This is № 500 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. At the great model railway exhibition named On TraXS 2022 in the Netherlands, Samuel de Zutter and Valentijn van der Haegen presented their detailed On30 model train diorama that takes the viewer to Cuba. You have to look twice or three times closely to discover the many small details on the model railway layout. Of course, it should not go unmentioned that Samuel and Valentijn are true experts in scratch building, i.e. they do not use prefabricated parts or kits. They are experts of building scale models from scratch, i.e. from raw materials, rather than building it from a commercial kit, kitbashing or buying it pre-assembled. Therefore, the small their O scale diorama, which has been given the name “Cubana”, is a testimony to a lot of tinkering and creativity.
This is № 499 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Model railroad operations with steam locomotives and heavy diesel engines always exude a special fascination. That fascination becomes even greater when we hear the steam locomotive sound and when we see the smoke rising from the chimney or smokestack. Near a railway depot on the model railway layout of a German model building club, Pilentum filmed some great scale models.
This is № 494 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. In this video, we discover the beautiful model railway layout built by Renaud Yver in 1/87 scale. The rail model is called “Luzy” and it is a reproduction of an imaginary railway line in the South East of France in the 1960s. There are many SNCF steam locomotives and old train compositions.
This is № 492 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Rail transport modeling in Germany is closely associated with those steam locomotives and diesel locos of the former state railroad (German Federal Railway) from the 1960's. Therefore, there are many model railroading enthusiasts who recreate that romantic era. The rail diorama we see in this video follows this railway modelling philosophy and depicts a small station in Germany where a lot of freight traffic is handled.
This is № 489 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. We are in a small, dreamy French village where everyone would like to live. Every now and then a small steam train passes through the sweet village. This little work of art was built by railway enthusiast Hans Louvet in 1/64 scale.
This is № 488 of Pilentum's model railroad videos. Steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, and electric locomotives have plenty of room on this beautiful Marklin model railroad layout to simulate the typical operations of the German Federal Railroad. The centerpiece of the HO scale model railroad layout is a double-track main line with a branch line leading to Lindental Station.