Hi Adrian,

Great looking Loco.

Ian.

Seems I'll have to unpack mine for a run on the oval tomorrow (arrived the 23rd, just in time for Christmas)...

I just love these "oddities" from the between-the-wars era. Have the 3477 too...
Like the 3477 characteristics - turn the speed up, propeller moves faster & faster and then it takes off...

Nice.. Rail zeppelin Haha... Now , you need an aerial Zeppelin..

Sorry would not run on rails.

See you RC Aircraft Model Maker,,

NN

Of course they were but as far a M is concerned "you cannot mention the War"
(Fawlty Towers) or show anything from the 1930-45 era. It is humiliating and never happened.



NN

Ok, I respect this, but "history is history" (things should be represented correctly...it is not a question of admiring the things related to them) and this zepplin model is a toy?
The German model airplans Revell make from the 1940-45 area do have the forbidden signs. I understand the moral issues to be considered regarding toys but are these still toys?
Nevertheless I was a little bit suprised this nice zepplin model had strange marks on the wings.
Nothing more to say about this. Sorry if I have offended somebody on this forum regarding my remarks in this topic.

Best regards,
Frank

Thanks for the explanation Tom,
I did not know it was a Legal edict/law.
NN

I thought that, too.
With a Central Station (any CS) or ECoS you can add a new function key that turns on only the sound.
When the engine is running (soundwise) I start the propeller.

I presume the prototype had a fixed transmission between motor and propeller.
I pretend mine has a gear, so engine starts first, propeller follows later.

I also reduced the value of the function output assigned to the propeller - propeller is now slower while train is standing and makes less noise.

No, the propeller stops and you hear the sound of an auxiliary engine.

Adrian,

Looking at the photo and you've mentioned the sight of the motor through the windows couldn't they've put the motor to the other end or have a motor with a drive shaft on both bogy's.

John

I also like the sound, the only thing that could be done better is hidding more the electronics visible in the front part of the loc.

Best Regards,
Frank

Hi, Juhan & all!

This is the dialogue:

For the propreller I think you must click the "+" next to AUX3 (but I'm not sure, could be AUX2 or AUX1).
Type is set to "Smoke", not "Zoom" as on the picture.

Smoke means "more power while loco runs". The default value is around 50 - you can try values around 40.

You can scroll down to the correct Fx key and then you'll see where the checkmarks are set.

Indeed great info, thx Tom!

Altough it seems I'm a few firmware upgrades behind with my ECoS as I don't have this tabpage for advanced function settings.

Best regards,
Frank

Hi, Frank!

CS1 already had this screen with version 2.0.3 (the "+" signs were missing, but the functions were already there).
ECoS did have it with version 3.0.1 (maybe even before that).

That feature was around in March 2009 already. Maybe you looked at the wrong places?

Which is all correct for this train.

PS: For those interested in the mfx sound conversion of the old model - I've done this very successfully (even better than Märklin's implementation with the new model).

Lutz I am getting an Older Model I am also interested in the MFX & Sound Conversion.
Could you share the information with us to assist in a good conversion.

Nev

Yes, sadly, this Märklin Zeppelin is just a "coarse toy". If it were a serious model of the Zeppelin, it would've been made to have two-axles only, just like the prototype was.

Hello All,
This is my first post so please excuse any faux pas (foxes paws ?), firstly going some what off topic I've been a vicarious reader of the forum for years so thought it about time to add my 2 cents worth as this subject is close to my heart after emptying my wallett
The Zeplin Railcar, is or must be a favourite of mine as My 3077 has an almost world record spent on it with more upgrades intended. I've owned it for two years and after a wait and search for a sound project along comes the one from ESU. The ESU M4 sound project we found, stalls when at idle including briefly turning off the lights and stopping the prop motor. A clever friend, and fellow Marklinist here in AKL NZ, first wrote to ESU via their forum complaining of the fault in their sound project, which they acknowledged, and promised to get back to him with a fix but we're still waiting 12 months later so he pulled the project apart with his Locksound programmer and put it back together to get rid of the hiccup. He added relays and altered the function mapping hugely to get some realism in the prop motor speeds. It is a noisey motor and I intend to replace it with the latter one from Marklin parts, along with the prop which I'll gloss varnish !?, and maybe fit the interior as well. My 3077 has the ESU 20x40mm speaker and makes a heap of noise just like the prototype to scale. It also has a flashing red led on the rear under the prop. In the future upgrade we may change to a 21 pin decoder for more functions. The prop and motor sound stop when you select reverse and you get the hum of the prototypes electric shunting motor and very slow running no matter how much throttle you give it as per prototype ! Max speed is regulated to 60% and it still falls off R1 curves at full throttle but is a goer on our Auckland Marklin Club modules R4 & R5 min radius. I believe there is a video of it on face book under Auckland Marklin Club but I'm not a facebooker.
The point is, I wouldn't have bothered had I known the 37777 was to be released but we strive and spend money and heaps of the train Doctors time for perfection and a better toy than Marklin produced
Just love the smileys

Glen
Akl NZ

Off topic!

Hi, it is a not easy to find model, took me a couple of years to find one.
Right now is one listed in ebay.de, the seller only ships to Germany but you could ask him to make an exception.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/...:pf:1&frcectupt=true

Regards