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of action he has established as representative of his Western society — prospectors move slowly over new terrain toward gold in the land between two large plywood mountains, covered over in cloth and painted various colors to represent rocks, growth and various minerals.
A stage coach is stopped by two highwaymen as it crosses a bridge. Indians attack a cattle branding, stealing cattle from dedicated cattle men; rustlers brand cattle found strayed.
“All these things make up the west,” Mr. Nikolajevic said, starting the train to run across the bridge and over the hills toward the western corner of his empire.
Finding accessories in toy shops, hobby shops and catalogues, Mr. Nikolajevic claims creation only to the personally constructed bridges — some reproductions of those seen in western movies.
Though besides his* detailed bridges, Mr. Nikolajevic has given the countryside a warm and realistic feeling. Instead of using artificial trees, he has used dried brush — like the sumac bloom — or grape stems turned upside down and spray painted to look like trees, rocks and tree bark and twigs for logging materials.
“Few of these things are made in this country,” he said, indicating that most of his cowboys and Indians and other Western supplies, including the trains of various colors, styles and designs, are made in Yugoslavia, West Germany and Italy and imported.
“It can be a very expensive hobby,” he said, adding that some collectors look for exact pieces and pay high prices for their ownership. “The beginner track with engines can cost as little as $29,” he said,
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