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Simon
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25th Mar 09 at 17:16   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1164713/Nine-years--8m-miles-track-later-twin-brothers-present-worlds-biggest-train-set.html

Pretty impressive, cost some serious cash
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25th Mar 09 at 17:20   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Wow! I would love too somethink like that, but ill just get bored.
Ellis
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How on earth can people afford £8m for a train set?!
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25th Mar 09 at 17:27   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Just read this in the paper, pretty good stuff.
Marc
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Sad bugger! Pretty impressive though
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25th Mar 09 at 17:28   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

amazinbg, just like that race car track posted a few weeks ago, scalextrics one i think
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I want to go visit when I go to germany in may but its too far up north
FAZ
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25th Mar 09 at 17:33   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

just watched the video, details like the indicatig lorry and the fire engine / fire wow
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i bet he would see his arse if that got knocked over
Daimo B
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Makes mine look really REALLY pants
Graham88
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I love it, love things like these. Fair play for the time and money put into it. Attention to detail ia amazing!
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25th Mar 09 at 18:19   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

Mazin!
nathy_87
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my favorite pic:

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they shoulkd do a google street view type thing for it
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25th Mar 09 at 19:23   View Garage View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

thats fucking cool

Ive got a shed load of 00 guage stuff in the loft from back in the day.



Fucking at the control centre


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Theham85
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25th Mar 09 at 19:25   View User's Profile U2U Member Reply With Quote

That is brilliant
Daimo B
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Gavin, what stock do you have still???

Oh, official website. Spent about an hour on here last night

http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/
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quote:
Originally posted by VXR
Gavin, what stock do you have still???

Oh, official website. Spent about an hour on here last night

http://www.miniatur-wunderland.com/




Not 100% sure mate, are you after anything paticular? Some of its quite old I think as I had a great uncle that was really into it and some of it got handed down to me.


Drives supercharged Tec with torque
jamied
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even has people shagging in a field lol
typical germans
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Matt H
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I wonder if anyone has made a scalectix version of the ring? Surely someone whith too much money has thought about it
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
I wonder if anyone has made a scalectix version of the ring? Surely someone whith too much money has thought about it


what. actual size?
Graham88
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I have lots of 00 gauge stuff to, almost tempted to bust it out again
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quote:
Originally posted by gavin18787

Not 100% sure mate, are you after anything paticular? Some of its quite old I think as I had a great uncle that was really into it and some of it got handed down to me.


Im mainly doing modern image tbh. DCC

Not even started on the scenery yet.

Graham, be a geek like me
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quote:
Originally posted by Matt H
I wonder if anyone has made a scalectix version of the ring? Surely someone whith too much money has thought about it


Unsure on the ring, but theres a lot of Scalextrix tracks out there with full scenery, hills, etc that people have made.

Would need an awful lot of room to do cover the ring.

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