more Wunderland photos
Mike Hughes
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62373865.html
Enjoy
--
Mike Hughes
Marketing Co-ordinator NMRA British Region
Modelling the North American Way
Interested in American trains real and model?
Look here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/
LDosser
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> I've added 20 photos to the Wunderland collection starting here
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62373865.html
>
> Enjoy
Wunderbar!
Mike Hughes
<L...@invalid.invalid> writes
There's loads more to come. I can't put them all on together as it would
overload my download allowance on the site I use.
I've just received a CD with pictures taken by another member of our
party and will be posting them in the next week or so.
Mike Hughes
<mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>In message <hfagnn$te6$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, LDosser
><L...@invalid.invalid> writes
>>"Mike Hughes" <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:qkXNK2N4...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk...
>>> I've added 20 photos to the Wunderland collection starting here
>>> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62373865.html
>>>
>>> Enjoy
>>
>>
>>Wunderbar!
>
>There's loads more to come. I can't put them all on together as it
>would overload my download allowance on the site I use.
>
>I've just received a CD with pictures taken by another member of our
>party and will be posting them in the next week or so.
>
And here are the first 10 of those. These were taken by fellow NMRA
member Ron Gager
WARNING: The first picture you will see may not be suitable for those of
a nervous disposition. You may well need a sick bag when you see it.
Pictures start here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62435285.html
Enjoy
More to come very soon
Mike Hughes
<mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>More to come very soon
>
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62443451.html
Enjoy
Mike Hughes
>In message <3s+TseI4...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
><mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>>
>>More to come very soon
>>
>I've added another 20 photos starting here
>http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62443451.html
>
>Enjoy
>
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62461397.html
More to follow soon
Enjoy
--
Mike Hughes
Marketing Co-ordinator NMRA British Region
Modelling North American? Share the hobby, double the fun with the NMRA
LDosser
> In message <Iz2zyQPf...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
> <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>>In message <3s+TseI4...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
>><mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>>More to come very soon
>>>
>>I've added another 20 photos starting here
>>http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62443451.html
>>
>>Enjoy
>>
> I've added another 20 pictures starting here
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62461397.html
>
> More to follow soon
Speaking of backgrounds, what is that odd light column just to the right of
the balloon in the first picture?
Thanks for posting.
Wim van Bemmel
A column they tried to hide by painting it in camouflage colours. ;-)
--
Groet, salut, Wim.
Mike Hughes
<w...@france.invalid> writes
You're absolutely right :-)
They are columns which for part of the original warehouse. The people at
MW have managed to paint them in such a way that they are almost
invisible when they are photographed from the right angle.
The whole thing is brilliant - and I haven't even got to the American
section in my processing yet - it's something else.
Mike Hughes
<mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>More to follow soon
>
And here they are
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62517507.html
LDosser
> In message <DBfQfPCa...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
> <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>
>>More to follow soon
>>
> And here they are
>
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62517507.html
Do they have Chevy Chase at a Biergarten?
Mike Hughes
<L...@invalid.invalid> writes
Not certain - there was so much there it was very easy to miss
something. Keep looking out, you never quite know what you'll see :-))
Mike Hughes
<mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
Some more of NMRA BR member Ron Gager's photos added here
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62537069.html
Enjoy
LDosser
> In message <Z92TdzMd...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
> <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>
> Some more of NMRA BR member Ron Gager's photos added here
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62537069.html
>
> Enjoy
You notice something different every time. This time I noticed the vehicle
lights and an odd shaped red thingie about half way down the side of a
ravine. Also, the vehicular tunnel openings look like our drainage pipes.
Mike Hughes
<L...@invalid.invalid> writes
You should have been there. It didn't matter where you looked there was
so much detail to see.
If you can get to Hamburg at the end of November 2010 then you'd be
welcome to join the next trip.
LDosser
> In message <hga4sj$9m7$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, LDosser
> <L...@invalid.invalid> writes
>>"Mike Hughes" <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:OLu0x+RJ...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk...
>>> In message <Z92TdzMd...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
>>> <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>>>
>>> Some more of NMRA BR member Ron Gager's photos added here
>>> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62537069.html
>>>
>>> Enjoy
>>
>>You notice something different every time. This time I noticed the vehicle
>>lights and an odd shaped red thingie about half way down the side of a
>>ravine. Also, the vehicular tunnel openings look like our drainage pipes.
>
> You should have been there. It didn't matter where you looked there was so
> much detail to see.
>
> If you can get to Hamburg at the end of November 2010 then you'd be
> welcome to join the next trip.
Thanks.
Mike Hughes
We're now getting to the American section.
Enjoy
LDosser
> More photos added here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62619398.html
> We're now getting to the American section.
>
Nope. Stuck in Switzerland with Roman Polanski ...
Mike Hughes
<L...@invalid.invalid> writes
>"Mike Hughes" <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>news:vFuZLUU+...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk...
>> More photos added here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62619398.html
>> We're now getting to the American section.
