Ich hatte ja erwähnt, daß meine Bahn inzwischen auch im Garten fährt. Zur Zeit ruht der Betrieb allerdings wegen...

As I mentioned trains have conquerred the garden. Though actually all trains are cancelled due to...

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: tahra on November 30, 2021, 13:05:39
:o

Those are amazing pics (at least for those of us who do not experience that :P )
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Rasputin on November 30, 2021, 14:50:55
You built such a lovely train diorama with so much going on in such a limited space .

I really like how you have the train appear  to go through a tunnel but it goes into the forest scene . Very clever use of space and transition

You did a great job
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on November 30, 2021, 19:06:06
Ich hatte ja erwähnt, daß meine Bahn inzwischen auch im Garten fährt. Zur Zeit ruht der Betrieb allerdings wegen...

As I mentioned trains have conquerred the garden. Though actually all trains are cancelled due to...

jj:

Hmm, snow on the line.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Tiermann on December 01, 2021, 01:02:07
Lovely to see, that snow looks a bit deep, you will need a big plow
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: GrahamB on December 01, 2021, 09:42:59
Definitely the wrong type of snow!

(British Rail claimed in 1991 that service disruption was due to 'the wrong type of snow' and were widely ridiculed for the claim, though they did have a point. See here (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_wrong_type_of_snow) for more details)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Rasputin on December 01, 2021, 14:59:07
In California we also have “the wrong type of snow”  :P

Ours is wetter, heavier and ices up quickly (more like concrete)

We prefer the dry, light and fluffy type found in Colorado
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Macruran on December 05, 2021, 07:38:11
It's said that rail companies have over two hundred words for snow  ;D
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 05, 2021, 09:48:56
It's said that rail companies have over two hundred words for snow  ;D

And not always polite ones.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: GrahamB on December 05, 2021, 09:50:17
It's said that rail companies have over two hundred words for snow  ;D

I thought that was Esquimaux Inuit indigenous people Amerindians of an Arctic persuasion Native Americans in The North, help!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 08, 2021, 16:14:33
Heute lag definitiv der richtige Schnee - ein Filmla wurde auch gleich gedreht:

Klick zu Youtube! (https://youtu.be/srOcF3s-9Lo)

Defenitely the right kind of snow today!

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: tahra on December 08, 2021, 16:46:38
That is beautiful :love:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on December 08, 2021, 16:55:35
Superb!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Rasputin on December 08, 2021, 21:20:43
That’s great your able to run your train in the snow . I have a hard enough time getting traction on a dry day
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 09, 2021, 08:44:07
Danke für die netten Kommentare.

@Rasputin: Die Strecke ist fast ganz eben, da gibt's in der Regel gar keine Probleme - as the layout is as good as completely even I hardly face traction trouble.

Cheers for your nice comments.

 :)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 14, 2021, 20:47:59
Die Lok hatte seltsame Geräusche von sich gegeben - also ging's ins BW und jetzt...

KLICK zum Filma bei Youtube! (https://youtu.be/GC59lPx7lmk)

Off you go to the yards to recieve a maintainence and leave that nasty scratching sound behind!

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Rasputin on December 15, 2021, 14:52:52
That is a very peculiar engine sound ? Sound like gears
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 15, 2021, 18:33:59
Well not exactly the gears. There's a pole connecting motor and axles. But it wasn't the cogwheel that caused that noise but a wee hole in a plastic plate ment to hold the pole in its proper position. That very plate may shift a very little bit - and when shifted the pole doesn't run straight through any more but gets into a slightly lopsided position scratching at the holes edges. THAT's what makes that ugly sound.

Nein, nicht die Zahnräder. Die Stange, die den Motor mit den Achsen (über Zahnräder) verbindet, läuft durch einen Kunststoffriegel. Der hat ein klein wenig Spiel. Und wenn er sich verschiebt, läuft die Achse nicht mehr gerade sondern schabt am Rand des Durchlasses. DAS macht dieses fiese Geräusch.

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on December 18, 2021, 13:08:46
Snow as snow may come's welcome now!

Nun kann der Schnee kommen!

