American Model Railroaders Luxembourg
@ Ben Schneider’s pages
Born
in
Dudelange
(Gr.D.
of
Luxembourg)
on
a
cold
December-day
in
1956,
I
grew
up
between
the
rails
that
deserved
a
little
town-station
and
the
4
blast-furnaces,
foundry
and
rolling-mill
of
a
steel-company
named
ARBED
,
just
some
footsteps
away
from
our
home.
To
become
a
modelrailroader
was
a
very
simple
destination,
since
my
Dad
bought
our
first
Fleischmann
-
beginner-set
in
1959.
More
than
40
yaers
were
needed
to
discover
my
love
and
passion
for
the
North-American
railroads.
My
favorite
of
all
these
great
companies
is
the
Santa
Fe
Railroad.
Modeling
the
late
50ies
and
early
60ies
is
the
real
thing.
I
can’t
miss
that
era,
where
the
rusty-brown
dust
and
those
sounds
in
the
fog
of
the
industry
was
mixed
to
the
steam
and
chuffs
or
whistles
of
the
locomotives.
Still
today
I
can
smell
the
breathe
of
that
dark,
but
illuminated
atmosphere,
that
made
from
all
of
us
what
we
are
today.
Well,
my
favorite
techniques
in
modeling
is
scratchbuilding,
kitbashing,
weathering
by airbrush or powder, but I know best results also in electric installation, DCC and re-powering.
My slogan: Have a good friend and feel lucky, do great things together and feel happy!
Ben’s Biography
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