This beauty has arrived for a week. The painting is impressive and awesome.
Many handrails and pipelines are made of metal. Packaged in a wooden box with a pair of groves included as the brass car set.

Thanks for sharing picture. I often browse your website reviewing the pictures of locomotives.

To prevent the leading wheels from jam by pistons while running on curve tracks, I still keep them in the plastic bag.

Compared to Marklin, Brawa makes S2/6 more precise, detailed and realistic especially replicates the valve gear even though the model released was older than Marklin for many years.

Marklin shall think about what the position of product is and how to surpass the same products from the competition of other brands.

Well, indeed BRAWA produces often more detailed engines, but they are also more expensive. But Maerklin locos are already expensive enough. Less details are sometimes much better: you may not get as scared as by more expensive, more detailed locos to ruin them quick and easy.

I want to use my locos more as a toy for driving and not carrying them around with white gloves, because the product is too fragile. These are total different target groups of customers. Both have their existing right, but they are different.

For me, Maerklin has not the intention to surpass their followers. They may do what they want, because Maerklin is the market leader. I think Maerklin is more under pressure by its customers to manufacture reasonable products by a good cost-benefit ratio in a good quality. I also got a S 2/6 a few weeks ago and have a wheel spin problem with the engine. This must not be by a product for about 500 €. Although I like this steamer very much. It is running very smooth, I like the colour, very detailed, unfortunately too fragile for me.

Hello John,

well, yes, my problem too. Loosing parts form my rolling material by handling them. But sometimes I have to take them off from my layout just to separate eg coaches. I do have various types of couplers. Some do not like each other and then they get very nasty for separation.

To get rid of the dust on top of my rolling material, I bought a cosmetic brush (very soft brush with flexible hairs). Either I let the coaches running beneath it or I just wish softly over the locos. I am astonished as good as it is functioning.

But who do get your layout "dustproof"? What will you do?

regards

TEEWolf

With the price of perspex these days I plan on covering the whole layout when finished. Maybe the thickest flexible (can be rolled up) for the cover..... sort of like a pool cover.

I never liked the blue! But looking at that model I have changed my opinion, it is really stunning, elegant and very appealing. Thanks for sharing the photos, enjoy it.

like this....

Ten days ago I got the wonderful 37016. I was so impressed by its quality and beauty, that I immediatelly ordered her even more beutifull sister, the 37017.
Should arrive in the following days. Can't wait ....

Regards

Paris

It's a pretty loco whatever colour it is!