 Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Jim Originally Posted by: dickinsonj  I assumed that they were freely available in Europe No they are not, I guess because there are more customers than units. My shop in Paris (Au Pullman, Paris largest) received their first units around 14 December but they were all gone very fast. That got me decide to order my set (but not at 700€). I understand the first production run delivery started around mi-December 2023 and ended up by mid-February. There are 2 units available on ebay Germany but at Märklin listed price (679€) while the best price is way below (my set was ordered 599€ and still can be reserved at that price). Märklin Website says "Vorübergehend nicht lieferbar Jetzt im Handel nachfragen" (Not available at the moment check with retailers). It indicates there is another production run being produced otherwise they would indicate "Ausverkauft" (Sold-out) and German shop wouldn't be accepting new reservations. Cheers Jean |
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I ordered this set as soon as it was announced. I have been a bit anxious seeing pictures and reviews posted here. I have asked my dealer who responds with a friendly shrug, saying "It arrives when it arrives". I suspect shipping woes, Suez, Panama, and China's economic woes (if they are made in China) are all adding to delay. In North America it will have to come through Missouri, to end up inCanada. That which may make it slower. Thank you for raising the issues surrounding delivery. I am less concerned.
Meanwhile my SNCF 241, and SNCB pacific are happily pulling segments of the Orient Express. Now if Marklin would only make some 1950"s sleeping cars, and restaurant cars for my imaginary Stockholm to Rome trains.
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 Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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Originally Posted by: Dreadnought I ordered this set as soon as it was announced. I have been a bit anxious seeing pictures and reviews posted here. I ordered mine right away also, maybe 14 months ago, but they will arrive one of these days - at least I think they will.  Since I had basically given up hope that Märklin would make a set like this, I will not complain about a wait.  |
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I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
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These seem to be cropping up in europe based on some forum FB posts and other places :), but I have not heard anything more than that, or seen it in stock anywhere. Hopefully they arrive en masse soon |
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Originally Posted by: 5HorizonsRR These seem to be cropping up in europe based on some forum FB posts and other places :), but I have not  heard anything more than that, or seen it in stock anywhere. Hopefully they arrive en masse soon They are being released. I have one. As an aside, I hate the packaging. Each coach has its own package, like they were engines. |
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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I almost revived this thread the other day because I am still waiting on my Edelweiss coach set.
It is good to hear that some are finally being delivered, which gives me hope that mine will arrive fairly soon. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Joined: 06/02/2018(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: Ontario, Toronto
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Still waiting mine. Dealer said around July.
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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Originally Posted by: QQQ1970 Still waiting mine. Dealer said around July. OK, then probably not soon, but hopefully someday. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Originally Posted by: dickinsonj Originally Posted by: QQQ1970 Still waiting mine. Dealer said around July. OK, then probably not soon, but hopefully someday. Joes Modellbahn has had them for about four weeks now.
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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European dealers having them often means weeks or even months until US dealers get them.
For whatever reason, North American dealers often are the last to get any new Marklin item. No surprise there. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Joined: 14/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 311 Location: New York City
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Hi Dickinsonj,
Hey I think you might be right on this one!
Especially since the maritime disaster in Baltimore and bridge collapse, container ships are getting diverted so it means containers bound to Märklin USA would be delayed more and more…
Looks like delivery of Märklin Edelweiss sets are doomed in US of A cause above mentioned unfortunate events.
Regards,
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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I wasn't thinking of the shipping crunch on the east coast Marklineisenbahn.
I will report back if mine ever shows up! |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Be patient.....it will arrive. And it is a wonderful set. worth the waiting.
It happened the same with my CCS700, my dealer in Chile lost the first batch of them, will have to wait till July aprox.
Regards |
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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Thanks for the encouragement Francisco, andi t is good to hear that this set of coaches is worth waiting for!
My dealer no longer gives me any updates on this kind of thing, which is not making it any easier, but someday they will arrive.
International shipping is a mess these days, which I'm sure is not helping either. |
Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi
I am sorry to say it again: Frenchman here, I am still waiting for my Edelweiss set and it may take another month.
