I had the chance to visit my Friends in Oslo Norway during the ZMod Show this april again. I wan't to thank Torsja, Hans, Henrik, Christian, Pål, Bosse, Frank, Amundsen and all others for the help I've got during the show. Special thank to Hans and Torsja for the "spare Room and hospitality". The pictures below are from Torsja, Frank and me.

Friday april 11

I've arrived in Oslo after a short 2 hour flight from Zürich in the afternoon. I took the Airport Express to Zentralstation in Downtown Oslo. It's about a 20 Minutes ride with a very comfortable Train.

I catched a Taxi at the Zentralstation and after 5 Minutes I arrived at the Amundsen Hobbyshop where the Show was located.

And yes we know who belongs to this Car :-)

Here are some pictures from the "setup".

Pål is a very funny guy!

Christian and Pål during the setup.

The little Module that Torsja and I wanted to work on during the Show.

Hans-Henrik Riddervold is always a very interesting Interview Partner and trust me, he shares a lot of secrets with me.

I had the opportunity to spend the first night in Hans Riddervold's House. To respect his privacy I just want to share this 2 pictures. We opened a Box of Japanese Pro Z Stuff. The setup is very quick, just 2 parts to put together. It looks very toylike but has a lot of nice details like lighted Buildings and Passenger Cars.

On Saturday 12 the Show opens the Door and we still had some setup to do. One of the eyecatcher and still one of the most fantastic Layouts is Hans Riddervold's "My Golden Empire" build from Lyn St.Laurent. Stunning!

Hans testdrive a AZL Coaster.

And took a awesome SP Daylight E7 A-B-B out of the Box!

Hans and Henrik are fascinated too.

Hans showed us also some AZL Prototypes

The Hopper is still a Prototype in his early stage. We will see a lot of improvements before we see the finished Car.

The high Cub Box Car will be out very soon

and the Autoracks are so cool and a very welcome addition to our scale.

Here are some more pictures from the Layout. The pictures are from Frank, Torsja and me.

The next couple of pictures show some Cars from my friend Álvaro Cortes from Portugal. Everybody was really amazed about his work.

Now some various pictures from more cool stuff

And now some "men at work" pictures...

Bosse from Sweden

Torsja and me working on the small ZMOD Module for me.

Henrik was responsible for painting the Junk for the Junkyard and also for some tiny brass details like railroad benches and more.

Torsja gave the road a more unique look with his airbrush

And Henrik traded with me his fantastic SP Station because we diden't found the time to finish the Kit that Joe has send to Torsja. Thanks again Henrik!

Then it was time to leave the show and catch my plane to Zürich. The 3 days went by so fast and we had still so much work to do. I've took the Module in my bag and prayed that it would survive the trip to Switzerland.

and yes, it survived with just some Trees damaged.

To all my Friends in Norway.... see you next Year!!!