One of the most beautiful model train layouts of field railways - 1/35 diorama of trench railways

In this video, scenic masters Marcel Ackle from Switzerland and Claude Fandel from Luxembourg present their very beautiful 1/35 scale model diorama depicting field railways. It is a three-dimensional work of art. You don’t know where to look first because the model train diorama is so detailed. The bricks are made of clay, the windows and doors are made of wood and the patina is an unmistakable feature. The model railway layout consists of four modules: Two of them are built by Marcel Ackle and belong to his 1/35 scale layout called “Feldbahn kreuzt”. The other two modules were built by Claude Fandel and belong to his train layout called “Moulin Margot”.
Especially in Europe and particularly in Germany there are so-called “Feldbahnen”, i.e. narrow gauge field railways, which are used for the transportation of agricultural, forestry and industrial goods such as wood, peat, stone, earth and sand. Such goods are often transported in tipper wagons. Sometimes those narrow gauge railways are also called trench railways, light railways or Decauville Railways respectively. In the processing industry, these narrow-gauge railways once held an important role. As a result, they were frequently associated with refractory clay factories, brickyards, sugar factories and iron and steel mills. Simple and robust vehicles characterised everyday operations.
The use of narrow gauge field railways declined dramatically in the late 20th century, as their tasks have been taken on by lorries and electrically driven conveyor belts. They are now used only where the ground conditions or lack of space render the routine use of other means impractical. But those light railways are still used in Germany, for example, in industrial peat extraction. In addition, they are still used occasionally in brickworks and other industrial premises. This is why more and more model railroaders and railway modellers are devoting themselves to building model train dioramas in order to keep the fascination of narrow gauge field railways alive.
On the four model railroad modules, the field railway makes its way between abandoned buildings. These buildings reveal a multitude of details and perfectly emphasise the dilapidated charm of the scenery. A little river flows leisurely between them, which the field railway crosses using a very simple bridge construction. Finally, the buildings look as if they have been exposed to the weather for a century.
Marcel Ackle and Claude Fandel
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[@philsmith7398]

Great! A small, realistic layout is MUCH better than a large one with unconvincing scenery!

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Marcel Ackle is a true master and a very nice person. His models are a counterpoint to the well kept buildings in modern Switzerland.

[@pilentum]

Yes, Marcel Ackle is a true master!

[@juanizcue5574]

Wow! This maquette is so beautiful, the vegetation and trees are the best I've ever seen. The people and their stances and poses look so realistic, just beautiful. And the background music is also very pleasing and adds to the experience, thank you!

[@keithklingensmith2955]

Fantastic. Scenery

[@pilentum]

Thanks!

[@Demun1649]

Beautiful. The river, in particular, is very well done. And the Koi carp, not overdone like many modellers do.

[@LazerBenabba-w9o]

A truly wonderful diorama with attention detail and added humour.

[@andyfiala7500]

Beautiful! Perfect and precise work! A gem!🚉👍👏

[@grandpaarock]

Amazing details👍

[@pilentum]

1000 of details...

[@ColorMeMozart]

This might be my new favorite layout! Simply incredible! 🚂

[@iandarragh6437]

YOU MUST BE A VERY TALENTED MAN TO HAVE PUT SO MUCH DETAIL INTO THAT LAYOUT I COULD WATCH THIS ALL DAY LONG THANK YOU VERY MUCH GOOD LUCK ALL THE VERY BEST TAKE CARE 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@jorgesabater8640]

I had never seen handmade figures on a layouts which makes you an outstanding sculptor. The scratch built rolling stock is first class artisan work. 1:35 scale is unique. Congratulations!

[@steffenrosmus9177]

Think most of the 1:35 scale figures are modified military figures from Tamiya, Dragon..... Marcel told me once that he choosed 1:35 scale due to the vast amount of available figures, trucks and detailing parts.

[@andreweppink4498]

RealIy nice. Beautiful. Lotta work in it.

[@ladalifegermany]

Wow really cool! I like that👍

[@solarrobot]

This is the most beautiful model railway I have ever seen,

[@crackerms0100]

I'm about to drop my phone in awe. Marvelous work

[@Janenel]

Echt onvoorstelbaar mooi en prachtig gefilmd! Enige minpunt: had langer mogen duren😊 Pure vredigheid! Ik zou er zo naar toe willen gaan. Al woon ik liever in een huis met een compleet dak….