I witnessed the delivery of the first 42470 sets in Au Pullman in Paris before Dec.15. 2023 and still there are many sets to be delivered.
The sets are still offered to new buyers so, I may be wrong but:
- you have to be patient
- no America has no unfair treatment (first ordered, first served BUT with (1) a nearby first delivery in case a return to factory is needed and (2) some shipment uncertainties everywhere in the world (Panama canal, Suez canal, Baltimore disaster)
There is a good indicator: on ebay Germany, these models keep on being delivered at reasonable prices
Why don't I purchase one of those? Because I have ordered one set at 590€ at Haertle
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Joined: 05/12/2008(UTC) Posts: 1,802 Location: Crozet, Virginia
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Good info Jean, but I have seen American delivery of Marklin items come last for many years. It is not unusual for me to receive my first Insider model close to the end of the year, months later than my European friends have received theirs. I know, first world problems, it is just that I have been waiting for years for Marklin to make these coaches, and I am not getting any younger. I ordered my Edelweiss set in January of 2023 and it would be interesting to know when the people who already have these coaches ordered theirs. |
Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Joined: 14/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 311 Location: New York City
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Hallo Dreileiters,
Well, what puzzles me is fact that Edelweiss TRIX set for 2 Rail is SOLD OUT at factory and production/ release date for this set is set at 3-4 Quarter of 2024.
Meanwhile Märklin 3 Rail Edelweiss set is poping up since January and dealers still taking orders!
eBay is actually full of them price ranges from 535 Euros to 695 Euros.
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My expected July delivery date from German dealer
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Joined: 06/02/2018(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: Ontario, Toronto
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Case in point. I ordered two CCS700. One from German dealer, one from Canadian dealer. I picked up from Canadian dealer. My German dealer is still waiting delivery.
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi
Yesterday was a very fine day as my son made me the surprize to take me to a local, small shop in Asnieres where we live (5 km west of Paris center) and we got the Edelweis set for 611€, so 11€ more than the best German price. This was my Christmas present Santa is late this year!
This Eldelweiss set is just splendid (Magnifique we say here) and I did no pictures as there are many excellent ones earlier in this same topic.
I cancelled my reservation in Germany (Haertle) as they pushed multiple times the availability date. Of course, it is not their fault.
It is not a disappointment but the table lights are not illuminated as previously on the VT11.5, the 4228 Rheingold, the recent Rheinpfeil.
They are so finely detailed that I think an underneath lighting would have been extra cost with very little effect.
Now I will look for a set of passengers. Usually I buy unpainted Preiserlinge)
I hope all the expected sets will come your way soon.
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Joined: 14/05/2011(UTC) Posts: 311 Location: New York City
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Hi JohnjeanB
Congrats, it’s splendid set indeed my Edelweiss arrived yesterday from Germany and Ree Class 141 Mikado arrived as well. Superb locomotive with dynamic smoke ….
Now I am still waiting for Class 241 Pacyfic locomotive to show up any day.
Those 2 iron horses will be my choice for Edelweiss to pull it around!
Regards,
Marklineisenbahn
P.S. I started painting Preiser passengers already
Problem is original Preiser are too bright for Epoch II - those passengers clothes need to be toned down and some colors eliminated completely!
Nobody in Bell Epoque wore pink dresses or blue pants or canary yellow jackets! Like In Märklin Pike DRG cars set … Agh what they were thinking at Märklin factory
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi
It is not a disappointment but the table lights are not illuminated as previously on the VT11.5, the 4228 Rheingold, the recent Rheinpfeil.
They are so finely detailed that I think an underneath lighting would have been extra cost with very little effect.
Now I will look for a set of passengers. Usually I buy unpainted Preiserlinge)
I hope all the expected sets will come your way soon.
Cheers
Jean Beautiful looking cars. I noticed that the rolling resistance is very low for this set. It’s just the car with the Schleifer where you notice some resistance. The table lamps are illuminated from below, although it’s not very bright so it’s hard to see. Unpainted figures are better priced, but it takes a long time to paint, especially trying to add some patterns to the fabric of the clothes, painting the buttons and a realistic looking mustache.
