When the book "Friesland around by Tram" came out in 1982, I started building the NTM station Harlingen on scale IIm. There were two reasons for this. It is a multi functional building with a home, warehouse, office, waiting room, a carriage stand and a locomotive stand. So with one building you are done. Second reason is that Harlingen fits my favourite theme "harbour".
That theme was let go for a while during the construction of my first garden layout. This track was a nice exercise. For a long time I struggled with the sharp angle of the R3 switches and making the track disappear to disguise riding in circles. Because quite a few cubic meters of soil had to be moved, I first made a plaster model of this layout in the scale 1:20. The planting was another challenge. Ever tried to make a pollard willow out of a privet yourself? And keep it that way? And then in the background the neighbour’s house, a thick tree trunk or bushes with leaves that are far too big. My conclusion is that real modelling in the garden is a almost impossible.
That's why I eventually "fled" back inside. In the summer there are always many other things that require attention and so there is often too little time left for the garden layout and I had also lost my winter hobby. The available space was 14.2 by 2.4 meters. It has resulted in a harbour layout as can be seen in the photos.
That theme was let go for a while during the construction of my first garden layout. This track was a nice exercise. For a long time I struggled with the sharp angle of the R3 switches and making the track disappear to disguise riding in circles. Because quite a few cubic meters of soil had to be moved, I first made a plaster model of this layout in the scale 1:20. The planting was another challenge. Ever tried to make a pollard willow out of a privet yourself? And keep it that way? And then in the background the neighbour’s house, a thick tree trunk or bushes with leaves that are far too big. My conclusion is that real modelling in the garden is a almost impossible.
That's why I eventually "fled" back inside. In the summer there are always many other things that require attention and so there is often too little time left for the garden layout and I had also lost my winter hobby. The available space was 14.2 by 2.4 meters. It has resulted in a harbour layout as can be seen in the photos.