>>
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62651173.html
LDosser
> In message <hgss40$2h1$1...@news.eternal-september.org>, LDosser
> <L...@invalid.invalid> writes
>>"Mike Hughes" <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
>>news:vFuZLUU+...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk...
>>> More photos added here http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62619398.html
>>> We're now getting to the American section.
>>>
> I've added 20 photos of the American section of Wunderland
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62651173.html
Thanks, Mike. Seems slow today. I went to your index and accessed from
there.
This section appears to me as a European's idea of America. Maybe the pueblo
or the strange looking cacti. Just something 'not right'.
Steve Caple
> This section appears to me as a European's idea of America. Maybe the pueblo
> or the strange looking cacti. Just something 'not right'.
Sorta like a Karl May western - for some grins, see if you can find "Old
Surehand", which I'm sure Stewart Granger regretted all the way to the
bank.
--
Steve
Steve Caple
PS - Karl May stories were a favoite of He Who Must Not Be Named *
* per Godwin's Law ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law )
--
Steve
Wim van Bemmel
No doubt it was inspired by the Lucky Luke comic.
It looks very much like the artist's view of Europe that is displayed on
the rest of the layout. My friends NMRA members had a name for it: "a
spaghetti bowl". It would have been impossible to cram another meter of
rail in.
--
Groet, salut, Wim.
Wolf K
Old Shatterhand, actually. And Winnetou, who was supposedly an Apache,
tho' AFAIK that's not an Apache name, nor could it be. May (pronounced
"my", BTW) was said to have researched his settings carefully and
thoroughly. He had a knack for presenting physical setting vividly, but
in a few words; his characterisation is simplistic, and he suffered
severely from Noble Savage syndrome. His narrative pace is swift, making
his books real page turners. I read loads of them when I was a 10-12
years old, and can't remember a single one - just a few names.
cheers,
wolf k.
LDosser
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That's it, Karl May! Been racking my brain for that. Very popular in
Germany. Also reminds me of this sort of dialog:
UK person: "So where do you live in America?"
Me: "Toledo, Ohio."
UK person: "I have a cousin in Chicago, maybe you know him." ...
LDosser
And some of his Henchpersons ...
LDosser
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That's another thought. I think that Americans tend to view the rail system
as being more dense in Europe and so overlook the spaghetti aspects when it
comes to the European portions.
Twibil
>
>
> And some of his Henchpersons ...
I always wanted to Hench, but just when it looked most promising the
economy went belly-up and all the really good supervillains stopped
hiring.
Turns out that giant spaceship-mounted laser cannon are a poor long-
term investment strategy: both the maintenance and the phased
depreciation allowances will eat you alive.
Sigh.
~Pete
LDosser
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Sigh.
~Pete
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Well, there are still jobs overseas. Mugabe is rumored to be in the market
for Henches.
Steve Caple
> Old Shatterhand, actually.
Actually, Old Surehand was another character of May's - and the one
Granger played in a movie or three.
> And Winnetou, who was supposedly an Apache, tho' AFAIK that's not an
> Apache name, nor could it be. May (pronounced "my", BTW)
Yep - pretty glaring, but what the hell, all those Indians looked alike
to Karl.
As for "my", my wife speaks German and Schwabisch - I fumble a little of
it.
--
Steve
Steve Caple
> That's it, Karl May! Been racking my brain for that. Very popular in
> Germany.
He also managed to produce various geographically inept and usually not to
subtly racist books set in African jungles, in the deserts of Noerth Africa
and Arabia, etc. - turgid potboilers, just the sort of stuff that failed
Austrian painter liked.
--
Steve
Jan ( Bouli ) Van Gerwen
"LDosser" <L...@invalid.invalid> schreef in bericht
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sides of the Atlantic, yes 50 years ago lots of europeans thought there were
still cowboys and indians in the US living like in the John Wayne movies, at
the same time lots of americans thought ( and still think ) that we ( I'm
Dutch ) walk on wooden shoes, are all tulip farmers and our country has
thousands of windmills, of course now all Dutch sit in coffeeshops every day
blowing their brains out on cheap marihuana. As for the geographical
knowledge, the US is concidered a country like any other and yes lots of
europeans don't know that someone from LA is just as far from Chicago as a
person from Helsinki is from Madrid. When my brother played hockey in
Victoria Canada he was asked several times what it was like to live in a
country where there was military on every corner of the street and having no
rights, they thought the Netherlands was a communist country ( this was
about 25 years ago ). Ask the average American what Denmark is and they
answer , isnt that the capitol of Amsterdam or something like that. I do
believe however that ( western)Europeans travel a lot more then Americans
( but correct me if I'm wrong ), of course for some of us travelling to
another country is not so hard , I live 6 km from the German and 23 km from
the Belgium boarder, but most of us have been to several countries whereas
most americans travel outside of their own state a few times in their entire
life. I've been to the US ( Florida, New York ) Canada ( Ontario, BC in
May ) Sweden, Norway, Germany, Belgium , Luxembourg, Switserland, Austria,
Hungaria, Chechia, Poland, France , Andorra, Spain, England, Schotland,
Indonesia, Australia, Japan and the Emirates, none of these work related.