[@ronnronn55]

Most realistic people figures. They have expression and actually look like they are interacting.

[@bigkiwimike]

Stunning. A true master made this railway.

[@berkeleypowell4453]

Very realistic I Love it

[@normg2242]

Diese Anlage ist wirklich wunderschön! Danke für's Zeigen!

[@jeannot46]

Incroyables le nombre et la finesse des détails. Impossible de tout voir en une seule fois. Une véritable œuvre d'art.

[@stanleydomalewski8497]

WOW,Very, Very Nice !

[@evanjones4705]

Really top flight work. Astounding detail.

[@reiner.n]

Großartig, als wäre man dabei!

[@Tuckaway]

Excellent model of a private industrial narrow gauge railway long ago.

[@caseyvillemodelrailroad3877]

Great vidio, nice little layout.Thanks for the morning coffee...

[@donbrewster2304]

Absolutely fantastic, your attention to small little details is fantastic. It looks so real. Very well done.

[@barbaralcharles]

This hand made set up with dilapidated structures reminds me of the Chilean modeler you featured a few years ago. An amazing tableau.

[@Hanguanjun68]

Even the tracks look real

[@jhhenio]

Niesamowite, zadziwiające, oryginalne, niesamowity klimat. Szkoda tylko że nie można poczuć zapachu tej jakże wspaniałej, wręcz rzeczywistej, naturalnej scenerii. 👍 (h).

[@cireperso]

REMARQUABLE !!!

[@bravolima7766]

Je n'avais jamais vu une tekke qualité ! Bravo

[@генакузнецов-д2л]

Шедевр моделирования. Мастеру хорошего здоровья и долгих лет жизни.

[@terryaufranc1850]

Wow, this is incredible. I do trains and Slotcars but my toy room work is pretty intense. Also thank you so much. Take care.

[@オヤジデラックス-u4t]

ジオラマの作り込みが凄まじい 膨大な情報量 great works!

[@musoseven8218]

Amazing, remarkable, wonderfully observed, superb ✌️👍😊💜

[@donmacdon]

Amazingly realistic: the human figures especially.

[@harishwala5882]

Hello from India 🇮🇳, Congrats

[@Cozmixcartoons]

That has got to be the most realistic model railway i've ever seen in my life! The trains looked great, the foliage was beautiful, and the people looked almost real! This layout is straight up photo-realistic! This video is also filmed and edited beautifully! Very relaxing and enjoyable 😁 Thanks for the good viewing and all the best!!!

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@jappedut9009]

A lot of time has been spent on tinkering here ❤

[@unknownguy279]

Wow ..excellent detailing ❤

[@reetpateet8656]

Absolutely outstanding!!!!!!

[@laurentbosseboeuf262]

Une pure merveille ce petit réseau diorama. Chaque centimètre carré est profondément travaillé, détaillé et peaufiné. C'est un régal pour les yeux. Ce réseau exposé à la lumière du jour, je pense que l'on pourrait facilement se poser la question est-ce du vrai ou du miniature. Bravo aux concepteur et continuez à nous régaler avec de belles merveilles comme celle-ci. Merci du partage.

[@shazam6274]

Really fantastic! Even the pond has fish! Would love to know the story behind the really long legged girl and the color of the cows.

[@lawrencelewis2592]

I've never seen a yellow cow before. They look odd.

[@jamfjord]

Wow! Bravo Marcel Ackle & Claude Fandel, danke Pilentum for featuring this layout (or layouts?) I'm now fascinated by feldbahnen

[@70erfan]

Perfekt sehr schön gemacht. Danke für das schöne Video

[@pilentum]

Gern geschehen!

[@mjurk1090]

Ooh, beautiful :o :) Thanks for share this model art video. All wishes your creative potencials. Greetings.

[@АлександрАртюшенко-ж5ш]

🎉😊я восторге от увиденного. Все так детально проработано, вот только мне не хватает общей панорамы.

