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All modelers welcome. Modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Italy in a fictional village called Amalfitano. The people and the railway have their stories. Along the way I will share these stories, how to’s and updates on the little Gn15 scale railway.
The layout is L shaped. Construction started on November 7, 2020.
The layout is L shaped. Construction started on November 7, 2020.
Adding a vineyard to the model railway to set the railway’s theme and purpose
This is a quick two to three modeling project depending on how big your area your covering. Although this is in 1/24 scale it can be done in any scale.
I am modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Italy in a fictional village called Amalfitano. The people and the railway have their stories. Along the way I will share these stories, how to’s and updates on the little Gn15 scale railway
A photo of an embankment was used in this video. The photo was taken by Shankar Ramen for Wikipedia at commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shankar_Raman
I am modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Italy in a fictional village called Amalfitano. The people and the railway have their stories. Along the way I will share these stories, how to’s and updates on the little Gn15 scale railway
A photo of an embankment was used in this video. The photo was taken by Shankar Ramen for Wikipedia at commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Shankar_Raman
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Make gigantic trees in 1/24th scale
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We try Luke Towan’s tree making technique in 1/24 scale to create gigantic Gn15 trees
HO Layout tour of the Chicago Science and Industry Museum model rail travel from Chicago to Seattle
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Welcome back everyone! In this video we visit the Chicago Science and Industry HO scale model railroad. This 3,500 square foot layout is super realistic and kid friendly. The Modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Italy in a fictional village called Amalfitano. The people and the railway have their stories. Along the way I will share these stories, how to’s and updates on the litt...
How Not to Pour Water Scenes on a Model Railroad
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Welcome back everyone! In part 2 this video I take on the pouring of 2 part resin to create the canal for my Gn15 model railway. Here are a list of products I used and the Amazon Affiliate links: * Woodland Scenics Resin Tint a.co/d/5SgwnnV * Two part Clear Resin a.co/d/d5oTbz4 * JB Weld Epoxy a.co/d/2CQL4bb * Mod Podge a.co/d/g9hOPVA The Modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Ita...
Modeling a Rural Scene and a River on a Model Railway
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In this video we embark on the modeling of a rural scene with a river, handlay a curved turnout and eventually grape vines to simulate a vineyard. Welcome back everyone! In this video I take on the construction of three foreground buildings for my Gn15 model railway. Here are a list of products I use: Diorama Presepe: www.dioramapresepe.com/en/ Plaster cloth: a.co/d/3vFxyAw * Woodland Scenics J...
We visit an amazing HO scale model railway in Japan
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One of the largest model railroad layouts in Japan with special effects as good as the effects I. Hamburg. The layout contains cool background ideas for every model railroader.
TravelinginMiniature goes to Japan - A quick ride on the Shinkansen
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We are off to Japan. Ride with us on the Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto. I am working on a video on scenery work I am doing to the model railway. Another two or three part video. The Modeling a railway set in the 1930s off the coast of Italy in a fictional village called Amalfitano. The people and the railway have their stories. Along the way I will share these stories, how to’s and updates on ...
1/24 scale Gn15 Model Railway Scenes
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While working on my next video, here are a few pictures of scenes around the layout. Best watched with your favorite beverage of choice. Ciao! Here are a list of products I used and the Amazon Affiliate links: * Hobby Saw Blade: amzn.to/3UpCiQK * Rubber Cement, Repositionable, 4 oz: amzn.to/3u7DMEx * Gorilla Dual Temp Full-Size Hot Glue Gun, Orange: amzn.to/3vVBPLH * Diorama Presepe scenic supp...
Part 2: Completing the Gn15 Canal Buildings
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Welcome back everyone! In this video I complete the canal building project for my Gn15 model railway. Here are a list of products I used and the Amazon Affiliate links: * Hobby Saw Blade: amzn.to/3UpCiQK * Rubber Cement, Repositionable, 4 oz: amzn.to/3u7DMEx * Gorilla Dual Temp Full-Size Hot Glue Gun, Orange: amzn.to/3vVBPLH * Diorama Presepe scenic supplier from Italy (not an affiliated link) ...
