There is a Marklin O Gauge "Flying Hamburger" on eBay, but is it Real or Reproduction?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/e...em&item=230038649552

Don't know enough about Märklin's O gauge history to tell for sure. Seems real.

Hi,

I see no hint, that there is smothing wrong with that car.

But we should not mix up "fakes" with "replicas" or "reproductions".

In my understanding a "fake" is something bad. A fake is a fraud.

But very honorable men built also reproductions and replicas. So e.g. Mr. HEHR. His locos always have a HEHR-plate instead of the Markln-one.



Picture from www.williwill.de (expensive)

Markus

Hi,

that "Hamburger" offered in that auction is a starter-model w/o remote-switching. These (former) cheap models are not really rare and have never been reproduced.

Repros exist of everything which is "rare". So all better locos (HR and above+ TKs) and all better cars ( "Model"-series tankers, 1945 cars (like yours)...) These are everytime clearly marked.

Fakes exist mostly from models which can be "develloped" from cheaper models. "Rheingold" or international liveraies on 1945 ff cars, TKs made from HRs. The complete catalogue would fill a book.

Best regards

Markus