Alberta Railway Museums:

►Alberta Railway Museum
    (just north of Edmonton, site has photos, videos, schedules of tours)
►Alberta 2005 Centennial Railway Museum Society
    (in south-central Alberta, site has photos, information on tours)
►Alberta Central Railway Museum
    (located south of Edmonton near Wetaskiwin, site features list of events, fares)
►Alberta Prairie Railway Excursions
   (located in Stettler, features steam and wagon train excursions)
►Rocky Mountain Rail Society
    (located in Stettler, site includes schedule and gift shop with DVDs)

 

Edmonton Model Railroad Organizations:

►Edmonton Model Railroad Association
    (EMRA's Monashee Pacific is on display at Fort Edmonton all summer)
►Mainline Model Railroaders Fellowship
    (organizes the annual Great Edmonton Model Train Show)
►Edmonton Society of Model Railroad Engineers
   (HO, N layouts located in Londonderry Mall)

 

DIY:

►BAZ BoyZ - How To Make Loren's Amazing Z Scale Trees
    (4:45 min. long video, easy to follow instructions)
►Busch How-to Patina Plastic Model Kits
    ( in German, use Google Translator
    also see slide show)
►Coping With Couplers
   (Marklin, MT Marklin and MT couplers explained)
►Curved Bridge Thread
   (has a list of Walther's HO curved bridge kits)
►Heine Pedersen's Building a Briefcase Layout
    (Norwegian Z scale site with lots of photos)
►How to Build a Caboose Kit
   (not Z scale, but has good detail)
►How to Build and Paint an MBZ HO House
   (video instructions)
►How to Make Bill Mock's River
   (photos and instructions using Liquitex products)
►How to Make Loren's Amazing Z scale Trees
   (excellent how-to video)
►James River Branch - Dot's Diner Custom Build
   (excellent article with photos on kit bashing a diner)
►Kim's Art Shop
    (a lot of how-to pages)
►Making Masking Tape Jigs in a Flash
    (detailed how-to with great photos)
►Making Waves with Envirotex Lite Polymer
   (making water)
►Model Railroad Speed Calculator
   (calculates speeds for all scales)
►Soldering Tips
    (excellent quality video for N scale)
►Take Apart Marklin 8864 Locomotive
   (very similar model to our 8188 Starlight Express Fun Set)
►Tree Building in O Gauge - First Attempt
    (3.24 min long video, similar techniques could be used for Z deciduous trees)
►Using Potted Plant Toppers for Landscaping
   (pot toppers are available at Michael's hobby stores)
►Using Water Colour Paint Instead of Acrylic Paint
    (lots of great photos)
►What to Use for Z Ballast
    (tips for Z scale ballast)
►Window Screen Windows
    (using window screen to make Z scale window mullions)
►zscale.org - Do It Yourself Articles Master Page
    (great list of DIY articles)
►zscale.org - Cleaning Z Scale Track
    (features various types of cleaners in detail)
►zscale.org - Improving Locomotive Traction
    (looks at various problems and solutions for locomotive traction)
►zscale.org - Laying and Ballasting Z Scale Track
    (detailed article with a section on Flex Track)
►zscale.org - Reviving a Marklin Locomotive
   (excellent instructions)

E-tailers:

