Hi all,

I arrived from Rio last Saturday and a package with my 4 SB-Modellbau motor kits were waiting for me, as well as a few 21-pin decoder adapters at my dealer.

So, in the last few days, I've been busy:



3796 E19: One of the most beautiful electrics ever, now featuring a Märklin mfx sound decoder, removed from a RE460, 21-pole adapter and a Maxon motor.



2666 BR80: It actually all fits inside! Loksoundmfx (hardwired, no room for plugs), tightly packed into a slot milled in the inside of the bolier, 28mm speaker into grooves in the chassis, plus the Maxon motor.



37654 BR260: Isn't this the neatest, most nicely packed BR260 ever? It features a Maxon motor, a 21 pole adapter into a standard 6090 decoder clip and a Lopilotmfx.



Brawa BR56: Unfortunately, the above is only a scan of the instruction sheet, since I forgot to shoot a picture of the lok before I closed it and it's a bugger to open and close this thing . Inside, there's a Faulhaber motor.

Everything is working fine, except that I don't have my CS and no means of programming the decoders to adapt them to the special characteristics of these motors. Even so, they run like a charm, silent, smooth, powerful.

All of these involved extensive milling, except the BR56, which is a drop fit. The BR56 compensates this for being one of the most difficult loks to open ever, and the instructions are completely wrong in that respect.

Luis

Magnificient!

Since I have a 2666 BR80, and also the 3796 E19, what are the part #s needed for these?

Do you maybe have a pic of the milling needed in the BR80?

What kind of milling machine do you use Laalves? I suppose any kind will do but just wondering what you use (if it is one of the smaller hobby size ones) and if you would recommend it to others. I have been considering a sherline one for a while.

Congratulations, Luis

Thanks Luis!

BTW, on order I now have SB Modellbau kits for the following:

2 x BR44 (1 x 34880 and 34883 off ebay this week)
1 x Köf II (Brawa)
1 x BR602 (2 motors kit)
1 x BR41 (my very first Märklin lok, included in a starterset)
1 x E91 (the new for 2006 37196)

I expect these to be here when I'm back from Rio in September, I'll post a couple of pics by then.

The plan is actually to replace all 5-star motors from my Märklin fleet. Too noisy, too much maintenance, not really smooth [}:)][}:)]....

Luis

And a few more sb-modellbau for my fleet:

E91 37196



Köf II (this is a Brawa, it's not possible to install a sb-modellbau kit into the Märklin's Köf models)



BR602 37606, two motor kit. Here the bogies are disassembled, ready to be milled.



Three more. The two below are for my Delta BR44 (34880 and 34882) the one above for a Delta starterset BR41. All of them are getting Telex too.



All the bits removed of my converted loks will be ebayed to help finance the new motors .

Really excellent work Luis. I could never manage this myself and I envy your skills in this respect. My limit is a change of decoder and that is about it.

David

I will, but it will only happen in 5 weeks. Tomorrow I'll fly to Rio and will be there for 5 weeks....

Here's a pic from conversions underway in NZ...

A RE4/4 and E18 Bogies. My BR111 kit waits in the background...

are you getting a commission from SB Modellbau, Luis?

you made me go out and buy one for a Lima Bm4/4 (not a bad model for a Lima, but I need to figure out how to install some real lights on the loco - it just has fake molded on ones, and I will be getting a few more to try my hand at motorizing those cool Kibri track maintenance kits, among others. I intend to upgrade an old Lima railcar (VT12 I think, it looks like the VT09 but its an electric), two liliput steamers I have, and a couple of Piko steamers.
I would like to do up my marklin F7's too.

Most unfortunately not... [:(]

I'd love to have at least a special discount, but not even that. [V]