For all of you with dwindling eyesight...

[Junkman]

...I found a thread on a German modellers forum, where a guy builds a model of a Baureihe 01 express steam locomotive in 1/6th scale! Yes, you read right. The model will stand almost 4 metres long when finished! And he does it to decorate his kitchen wall with it, because he feels it's 'too empty'.

Lookee:

http://www.wettringer-modellbauforum.de/forum/index.php?page=Thread&threadID=17232

He makes the parts mainly from cardboard and wood, then casts them in resin when he needs multiples. The boiler is a steel tube.

[charlie8575]

Four metres= almost exactly 13 feet by U.S. measure, not sure if Imperial is different or not, but it isn't that much more or less, and it's still very, very big!

Nice work on that, I've played with 1-1/4" scale live steam before, and they are truly impressive.

Charlie Larkin

[The Modeling Hermit]

Now that's what I call impressive. I wonder if I could talk him into doing one with the same detail for my N scale layout?

[Lownslow]

amazing

[Railfreak78]

As a rail fan I say thanks for sharing that one!!!

[Jairus]

Now THAT is true scratchbuilding and I like it!

[Junkman]

Now that's what I call impressive. I wonder if I could talk him into doing one with the same detail for my N scale layout?

Depending on the thickness of your glasses, you may want to sell your N-scale and build a 1/6 scale too?