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Offline mike c  
#1 Posted : 21 January 2013 21:27:19(UTC)
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I am trying to figure out a consist for my 37323 weathered Re 10/10 Set. So far, I have the 47352 Set of a pair of weathered Hbis cars and the Eaos car with coal load from the 48807 set. I have some older cars from my 26730 Krokodil set as well as a few weathered FS cars (47878) that are more likely Era III than Era IV/V.

Do any of you know of any other factory weathered Maerklin SBB cars or other cars one might expect to find on international freight trains in Switzerland (DB/FS/SNCF/SNCB/NS/etc) for Era IV/V.

It looks kind of funny to have only a few weathered cars in a consist made up of what appears to be virgin cars fresh from the paint shop. I guess the reverse of one or two mint cars in a weathered consist might be more acceptable.

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Mike C
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Offline kbvrod  
#2 Posted : 21 January 2013 22:58:28(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mike c Go to Quoted Post
I am trying to figure out a consist for my 37323 weathered Re 10/10 Set. So far, I have the 47352 Set of a pair of weathered Hbis cars and the Eaos car with coal load from the 48807 set. I have some older cars from my 26730 Krokodil set as well as a few weathered FS cars (47878) that are more likely Era III than Era IV/V.

Do any of you know of any other factory weathered Maerklin SBB cars or other cars one might expect to find on international freight trains in Switzerland (DB/FS/SNCF/SNCB/NS/etc) for Era IV/V.

It looks kind of funny to have only a few weathered cars in a consist made up of what appears to be virgin cars fresh from the paint shop. I guess the reverse of one or two mint cars in a weathered consist might be more acceptable.

Regards

Mike C


Hi Mike,all,
Well,even factory weathering dulls the shine on non weathered cars.A matte finish would make them fit right in,....because?

Dr D
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Offline mike c  
#3 Posted : 22 January 2013 05:24:27(UTC)
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Not quite sure that I am getting what Dr D is getting at.

MC
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Offline kbvrod  
#4 Posted : 22 January 2013 16:36:13(UTC)
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Not quite sure that I am getting what Dr D is getting at.

MC



Hi Mike,all,
Sorry,...Blushing
What I meant was that factory(or DIY) weathered wagens have the 'shine' taken off some what and when in a consist make the non-weathered cars really pop out.If you can with it fine,if not that a light spray of a flat/matte finish might help them fit in better,...

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Offline MarioFabro  
#5 Posted : 24 January 2013 18:39:46(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mike c Go to Quoted Post
I am trying to figure out a consist for my 37323 weathered Re 10/10 Set. So far, I have the 47352 Set of a pair of weathered Hbis cars and the Eaos car with coal load from the 48807 set. I have some older cars from my 26730 Krokodil set as well as a few weathered FS cars (47878) that are more likely Era III than Era IV/V.

Do any of you know of any other factory weathered Maerklin SBB cars or other cars one might expect to find on international freight trains in Switzerland (DB/FS/SNCF/SNCB/NS/etc) for Era IV/V.

It looks kind of funny to have only a few weathered cars in a consist made up of what appears to be virgin cars fresh from the paint shop. I guess the reverse of one or two mint cars in a weathered consist might be more acceptable.

Regards

Mike C


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Offline mike c  
#6 Posted : 24 January 2013 22:32:50(UTC)
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Mario,

if you are referring to the Sugar Beet (Zuckerrüben) set, those cars are normally operated as a unit train (see www.reissweb.net under Galerien and Zuckerrüben).
http://www.reissweb.net/images/am9578g.jpg
http://www.reissweb.net/images/ao1147g.jpg
I suppose that I could order two or three sets and model a Sugar Beet train, but these are usually pulled by a single lok and not a Re 10/10.

Somebody else suggested Trix 24535, a set of 3 FS Eaos/Eanos cars with wood load. This is a possibility. I will have to check out whether the weathering is good.

I also wondered about having a few cars weathered on spec to complement the cars that I already have.

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Mike C
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#7 Posted : 24 January 2013 23:15:24(UTC)
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Somebody else suggested Trix 24535, a set of 3 FS Eaos/Eanos cars with wood load. This is a possibility. I will have to check out whether the weathering is good.

I also wondered about having a few cars weathered on spec to complement the cars that I already have.

Regards

Mike C


Hi Mike,

Regards the Marklin weathering, in my experience it is as good as any I have ever seen. The Marklin production area pays quite special attention to the weathering on real cars, and takes great pains to replicate it. This was shown recently in their video, or in one of their magazines.

Spec weathering may be expensive. I recently got a quote from a professional outfit in the US, regarding painting of a coach, it came to $150.

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Kimball
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#8 Posted : 25 January 2013 00:44:07(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: mike c Go to Quoted Post
I am trying to figure out a consist for my 37323 weathered Re 10/10 Set. So far, I have the 47352 Set of a pair of weathered Hbis cars and the Eaos car with coal load from the 48807 set. I have some older cars from my 26730 Krokodil set as well as a few weathered FS cars (47878) that are more likely Era III than Era IV/V.

Do any of you know of any other factory weathered Maerklin SBB cars or other cars one might expect to find on international freight trains in Switzerland (DB/FS/SNCF/SNCB/NS/etc) for Era IV/V.

It looks kind of funny to have only a few weathered cars in a consist made up of what appears to be virgin cars fresh from the paint shop. I guess the reverse of one or two mint cars in a weathered consist might be more acceptable.

Regards

Mike C

It's why I haven't gone after any of the weathered locos, it would look odd with pristine cars. I had a similar issue with mixing two newer brown CIWL wagons with the older red ones. Placing them separately in the consist was the answer; they all seemed to mix up well (I couldn't get a decent photo to demonstrate).

I have some passenger cars (lorelei?) that have soot trails along the roof. Brawa do this on some, if not all of their carriages. If all cars were like this, the issue would be less obvious. Probably one of the reasons why Brawa costs more.
My plan is to eventually airbrush some dust/mud on, without getting too carried away.

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