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Today was the real first operation of the Edelweiss set I removed the case for installation of Preiserlinge just to discover that contrary to what I wrote before, there was a connection for a lower PCB for lighting the lamps. I though my cars were defective so I opened one car futher using lots of precautions not to break anything Below is the "Salonwagen" frame and above the assembly with the inside decoration and overhead lighting and the lower lighting PCB to be seen (LEDs are on the other side of the PCB).  This was to discover that all LEDs located under the table lamps were working but not brightly. I won't make any change because I may end up breaking something and because there would be one SMD resistor to change per lamp (quite a lot). What a pity, Märklin took the pain to install LEDs under each lamp on tables and it does not show really Cheers Jean |
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Hi Jean,
What are the resistor values?
The resistors seem to be in the same area so it wouldn't take too long to change them to a different value. |
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Ross
I don't know which value and I didn't measure it because they were very tiny (402 casing in all probability) and there were one per diode (lamp), so like 15 to 20 per Salon car.
Since I don't have an SMD soldering / unsoldering station and because of my age (78) my hand is not as precise as before and eyes are not very sharp I have learned not to be too optimistic in my repair skills
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Jean
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It would have been better had they made the overhead lights a separate function.Table lamps are mood lighting and would be more visible with the overhead lights off.
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi
The set is marvelously detailled and installing a decoder and multiple fonction would have increased the cost (already high for me).
It would have required a multi-pole couplings between cars which would interfere with exact buffer position
By opening one of the salon cars, I suspect that it requires a lot of assembly time and it may have been assembled in Asia:
- lot of wiring (14 connection point per car)
- 2 lighting PCB per car with energy storage
- many screws (Eight, I think) in the assembly (unlike typical Märklin coaches).
- multi colour and multi parts Interior details
To be noted that the ground return uses a new method:
- axles have a needle instead of the usual conic bearing
- the axle rotate in a metal flange hidden in the plastic bogie
The result is no friction except the slider
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I'm currently in Germany, and while I'm not here to buy trains (work trip), I have popped into every train shop I can thinking this set would be a wonderful souvenir. No luck anywhere, although they seemed to think they were coming soon.
Surprisingly, I did not buy much of anything else! Post with my acquisitions to follow when I'm home next weekend...
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Hi John
Don't be too disappointed as the box is really huge as there is multi-foam packing with an external box that needs preserving as it is a work of art.
So you may have had to buy a large suitcase for it.
If I found one 1 km away from my home it was luck but also a tiny shop.
Most probably there are some to be found in smaller (suburban?) shops.
Otherwise, there are some units available on ebay Germany and some allow pick-up
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi John
Don't be too disappointed as the box is really huge as there is multi-foam packing with an external box that needs preserving as it is a work of art.
So you may have had to buy a large suitcase for it.
If I found one 1 km away from my home it was luck but also a tiny shop.
Most probably there are some to be found in smaller (suburban?) shops.
Otherwise, there are some units available on ebay Germany and some allow pick-up
Cheers
Jean Indeed a good point, I may just try and procure one back in the USA once they are available there. I owe my local-ish dealer a (first!!!) visit anyhow. |
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Today was a very good day because my Edelweiß coach set finally arrived this morning!
They are indeed a beautiful set of coaches and my 241 is super excited to finally have its own train to haul.
The only issue is one coach did not come with its bag of parts, but I am guessing that it won't be worth the effort to pursue that. |
Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Originally Posted by: dickinsonj Today was a very good day because my Edelweiß coach set finally arrived this morning!
They are indeed a beautiful set of coaches and my 241 is super excited to finally have its own train to haul.
The only issue is one coach did not come with its bag of parts, but I am guessing that it won't be worth the effort to pursue that. It would be worth an email to Marklin, and include a photo of the bags you DO have, asking if there should be another bag. You are likely to get it posted to you for free. It is worth the cost of an email and a photo to try.
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Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan
It would be worth an email to Marklin, and include a photo of the bags you DO have, asking if there should be another bag. You are likely to get it posted to you for free. It is worth the cost of an email and a photo to try.