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: GrahamB on December 18, 2021, 16:05:38
Google Translate could not cope with what those two guys are saying to one another. I take it they aren't conversing in Standardhochdeutsch?

Snow as snow may come's welcome now!

Nun kann der Schnee kommen!

jj:

Or 'Bring on the snow' ?
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on January 10, 2022, 18:20:37
Ein neuer Zug, ein neuer Film! New train new clip!
(YOUTUBECLICK) (https://youtu.be/Y2WJN9igY0o)

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: CountBogro on January 17, 2022, 23:13:43
That really looks awesome.

I am only vaguely aware that Faller had these trains for Playmobil. It's great to see them run!

Thanks for sharing!

Mark (aka Bogro)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on February 17, 2022, 18:39:12
Schnee!!! :-) - Klick zu Youtube! (https://youtu.be/__ZPaSysamQ)

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on February 18, 2022, 10:49:36
Bravo!  What a great layout you have, jj, and what a neat idea for a snow plough.  :wave:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on February 21, 2022, 14:03:41
Great to read you like it  :).

jj:
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Eplay on February 21, 2022, 20:18:24
Wow!! What a great railway track!!
It was fun to watch it clear the snow  ;D

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 10, 2022, 12:54:20
Cheers, Eplay! A new clip's online just now (klick) (https://youtu.be/hBY1URsS2X4). The first runs straight out of my cellar-station onto the garten tracks.

Ein neues Filmchen ist im Netz: Meine erste direkte Ausfahrt aus dem Schattenbahnhof im Keller auf die Gartenbahnstrecke (klick) (https://youtu.be/hBY1URsS2X4).

jj:

P.S. In German we have a term to describe a hidden station as a "shadow station" (Schattenbahnhof). Would there be something in English too?
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on March 10, 2022, 19:42:04
Cheers, Eplay! A new clip's online just now (klick) (https://youtu.be/hBY1URsS2X4). The first runs straight out of my cellar-station onto the garten tracks.

Ein neues Filmchen ist im Netz: Meine erste direkte Ausfahrt aus dem Schattenbahnhof im Keller auf die Gartenbahnstrecke (klick) (https://youtu.be/hBY1URsS2X4).

jj:

P.S. In German we have a term to describe a hidden station as a "shadow station" (Schattenbahnhof). Would there be something in English too?

That video and the layout are superb, jj.    Is all the control using the Faller track items and rods or cables for the point?

The equivalent term in English for a "shadow station" is a "fiddle yard".  This has nothing to do with violins or music but refers to hidden sidings where trains are kept ready to bring out to run.  It is usually at the end(s) of a layout or the back, hidden behind scenery of some sort, for example, a back drop or back scene.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 10, 2022, 20:16:02
Good to see you like it! Thanks!

Acutally there's no "remote" control in use. Winter made the points go hard so I set them by hand - or they are "relapse-softs" (never heard of these? Well Google's translation's obviously wrong here 8}). I think it's 'resetting trailable points' you call a pair of points that goes back to it's original position after a train went over (throug?) it from "behind" and coming from the "wrong" end. So that's what makes the trains take the "back to the fiddle yard" side line.

I also had to realise the cables I used to operate switches and points were too flexible. So comes summer I'll have to replace them - fishing line's in waiting position already.

jj:

P.S. In German points are a "Weiche" derrived from "weichen" = "deviate". But as "weich" is "soft" Google was too confused to find the correct translation ;D.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on March 10, 2022, 20:46:24
Good to see you like it! Thanks!

Acutally there's no "remote" control in use. Winter made the points go hard so I set them by hand - or they are "relapse-softs" (never heard of these? Well Google's translation's obviously wrong here 8}). I think it's 'resetting trailable points' you call a pair of points that goes back to it's original position after a train went over (throug?) it from "behind" and coming from the "wrong" end. So that's what makes the trains take the "back to the fiddle yard" side line.

I also had to realise the cables I used to operate switches and points were too flexible. So comes summer I'll have to replace them - fishing line's in waiting position already.

jj:

P.S. In German points are a "Weiche" derrived from "weichen" = "deviate". But as "weich" is "soft" Google was too confused to find the correct translation ;D.