[@charlini9558]

Bellísimo diorama!!!! Felicitaciones 👏👏👌

[@missmarple5526]

bonjour, la qualitė d'impression des personnages est incroyable. On s'attend à chaque instant à les voir se mettre en mouvement!

[@johnharolddoe6317]

Excellent modeling and realistic sounds

[@alangeddes268]

Wow !

[@Bruno.Trains]

I really appreciate Greetings soon for other views, Salutations de France

[@bladimirtavali3863]

Que fijación al detalle! Excelente maqueta y gran trabajo.

[@HemlockRidge]

Extremely good detail. So well done. It is depressing though, after the War? So much ruin.

[@pilentum]

Unfortunately, the model builders have not given a date or a period of time. The diorama's philosophy is, something like "In the course of time" or "The ravages of time".

[@joejoejoejoejoejoe4391]

6:23, I was genuinely expecting him to wave at his mate.

[@lemateurfou]

1:55 : j'adore la tête d'éléphant sur le mur ! - Le diorama est magnifique ! Comment sont faits les bruitages ?

[@seanpacificrailroad3700]

Beautiful layout

[@camelemonglass]

カワイイ…愛くるしいレイアウトですなぁ🚉

[@hectoravila7036]

Wow I tough I saw everything in modeling train😮this is so beautiful and very realistic,thank you for showing it….

[@pilentum]

Thanks for watching!

[@bobegunsgaming]

Amazing!

[@michaelmilsom9518]

Very special...I don't think I've seen anything like this.

[@larryhawkins8311]

Beautiful and very detailed work, the creator is very artistic but why does he depict such extreme poverty?

[@lawrencelewis2592]

Beautiful but the lighting in the shed at 6:55 is not good. LEDs obviously. Lighting on a train layout should be atmospheric as well as illuminating. I have only incandescent lights on my layout, using resistors to dim the light to a yellow glow. It makes for atmosphere. When putting a light in a building I put a piece of black paper folded like a tent on it so it dims the light slightly and does not look like merely a building with a light bulb inside it.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

It's so beautiful. I love the elephant graffiti, it made me laugh. I do wonder about the young lady driving the loco. Perhaps it was a special favour.

[@3057luis]

Why not a general look from above?

[@steffenrosmus9177]

This layout is 1,5 ×3 meters and no easy to tilt w.o damage. And for an good drone view you need 3-4 meters. How high is your layout room ? Think!!!

[@johnr5252]

That town needs some infrastructure improvements.

[@snaky72]

Impressive! But why is the Coca Cola poster upside down at 3:04? Greetings from Switzerland.

[@LSNFamily]

Perhaps to draw your attention to the fact that it was used just to cover the hole (utilitarian) and not for aesthetics nor as an advertisement.

[@keysersose9328]

why not cab ride by gopro camera?

[@pilentum]

The layout was filmed at an exhibition. If the GoPro or DJI Osmo camera had been used, there would always have been visitors in the video picture. They would have destroyed the illusion of the perfect miniature world.

[@keysersose9328]

@@pilentum but it would have been better than this anyway. We have new wonderfull cheap technologies which enable us endless posibilities but we don't use them..they are still making walking videos (in diferrent locations) but without 360 degrees cam

[@jorgesabater8640]

Nice but no technical información. Are theese models commercialy available or handmade. 1:35 scale is very unusual, but not 1:32. Are the figures 1:32?

[@pilentum]

Why not asking Marcel Ackle = www.feldbahn-modellbau.ch

[@claudefandel6597]

Hi, the figures are mine and scale 1:35. Majority of the locos are scatchbuild by myself, you may find some at Hesketh scale models

[@ziplocBagofRobloxia]

@@claudefandel6597 those figures are so life like, nice job!

[@mikeseba7817]

👍👍👍👌

[@josephbrandtner7713]

What is the track gauge?

[@pilentum]

HO gauge.

[@calvingrondahl1011]

Trench railways? WW1 British trains used near front lines? French civilians using these rails after WW2? Houses destroyed are replaced with shacks?

[@tydeentetuota5514]

ディアゴスティーニがHOをビッグスケールだってよ、アホやな。

[@alphaone3704]

WOW 🤩!! Really nice..