Good advice Alan. I have a good mail order dealer and they have never let me down before, so I should start with them. I am not really sure that märklin can even supply those parts, but it is wise to at least check. I thought about not bothering because the parts are the retracted diaphragms and some tiny brake lines that not worth the effort for me to install. All the other coaches and both baggage cars have the bags tucked into the coach packaging, although in different places. This one coach just didn't get its bag or it fell out. But still, they were not cheap and I should at least get all of the set. Regardless, they are beautiful and I am looking forward to seeing them run. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Originally Posted by: 5HorizonsRR I'm currently in Germany, and while I'm not here to buy trains (work trip), I have popped into every train shop I can thinking this set would be a wonderful souvenir. No luck anywhere, although they seemed to think they were coming soon.
Surprisingly, I did not buy much of anything else! Post with my acquisitions to follow when I'm home next weekend...
Update: I saw the set at the very last shop I went to "Marklin Shop" in Bologna, Italy. He only received one which wasn't preordered, which sounded a bit like he was expecting more. Regardless it looked great- an awesome set! I didn't buy it then as the box is too big/cumbersome for airline luggage, but I'm looking forward to getting my hands on one... |
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Hi all- have any of you received a set from a US dealer yet? A glance shows them as "in stock" per google shopping, but then the websites show that really means a preorder.
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I received mine last week from German dealer. €487 ex VAT. Woohoo.
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Modellbahn Collectors website (in Virginia) shows the Märklin 42470 CIWL EDELWEISS Parlor Car Set is available. https://www.modellbahn.com/Edited by user 26 June 2024 19:35:37(UTC)
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Recommendation from me for Modellbahn Collectors, where I have bought a good number of items over the years.
They have the hard to find items and reasonable prices and provide good service. |
Regards,
Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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I forgot to mention that I received my Edelweiss set about a month ago.
It is very special and as beautiful as expected. |
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Jim
I have almost all Märklin and mostly HO, although I do have a small number of Z gauge trains!
So many trains and so little time. |
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Thanks all,
I have one on order, but suspect the dealer is giving me the runaround, hence asking. I'll chase them... |
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My set arrived about a month ago. It was just before I had to leave for Alberta and the Rockies. I had time to get the set out and run it behind my SNCF 241. It is a beautiful set. I carefully set it in the order shown. After running it a bit I decided to change the order of the coaches. I had read that CIWL would often put coaches together such that the two galleys were adjacent. Apparently they could divide the cooking duties for the various courses b between the two galleys. The revised order was a disaster. I had derailing on corners, I think from coaches catching. I did not have time to do more detailed observations. They coaches are back in the recommended order.
Watching it go round takes me back to the late 1950"s when my family took the Golden Arrow between London and Paris. I can look at my coaches as they go by, and pick out what was my seat.
While the lighting, and the table lights in particular be not be very bright, I find they are good when the room lights are dimmed. In daylight the lights would not have been very conspicuous on the prototype.
I would still like Marklin to give me more CIWL, namely dining cars and sleeping cars from the late 1950"s, maybe some SNCF to go with them.
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Joined: 04/02/2011(UTC) Posts: 3,563 Location: Paris, France
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Hi Indeed this Edelweiss set is wonderful Indeed the lighting being adjustable would have been great In real live a Galley was serving 2 adjacent dining cars for obvious operational reason (shortest way for dishes / prepared food is an outmost priority not only at the CIWL but also in Germany on Rheingold consists, Rhein Pfeil, etc. The Edelweis cars are wonderful (high detail level, high class current pick-up system, etc) BUT they push many layouts to the limit, because of the length of the cars, the extreme close couplings and long buffer. On my layout, using this set, I had to redesign some mistakes: - curve- countercurves involving R1 and R2. I had one which was forgiven by all my Märklin vehicles but NOT by my BR02 and the Edelweiss set - because of the extreme length I had to add changes to my Rocrail program so that extra-long consists get a specific train positioning in blocks and have a more precise track section called IN so that trains stop precisely to avoid collison (now a precise 24 cm of detection zone to stop the trains. Because this set is such a huge success, I believe Märklin will not make the mistake to stop too soon its production.  Cheers Jean |
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Originally Posted by: JohnjeanB Hi
Because this set is such a huge success, I believe Märklin will not make the mistake to stop too soon its production.