The English term is "spring-loaded", a small spring returns the point to its original position after the train has "pushed" through the point from behind.  (Well, it's a small spring in the case of LGB R1s but in real life where such points are used it must be a very big spring.)
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Eplay on March 10, 2022, 21:20:13
I’m no train expert, but you got me interested. I’ve been looking for the Dutch word for schattenbahnhof, but I couldn’t find it.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on March 11, 2022, 08:26:39
Thanks Playmofire. Thought I'd once heard a term containing "spring" but couldn't find it anywhere. So it's a "spring loaded point" or "spring loaded set / pair of points"? I found a pic on the internet - it's quite a "spring" used there. Inside a Faller point ... äh... "gear box"? (the black box besides the points that holds the lever to switch them) ... well in there it's not even a proper spring but just a plastic bar bend to one side or the other.

@Eplay It's never too late to become addicted to trains - and no need to be an expert  :)! And as for fiddle yards: On a proper Germany model railway layout a fiddle yard is to be concealed by a mountain structure - maybe a lack of mountains is the reason there's no term in Dutch  ;D  Es ist nie zu spät, ein Bahnfreund zu werden; und man muß kein Experte dafür sein  ;). Und was den Schattenbahnhof angeht: auf einer ordentlichen, deutschen Modellbahn liegt der im Schatten eines Berges auf der Anlage. Vielleicht gibt's mangels Bergen kein passenden Niederländisches Wort dafür  ;D.

Ich hab mal ein Bild einer "offenen" Rückfallweiche angehängt - das ist ein Trum von einer Feder, während im Faller Schaltkasten nur ein dünner Plastikarm die Zunge zurückfedern läßt.

jj:

P.S. Nein, kein Bild -  beim ersten Versuch hätte es nicht größer als 400k sein dürfen - ich hab's auf 200 verkleinert - dann hieß es, die Grenze liege bei 100k...  ??? No pic, sorry. My first attempt was stopped by a note not to exceede 400k - i shrinked the pic to 200k to be informed, the limit now was 100k  :hmm:. Strange!!

Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: GrahamB on March 11, 2022, 11:55:27
There is a limit of 100kB per picture or 300kB per post, so you either have to post quite small files or use a third party site to host your images. Its a bit of a nuisance!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 10, 2023, 16:07:30
Zur Abwechslung mal wieder ein Film aus den Garten...

Just for fun a new garden-clip. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frl4R4dMEhk)

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Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on April 10, 2023, 19:39:27
Excellent video story, jj, and what a wonderful natural railway you have there.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on April 18, 2023, 07:20:50
Cheers, Gordon! I like it too - especially as vegtation hasn't startet yet and so most of the track can be watched and enjoyed freely.

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Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on July 25, 2023, 20:20:01
Manche mögen sich erinnern: Es begann mit einer Innenbahn. Die wurde nun ein wenig erweitert: Für eine Ausstellung im Herbst wurde die Möglichkeit geschaffen, die Strecke zu verlängern. Hier ein paar Bilder dazu.

Some might remember: In the beginning there was an indoor layout. To present this on a Playmobil show in autumn I've constructed some aditional modules. Enjoy!

(https://abload.de/img/f300verlangerun2uikk.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f301mzdf5.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f302hwe3a.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f305gleisbaujue1k.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f307zcczi.jpg)

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Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Macruran on July 26, 2023, 04:42:00
Fascinating "behind the scenes" look!

Faszinierender Blick „hinter die Kulissen“!
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: playmofire on August 07, 2023, 20:38:39
Looks interesting.
Title: Re: Fallerbähnli
Post by: Junker Jörg on August 25, 2023, 10:48:14
Weiter geht's... Versuch und Fehlschlag ;-) - works in progress, try and error *g*.

(https://abload.de/img/f308kehrschleifex3e7f.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f309ysit7.jpg)

(https://abload.de/img/f310fehlerhxe8h.jpg)
Äh, ned gut... Ooops, fail!!!

(https://abload.de/img/f311iuddi.jpg)
Plan B :-)

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