Hallo Stummis,

We have been enjoying the publicity that our layout Selcuk - Ephesus has received after OnTraxs and Dortmund Intermodellbau for nearly more than a year. It is now in its final resting ground in one of the leading Industrial museums in Istanbul for the publics viewing pleasure. I would like to thank the modelers of Stummis that have supported us during this period.

Now is hammering time again.I want to share our construction with you all just as I did with Selcuk.

Our new project is called Maden , ( meaning mine in English), a small copper and chrome mining town on the east of Turkey. We saw these two pictures taken from an unknown source and suddenly was in love with the area;





What fascinated us was, unlike Selcuk, the terrain was very rugged and rough and had an interesting history such that the mines were operated and managed by German companies.
We plan to built the layout in two sections; the station area and the mine itself. It will be 11 meters long and full of surprises.The planned year to be modeled will be the 1940's.

Our research yielded very few photos;

The station plan;









However these photos were not enough for our project so we decided to travel to Maden to do a full research....and what better way to travel inside the cab of a DE 22000 diesel





The land terrain looks very harsh and with countless tunnels;









entering the new station the old dreschiebe still visible on the left;



the station;



the west exit;



looking towards the east;



....the general view of the station and surroundings;



inspecting the old water crane;



The now deserted mine entrance;



...and inside view;



the old mine cars and the tipper which still works after all these years;





the copper mine which is dated 4000 BC



to show you how the terrain looks like and our entrance to Maden ;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNB213NHfmQ


After taking about 500+ pictures we returned for planning stage.
If this is going to be a mining layout we needed mine loco's.
We found these brass Kits;



Kit's contains etched brass body parts, etched nickel-silver chassis, cast exhaust and radiators and finescale wheelsets



the motor;



One of our team member is constructing these while I started the structures

...to be continued

B.rgds

A.Usta

Welcome back Abd,

your new Project promises to be very interesting and I am shure it will be also a great Project as Selcuk!
Thank you for let us participate in it from the start.

I wish you and your friends good luck and lot´s of fun building "Maden"

We "follow you" at Stummi´s..

many greetings,
Dirk

Looks promising this new project, hope to see you guys again at Utrecht with it !

Zitat von Dirk aus Duesseldorf

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Welcome back Abd,

your new Project promises to be very interesting and I am shure it will be also a great Project as Selcuk!
Thank you for let us participate in it from the start.

I wish you and your friends good luck and lot´s of fun building "Maden"

We "follow you" at Stummi´s..

many greetings,
Dirk

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Thank you Dirk.

Best rgds
A.Usta

Zitat von milocomarty

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Looks promising this new project, hope to see you guys again at Utrecht with it !

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Thanks Martin, we hope to be there if everything goes right in 2015.
By the way am a follower of your Cardigan Bay layout, keep up the good work.

Best rgds
A.Usta

..our team member Aykut costructing the mine loco's in stages; I call it micro surgery

the chasis

















...and finally;







..weathered;







...and how they work;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mlrBE5NEwD4


rgds

A.Usta

That's some great stuff Abdusta, Aykut must be a very patient man !

Moin
hot stuff, the critters

and a really interesting project!

good dys,

layout will be HO-1/87 scale

feldbahn and Material seilbahn will be in layout with normal HO rails and trains
in this layout I use underground -ground and the sky to run trains..

here few pictures from boiler and steam house operating mine elevator next them..









regards
A.Usta

Hello A.Usta,

I saw your last project on TV some weeks ago and I was stunned by the fantastic job you did.

What you showed us up to now looks definitely promising.

I'm looking forward to your upcoming posts and will keep an eye on this thread.

Best regards to Turkey

Chris

Hi Abd,

nice watching a complete new masterpiece growing - great!
How did you get these stunning limestone walls? Is it handmade (carved) or some type of casting mould?
If so, where can I get it?

best regards
Kai

Zitat

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nice watching a complete new masterpiece growing - great!
How did you get these stunning limestone walls? Is it handmade (carved) or some type of casting mould?
If so, where can I get it?

best regards
Kai

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Hi Kai

it is gips obtained from silicon mould details made by my hand.
how to do for more information , pls galance to my previous project Selcuk in Ruhmeshalle.

regards
A.Usta

Good evening Abd,

it'll be a pleasure to study Selcuk thread again...
If there should remain any questions, I'll try to contact you via mail

Thanks again for involving us in MADEN from scratch!

best regards
Kai

Hi Abd,

Another wonderful layout in the making.

All the best from Scotland.

Ian.

Hi,

a very interesting project. The boiler and steam house looks great! I love houses with interior.

Will continue to track your progress of construction...

Best wishes

Uli

Hi
tks your compliments
here pictures from handmade workshop and tools not completed yet.




from preiser modified 0,2mm real drill bit used.


used real saw blades..




Blade turns cutting thin Balsa wood..







regards
A.Usta

1/87 steam engine works


Planning an operating conveyor belt system
this steam engine ll run belt



here small video noisy

Great !!

Eigentlich kann man das Projekt doch jetzt schon in die Ruhmeshalle verschieben,
da es da sowieso landet...


Gruß, Aurel

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Hi Abdusta ,

thank you for showing this very interesting project ,

and thanks also for presenting " Selcuk - Ephesus , an antic plan " in a public museum .

That ´s the best place for a high - level and high - detailled layout like yours .

The first pictures of the mine promise a real artificial work .

Thank You for loading up !

Steve
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Tks lot for your kindly comments

what can do with 2 sticks?

skewers? Spieße?

or something else?



I used these sticks,evergreen materials, brass wire,tubes etc.
finally 2tons crane built..



regards
A.usta

I did handmade Barrack for workers





regards
a.usta

Wow, abdusta,

really great work! How do you do your fascinating handmade models?
What material are the window frames from, and, most important, how was that incredibly detailed oven visible in the last pictures made? Or is it a bought model? Man, i got questions over questions, i wished i had your and your team's modeling skills...

Regards,

Lukas

Hi Lukas

oven is ready american model-figüre from preiser

for Windows I made a master model using evergreen strips and multipilied resin copies by plaster mould

double bed and wardrobe made in same way

regards
a.usta

I continue to build remarkable architectures of Maden
completed the stone railway bridge in west side

here the picture of bridge..









regards
A.usta