►1zu220-Modelle
    (German e-tailer featuring German landscaping products)
►Animek's Models
    (wood laser kits)
►Arizona Rock and Mineral Co.
   (supplies landscaping rock and ground covers)
►Aktionshaus MZZ
    (of interest to me are the vehicles, in German)
►Burgen und Schlösser
    (castles in Z and other scales, in German, payment by back draft only,
    lots of photos!!)
►Creativ-Modellbau Klingenhöfer
    (unique German figures, dioramas, circus and zoo figures, takes PayPal)
►CR Model Trains
    (American Z scale train stock,
    specializing in LED lighting and lighting "How To" pages) *
►Dave's Scratch Built Bridges
    (in Z and N scales - very nice work)
►Euro Rail Hobbies
   (Canadian source for almost everything European)
►The Hobby Corner
    (Marklin Z scale train sets)
►Make My Model
   (molded acrylic vehicles and structures)
►Marklin's Era Description Page
    (includes European countries other than Germany)
►Microstructures
   (Electroluminescence lighting kits for all scales)
►Modellbahnkeller
    (great fences, in German)
►Modellbau Wolfgang Baumann
    (vehicles for sale, German only, prepayment only by pre-authorization)
►Norm's Train World - Z Scale Section
    (American Micro-Trains products)
►Paw of the Bear
    (laser cut wood kits and will custom build for you)
►Rolf's Laedchen
    (features all kinds of details in kits and ready-made, in German, takes PayPal)
►RS LaserKits
    (wood small town 1880s to early 20th century)
►Small Wonder-Z
    (Canadian distributor of MTL, AZL and Full Throttle products, PayPal in Canadian dollars)
►SP Trains
    (extensive catalogue, lots of people, buildings, locos, rolling stock)
►Trafufuchs
    (highly recommended unique figure sets, with English translation, takes PayPal)
►ZettSeit Links
    (greatest list of e-tailer links ever!, in German)
►Z.Scale.Hobo
    (American and Marklin Z scale stock, specializing in full layout packages)
►Ztrack Magazine
    (features reprinted articles, back issues, a wide variety of products,
    and so much more)
►Z Scale Monster Trains
    (a huge store offering all things Z)
►Z und Meer
   (resin cast vehicles and Merten and Preiser figures, good selection, in German)

 

Great Railroad Board Threads:

►Animated Train Station
    (extensive how-to photos)
►Animation Thread
   (photos and descriptions of how to animate items on a layout)
►DCC and Electronics
    (Wiring Lights and Accessories)
►EL KBAZ Lighting
    (photos of lit billboard project)
►EL Lighting Passenger Car
    (photos and some discussion)
►The Great International Shoebox Challenge
    (all scale challenge - 17 pages!)
►How to Finish Styrofoam Landscaping
    (highway bridge and road project in pictures)
► How to Mount, Paint, Ballast MT MicroTrack
    (great tips and tricks)
►John Cubbin's Indian Summer Diorama
    (fabulous photos of John's new layout)
►Light Thread
    (tips about lighting)
►Module Scenery Photos
    (great photos of an hilly abandoned siding scene)
►Painting Brass kits
    (quick tips at bottom of the thread)
►Paw of a Bear Ranch House Kit Available
    (thread shows photos of kit construction process)
►Pre-weathering Track
    (excellent instructions partway down 1st page)
►Robert Ray's Kits
    (photos of completed Micro-Train's Robert Ray Z scale kits)
►Scratch Built Modesto Depot N Scale
    (lots of photos and discussion of technique)
►Soldering Flex Track
   (great thread about how to and what with)
►Sound in Z
    (photos and description of car modification)
► Stickboy's Small Train Layout
    (great photos of his fantastic rockwork)
►Stephen's Model Railroading Megs Links Page
    (a lot of how-to links, not Z scale, though)
►Styrofoam and Lite Drywall Spackle Landscaping
    (photos and descriptions)
►Tips and Tricks
    (all kinds of Z scale tips)
►Trainboard.com's How-to Section
    (an extensive list of links for all scales)
►Train Speeds Thread
   (lists train speed calculator and real life train speeds)

Message Boards:

►Trainboard.com
   (has a Z scale forum - I am not very active here)
►Z Central Station
   (all Z scale all the time - I am most active on this board)
►Z Friends Europe
   (in German - great for photos, but I'm not very active here)

 

Personal Websites:

►Andre's Z PC Layout
    (micro layout surrounding his PC loaded with exquisite detail, in German)
►Carl Arendt's Small Layout Scrapbook
    (not Z scale, but features 80 pages and counting of micro layouts)
►David K. Smith's 1:220 - Adventures in the Z Axis
   (articles written by a top Z scale modeler)
►David K. Smith's James River Branch
    (an amazing site documenting the construction of his Z scale railroad)
►Eric Foxman's Z Elf
   (German scenes in micro layouts built in the US)
►ForstBerg
   (German site, use Babelfish.com to translate)
►German Steam Locomotive Performance
    (stories and photos of German steam locomotives in action)
►Gregor's Z Gauge Page
    (English version of a German site)
►John Hubbard's HOn30 Model Railroad
    (not Z scale, but features micro layouts)
►Jo's Z Page
   (has  several smaller layouts, lots of photos, in German)
►Juerg Ruedi's Rosetown
    (an extensive site in both English and German)
►Jürg Ruedi's zscalegallery.com
    (an updated site with great photo galleries of Jurg's collection of Z dioramas)
►Koenigzhausen
    (great photos of Juergen's German modules)
►Lajos Thek's A Z-scale Modeler
    (a great site with lots of photos of scratch built everything, including a Shay locomotive)
►Lajos Thek's Z Corner
   (great European site with tons of useful photos of a Plexiglas covered layout)
►Linda Rankin Art Studio
   (though Linda has passed away, her dioramas and buildings will remain inspirational!)
►Modellbau Harry
   (German site that shows large scale layout being built, informative)
►Muesendorf - St. Viktor
    (German page with photos of a completed Neuschwanstein Castle - excellent!)
►Robert Ray's The Northern Pacific N Scale Railroad
    (also Z scale, caboose kits for sale and how to scenery)
►Small Layout Scrapbook
   (various scale layouts, including Z, in very places)
►S. Berliner III's Z Scale Model Railroad Articles
    (long list of articles, not very many how-to's, though)
►TC's Model Railway Z-Scale Minidisk Layout Pages
    (there are two pages of photos for this miniscule layout)
►Unbroken Home
    (amazing Z scale dioramas built inside bottles!)
►www.torsja.com Model Trains
    (extensive site featuring N and Z scale layouts)
►The Z scale Grande Valley Page
   (photos of a 24" by 48" Z scale layout)

Product Lists:

►American Steam Sounds
   (a list of sounds and recommended railways for each sound)
►LokShop
    (great list of Marklin's stock)
►Marklin Railroads and Eras List
    (list of various European trains and the eras they ran)
►Marklin Train Sound Modules Index
    (lists modules, sounds made by each module,
    locomotives that would have each sound, wiring instructions)
►Z Scale Catalogue
    (there is more than one page with Marklin items)
►Z Scale German Railway Models Index
    (list compiled in the UK)

 

YouTube and Other Videos:

►Altenbeken Z Train Show 2010
    (10 minute video showing great modules and individual layouts - recommended!)
►Animated Tree House Diorama
    and How It Was Made
    and How the Mechanisms Work
    (HO scale diorama that fits on the top of a peanut butter lid)
    and Peanut Butter Lid Challenge
    (motivation for The Animated Tree House)
    and Final Photos Thread
►BAZ BoyZ YouTube Video Channel
    (several videos of the Bay Area Z Group's module layout)
►Karin's Dizzyland
    (9:10 min. long, a fabulously small and detailed amusement park!)
►Lajos Thek's Scratch-built Shay Locomotive
    (see the earliest video of the Shay in motion, plus Lajos' module)
►Marklin SEF800 SEH800 (3012/3013)
    (MUST-SEE European layout with elevation shots, not sure if it's Z or not)
►Marklin Z Linha do Ze History
    (3:36 min. long, huge layout with multi-tracks and multi trains)
►Marklin Z Micro Pizza - Lighthouse
    (23 sec. long, very small layout, one of the first Z videos I ever watched)
►Marklin Z Pizza - Observatory
    (50 sec. long, small layout)
►Polar Express-Style Z Scale Model Railroad Layout
    (1:41 sec. long)
►SMHolt's YouTube Video Channel
    (a half dozen videos of his various Z layouts, plus trains in Caliente California
►Z scale DCC Train Cam
    (:29 sec. long, very cool cam mounted on a second train to view a first train)
►Zoo Table Z-scale Model Railroad Layout
    (1:53 min. long)

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