Engine Shed Interior

A few images from the Elmslohe engine shed. I have taken these pictures to determine the best usage of the interior space and view through the windows. The engine shed itself is from the Auhagen "Bahnhof Neukloster" set (No. 1503), some of the machinery is from Busch (No. 1185) that I painted and weathered, plus some additions from my collection of small bits and pieces. The people working in the shed are obviously steam fans. The posters are out of railway magazines, actually from covers of advertised book titles. I still want to add more details like a lamp and some papers and tools for the work desk. But in general I am quite pleased with the overall look and feel of the scene.

Bleichert Raupenkran RK3 "Mitschurin" for Elmslohe

I did a small project whilst I am mostly busy with the new "Elmslohe" layout, a terminus of a short line in Northern Germany: an RK3 "Mitschurin" crane by the company "Bleichert" (kit from Auhagen, No. 41647). The crane will be used mostly on the Elmslohe layout but might occasionally appear on the Valkenveld layout as well.

I weathered the model with a.o. Vallejo Model Color "Burnt Umber" and Tamyia XF-1 Flat Black. After I have taken the below images I also applied some rust with Vallejo Brown Iron Oxide and coated the whole model in Vallejo Matt Varnish.

I still want to add some features that were not part of the Auhagen kit, like the lights and electric cable that provided the power for the crane.

Source: pinterest

Presentation of the RK3 "Mitschurin" crane at the autumn exhibition (Herbstmesse) in Leipzig, 1952. Sources: wikipedia and wikiwand

Der Raupenkran 3 „Mitschurin“ bestand aus dem Oberwagen des ADK 3. Bei der Firma Bleichert entstanden im Zeitraum von 1953 bis 1960 507 Stück. Weitere 170 Stück wurden dann bis 1965 im VEB Förderanlagen „7. Oktober“ in Magdeburg produziert. Dort wurde dann auch das Modell RK 3/1 in einer Stückzahl von 255 von 1963 bis 1965 gebaut. Der Raupenkran 3 wurde durch ein Kabel mit Energie versorgt.

Noordhollandse Modelspoordagen in Alkmaar

Last weekend, I have exhibited Valkenveld together with the modules "Looseinde" and "Ergernisse" of friends Marco and Jasiu at the Noordhollandse Modelspoordagen in Alkmaar. This time we used a lot of "Period IV" material, like the new Sik from Roco and the 2200 from Piko. Especially the new Roco Sik drew lots of attention and all visitors were amazed by the model.

Overview of Valkenende, Looseinde and Ergernisse in Alkmaar.

For the first time we introduced a corner module, built by Jasiu, to good effect, as the fiddle yard is now more hidden.