Sven Rohmanns beautiful layout. He asked if I would help Post some pictures on here. You've seen some of his work that I've posted before but this layout is the most realistic I've ever seen. He is more than happy to answer any questions and loves showing it off.
Svens words..."The topic combines sand dunes, a special flora and fauna, water, sun, ships, a little harbor with a little side branch of the Chessie System (to give Aaron`s engine a cute home) with the laid back atmosphere of a great summer day. The topic: Deal Island is one of the last Bay type water and land mosaics on the East Coast left unblemished and untouched by the sprawl of modernism. Deal Island, Maryland - 6 mile long, 3 mile wide neck of small town living surrounded by the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries in Somerset County of Maryland's eastern shore. And there is a tiny connection to Little Deal Island............ I have teamed up with a master in Z-scale layouts, Dirk Kuhlmann (>> www.helenensiel.com/Helenensiel ), in order to create a layout that challenges some classical Z-scale tracking rules and to come up with a landscape that stimulates everybody`s fantasy.....and gives our AZL models a perfect stage. Here is a drawing to start with: The layout is now more than 1 year under construction and we hope to have it close to final for the bi-annual Z-scale Convention in Altenbeken, Germany. Since Dirk has documented all crucial building steps with his camera, he can demonstrate therefore here in the forum. In between, he is taking a few snapshots already to look out for some optimal camera positions later on. I will share this progress pics with you. Here are two from the harbor to start with. Read more: http://azlforum.com/thread/497/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-220#ixzz3kUPrm1C2
The Model Railroader once wrote that there is nothing more rewarding to built but a layout containing water and ships together with the railroad. I think this is because most of us connect the sea and/or ships with either vacations or big action. Well, on Deal Island vacation may be most appropriate ;-) But ships are a tricky thing in 1:220, therefore we are very happy that Peter Nolan is supporting us. He is building highly detailed ships for nautic museums and for some specific modelers and is in this business for 59 years now. Here comes one of his ships (click to enlarge): Read more: http://azlforum.com/thread/497/deal-island-chesapeake-bay-220#ixzz3kUQtK3zM