Cheers
Jean Marklin is still producing this, and the last batch is scheduled to reach the dealers in October. I'm still waiting for mine, and I preordered it at the start of 2023. It seems like there were some problems when my dealer closed down and preorders were transferred to a new dealer......
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Hi everyone, While I am still waiting for my own set, a friend and I shared a box of items from Europe which arrived yesterday. For me: some shoenwitz LED strips and electronics, which I am eager to play with. Back to the point, my friend's 42470 Edelweiss set came as well! We had an "unboxing party" together and wow is this set NICE! Worth every penny... Two complaints between us after an hour of enjoyment: - You literally cannot see the table lamp leds. It has been mentioned here before, but I have to reiterate that is really bad/dim. My eyes are pretty good and I cannot make them out at all. (based on what others have said, I don't think this set is defective) - One small paint issue on a tiny bit of lettering. (and only 2 letters) This looks more like a handling error from it hitting something than a production/painting error. A bit petty to complain about, but also a very expensive set. He said he will likely just live with it. I am very eagerly awaiting mine when they hit the USA. The dealer (Lippe) told my friend that they are getting these in really small batches, and have not even fulfilled all of their preorders (including his) yet. So sounds like I am fine and just need to wait it out, I'll be asking the Marklin USA folks at Eurowest this weekend But to say it again: WHAT A NICE SET! Edited by user 09 July 2024 18:04:37(UTC)
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Has anyone retrofit a msd3 decoder to Edelweiss to add sounds and light switch? Can table light be separately switched on? What sound file do you use?
Like to hear feedbacks.
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Hi QQQ Originally Posted by: QQQ1970 Has anyone retrofit a msd3 decoder to Edelweiss to add sounds and light switch? Can table light be separately switched on? What sound file do you use?
Like to hear feedbacks. I haven't done it. I opened my Edelweiss coach set to check the table lights Here is the inside of a "Voiture salon" with Restaurant table lights At the bottom you have the chassis Just above it, you have the PCB of the "table lamps"  Above, there is another PCB for top lighting (not shown on the picture) So in my opinion this is perfectly feasible BUT (Big but):- the table lights are so dim that the lighting is barely visible. You may increase the luminosity BUT you need to change EACH resistor of each lamp (Surface-mounted LEDs) so it calls for patience and special equipment (SMD soldering / unsoldering station, lighted magnifier) - the decoder can only be fitted in one of baggage car and so the loud speaker) - you need to use multi-conductor couplings (2 or 4 conductors) instead of the Märklin ones - you must use very thin cables because there is very little space in coaches - each "Voiture Salon" has quite a wiring (maybe 20 connections all using black thin cable) so be prepared to do a bit of reverse engineering. so it is a lot of work and damage risk on this splendid but very delicate set of cars An alternative and easy-to-reach solution is to install an mLD3 or mSD3 decoder in one of the baggage cars (the one with the red lights) this would allow to control - the entire consist illumination - the lighting of one of the baggage cars - the red lights - the sounds you want (I have this in the 43882 Rheinpfeil 1963 set#2 "Das Fett brennt") Honestly sound has little interest IMO Cheers Jean |
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Joined: 06/02/2018(UTC) Posts: 418 Location: Ontario, Toronto
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Thanks for your advice. One switch for the entire set of wagons plus the baggage red tail light is good enough.
I have Orient Express and Rheingold both with sounds, so not having sound for Edelweiss doesn't do this set justice when they all run together.
Do you think there is enough space for msd3 in the baggage car?
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Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,480 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot
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For those still looking for one of these sets, Modellbahn-Kramm is offering this set as a Black Friday deal at 16% off. Will only be for Friday (tomorrow) AIUI.
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Joined: 15/12/2022(UTC) Posts: 6 Location: New York, New York City
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I just purchased the Edelweiss cars and with each car there is what looks like a set of "handlebars" in a small plastic bag. Where do these go? Is this soemthing that I should attach to each car?
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