Katzhagen - Archive - September 2011

Ostentatious (Side)Effect

The other day the Preiser advertising wall #45126 in Susch has had it and a repair was required. Since the initial advertising had started to fade, I took the chance to replace it with a more suitable subject regarding the location:


The initial non-local beer advertising was replaced with a Swiss advertising. Since I was at it, another replacement was made for future use.
When moving the the mouse pointer over the picture, the board in its place outside will appear...


The new imprint was obtained from the Calanda Website and was adjusted distortionless to the adversing wall's aspect ratio using an image editor. The decal printed by a colour laser printer was applied to a 0.5mm polystyrene plate and sealed with a mix of glossy and matte clear varnish from the airbrush gun.

Video shop

One of this summer's rare dry days inevitably led to running some trains (so far as for compulsive behaviour) and to testing a camera's video capabilities. Since the full HD format is completely unsuitable for internet purposes, a shrinked MP4 format had to be used for the movies below.

Back drop to the 70s

RhB Ge 6/6 I 414 (Crocodile) with a commuter train and RhB Ge 4/4 II 611 (green loco) with a cement train in Susch and its surroundings. DR 99201 is on the track with a freight train in a different area...
RhB 414 with commuter train crossing a bridge



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A commuter train is passing by...



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RhB 414 and RhB 611 meeting in Susch



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DR 99201 passes a level crossing - which takes some time...



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Hopefully the forthcoming autumn will be more enjoyable than this last grey and wet summer - otherwise one will have to crawl into the workshop again...

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