Hi all, maybe off topic but I thought it was fun to put to you: anyone familiair with the original for the z scale kit 'Fred's One Stop' by Showcaseminiatures? https://www.showcaseminiatures.net/z_scale/z_scale_structures/4701.html Tip: I ran into it in a movie... Matt
Oh! That´s interesting! Please let us know which movie! May be, I´ve seen it but can´t rememeber. In Germany, American movie titles are often "translated" completely different.
and.... first price goes to.... Texrail! (or maybe: to your wife ) The Pledge is correct - a 2001 film by Sean Penn Currently still on Netflix in my country (Netherlands). The gas station was very accurately translated to Z scale. Only the added window muntins (grilles) are mostly not conform and to me do not look very realistic in the kit. As you can tell from the still, only the top floor window had those. I ordered this kit from Showcaseminiatures yesterday and am looking forward to give it go #letsbuildsomething Matt
veah!!! It´s a remake of a swiss-german-spanish movie ( Es geschah am hellichten Tag) from 1958. The evil duer was Gerd Froebe, the standard Bad-German of these times, as we know at latest from the James Bond movie Goldfinger
That is a funky building, and I really like funky buildings for model railroads. So, who knows where the real building is located? I had searched and found these possibilities: While the opening scenes were filmed in Reno, Nevada, the rest of the film was shot in Keremeos, Princeton, Hedley, Merritt and Lytton, all in British Columbia.
Lytton, BC, indeed. This is what it looked like around 2001: Not much left of it, unfortunately. Matt
For those looking for a really nice independent review of an AZL starter set, see the following video!
Rob, Thanks for posting the video, it was enjoyable! I liked it so much, I watched the build video. Scott
Ingo, Nice model work and scenery! Like the details like the marching soldiers and woman on the bench. Scott
This is the Z Scale display at the 2023 NTS. 2023 National Train Show - Z and T scale layouts - YouTube
N scale, but inspiring, I think... Don t forget to check the second half: how to paint a convincing back drop! Matt