Building a cafe and newsstand in 1/24 scale for my Gn15 model railway
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Building a cafe and newsstand in 1/24 scale for my Gn15 model railway
Building a 1/24 scale Gn15 Waterfront Scene
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Building a 1/24 scale Gn15 Waterfront Scene
Third Anniversary of Gn15 1/24 Scale Model Railway - Layout Tour
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Third Anniversary of Gn15 1/24 Scale Model Railway - Layout Tour
Part 3: Adding power poles and power lines using EZ Lines to finish the Carpenter shop build
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Part 3: Adding power poles and power lines using EZ Lines to finish the Carpenter shop build
Part 2 Model Building Progress Despite Distractions on my Gn15 Model Railway
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Part 2 Model Building Progress Despite Distractions on my Gn15 Model Railway
Part 1: Building Geppetto’s Carpenter Workshop
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Part 1: Building Geppetto’s Carpenter Workshop
Improving Model Railroad Modeling with Mock-ups
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Improving Model Railroad Modeling with Mock-ups
A Brief stroll through Amalfitano- a model railway in Gn15
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A Brief stroll through Amalfitano- a model railway in Gn15
Finished the 1/24 scale model building and exciting YouTube News!
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Finished the 1/24 scale model building and exciting CZcams News!
Lighting Model Railway Buildings Using Woodland Scenics Just Plug Light System
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Lighting Model Railway Buildings Using Woodland Scenics Just Plug Light System
Increasing Layout Size Using Forced Perspective in Model Railways
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Increasing Layout Size Using Forced Perspective in Model Railways
Step by Step Guide to Making Your Own Sculpey Figures
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Step by Step Guide to Making Your Own Sculpey Figures
Happy Holidays from Amalfitano (model railway in Gn15)!
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Happy Holidays from Amalfitano (model railway in Gn15)!
Quick One Evening Model Railway Projects: Making Chimneys and Roof tiles
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Quick One Evening Model Railway Projects: Making Chimneys and Roof tiles
Layout update fall 2022, electronics, scenery, and future plans
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Layout update fall 2022, electronics, scenery, and future plans
Building Bridges from Foam for Model Railroads and Dioramas
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Building Bridges from Foam for Model Railroads and Dioramas
Let’s Build a Model Railway Building with 3D Printed Parts
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Let’s Build a Model Railway Building with 3D Printed Parts
What made You to chose Italia?🤔 It’s a very good chose anyway?😊🇮🇹 Grazie molto!😁
I have visited Italy many times times for vacation and wanted to recreate it in miniature to be able to visit every day.
Happy Birthday!❤️ Keep up to good work!👍
Excellent video I went back and referred to it several times on my layout. Thank you.
@@Lonewolfe7586 glad you like it. The video was one of my earliest efforts.
WOW! Just stumbled upon your channel, love your imagination. This is amazing!
Great Model of the vinyard. Just one recommendation can you model some rose bushes at the end of a few of the rows. They plant roses in italy to help protect the vines from aphids
Awesome
They looks great. I'm still getting used to the largeness of 1-24; the small things that can be seen at that scale. I wonder if individual grapes could be seen in a bunch at 1-24? I see there's 0.5mm caviar beads available - could they be glued around a suitable shape? I tried to make bunches of grapes at 1-48 but they looked ridiculous. I guess tomatoes could also be seen easily at 1-24... 1-24 is awesome! Cheers, Kev.
Wine grapes are usually harvested from the vineyard from early September until early November in my modeled part of Italy so I opted to not 3D print any since I am modeling the summer.
That looks amazing! I have always loved more unique model railway locations and an orchard/vineyard is begging to be modeled. Especially if you had one spur leading from the source location, to a processing plant, and maybe even a storage area.
That is the plan. I will be extending the railway to include a processing area with wine barrel storage
Brilliant....as well as the podcast and music,a glass of wine will help you to feel that you're really at the vineyard!
Enjoying the expansion of Amalfi, with its rich collection of characters, into the countryside! The vineyard looks great! Thank you 😊❤️
Thank you it’s a good change of pace from building structures.
