Visiting zoos is what I like to do since I was a child. My parents bought me most of the times a plastic animal from the zooshop. Playing with them, creating an African savannah or just exibits with animals in was what I liked to do. Off course the animals where in all sizes, but I didn't mind. However when growing up, I thought about creating my own miniature zoo. And only a few years ago, when moving to a bigger house there was the space to do it.
But how would I start? And would I still like working on it? It was a childhood dream but I'm an adult now. And what kind of animals would I use?
First was the choice between types of zoos. Zoos often have a rich history and with so many books on the shelf about the history of zoos I had been thinking about that. But that would mean animals in small exibits. It is space effective, but would I like working on that? After thinking about it, the choice was to made a modern zoo. A bit research learned there where several h0 scale animals of Preiser, Noch and other suppliers. A bit later I discovered 3D-printing so the choice of animals is bigger.
Before starting with the real construction, a drawing was made with the zoo layout in h0 scale. It gave me an idea about the possibilities. Would I like it, won't it be to big, do I like working on it, and so on. Making some buildings based on the layout helped a lot. Yes, I like this.
Next step was constructing a 'table' on the attic. This is 2m46 on 1m54. A small part of the zoo is reading but work goes on for the next years, creating more exibits and expanding the zoo.
