For my hobby, I have a basement room with a size of 4,40 m x 2,90 m at my disposal. Compared to former layouts, I decided to build this one smaller than my room would allow it. So, progress of the construction works will not only be visible sooner; there will be room left for another project.

While the current layout is operated as a kind of "roundabout traffic" with max. three trains, the layout planned later on will be a point-to-point layout with a small dead-end station a little canal port.

The layout has a length of 2,10 m and a breadth of 1,17 m. The base structure consists 15 cm high frame and of 10 mm strong plywood. As cover plates for both levels I have used 8 mm strong plywood. The track is Fleischmann Profi track. The track plan is simple. There's a lower circle line, of which the front section is visible. Here, the "Holzmühle" hold point is located. It is eqquiped with a short siding, which is used for a cleaning car or a reserve loco. The main line track has been electrificated with Viessmann catenary system. There's a siding in the unvisible section, so that one train in every direction can be hold. On the upper level, one finds the "Zindelstein" holding point, which has a small depot. Moreover there's a siding of the „Bad. Staatsbrauerei Rothaus A.G.“. To the double-tracked, not electrificated circle line a double-slip turnout and a additional connection track were added, so that a train can change between both ovals. To make operation more interesting, I'm most often running two trains.

The layout is controlled with a Lenz "Compact", to which a Roco LokMaus 2 has been connected as a second controller. To switch the turnouts and for other switching operations, I use Littfinski fourfold-decoders. To save money, I have chosen kits which I have assembled myself. The control of the level-crossing's barriers and of the block occupancy dection of the tunnel section are done by Uhlenbrock block occupancy detectors.

Holiday impressions from the Black Forest are dominating the layout. The Hexenlochmühle (where one can eat excellent and for a cheap price) and the largest cuckoo clock from Schonach can be found as well as the Rothaus-Brauerei - however presented by an old Faller brewery model. The Schwarzwaldhof (Kibri) with it's garden remembers of recreative holiday on a farm in the Brigachtal. For the landscape architecture I have tried some - at least for me new - materials and techniques.

For the "hovering" landscape sections I have glued small cardboard strips and overlayed with kitchen paper and Moltofil, a light and just right stable solution. Surfaces of the water were painted in muddy green and overlayed with boat lacquer (in several layers). With transparent "Window-Colour" I Imitated a finde wave structure (a tip from the "Eisenbahn-Journal"). Where necessary, I Imitated spume and bubbles with white lacquer.

Gras was "modeled" not only by using Auhagen gras fibres. Also "wild gras" was imitated with fibres, pieces of gras mats or fleece (Heki, Busch, Noch). Partially, even „Super Foliage“ from Anita Decor was used. However, I should have more time...sometimes the progress of construction doens't seem to be very large. However, here one can see the advantage of a small layout. Progresses of construction are visible soon and one can overcome less interesting stages of construction - like the wiring - much easier. The prospects, that the layout (compared to the former "construction sites") presented here will be completed some day, are quite good...