Dear Traveling in Miniature, love the way you used the garden clippings to create the vines. They look stunning and very convincing. Considering you’re modeling the vines in 1:15 scale, it may be worth it to create some leaves to add to the vines. Especially on well kept grape production vines the leaves are often as large as a human hand, sometimes even larger. That might even further enhance the level of realism of the vines. Don’t know if I remember correctly from one of your previous posts, that you modeled a vine growing along one of the buildings of Amalfi. May have that wrong or mixed up. Nevertheless that overgrowth you modeled also looks its part! Awesome shot by the way of the rolling hill next to the tracks. Looking forward to seeing your next episodes! Cheerio
Very effective.
Thank you glad you enjoyed the video
Very realistic and simple. Thanks Peter.
Would you believe I fretted for a long time on how I was going to do it. I decided to go for it and if it didn’t work out I would try it again
Haha, yes I have that trouble sometimes, then I realise that I can easily pull it out and start again.
Very nice. Very realistic. Thanks for sharing. Dave
Thanks for watching. It turned out great.
This is about a close to Amalfi as I’ll get this year. Thanks for teleporting this loyal viewer to such a wonderful spot. Ciao.
I’m glad you enjoy the teleportation. I get to go to the Amalfitano coast every day.
Well, nice to take a short sojourn after a hot day at work. Very nice, coming from a person who's ancestors are from Croatia, Amalfitano looks very much like my ancestral home. Question - how about some Italian mandolin music in the background, softly mind you. Once again, thank you for the journey.
Excellent suggestion about the music. Have you seen the tv series Portofino? The TV series Hotel Portofino is set in the Italian resort town of Portofino, but most of it was filmed in Croatia. The first series, created and written by Matt Baker in 2020, was primarily filmed in Rijeka, Lovran, and Rovinj, Croatia, with a small portion filmed in Portofino, Italy in 2021. Other filming locations in Croatia include Opatija, Bale, Istria, and Pula, Istria.
@TravelinginMiniature My grandmother's family is east of Rejika near Karlovac. As we say, just dirt farmers living off the land. My grandfather's family lived south of there. I've been there once, Italy twice.
using the tip guard of an electric clipper is what i use on foam . just scribe it along ..it makes suberb downward notches for brick as well
Beautiful video! Where did the figures come from? I’d love those.
Make them myself. I have a video showing how I make them.
HEY! That's what I want to do to my switchers, thanks for the video and your humor.
Glad you liked it. A little inspiration when I knocked over a frieght car for the 100th time.
Went there when my kids were young, they were in the process of phasing out the "O" scale display and starting the construction of the "HO" setup. Very impressive!
I love the modeled Chicago neighborhoods
Gosh i forgot about that. Yes I typically cut myself, knock things i already glued on the layout (especially the lamps attached to the outside walls of buildings).
Is that blood on your ruler? Then in subsequent shots there is a bandaid on your thumb!? Good Lord, man! Be careful!!
Yes unfortunately I cut myself often. But knocking things over with my elbows or spilling glue is even more common. Hahaha.
Arrivederci, from Genoa, Italy. Very , very fine your modeling world : sunny, sweet and slow. I like very much the colour of your scenes. Perhaps it' s not elegant to tell, but i' m an expert modeler : so my appreciation on your job is even more real. Ciao.
Oh wow thank you. Do you have a CZcams channel? Do you model Italian scenes?
@@TravelinginMiniature sorry, i' ve not any channel. I' m actually working on a diorama scene of Caporetto 1917, a different kind then the pacific beauty of your scenes. When finished, it will appear on a russian magazin, ( since many years i' ve written for Model Time and Model Wings ,italian magazines ). When finished, if you like, i' ll send you copy of the russian magazine. Till then, i' ll be happy of seeing your jobs. Ciao
Amalfitano, where life is simple and slow. Just the way I like it.
It's always worth the wait to see your videos. I look forward to each one. Thank you.
So nice of you, I am enjoying the creative process of building it.
Two things I enjoyed about this sojourn the addition of the trees, naturally and the word relax. In the part of the country where I live we have many cypress trees and yours reminds me of them. Outstanding. I look forward to my next journey. Oh, and as for your short absence. It's OK we all know Amalfitano is not going anywhere.
Great work.
Thanks it was an easy but time consuming process.
