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Offline Rasputin

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This port needs a name
« on: November 15, 2012, 23:17:25 »
Well if your looking for a casual out of the way place you might just want to take a look at this peculiar area of the hostile world. Your bound to find just about anything to suit your wicked, absurd, addictive....well.... lets just say come and join us soon at ____________.

 lets start taking a look inside......





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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2012, 00:10:08 »
Impressive.
Seems like a great place to hang.
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2012, 02:52:08 »
Very nice, indeed, Ras.  This is part of your weekend display is it?

It is obviously mediaeval and reminds me of the sort of scene you might have seen in one of the Hanseatic ports in the 1200s or 1300s, so how about Hansa,  (Which I suppose is quite a good hansa to the question, "What should this port be called?" - Boom! Boom!)
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2012, 03:46:28 »
Quote from: playmofire on November 16, 2012, 02:52:08
Very nice, indeed, Ras.  This is part of your weekend display is it?

It is obviously mediaeval and reminds me of the sort of scene you might have seen in one of the Hanseatic ports in the 1200s or 1300s, so how about Hansa,  (Which I suppose is quite a good hansa to the question, "What should this port be called?" - Boom! Boom!)

Port of Hansa, is it pronounced Hanssa or Hanza?

Unfortunately or fortunately deepending on how you look at it, it will not be part of the train show this weekend. They shop owner and I both decided on a western theme for the layout. There is already a lot loaded into our enclosed trailer from the last show and this will keep it easier for us on set up.
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2012, 07:10:10 »
Very impressive set up, Ras! Your diorama is so alive!!!
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2012, 07:28:36 »
Quote from: Rasputin on November 16, 2012, 03:46:28
Port of Hansa, is it pronounced Hanssa or Hanza?

With an "s".  The Hanseatic League was a group of towns and cities largely on the borders of the North Sea and the Baltic but also with inland towns which formed a trading union.  In Britain, King's Lynn on the East Anglian coast was a major one and so was York, even though York is some miles inland and ships had to sail up the rivers to load and unload there.  It flourished from the late 1100s/early 1200s until the 17th century.  Many of the towns today still contain a lot of the old buildings and are beginning to link together again to form a sort of tourism Hanseatic League.

Here's a link: http://www.historytoday.com/stephen-halliday/first-common-market-hanseatic-league


Unfortunately or fortunately deepending on how you look at it, it will not be part of the train show this weekend. They shop owner and I both decided on a western theme for the layout. There is already a lot loaded into our enclosed trailer from the last show and this will keep it easier for us on set up.

Yes, I suppose, leaving aside the demands on space and time, it's difficult fitting a mediaeval town into a railway setting and vice versa.
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2012, 08:32:44 »
Great scene Rasputin!

I LOVE the way that guy in the middle (1st pic) seems really to be peeking at the lanterns - so perfectly positioned.
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2012, 10:55:15 »
That fellow really seems to look rather happy about his merchandise yes.  :) A shame no one else shows interest in his lanterns.
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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #8 on: November 16, 2012, 12:52:13 »
Quote from: playmofire on November 16, 2012, 07:28:36


That depends on which language you'd use. In Dutch it would be the Hanzestad or -haven (city or port).
In Germany where this originated, it would be Hansestadt. Hansa is really an english term.
SO to be honest Hanze would be better ;-)

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Re: This port needs a name
« Reply #9 on: November 16, 2012, 18:27:49 »
Wonderful setup with very nice scenes, congrats.

George.
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