To get back on Topic, the whole Wunderland layout is non prototypical, its
all a bit overdone , but if it weren't it would be somewhat dull. Its much
more fun and interesting having a train go through the Grand Canyon then
alongside or only to it. Wunderland is the largest layout in the world but
probably least prototypical, I do believe that atracts lots of children to
the hobby wich a prototypical layout doesnt do in such a great way.
Greetz Jan
LDosser
Been told by German friends that I speak it like a turn of the century
Prussian. No, not this century ...
'Course, what I had beaten into me was hoch Deutsch.
LDosser
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When I moved from Toledo to Oregon, Toledoans asked me about Indians, inside
toilets and electricity. :(
Steve Caple
> When I moved from Toledo to Oregon, Toledoans asked me about Indians, inside
> toilets and electricity. :(
When I was in 6th grade (in northern Indiana) we got a new mucic teacher
who was from New York. We were amused that she referred to being in
Indiana as "out west".
Perhaps if my compatriots were better traveled they's not be so stupid and
sisceptible to myths about healthcare, or so resistant to public rail
transport. Just let 'em live in Stuttgart a few months with an open mind
and a strassenbahn pass . . .
--
Steve
Wolf K
> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:22:14 -0500, Wolf K wrote:
>
>> Old Shatterhand, actually.
>
> Actually, Old Surehand was another character of May's - and the one
> Granger played in a movie or three.
OK, I knew about Old Surehand (not my favourite, and not a major
character anyhow), but I didn't know that a) some of May's books were
filmed, and b) that Granger played that role. Got any movie titles, perhaps?
Jan ( Bouli ) Van Gerwen
"Wolf K" <wek...@sympatico.ca> schreef in bericht
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> Steve Caple wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:22:14 -0500, Wolf K wrote:
>>
>>> Old Shatterhand, actually.
>>
>> Actually, Old Surehand was another character of May's - and the one
>> Granger played in a movie or three.
>
> OK, I knew about Old Surehand (not my favourite, and not a major character
> anyhow), but I didn't know that a) some of May's books were filmed, and b)
> that Granger played that role. Got any movie titles, perhaps?
Hi Wolf
Here is what IMDB has on Karl May, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562015/ , a
lot of his novels were filmed , Old Shatterhand was played by Lex Barker .
Correct me if I'm wrong Karl May lived between 1842 and 1912, wouldn't there
still have been Indians and Cowboys in the sort of way he writes about them?
Karl May never had been in the US so I forgive the faults he made and think
his novels were quite nice to a 8-14 year old boy.
Greetz Jan
Mike Hughes
precise - we did take a *lot* of photos on our trip.
Start at http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62687637.html
Twibil
>
>
> Well, there are still jobs overseas. Mugabe is rumored to be in the market
> for Henches.
Oh, sure, but his henchmen still use old-fashioned clubs and machetes
(Ewww! Gross!), and working there would mean wasting all my expensive
schooling in the field of giant spaceship-mounted laser cannon
operation and maintenance.
The dreams of a lifetime crushed by a mere economic downturn...
~Pete
LDosser
> I've added some more NMRA member Ron Gager's photos - 47 photos to be
> precise - we did take a *lot* of photos on our trip.
>
> Start at http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62687637.html
Spaghetti was discussed in the last set of posts and there is no doubt a
fair amount of spaghetti, but the space given over to non-revenue items is
astonishing. Streets, roads, major highways, villages, towns, castles (3
that I saw), ski slopes, a ski jump, a *Palace* complete with two hedge
mazes, and on and on. I can only recall three sites associated with railroad
freight and not too many passenger stations. Wonder if anyone has calculated
the ratio of meters of track per square meter of railroad?
Mike Hughes
<mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>I've added some more NMRA member Ron Gager's photos - 47 photos to be
>precise - we did take a *lot* of photos on our trip.
>
>Start at http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62687637.html
>
>Enjoy
>
http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62718020.html
These now bring our combined total up to 257 - and there's still more to
go! We really did have a great time. It's a pity we couldn't take enough
photos to really show you what we saw :-)
LDosser
> In message <$7SuTzFB...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk>, Mike Hughes
> <mi...@mikehughes.demon.co.uk> writes
>>I've added some more NMRA member Ron Gager's photos - 47 photos to be
>>precise - we did take a *lot* of photos on our trip.
>>
>>Start at http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62687637.html
>>
>>Enjoy
>>
> Added another 32 of Ron Gager's photos here
> http://mikehughes627.fotopic.net/p62718020.html
>
> These now bring our combined total up to 257 - and there's still more to
> go! We really did have a great time. It's a pity we couldn't take enough
> photos to really show you what we saw :-)
Wow!: head and tail light trails in the night scene photo.
New interest: 1:1 people.
Surprise: they painted sky and clouds on brick walls.