One the largest model railroad layouts in Switzerland: Smilestones Miniature World in HO Scale
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- čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
- Rail traffic experts notice it immediately: Trains running on the left side, high mountains in the background and a very unique construction of the overhead lines. Yes, we are in Switzerland! Or, to be more accurate: We are in the brand new miniature world of Switzerland, called “Smilestones”.
Just a few meters away from one of Switzerland’s famous tourist attractions, the Rhine Falls - the most powerful waterfall in Europe, the first section of Smilestone’s large model train layout was opened in November 2018. While the first section depicts the landscapes of the Swiss Plateau, the second section that was opened in September 2019 depicts the highest and southernmost part of the canton of Bern, namely the Bernese Highlands.
Four more sections are to be built in the next few years, on which the beautiful railway world of Switzerland will be presented in HO scale. Finally, the model railroad layout will grow up to a size of more than 500 square meters. Therefore, we are going to discover during a cab ride video those landscapes that have been built so far. The Swiss landscapes present cities, mountains and castles. In addition, the focus is on loving details and scenes of everyday life. To create this miniature world, 23,000 figures, 12,000 trees, 550 buildings and 700 vehicles have been placed on the model railroad so far.
On the two finished model railroad layouts, 120 model trains run on a track length of 1,300 meters. While 30 trains are in motion at the same time, the other trains are parked behind the scenes in a fiddle yard. So visitors get the impression that different train sets are always circling on the track. In addition to trains, cars and other miniature vehicles run on the roads, which are coordinated by computer control. A satellite system is installed above the model rail layout, which sends ultrasonic pulses to the various vehicles. The car’s speed and their position are also controlled via ultrasonic pulses.
Whenever you are in Switzerland, you should take a few hours and visit Smilestone’s beautiful model railway layout. Thanks for watching Pilentum Television!
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The colors, proportional sizes, vegetation, and mountains are fantastic. Also all of the moving trucks and cars are so real. Thank you for sharing this with us. Congrats!!
What an awesome layout and I especially love the groom running away
the Swiss know how to do railways, both fullsize and miniature. They do excellent work
Absolutely awesome…..switzerland is one of my most favourite places. Used to watch Swiss Railway Journeys some years ago, fabulous. Thank you for sharing
I hate AI voices in videos. Would prefer your own voice. Or just closed captions. Great layout!
"The focus is on scenes of every day life". Like crashed alien spacecraft. 😁
Wow! Another BIG reason to want to visit Switzerland.
Hello ! Very nice video, as usual 😉 ! Greetings from France ! 🙂
C'est d'un réalisme époustouflant 👍🚂😉
One of the most beautiful !
Всегда интересное авторское видео!
02:42 did he jump?
02:57 did he escape?
So funny details
Thank you. Always great and enjoyable.
Masterpiece!
Very pretty layout. Thank you from the cowboys in Oklahoma. I am waiting for another truck so I can unload the combine and keep picking corn. The Shufflebotham's
Awesome layout.😊
outstanding layout thanks 👍
This is an absolutely stunning Swiss HO scale layout. The Swiss landscape was captured beautifully. Everything depicted in the layout looks very realistic. Beautifully done!
By the way, is this "standard" gauge in HO scale...four feet-8.5 inches?
Very impressive!
Magnifiquement grand !
Lovely👍
👌👍🤝
👍👍👍👍👍
Please panto’s up 🙏🏽
Can you tell me the pilentum open generic music? And the name of the video mini-camera that you used to film the video ?
Great lay-out. Train rides much to fast!!
The Swiss like it fast :-)
In quale località si trova questo posto?
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How do I forward?
Trains should slow down a little when crossing stations, otherwise some of those 23000 figures might get injured.
not in Europe. I was in France, and the TGV came through the station at around 140mph.
impossible - in Europe, trains run according to metric system: it should have been somewhere else
@@arguelloit1 I converted to mph for people that don't know what 220Km is
@@whdbnrm3023 yes yes thank you: I was ironic 😉
To be honest, when you're standing on a platform in Germany and a goods train goes through, you feel like the train is flying by.
Need proper cab ride...to know about layout.
There will be more in october, 2023.
@@pilentum will be anxiously waiting
Perfect! It's just a shame that the train ride was so fast.👍👏🚉