Recent content by Markus Schweizer

Sometimes the things that happened in the past can affect us in our current life. Two of our neighbour cities here in the southwest of Germany were also bombed heavily in WWII because of a military airfield, plane production companies, a main railway line, the Mercedes factory for cars and...

Hello, Volker Preikschat from streetpaper.de has some models for amusement parks on his website: A Ferris wheel and a so called "Spacerak". http://www.racepaper.de/street/kirmes/start.htm http://www.racepaper.de/street/kirmes/rrad.htm http://www.racepaper.de/street/kirmes/space.htm Some years...

Hello, if it helps: here are some photos of a real steam engine (German 38 3650) where You can see the position of the wheels from both sides. The locomotive is placed at a parking area of a supermarket.

Hello, the diorama looks great. Did You use a Revell model kit? What scale is Your diorama? For those who also want to give their models a rusty look: the model factory "Noch" has a new rust paint to give models an used look. http://www.noch.com/en/news/2015/08-rust-paint-available.php It is...

Hello, it is great when Your wife found something that is good for her health. My wife has psoriasis, so I know that someone must take care about food, cosmetics and other things. She tried out various medicine and other stuff, some things help and other not. Your box looks very nice. It is an...

Hello, this reminds me of May 1st 1998. On that day a Concorde landed at the airport of Stuttgart in Germany, which is about 20 kilometers away from where I live. It was a French Concorde (F-BVFA) and a lot of people wanted to see (and hear :)) the plane. The Take-Off was very impressive...

Hello, in my free time I am a voluntary fireman. The so called "Federal Office of Civil protection and disaster assistance" is responsible for helping civil protection in Germany. Normally every town has to establish a fire-brigade by its own. The BBK assists for bigger disasters, like e.g...

Hello, the crane itself has a weight of 90 tons, but I found no information what it can support. A coworker of me once worked as an electrician inside the cranes, perhaps I can ask him. Somebody in the netherlands had a similar idea and converted an old crane to a hotel: the harbour crane hotel...

Two black and white steam engines: http://s-papa.cocolog-nifty.com/pmodels/ Black and white military vehicles and tanks: http://www.terra.dti.ne.jp/~yoshidom/ Kind regards Markus Schweizer

Hello, it seems to be the model LGB 40510 "Field train trailer with forklift". That "sits" on top must be the holder for the forklift that seems to be missing. http://www.bretzler.eu/product_info.php?info=p1534_LGB-40510-Feldbahnwagen-mit-Gabelstapler.html Kind regards Markus Schweizer

Hello, it is perhaps not exactly what You are searching for. Mr. Godwin T. Petermann has a few buildings on his homepage in black and white to paint by hand: (Search for "Ausmal-Kartonmodell"). http://gtp.de/kartonmodellbau/ http://gtp.de/kartonmodellbau/bhf-endingen-neben.htm...

Hello, there is an art project in Zurich (Switzerland) where they transfered an old harbour crane (built in 1963) from Rostock (Germany) to the city of Zurich. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/culture/Controversial_artwork_towers_over_Zurich_.html?cid=38409580 This inspired Mrs. Klaudia Meisterhans...

Hello, do You know the web archive? At archive.org You can try to find out, if one of Your expired links is saved. Kind regards Markus Schweizer