http://deletant.livejournal.com/108163.html#
I tried to sell my two cents worth, but no one would give me a plug nickel for it.
I don't have a leg to stand on.
Quite interesting. Now, can you translate the captions for us?
Johnny
Google, Bing and others have web pages to translate languages. Somewhat tedious because you have to copy the text on the webpage and paste it into the translator.
I did have an add on to IE that would automatically translate many whole pages. Unfortunately it got disabled or deleted and I have not been able to find it again. I think it came from Google.
EDIT Got the translator back, Not sure what I did, but it is on Google toolbar.
Translation
1. We begin our tour of the toy from the west country. European prompt neat houses that we in Kaliningrad. 2. You guessed it, this Kaliningrad - part of a larger "Grand Layout" on a scale of 1:87. As befits the enclave, Kaliningrad is located at a single site layout. Bottom left one can see the Brandenburg Gate. We must bear in mind that this is a collective image, so here built the station and the church have no real counterparts. 3. The platform is full of men dvuhsantimetrovyh. 4. Presented and Kaliningrad seaport. 5. Bobs on the waves of the Baltic tiny buksirchik. 6. The prototype of this large station became Vitebsk. So we are in St. Petersburg. 7. Locomotive depot near the train station. "Auto" - advertising layout. 8. Peter presented widely: here arrow Vasilevsky Island, part of the fortress, the Palace Bridge ... 9. Here is a small block of houses at the Bolsheokhtinsky bridge. And there are a building of the "Grand Layout." 10. Following the steamer will sail up the Neva and Svir into Lake Onega. 11. Here are the famous Kizhi. 12. And somewhere in the swamps of the north-western region of searchers unearthed German tractor and an American tank. 13. Platforms driven by T-55 tanks. Machinist hurry to deliver them in part. 14. And in the military unit somewhere under A ******** Scoma general structure: in a black Volga descended generals. 15. In tehzone conduct regulation military equipment. 16. In boxes are stored floating tanks. 17. In the workshops are hard at work - repairing engines. 18. In a separate garage - white appliances UN peacekeeping forces. 19. Plesetsk space center is preparing to launch another transport "Soyuz". 20. And at this time on the "Mir" station astronauts waiting for parcels (do not forget that this is a fairy tale, and here "The World" is not flooded.) 21. Train rides with tanks by the Ostankino TV tower. 22. Cork confirm we in Moscow. 23. Capital represented much more modest Peter. Here is the entrance to the metro station "Kropotkinskaya." 24. Here's a metro station, but it is again a collective image. There are Spasskaya Tower, a small Stalinist skyscraper, and that Moscow ends. 25. From Moscow's move to the big cities on the Volga. Here you can see the first instance of the Tu-144, has long been non-existent in reality. 26. Other "trunks" at this point rise from the Engels airbase. 27. Tractor drags MiG parked. 28. Located next door gunships. 29. Story about central Russia would be incomplete without the village. To do this, eaten with a busy road along with the old KAVZ. 30. Will come to an unknown station. 31. And here it is - the Russian provinces. 32. Here raise horses. 33. Here live in harmony with nature. 34. Here in the woods hiding skit. 35. If the inhabitants of the province will gather at the south, they will come to the station nearest regional center. 36. Sit in a passenger car. 37. And go to the sea. We follow them. 38. On the way to cross the Caucasus rapid shallow river. 39. Opens its gates Hospitable Sochi. 40. Hotel services and facilities - a bit of sea and space on a pebble beach. 41. In the Caucasus Mountains on the slopes scattered cute houses. 42. And near the top - Observatory. 43. A freight train going on, where there are other mountains. 44. Here a small dam waterfall noise. 45. We are in the Urals (compact layout so that the nearby bell tower in Kalyazine). 46. Way station before the big fall. 47. Starting platform. 48. Passengers leaving cars. Ekaterinburg station. 49. Life at the station never stops for a minute or day ... 50. Or night when lit lights. 51. Moving beyond the Urals. The side of the locomotive depot ways comes with a turning circle. 52. But track machine station. 53. Nevyansk presented Demidovs inclined tower. 54. Ural - this endless old plants. 55. Here they are at every turn. 56. 57. 58. On the way there are beautiful old boiler. 59. The situation at the factory, the following fire. 60. Trans-Siberian going further east. 61. We're back at the station. 62. At this time in Tyumen. 63. The evening, the sky turns pink. 64. In going through the path lit lighting. 65. Somewhere in the forest fire helicopter tuzhit. 66. More about ways to meet the coal mines - we Kuzbass. 67. 68. NGR performance piece. 69. Eastern Siberia - it's gold mines for shallow wetlands rivers. 70. By domestic machines residents commute to steal metal. 71. In the deep gorge of the mountain river - traces of the old wreck. 72. And by the river teplohodik pulls stack timber. 73. Altai, somewhere on the border with Mongolia, archaeologists have unearthed the skeleton of a prehistoric lizard. 74. Of course, Russia can not be imagined without the North. 75. Small town houses covered with snow. 76. Here all go on foreign cars, because this region - economic donor country. 77. In the tundra are oil and gas platforms. 78. Of permafrost often find the remains of the ancient elephant. 79. In the Arctic Ocean of walruses and seals crisscrossing cold water icebreaker "Moskva". It was built in St. Petersburg in 2008. 80. Meanwhile coal from Kuzbass arrived at the port of loading. 81. Huge cable-stayed bridge will tell us that we got to Vladivostok. 82. This is the base of the Pacific Fleet. 83. Outward-bound destroyer escort music. 84. Near ready to go to the distant shores of the submarine, which even in the layout was not enough space. The longest country in the world over.
Thanks; I did recognize "St. Petersburg" with #6. Now, perhaps what I should do is print your last post, and have that in hand as I look at the pictures.
I quit trying to teach myself Russian when I came to the declension of nouns, though I did learn the alphabet.
This is very impressive!
Hope it's OK for me to post a link to your thread in the Model Railroader thread.
GARRY
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The strong presence of military items on the Russian layout makes an interesting comment. We see very little military modelling in most of the North American layouts shown on the forum, not that there is anything wrong with modelling military stuff. I'm not trying to imply anything here, but the predominance of military scenes on the Russian layout makes me feel just a little unsettled. I guess it is just an example of how dominant the military still is in Russian society. Call me paranoid!
On a more positive note, the model of the wooden church with multiple domes and crosses is truly impressive, as are most of the other structures and details. In fact the whole layout is truly impressive. It would be interesting to see a video of it in operation.
Also, on a really positive note, Canada recently claimed the North Pole and surrounding territory as Canadian territory. The initial Russian response as I understand it was to first mobilize a bunch of arctic troops however that was countermanded shortly after with an official announcement that Russia would not oppose Canada's claim to the territory. Will wonders never cease!
Apologies to the moderators if this is too political.
Dave
I'm just a dude with a bad back having a lot of fun with model trains, and finally building a layout!
hon30critterThe strong presence of military items on the Russian layout makes an interesting comment. We see very little military modelling in most of the North American layouts shown on the forum, not that there is anything wrong with modelling military stuff. I'm not trying to imply anything here, but the predominance of military scenes on the Russian layout makes me feel just a little unsettled. I guess it is just an example of how dominant the military still is in Russian society.