Swedish modellrailroaders?

[mr_tysell]

Hi!

Is there any more swedish people in here? In that case, where in Sweden do u by your buildings, trains and more?

Does any other (american) have any good idea of american shop that will ship to Sweden?

Please, help me, i´m stucked om my layoutplans.

and, question two. Any good book the give me some ideas for a switchinglayout in a small place, like "modellrailroading in small places", that one i have. Any similar?

Thanks, Mart - The Swede

[NZRMac]

Electrolove is from Sweden

http://www.trains.com/community/forum/member-profile.asp?id=243793

Ken

[selector]

Welcome, Mart. Good to have you here. If you can read English reasonably well, John Armstrong's book "Track Planning for Realistic Operations" is a classic, and can be acquired at Kalmbach Publishing.

[electrolove]

mr_tysell:

I'm from Sweden. Kul att ha dig här [:D]

I buy some things at ebay. And at different train stores like:

http://www.discounttrainsonline.com/
http://www.tonystrains.com/
http://www.internettrains.com/
http://www.traintrack.net/

If you don't want to buy from directly from US, you can always buy from shops in Sweden like:

http://www.sundbergs.h.se/index2.htm
http://www.modellhobby.se/
http://www.mjhobby.se/mjhobby/

I know that the prices at mjhobby and sundbergs is around 10 sek/USD. So just look at Walthers.com and you can see how much it will be in Sweden.

Good luck!

[Anonymous]

Hi!

Jo jag är också från Sverige. (translation: Yea, I´m also from Sweden)

Why not try http://www.trainworld.com they have ads in Model Railroader. They have good prices and it have never been any problems when ordering from them.

As suggested by Electrolove, Sundbergs also is a good source for the model railroad equipment, and when ordering from them you don´t have to pay any extra sales tax, customers fee or the expensive shipping costs from US. Sundbergs also have a lot of the cheap Athearn Blue Box kits.


About the book.
Try any of Iain Rices books: Small, smart and practical Track Plans" or "Mid-sized and Manageable Track Plans" also look at any of the Model Railroaders yearly special magazine "Model Railroad Planning".

[Medina1128]

I-ay am-ay om-fray issouri-may... [:)]

[Anonymous]

I've usually never had any problems finding swedes, just open a bottle of pickled herring and start chowing down...... Yummy!

Mark in Utah
(U.S., but swedish descent.)

[electrolove]

mark_in_utah:

Do you like surstromming? This is off topic but so funny that I could not resist. I found it on the net.

The most disgusting thing I've ever attempted to eat in my life must go to a Swedish dish called Surstromming, translated into English as 'fermented herring.' Now, surstromming is something that I often heard mentioned by friends, "Hey, Bob, have you eaten surstromming yet, hah hah hah?" I knew that it was fermented fish and that eating it would be a challenge but, having eaten all sorts of weird seafood when I lived in Spain, I was determined to give it a go.
One day, just around lunchtime, I was shopping in my local supermarket when I came across a tin of the stuff. "Well, now seems as good a time as any," I thought, and popped it into my shopping basket. When I got back home, I put it in the middle of the kitchen table and took a tin opener out of the drawer. Now, what no one had told me was that fermenting builds up quite a lot of pressure inside the can and that you should always cover a surstromming can with a cloth before you open it. The other thing I didn't know is that surstromming is usually eaten outdoors.
I leaned over the tin and just at the moment I pierced it, there was a hissing sound and then a fountain of juice shot into the air and spattered the left lens of my glasses - thank goodness I was wearing glasses; I hate to think what it could have done to my eye. Then, the air in the room was filled with a stench that was reminiscent of a public toilet that hadn't been cleaned for 20 years. I picked up a piece of the fish on my fork, held my breath, screwed up my eyes and placed it into my mouth.
Can you imagine how a solidified lump of surgical spirit would taste? Well, that's the feeling I had as it burned into my tongue. I rushed over to the kitchen sink, spat it out, coughed a lot, and drank several glasses of water. Then I went back to the table, tied up the can in 3 plastic bags and dumped it in the garbage. Some of the juice had spilled onto the plastic tablecloth, so I wiped it up with a dishcloth, opened the window to get rid of the stench and then left the room.
When I went back into the kitchen 10 minutes later, I beheld the most nauseating thing I've ever seen in my whole life. The room was full of flies - about forty of them and they were just going absolutely crazy, charging all around the room at supersonic speed, bouncing off one wall, then bouncing off the opposite one. I put my handkerchief over my mouth (the fact that I didn't throw up was close to miraculous), ran over to the window and closed it. I then ran for some fly spray and just sprayed continuously for over a minute. Then I left the room and waited for about 10 minutes. Finally, I looked back in - all the flies were lying on the floor. I got the vacuum cleaner out of the room and swiftly disposed of the remains.
Sweden has some nice dishes. I loved pytt i panna, Janssons frestelse, and pickled (as opposed to 'fermented' herring) washed down with Swedish schnapps is a wonderful treat. But as for surstromming... well, enough said.

WELCOME TO SWEDEN, ARE YOU HUNGRY? [:D] [dinner] [xx(]

[Anonymous]

Electrolove,

Sorry (or maybe not), I have never tried Surstromming. I have had vegimite from Australia on crackers, and liked it. Lutefisk isn't too bad. Squid cooked in its own ink and blood can be wonderful if done correctly. Rattlesnake jerky, and other delicacies I've tried as well. Elk jerky is the best.

Generally, whatever the locals like is good to eat, once you can get it past your eyes and nose.

Some things are simply best left buried.......

As for pickled herrring, I prefer it in the sour cream sauce, but the wine sauce isn't bad either. My uncle had a problem with a norwegian eating the bait (herring) when he went fishing once, but then what can you expect from a norsk, eh?

Mark in Utah

[electrolove]

You are right, what can you expect, hehe...

[#ditto]