Your videos always brighten my day. I love your simple and direct approach.
Thanks I appreciate the feedback
Tree-mendous!
Outstanding, thanks for sharing. Dave
Fantastic narrating voice.
Un gioiellino di creazione. Complimenti.
Fantastic !
La prima fila e stata applicata a rpovescio ciao
Grazie per averlo sottolineato, penso che tu abbia ragione
I've been to Chicago several times, but always on business. Next time I'm carving out some time to visit this.
You should go. I think the trains run too fast but it is a good source of ideas. Go when is best for you in terms of crowds. I prefer when it’s quieter. Quieter Times. Although the Museum regularly has a lot of sounds, the following times tend to be less busy and generally quieter: February, May, September, and October. Spring Break (March/April), summer (June/July), and the holidays (November/December) are the busiest at Griffin MSI.
The train speeds are not to scale though...way too fast.
Yes way too fast.
Very elaborate but I'm a country boy and would rather be in a small fishing village.
I am like minded I prefer an up close and personal experience of a small Italian fishing village with a cafe and quirky characters.
Impressive layout I shall visit it when we come over to see a friend of ours. To be honest I do prefer to your little village it is very much alive.
It can get crowded trying going at a less popular time so you can enjoy it without getting all the crowd noise.
Looks great despite the set back. Great job.
Lucky I had the epoxy putty handy
I'm glad you showed how important it is to seal every escape route for resin ,I've seen a lot of disasters with a resin pour over the years both by diyers and pros. I do enjoy the journey through the development of your village. The canal looks really good. looking forward to the next installment 🙂
Thank you. This was my third pour. This one and the first one resulted in leaks. It’s a struggle but the end result is worth it.
Nice comeback with very good results. I experienced this myself after making the plunge(pun intended). It was frustrating to say the least but I believe I recovered nicely because I had prepared for the worst. Unfortunately, I lost enough epoxy that I have to go back and add more. Thanks for sharing and I will watch out for your tree and vine video.
Working on realistic height trees!
Resin has always scared me. I've watched too many videos where most of it has ended on the floor, or where the foam has melted due to thermal reactions and even where it hasn't set properly and remained tacky. This is why I use many coats of high gloss varnish on a painted base, with gloss Mod Podge or Heavy Gloss acrylic gel for the waves. All my boats and ships are made water line. Just making a 1/35 scale German river barge for my new layout ( based on the 1/160th Artitec Model). once completed I will start on the water for my layout
Good recovery!
Yes it was! Unfortunately my rug paid the price.
Timely video for me as in a few weeks I will be finishing my water scene. My only attempt years ago leaked and made a horrible mess. I wonder if you had used the JB weld first while attaching the Masonite if that would have stopped the leaking? Thanks for sharing. Dave
Testing for leaks is well worth the time.
I love all the little scenarios on your diorama! Some years ago I tried a model product where you had to heat up some beads and pour... it just didn't work for me and I couldn't get rid of all the bubbles before it set! I resorted to my old method of building up layers of PVA, because it was N-scale and didn't require much depth of 'water' at the lakeside edge. I would still like to experiment, maybe produce a small diorama sometime, with a greater depth of 'water', and follow your techniques. 😊❤️
I was lucky enough to give those beads away to a friend a looooong time ago.
Looks very convincing. Well done. Peter.
Thanks!
A great rescue from the dreaded leaks. Nerve-racking moments to be sure, but all worked out beautifully, so no need to “cry me a river.” Looking forward to the tree construction.
My harbor scene early in the construction was even worse so I was little better prepared but I should have leaked proof the river scene before the vegetation, instead of caulking gingerly in and around the tall grasses.
I'm amazed at the beauty of your layout and enjoy watching the videos of how you create it. thank you
Thank you for your kind words. I fret over the design all the time. I consider the layout my way of traveling to Italy so I always ask myself what do I want to visit?
Right now I could use a break at David’s. Thanks for providing.
Thanks. That cafe is slated for a future interior detailing.
I don't know how this one slipped past me. Well, I guess I just took a journey into the past; if that's possible. Grazia.
Thanks for the compliment. Its fun building these structures. After the rural scene project I will return to buildings for the corner area.