Thats good to hear about Trix, There were a few new items this year that really caught my attention.

A pictorial of a bit of everything from Dortmund: Best pictures of layouts can be seen as Peter rightly puts it at : http://www.moba-deutschland.de/imb2008/indx.htm We start off with new faces: Herr Gerd Kuswa http://www.kuswa.de/ Brilliant job he has done on our etched TCDD plates Next : The Boss and bits from his lovely layout Grafenwalde: Being a steam shed lover the Modellbahnfreunde Maifelt's layout was the winner for me Next was BSW-FZG Harzquer- und Brockenbahn Wernigerode groups layout, the docks was unbelievable The polish layout. Rails seem to be the forefather of Maerklin: The Americans, Hub Division, they like it big ! Talking about minimal layouts Some other stuff that I found quite interesting: ..is the type of shadow stations used. We all know Tims, and to be honest I couldn't comprehend of how it worked not until I saw it with my own eyes. here are 2 interesting types: The I scalers Blast Furnaces were in this year The Z scale and Trix's The Brass big Boy and cab interior American outline Micrometakit KM modellbau's Br 85 Workshops were everywhere, here is Tim's Workshop, one of his mates doing a bit of weathering on a loco. Seminars were done all thru the day, damn my German and Finally a view from our hotel room :D Dortmund was a true once in a lifetime experince for me. The best part was the visit to the Dahlhausen Eisenbahn Museum which I am still compiling the photo's. Cheers to All Erkut Baykal

Hi Erkut, Looks like you enjoyed yourself, nice selection of photo's of some fine modelling. David

Great pics Erkut and what a stunning view from your hotel room. Lots of inspiration. Did you go to Gallipoli this weekend? John

No John, I was there last year. My grandad was one of the commanders of the small town called Kilitbahir at that time. We still have relatives there. A truely amazing place to see. Erkut Baykal

Excellent pictures Baykal. Looks like an excellent week.