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World's smallest model train set? - seems likely!

Wow! David K. Smith has made what seems a shoo-in for the title of World's smallest model train -

This is a Z scale model of an N scale train layout--a model of a model. And it works. I built it to sit in the window of a Z scale hobby shop on my "real" train layout, the James River Branch.

- and this isn't even his first micro layout, check out one of the larger yet still impressively eentsy predecessors. [via Neatorama]

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Posted by: Anonymous on October 27, 2009 at 7:48 AM

My wife would kill me if I wasted this much space in a train layout.

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Posted by: Kozz on October 27, 2009 at 8:21 AM

A "Shoe in"? *groans

Please, please... http://wsu.edu/~brians/errors/shoe-in.html

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Posted by: Collin Cunningham on October 27, 2009 at 8:27 AM

yaknow, like pushing it in with your foot? ;)
thnx - fixed!

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Posted by: Matt Mets on October 27, 2009 at 2:37 PM

Oh, I thought that was where little slippers and boots stay while on vacation. Confusing!

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Posted by: Volkemon on October 27, 2009 at 5:26 PM

@Kozz-

Once again, comments RULE!!

I had no idea of my misuse of shoo in, thought it was like a 'shoe in the door' or as Collin says,'yaknow, like pushing it in with your foot'

Next comes the 'How the &$#%$@ did you know that?!?' comments from friends...I will send them to MAKE:)

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Posted by: groxx.pip.verisignlabs.com on October 28, 2009 at 7:20 PM

It _may_ be the smallest now, but won't be for long. This technique can easily be shrunk much further.

That said, it is quite nice. I'd love to see it in person :)

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