From Thursday to Sunday I participated in the FREMO meeting in Rastede. The gym was big, about 26 meter x 90 meter ( 85’ x 300’ )! Our USA group had only a small part. But we had 70 meter (330’) of modules! Here’re more pictures and a first vid: Rastede site
The European layout, a big yard “Bickburg”
Wolfgang
I think FREMO is a great concept in modular building. I have only seen a few FREMO modules set up at local shows, and they haven’t been there lately. It might be one of those “critical mass” things where a larger group is needed to get it started in an area.
Was this “layout” assembled as one long, serpentine string, so that a train could run through every module on its voyage around the room? Did the ends connect together in a continuous loop? Or, was this a point-to-point run, with branch lines that went out? How long did it take a train to go all the way around, or end-to-end?
To me, this just looks like a bunch of guys having a whole lot of fun with trains.
I am a member of Calgary FreeMo, and once a year we rent a hockey arena and fill it with ONE layout!
Great fun.
David B
Is this a summer thing, where they let the ice melt and use the rink for other things, or do they put down a hard floor? Or do all the FREEMO modellers wear skates?
How do you arrange your layout? I like the way the standards don’t force everyone into rectangular modules, so that the geometry of the assembled layout can be so unique every time.
FREMO is unlike FREE-MO an European group. They’re similar.
The arrangement in Rastede looked like this pdf . You see, true point to point. The European part has times for assembly your modules at the plan.
Wolfgang
Great coverage Wolfgang! thanks for sharing
That must be a riot watching all the people slip and slide on the ice![:o)]