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smurfillo		#1 Posted : 24 March 2017 20:32:47(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Spain		Yesterday I received my first Marklin Pre-War Set, a beatiful RS 700.1 + 5 34X.1 (1935) in "Sehr guter Zustand" condition Edited by user 01 April 2017 18:10:24(UTC)  | Reason: Not specified
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MalinAC		#2 Posted : 25 March 2017 08:27:19(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 29/05/2014(UTC) Posts: 839 Location: DONEGAL, CARNDONAGH		Thats a very nice looking set and looks to be in very good condition.
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smurfillo		#3 Posted : 25 March 2017 09:22:37(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Spain		Originally Posted by: MalinAC Thats a very nice looking set and looks to be in very good condition. Hello MalinAC! 55 years in showcase and the last 20 boxed, but in the road again.
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kiwiAlan		#4 Posted : 25 March 2017 12:34:38(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 23/07/2014(UTC) Posts: 8,103 Location: ENGLAND, Didcot		Wow that is really nice condition. I am always amazed at the great condition people manage to find some of this stuff in. But I shudder to think what it may have cost.
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smurfillo		#5 Posted : 25 March 2017 16:50:14(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Spain		Originally Posted by: kiwiAlan Wow that is really nice condition. I am always amazed at the great condition people manage to find some of this stuff in. But I shudder to think what it may have cost. Well, like everything, a mix of intense work, big lucky and risk.
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Soest		#6 Posted : 25 March 2017 19:22:13(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 201 Location: Ottawa, Ontario		Lovely set. I have a post war set of the 341-344. Three have silver/grey roofs and one has the green/grey coloured roof similar to yours. I wonder if the pre-war versions of these wagons tend to have the green/gray roofs. Mike
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CCS800KrokHunter3		#7 Posted : 25 March 2017 20:21:29(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 03/04/2007(UTC) Posts: 1,605		Originally Posted by: Soest Lovely set. I have a post war set of the 341-344. Three have silver/grey roofs and one has the green/grey coloured roof similar to yours. I wonder if the pre-war versions of these wagons tend to have the green/gray roofs. Mike Yes I believe this is true, coaches of the 40s and 50s have the gray drab roofs (un-lacquered) while the pre-war coaches have lacquered green/gray roofs. Paul
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Roger Baker		#8 Posted : 25 March 2017 23:57:09(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 26/06/2009(UTC) Posts: 13 Location: Ashbury, Swindon		I'm fairly sure that the green roofs are in fact blue/grey ones but where the factory applied lacquer has yellowed with age. Look on the underside of the roof to check. Roger
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Soest		#9 Posted : 26 March 2017 20:16:27(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 05/09/2009(UTC) Posts: 201 Location: Ottawa, Ontario		Thanks, Paul. One of these wagons is back on the rails courtesy of your repro bogies. I pull them with my 3007/SK800 - the closest I can get to a pre-war train right now. Mike
		Why do grown men play with trains? Their wives insist they are insane But their dreams they won't let down the drain 'Cause there ain't no thing so hard to lose as those disappearing railway blues.
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smurfillo		#10 Posted : 01 April 2017 13:29:10(UTC) Retweet
Joined: 12/08/2011(UTC) Posts: 88 Location: Spain		I added new items to my collection, they are in amazing condition!!
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smurfillo		#11 Posted : 01 April 2017 13:34:24(UTC) Retweet
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