Well done Shane,

You got the Kits at a good price there. I'm sure I paid a lot more from ETS

Great we've got the master Instructions in the forum thanks to Matt

Hope they come from a flood free home

Absolutely fantastic! You will smile with great satisfaction and scream in frustration. There are many challenges, but if you persevere, you will have a layout centerpiece second to none. The scale and detail of this Edwardian building impresses everyone who sees it.

One hell of a deal too, congrats Shane.

I am just waiting for a nice day to paint and some magnets from China and I will finish mine.

Well, just got the bill..... a extra $60 for postage/freight which is pretty much what I expected so I'm still a happy camper @ $610.

The most recent ones in a pair that I could find went for between 500 and 600 Euro's plus postage (not that any would post out of the EU) so I did well IMHO.

Tough choice, ten year old on christmas, or winning the lottery. How about a ten year old on christmas winning the lottery!


It is an absolutely beautiful station, when built properly. But in my case, I would never be able to find the room to do it justice.

Psttttttt I heard that the parcel delivery company is going to be heldup by some Bushrangers led by yours truly when they drive thru Chinaman's hollow . Gee whizzz I was doing some ebaying the last couple of weeks & didn't see that pop up on the AU site although I have been more interested in looking for some track components than buildings , Good find Shane .

Cheers Tom in Oz

Looks like Tom managed an intercept.

Well, i guess the possibility of getting the Faller bridge sections that match dammtor Station are now zero ...

According to me the following items are the ones that go with it ...

Faller 120486 Raised trackbed with arcades
Faller 120569 as 120486 but with businesses in the arcades
Faller 120119 Bridge with kiosks for raised trackbed (since been in Classic range as 194119). (Faller lists it as 'out of stock at factory).
Faller 120551 Raised S-Bahn Station (since been in Classic range as 194551). (Faller lists it as 'out of stock at factory).

The last one looked like being the only way to get the brickfaced raised trackbed pieces, since Faller seemed to stop producing all the items around the time Trix introduced the Dammtor HO kit - typical

The May 2015 edition of MIBA magazine has a feature article about the Hamburg Dammtor station.......but you'll need to be able to read German to understand it.

Well as promised here is my (very bad and "crappy") translation of the MIBA article. I'm pretty sure I made it editable so anyone with a far better grasp of German than me (hint Tom) feel free to fix my numerous boo-boo's.

Still haven't unboxed the kits but may do so tomorrow.

Hi all,

Allan, you missed the Faller 120487 Steel Bridges which are still available and in stock at Loksop
However none of those are exactly true to the Protoype, but do the job for a model.!

At the place concerned, the Eastern End on the South corner !.the arcade area is open to interpretation !
I will compile some pics of models I've seen and also the prototype where the arcades are concerned, which look as tho they were added after the original was built.

Also, because the road goes under the bridges on an angle, there are no arcades on the North side , and to give you further options, if your modelling Dammtor in era VI, the old steel Bridges were replaced in 2012 with Concrete. You will see those in my pics but, please give me a day or two to compile them, reduce them, and post
Interestingly, the most unrealistic installation I have seen of Dammtor was at MiWuLa

The photo that heads up the article, David found, and Shane translated, is looking from the Eastern end, North to the right and South to the left !
It is quite old, possibly 50's or 60's
You will notice the bridges are in two track in the middle and single track either side ! Requires a bit of kit bashing of those Faller 120487 Bridges since they are two track

The article looks as tho the writer was having a bit Roco promo ! but the various model scenes look enticing, and as I have most of them as Marklin Models, even a Blue 03 37916, and the 43290 Merkur Set, but I could add an extra Blue First Class Car, or do it with the 43929 Hans Sachs Set. Also V200s and Vt08's and today the various ICE's all pass thru the Station.
So the model is quite versatile, and fits a lot of the era continueum

Hi Shane,

If you have a look at the article linked at the start of the thread by Matt, that showed the Faller arcades painted to match the station which I guess the guy, like Matt has repainted, I have a pic of friend Norm's one in Sydney to put in the compilation, He used some from out of a catalogue somewhere, only two arches but look ok !
Of course getting another Kit and cutting bits out of it would be the ideal

Very good Matt, the Brawa 2881 look like the closest match to the prototype

Whilst the dimensions may be slightly out a bit of Kit bashing could make them fit nicely

Hi Shane, those are the first floor of the Trix kit. Glen is already on it. I have 8 from my second kit, Glen would like three.

BTW, I have not seen this build before. I like the grey doors and windows. Any more pics of this build floating around?

Do you mean the prototype or the "replica" on the photo?

Found only a "closed" arches HO version.

Source: http://www.michael-robert-gauss.de/Seite1.htm

(Scroll down to the end of the first quarter of the webpage to find more Dammtor diorama pix.)

And here another one: http://www.arstecnica.de...php/de/modellbahnanlagen (Scroll down to penultimate layout)