V 3201 with Sound - Märklin 3720 Insider Model convertedSound conversion with Doehler&Haass SD21A-4 Sound Decoder and NSB MY NOHAB Sound Project
New: With new sound project based on P8 steam and V36 Diesel engine!
Home made field magnet - replacement for Esu permanent field magnetCreate permanent magnet from the field magnet coil
Brawa KLv 60.9001 Catenary Test Coach - Sound and Light mod Brawa KLv 60.9001 (Brawa #0527) with new decoder, sound, circuit board mod, ...
Klima Snowplug BA 845 DB Ep. IV - #46116 LED headlights and rear lights, interior light and diital function decoder
Märklin Rotary Snowplow / Snow Blower #49963 - Conversion of Decoder Enables to control snow plow speed and switch motion independently from sound - Includes demo video!
Märklin C Track switch drive - how to disable defect limit switching (1 video tutorial)Video tutorial - You can continue to use faulty switch drives when disabling the limit switching!
New C-Sinus / Soft Drive Sinus driver board - first test run and reportThere is a new C-Sinus / Soft Drive Sinus driver board under development to replace old driver boards with integrated decoder to be able to use standard mtc21 or PluX-Decoder, e.g. with sound.
Convert 85 007 (Märklin #3309) to digitalConvert 85 007 (Märklin #3309) to digital with HLA motor, sound decoder and new LED head light board (to be continued)
Märklin V80 (36080) Sound Decoder conversion (with Video) Märklin V80 (36080) Sound Decoder conversion with Doehler&Haass SD16A-4 PluX16 sound decoder
Märklin BR 216 (3075) - Ball Bearing and LED rear lightsMärklin BR 216 (3075) - Large slice collector motor equipped with ball bearing motor shield and new LED rear lights (case mod needed)!
Märklin BR 221 conversions (#29811) - Ball Bearings, LED lights, pickup shoe Märklin BR 221 conversions (#29811) - Ball Bearings, LED lights, silence pickup shoe
Märklin BR 120 (3653) - 60760 HLA conversion with Ball Bearings, Buffer Capacitor, F1 and F3 enabled Märklin BR 120 (3653) - 60760 HLA conversion with Ball Bearings, Buffer Capacitor, F1 and F3 enabled inc. circuit plan and link to external documents. The F1 AUX port must be am´plified with a transistor (circuit plan included).
Märklin VT 75.9 (37705) - RTS current-carrying clutchPictures of the VT 75.9 (37705) and how to insert a contact spring on the other side of the trailing car
Märklin MaK 1206 / 37635 / with switchable rear lightsThe MaK 1206 (Märklin 37635) can easily modified to enable switchable rear lights.
Märklin V36 - "Doppeltes Lottchen" (37355) - 2nd Part - The Sound locoMärklin V36 with new LED headlights with rearlights and additional bell sound - with Video!
Märklin V36 - "Doppeltes Lottchen" (37355) - 3rd Part - Maxon Motor!Märklin V36 with new LED headlights, rearlights, additional bell sound and Maxon bell-type armature motor - with Video!
Märklin BR 185 (36850) with low beam, high beam and rear light How to implement a new light board, based on Märklin E190372, high beam LEDs must be soldered by your own.
Märklin Einheitsmesswagen 49960 - Conversion to DCC DecoderReplace the decoder with a DCC function decoder and white-red switchable headlight
Märklin 191 099-1 (3329) - Self made LED circuit board with red rearlightsPerfboard with SMD LED for head lights and rear lights
Märklin NS 1202 - New frontlighting with LED and red rear lightNext project, I will show, is the Netherlands NS1202. This model has a three point front light and two (unused) rearlights. Märklin modelled the light guide for all five lights, but only the white lights are used.
Märklin Bi-level Cab Control Car (43586) - Function decoder, high beam and LED illuminationHow to change head lights and implement a function decoder into the Märklin Bi-level Cab Control Car (43586) with buffer capacitor and current-conducting coupler (switchable)
LED illumination for Märklin Bi-level CarHow to insert LED illumination into the Märklin double stack waggons with buffer capacitor and current-conducting coupler
Silence pickup shoe for Märklin MaK locosHow to convert a standard pickup shoe from a Märklin MaK 1206 (37635) into a silence pickup shoe. Inludes compatibility list of Märklin locos.
Ball Bearing for motor shield, gears and gear box I had to repair a gear box of an Primex E141. This was the chance to test ball bearings for two gears of the gear box...
LED interior lightning for ICE 1 (33701)Replace of the bulbs with LED stripes for lower power consumption.
LED interior lightning for Märklin Pendolino BR 610 (37761) To lower the power consumption and to have a more regular illumination I converted the lightning first with single LED boards, then in a second step with LED stripes.
Märklin E60 (37562) with Telex couplerThe E60 is a classical shunting loco. Therefore, it was a must have to mount a Telex coupler to the E60.
Märklin E 60 (37562) with bell-armature can motor and buffer elcoFor better slow motion and shunting usage, I mounted a buffer capacitor into the E60. The benefit will become better, when I change the bulbs with LEDs (not yet done).
Märklin Crocodile (3352) with Ball Bearing and HLA motorAfter converting to HLA motor with ball bearings, the full metal croco 3352 is one of my best running models, very slow and smooth (incl.
Video!)
Märklin Hobby 36xxx - mSD upgrade + buffer capacitor Content:
- mSD Sound Decoder and buffer capacitor modification for Märklin Hobby models
- Description of soldering contacts on mtc21
- Experience with mSD decoder with buffer capacitor
Trix V80 (22075) with driver's cabin lightConversion of a Trix V 80 005 (22075) by using the not documented but existing AUX port, mapped to F1, for a driver's cabin light.
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