Ztrains: Z Scale Wallpaper

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Free Z Scale Themed Desktop Wallpaper
This month, October 2009, we've added a new fun feature here at Ztrains.com... desktop wallpapers for your computer! Show your co-workers, your friends... the world really, that you're a proud Z scaler!

Instructions:
Choose which screen resolution image you'd like to use as your desktop wallpaper and click that button. A new window with your wallpaper will open. Right-click on the image and select "Set As Background".

Mac OS X Users: Save the image to your desktop then set this image in your System Preferences. Here's a link that will walk you through the process: Changing Mac OS X Wallpaper

New! September 2010

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Our September 2010 desktop wallpaper features the new Micro-Trains Line through-girder bridge weathered up a bit! This bridge works with MTL's sectional Micro-Track and is 110mm in length. It comes in both gray and black and has great detail including properly spaced bridge ties. Pictured here with the Ztrains Store cut stone abutment set.

July 2010

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Our July 2010 desktop wallpaper is all about some shameless self-promotion, specifically we're promoting our new article series, the Z Build Corner. In this article series we're building 3 desktop layouts using laser kit from our own Ztrains advertisers. Enjoy both this new desktop wallpaper as well as the new articles.

June 2010

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Our June 2010 desktop wallpaper is sponsored by Ztrack Resale and it features... The Bone Yard. Hmmm, what is Ztrack Resale up to anyway? We'd like to say but we've been sworn to secrecy, in the meantime enjoy this wallpaper!

May 2010

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The 2010 National Z Scale Convention in Medford, Oregon. April 30th - May 1st, 2010. We weren't able to make it to the convention this year but we did manage to get our hands on a few photos and It looks like everyone had a great time! Enjoy this wallpaper and let's start making plans for the next convention!

April 2010

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Spring is in the desert air as a pair of Micro-Trains GP-35s rumble across a Pratt bridge with the clear blue sky above. These locos have been detailed and weathered and they're sure to have you asking... is this really Z scale? Photography by our good friend Jürg Rüedi.

March 2010

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The March 2010 desktop wallpaper is sponsored by Ztrack Magazine and features a Southern Pacific E7 locomotive rumbling through a concrete snow shed high on the mountain side. This is the cover shot for the January / February issue of Ztrack Magazine. Photography by Jürg Rüedi.

February 2010

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Our wallpaper this month is sponsored by American Z Line and features the AZL SD70 locomotive in the UP "Flag" paint scheme. This shot was taken by Rob Kluz of Ztrack and also features AZL's Union Pacific, ACF 3 bay hopper.

January 2010

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Happy New Year! Our first new wallpaper of the year is sponsored by Micro-Trains® Line and features a couple of guys checking out the MTL loco shots in this clearly very trendy gallery. We've added a new screen size this month, a wallpaper for the Apple iPhone and iPod. MTL loco shots by Jürg Rüedi..

December 2009

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Our December desktop wallpaper comes from the cover of the November / December 2005 issue of Ztrack magazine. Baby it does look cold outside! Get inside and run your trains!

November 2009

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The November 2009 wallpaper is sponsored by AZL and features the AZL brass Cab Forward locomotive photographed again by Jürg Rüedi. The scene is a diorama built by John Cubbin.

October 2009

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Our first wallpaper is taken from the recent Z Scale Basics article, Levels. We've made a collage of snapshots and placed them on our virtual corkboard. Photography by our good friend, Jürg Rüedi.

Monday, August 9, 2010

Elevated or “EL” Model Railroading

I received an email from a reader who attended the recent train show in Milwaukee, WI., and they told me about a new company called:
Imagine That, Laser Art Productions.

This new company is producing laser cut “EL”, or elevated train kits and components for several scales. I wrote to them and asked about the possibility of working in Z scale and was told that this may be in the future works for Z. Check out their site and maybe drop them an email if you'd be interested in this decidedly cool idea.

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